Chapter 326

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Chapter 326: Wants Your City
Seeing Zhang Feng’s silent look, he knew that maybe this obsessed-with-power improvement guy really hadn’t thought about this, due to his own personality and lack of interaction with second-rank evolvers, others couldn’t provide him with experience.
After Zhang Feng’s silence, he couldn’t contain his excitement, looking at Hachikuju with a trembling voice, he asked, “City Lord, where nearby can we find second-rank mutant beasts?”
Hachikuju looked excited and said, “Zhang Feng, have you forgotten about what I’ve been talking to you about recently?”
Zhang Mu’s words really helped him out, convincing a strong second-ranking warrior to join them will greatly increase the chances of success for their plan.
Hearing what Hachikuju said, Zhang Feng calmed down and started thinking to himself.
On the other hand, Zhang Mu was a bit confused. He looked at Hachikuju and asked, “Brother Hachikuju, what plan are you talking about? Do you need to recruit more second-ranking warriors to hunt down second-ranking mutated beasts?”
Hachikuju nodded slightly and said, “Zhang Mu, you’re partly right. It does involve second-ranking mutated beasts, but there’s more to it. Let me explain the whole situation to you.”
Zhang Mu nodded, indicating for Hachikuju to continue. He was also curious about what could make the lord of the city, Hachikuju, come multiple times to recruit the second-ranking evolver in front of him.
Hachikuju had a lot on his mind too. As soon as Zhang Mu asked, he started to explain everything in detail.
“Initially, each of us Eight War Riders managed one sub-city, while the remaining two were managed together. Every four war riders were responsible for one main city. But in the past month, there have been too many conflicts arising from the joint management. The interests of the four factions couldn’t be balanced, so most of the leaders in the Eight War Riders proposed a plan for each city to be managed by one person.”
Although I didn’t want to get involved in this matter and felt that the slight difference in benefits didn’t matter much, majority rules. I could only follow their decision.
In the end, they decided on a rule that measured the winner by the strength of their battle knights and personal peak power.
The competition between the battle knights was decided by how many zombie hordes they could defeat, while the personal peak power was determined by each leader forming a team of up to ten evolvers to hunt and kill second-rank mutant beasts, also based on quantity.
Dealing with the zombie hordes was relatively easy, saved for the final test, and attacking with the battle knights was relatively simple for me. But when it came to the individual test, focusing on unit combat abilities, first-rank peak evolvers definitely couldn’t all participate. There were only a maximum of ten spots in total: if they were all first-rank, it would end in total defeat.
Buddy, I had no choice either. Including myself, I only had three second-rank evolvers in my battle knights. I could gather three more from the branch cities, leaving four spots empty. That’s why I came up with the idea of recruiting the top evolvers, even though he has rejected me many times. Promoting to a second-rank evolver is really rare.
The temptation of the royal city, honestly, buddy, I don’t want to lose without a fight. But since we are all competing, winning is naturally the best outcome. So, like other leaders, I recruited familiar second-rank evolvers as much as I could. Unfortunately, there were only a few of them. With Zhang Feng, I had seven second-rank evolvers. Together with my three elite knights, we could barely handle the second-rank mutant beasts.
Our Mongolian nature is brave, and we cannot afford to make meaningless sacrifices. If we lack Zhang Feng as a second-rank evolver, the final outcome will be very different, and our efforts will be in vain.”
Zhang Mu agreed, saying that in a team, replacing a first-rank peak evolver with a second-rank evolver could drastically change the team’s fate.
He looked at Hachikuju with a furrowed brow and a frown, smiled, and asked, “Brother Hachikuju, why didn’t you approach me, Zhang Mu?”
My girlfriend and I are both second-rank evolvers. I haven’t hidden my presence, and I believe you sensed it. Including us two and Zhang Feng, we already have nine spots. You can freely assign the last spot to a trusted individual. Wouldn’t that solve the problem?
“You?”
Hachikuju was surprised when Zhang Mu volunteered. She said, “Zhang Mu, you might not know the danger of this challenge. The City Master holds great power and will provoke a medium-sized group of mutant beasts at least.
This kind of group will definitely have more than two second-rank mutant beasts, combined with their number, it’s likely more dangerous than the group of mutant wolves you encountered this morning.
I thought about asking for your help, Zhang Mu, and your siblings, but it’s really risky. A weak warrior is not fit to lead a city.
So, besides my own battle mount, I had to offer a price to get those familiar second-rank evolvers to help.
As for you, Zhang Mu, even though we get along, this is our first meeting. I’m hesitant to let you take such a risk with me.”
Zhang Mu knew Hachikuju was serious, but he had his own thoughts. He smiled and asked, “What do you call me?”
He answered himself, “Brother Hachikuju, you call me Zhang Mu, brother. Since we are brothers, helping each other doesn’t matter even if it’s a short time. Sometimes, people become friends at first sight.”
Although Zhang Mu sounded light-hearted, Hachikuju could tell he was serious. She looked at him and said, “Zhang Mu, are you sure? During the challenge, all the people from our eight cities, tens of thousands of them, will watch. Even if we die, we can’t back down. Do you understand?”
Even though Hachikuju felt old-fashioned, he knew that his own life was the most important. That’s why Zhang Mu felt comfortable around him. He smiled and said, “Of course, Brother Hachikuju. If you don’t back down, I, Zhang Mu, won’t either. But the second-rank mutant beast bodies and beast cores we capture should be shared based on contribution without having to hand them over, right?”
Hachikuju replied to Zhang Mu, “That’s for sure. Who dares to snatch someone else’s prey will be looked down upon by our people.”
Zhang Mu grinned slyly and said slowly, “Brother Hachikuju, you just mentioned paying the price for those recruited second-rank evolvers. I wonder if the two of us second-rank evolvers will get the same treatment.”
Upon hearing Zhang Mu’s words, Hachikuju paused for a moment, then laughed heartily and said, “Since you, Zhang Mu, consider me as a brother, I, Hachikuju, certainly can’t treat my own brother unfairly. Brother Zhang Mu, what do you want? Just say.”
Zhang Mu wanted to tease Hachikuju and narrowed his eyes, intentionally saying something extremely arrogant.
“Brother Hachikuju, are you not afraid that I, Zhang Mu, want your Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city?”