Chapter 837 - Drawing Lots (1/2)

Andlusa’s original strategy was to work together to push towards the hinterlands in one breath, which would also reduce the losses, but it now looked like a change had to be made.

The Azurewave Sword Saint frowned and said with a heavy voice, “We have to change… We thought that since the strongest forces of the Odin Kingdom didn’t take part, they wouldn’t have that much manpower, so they would choose to do a joint attack like us.

“Now it looks like the Odin Kingdom’s forces are powerful enough that they can advance so quickly while dispersed. We will definitely lose if this continues.

“Their offensive is faster than ours, and so is their momentum. The more we lag behind, the faster their point total will pull away from ours, and when the time comes, we won’t be able to catch up.

“We must also split our forces!”

After the Azurewave Sword Saint finished, Harren and Jouyi both nodded, and the representatives of the seven forces agreed with those words. Those small and medium forces also understood that if they just continued as they’d originally planned, they would truly lose.

The decision to divide the troops was made in an instant.

At that time, no one was stupid enough to think that they should keep moving as a unit.

The Azurewave Sword Saint took out a Magic Tool, and a huge projection of a map appeared in midair. This was a map of the Raging Flame Plane with the locations of numerous Raging Flame Beastman Forts marked on it.

“Since no one is opposed to this, let us distribute the forts that everyone needs to attack.”

Looking at the forts marked on the maps, someone immediately stood up.

“Our Gry Family selects the Pearl Fort.”

Someone immediately followed and shouted, “Our Kuba Family also selects the Pearl Fort…”

“We choose the Molten Fort…”

“The Molten Fort!”

A group of people shouted in chaos, trying to drown each other out in the scramble to choose a fort first.

But after shouting for a while, everyone ended up mostly choosing the same forts, and more than half of them remained unselected.

None of the members of the seven major forces had chosen anything besides these few forts.

No one was foolish; the forts like the Pearl Fort and the Molten Fort were in important locations, and the contribution earned from victory would be relatively huge. Moreover, there weren’t any formidable powerhouses stationed there.

There was nothing wrong with the arrangement of the Raging Flame Beastmen. Those forts were in crucial positions, blocking the entrance to their hinterland… Before the general attack, that is.

There were many forts that were surrounded and covered by other forts, so the probability of being attacked from behind was very small. Therefore, there weren’t many powerhouses stationed there.

But now, the Andlusa Kingdom and the Odin Kingdom were both attacking at the same time. It was an all-out attack, and every fort was a target. There wasn’t much meaning to those forts covering each other.

At the start of the attack, they were bound to obtain many points from those exposed forts. They were delicious cakes that everyone would want to devour.

Lin Yun chose the Pearl Fort because attacking that fort would cost very little energy and would bring a huge harvest. The danger was also low, so he would need very little time to finish conquering it.

But this soon turned into a noisy quarrel.

“I chose the Molten Fort first! You want to fight over it? What do you mean?”

“What do I mean? You chose the fort you want to attack, and that was your decision. I chose which fort I want to attack, and that was my decision. Could it be that I have to ask for your opinion on my course of action?”

It was naturally impossible for everyone to choose the forts that were easiest to clear out, but everyone wanted benefits. This simple conflict set every force on fire and the meeting almost boiled over right then…

Lin Yun had promptly expressed his own choice like everyone else, but he was being glared at by others.

The Gru Family’s representative, Liwei Gru, was an 8th Rank Archmage and was now glaring daggers at Lin Yun while pondering.

‘Damn, the Merlin Family is the weakest of the seven major forces, yet they dare to send such a young Commander… And I heard that he only brought about fifty people. With that number of people, does he still plan on getting benefits as one of the seven major forces?

‘Sir Jouyi and Sir Harren didn’t fight over the Pearl Fort with me… You’re the only one among the seven major forces that did! Could it be that you think our Gru Family is easy to bully?

‘Damn Mafa Merlin, if not for you, the Pearl Fort would have been our Gru Family’s.