Chapter 1058: Requesting Aid
Seeing such a situation, Elder Zumar knew that there was no hope for this matter to be resolved using his own power. Hence, he summoned Cantory who had arrived with the team while keeping up his Domain World, and suppressing the power of the mysterious existence below Cage Island.
“Elder Zumar!” Cantory exclaimed, behaving like an obedient child in front of Elder Zumar. His unruly nature was not shown at all.
“Cantory, you have been in charge of the matters in the Breezy Plains, and you’ve had contact with the various forces of the Breezy Plains. Now, I want you to immediately go and contact those forces of the Breezy Plains and find a way to get them involved in this matter.” Elder Zumar quickly finished his sentence, and waved his hand to send Cantory away from his Domain World without waiting for his response.
After hearing Elder Zumar’s words, Cantory understood that he wanted him to go and ask for help from the forces of the Breezy Plains. However, given how arrogant Cantory was, asking for help from others was simply a torture for him, not to mention requesting it from the forces of the Breezy Plains which he looked down on in the first place.
However, before Cantory could say anything, he felt an unstoppable force surging towards him, and he couldn’t continue saying what he wanted to. By the time he got a clearer idea of the situation around him, he realized that he was in a place that he had pa.s.sed by when he went to Cage Island. No matter how reluctant he was, he had no choice but to act according to Elder Zumar’s instructions.
“Which force do you belong to? Take me to your leader!” Cantory decided to save himself the trouble, and directly grabbed from the vicinity a scout, who then led him to the leader of the force he belonged to. The leader was none other than the patriarch of the Cartia Family, Sandev.
Sandev had previously been frightened by the Gilded Kingdom’s group, thinking that the other party was trying to take revenge on his family. Although he’d discovered later that that had not been the case, there were changes in his heart. Ever since he returned from the Mithril Alliance, he had been thinking about how to get on the Gilded Kingdom’s side and cozy up to them.
Cantory’s arrival was just what Sandev needed as it was a perfect opportunity for him to cozy up to the Gilded Kingdom.
In order to cozy up to the Gilded Kingdom, Sandev of the Cartia Family naturally dared not delay in helping Cantory. He was even more hardworking than when he was handling his own matters. While serving Cantory like he was a prestigious guest, he sent out a large amount of manpower to contact the various forces of the Breezy Plains.
In fact, the leaders of the forces could already tell from the news about Cantory being sent out by Zumar, which was delivered by the scouts, that the Gilded Kingdom was probably having a hard time hanging on. After all, they all saw the state of the battle on Cage Island, and it was obvious that the Gilded Kingdom was overwhelmed and stuck in a spot.
The leaders of the forces of the Breezy Plains were overjoyed to see the Gilded Kingdom in trouble. Why would they jeopardize it, and do something that wasn’t beneficial to them at all? They were not fools, and knew that the Gilded Kingdom’s team had a real Sanctuary powerhouse, yet they were still in such a terrible state. Even if there were treasures on Cage Island, they would probably die before they could enjoy them.
However, they did not want their relations.h.i.+p with the Gilded Kingdom to become too stiff, as that wouldn’t be beneficial to them, either. Hence, after getting the news, they also sent some representatives to the Cartia Family. Of course, before they set out, the representatives were instructed to just go over and go through the motions, and perhaps see how the arrogant members of the Gilded Kingdom swallowed their pride.
Looking at the representatives of the forces with a sullen expression, Cantory wished he could rip them into pieces. They were speaking to him respectfully and giving him endless compliments, but when he got to the main topic, they immediately began patronizing him, causing the entire discussion to end up being just a waste of time.
Given Cantory’s usual temper, he would have long lost his temper in the past, but now he had to suppress the anger in his heart. Although he had always been arrogant, he had clear priorities and knew that it was not the time to cause trouble, since Elder Zumar and the rest were still waiting for reinforcements on Cage Island.
According to his usual way of handling matters, Cantory even tried to use some sophistry to convince the representatives of the forces at the beginning of the discussion. However, he soon came to his senses, and realized that they were not in the Gilded Kingdom, but the Breezy Plains where no one would be convinced by him.
Hence, after realizing the truth, Cantory immediately began trying to tempt them with interests. Knowing that the forces of the Breezy Plains were driven by profits, he thought that they would give everything they had to help as long as he offered them enough. However, despite being full of greed, the representatives of the forces of the Breezy Plains did not agree to Cantory’s offers this time.
They were not fools. Even if the Gilded Kingdom offered them a ma.s.sive benefit, they would have to be alive in order to enjoy it. Although they did not know about the situation on Cage Island, they could tell that it was not simple. Even the powerful Gilded Kingdom ended up in such a terrible state. If they intervened, they would only end up being cannon fodder, which would usually end up with nothing.
“Don’t forget, Cage Island belongs to the Breezy Plains, not the Gilded Kingdom. If the things inside escape, the first to suffer will be the Breezy Plains.” Seeing that the plan to tempt them had failed, Cantory tried to threaten them, which indeed made the representatives of the various forces below suddenly panic.
During this period of time, the forces of the Breezy Plains had also searched everywhere for information related to the legend of the Cage Island, but in addition to the legend of the ancient dragon that had been imprisoned by a t.i.tan, there wasn’t any other information that seemed reliable. Hence, no one except the people of the Gilded Kingdom knew what was below Cage Island.
Hearing Cantory’s threat, the people of the Breezy Plains dared not take it too lightly despite suspecting something. In the past, the Retribution Knight ravaged the Breezy Plains, and subjected it to a devastating disaster which caused countless factions to disappear. The ones that were lucky to survive had also suffered major losses.
Looking at the commotion caused by the Gilded Kingdom on Cage Island, they reckoned that there had to be something impressive in there. Even if it was not as impressive as Rodhart, it would definitely cause a bloodbath in the Breezy Plains.
Of course, that was only one possibility. Another possibility could be that the Gilded Kingdom was just making an exaggeration to implicate the forces of the Breezy Plains. After all, even if these forces finally figured out what happened, they could not really do anything to the Gilded Kingdom.
The news immediately made the representatives of the forces below talk to each other, which was to Cantory’s relief. Although the benefits he offered were not enough to attract them, they probably would not refuse when their interests were concerned.
However, while Cantory was waiting for the crowd to take a stand, Joseph, who represented the Mithril Alliance, suddenly said, “Envoy Cantory, I think we can’t give you an answer immediately. Well, you should know that we have always been at the mercy of the Ashen Warlock Roland when it comes to making arrangements for the Breezy Plains. Now, President Felic of the Tower of Ashes can be considered Lord Roland’s spokesperson. Hence, we have to seek his opinion. As long as you can convince President Felic, we won’t have an opinion.”
Joseph did not want to fall out with the Gilded Kingdom or get involved in this matter. Hence, he thought of putting the blame on the Tower of Dusk. Of course, he was too embarra.s.sed to tell Cantory that the forces had once submitted to the Tower of Dusk, and thus said that Lin Li was the spokesman of the Ashen Warlock.
According to Joseph’s idea, the entry of the Gilded Kingdom into the Breezy Plains had undoubtedly caused considerable damage to the interests of the Tower of Dusk. Although the two sides reached an agreement in the negotiations, everyone knew that two tigers couldn’t share one mountain. Thus, it was only a matter of time before a war broke out between the two top forces. The Tower of Dusk would gloat over the Gilded Kingdom’s predicament, and obviously wouldn’t step forth to help.
Not only could the other faction decline to help the Gilded Kingdom, they would not have to fall out with them, either. Such a perfect solution where they could have the best of both worlds had always been the favorite of the forces of the Breezy Plains. Hence, after hearing Joseph’s words, the representatives of the other forces also immediately chimed in to support his idea.
However, Cantory did not think so much. After all, when they had come to the Breezy Plains, they had gone to the Ashen Warlock, only to be told that they had to speak to President Felic of the Tower of Dusk regarding all the issues in the Breezy Plains. Hence, in their opinion, it would not be wrong to say that the president of the Tower of Dusk was the spokesman of the Ashen Warlock.
However, what made Cantory feel troubled was the fact that he knew how difficult it was to deal with President Felic of the Tower of Dusk after the previous negotiations. Although the negotiations were finally settled, the process and outcome were unsatisfactory.
Initially, Cantory had felt that he might never have to deal with the Tower of Dusk again, and perhaps the next time they met would be when the Gilded Kingdom took over the Breezy Plains. However, the people of the Breezy Plains actually told him now to talk to the d.a.m.ned Felic of the Tower of Dusk. Cantory immediately felt a headache coming on.
At this time, Cantory even felt regretful for not enjoying life well in the Gilded Kingdom, and insisting on going to the Breezy Plains to suffer. However, it was too late for regrets now, and he knew that if he failed to handle this well, even his teacher wouldn’t forgive him. He would also end up losing his status, glory, wealth, and so on.
Glaring at the people who were seated nearby, Cantory knew that they were using the Tower of Dusk as a s.h.i.+eld, and thus there was no longer any point in trying to tempt or threaten them. However, at the thought of his previous negotiation experience, he couldn’t help but feel a headache. In the past, he had been extorted of all his kingdom’s maritime information for the sake of entering the Breezy Plains. What price would he have to pay this time!?
To be frank, Cantory felt some fear towards the young president of the Tower of Dusk, which was a fact that might shock everyone. Cantory would rather stay on Cage Island than swallow his pride to beg the young president of the Tower of Dusk to help.
However, Cantory no longer had a choice now. Not only did he have to face the d.a.m.ned Felic, he had to make sure that he got the matter done. In other words, no matter how Lin Li made things difficult for him and how outrageous his requests were, he had to give in, even if Lin Li wanted to slap him.
At this point, Cantory knew that there was no point in saying anything else to these forces. As long as he could convince Lin Li, they would have no more excuses. If he couldn’t, they wouldn’t agree even if he threatened them with a knife.
Although he couldn’t bring himself to do it, Cantory immediately left the crowd in the conference hall, and used the Power of Flight to fly towards the Tower of Dusk without delay.
At the beginning, Cantory’s flight speed was very fast, but when he saw the huge Sky Castle in the sky—or perhaps it was because he had been flying too fast, and hadn’t thought about how to face Lin Li, the president of the Tower of Dusk, and how to persuade him to intervene—he slowed down.
However, no matter how slow Cantory was, the journey could not be extended. He watched as the Tower of Dusk became larger in sight while the surrounding Magic Towers became clearer. However, he was incredibly confused, and was at a loss for what to do.
While hesitating, Cantory flew close to the Tower of Dusk and descended at the gate of the Magic City. In the past, he would have just flown directly to the Tower of Dusk. Of course, he didn’t do so now—not out of courtesy, but purely because he needed more time.
There weren’t any strict entry requirements at the Magic City of the Tower of Dusk, so Cantory, who was wearing a magic robe, had already reached the gate before he even realized it.