Chapter 1126: Beauties Arise (1/2)

I didn’t rush to make a decision. I took a long time to weigh the pros and cons of Bloodlust joining us.

Bloodlust was a guild with over 200k players. One might say that more than half of the casual players of Iron Skull Wilderness were gathered in Bloodlust. Therefore, if my goal was to bring most of the unaffiliated players in Iron Skull Wilderness together, reorganizing Bloodlust was more or a less a must-do. Moreover, I had witnessed their battle at Frost Stained Forest. Their strength was uneven, and their ability to command a positional warfare was even worse than Gui Guzi’s, but they absolutely had courage in spades. At the very least, they were better than bullies like Black Crow Tribe.

Moreover, we were going to march into Dirge Canyon in 15 hours, and Godkiller’s numbers didn’t exceed 100k. Frankly, I had strong doubts that we would be able to meet Flowing Cloud’s expectation considering our current strength.

I might not be an actual famous war general of China like Han Xin, but I at least understood the saying ”the more, the better”. The bigger my army, the higher my chance to defeat the enemy.

And so, I made up my mind.

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I stepped out into the open and raised my arm. Godkiller’s players were the first ones to quiet down first, followed by the players of Bloodlust.

Bloodthirsty Demon looked at me and asked, ”Can you share your opinion with us, guild leader Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand? I agree with my subordinate that sending our elites into your main guild and turning our main guild into your subguild is going too far. It has been more than half a year since Bloodlust was founded, and everything we achieved together is fought by our own sweat and blood. If possible, no one wants to become the vassal of a bigger force.”

I nodded. ”I understand what you’re saying. If I may, I have a suggestion for you.”

”Please speak!”

Bloodthirsty Demon had always been an arrogant man, but it seemed that that negative trait of his was utterly crushed by the terrible defeat he suffered at Frost Stained Canyon. I almost couldn’t believe how polite he was acting to me right now. It was reality though. There were few things that opened one’s eyes better than a horrible defeat.

I planted my sword on the ground to assume a more comfortable posture before starting, ”It’s simple. We won’t ask Bloodlust to disband and join Godkiller. Instead, we will ask you to form an alliance with us and become our satellite guild. Bloodlust will retain full autonomy and integrity, but I request that you obey my command when a great war is on the horizon. As for your subguilds, they will join Godkiller’s subguilds. Finally, I would like it if you added the prefix ‘Godkiller’ in front of your guild name so that it’s clear that you are our satellite guild. Of course, you may keep your guild emblem. We aren’t subsuming you after all. So, what do you say?”

A smart person would notice that I was still asking Bloodlust to become our subguild. I just dressed my words with sincerity and avoided unpleasant terms like ”reorganization”. Sometimes, pretty words were all it took to make something unacceptable acceptable...

Bloodthirsty Demon pondered about the offer for half a minute before discussing it with his subguilds’ leaders. Finally, he nodded to me and said, ”Very well, we will do as you say, guild leader. From now on, Bloodlust’s main guild will become Godkiller’s satellite guild. We will obey your command and wisdom in all forms of large-scale warfare!”

Warscar grinned. ”Awesome! Now that we’re one big family, there’s no need to snatch hammers from each other anymore!”

Bloodthirsty Demon smiled as well. ”Yes. From now on, we are brothers and sisters with common enemies and dreams. We may be unaffiliated players, but we will shine bright and strong in these troubled times nonetheless!”

I sent Bloodthirsty Demon an alliance invitation, and just like that, Bloodlust became our ally. After adding the prefix ”Godkiller” to their guild name, Bloodlust officially became our strongest subguild, with a couple of minor differences. One, Bloodthirsty Demon still had full power over the internal affairs of his own guild, and two, he possessed his own authority. That was fine. We could take this one step at a time.

……

It was at this moment a Zephyr Cavalryman wielding a spear galloped over while shouting, ”Bad news, guild leader! Beast Soul has appeared from the north again, and this time they brought around 20k+ players with them! They claimed that they’re going to flatten Bonecrush Forest and destroy Godkiller! What do we do?”

Hickey smiled. ”Their timing couldn’t be any better…”

My own smile was a mirror of hers. I said to Bloodthirsty Demon, ”Demon, a stepping stone has just appeared at our doorstep. Show me the power of Bloodlust!”

Bloodthirsty Demon nodded affirmatively. ”Got it!”

I spurred the Ancient Divine Dragon into the air and looked to the north. I quickly spotted Beast Trainer, the guild leader of Beast Soul, among the huge army he brought. The guy had come to raid our NPC camp probably because he thought that we were weakened after the battle at Dragonsnake Devil’s Den.

After I slowly descended back to the ground, I pointed to the east and ordered, ”Hickey, take 5000 Zephyr Cavalrymen with you and hit the enemy’s wing from the east. Warscar, take everyone else with you and surround the enemy from the west. Both of you will attack only after I give you the green light. Bloodthirsty Demon, you and Bloodlust’s main force will hit the enemy head-on. There’s no need to set up a defense line or anything, just bumrush those idiots until they die. We’re going to settle this in ten minutes, people!”

Bloodthirsty Demon had probably never experienced something called planning before a great battle. He pulled out his broadsword and declared with a fierce smile, ”We will do as you say, guild leader!”

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I didn’t participate in this battle because I wanted to gauge the power of the new Godkiller. I perched the Ancient Divine Dragon on a giant tree tall enough to oversee the entire battlefield.

There were dust clouds everywhere at the horizon. Most of Beast Soul’s players were cavalrymen, and I spotted several thousand Beast King Cavalrymen among them. It became obvious that Cyan Beast was the real reason they came to attack us again.

The moment both sides entered the battlefield, I immediately ordered, ”Now is the time! Attack!”

The ground shook like an earthquake as Bloodthirsty Demon waved his weapon and charged with his riders fearlessly toward the enemy. Not only that, Hickey and Warscar’s 5000-strong Zephyr Cavalry parties also burst out of the forests on the two sides of the clearing and caught Beast Soul in a pincer attack. Beast Soul’s morale dropped like a rock even before impact was made.

The noises of cavalry slamming into cavalry, and blades tearing into armor resounded throughout the battlefield. The cavalry engaged one another faster than the ranged parties could follow.