#44 - Chapter 44: Leadership and Victory
"Wait, is that you?"
"Brother, you're here too!"
"Of course, how could I miss such a good opportunity?"
"Hehe, I've been drooling over the dwarves' ores and armor for a long time."
"Yeah, yeah, since we've both joined this alliance, we should cooperate well."
"No problem, I have everything except food, want me to share a few tons with you?"
"Ah~ you're being too polite, I just captured a dozen orc slaves, take them."
In the reception hall of the Dwarf King's palace, nearly two hundred new lords who had just joined the Dwarf Alliance were meeting.
Since these lords were all classmates from the same school, they knew each other.
Like in the real world, these lords were very hypocritical when they first met, acting as close as family.
But in reality...
[Damn, you sent troops to kill my lumberjack farmers last time, wait till I build siege cannons and blow up your place!]
[Hmph, you son of a b*tch, when I create my hero unit, I'll be the first to tear down your portal and use it as a toilet!]
[Just you wait!][.....]
In their hearts, these "relatives" all wished each other a violent death!
There was no other way.
The Trial Continent was only so big with so many resources, but there were over a thousand students participating in this lord trial.
Under these circumstances, it was almost impossible to achieve win-win cooperation.
So, between them, there was only the most barbaric and selfish fighting.
A zero-sum game from every perspective.
"Wait, isn't that Li Qi?"
Just as these new lords were still thinking about how to kill each other, the appearance of one person made everyone unconsciously focus their attention on him.
Li Qi.
The second-ranked genius in Linjiang City First High School.
But don't get me wrong, this second place is not a derogatory term.
Because under the rule of the super genius Su Yingxue, being ranked second and still being called a genius is enough to prove one's strength.
In addition, Li Qi's expertise in territorial technology is difficult to truly reflect in grades, and his research in territorial technology has exceeded the level that can be learned in school.
The more time he has, the stronger the technological creations he can make.
There were even rumors that Li Qi had already mastered the manufacturing technology of some high-level goblin mechs, and only needed to put it into practice in the lord era.
Therefore, all of the above led many new lords to privately speculate that the outcome of this lord trial was likely to be a "battle of two kings" between Li Qi and Su Yingxue.
However, these were not the things that these new lords who saw Li Qi's arrival were thinking about.
Their first thought after seeing Li Qi appear was...
[What, Li Qi also joined the Dwarf Alliance? Looks like joining this Dwarf Alliance is really worth it.]
[Following the genius's thinking will definitely not be a loss!]
[As long as we clear out those monsters occupying the kingdom passage, we can join this alliance, it's really great.]
Li Qi's appearance made these new lords affirm their determination to complete the test and join the Dwarf Alliance.
However, what they didn't notice was that Li Qi's expression didn't look so relaxed.
He was worried about the future of this alliance!
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"Everyone!"
The Dwarf King, surrounded by hundreds of high-level dwarf guards, came to the new lords.
"Welcome, welcome!"
The Dwarf King seemed very happy today.
This was not only because he felt his power expanding, but also because he was about to "take back" the kingdom passage.
"I won't talk much about those overly verbose formalities," the King said seriously, putting away his smile.
"Today is the day when the first batch of members of our alliance will jointly form an alliance, and it is also the first time that our loose alliance will jointly send troops to show its strength to the outside world."
Indeed, after the dwarves overly proposed the alliance, many lords refused the invitation.
But in reality, many of them were observing here in various ways.
Because only after a powerful alliance is truly established and shows its strength will they decide whether to cooperate with it or confront it.
Therefore, in this underground area that occupies less than one percent of the Trial Continent, the "eyes" of the entire Trial Continent are actually gathered.
Countless forces are waiting for the performance and results of the Dwarf Alliance today.
Many new lords couldn't help but straighten their backs and raise their heads proudly when they heard this.
Yes.
In these people's hearts, life after becoming a lord should be like this!
Expand the territory, join the alliance, lead the army, and then show their strength to the outside world, with unlimited glory.
Although this is just an entry-level trial, isn't this the beginning of future life?
For this reason, most of the lords who decided to join the alliance personally led their elites here.
Anyway, the lord trial will not kill people, as long as resource points can be used to resurrect, why don't they spend a little money to pretend to be awesome?
After a long and smelly speech, the Dwarf King finally satisfied his strong desire for speech in the contemptuous eyes of all the lords.
Then, he ordered the opening of the capital gate.
All the new lords and the dwarf army under the king formed a mighty coalition and headed to the kingdom passage.
The number of this team has reached more than 40,000!
You know, this is just the scale of the army formed when all the lords only sent a small number of troops.
Although the lords sent their elites, such a scale has allowed many people to imagine the great strength that this alliance led by the dwarves will show in the future.
The Dwarf King looked at the mighty army, and his eyes couldn't help but heat up for a while.
A huge empire may really come true under his rule.
The other new lords were also seeing such a large army in reality for the first time, so they were extremely excited.
Only Li Qi still frowned, looking uneasily at the darkness in the distance.
But not long after this army marched mightily towards the kingdom passage, the "monsters" in the dwarves' mouths unexpectedly began their first wave of attacks.
However, in stark contrast to the army of 40,000.
The number of troops Wu Wei sent this time was only...
Forty?
Seeing these forty monsters die under the blades of their army, all the lords and the Dwarf King couldn't help but smile happily.
In this battle, they, who have an army of 40,000 in the early stage of the lord era, will surely win!
Won't they?
....
At the end of the distant darkness, a pair of scarlet eyes with vertical pupils also showed a smile.
