#49 - Chapter 49: Thoughts of a Madman
“Enemies?”
Hearing these two words, Li Qi finally became enraged.
He looked at the other lords around him and said fiercely.
“What about you?”
“Do you also see me as an enemy, like this stubborn, arrogant, and conceited fellow?”
But the only response Li Qi received was countless pairs of indifferent eyes.
Most of the lords did not see the great danger hidden behind this war.
All they saw were the benefits they would gain from joining this alliance.
Of course, there were also many rationalists who thought that now was indeed a good opportunity to withdraw.
But they also did not speak out.
Because in their view, the situation was not yet so bad that they needed to persuade the dwarf king to withdraw his troops.
Li Qi was too impatient.
They possessed a massive army of 40,000 men.
Even if the plague would cause them to lose the war, they were far from the point where they needed to speak up.
Only when the losses caused by the plague reached a certain peak would they advise the people around them to withdraw.
Because only after they had personally witnessed the losses would their words be more easily adopted, wouldn't they?
The war between the demons and the dwarf alliance was not just one battlefield.
Within this alliance, a war without gunpowder had already begun.
However, this war without gunpowder was called “politics”!
Regardless of the outcome of this war, most of the lords firmly believed that the alliance would still be established.
So instead of arguing about how to withdraw from a war they were bound to lose, they might as well remain silent and wait until the impact of the plague reached a critical point before speaking out.
This way, even if they were defeated, these rationalists would gain more power within the alliance.
So no lord stood on Li Qi's side.
They either chose to continue fighting the demons to the end, or waited for the losses to reach a certain level before passively withdrawing.
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However, the words “stubborn, arrogant, and conceited” referred to the great Dwarf King His Majesty.
So after hearing Li Qi say this, the Dwarf King's face quickly turned red. Faintly, the lords present could even see steam rising from the top of the Dwarf King's head.
Endless rage almost made the Dwarf King want to order his attendants to kill Li Qi in the next second.
But he couldn't.
The last trace of rationality prevented the Dwarf King from making this decision.
Because the civilized world has rules.
Even if Li Qi was now judged to be an enemy of the Dwarf Alliance.
But the Dwarf King still couldn't do anything to him, because if he did, his angry behavior would create a very bad political impact within the alliance he had painstakingly built.
Therefore, after judging Li Qi to be an enemy, the Dwarf King did not hesitate to order his royal guards, who had not yet participated in the war, to take Li Qi and the soldiers he had brought with him, and escort them to the Dwarf King's city.
There, Li Qi would return to the surface through the underground passage, back to his territory.
And Li Qi did not resist.
Although he was also very angry, after calming down.
Being smart enough himself, he understood the thoughts of the lords “standing against him” and understood why they did so.
“What a bunch of fools.”
On the way back to the Dwarf King's city, Li Qi shook his head and smiled bitterly.
“Clearly they have seen the approaching danger, but they still fool themselves and others for the sake of profit.”
“This is simply playing with fire and burning themselves.”
“Damn it, these fools.......”
Speaking of which, Li Qi rubbed his temples helplessly.
“Although I have foreseen the end of this war, I still have some doubts.”
“Since the lord who controls the demon race could obviously continue to delay the time, allowing the plague to infect more soldiers and cause more casualties before fighting the alliance army to the death.”
“But he didn't do so. Instead, he immediately sent an army of the same size to confront them after the alliance army arrived.”
“This is illogical and does not conform to the purpose of the war itself.”
Li Qi put himself in the other's shoes.
If he had the power of the plague, he would definitely not launch a decisive battle so early.
Because the longer the plague lasts, the worse its impact and the greater the number of deaths it causes.
Even if there were priest groups and pharmacists in the alliance army who could slow down the plague, he could still repeat his old tricks and re-infect the alliance warriors with new and different plagues, again and again.
By doing so, not only could he reduce his own casualties, but he could also......
Suddenly, an unusual situation appeared in his field of vision.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Several demons with multiple fleshy wings flew over his head at almost breakneck speed, howling down at him and the soldiers behind him.
Although these demons were just howling and did not attack or threaten Li Qi and the others, the appearance of these demons still startled Li Qi and the others.
After all, the location where they were now was far away from the battlefield, in the rear. How did these demons fly over here?
Did something go wrong on the battlefield?
Just as many people were thinking about this question, Li Qi suddenly widened his eyes and stared at the bottom of these fleshy-winged demons.
Because he noticed that these demons seemed to be grabbing something with their claws?
By the time he finally used the goblin recording device to see what these things were, these few “straggling” demons had already circled over their heads and flown away from here.
And when Li Qi really saw what they were grabbing, he couldn't help but tremble.
Because the puzzle that had been bothering him before was solved!
And the answer to this puzzle made his blood run cold.
The fantasy of a war maniac was finally unveiled before him.
“How is this possible?”
“This monster's real purpose is not to fight to the death. The purpose of his launching this war is just to delay the alliance army, so that the pharmacists and priests recruited in it cannot return to the royal city!”
“His real idea is to let his plague spread throughout the underground world!”
“He wants to infect the entire Dwarf King's city!”
“He wants to kill an underground city with a population of hundreds of thousands, and completely destroy the war strength of the Dwarf Alliance!”
“This damn...”
“Madman!”
It turned out that what the claws of these demons called Laurent Demons were grabbing were corpses covered with plague fly eggs.
And their destination was the Dwarf King's city in front of Li Qi!
