"Your Majesty, are we really giving it to them?" Geert asked anxiously to Li Huailin in the Duke's Mansion. That's right. In fact, Li Huailin didn't just give Hao Haoran 70,000. Li Huailin had also given votes to several guilds that had encircled them, and that wasn't all.
That's right. In fact, the problem wasn't only in the Tukulans Kingdom. The 'tax collectors' of many other places had been robbed. Some of them were successfully robbed, while others weren't. But regardless of whether they succeeded or not, Li Huailin found out the names of the guilds that attacked him. Then, just like how he dealt with the Great Old Battle Path, he looked for members of their rival guilds to deal with them. Of course, there were also guilds that weren't hostile and hired hired thugs. Of course, the price they had to pay was not small. The large group of thugs had almost consumed all the votes collected in the first batch.
Li Huailin didn't intend to renege on the debt. After confirming that the other party had settled the matter, he paid the promised reward. The total price paid was already millions of votes, which made Geert's heart ache a little. "Your Majesty, we actually don't have to deal with them like this … Although these parasites caused trouble for us, the votes they stole added up to less than 100,000. If we spend millions to deal with them, isn't it …"
"The gains outweigh the losses?" Li Huailin smiled and looked at Geert. "What we have to do is to show our attitude, understand …"
"Your Majesty, I understand. But for now, we just need to let our subordinates be a little more careful, and these things can be avoided," Geert said. That's right. There were actually many ways to prevent these players from robbing. For example, getting more guards to protect them. That's right. After all, the only obvious sign of a tax collector carrying the tickets was the mark on their hands. This mark could actually be disguised. You could just find a few people with 1,000 tickets and have them pretend to be tax collectors to confuse the enemy. Or, one could split the votes and find a few tax collectors. These could actually be avoided.
In fact, some people had already begun to do so. There was no need for Li Huailin to teach them. Indeed, Li Huailin had set a limit for these NPCs. If they couldn't pay up, they'd die. They hadn't expected that someone would try to rob them, but now that they knew about this, they'd do everything they could to prevent such a situation from happening. Now, the reports of successful robberies were getting fewer and fewer. Some people were even too lazy to report to Li Huailin. They did encounter robberies, but they successfully defended themselves, or maybe they were robbed of a few thousand votes. Anyway, if they reported to Li Huailin, Li Huailin wouldn't care about them. It was better not to say anything. Anyway, it would be fine as long as they reached the required number.
"Geert, that's why I said you don't understand." Li Huailin spread out his hands and said, "What you're talking about is the general situation. You don't know how crazy these players can be when they're not threatened with death. The benefits of this vote are too great. With such great benefits in front of them, everyone would want to fight for it. It's like a piece of gold placed in front of you. If you don't reach for it, you'll feel sorry for yourself. For NPCs, at least there's the threat of death. For players, at most, they'll lose 10% of their experience. The cost of failure is so low. Why not take a gamble? So, as you can see, so many people chose to attack me because of this. "
"Yes, Your Majesty." Geert, of course, understood this logic. After some thought, he asked, "So, Your Majesty, you're saying that we should make an example out of them? Use a thunderous attack on them to deter those who want to attack us. "
"Stupid." Li Huailin waved his hand and said, "What's the use of deterrence? I already said that the cost of failure is so low. What's there to deter?"
"Eh? Then … "Geert was a little confused. After all, he didn't really understand the players' thinking.
"It's to help them find something to do. Do you understand?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Huh?" Geert shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand.
"Now, all the players are thinking of this, but they don't understand how to get the vote. If I let them think this way, I'm highly likely to think of me. After all, I'm the biggest player now. I'm sure they'll want to make a fortune from me, "Li Huailin said. Li Huailin said, "So, there may be ways to prevent them from robbing us. But believe me, if we ignore them, they will come up with various ways to deal with us. In the end, it will become a constant tug-of-war between me and them. This will only make us physically and mentally exhausted."
As he spoke, Li Huailin stood up and walked to the window. "So, now, I'll find something for them to do so that they won't keep thinking about my things. They don't know where to get money. I'll tell them now."
"I understand, Your Majesty." All of a sudden, Geert understood what Li Huailin meant. Yes, Li Huailin's rewards were a little too much, which was why he was so surprised. But after thinking about it, it was just a bait. Li Huailin's goal was to make the Adventurers so confused that they wouldn't have the time to rob them.
To be honest, Li Huailin didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache when he threw out the votes. Although there were millions of votes, this was only the first batch. In fact, this first batch was the smallest batch. Because some of the smaller Kingdoms had fewer people, they collected taxes faster and handed them in immediately after receiving the votes. On the other hand, the larger Guilds had more people, so it would take a long time to collect taxes and statistics. As time went by, Li Huailin would collect more votes. Now that Li Huailin had thrown out the votes, it would be easier to collect the rest.
Would the Guilds that obtained Li Huailin's votes really become rich? Soon, they encountered a huge problem. It wasn't that someone immediately came to rob them of their votes, but that someone came to take revenge. Yes, although the Guilds that robbed Li Huailin's votes were eliminated by them, it was only for a short while. To the players, death was only a loss of their quota. Although they couldn't participate in the quest, they could still take revenge. You killed us, and then you can still get the rewards? How can there be such a good thing? Since we lost our votes, don't even think about keeping the votes in your hands. At worst, everyone would lose their votes. In any case, they couldn't take it lying down.
On the other side, of course, the other Guilds also heard about the situation here. Li Huailin directly threw money to kill these people who robbed him. In their opinion, it was indeed a little unnecessary, but according to Li Huailin's personality, it wasn't strange for him to do such a thing. After all, this guy had always been a vengeful person. Just like Li Huailin said, their gazes quickly turned to the millions of votes.
Indeed, they couldn't find any effective way to obtain votes. Apart from buying, the only way was to rob, and the system did indeed give them a method of robbing. After analyzing the costs, risks, and benefits of robbing Li Huailin and robbing these people, they felt that the millions of votes were obviously much easier to rob. Moreover, they didn't have to worry about people buying their votes.
That's right, they didn't doubt that after robbing Li Huailin, Li Huailin would buy their votes. Everyone knew that he had a lot of votes now, so why not try to get the votes that were easier to obtain? As for Li Huailin, they would think about what to do after they obtained the votes.
Obviously, they didn't expect to directly step into an endless abyss. Soon, a large-scale Guild War began, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger. That's right, this Guild War didn't seem to have an end at all. This was because more and more Guilds joined, but there was never a Guild that withdrew. Even if all the members of a Guild died and withdrew from the Trial Mission, they would still return to take revenge. They still had the mentality of 'I don't want you to have an easy time'. Those who didn't obtain votes wanted to obtain votes, and those who obtained votes couldn't leave the battle. In the end, it formed an endless cycle.
As the scale of the war continued to expand, very soon, the players were really angry. A large group of Guilds fought to the point where they didn't even know who their enemy was. They also forgot that their goal was to obtain votes. Since they couldn't leave the battle at all, they just had to fight first.
Of course, this chaos was also instigated by someone. Otherwise, it wouldn't have developed to this stage. And the people who were stirring up trouble were the people of Night Hang. That's right. Most of the Spirit World's forces didn't participate in the battle, but many people were still mixed in to cause trouble. It was just like how some Guilds were preparing to leave after obtaining votes and quietly reap the benefits. Seeing this situation, Night Flight immediately led the rhythm. They randomly found someone in the crowd and shouted who had obtained votes, and they immediately pulled the Spirit World back into the battle.
"This battle won't end anytime soon." Night Flight said to Li Huailin. "Now there are fights everywhere. I think they're really angry. Looking at the current situation, if there isn't a leader to stop them, I think they'll keep fighting until they can't fight anymore."
"So, the leader you're talking about is the Gods?" Li Huailin asked.
"They haven't participated yet. They've been waiting," Night Flight said. "According to the Counter Front's standards, I think they should have seen through your plan. I just don't know if they're willing to take the lead."
"It doesn't matter if they take the lead or not," Li Huailin said. "I've said it before. The rich are the masters. I'm rich now! If the Counter Front can't see clearly, I don't suggest dragging them into the water. "
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