Chapter 1696 - Preparing for Response
After receiving the news that the demons were secretly preparing, Lin had to put aside the subject of the magic tower's camouflage and focus on the demons.
Indiscriminately killing and turning the perimeter of the abyss side of the Twin Towers of the Gate into a demonic forbidden area is of course an option.
But without the benefit of trading with the demons, the shield market on the side of the Lost Earth will inevitably decay. A system that could feed itself on the cycle of profits will become a bottomless pit that requires constant blood transfusions.
And the forces that were originally attracted in the maze no longer have the bargaining chips to continue the alliance. This is not a covenant with a deadline, no matter how smelly and dirty it is before the expiration of the period, everyone can only pinch their noses and grit their teeth to hold on.
Most people just talk about scattered plastic allies, and they don't even know how to say the word allies.
If it is advantageous, it will come, and when it is profitable, it will go. Doing business is also about a person who is not successful, and this kind of hyena-like person is uninvited, and he will leave on his own without saying hello. It can be said that they are not even friends, and they are bandits and robbers.
How much hope can we expect from leading such people to their loyalty? And once the hearts of the people are scattered, the status of the magic tower is quite dangerous. Someone wants to live an easy life, not to sustain themselves in endless intrigue or in a series of battles.
As for discerning which demons are available and which are undercover. The idea of driving them out even if you don't kill them all is ridiculous.
As mentioned earlier, as a professional who repeatedly jumps horizontally, the devil has no loyalty. It is also unwise to classify an entire ethnic group as an enemy for the sake of a war.
If you can't cut it cleanly and create an environment where you can't get along with each other, then you can only accept the rules of the abyss and deal with this group of demons.
And what are the rules of the game in the abyss, that is, even if you know that a certain demon harbors evil intentions, as long as you haven't turned your face against each other, you have to be false and wronged. This is the survival of the Abyss Lord and the Abyssal Evil Gods, known from the mouth of the Big-Eyed Demon Milko.
Therefore, when it comes to demons above a certain level, all of them are drama spirits. Even if it's the kind of person who looks five big and three thick, only has muscles and no brains, the ghost knows if the IQ of this product is really as good as it looks. Don't be miserable, then you realize what kind of demon is in front of you.
As long as there is no evidence of collusion between the demons in Yi City and the demon army gathered outside, or the demons in Yi City blatantly raise the anti-flag, then Lin must show the illusion of humbly accepting these demons if he wants to maintain the situation in Yi City.
Otherwise, if you kill someone without teaching and let the other demons catch their sore feet, they will just fall into the well happily, and don't expect any demon to pretend to be deaf and dumb. Of course, if you fall into the well, you may not know who this stone will hit.
If you want to set up that kind of 'I'm a bastard, anyone who touches it will blow up, so it's not impossible to mess with me'. With such a persona, I still expect the demons to kneel and lick, and it is not impossible to come to Yi City to give mankind a chance to make a fortune.
But to achieve this level, one hand of the stick and the other hand of candy must be big enough and sweet enough.
It's like a dog trainer training a vicious dog. The dog trainer must not only be strong enough to make the dog bark with a stick, but the meat in the other hand must also be able to attract the dog, and it must not be smelly.
If you ask a child to train a dog, the stick is almost like tickling, and the meat in the other hand is smelly. Guess what a vicious dog eats when it's hungry.
Someone doesn't dare to say that the sugar in their hand is sweet enough. At least someone hasn't had a limit of sacrificing a thousand people a day to get this hard currency that no matter what demons like to see. To say that satisfying the evil taste of demons is too subjective to be considered a bargaining chip at all.
The only thing you can do is to find a way to prove that the stick in your hand is big enough to swing it hard, and when you hit the melon seeds on the head, you can smash out the red and white ones. And it's a big vote as soon as you knock it, and you're not afraid of how much you come.
Until this is proven, the Twin Towers of the Gate are not really standing firm in the abyss. In the final analysis, someone's foundation is still too weak to be looked down upon by demons.
This is actually the same in the fascination. It's just that Lin has been operating in the holy city of Estari for a long time, and he has the old Kavi Gong as a backer, so the magicians in the holy city, as well as the large and small noble lords in the Gwana Empire, still sell some face.
If you go to a new place, you have to 'meet, fight, and slap in the face' a few times before you can be recognized by the locals and stabilized.
Speaking of which, whether it is a lost land or an abyss, fame is built by strength, not by everyone's touting.
The reason for the formation of such a culture is actually related to the reality of the spread of information in the lost land. Before the rise of the forum, the circulation of information among the common people was mainly based on heroic epics sung by bards.
As we all know, works of art are processed to highlight exaggerated selling points and reduce uncomfortable facts, so that the whole story sounds appealing enough for the bard to get a little more reward.
Or a group of people in the tavern, when they are full of wine and food, everyone bragging together. Since it's blowing, of course, the more exaggerated the better. From the beginning of the little milk cat to bite a fish, to later it can be passed on as a god cat to slay the dragon, it is not impossible to happen.
Since these heroic rumors are all exaggerated, when they see the rumored 'me', who will really regard the person in front of them as the omnipotent hero? Especially when you have a certain ability, it is almost instinctive to look down on the other party.
Therefore, in the lost land, it is the norm to meet friends with force. Those Dharma saints, or the strong men who are respected as 'fighting gods', are all names that have traveled enough places, one place and one place. And it must be the kind that everyone is convinced of, and the amount is not false.
Lin didn't deliberately make a name for himself, and there are actually many people like Lin. Therefore, it is not that among the unknown people, there is no strong person who can kill the Quartet.
But of course those who don't know don't know! I haven't tried it myself, who will know a person's ability.
Even though forums have been a new means of information circulation for 10 or 20 years, the content of the information circulating is all-encompassing. However, the credibility of the information has not increased significantly, and some smart people, or people who think they are smart, are cautious about the information on the forum.
Let's just say that the hometown of a certain cross-public has developed self-media and news media. But is there nothing false about what is circulating? On the contrary, there are more things that are used to mislead people.
Confused, the Abyss Demon is not much better. In particular, the powerful ones among the demons have existed for a long time.
As human beings, there are many old people who are only a few years older, and all young people look like they are relying on the old and selling the old.
As a demon who has a longer lifespan than the long-lived species, and can basically live forever without being killed, how can a human being who has only been in a hundred years look up to each other when they first meet each other.
What if someone has a record of killing the Abyss Lord? There are many princes who disagree with each other, and it is not for nothing that they have been killed by human heroes. Another Maharaja was killed, and there were definitely more people who laughed at that demon's inskill than those who admired that human being.
In such a situation, the Twin Towers of the Gate on the Abyss side were facing challenges, and it was a sure thing, and Lin thought it was too late.
It should have been done a long time ago before the development of Yi City, and there were not as many concerns as today. How convenient it is to kill the demon when you see it.
Actually, from the perspective of the Abyss Demon. The construction schedule of the Twin Towers of the Gate was too short for a reaction. The magic tower is built in a mysterious place, let alone ten years of jumping, and the twin towers of the door are seven days...... Who can react to this!
The construction of the twin towers of the gate is complete, and it is too late to make trouble. Plus another city was built, although no one has lived in it yet. But what is the purpose of that city? Whether it is a demon who likes to be reckless or likes to use his brain, he has chosen to wait and see.
With Azad pulling the strings, some of the demons who dared to try new things stayed in the house next to the Twin Towers of the Gate. This transaction with human beings, although it is not in exchange for the most valuable human souls, but some pigs, horses, cows and creatures are also better than nothing.
Once the business is done in full swing, it is easy to attract followers and profit-seekers to concentrate, and the Yi market on the abyss side will rise in a short period of time.
This was not only a big surprise to the demon side, but also a big surprise to the human side. Even more surprising is a certain tower owner. He was still free-range, and if he didn't make any effort, things were almost done. Even if you do get involved, you don't necessarily have to do better.
Once the general trend is achieved, to change the status quo, you have to exert more strength. Therefore, those demons who are planning to attack the magic tower have been waiting for an opportunity, or someone to take the lead.
In conclusion, all someone can do now is wait. In addition to waiting, that is, continue to inquire about the news. None of the intelligence warfare can be constructed, it just relies on limited manpower to find out.
The nature of the magic tower is destined to be a war fortress for defense, not offense.
Even if he knew where the demons were gathered, Lin wouldn't necessarily use attack magic beyond the normal distance in order to keep his hole cards. Unless someone hits in front of them and attacks with a real sword, just like the Sulitan Empire more than a year ago, this can fight back.
If you see who is unhappy, you will kill it first...... It's not that there are no tower owners who do this, but basically the magic towers of such tower owners are built in remote places, away from the crowds. The character of the tower owner is either social fear or paranoia of being killed, so he will strike first everywhere.
Under normal circumstances, if the magic tower wants to blend in with the crowd and become a part of the operation of the surrounding society, some unspoken rules still have to be followed. At least you can't kill people like a tyrant without reason.
Since it was destined to respond only by static braking, the focus of Lin's exploration was how the demons would attack. Only by knowing the opponent's offensive methods can we better arrange defensive measures.
Although Lin was quite confident in the defense system of the Twin Towers of the Gate, this did not prevent him from going further and arranging traps against the enemy in a targeted manner, so that the next battle would have a better chance of victory.
But this time, Lin didn't let Hardy go deep into the abyss to find out the news. Instead, he asked the gray cat to secretly contact the members of the Brotherhood operating in Yi City, and asked them to go and find out the news from the demon.
Regardless of whether the demons in Yi City have any plans to turn against the water, they are certainly not ignorant. With such a good source, all it takes is to pry their mouths open. Of course, it has to be gentler and not too violent.