Although Lu Li was surprised, he also felt enlightened.
Defending a Stronghold was relatively easier. He had not heard of Wings of Dawn using any clever methods, but he did not expect them to take it from Peerless City so easily.
"Can you tell me the specifics? Why do you suspect Soul Eater?" Water Fairy's tone was no longer as calm as before. Soul Eater had always been with her, and was the second-in-command of the Drizzle Court. Water Fairy did not think that she had done anything wrong to Soul Eater.
Although Peerless City was supported by Water Fairy, there was actually a reason for this support.
Normal branch guilds were much weaker than the main guild. If they could establish a club, it would be a training camp for the main guild. It would be good enough if they could participate in the Donghua Cup. Professional players would often be trained by the branch guilds, and once they reached a certain level, they would join the main guild.
However, Peerless City's branch guild was different.
Not only did Drizzle Court assign most of the male players in the main guild to this guild, but they also sent out Green Flag Wine, Deadly Gold Underpants, and Professional Assistant to form the foundation of the Peerless City Club. Peerless City could be regarded as the second-generation rich of the club.
"The Stronghold is only one of the problems. The main problem is that there's a problem with the contract renewal of the elite team," Vegetarian Mosquito said.
"Don't you know, Tire Killer? Why are you the only one to tell me?" Water Fairy took a deep breath. If it had reached the point of changing the contract, then what Soul Eater wanted to do was too terrifying. What was even more despairing was that no one came to tell Water Fairy.
Did this mean that the people of Peerless City had collectively betrayed them?
"Tire Killer probably doesn't know. I've been observing for a few days, and it seems like there's nothing wrong with everyone. I could only sense it because my cousin just joined the club's elite team a few days ago. He's a lecturer in the law faculty, and he usually helps companies with contracts when he's free. That's why he could tell that there's something fishy about the contract."
"The original contract was signed under Peerless City Club's name, but the new contract is different. It's signed under the name 'Peerless City Club Guild'. My cousin's friend helped me check it out. This so-called Peerless City Club Guild was newly registered this year. The new contracts signed in the past two months are probably like this. Some of the brothers whose contracts were about to expire were also notified to sign in advance …"
"Just now, Misty Shadow went back and exaggerated what happened today. According to boss Soul Eater's style of doing things, he should have reprimanded Misty Shadow and told him not to stir up trouble, but he was clearly online today, yet he remained silent. Brother Wine had to speak up to calm things down."
"Furthermore, the topic of discussion in the guild is that Peerless City is a branch of the Drizzle Court. This was strictly forbidden in the past. Although Boss Soul Eater would reprimand them, he would always appear a little late."
Vegetarian Mosquito glanced at Lu Li, who was sitting quietly next to him, and added, "Oh, by the way, there are also people saying that Drizzle Court will be swallowed up by Ruling Sword."
"…" Water Fairy breathed a sigh of relief.
Apart from the contract, everything that Vegetarian Mosquito said was basically speculation. However, these speculations weren't entirely based on imagination.
"If you don't mind, I can ask why you …" Lu Li paused, but didn't say the word 'betrayal'. Instead, he changed his words and said, "Why did you stand on the side of Drizzle Court? Didn't Soul Eater give you a position? You could be a professional player."
"If Water Fairy didn't drag me over to Peerless City, Misty Shadow would have replaced me as the club's professional Hunter player," Misty Shadow said with a bitter smile.
Most clubs wouldn't allow a professional player to have the same profession, especially a Hunter. Since Vegetarian Mosquito had become a professional player, then Misty Shadow wouldn't be able to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional player.
"After I joined Peerless City, there were many opportunities for me to compete, but things weren't going as well in the guild. I just wanted to compete, and I didn't want to be targeted. Misty Shadow was the leader of the Hunter group, and he always felt like everyone owed him. He was also Soul Eater's friend in real life, and he was the first to join the guild. I couldn't fight him, and I didn't want to fight him …"
"Do you think that if Soul Eater left, those people would follow him?" Drizzle Court was a little annoyed.
Now, she realized that she had given Soul Eater too much freedom. She hadn't asked about Peerless City's matters for the past two years, but she hadn't reduced the amount of money she gave them. She even often poached professional players for Peerless City.
"Wine Bro definitely won't leave, and Underpants probably won't either. Soul Eater can't give them what they want. Professional Support is hard to say, but he has a good relationship with Soul Eater. Immortal won't leave – she's friends with you, Water Fairy. Falling Smile will probably follow. Recently, he's been very close with Soul Eater, and Soul Eater often invites him to drinks," Vegetarian Mosquito guessed.
"That's good," Water Fairy said, relieved.
Today's events had a huge impact on her. She felt like the whole world had betrayed her, but if there were no problems with the professional players, then things would be much easier.
There would definitely be losses, but it was just the elite players that had been signed in the past two months.
The problem now was how to minimize the losses.
"It's actually very simple. Let all the elite players sign new contracts. Ruling Sword has been doing this recently, mainly to increase the benefits. There are still a lot of loopholes in the old contracts," Lu Li said, not taking this too seriously.
"I understand," Water Fairy said, feeling a little down. "Why would Soul Eater do this?"
Lu Li then remembered that Water Fairy wasn't a naive little girl. She had received the most elite education and was very familiar with the methods of the business world. This level of turmoil in Peerless City wouldn't cause much of a ripple.
After all, Peerless City belonged to Water Fairy, no matter if it was the law or public opinion.
Even if Soul Eater dragged some people away, Water Fairy could still send everyone to the defendant's stand. She didn't have to win against Soul Eater; she just had to slowly drag it out. The legal fees were nothing to her, and she had a lot of connections. It would be easy for her to deal with a low-level management.
To her, the more serious matter was betrayal.
"Water Fairy, you really don't know?" Vegetarian Mosquito once again felt uncomfortable with Lu Li sitting there. He explained, "Soul Eater likes you. He's liked you for so many years, but you … you might not know, but emotional trauma can completely change a person."
Lu Li rubbed his nose to show that he was innocent, but in his heart, he felt a little proud.
He also knew that Soul Eater was interested in Water Fairy. In fact, the entire gaming circle knew about this, so his feelings towards Peerless City were very complicated. He didn't really like it, but he couldn't dislike it either. After all, it was Water Fairy's business.
He also couldn't say anything bad about Soul Eater, as that would make him seem narrow-minded. After all, Soul Eater had been with Water Fairy for so many years.
Soul Eater was like a thorn – it wasn't fatal, but it made people uncomfortable.
Now, this guy couldn't take it anymore. After being fed a lot of dog food, he began to resist.
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