Chapter 532

Chapter 532: Enlightenment Through Reason and Benefit

After thinking it through, Duke Farah felt that it was probably the former.

Marquises Moses intentionally worked with a negative attitude, not conducting a serious and thorough investigation of the Nika Tribe. He simply reported the slightest findings to him.

Even worse, it was possible that Marquises Moses did not even investigate the blood-colored planet, and just fabricated a report.

The reason, of course, was to voice his protests to him.

His subordinates, the Marquises and Counts, were extremely unhappy with him, and this was no longer a secret, but a well-known fact.

Yet, he had consistently pretended to be ignorant or dazzled.

In his view, the possibility of being bribed was quite low.

Firstly, Marquises Moses was powerful, nearly a force to be reckoned with in the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

There was no chance of being captured and forced to surrender.

If bribed, no matter how dissatisfied Marquises Moses was with him as the duke, he would never betray the interests of the Undying Race.

No matter how tempting the offers from the Nika Tribe might be, he would probably just raid them instead.

Even if one person couldn’t do it, he could always find several Marquises to join in.

If he showed dissatisfaction toward this duke and treated his mission carelessly, any punishment would surely provoke a strong backlash from many Marquises and Counts.

However, betraying the interests of the Undying Race would be a suicidal act—this was entirely different in nature.

Duke Farah couldn’t help but rub his slightly aching head.

This was quite bothersome.

Marquises Moses’s intentional neglect of his mission would have certainly made him furious in the past. Even if he didn’t kill Marquises Moses, he would have given him severe punishment.

But now…

He could only pretend not to know.

The most important thing was still to resolve the issue of the Nika Tribe.

Originally, he had already sent an assassination team.

Six Marquises, including Marquises Hippo, a nearly invincible Marquises below level 140.

Along with thirty-five Counts, they should easily be able to eliminate the high-ranking members of the Nika Tribe, continuously weakening their top forces.

Unfortunately, such ideas were quite appealing.

However, Marquises Moses’s reckless behavior began to make him question whether the assassination team would also treat his orders with indifference.

After pondering this, Duke Farah took out the communication stone to contact Marquises Hippo.

He waited for over twenty seconds, but it still did not connect.

This made Duke Farah feel a little anxious.

After such a long time without connecting the communication, could something have gone wrong?

But then, reconsidering,

with Marquises Hippo’s strength, he was almost invincible in the Tianling Star Cluster. What danger could he possibly encounter?

This guy was clearly staging a protest, deliberately delaying the communication.

As he expected,

after half a minute, the communication finally connected.

“My duke, is there something you need?”

Marquises Hippo’s voice rang out, calm and untroubled.

This nearly drove Duke Farah to fury.

Not only did he deliberately delay taking the call, but at least he could have found some excuse to brush it off.

He didn’t even bother to give a reason.

Taking a deep breath, Duke Farah managed to calm himself slightly.

There was no choice; tolerating this moment of calm would let him see a broader horizon later.

He clearly understood that because he had long hesitated to choose a side, the Marquises and Counts under him felt they had missed an opportunity, leading to their extreme dissatisfaction.

For this, he could only pretend to be ignorant; there was no way to forcefully suppress it.

After all, once the internal strife ended and the Undying Race could send troops to support, he would still need to rely on these Marquises and Counts to lead the army and reunite the entire Tianling Star Cluster, maintaining order and suppressing the rebellions of various tribes.

Fortunately, no matter how dissatisfied these Marquises and Counts were, they did not dare to openly question or oppose him.

He just needed to keep stalling.

“Marquises Hippo, how is everything on your end progressing?”

Duke Farah adjusted his mindset and asked.

“The progress is good. We have started collecting information data on the Nika Tribe to weaken the power of their high-ranking leaders,” Marquises Hippo explained.

“How long until you can officially take action?” Duke Farah pressed.

“The monitoring of the Nika Tribe is very strict. To ensure safety, it may take over three months to complete the collection of information data,” Marquises Hippo replied.

The anger that Duke Farah had finally managed to suppress almost surged again.

Just as he thought.

This guy, along with the entire assassination team, planned to treat his orders with indifference.

Only collecting some information data should hardly take three months.

Not to mention, it could mean over three months.

Adding that word suggests it could be five months, six months, or even longer.

“Do you know that the Nika Tribe has already conquered the Swift Tribe and completely taken control of the eleven life planets of the Swift Tribe?”

He adjusted his mindset once more and asked.

“Is that so?”

Marquises Hippo clicked his tongue in surprise. As expected of the greatest genius in the star cluster, not only has his strength realm advanced rapidly, but the speed of his power’s development is also astonishing.

They managed to conquer the Swift Tribe so quickly. Impressive!

“The development speed of the Nika Tribe is truly alarming; it has already reached a point where they seriously threaten our Undying Race’s ability to reunify the Tianling Star Cluster in the future,” Duke Farah stated seriously.

“Indeed!”

Marquises Hippo nodded in agreement with Duke Farah’s words.

What he thought inside was another matter entirely.

Since they had already decided to surrender to the Great Flame Empire, he naturally hoped that the Great Flame Empire would develop as fast as possible.

“If we let the Nika Tribe continue to develop this quickly, they will become a significant hidden danger for our Undying Race. Therefore, we must weaken the Nika Tribe as soon as possible,” Duke Farah reminded him.

“I understand!”

Marquises Hippo replied promptly.

“Marquises Hippo, inform all members of the assassination team that anyone who can kill a strong fighter from the Nika Tribe will receive a generous reward!”

Duke Farah gritted his teeth and finally issued the terms: “For a Level 100 strong warrior, the reward will be one million Low-grade Immortal Stones for each kill or capture. For a Level 110 strong fighter, the reward will be ten million Low-grade Immortal Stones, and so on!”

“Understood!”

Marquises Hippo clicked his tongue in amazement.

He knew that Duke Farah was appealing to their logic and offering substantial benefits.

If they had felt this way when they first arrived, they might have been tempted to stop being perfunctory.

After all, this was a significant offer.

Killing a Level 100 strong fighter would yield one million Low-grade Immortal Stones, and for every improvement in major realm, the reward multiplied tenfold.

Even he, being second only to Duke Farah, was stirred.

With their strength realm, they could easily wipe out the high-ranking leaders of the Nika Tribe.

Moreover, they could even go to the life planets controlled by the Black Tiger Tribe and kill the chiefs of various tribes to count towards their rewards.

The chiefs of those large Black Tiger Tribe factions had all reached Level 120.

Killing one would net one hundred million Low-grade Immortal Stones.

It was a guaranteed big profit.

Unfortunately, both he and the entire assassination team knew that the so-called Nika Tribe was merely a puppet.

The true rulers were the greatest genius who founded the Great Flame Empire within the star cluster.

If they genuinely attempted to assassinate the high-ranking leaders of the Great Flame Empire, they would simply be seeking death.

Most importantly, he and the entire assassination team had already surrendered to the Great Flame Empire.

With a broader perspective now, this seemingly good condition did not quite appeal to him anymore.