Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 859 - 553: Reinforcements from the Valley

Chapter 859: Chapter 553: Reinforcements from the Valley

"Very good," Lady Zi’s mouth slightly curled into a satisfied smile, "Since everyone agrees with this decision, it will be easier to manage. Each major city possesses its own City Defense Army. Let’s use this as a foundation and then heavily recruit mercenaries from each city. I believe forming an army exceeding five thousand in each city should not be difficult.

Once the Conqueror Army poses a threat to their respective cities, we must actively urge the cities to provide military support and attack the Conqueror Army from behind.

If necessary, dispatch our assassins to carry out indiscriminate assassinations.

Should anyone violate this agreement, they become an enemy of our Mask of Dark Night, an enemy of the entire Giant Dragon Coast."

"We, the Light of Posku, are willing to honor this covenant."

"We, Astorian, are willing to honor this covenant."

"We, the Purple Mask Pirates, are willing to honor this covenant."

The Dark Forces present made their positions known.

This was merely the basic term of this dark conference; after most of the Dark Forces agreed, the Mask of Dark Night either through threats, enticements, or alliances, formulated dozens of cooperation plans.

Most of these cooperation plans had little to do with the Conqueror Army; mostly, the Mask of Dark Night used this opportunity to expand its own influence.

In the past, many Dark Forces, especially those independent pirate groups, would have immediately left, utterly refusing to accept these clearly hegemonic terms of the Mask of Dark Night.

Now, under the fierce oppression of the Conqueror Army, they had no choice but to bow their heads.

The battle at Ilip taught them that even at Dragon Lake, out at sea, they were not completely safe. Especially those fools of the Petrified Lizards who not only got annihilated themselves but also lost three three-masted ships to the Conqueror Army, giving them the ability to launch attacks at sea.

Their warships might flee, but their nests on various islands couldn’t, so they had to be on guard.

Remarkably, the Mask of Dark Night used the pressure brought by the Conqueror Army to easily push their influence out from the West Gate and toward the entire Giant Dragon Bay; they were indeed able to turn disadvantages into advantages.

Traditionally disparate major cities saw the emergence of basic alliances.

These Dark Forces possessed advantages that ordinary powers did not, namely efficiency. They made decisions quickly and immediately acted on them.

Their actions naturally involved various interest trading, intimidation, and manipulation. Some resisted implementing their decisions were secretly assassinated and replaced with those obedient to their commands, which was not a rare occurrence.

Major cities began actively preparing their mercenary armies, while those Dark Forces dove deeper into the shadows to prevent themselves from becoming new targets of the Conqueror Army.

As for Gaven and his allies, they had no time to consider the reactions of other cities but were instead busily preparing for the attack on Efanso.

They had thrown all their Gnolls into the warehouse hills, turning every warehouse, secret chamber, and cave upside down to find the secret underground passages leading to Efanso, planning to execute a decapitation strategy, directly eliminating Arms—Efanso would then fall without a fight.

The entire situation of the battle was transformed by a secret meeting—Grace, the emissary from Efanso, wanted to meet Gaven secretly under her own name.

"My Lord, we should not take this risk. If she truly intends to defect, she can directly meet us in our army camp; why the elaborate ruse of meeting near the warehouses close to Efanso and demanding you attend alone? This could likely be a trap set specifically for you," Veranika vehemently opposed.

"On the contrary, precisely because the other side is extremely cautious, this offer of defection could be genuine. After all, she serves under a Quasi-Legendary Mage, and even though she specializes in the Necromancer System, she must guard against predictive Type of Magic, especially since she, a high-ranking official with many secrets, would surely be a closely monitored subject. The direct passage to Efanso that she controls is very important for us.

While the Gnolls possess innate talents for detecting and digging tunnels that humans lack, their current task is akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

Without using Tremor Bombs, the speed of massive excavation significantly slows down and is bound to be time-consuming.

And what we lack now is time. The cities of the Giant Dragon Coast have already been alerted, currently only gathering mercenaries for defense. At any moment, they might truly unite and launch a full-scale assault on us," Kellysha offered a completely opposing viewpoint to Veranika.

"The risk is still too great; we have an overwhelming advantage in military strength, and there’s no need to take such risks just to find a quick path to victory. Even without shortcuts, employing normal siege tactics, our chances of victory are extremely high," Veranika still disagreed with the plan of easily sending their commander into dangerous territory, especially after just learning that their opponent could potentially be a sinister Demon, a master of schemes and treachery.

"If we choose a direct assault, regardless of the outcome, our casualties will significantly increase," Kellysha had an inherent gambler’s spirit, "For that reason, taking a bit of risk is not much to consider, and I believe in our Lord’s strength. Even if Arms and his Sage Bone Dragon personally intervene, he should manage to hold out until we can come to his support."