Chapter 436: Fooled
He still had some things that he needed to rely on.
Therefore, after receiving Karman’s deference, Strachey immediately changed the topic without batting an eyelid.
“Although verbal promises are gratifying, I still personally suggest that we can pressure them to send some fleets to a.s.sist us right now. The Great Wall of Iron Blood is not an easy bone to gnaw on. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already taken care of all the external elements required for Lei Luo’s plan for you. As long as you can completely remove the influence of Lei Luo in the city as you promised, then with your current strength, you are already capable of taking down the Great Wall of Iron blood. It doesn’t matter even if it’s thought that you don’t have the courage…I need more fleets. I’m now facing Lei Luo, and my control over my army hasn’t reached a strong point. I need more external forces to balance each other.”
Karman straightened his body, staring at Strachey on the screen as he spoke in a clear voice.
Strachey, who had expected Karman to say this, blinked. “How many fleets do you need?”
“We need at least two lord-tier main force formations.”
Karman’s true price was a main force formation.
However, all the military academy instructors in the empire would teach their students to double the number when they requested for supplies, and promise to double the number when they obtained results.
“This is the military dispatch catalog. Download it.”
A doc.u.ment appeared on the crystal, and Karman clicked to view it.
After flipping through it slightly, Karman realized that this was the military dispatch list of the twelve independent lords. On it was a detailed list showing the number of ships and soldiers sent by each lord.
Apart from that, there was also detailed information about the various ships and some of the main commanders.
After scanning through it once, Karman could see that these lords were still in a wait-and-see state. The number of troops they sent was only slightly higher than cannon fodder.
However, if all of them were put together, there were roughly three lord-level main force formations.
“In terms of total military strength, it’s three times what you want. In terms of fleet composition, there are twelve lords, and they don’t belong to each other at all. As the representative of Ulysses, you naturally become the leader. I’ve given you more things than you want. You should also give me what I want, right?”
Karman’s response was quite firm. “I don’t have the habit of disappointing people who satisfy me.”
Karman’s reply made Strachey’s expression soften slightly. He revealed a rare smile and stretched out his hand, wanting to end the magic crystal communication. However, at this moment, as if he suddenly thought of something, he said, “Get rid of that Morton in advance.”
“Hmm?”
Karman felt a little strange that Strachey would suddenly mention this matter.
“If Lei Luo really wants to walk into a trap, then regardless of whether that businessman is dead or alive, he will come back.”
“In that case, let him die first. After all, the dead always make people feel more secure than the living.”
While Strachey and Karman were talking, in a secret room, the remaining high-level members of the Grizzly Pirates were having a meeting.
“Brother, I’ve received news from my friends that Lord Myrtle and Lord Flying Cloud have already sent a fleet to the Holy City of Beauty.”
As the vice-captain and Zha Mu’s younger brother, Zacken’s position in the Grizzly Pirates was self-evident.
Like the other members of the pirates, Zacken harbored deep hatred towards Lei Luo for luring them to attack the Holy City of Beauty.
However, unlike the other members, he was the only one who firmly advocated for the pirates to cooperate fully with Lei Luo.
This was because he always believed that this was the only way to maximize the benefits of the Grizzly Pirates.
Putting everything else aside for the time being, just by withdrawing from the instinctive hatred and using rational thinking to replace impulsive decisions, Zacken already appeared to be much more brilliant than the other leaders of the pirates.
Another leader also stood up and said, “Yes, I’ve also received this news. I’ve also heard that Lord Fanteh has also sent a fleet.”
As soon as the leader finished speaking, Zacken immediately continued, “This is only information that our intelligence network can cover. The lords that sent troops are definitely not just these three.”
Zacken sat on the chair in silence. As the leader, whether it was his younger brother or the intelligence reported by his subordinates, he knew everything.
Otherwise, he would not have called this meeting.
However, at this moment, when he was faced with a crisis, he lacked a strategy to deal with the situation, so he could only remain silent.
The moment he fell silent, the entire meeting room fell into an awkward silence.
“If we knew this would happen, we wouldn’t have rebelled together with Karman.
Although Lei Luo isn’t a thing, he needs us.
“And Karman isn’t a thing either. He looks down on us from the bottom of his heart. Now, he doesn’t even need us anymore. “This time, it looks like we won’t be able to escape this calamity…”
After a long time, one of the leaders finally spoke. When he realized that he only wanted to grumble for a while, Zacken immediately interrupted him.
“What’s the use of saying all this nonsense at this time? Didn’t you also vote in favor of deciding whether to cooperate with Karman?”
The reason why Zha Mu was persuaded by Karman was that other than his brothers who had followed him for many years, his most beloved illegitimate son had also died in that battle.
Even Lei Luo did not know about this matter, nor did he know how Karman knew about it.
Zha Mu could barely tolerate other words, but when he was subjected to Karman’s “Even his own son was killed, he could pretend that nothing had happened. Is this considered a father?”
After this provocation, his mind was immediately controlled by hatred.
Then, he convened a meeting with his subordinates, who were controlled by hatred like him, and made the decision to cooperate with Karman.
Looking back now, he was completely fooled by Karman.
In fact, even without this leader saying it, Zha Mu had some faint regret in his heart.
However, even though he regretted it, as the leader, his authority being questioned like this still made him instinctively feel disgusted.
At this moment, seeing Zacken protect him with all his might, Zha Mu’s heart felt warm.
If not for the crucial moment, he would still have to rely on his own brother.