Chapter 269: Tempting Treatment
Renault smiled and said, "Your name is Ge Shuhua, I have already said it, let the past pass." Now, we should look to the future. β
Ge Shuhua did not give up, and argued: "It is precisely because I have an eye on the future that I implore you not to coerce everyone into signing this kind of slave-like contract. As the saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet, if you really think about the future of the Sword of the Holy Fire, please use your charm to let us go to the soup. β
Renaud: "Eloquent, but you seem to have overlooked an important point. β
"Huh?"
Renault glanced at the crowd and said, "Before I explain, I have a question. β
Ge Shuhua didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, but he had to answer: "Please speak." β
"I know that the Wild Song of Ice and Fire has been a powerful guild for a long time. In the early days of the Creation God Domain, it was also the main guild in the top ten, but why has it been almost four months, and the other guilds have continued to grow and develop, but your number has not increased but decreased, from the original twenty to the current ten. And you don't want to grow your team. β
Zhu Chi was about to answer, but Ge Shuhua preemptively said: "Since the adult is asking me, then I will answer." As he spoke, he glanced at the guild leader with a meaningful look, and then continued, "Who doesn't want to grow and grow, who doesn't want to absorb more guild members. It's just that compared to betrayal, we cherish the friendship we have now. To be honest, we didn't think about expanding the number of people at the beginning, but since the vice president led half of the guild members to stand on our own, we have been disheartened. In fact, with the strength of ten of us, it is more than enough to face the wild monsters outside the entire city of Ebudra, so why risk absorbing some outsiders who don't know the details. β
Renaud nodded: "Your concerns are not unreasonable, the essence of the Creation God Domain is a microcosm of the real world, where killing and being killed will not be criticized by the law." The weakness of human nature is infinitely magnified here, and few people will see it with the vision of long-term development for the sake of small profits in the future. Focusing on the present is the choice of most players. So......" He glanced at the first attackers, such as Ge Shuhua and Rhodes, and continued: "As I said earlier, trust is a more important determining factor than ability. Your experience is not unique, and the elite route you take is the choice of most guilds. Rather than the unknown possible betrayal, people would rather choose to shackle themselves, even if they sacrifice development, but also escape the possibility of stabbing themselves in the back. In fact, it has been two months since the development of our Holy Fire Sword, and although there are a lot of personnel, it is still those people who are really trustworthy. If you join the Sword of Fire and do not sign a contract, you will be marginalized and will not be able to enjoy the distribution of core resources. This is not good for the current small team of Ice and Fire Wild Song, but also for the current Sword of Holy Fire. β
Renault's words deeply moved Zhu Chi and others. The original rejection of the "slave" contract was also eliminated to a minimum. Even the cunning and treacherous Ge Shuhua was moved, not only because of Renault's good eloquence, but also because his words spoke to the essence.
Without common interests, it's hard to screw apart players with different opinions. Although, in the early stage of the game, in the face of the threat of death, many people choose to huddle together, but once the difficult period at the beginning is overcome, the player's personal strength and equipment items are greatly improved, and the weakness of human nature is exposed again. In the absence of life-threatening outside influences, people are less eager to expand their teams than they used to be. Why risk scaling up a problem if a small team can solve it?
Of course, there are still some big organizations that have been formed. Such as the Big Three of the Northern District, the Cross Alliance, the Alchemy City, the Great Chamber of Commerce, the Mercenary Alliance, etc. But the alliance of such an organization is not accidental, without exception, their leaders have overwhelming power, whether it is the overlord or the scholar of the school, or the Alex of the Cross Alliance, or the leader of the underworld, they all stabilize the strong men under their command. But that's not enough.
Just like the Big Three in the Northern District, when their organization grows to a certain extent, they encounter similar bottlenecks, and it is difficult for the organization to develop further, unless they start an all-out war against the overlord and annex his sphere of influence like Yin Sha, so as to strengthen themselves.
The two behemoths of the Crucifixion and Alchemy City are an exception, but they also have something in common: faith.
The Cross Alliance takes faith as the root of the alliance, and all core members, as well as elite troops, without exception, believe in their own gods. It is the most powerful president, Alex, who himself is the spokesman of the gods in the mortal world. Although this belief seems ridiculous and naΓ―ve to Renault, one thing has to be admitted, and that is that faith binds people with common values.
Alchemy City is the other extreme, they can be said to have no faith, but their obsession with knowledge surpasses all fanatical believers. It is this thirst for knowledge that holds together a kind of scholars of limited strength. When Alchemy City survived the initial difficult period, it suddenly surpassed most guild organizations and became the behemoth of Ebudra City, even the largest guild, the Cross Alliance. If they hadn't violated the details of human alchemy and conducted human experiments on players, they wouldn't have had the current result: the Cross Alliance united most of Ebudera's forces to organize and fight in groups. This led to the gradual decline of the Alchemy City.
As for the underworld, the power of that group of perverts who are committed to assassination is a mystery in itself, and no one knows how powerful he really is. There are even suspicions that even the Cross Alliance may not be bigger. They also share common values: assassination. All members of the underworld are engaged in assassination. Assassination sounds cool, but it's dangerous. It can be said that every mission is a test to face death. On the surface, the people of the underworld are hunters, and the players who enter the blacklist are the prey, but the hunter and the prey are not static. The assassinated often in turn puts the killer to death. Even if the killer completes the mission, it doesn't mean that he is safe. The more powerful the player, the more powerful the force behind it. Next, most of them were retaliated against by their friends. And the killer's characteristic is that I am a dark enemy, once the two sides are exchanged, with the killer's fragile defense and the natural skills that are difficult to fight head-on, most of them will end in tragedy. So, the killers crave the protection of the team more than anyone else. This common interest led them to form the Underworld. In this way, if you want to take revenge on the killer, you have to weigh whether your strength is enough.
As the brains of the Ice and Fire Madness, Ge Shuhua naturally understands that with the strength of the ten-person guild, it is more than enough to deal with the dungeon map, but the challenge has just begun, and now as more and more players complete the second turn of the profession, there are also more and more people who are going deep into the realm that they did not dare to set foot in before. And the veil of advanced maps is constantly being lifted, and the problem that comes with it is that the casualty rate of players has skyrocketed. Although, the ten people who sang with ice and fire, relying on a reasonable professional match and tacit cooperation, finally did not lose a single soldier. But in several boss battles, they are all in danger. It's like dancing on a tightrope.
If this continues, it will be a matter of time before there will be casualties.
Moreover, they have to resist the covetousness of other organizations. The Wild Song of Ice and Fire is a piece of fat, and the team guild formed from the beginning of the game has accumulated a lot of wealth in more than three months. Most importantly, they are the discoverers and occupiers of the desert. In the first three months alone, he set up a level at the entrance of the secret realm, and he accumulated eye-catching gold coins. So, in the long run, we must abandon the current practice of resting on our laurels.
In time, without Renault's appearance, they also moved closer to one of the major guild organizations. The Cross League is preferred. However, because the Alliance's battle against Alchemy City had entered a white-hot stage, and they rushed to join, Zhu Chi and the others were worried that they would be used as cannon fodder by the Cross Alliance and rush to the front. For the time being, I was hesitant and did not make up my mind.
It can be seen that the Song of Ice and Fire is not particularly repulsive to reorganize and unite.
They rebelled against Renault because the Sword of the Flame was not strong enough, at least not strong enough for them to willingly die for it.
However, once you sign the Soul Contract Scroll, it's different. Although the soul contract does not really enslave the player, if it is used as cannon fodder by the other party, the fate of Zhu Chi and the other ten people can be imagined. It's difficult to maintain even a little autonomy for the player.
Renault dispelled their concerns and directly singled out: "If I sign the soul contract, I will treat you like friends and brothers." Maybe you don't know how many resources the Sword of Flame has. Truth be told, that's a little bit of a hint from the quality of our equipment alone. β
As he spoke, Renault showed off the Riot Heart Necklace between the necklaces. Not only that, but there are also the Hermit's Ring, the Bright Flame Sword, Fire Spirit, Heavenly Frost and Frost and other high-level equipment that I have seen before. The sea tiger and the others also took out their own good equipment at the bottom of the box, and the riot demon heart alone was worth most of the wealth of the entire Ice and Fire Crazy Song, which was a quasi-artifact worth 60 million gold coins. This does not include the potions and precious backlogs accumulated by the Sword of the Holy Fire.
Zhu Chi hesitated and asked, "Do you really invest us as the core force?" β
Renault reassured: "Although I, Renault, am not a gentleman and saint, I will never break my word when I say it." You should know that the Sword of the Holy Fire is currently in a little trouble, and it is the time to use people. So. You have so many opportunities to perform. Moreover, our continued wealth is no worse than that of some of the first-class guilds. I might as well tell you that the Sword of the Holy Fire is a little lacking in connections because of its late establishment, so I am eager for you to join the Sword of the Holy Fire. When the time comes, I will not break up your small team, and I will ensure that you have your own autonomy. But there are core issues that must be in the interests of the organization. β
A hint of struggle flashed in Ge Shuhua's black pupils. Renault could see that he was moved, and now he lacked the last push to add fuel to the fire.