The Boss Behind The Game

With the update of this new quest, the task of conquering this mysterious Land of the Nine Luminaries began. All the Beiqi players were excited to check it out.

It represented a new challenge as well as more hidden quests and sources.

Soon after, the players had formed their own groups and prepared to go exploring.

However, it was then when some uninvited guests arrived in Beiqi.

At that moment, there were nine Chaos Earth Dragons at the entrance of Mansion of the Dead with a Nine Luminaries messenger sitting on each of them. All of them were wearing hats with an Underworld word on them.

Those words were Xing, Yue, Ri, Chen, Jin, Mu, Shui, Huo, and Tu, with each representing the king and eight lords dominating the Land of the Nine Luminaries.

Their arrival had attracted the attention of all the players. Most of them went over to figure out what was happening.

"Friends of the Mansion of the Dead, we are from the Land of the Nine Luminaries, the nine messengers of His Excellency… we are here to discuss serious matters with your leader!"

After the players read the information about the messengers from the explanation guide, all of them had a strange look on their faces.

Are these messengers looking for death to come over here while we are thinking to lay our hands on them over there?

All the players said nothing but surrounded them at once. As all the nine messengers were of the Ghost General level, they didn't want them to leave at all. Instead, they were planning to take advantage of their resources.

"My brothers, don't be impetuous... let's see what their purpose is for being here first!" Liu Chai's voice resounded in the live chat channel.

All the players were respectful of Liu Chai, so they stopped moving forward.

"Messengers, tell us why you are here!" Liu Chai exclaimed as he thronged the crowd and appeared in front of the nine.

"Are you the lord here?" asked the messenger wearing the hat with the word, Xing.

Liu Chai looked at the surrounding players. He was embarrassed as he couldn't actually represent all the players. Until then the players didn't take any action yet just because they respected him, but it wasn't like he could accept the title flippantly.

"Stop wasting time, the utmost thing is knowing what he wants first, just admit that you're the lord here!"

"Yeah, don't waste time, ask clearly their purpose first!"

Listening to the voice message of a few leaders in the live chat channel, Liu Chai agreed and responded, "I'm the Lord of Mansion of the Dead… why are you here?"

Upon hearing that, the messenger of Xing Yao nodded and threw him a scroll.

Liu Chai reached out for it and saw a sentence written on the scroll, His Excellency, Xing Yao's Edict. He then gazed toward the messenger of Xing Yao in doubt.

"Open and read it. If you agree, the Land of the Nine Luminaries can guarantee that you will be at the second top-level in Beiqi in the future!"

When the surrounding players heard of that, they nearly let out a laugh.

It seemed like another force that saw them as a weak group had appeared for they hadn't shown their true colors for quite some time.

Looking at the impatient players, Wu Guoyi immediately spoke in the live chat channel, "Everyone control yourself, let's look at what's written in the scroll!"

After opening the scroll in his hand, Liu Chai screenshotted the content and sent it to the chat.

All of the players were completely entertained after reading the content.

The King of the Nine Luminaries actually wanted the players to swear allegiance to him and help him fight off all the other forces of Beiqi. Then he'd give them the status of lord.

"Do we look like fools to them? Doesn't he think this is funny?"

"I'd die laughing! I'm suddenly looking forward to conquering the Land of the Nine Luminaries in the future."

"Big Brother Liu, you should write an edict, too. Ask His Excellency of the Nine Luminaries to hand over his territory to us and we will give up on turning him into soul coins!"

The nine messengers were not aware of the discussion among the players in the live chat channel at all. They were still waiting for Liu Chai's reply.

Actually, they were quite confident that they would succeed in their request.

Their perspective was different from the players. From their point of view, the great forces of the Nine Luminaries was enough to scare the players off. As the forces of Beiqi were scattered, if they were to attack, they would be no match for the Land of the Nine Luminaries. Therefore, they would choose to accept their offer as they would be granted an honorable title.

After all, this term would bring Beiqi's issues to an end and enable them to enter a more stable stage of progression. Besides, they could also own a larger territory with more resources at the same time.

On top of that, His Excellency Xing Yao also mentioned clearly in the edict that he was willing to provide military support.

With so many benefits offered, an ordinary lord would have agreed immediately as this was a great opportunity to expand their own force.

However, it was too bad that the ones they were asking to surrender were the players. It was impossible that they'd accept this offer as all of them couldn't wait to beat up these nine messengers to release their anger.

Liu Chai was looking enraged, too. Beiqi had already become their territory. But this King of the Nine Luminaries still dared to want to own their territory before they crossed over to his. He couldn't bear this any longer.

"Leader Liu, please wait... the official analysis said that the Land of the Nine Luminaries is stronger than us... don't rush this, let's try to pry something more from them!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Chai frowned. However, after noticing that it was Yin Xiaoqi who was speaking, he was surprised.

Yin Xiaoqi was quite famous among the players now as she managed to turn the tables for the players within the European server by providing advice and suggestions twice. Liu Chai remembered her well, thus accepted her suggestion.

"OK... Leader Liu, repeat this sentence after me. Let us obtain more details first!"

"Alright, I'm on all ears!" Liu Chai replied as he nodded.

"Lord of the Mansion of the Dead, I hope you can consider it thoroughly as there are many other forces in Beiqi. We chose you because we believe in you. Please don't let us down!"

While the players listened to this, there were commotions among them as the threat of the messengers sounded so weak to them.

Within the Land of Beiqi, it could be clearly seen from their previous battle that the Rock Ghost King and the Hydra King were already their allies.

If they ever planned on betrayal, they would have surrendered to the Sea King when his forces attacked.

"Messengers from the Land of the Nine Luminaries... since it was mentioned on the edict that you are willing to provide military support, when are your armies arriving?" Liu Chai repeated after Yin Xiaoqi.

The messenger of Xing Yao froze as he heard this.

To be honest, he couldn't guarantee when their military support would get there.

After all, they were still worried that the Earth Breaking Clan would return, so they couldn't risk sending their troops too hastily.

After a moment of silence, the messenger of Xing Yao spoke again, "Once you've agreed and attacked other forces, our support will reach very soon!"

"Messenger, although we own the Mansion of the Dead and have the greatest forces here in Beiqi, maybe you aren't aware that recently we've been conquering too frequently and are now short of supplies. If your military support is not able to catch up with us, how are we going to start battling again?"

"As long as you start battling, we will provide you supplies. As for military support, we will catch up with you as soon as possible!"

Snap!

Liu Chai slapped on his own thigh and responded, "You should've said this earlier, Messenger. As long as supplies are provided, of course, my clan is willing to be the pawns of the King of the Nine Luminaries. I've agreed!"

When the messenger of Xing Yao heard of this, he frowned abruptly.

War was not just a game. Hence, he felt something was wrong when Liu Chai agreed so easily.

Then, something popped up in his mind all of a sudden. Since Liu Chai had mentioned the supplies, is this Lord of the Mansion of the Dead trying to cheat on our supplies and then do nothing after that?

While his mind was filled with this thought, he saw Liu Chai speak confidently again, "Since His Excellency is showing us so much sincerity, we will start preparing for a war now. We will start off with the Rock Ghost King to show our sincerity!"

When all the nine messengers heard that, they were all taken aback.

Isn't he agreeing way too easily? He's even prepared to start battling so quickly?