Chapter 3029 The Key to Breaking the Deadlock

Shayna clearly remembered what Elder Shu whispered to her before he left.

When things are impossible, don't hesitate to ask Lord Black for help.

Although Elder Shu didn't think anything would happen to them at the time, he still left them a way out just in case. But he didn't expect that this way out, which he didn't think would be used, would really come in handy at this time.

Seeing that Elder Shu was very likely to be wiped out by the man in the suit, Shayna knew that she had to make a decision.

She asked for help from Lord Black and proposed the price she would pay: as long as Lord Black was willing to lend a hand, they would agree to the first plan proposed by Lord Black.

In any talks, the initial plan is for both parties to test each other, and this test is very unreasonable, and often puts forward conditions far higher than usual.

This time their conversation was the same.

Regarding the distribution of the garden maze ruins, the first plan proposed by Lord Black was: all the income from the garden maze must be reviewed by the Noah family.

Although the Black Earl did not directly ask for the benefits of this plan, he has already shaken the Bilos family's control over the garden maze. It can even be said that it indirectly took away the Bilos family's efforts in operating the garden maze for so many years.

This plan was rejected by the tree elder who represented the negotiation.

In this regard, the Black Earl did not say much. The first plan was originally a waste plan he used to "get a head start", and it was normal to be rejected.

The Black Earl had no intention of subverting the Bilos family. After all, what the Bilos family has done over the years is actually beneficial to the underground waterway. In the absence of external interference, continuing to maintain it can at least make the wise master and those sleeping old monsters not want to give up the plan of Naraku City in a short time.

From a certain perspective, not releasing these old monsters is also a protection for the wizard world.

Therefore, the Bilos family has made contributions, and what they have done is effective.

The Black Earl acknowledged their contributions, and also acknowledged that if they rashly changed people, they might not be able to do better than the Bilos family. Therefore, the Black Earl will not overthrow the Bilos family.

Since he is not going to overthrow the Bilos family, he must talk.

Talking means giving and taking, and testing each other's bottom line.

After many conversations, they actually had a mutually satisfactory plan in their hearts... However, before this plan was finalized, bad news came from the Biren Tree Court.

Elder Tree had to interrupt the negotiations and rushed back to the Biren Tree Court with a group of wizards, which led to the current follow-up.

...

After making the request, Shayna looked at the Black Earl with expectation.

In her opinion, agreeing to the first condition is already the bottom line of the Bilos family. If the Black Earl still disagrees, it is basically equivalent to destroying the Bilos family.

However, as time passed, the Black Earl did not reply.

This made Shayna's expression more and more gloomy.

Could it be that the Black Earl was still not satisfied with this condition? Or, what the Black Earl expected was that the man in the suit would destroy the Bilos family, and then he would replace it?

Thinking of this, Shayna's face looked a little ugly.

When Shayna was in a state of confusion, a big change happened on the battlefield in the distance.

For some reason, the Xingye tribe leader suddenly flew backwards, spitting blood from his mouth, looking dying, as if he had entered a dying state.

At first, Shayna thought it was just a minor injury, because she did not find that the desert island warrior had hit the Xingye tribe leader. But when the tree elder rescued the Xingye tribe leader with a sullen face, and asked Geno to stop the desert island warrior with all his strength, and he tried to save Xingye with a secret method, Shayna was sure that the Xingye tribe leader was really injured.

Otherwise, the tree elder would not be able to perform the secret method that consumed the essence of life in this situation.

Seeing that the Xingye tribe leader was injured, the tree elder was forced to rescue, and Geno used his life to stop the desert island warrior with all his strength, Shayna was really panicked.

She looked at the Black Earl with a look of help.

After a moment of silence, the Black Earl said, "Xing Ye made a wrong move. When he found that he could not attack the Desert Island Warrior with external force, he chose to disintegrate from the inside."

"In a close attack, he separated a part of his mental power, hid in the starlight, and entered the body of the Desert Island Warrior."

"If this Desert Island Warrior was just an ownerless monster, his method of disintegrating the opponent from the inside would work. But unfortunately, the body and mind of this Desert Island Warrior were controlled by the man in the suit. The other party just used the sound of the blood flowing in the Desert Island Warrior's body and transformed it into a word spirit targeting the mental power."

"Directly broke Xing Ye's mental power that penetrated into the body of the Desert Island Warrior."

Once the mental power is broken, it is equivalent to directly damaging Xing Ye's spiritual sea. This is why Xing Ye seemed to be not attacked by the Desert Island Warrior, but was still injured.

Information asymmetry and misjudgment of strategy have led to serious consequences today.

Originally, if they ran away at all costs, they might still be able to escape. But now, they may not even have a chance to escape.

After listening to the Black Earl's story, Shayna's mind became even more confused. She knew that the war situation was not favorable to them, but she didn't expect it to have reached this point.

She wanted to calmly think about the current situation and then determine the countermeasures, but her heart was like an ant on a hot pot at this time, and she couldn't calm down at all.

She closed her eyes and sighed for a long time. After a long while, she said, "Lord Black Earl, on the basis of agreeing to the first plan you proposed, I can find a way to persuade Elder Tree to agree to the second plan you proposed... I'm sorry that I can't make a promise. I don't have the authority to agree to multiple plans, but I swear that I will do my best to persuade Elder Tree. I only hope that Lord Black Earl can help the Bilos family."

The second plan is actually also a stage of raising the stakes and testing each other. However, compared with the first plan, the second plan is slightly milder.

The most unacceptable clause for the Bilos family in the second plan is that the Noah family will establish a reservation in the garden maze, and this reservation will be completely controlled by the Noah family.

This is actually the same as the Pure Land of Bliss occupying an independent "paradise" in the Biren Tree Garden, which belongs to the autonomous jurisdiction.

But the "paradise" is in the Biren Tree Garden after all, and it is part of the Biren Tree Garden. What the Noah family wants is to establish a private plot in the garden maze, which is equivalent to directly attacking the core interests of the Bilos family and occupying a piece of the cake that cannot be occupied by outsiders.

Elder Shu would naturally not agree to this.

But at this time, Shayna had no other bargaining chips, and she could only use this bargaining chip to exchange for the Black Earl.

However, Shayna also left herself some room: she was just an outsider to the Bilos family after all, and she could not make decisions for the Bilos family. Before, she agreed to the first plan because Elder Shu gave her the authority. And Elder Shu did not give her the authority to agree to the merger of the first and second plans. Therefore, she could not agree to the second plan on behalf of Elder Shu, and could only say that she would try her best to persuade.

In the end, whether Elder Shu would agree or not actually depends on Elder Shu’s thoughts and whether the Black Earl’s intention is strong or not.

After saying this, Shayna looked at the Black Earl again.

Lucia next to her also looked at the Black Earl. Although he didn't know what Shayna's first and second options were, he thought it was some kind of exchange condition, and the condition that made Shayna express such an attitude, he estimated that the Bilos family was going to cut flesh this time.

It is even possible that the Noah family directly replaced the Bilos family.

If this is true, Lucia must consider the possibility that the Starry 13 District will have to deal with the Noah family next.

Facing Shayna's eyes, the Black Earl sighed softly: "It's not that I don't want to help, but it's difficult to help."

"Difficult?" Wai murmured in a low voice: "What do you mean?"

The Black Earl sneered at this time: "It's all because of you."

Wai pointed at himself, looking confused.

The Black Earl was too lazy to pay attention to him, but said to Shayna: "I am just a clone now, and my strength is very different from the original body. You should know."

Shayna nodded. The strength of the Black Earl's clone is actually no secret in the South Region. The strongest clones are the hands, feet, eyes, and mouth. These clones are followed by the younger generations with great potential in the Noah family. The strength of each of these clones is enough to reach the level of a blood-side True Knowledge Wizard.

The nose clone has not shown its strength, but according to common sense, it should be about the level of a first-level True Knowledge Wizard. Maybe its net strength cannot reach the level of a blood-side True Knowledge Wizard, but its experience and vision are far stronger than ordinary True Knowledge Wizards.

"My current clone cannot rely on strength alone to destroy the spirit contract of the man in the suit. In other words, if I want to save them, I must participate in this contract, otherwise, the power of the contract will interfere with me and prevent me from exerting my full strength."

After hearing this, Shayna seemed to understand a little: "What the lord means is that the man in the suit will not invite you into the contract..."

The Black Earl nodded: "Yes, this is one aspect. If the other party recognizes my identity, he will not actively invite me into the contract. Although I can also attack the man in the suit directly, in this process, the other party can completely kill the tree elder and others, and I can't save them yet."

"And watching them die is probably not the scene you want to see."

Shayna nodded silently... How could she watch Gaynor die.

But there was nothing wrong with what the Black Earl said. As the maker of the contract, if the man in the suit recognized the Black Earl, he would never let the Black Earl enter the contract.

Unable to enter the contract, the Black Earl would need to fight and rescue under the interference of the power of the contract.

The power of the contract is not easy to deal with. Maybe the Black Earl will also fall here.

So, it makes sense that the Black Earl was silent before.

Shayna's expression was gloomy, and a flash of light flashed in her eyes: "Is there no way at all?"

"There is a way."

"Sure enough, there is no way... Hey, there is a way?" Shayna suddenly raised her head and looked at the Black Earl with expectation.

Black Earl: "You see, I am useless. The way I said is him."

Black Earl controlled a ray of energy, showing the shape of an arrow, pointing at Wai.

Wai looked confused: "Me? What does it have to do with me?"

Lucia and Shayna also looked at Wai in confusion. As formal wizards, they could see through Wai's truth at a glance. This is an apprentice. What is the specific structure? With the Black Earl around, they are embarrassed to test it.

But his identity as an apprentice is true, and the clone of the Black Earl follows him because he is a descendant of Noah. This is also normal. Almost all descendants of Noah carry the clone of the Black Earl everywhere.

This is also the reason why outsiders dare not target the descendants of Noah. Who dares to provoke a powerful wizard with a clone at any time?

"Yes, it's Wai." Black Earl: "If you want me to help, you must get his consent."

Wai couldn't believe it: "I... Am I so face-saving? Is it because of the idol?"

Black Earl said unhappily: "Does your idol have anything to do with you?"

Wai whispered back: "My good brother will hang out with my idol in the future. In other words, I am also related to the idol."

Shayna, Lucia: "???" What are you talking about? Who is Wai's idol? It sounds so powerful that even the Black Earl has to give face?

The Black Earl didn't bother to pay attention to Wai, and turned to Shayna and said, "I know you are confused, but the reason is very simple."

"You should remember that it was Wai who looked at the man in the suit first."

Shayna nodded. It was Wai who looked at the man in the suit first, and she and Gaynor followed the direction of Wai's eyes and found the man in the suit.

The Black Earl continued, "When Wai saw him, he also saw Wai, and said something to Wai..."

Wai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, he did say something, but I didn't hear what he said at all."

The Black Earl said lightly, "What he said was..."

Want to play a game?

...

After listening to the Black Earl's explanation, Shayna understood.

Why did the Black Earl say that Wai must agree?

Because, at the beginning, the man in the suit invited Wai to play a game, and this game is the current melee game.

Wai didn't hear it at the time, so he neither agreed nor refused.

But as long as Wai is willing, he can choose to agree to the game or refuse the game at any time. Once Wai chooses to agree to the game, he will automatically be included in the scope of the contract.

Now, the Black Earl has merged with Wai, and the Black Earl directly occupies Wai's nose, so if Wai agrees, the Black Earl can also enter the contract with Wai.

To put it bluntly, this is a way to save the country in a roundabout way.

And the beginning is Wai.

However, even if the Black Earl knew this method, he did not nod his head at the first time, because once Wai was involved in this melee, Wai would be a participant and he might also be attacked.

The tree elders and others are at least formal wizards, and they will be fine if they are hit once or twice, but Wai is not. Once he is attacked, if the Black Earl does not return to defend in time, he will definitely die.

And the Black Earl is not sure whether he can protect Wai while rescuing the tree elders and others.

After all, the man in the suit is very strong, and he has hidden a shallow sea master who has not appeared. Once the shallow sea master also appears, it will be a tough battle.