Chapter 949 - 949 Only a Matter of Time (1/2)
949 Only a Matter of Time
Raphael instantly shook his head as he understood Dylas’ plan.
“This won’t do, while it is possible to use the Umbral Hand to forcibly explode open the Planar Path, it would make the Planar Path very unstable. The Planar Path would keep distorting, there might be chaotic energy, Void Storms and Spatial Storms appearing. At that time, we would lose a part of our forces before even entering the Raging Flame Battlefield. If we are unlucky, we might lose as much as half of our force.
“Your Shadow Tower’s people might be able to make use of that void environment and use Shadow Transformation to avoid the damage from Spatial Storms and Void Storms. Moreover, since you carry the Umbral Hand, you might also be carrying the Dark Night Cloak, allowing you to quickly pass through.
“But the others won’t be able to protect themselves in that kind of environment, losing a third of our force would be a boon.
“And even if we reached the Raging Flame Battlefield, we would be at a disadvantage against the Raging Flame Beastmen.
“This isn’t good, we absolutely can’t forcibly open the Planar Path!”
Raphael was very firm as he rejected that solution.
Dylas wasn’t angry and instead smiled and said, “Alright, I won’t force the Planar Path open, it’ll be better if you find another way… But do you have a way to quickly crack that Planar Path? In three hours, we will be forced into a passive state!”
Raphael didn’t answer, because Dylas’ words were true and he had no way to refute them.
After looking around, Dylas proudly laughed.
“That’s right, our Shadow Tower’s people can move safely through the unstable Planar Path. And it’s true, I also carry the Dark Night Cloak, which can also protect everyone from the dangers of an unstable Planar Path. No one will be harmed if we encounter a chaotic spatial distortion or a Void Storm, everything will be fine as long as there is enough mana to support the Dark Night Cloak.
“But, you have to give me 10% of the loot you get within the Raging Flame Battlefield as a condition for cooperation.”
After saying that, Dylas glanced at the four forces of the Andlusa Kingdom with disdain.
“As for the people of the Andlusa Kingdom, I assume that you won’t earn much inside. If you want my protection through the Planar Path, you have to hand over 50% of your harvest as a reward, or find your own way in.”
“Oh, right, I forgot, I have to be the one choosing the 10% of the loot!”
Dylas was immensely proud as he stated those conditions and everyone understood.
“Damned b*stard, no wonder you’ve been wanting to forcibly open the Planar Path, turns out that’s what you were after! You want to make all of us serve your Shadow Tower? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!”
Raphael pointed at Dylas with shock, completely and utterly shocked by that greed.
‘That damned b*stard, that was his plan all along. 10% doesn’t sound like much, but 10% from five forces adds up to 50%.
‘And each force of the Andlusa Kingdom has to come up with 50%, everything added together makes up an extra 250% earning. This meant that the Shadow Tower would be harvesting about 3.5 times their earnings!
‘Even if there was a gap between the profits of every force, the earnings of the Shadow Tower would definitely be multiples times that of the other forces!
‘More importantly, he wants to choose his share…
‘That’s the most important part…
‘There would definitely be a huge harvest after going in, there would be mana crystals, there would be ores, magic gems, medicinal ingredients, and a ton of other valuable materials… The value of all these items is different.
‘One valuable item might be worth 10% of the total, and although this would satisfy his condition, that would be too big of a gap.
‘Ultimately, almost all the precious items would be taken by the Shadow Tower while the other nine forces would completely be serving the Shadow Tower…
‘That damned b*stard is delusional!
‘Is he not afraid of offending everyone?’
Raphael didn’t even consider Dylas’ suggestion.
As for the other four forces, they also had pretty poor expressions.
The Burning Tower’s leader, Dedale, had a dark expression as he almost shot black fire towards Dylas.
‘10% of the profits? That stinky rat dares to be that greedy?
‘If he chooses first, the most precious thing we harvest would be selected. This Raging Flame Plane Battlefield wouldn’t be as good as before…
‘But it might take three hours if we keep dragging on and wait till the arrogant fools of the Sky City open the Planar Path.
‘Those beasts’ understanding of the Raging Flame Battlefield is very deep, they know far more than us. Three hours is enough for them to find the most valuable things based on their own experience.
‘They might find some good things that had been nurtured for a long time, and by the time we go in, not only would we fall in dangerous ambushes, we would suffer terrible losses.