Chapter 1750

Such a big advantage and they still lost? What's going on?

Not much time has passed now; most lords are still in battle.

However, 216 lords have already finished their battles.

Most of these 216 people probably finished together as a group, or several lords completed it together.

A single lord finishing a battle on their own probably isn't common.

Unless the strength gap is huge.

There are also 580 friendly lords who didn't manage to grab an opponent at all.

If no one calls for help, their battle is destined to be a 0-contribution one; they'll have to snatch faster next time.

Now let's look at the enemy's situation:

【Enemy Lord Matching Status】

【Total】1,207 people

【Matched】1,207 people

"In Battle" 1,109 people

"Completed" 0 people

"Defeated" 98 people

【Unmatched】0 people

Looks like no problem.

The enemy is all fighting, and 98 are confirmed defeated.

That state-level lord must be under siege too; maybe Li Ruanyu is fighting that state-level lord right now.

Not much time has passed since the battle started; most lords are still fighting.

I estimate a large number of battles will end in the next hour.

Entering the help-request page.

No information at all.

This means all friendly battlefields should currently be at an advantage.

Then let's just wait.

During this time, ask Li Ruanyu and Su Qin about their situations.

Zhao Chi sent a message.

They can reply whenever they have time.

But Su Qin replied instantly.

Su Qin 【No problem on my end, don't worry. How about you? Going smoothly?】

Zhao Chi 【Smooth, finished fighting】

Su Qin 【Finished? That fast? You're really something. We're almost done here too, cleaning up the mess, enemy morale has completely collapsed, we'll wrap up soon. The opponent we picked this time only had a bit over 6,000 combat power, still a bit weak; next time we can pick one around 8,000】

Zhao Chi 【Still need energy?】

Su Qin 【Hehe, no need, save it for now, maybe there's another battle later, we'll use it then】

Zhao Chi 【Good, that's good then】

After a few minutes, Li Ruanyu also replied.

Her voice sounded a bit tired.

But her tone was cheerful.

Li Ruanyu 【Don't worry, no problem on my end. How about you? If you need help just say so, I can still spare some soldiers to help you】

Zhao Chi 【No need, I've already finished. You stay safe】

Li Ruanyu 【You're done? Hehe, I knew you could do it. We finished the first wave, about to start the second. My side is almost unscathed, but Captain Xing took some heavy losses, though still within acceptable range. I might need you to help me use some energy later, is there enough?】

Zhao Chi 【Still have over 500 neutral energy, plenty, I can give it all to you】

Li Ruanyu 【That's great, but I definitely won't use that much, 20 points should be enough. Just give me the gentler kind of energy, don't make it too intense, I really can't handle it otherwise】

Zhao Chi 【Don't worry, there's over 200 points of gentle energy too, enough for you】

Li Ruanyu 【Hehe, I really can't use that much either, unless I lie down I can take a bit more. Alright, our second wave has assembled, I'll chat with you later】

Zhao Chi 【Alright, good luck】

Li Ruanyu 【Hehe, I will】

Closed the chat window.

Zhao Chi looked at the help-request interface again.

Still no information.

He can only see friendly help requests now; if he could see the enemy's, there would probably be a lot, a lot.

About an hour later.

Over 80% of the battlefields had ended.

There were actually 20 friendly lords defeated...

Really don't know what's going on.

Maybe they fought as a team, but one of them got beaten pretty badly?

Then withdrew from battle?

Or got instantly killed by the enemy during the fight?

Regardless, the other lords basically all won big.

Su Qin happily notified Zhao Chi 【Won! Big victory!】

Zhao Chi 【How are the losses?】

Su Qin 【Not bad. We lost 9 elves and 52 melee soldiers. Arrows were consumed quite a lot, but it was worth it.】

Although Su Qin had lost 61 people, she still felt this kind of loss was acceptable.

Even rather good, in fact.

Zhao Chi couldn't really relate.

After all, the Taoyuan humans had never died before. Even when some fell in battle earlier, they all revived afterward, so it couldn't really count as a true death.

Still, Zhao Chi could understand.

He knew that ordinary lord battles were bound to incur losses.

As long as you could win, and the losses weren't too great, that was a major victory.

Winning but suffering heavy losses of your own could only be called a pyrrhic victory.

Zhao Chi 【Not bad. How much of the contribution share do you think you can claim this time?】

Su Qin 【How should I put it… I feel like I can get more than half of the contribution value】

Zhao Chi 【That much?】

Su Qin 【Yeah… When the group was first formed, I was only a little stronger than them, otherwise I wouldn't have been the leader. But back then my contribution value was at most around 30%, mostly fluctuating between 27% and 29%. Now I really have at least over 50%】

Zhao Chi 【With your contribution value being so high, Geng Zhan and the others won't have any objections, will they?】

Su Qin 【Huh? Why would they have objections?】

Zhao Chi 【After all, with your contribution value being so high, when it comes time to distribute the matched loot, they'll only get a smaller share】

Su Qin 【Oh~ that's what you were thinking. It might be because you always fight solo, so you don't really understand group combat. Actually, not only will they not be unhappy, they'll even feel a bit embarrassed】

Zhao Chi 【Feel embarrassed?】

Su Qin 【That's right. They feel like they've been dragging me down. Seeing me perform well actually makes them a bit uneasy. Just now Geng Zhan even said he'd charge in harder next time so my melee soldiers would lose fewer. Xiang Yuan and Fu Yi said similar things too】

Zhao Chi 【Understood. I was overthinking it. If you're this strong, of course they'd be willing, and the higher your contribution ratio, the stronger you are, and the happier they'll be】

Su Qin 【Mm, that's the idea】

Zhao Chi 【Good, then that's fine】

Su Qin 【Also, the three of them have now converted quite a few soldiers to use bows, buying Wind-Chasing Arrows and finger tabs from my side. Today their archers also played some role, and we can already see some initial results. By next month my arrow and finger tab output will be even higher, and then our group will be stronger】

Zhao Chi 【Give me an estimate — how strong an enemy can the four of you defeat now?】

Su Qin 【Estimating is a bit hard. After all, against different races, even with the same combat power, the results can be completely different. Right now my combat power is 3541, Geng Zhan is 2300, Xiang Yuan and Fu Yi both have 2100. Our combined combat power has already broken past 10000. So I feel like defeating enemies under 8000 combat power is basically no problem】

Zhao Chi 【What about around 10000? Equal to your combat power】

Su Qin 【I feel there'd be some risk. I don't have a sure-win confidence in my heart. Of course, if we really run into one I'm not afraid — I'll fight it properly. If we perform well, or the enemy makes mistakes, or the racial counter is too severe, it's possible we could beat enemies above 12000 too, just the odds definitely aren't high】

Zhao Chi thought for a moment.

In truth, Su Qin was probably still underestimating herself.