[World Channel]
["I, Shakun, lord of Region One!"], Shakun announced to the entire world channel, ["I've already formed an alliance with the lord of Region Ten, Chomu. And Lord Chomu has said he has a way to train your residents and players into the strongest warriors."]
["Our alliance still has one slot left. Anyone who wants to join, hurry up. Weak lords don't bother!"]
["We only want the strong. The weak, get lost!"]
After speaking, Shakun even tagged @Lord David of Region Two @Lord Duma of Region Nine @Orin of Region Four @Lord Blake of Region Three.
The other lords who weren't tagged by Shakun were all relatively ordinary in ability.
Or rather, they only appeared ordinary on the surface.
Ethan still believed that saying, anyone who could become a lord was definitely not simple.
Maybe they had some kind of special ability, or maybe from the moment they were transported here, they were already in an unfair starting position. Like Shakun of Region One who brought an army, Orin of Region Four who brought an entire sect with him, or Blake, the young master of a major clan.
As for Duma, Ethan wasn't too sure.
Probably some special ability as well.
But, Shakun's actions also served as a reminder to Ethan.
If he didn't improve himself, once those powerful lords formed alliances and strengthened their subordinates, the gap between them would only widen.
If he lost this game, his ending definitely wouldn't be any better.
'In this kind of environment, better for others to die than for me to die.'
'I'll take the blame, you go die.'
'Heh!'
'Poker Face, here I come.' [T/N: Poker Face is that poker-faced guy from chapter 249]
Ethan walked toward Poker Face, who had been tormented by the farting bees to the point of barely clinging to life.
Poker Face had originally fallen unconscious, but upon hearing approaching footsteps, he was instantly startled awake.
He struggled to open his eyes and looked at Ethan, saying, "It's… it's you!"
"Yep, I brought you a gift."
Ethan greeted him with a grin. The moment Poker Face heard the word "gift," his face turned green.
Because last time, Ethan had said the same thing, bringing him a gift.
And the result was that he got tortured half to death by those farting bees, vomiting until his whole body nearly collapsed.
He couldn't even imagine, what would happen if he received another gift.
"If you've got the guts, just kill me!"
Poker Face shouted, "What's the point of torturing people like this?"
"I'm telling you, even if you torture me to death, I won't betray the general, and I definitely won't become your subject."
"Give up on that idea!"
"Scoundrel!"
"I'll—ugh… ptooey!"
The more Poker Face spoke, the angrier he got, and he even spat at Ethan.
Fortunately, Ethan reacted quickly and barely avoided it.
"If…", Ethan paused, then continued, "you can survive this time, I can consider letting you go."
"Really?"
Poker Face's lifeless eyes suddenly lit up at that moment.
But soon, he shook his head vigorously and said, "I don't believe you. How could you possibly be willing to let me go? You're just trying to trick me, trick me into helping you complete your experiment "
"I'm not lying, and I don't need to."
After saying that, Ethan directly established a lord's contract with him and said, "I, the lord of Region Seven, swear that if you can survive this experiment without dying, I, Ethan, will let you go. This oath is a lord's oath, it cannot be broken. Whoever breaks it will die instantly."
Poker Face looked incredulous, but in the end, he nodded forcefully, even showing a trace of joy on his face as he said, "Alright."
"As long as I survive your experiment, you must let me go."
"I'm going back to tell General Shakun that that damned Loran betrayed him and should be captured and executed!"
[Lord Contract Established!]
The next moment.
The oath between the two was officially formed.
The reason Ethan did this wasn't because he felt guilty or anything, but because he was worried that this guy might kill himself from the pain during the sun worm incubation process.
Or refuse to cooperate, refusing to replenish energy, which would lead to the failure of the sun worms' hatching.
But, when a person has hope, has belief, only then do they have a chance to keep living.
Ethan cruelly gave him that sense of hope. Even though he himself didn't know whether Poker Face would die after serving as a flesh field for those sun worms.
Or end up half-dead… no one could say for sure.
And even if Poker Face was lucky enough to survive, Ethan wasn't worried about him going back to find General Shakun.
After all, whether Shakun would even still be alive by the time Poker Face got back was another matter. And even if Poker Face was lucky enough to return alive and find Shakun, so what?
That cunning Loran would definitely die if he failed his mission.
And the moment he completed his mission, he would have no value left anyway. So sacrificing a single pawn didn't matter at all to Ethan.
Right now, Ethan's top priority was to hatch the sun worms.
"Come on!"
Poker Face gritted his teeth and said, "However you're going to torture me, just do it already! Once you're done, hurry up and let me go."
"No rush, I'll be right there."
Ethan directly used the magic book to craft a dagger.
No choice. For every sun worm egg planted, a hole had to be opened in the human body.
The dragon bone blade was too inconvenient, too big. And his original dagger had already been given to Ivankov, so he could only make a new one on the spot.
"Hurry up!", Poker Face said arrogantly, "Don't make me fall asleep waiting."
"Don't worry, it'll be quick," Taking the opportunity, Ethan asked him, "Can I ask you something? Why are you so loyal to that stu—uh, General Shakun?"
"He's the general, I'm a soldier. Isn't it only natural for me to be loyal to him?"
"This might be your last chance to express gratitude to Shakun, so saying it like that is kind of boring," Ethan shrugged, "Besides, from what I've seen, not many of Shakun's soldiers truly respect him. Otherwise those people wouldn't have defected so easily."
"Don't compare me to those traitors!", Poker Face roared, "My life was saved by General Shakun. My family also got the chance to be treated because of his arrangements. There aren't many generals who treat their subordinates that well anymore! Those traitors don't understand a damn thing, and neither do you!"
"I didn't before, but now I do," Ethan smiled helplessly, "People like you are just… blindly loyal."
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