Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 318 Emptying Their Coffers

Chapter 318: Chapter 318 Emptying Their Coffers

The negotiations were next, but they were not something that could be completed in one or two days.

For the negotiations with Duogu, Fang Jie had sent some manpower to assist. Initially, Duogu’s spokesperson role was designed as representing an Undead Force, thus all those involved were undead. The ones Fang Jie sent were also a group of Undead Heroes.

Of course, these Hero Units hardly appeared on the battlefield; they had talents in various areas. Although their Combat Power wasn’t strong, they were definitely up to the task of aiding in negotiations.

Morale understood the composition of the opposing negotiation team very well.

He had suspected that such a formidable undead team couldn’t possibly have only Duogu as their leader. Clearly, that was just a facade and not the real head.

As for the talks regarding the Flower Plateau, Fang Jie didn’t need to worry, as Mobs had his own team.

There were even quite a few former Earth people who had forsaken their Lord status, and they were willing to take on any kind of work.

Many who were still Lords would proactively seek jobs, truly going all out for the development of their Territories. Up on the Flower Plateau, there were still some small dependent territories under development.

After more than ten days of negotiations, the talks with Duogu were the first to conclude.

The Blue Sand Kingdom, despite bringing a substantial amount of Equipment, still had to pay with a large amount of other Resources. Even a piece of land outside the desert had been given to Duogu by the Blue Sand Kingdom as payment for hiring their services.

But after some contemplation, Fang Jie considered this to be a probe by the Blue Sand Kingdom.

It could even be called a bait; if they truly sent a large number of undead to occupy it, the initiative would be in the hands of the Blue Sand Kingdom. They could send out troops anytime and annihilate the force outright.

After all, eradicating them on ordinary land was much more convenient than dispatching troops into the desert.

Fang Jie didn’t believe that a single war could force the Blue Sand Kingdom to resort to selling land as a payment method. From start to finish, Fang Jie never saw any signs of the Blue Sand Kingdom being overwhelmed.

Of course, the price was still very high, and the hiring price on the Blue Sand Kingdom’s side was raised by 30% by Duogu.

The original conditions Fang Jie had provided were just a baseline; anything above that was up to their discretion.

The price for the high-end Combat Power, the Skeleton Flying Dragons, was increased by as much as 50%. However, the number available for hiring was strictly limited; within a short period, only two thousand could be hired, no more.

In Morale’s eyes, this was approaching their bottom line. That is to say, they had roughly anticipated the strength limit of these undead. Even if there were more Skeleton Flying Dragons, the numbers could at most double, nothing more.

Moreover, since they are a Mercenary Force, it’s unlikely they have that many.

The signal intentionally released by Fang Jie also reassured the Blue Sand Kingdom significantly. Thousands of Gold Combat Power units, although they represented the formidable presence of Skeleton Flying Dragons, weren’t beyond their ability to confront.

If these forces were depleted in combat, there wouldn’t be any need for concern afterward.

Of course, the payment was extremely substantial, and the Blue Sand Kingdom couldn’t provide it all at once, only step by step. The terms given by Duogu were the same; they needed to mobilize all that military force.

Therefore, not all the troops could be provided instantly; mobilization was also required step by step.

Gold-level Combat Power was still limited in duration for each hiring, and this time it was three months.

Of course, if losses occurred on the battlefield, the Blue Sand Kingdom would be responsible for some compensation. This was a compensation measure that Duogu had come up with following the "lessons" from the last battle.

Seeing this compensation measure, the people of the Blue Sand Kingdom were clearly more at ease with them.

Meanwhile, the same was true for Mobs, who had also offered a similar compensation measure.

Since the hiring numbers for high-level troops were greater on their side, with the demand for Gold-level Combat Power reaching upwards of six thousand, the price offered by Mobs was higher, nearly double that of the last time.

Just like this, the New Moon Kingdom didn’t offer land as compensation, but instead some minerals.

Since Mobs was a native Noble of theirs, these minerals could be mortgaged. Afterwards, Mobs would send people to mine them, and the extraction would only end when the value mined was sufficient for repayment.

In the meantime, the New Moon Kingdom would also send people to monitor the operation.

However, when Mobs put forward those ten cards totaling a thousand White Bone Griffin Knight Units, the New Moon Kingdom officials could not sit still. A Prince from the New Moon Kingdom came personally to negotiate.

The price offered by Mobs was much higher than the usual rate. As it was a one-time purchase, Mobs’ price had increased fiftyfold. Originally, he wanted to increase it a hundredfold because his costs had risen more than a hundredfold.

But that price was simply too steep, and the New Moon Kingdom, not being fools, was unwilling to pay.

Even at fifty times the price, they were unwilling. Eventually, after negotiations, it was reduced to thirty times the price. Regardless, Fang Jie still made a profit.

And with these resources, although the New Moon Kingdom had some different speculations, they didn’t delve deeper.

Their sense of security was now much higher, and their confidence was bolstered. These cards could directly summon forces loyal to them, and when not summoned, they remained as cards, easily portable and preserved indefinitely.

Was there anything else that could offer them more security? There wasn’t.

"Who would have thought," Fang Jie mused, "both of these kingdoms are preparing to intimidate the other with a single action. If they weren’t controlling it, they would probably hire even more."

The total forces hired by the two kingdoms had already exceeded fifty million.

Fang Jie’s side had to work overtime to manufacture enough to meet this number. For this reason, Fang Jie’s stock of ordinary corpse materials was nearly drained.

And this was with both sides holding back, revealing that their own military strength was insufficient to justify this.

Otherwise, according to their own will, the number of troops they might hire could have exceeded two hundred million, and even that may not be the final count—they could potentially hire even more.

And without needing to think about it, it was known that all these forces were hired at the mercenary rate, but once they achieved their objectives, most would die on the battlefield, and very few would remain. This was their other goal.

To weaken these Hired Forces through war.

As the negotiations continued, friction along the borders also worsened. Initially, it was just minor skirmishes, but later on, some Nobles on the border started leading troops into enemy Territory for combat.