Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2097: Way to fight back

The ordinary warriors of the Star-Eye Clan were very happy; the high-level members of the Star-Eye Clan were very unhappy.

”Really infuriating.”

Cheng Liujin smiled as he poured water for everyone, then sat down at the table.

This Gold Order Leader had never stood on ceremony.

In the meeting room, the two Star-Eye Clan leaders, the two Order Leaders Cheng Liujin and White Robe, as well as Bashilu, Yashinan, Jikesu, two core members of the Clan Leaderʼs Guard, and the two deputy Order Leaders of the Gold Camp and Silver Camp were all present.

”Blatantly bullying the weak.” White Robe looked at the cup before him, his tone calm.

Whether it was Cheng Liujin or White Robe, everyone knew that although they appeared very calm, in fact, they were beside themselves with anger inside.

For this battle, the Star-Eye Clan had paid a great deal.

From the initial attacks on the Huaitang Clanʼs grain transport convoys to this Brave Trial, the Star-Eye Clan had spent over five million Moonspan Gold just on purchasing information, buying materials, preparing equipment, and the like. This was only what the Star-Eye Clan had spent, not counting Ye Zhongmingʼs side. If everything was totaled, it probably amounted to several tens of millions of Moonspan Gold.

Of course, materials were made into equipment, and purchased equipment was also property, definitely not disposable, so these expenses were still acceptable.
But the warriors sacrificed in this series of actions were what pained everyone the most.

In the previous several attacks on grain convoys, the number of casualties was around 1,000. In this Brave Trial, many had sacrificed their lives again. These people were the backbone of the Star-Eye Clan!

Especially those sacrificed from the Clan Leaderʼs Guard, who were even more the mainstay, the few experts of the Star-Eye Clan. This time, with several hundred casualties, was all that just for two million Moonspan Gold?

No, the market price of that blue millet itself was also one million. That meant, for so many days of planning, action, and the final life-or-death struggle, they had only gained one million Moonspan Gold and a pile of equipment.

This feeling of frustration was simply too stifling.

But what could be done?

If it werenʼt for the eight heads, it might have been manageable. After wiping out half of the Huaitang Clanʼs elites this time, the Star-Eye Clan, with its entire clanʼs strength, might have been able to fight to the bitter end with them.

Yes, even now, the Star-Eye Clan could at most suffer with the Huaitang Clan. Once they recovered for a period, they would again become considerably stronger than the Star-Eye Clan.

This was a matter of foundations.

The Huaitang Clan was medium sized race. Compared to a small clan like the Star-Eye Clan, the gap was not only in overall strength but also in a series of aspects such as foundations, population, system, commerce, education, technology, and so on. This time, they had caught the Huaitang Clan off guard, achieving such a result. If it came to a real contest of strength, the Star-Eye Clan was still somewhat lacking.

But these were all matters of time. With the various changes Ye Zhongming had brought, the Star-Eye Clan would enter a path of rapid development. It wouldnʼt be too long before they could surpass the Huaitang Clan.

But definitely not now.

If even the Huaitang Clan alone wanted to renege on the debt forcefully, the Star-Eye Clan would have few options. That was why they had given most of the benefits to the other eight heads and that great expert referee, to ensure they wouldnʼt come away empty-handed this time.

The reality was not as satisfactory. The Huaitang Clan had really been able to go all out, actually willing to bleed profusely to bribe the others, just to prevent the Star-Eye Clan from succeeding.

But it had to be said, the Huaitang Clan leader Weicuʼs on-the-spot performance was absolutely brilliant. Instantly producing a huge amount of wealth, he made up for some of their losses and, more importantly, caused the Star-Eye Clan to return empty-handed.

”Maybe we can look at the problem from a different angle.” Lady Star sat there and said, ”We didnʼt get the expected benefits, but the Huaitang Clan, as we hoped, was severely affected. We agreed to split fifty million Moonspan Gold among the other seven families and ten million to the great expert. Could the Huaitang Clan have given them less when they bribed them? If it were less, those wolves who devour people without spitting out bones wouldnʼt have agreed. So it must have been at least as much, probably around seventy million or so.”

These analyses were based on facts, and indeed, their guesses were pretty much on the mark.

”Every one of the eight heads of Dark Strip City, of course, has assets exceeding a hundred million, some even more. But that refers to the total sum of various assets. However, not many can come up with a large sum of Moonspan Gold. At least the Huaitang Clan couldnʼt. We only need to wait, and the Huaitang Clan will welcome their most vulnerable moment.”

Eye Lord was equally angry, but after all, he was a clan leader. In front of his clansmen, he couldnʼt appear too agitated and furious. That would affect his subordinatesʼ emotions. In this state, their clansmenʼs anger might erupt at any time, causing trouble.

”Oh, where is Zhongming?” After everyone returned and had been talking for a while without seeing Ye Zhongming come in, Lady Star asked.

”When we came back just now, I saw him call over some people from the Bronze Camp. I donʼt know what instructions he was giving.” Jikesu replied.

”Iʼll go find him.” White Robe simply stood up and went to look for Ye Zhongming. He felt it was much better than sitting in the meeting room, brooding.

Soon, White Robe brought Ye Zhongming in.

”Zhongming, did something happen?” Now, the King of Cloud Peak was a treasure to the Star-Eye Clan; nothing could happen to him. Lady Star immediately asked upon seeing him.

Ye Zhongming shook his head.

”Nothing. Iʼm just angry.”

Although everyone had known Ye Zhongming for less than a year, they had come to understand his temperament. The high-level members exchanged glances, then asked Ye Zhongming if he had thought of some way.

”I had people buy information.” Ye Zhongming drank some water and said calmly.

Previously, the reason the Star-Eye Clan could so accurately grasp the situation of the Huaitang Clanʼs grain convoys was also because Ye Zhongming had bought the information. Everyone knew there was such a very powerful and accurate intelligence source, providing Ye Zhongming with large amounts of information.

Ye Zhongming didnʼt elaborate, and no one felt comfortable asking, but given that he was now so wealthy, it probably wasnʼt difficult for him to do this.

In fact, Ye Zhongming hadnʼt bought this information with money. Instead, he had utilized the external intelligence network of the Library Palace, the one controlled by Zizikaba.

As Ye Zhongming became the hope of the Library Palace, Dark Strip City had now become a key surveillance city for that secret network.

”I want to know all future movements of the Huaitang Clan from now on, and the main movements of the other seven races.”

This sentence froze the roomʼs temperature for a few seconds.

This... was a sign of future actions to come.

”Why are you all looking at me like that?” Ye Zhongming smiled and said, ”Are you reconciled to what happened today?”

Naturally, they were not reconciled. But now, the Star-Eye Clanʼs strength did not permit them to take any action.

”Iʼm not reconciled either. Itʼs been too long since I was last bullied, so I feel very unhappy.” Ye Zhongming tapped the table with his finger.

Everyone in the meeting room immediately perked up.

”Tell us.”