Shaina clearly remembered what the Tree Elder had whispered to her before he left.
— When things don't work out, don't hesitate to ask Earl Black for help.
Although Elder Tree didn't think that something would happen to them at that time, just in case,
He still left them a way out. He just didn't expect that this way out, which he didn't think would be useful, would really come in handy at this time.
Seeing that Elder Tree's side was very likely to be wiped out by the man in the suit, Shaina knew that she had to make a decision.
She asked Earl Black for help and proposed the price that they would pay: As long as Earl Black was willing to lend a hand, they would agree to the first plan proposed by Earl Black.
In any negotiation, the initial plan was for both sides to test each other.
And this test was very unreasonable, often putting forward conditions that were far higher than usual.
This time, their conversation was the same.
Regarding the distribution of the Garden Labyrinth ruins,
Earl Black's first plan was that all the profits that passed through the Garden Labyrinth must be reviewed by the Noah family.
Although Earl Black didn't directly ask for profits, he had already shaken the Bilos family's control over the Garden Labyrinth. It could even be said that he had indirectly taken away the Bilos family's painstaking efforts to run the Garden Labyrinth for so many years.
Elder Tree, who represented the negotiation, rejected this plan immediately.
Earl Black didn't say much about this. The first plan was originally used by him to "gain the upper hand", so it was normal for it to be rejected.
Earl Black had no intention of subverting the Bilos family. After all, what the Bilos family had done over the years was actually beneficial to the underground waterway. Without external interference, continuing to maintain it could at least make the wise ruler and those sleeping old monsters want to give up the idea of Nether City in a short period of time.
From a certain point of view, not releasing these old monsters was also a protection for the Wizard World.
Therefore, the Bilos family had done a meritorious deed, and what they had done was effective.
The Black Earl acknowledged their contributions.
He also admitted that if they were replaced rashly, they might not be able to do better than the Bilos family. Therefore, Earl Black wouldn't subvert the Bilos family.
Since they weren't going to subvert the Bilos family, they must talk.
Talk was a back and forth, testing each other's bottom line.
After many conversations, they actually had a mutually satisfactory plan in their hearts … However, before this plan was finalized, bad news came from the Bi Lun Tree Courtyard.
Elder Tree had no choice but to stop the negotiations and bring a group of Sorcerers back to the Biren Tree Courtyard.
…
After making her request, Shaina looked at the Dark Earl with an expectant gaze.
In her opinion, agreeing to the first condition was already the bottom line of the Bilos Family. If the Black Earl still didn't agree, it was basically equivalent to the destruction of the Bilos family.
However, as time passed, the Dark Earl did not reply.
This made Shaina's expression more and more gloomy.
Could it be …
The Black Earl was still not satisfied with this condition? In other words, what the Black Earl was looking forward to was the man in the suit destroying the Bilos family.
And then he would replace him?
Thinking of this, Shaina's face turned ugly.
While Shaina's mind was in turmoil, a major change occurred on the battlefield in the distance.
For some reason, Patriarch Xingye was suddenly sent flying. Blood kept coming out of his mouth, and he looked like he was on the verge of death.
At first, Shaina thought that it was just a minor injury, because she didn't see that the island strongman had hit Patriarch Xingye. However, when Elder Tree saved Patriarch Xingye with an ashen face and had Gaynor block the island strongman with all his strength, while he tried to use a secret technique to save Xingye, Shaina was sure that Patriarch Xingye was really injured.
Otherwise, Elder Tree would not have used a secret technique that consumed his life essence in such a situation.
Seeing that Patriarch Xingye was injured, Elder Tree was forced to save him, and Gaynor was using all his strength to block the island strongman, Shaina panicked.
She looked at the Black Earl with a pleading gaze.
After a moment of silence, the Black Earl said, "Xingye made a wrong move. When he realized that he couldn't use external forces to attack the island strongman, he chose to destroy it from the inside.
"In a close-range attack, he separated a part of his spiritual power, hid it in the starlight, and penetrated the island strongman's body.
"If this island strongman is just a monster without a master, his method of breaking it down from the inside would work. Unfortunately, this island strongman's body and mind were controlled by the man in the suit. The other party only used the sound of the island strongman's blood to turn it into a voice that targeted spiritual power.
"It directly destroyed Xingye's spiritual power that infiltrated the island strongman's body.
Once the spiritual power was destroyed, it was equivalent to directly damaging Xingye's consciousness. This was also why Xingye didn't seem to be attacked by the island strongman, and was still injured.
The asymmetry of information and the wrong judgment of the battle strategy led to the serious consequences today.
Originally, if they ran for their lives, they still had a chance to escape. However, now, they might not even have the chance to escape.
After listening to the Black Earl's explanation, Shaina's emotions became even more chaotic. She knew that the battle was disadvantageous to them, but she didn't expect it to be like this.
She wanted to calmly think about the current situation and then come up with a countermeasure, but her heart was like ants on a hot pan. There was no way she could calm down.
She closed her eyes and kept breathing deeply. After a long while, she said, "Black Earl, on the basis of agreeing to the first plan you proposed, I can find a way to persuade Elder Tree to agree to the second plan you proposed … Forgive me for not being able to make a promise. I don't have the authority to agree to more than one plan, but I swear, I will try my best to persuade Elder Tree. I only hope that Black Earl can help the Bilos family. "
The second plan was actually a stage of raising the stakes and probing each other. However, compared to the first plan, the second plan was slightly gentler.
The clause in the second plan that the Bilos family couldn't accept the most was that the Noah family would build a reservation in the Garden Labyrinth, and this reservation would be completely controlled by the Noah family.
This was actually the same as the Pure Land of Bliss occupying an independent "paradise" in the Biren Tree Court, which was a self-governing area.
However, the "paradise" was in the Biren Tree Court after all, and it was part of the Biren Tree Court. What the Noah family wanted was to build a private reservation in the Garden Labyrinth, which was equivalent to directly attacking the core interests of the Bilos family and occupying a piece of cake that couldn't be invaded by outsiders.
Elder Tree naturally wouldn't agree to this point.
However, at this time, Shaina had no other bargaining chips. She could only use this bargaining chip in exchange for the Black Earl's help.
However, Shaina also left herself some leeway. After all, she was just an outsider to the Bilos family. She couldn't make a decision for the Bilos family. Previously, she agreed to the first plan because Elder Tree gave her the authority to do so. Elder Tree didn't give her the authority to agree to the combination of the first and second plans. Therefore, she couldn't agree to the second plan on behalf of Elder Tree. She could only say that she would try her best to persuade.
In the end, whether Elder Tree would agree or not depended on Elder Tree's thoughts and whether the Black Earl's wishes were strong or not.
After saying this, Shaina looked at the Black Earl again.
Beside her, Lucia also looked at the Black Earl. Although he didn't know what the first and second plans Shaina was talking about were, he thought that it was some kind of exchange condition. Moreover, for Shaina to express such a condition, the Bilos family was probably going to cut off some meat this time.
It was even possible that the Noah family directly replaced the Bilos family.
If that was the case, Lucia had to consider the possibility of the 13th Star Street dealing with the Noah family.
Looking at the expectant Shaina, the Black Earl sighed softly: "It's not that I don't want to help, but it's very difficult to help."
"Very difficult?" Wa Yi muttered in a low voice: "What do you mean?"
The Black Earl snorted at this time: "It's all because of you."
Wa Yi pointed at himself with a dumbfounded expression.
The Black Earl couldn't be bothered with him. Instead, he said to Shaina: "I'm just a clone now. My strength is very different from my original body. You should know that."
Shaina nodded. The strength of the Black Earl's clones was not a secret in the southern region. Among them, the strongest clones were the hands, feet, eyes, and mouth. These clones were followed by the younger generation of the Noah family with great potential. The strength of these clones alone was enough to reach the level of a bloodline truth-finder wizard.
The nose clone had not shown its strength, but according to common sense, it should be about the level of a level-1 truth-finder wizard. Perhaps its net strength was not at the level of a bloodline truth-finder wizard, but its experience and vision were far stronger than ordinary truth-finder wizards.
"My current clone can't rely on strength alone to break the soul contract of the man in the suit. In other words, if I want to save them, I have to participate in this contract. Otherwise, the power of the contract will interfere with me and prevent me from exerting my full strength. "
Shaina heard this and seemed to understand: "Sir, you mean that the man in the suit won't invite you into the contract …"
The Black Earl nodded: "Yes, that's one thing. If the other party recognizes my identity, he won't take the initiative to invite me into the contract. Although I can directly attack the man in the suit, in the process, he can completely kill Elder Tree and the others, and I won't be able to save them. "
"Watching them die without doing anything is probably not something you want to see."
Shaina nodded silently … How could she watch Gaynor die without doing anything?
However, the Black Earl's words were not wrong. As the creator of the contract, if the man in the suit recognized the Black Earl, he would definitely not let the Black Earl enter the contract.
If he could not enter the contract, the Black Earl would have to endure the interference of the power of the contract to fight and rescue.
The power of the contract was not easy to deal with, and the Black Earl might also fail here.
Therefore, it made sense that the Black Earl did not speak for a long time.
Shaina's expression was gloomy, and her eyes flashed: "Is there no other way?"
"There is a way."
"As expected, there's no way … Eh, there's a way?" Shaina suddenly raised her head and looked at the Black Earl with anticipation.
The Black Earl: "It's no use looking at me. The way I'm talking about is him. "
The Black Earl manipulated a wisp of energy to show the shape of an arrow and pointed at Wa.
Wa Yi looked confused. "Me? What does it have to do with me? "
Lucia and Shaina also looked at Wa in confusion. As official Wizards, they could see through Wa's truth at a glance. He was just an apprentice. As for what his structure was, with the Black Earl around, they were too embarrassed to probe.
However, his identity as an apprentice was real, and the Black Earl's clone was following him because he was a descendant of Noah. This was normal, as almost all of Noah's descendants carried the Black Earl's clone everywhere they went.
This was also the reason why outsiders did not dare to target Noah's descendants. Who would dare to provoke a powerful Wizard's clone whenever and wherever they went?
"That's right, it's Wa." The Black Earl: "If you want me to help, you have to get his permission."
Wa could not believe: "I … Have I become so respected? Is it because of my idol? "
The Black Earl said in annoyance: "What does your idol have to do with you?"
Wa retorted in a low voice: "My good brother will follow my idol in the future. In other words, I'm also related to my idol."
Shaina and Lucia: "???" What are you talking about? Who is Wa's idol? He's so powerful that even the Black Earl has to give him face?
The Black Earl could not be bothered with Wa and turned to Shaina: "I know you're confused, but the reason is very simple."
"You should remember that Wa was the first to look at the man in the suit."
Shaina nodded. At that time, Wa was the first to look at the man in the suit. She and Gaynor then followed Wa's gaze and found the man in the suit.
The Dark Earl continued, "When Wa Yi saw him, he also saw Wa Yi and said something to him …"
Wa nodded: "That's right, he did say something, but I didn't hear what he said at that time."
The Black Earl said indifferently: "What he said was …"
Want to play a game?
…
After listening to the Black Earl's explanation, Shaina finally understood.
Why did the Black Earl say that Wa must agree?
That was because at the very beginning, the man in the suit had invited Wa to a game, and that game was the current free-for-all game.
Wa did not hear it at that time, so he neither agreed nor refused.
However, as long as Wa was willing, he could choose to agree or reject the game at any time. Once Wa chose to agree to the game, he would automatically be included in the scope of the contract.
Now that the Black Earl and Wa were one, the Black Earl directly took over Wa's nose. Therefore, if Wa agreed, the Black Earl could also enter the contract with Wa.
To put it bluntly, this was a roundabout way to save the country.
And the starting point was Wa.
However, even if the Black Earl knew about this method, he did not agree immediately. Once Wa was involved in this free-for-all, Wa would be a participant, and he could be attacked.
Elder Tree and the others were at least official Wizards, so they would be fine if they took one or two hits. However, Wa would not be able to do so. Once he was attacked, if the Black Earl did not return in time, he would definitely die.
The Dark Earl wasn't sure if he could save Elder Tree and the others while protecting Wa Yi at the same time.
After all, the man in the suit was very strong, and he had a shallow-water strongman hidden. Once the shallow-water strongman appeared, it would be a tough battle.
(End of Chapter)
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