Ethan opened the private message and saw that it was from the lord of Region 8, Luna.
["Lord Ethan, according to my strategist's analysis, the 10 regions in our A-zone will definitely each take sides."]
["After all, the key of this game is that only the top three can survive, so everyone will definitely choose to cooperate with each other."]
["And team-based competition is definitely easier than fighting alone, so I hope to group up with you and fight against the other regions together."]
After reading the message from the lord of Region 8, Ethan didn't immediately express his stance.
He simply replied, ["Why choose me?"]
["My strategist said that for you to go from an ordinary person to this point, you must have some very impressive means,"] The lord of Region 8 spoke frankly (shamelessly flattering), ["And personally, I also think that from the photos and videos you've posted, seeing a part reveals the whole, you're definitely not as simple as you look on the surface. So, I've decided to follow you."]
["Oh ho?"]
Hearing Luna's words, Ethan immediately felt pleased all over.
This girl knew what she was doing. At least she was much more sensible than that Region 5 lord from earlier.
Although Ethan also admitted that Luna's strategist's analysis was very accurate, in this A-zone lord battle, with the system's rule of ten advancing to three, any smart lord would choose to band together.
In the end, it would form a three-way split, and those who insisted on fighting alone were bound to be eliminated.
So… Choosing teammates became extremely important.
As for why Ethan had chosen the lord of Region 2, David, without hesitation, aside from him being the first to approach, speaking straightforwardly, and paying just as straightforwardly, Ethan felt that his greatest ability actually lay in making money.
No matter what method he used to earn those 100,000 Dragon Coins, it proved that David himself was a capable person.
So Ethan had chosen to cooperate with him without hesitation.
As for the remaining one slot, Ethan had to be more cautious. After all, he could be considered half a hot commodity now, so there was no need to rush when choosing teammates. He didn't have to find the most perfect one, but he definitely couldn't casually pick a useless teammate.
Like someone like Shakun… Honestly, even if you gave him a million Dragon Coins, Ethan wouldn't want him.
'Heh!'
'Money like that…'
'Take it, and you might not live long enough to spend it.'
["What benefits can you bring me?"]
Ethan didn't waste time and directly asked the lord of Region 8, Luna.
After thinking for a long time, Luna finally gave an answer, ["I don't have any great abilities, otherwise I wouldn't be looking to form an alliance instead of becoming the alliance leader and waiting for others to come to me."]
["But precisely because my abilities aren't great, my ambitions aren't big either. I only want to survive safely in this misty world."]
["So…"]
["As long as you can help me get through the polar night and survive the lord battle, I'm willing to become your subordinate territory."]
["I can even provide you with an entry fee every ten days or every month based on the income of my people."]
["Of course, if the players or people in my region gain more benefits with your help, I will also give you a percentage as profit sharing!"]
["This is all the sincerity I can offer. As for anything else…"]
["I think with my current wealth, I really don't have anything that would catch your interest."]
———
[Inside the Region 8 Villa]
After Luna sent everything word for word according to Selena's instructions, she turned to look at Selena and said, "Selena, do you think he'll agree? What you said sounds pretty good, but it doesn't really offer anything tangible. I'm a bit unsure."
"The key is sincerity."
Selena adjusted her glasses, a glint flashing across them as she said, "If we want to group up with the lord of Region 7, then we have to show our sincerity."
"Instead of taking out the few materials we currently have to try to please him, it's better to directly tell him that we intend to do long-term business with him."
"Lord, as someone who has people under you, you should understand…"
"In this misty world, how much profit proper allocation of resources and labor can bring you."
"Right now, I'm betting that what the lord of Region 7 lacks isn't materials, but people."
"As long as he agrees, it's equivalent to us providing manpower to work for him."
"Wouldn't that mean we're at a loss?", Luna frowned, "After all, I don't have many people, and the players have already suffered quite a few losses due to all kinds of dangers recently."
"Besides, what if this Ethan ends up forcing my players or people to seek more benefits for him, without caring whether they live or die? What should I do then?"
"As long as he isn't stupid, he wouldn't do something like killing the goose that lays golden eggs," Selena glanced at the magic book, saw that Ethan hadn't replied Ethant, and continued analyzing for Luna, "After all, he treats the players under him pretty well. Although I don't know how he obtained so many materials, enough to provide players with all kinds of cold-resistant clothing and even stone houses for everyone—"
"But from that alone, you can already tell that this lord of Region 7 is quite capable."
"So I'm betting that he's a greedy, shrewd merchant."
"I'm betting that for the sake of exploiting you and the players under your region for a longer time, he'll make sure you survive, and even live well, so that he can better profit from you."
"..."
Luna was stunned by Selena's analysis, "He's a shrewd merchant, and you're still telling me to cooperate with him?"
"In this world, no relationship is more stable than one built on profit," Selena continued her crooked logic, "So I'm going to use profit as a chain to tie you to his warship."
"Even though on the surface you're at a loss, compared to being dead, how much worse could it be?"
"And what I'm really betting on is that although he's a shrewd merchant, he understands what maximizing profit means, and understands that only when employers live better can the boss earn more."
"Of course, even if he only understands a little, it doesn't matter. As long as the cooperation succeeds, I'll naturally guide him in that direction."
———
[Region 7, Hot Spring Pool]
Ethan looked at the message sent by the lord of Region 8 but didn't rush to reply.
Soaking in the hot spring, he carefully considered whether this cooperation model was feasible, and at the same time waited for other region lords to come contact him.
Since it was the last slot, then naturally, it would go to the highest bidder.
Of course… Sincerity was also part of the price.
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