A day passed.
Nighttime.
While Chen Yu and his Contract Adventurer were enjoying a full beef banquet.
Li Siya sent a message.
She briefly mentioned two things.
One thing was that she had taken down the Level 7 Secret Realm; under the iron cavalry of over 500 Golden Holy Lions, the Secret Realm's defenders did not last long, and the battle ended with almost no losses.
With this Secret Realm.
Li Siya's troop population cap successfully reached 500, and at the same time, the Secret Realm contained a large amount of resources such as wood, stone, and iron ore, which were enough for her to collect for a long time.
Additionally.
Li Siya also discovered a fine iron mine within the Secret Realm.
This was also a pleasant surprise.
With the fine iron mine, a batch of excellent-grade equipment could be forged.
Li Siya knew very well what she relied on to successfully repel the Angel Sanctuary's allied forces and smoothly obtain the Level 7 Secret Realm this time.
So she also stated directly that once the fine iron mine collection was completed, Li Siya would prioritize sending this batch of fine iron to Chen Yu, and only after Chen Yu no longer needed it would she take it for her own use.
Besides this matter.
Li Siya also mentioned another thing.
That was, in the afternoon, a War Lord suddenly contacted her, hoping to form an alliance with her and the entity behind her.
【Such a massive army from Angel Sanctuary was annihilated by you and the person behind you. If the person behind you is willing to raise the banner of an alliance, I will certainly pledge my utmost loyalty and follow them to my death.】
“These were his exact words, Chen Yu. I suspect he is the lord of a territory near me, otherwise he wouldn't be so knowledgeable about the outcome of this battle.”
Chen Yu nodded slightly, “What do you think?”
Li Siya responded, “How to put it… I'm a bit uneasy. Why did he happen to witness the battle? Was he really just passing by, or did he come early to stake out, originally planning to take advantage of the chaos? Or… was it some scheme or tactic employed by Angel Sanctuary?”
Li Siya's concerns also had their reasons.
The opponent was completely annihilated in the morning.
In the afternoon, someone came over to pledge allegiance.
Chen Yu believed in coincidences, but he wouldn't use the word 'coincidence' to dismiss such matters for himself.
Chen Yu was more willing to believe.
That this lord was actually a person from Angel Sanctuary, who knew in advance about the battle and came to gain some benefit, but unexpectedly, Angel Sanctuary was completely wiped out, and he feared being implicated, so he dared not show himself.
As for why he proposed an alliance.
On this point.
Chen Yu had no interest in guessing.
“No matter what his purpose is, since he said he wants to form an alliance, let him first offer a pledge of allegiance.”
Chen Yu responded.
“A pledge of allegiance?” Li Siya was slightly taken aback, “How should we do that?”
After a brief thought, Chen Yu replied: “Aren't we going to attack Raymond's castle? We happen to be short on cannon fodder, so… you can have him send troops to assist in the attack. At that time, we'll use his troops to fill the gaps first and see how he reacts!
If he is a spy sent by Angel Sanctuary, he will definitely hold back or even turn against us during the battle. Then you should have the Golden Holy Lions execute his troops first.
If he is willing to charge into battle without regret…”
“Then that means he is genuinely coming to form an alliance?”
“No!” Chen Yu replied: “Then his troops should be executed even more. Who would sacrifice their own troops for a vague possibility of an alliance? Isn't that self-sabotage? Such a person must have very grand ambitions, and we absolutely cannot form an alliance with him!”
Li Siya was slightly stunned, “...So, no matter what, his troops will be executed first!”
Chen Yu also smiled, “Not exactly. Who just charges into battle right away? There must be preliminary discussions, communication about methods, a process, and finally, terms are brought up. That's normal!
As long as he can completely break ties with Angel Sanctuary and is willing to listen to you, forming an alliance is fine. Anyway, we won't be giving him soul crystals to spend.”
In the Dark World, allies are always necessary.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands.
Chen Yu was not so arrogant as to think he could single-handedly contend with dozens or hundreds of War Lords.
Therefore...
Forming an alliance is still necessary.
However, how to form this alliance and how to utilize the allies within it will require careful deliberation.
Regarding other War Lords.
Chen Yu couldn't trust them, was even somewhat wary, and it was even less possible for him to give them soul crystals to spend.
Even if they became allies.
At most, he would provide some troop support from the Contract Adventurer.
Currently, only Li Siya was someone he could trust; at least in these few interactions, Li Siya's actions had made him feel very at ease.
It should be known that...
In the beginning, Li Siya didn't know that Chen Yu could earn so many soul crystals. At that time, Li Siya's own situation wasn't great, yet she still chose to protect him, which was very commendable.
Later, even after knowing Chen Yu had soul crystals, she never harbored any greed, and even proactively returned over 3,000 remaining soul crystals from the war.
No matter the reason for all this.
It wasn't important.
What was important was that she had indeed gained Chen Yu's trust.
Therefore.
In terms of resource consumption for cultivation, Chen Yu would only pour them into her; he would nurture her first.
If an alliance were formed later.
Chen Yu also planned to push her to the forefront as the alliance leader, while he himself would remain behind the scenes, avoiding exposure as much as possible.
After all, possessing so many soul crystals.
If it were known.
It would inevitably cause some trouble.
After instructing Li Siya, Chen Yu continued to enjoy his full beef banquet. In fact, some monster corpses could also be eaten, and their taste was said to be excellent, but processing them would be very troublesome, requiring the removal of magic residues and so on.
It would require a specialized chef.
At the banquet.
Over a dozen Contract Adventurer were still discussing their experiences and results from today's battle. Their levels had already risen to 26, which was quite good progress.
Chu Huairou's combat power was also quite good; in just one afternoon, she had already leveled up to 15. She planned to work overtime tonight to try and get it to change professions within a day.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm so high.
Chen Yu smiled, “At this rate, I estimate you'll reach Level 30 tomorrow, right?”
“Isn't that a piece of cake?”
“If it weren't for the Dark Mysterious Corridor you set up, Lord, being too dark, we would have reached Level 30 today,” Chen Yuxuan pouted and complained.
Chen Yu laughed heartily, “Isn't that so you can better comprehend your skills! Without a few high-difficulty bottlenecks, your understanding and mastery of skills wouldn't be so fast!”
“Although… we still want to complain.”
Others also expressed their opinions on the Dark Mysterious Corridor dungeon.
Especially regarding the knight statues' behavior of specifically poking people's behinds in the dark, they expressed strong condemnation.
Everyone stated.
Although they themselves hadn't been poked, such behavior was still disgraceful and urgently needed improvement.
To this...
Chen Yu also stated he would listen.
But not change.