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Chapter 544 - 368: Seeking Help and Selling Oneself (6K)

Chapter 544: Chapter 368: Seeking Help and Selling Oneself (6K)

Night had fallen, and the lights in Blazing Fire Mall still shone brightly, with vehicles moving hurriedly but orderly down the streets, transporting batches of war supplies toward the city wall defense zones.

Watching the bustling transport workers, several mercenary leaders of extraordinary status once again gathered.

"What do you think, is the catastrophe nearing its end?"

"Is it?"

"Haven’t you noticed? The frequency of the Empress’s interventions has noticeably decreased these past few days, and the defense line seems not so perilous anymore."

"No..."

The leader who hosted the gathering finally spoke up.

His eyes were bloodshot, his hair disheveled and dry, with his eye sockets sunk inwards, but despite this, he continued to diligently record a multitude of data, filling pages of parchment to the brim.

"Look, yesterday there were 37 instances of Evil Tides larger than a thousand, compared to the day before, the day before that, and the data from a week and two weeks ago, it is evident that not only has the catastrophe not subsided, but it is also rising slowly yet steadily."

"Messages from other Oases and Great Domains corroborate this, the disasters are persisting, becoming even more fierce."

Data explains everything!

The data-revering mercenary leader presented sufficient evidence.

The others were convinced.

"But if the intensity of the catastrophe is increasing, then why does it seem that the defense of the Blazefire Commerce Guild is becoming smoother?"

"Even if the intensity is the same, having defended the city for so many days, they should be growing tired."

This question...

The mercenary leader, who respected data and still remained nameless, could not answer it; otherwise, why would he suffer from sleepless nights that left his eyes ruddy, looking as if his soul were about to float away?

He was after all a Six Senses!

But he understood even less why!

Baylor from the distant Starlight Fortress didn’t understand either!

He glanced at his own city walls, where numerous areas were cracked wide open or bore terrifying indentations from the impact of colossal beasts.

Scarred all over!

Taking advantage of the lull in the Mysterious Evil’s large-scale attacks, the workers of Starlight Fortress were rushing to repair the wall, fixing whatever they could.

As for the walls of Blazing Fire Mall, Baylor could still see some signs of damage last time, but on this occasion, the towering walls stood like a massive dragon lying across the land, its scales shimmering spectacularly, glittering in the sunlight.

Never mind which section of the wall was damaged, Baylor looked left and right, but couldn’t find even a single crack!

Why!

Although the defense constructions of Flamefire Oasis were not as robust as theirs;

Although the number of warriors of the Blazefire Commerce Guild paled in comparison to theirs;

Although Flamefire Oasis was facing far more ferocious waves of Mysterious Evil Tides than theirs, yet...

Why was it that they suffered more damage?

"Where exactly is the problem."

...

...

As for whether the disaster tide had abated, the caravans and mercenary groups trying to journey far from the Oasis, only to be severely beaten, had the most certainty.

Far from easing, it intensified!

These groups had been trapped in Flamefire Oasis for more than two months now.

Some of the powerful beings worried about the situation back home often stood motionless at the city gates, gazing at the swirling grey fog outside, like a homesickness stone. While those from super Oases, unconcerned about their hometowns’ defenses, upon seeing the gradually stabilizing situation in Flamefire Oasis, simply laid back.

They couldn’t leave, and since the Blazefire Commerce Guild wasn’t hiring them for defense, what else could they do? They might as well eat and drink as usual.

And frankly, aside from being a bit smaller, Flamefire Oasis had all sorts of facilities in place. Beyond the highly reputable catering industry, there were many entertainment options that even well-traveled powerhouses had never heard of.

Of course, the most abundant here were still training facilities, numerous and incredibly high-end.

But for these commerce guild bosses and mercenary leaders, they had already reached their peak in life; there was no way they would train, as the arduous cultivation of decades was all for climbing to the top and enjoying life to the fullest.

So, apart from that one bloodshot-eyed mercenary leader who was still striving, the other leaders had nothing much to do and shifted their meetings from some rented residence to a particular cardroom.

"Ace of Spades!"

"Can’t beat that!"

"That’s what you call a card master!"

While ceaseless cannon fire sounded outside, music, cheers, and the clatter of cards filled the inside, as if they belonged to two entirely unrelated worlds.

But ever since they relaxed and no longer lived in fear and anxiety, no longer tormenting themselves, the complexions of these leaders visibly grew healthier and even their figures seemed to plump up... or rather, became slightly fuller.

Life was going very pleasantly.

"It’s just, while the warriors of the Blazefire Commerce Guild are still enduring the tough resistance against the Mysterious Evil Tides outside, isn’t it a bit too... for us to enjoy ourselves?"

"Hey, what’s wrong with that? Just yesterday at the hot springs, I even saw some of the elites from the Blazefire Commerce Guild. Gotta admit, these folks are really impressive, having time to have fun after the battles."

"Besides, we may be playing cards, eating and drinking heartily, but we’ve paid for all of it. Using the words of a higher-up in the Blazefire Commerce Guild, what we’re doing is called stimulating the economy, and that, too, is contributing to the resistance against the disaster. What I’m more concerned about is whether, after over two months of siege, the food reserves in Blazing Fire Mall will be sufficient."

"Yeah, especially now that Blazing Fire Mall is also housing tens of thousands more people."

After the worries of a potential breach, this was the second concern.

However, these big bosses soon reassured themselves, as they noticed that the variety of dishes in the restaurants had not diminished at all, and the prices did not increase despite the siege during the catastrophe.