Chapter 1082: Why Don't You Believe It?

Negris is incapable of doing anything, but when it comes to these "exams" involving knowledge and calculation, it is its old trade. As long as it doesn't exceed its cognitive range, it can do them.

Clearly, the knowledge level of the Sage Society could not exceed the cognition of the Seven-Power Unified Source Translator. The most difficult ones were just some questions involving the source, and there were very few of those; most were still knowledge within the plane.

Negris avoided those questions involving the source; after all, it was just here to get points, not to improve the knowledge level of the Sage Society.

"Alright, the points are enough. What do we do now? Should we mobilize the members of the society, pull the Speaker of the Light Alliance off his seat, and replace him with one of our own?" Negris asked, rubbing its hands together.

Anthony rolled his eyes in annoyance and continued flipping through the books on the shelf.

"What's wrong? Is my idea not good?" Negris was unconvinced. It wanted to know why it was getting rolled eyes for how it spent the points it earned.

Anthony said while flipping through the books: "It's just a contract, not a soul imprint. How was the contract signed? What if it's the kind of agreement that says, 'You treated me to a pancake, and you must repay me tenfold later'? Will you give them ten pancakes then?"

"Even if it's a demon contract, there are a hundred ways to bypass it. Xisilu said the contract stipulates that points can be used to mobilize the resources of various members or request assistance, but does it say how many resources can be mobilized or to what extent assistance is needed?"

"Can you mobilize all resources, including his wife and children? To what extent should they assist? What if there is danger? It's impossible that they would assist you with their whole family's lives on the line, right?" Anthony said.

"Ah?" Negris was stunned and hurriedly asked Xisilu for the original text of the contract.

But before it could find it, Anthony said: "I've already read it. The contract stipulates that each point can mobilize 100,000 magic crystals of resources, and it also stipulates that members have an obligation to assist with all their might. However, there is a disclaimer clause at the back, with a line of small print noting that for natural disasters, rebellion, or requests that violate ethical and moral standards, members have the right to refuse."

"Ah??" Even Xisilu was stunned; he hadn't noticed the disclaimer clause.

When the terms of a contract are too fluid and even have subjective restrictions, the terms are basically useless.

What is considered a violation of ethical and moral standards? Is not giving money considered a violation of ethical and moral standards?

According to Silver Coin's morals, it is clearly a violation—earning less is not acceptable. According to the ethics of undead creatures, killing is not called killing; it's called reincarnation. So, can you kill someone and then reincarnate them?

"Then isn't that just a useless contract? I thought that, like in knight novels, once I came in and answered the questions, I could become the president of the society and everyone would have to obey my orders. So why did you let me come here to waste my IQ?" Negris said, disappointed.

"That's not necessarily a waste. The society can provide them with help, and under normal circumstances, they won't easily abandon the society. So the points are still useful; just don't use them to make them go to their deaths."

"This is a stepping stone, a brick that binds everyone's interests together. As long as everyone's interests are aligned—for example, if we become the King of Leo, we seal him as the Minister of Finance. Ask him if he'll do it?" Anthony hypothesized.

Without needing anyone else, Silver Coin was the first to raise his hand: "Do it, do it, do it! Leave the Minister of Finance to me. I can mobilize 6 million magic crystals and 30,000 mercenaries."

"Pfft—where did you get so many people and so much money?" Negris almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. This profiteer had been staying with it every day recently; how did he manage to save up so many people?

Silver Coin said inexplicably: "Violet can pull up thousands of elites, and the Sea of Omniscience can hire tens of thousands of people. By then, let Violet integrate the new mercenaries from the Sea of Omniscience. This is the number I can gather under the premise of ensuring quality. If combat effectiveness is not required, 100,000 or 200,000 is fine. As long as there is money, it's fine."

Anthony also laughed: "Are you underestimating our current power too much? Silver Coin's method is spending money; if we don't spend money, there are even more. The Sea of Omniscience has tens of millions of people. Under normal circumstances, one out of a hundred is recruited, which is hundreds of thousands of troops."

"Right now, everyone is still eating stored grain, which means that even if all the young and strong are recruited, it won't affect production and life. Those aged fifteen to sixty account for 60% of the population, which is 30 million troops. These are living ones. The Undead City can recruit hundreds of thousands of intelligent undead creatures, plus tens of millions of corpses, and dozens of crystal dragons."

"Honestly, if Lord can protect me, we don't need everyone to take action; I can flatten the Court of Leo by myself," Anthony said.

Negris was dumbfounded. Without knowing it, had they already become a major force in the Light Alliance?

"Engaging in conspiracies and tricks is not because our strength is weak, but because we don't want too many people to die. Who told me, Anthony, to be kind-hearted? Sigh," Anthony said in a tone of compassion for the world.

"Ah, pfft! Shameless," Negris said in annoyance.

It only scolded him for being shameless but didn't deny "kind-hearted." Although it was highly likely that Anthony felt it was too shameful for people to die under his rule, such things are judged by actions, not intentions. Whether it was because he felt shameful or was kind-hearted, many people were truly alive because of Anthony's decisions.

Can it be said that if a person saves someone because they are afraid of losing face, the person who survived doesn't count as being saved by him?

"Of course, it's to have Gula Lata come over. Isn't this a coincidence? First, ask him who the biggest obstacle is during the process of seizing the throne, and who can become his biggest help."

"Then, with these people as targets, see which of them is related to the Sage Society, and then approach them in the name of the society—promise, coerce, lure, and if it really doesn't work, use soul control."

"Once we master the key nodes, we can bribe and clear out the party members and claws of Leo's uncle while building prestige for Gula Lata. Both sides act together, even propaganda, rumors, performances, etc..." Anthony expounded his entire plan.

Negris felt its head swelling and covered its ears as it flew away. However, it soon flew back and said: "It's almost 3:00 PM. The teleportation array meeting is starting. Should we go participate?"

At the entrance, Jilifte said there would be a teleportation array meeting at 3:00 PM. They were very familiar with this kind of meeting; the plane safety meeting back then was also held in this way.

At the safety meeting, Guli Anni discovered that he had been inexplicably isolated, even Dai Sen rejected him, and he finally became a lonely man, even his diplomatic rights were stripped away.

"Go, go, go, of course we have to go. How can we be absent from such a good meeting to inquire about information?" Anthony said, rubbing his hands.

Everyone left the Sage Hall, went out to call Gula Lata and others, and together they turned to the place of meditation. Just as the communication mage opened the teleportation array, a voice rang out: "I already said, the light disaster is because someone threw something into the sun, causing the sunlight to be abnormal. Why don't you believe it?" ===== CHAPTER 1083 =====