Pocolo, as a person, absolutely does have ambition, there's no denying that.
But the ambition he carries is, compared to that of true powerhouses, honestly insignificant.
This actually isn't hard to understand. After all, a person's overall outlook often limits the height they can ultimately reach.
Although Pocolo occasionally shows a bit of cleverness, his vision and his overall scope are, in the end, far too narrow.
Because of this, he has always been nothing more than an unknown solo player, unable to stir up much of a splash in the game world.
Now, faced with the current situation, given Pocolo's limited scope, the farthest-reaching goal he can come up with is nothing more than comfortably getting a sip of hot soup.
So he starts scheming, wanting to persuade Black Blade to act together with him.
And at the end of the day, his purpose is nothing more than hoping he can successfully rise to become the number-one lackey under whichever of the three HIM ends up winning.
Because in his view, if Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM join forces against Xu Yuan, that would clearly be an overwhelming two-against-one advantage, making victory seem all but guaranteed.
If he could really manage to persuade Xu Yuan's subordinates to defect, then regardless of whether Tyrant HIM or Annoying Village HIM laughed last in this fierce trial, Pocolo would definitely be credited with a major contribution.
It had to be said that, logically speaking, Pocolo's calculations didn't really have any obvious flaws. And he truly had been sparing no effort in climbing upward, trying desperately to move toward a higher position.
Unfortunately, his biggest problem lay precisely here, no matter how hard he tried, all he ever wanted was to become the top follower standing beside the winner. He never once had the ambition to stand on his own.
He believed that someone like him could only ever drink soup, so his vision was limited to nothing more than getting a mouthful of hot soup.
Clearly, this was the gap between him and Black Blade.
The Black Blade of today was no longer thinking only about drinking a bit of soup.
In Black Blade's view, from the moment Tyrant HIM, Annoying Village HIM, and Xu Yuan stepped into the rainforest, the situation of the entire trial grounds had already undergone earth-shaking changes.
In fact, at the very instant Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM left their forces behind and headed toward the depths of the rainforest, they had already lost their right to control the overall situation.
If something like this had happened in the main world, then Tyrant HIM's and Annoying Village HIM's departure might not have caused any negative consequences.
After all, both of them were extraordinarily powerful. Even if their subordinates didn't fully submit to them from the heart, they would never dare harbor any ill intentions.
But this was the trial grounds.
Here, everyone, without exception, had lost their unique special abilities.
Even though Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM had extremely solid foundations and could fight ten people alone, or even, exaggerating a bit, hold off a hundred people by themselves, once they lost the boost of special abilities, how could they possibly face a thousand people on their own? The answer was obviously no.
Because of this, the moment they decisively abandoned their forces and turned away, they completely lost their authority to issue commands.
At this moment, the forces they left behind had already been merged together, and these subordinates no longer cared about who would ultimately win this difficult trial.
If among the remaining people, someone could step forward and unite all these forces, that person would hold absolute authority.
So what if the three HIM eventually decided a winner?
No matter who won in the end, could that person alone oppose everyone remaining outside? The answer was clearly no.
In other words, if Pocolo had enough courage and resolve, he himself could have been the one eating meat.
But his limited scope destined him to never reach that level of thinking, and naturally, he couldn't seize such an opportunity.
However, it was precisely because people like Pocolo existed that Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM felt so at ease entering the rainforest with Xu Yuan.
At present, among the people under Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM, the only one with any real voice was Pocolo.
And Pocolo had indeed, by his own efforts, climbed into the position of top lackey.
Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM both clearly understood that Pocolo's scope was limited to this level.
They knew that even if they left on their own, Pocolo would never think of leading everyone to rebel.
Even taking ten thousand steps back, even if Pocolo did think of it, with his strength he wouldn't be able to convince the masses, nor could he get everyone to follow him.
But Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM overlooked one key point.
Not everyone left outside was someone like Pocolo.
Perhaps most of those under Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM were people like Pocolo, but those under Xu Yuan were not.
The people under Xu Yuan were on a completely different level from Pocolo. Any one of them, taken alone, was capable of standing on their own.
Not to mention Black Blade, who had followed Xu Yuan from early on after entering the trial grounds, constantly influenced by Xu Yuan at his side.
At the moment Tyrant HIM, Annoying Village HIM, and Xu Yuan entered the rainforest, Black Blade already had a comprehensive plan.
Black Blade had enough confidence in Xu Yuan, but he still made preparations for two possible outcomes.
If Xu Yuan could persuade the other two HIM, that would naturally be the most perfect ending.
If Xu Yuan were ambushed or something unexpected happened, and Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM ended up winning, then Black Blade would take Xu Yuan's place and finish what he hadn't completed.
He would first unite all the external forces. That way, Black Blade would gain the authority to speak.
Uniting the external forces was already a done deal for Black Blade, because at least half of the people under Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM were already "insiders."
After gaining authority, Black Blade would not coerce the winning HIM into submission.
Using coercion would undoubtedly go against Xu Yuan's original intentions.
Black Blade would instead try to negotiate with the HIM who won.
The winning HIM would only need to do one thing, align with Xu Yuan's ideals and promote peace in this world using the right methods.
If that condition were met, Black Blade would relinquish his authority and let that HIM win the trial.
After his last conversation with Xu Yuan, Black Blade completely understood why Xu Yuan didn't care about winning or losing.
Xu Yuan didn't care about victory or defeat because he knew that the one who won would definitely be someone with the correct ideals.
Because he understood this, Black Blade naturally didn't care whether the final winner was Xu Yuan or not.