169: Chapter 169 Vassal Applications and Small Groups

After Xu Qin sent the coordinate information of Yongyuan City to Zhou Ze, Su Yao, Fang Che, and the others, he closed the communication panel.

However, not even 30 seconds passed.

Beep, beep, beep!

Pop-up windows crazily appeared in the upper right corner of the command panel.

[Su Yao has initiated a vassal application to you!]

[Fang Che has initiated a vassal application to you!]

[Zhou Ze has initiated a vassal application to you!]

A series of prompts flooded the screen.

Xu Qin was visibly stunned for a moment and clicked on the first one.

The application interface popped up.

[Applicant: Su Yao, Lizard Race]

[Territory Level: Level 9]

[Core Troop: Iron-Spine Lizardman Warriors × 4300]

[Vassal Terms: Lord Su Yao voluntarily becomes a vassal under Xu Qin, handing over 30% of her total troops each month in exchange for resource supplies and security guarantees. Once the vassal relationship is established, it cannot be unilaterally dissolved.]

[Do you accept?]

After reading it, Xu Qin raised an eyebrow.

"Have you figured it out so quickly?"

He clicked [Accept].

Ding!

[Vassal relationship has been established!]

[Su Yao has become your vassal lord!]

[Su Yao's territory mark has been changed to light green (friendly unit).]

Xu Qin then clicked on the second and third ones.

Fang Che, Zhou Ze, and several other lords all submitted identical applications.

He clicked accept one by one.

In less than ten minutes, all fourteen vassals were confirmed.

Xu Qin opened the territory management panel and turned to the vassal list.

[Number of Vassal Lords: 15]

On the list, excluding Tie Ge, fourteen more names had appeared.

Su Yao, Lizard Race,

Fang Che, Human Race,

Zhou Ze, Bloodhoof Tribe,

Lin Feng, Treant Race...

Xu Qin looked at this list and nodded.

These fifteen breeding grounds were all top-quality ones.

Coupled with Tie Ge's side, his reserve conventional military strength issue would be completely resolved.

He switched to Su Yao's communication window.

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Bring your people and build a sub-city near Yongyuan City.

Xu Qin · Undead Race: The Winter Sovereign is guarding over there, so no one will dare to touch you.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Okay! I'll set off immediately!

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Right, Big Brother Xu Qin, can I ask you something?

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Speak.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Yongyuan City... is that the ruins where you fought three by yourself previously?

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Correct.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: ...

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Then I'm even more relieved!

Su Yao closed the communication, looked at the coordinates, and took a deep breath.

She opened the regional map and marked the destination.

It was about 6,800 kilometers away from her current location.

"All troops, set out! Destination, Yongyuan City!"

Meanwhile.

Inside the sub-channels of various Human alliances.

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Brothers, I just received Xu Qin's coordinates.

Han Yu · Dwarf Race: ? You surrendered too?

Barton · Dwarf Race: No, @Han Yu, why did you use the word 'too'?

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Exactly, why wait for death if you don't surrender?

Barton · Dwarf Race: Where are the coordinates?

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Yongyuan City.

Lin Feng · Treant Race: That's the ruins where Xu Qin fought three alone previously.

The channel instantly exploded into chaos.

Li Wei · Human Race: Holy shit! Isn't that the place where the three lords of Angels, Dragons, and Demon Hunters were completely wiped out?

Han Yu · Dwarf Race: Yeah, Xu Qin became famous in a single battle back then.

Lord Lin Yi · Human Race: What is the situation over there right now?

Lin Feng · Treant Race: There is a sub-city lord named Winter Sovereign over there, rumored to be a legendary-grade Undead.

Barton · Dwarf Race: Legendary-grade??

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Correct, and within a five-thousand-kilometer radius, there isn't a single hostile lord right now.

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Someone provoked them and got wiped out.

The channel became lively again.

Zhao Ming · Human Race: So you're saying as long as we go there to build a sub-city, we can just lay back and develop?

Lin Feng · Treant Race: Pretty much. Anyway, that's what I'm thinking.

Li Wei · Human Race: Then I'll surrender too!

Barton · Dwarf Race: Wait, I want to surrender too, but aren't the conditions a bit too harsh?

Barton · Dwarf Race: Handing over 30% of troops every month, isn't this just harvesting leeks?

Fang Che · Human Race: Have you calculated the math?

Barton · Dwarf Race: What math?

Fang Che · Human Race: How many troops can you recruit every month right now?

Barton · Dwarf Race: ... About two thousand Musketeers, I suppose.

Fang Che · Human Race: If it's two thousand, handing over 30% is six hundred.

Fang Che · Human Race: But have you ever thought about how many you could recruit each month if you go to Yongyuan City, where there are no threats around and resource gathering efficiency is increased?

Barton · Dwarf Race: ...

Fang Che · Human Race: I estimate at least doubled.

Fang Che · Human Race: Four thousand Musketeers, handing over twelve hundred, you still have twenty-eight hundred left.

Fang Che · Human Race: That's much better than you struggling to develop on your own right now, right?

Barton · Dwarf Race: ... That seems to make sense.

Han Yu · Dwarf Race: Then I'll surrender too!

Chen Mo · Human Race: Me too!

Meanwhile.

Inside another private sub-channel.

There were only seven people in this channel.

All of them were lords who had received Xu Qin's reply but were still hesitating.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Brothers, what do you think of Xu Qin's conditions?

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: To be honest, it's a bit expensive.

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: Handing over 30% every month, isn't this working for free?

Liu Qiang · Zerg Race: The key is that once the vassal relationship is established, it cannot be unilaterally dissolved.

Liu Qiang · Zerg Race: What if he turns on us later? We wouldn't even be able to run away.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Exactly, that's what I'm most worried about.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: How about... we take unified action?

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: What do you mean?

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: The seven of us reply to him together and demand a reduction in the handover ratio.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: For example, drop it from 30% to 20%.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: There's strength in numbers; surely he can't reject all of us, right?

Liu Qiang · Zerg Race: That's not a bad idea.

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: We can give it a try.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Then it's settled. Everyone keeps their stories straight and demands a drop to 20%.

Just at this moment.

A message suddenly popped up in the channel.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: What are you guys doing?

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: ? Su Yao, how did you get in here?

Su Yao · Lizard Race: I was already in this channel.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: What unified action were you talking about just now?

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: Oh, nothing.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: We just feel that Xu Qin's conditions are a bit harsh and want to discuss it with him.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Discuss?

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Are you guys out of your minds?

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: Why would you say that?

Su Yao · Lizard Race: The conditions Xu Qin gave are already generous enough.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Do you know how many vassals he has right now?

Liu Qiang · Zerg Race: We don't know.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: The quota he gave out this time is only 20.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: 15 of them are already filled.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: For the remaining 5 slots, there are dozens of people waiting in line outside.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: If you go bargain with him now, he can abandon you in a heartbeat.

Zhang Yu · Goblin Race: ...

Wang Lei · Goblin Race: It couldn't be that serious, right?

Su Yao · Lizard Race: If you don't believe me, give it a try.

Su Yao angrily closed the sub-channel and opened the private chat window with Xu Qin.

To be honest, she really didn't expect there to be such foolish people.

Actually, ever since Xu Qin wiped out James of the Dragon Race,

she knew no one could compete with Xu Qin anymore.

Since that was the case...

Su Yao · Lizard Race: Big Brother Xu Qin, I have a situation here I need to tell you about.

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Speak.

Su Yao · Lizard Race: A few lords are privately forming a group, wanting to take unified action to demand you lower the handover ratio.

Xu Qin · Undead Race: Who?

Su Yao sent the list over.