323: This day has finally come

Chapter 323: This Day Has Come

“This day has come.”

In the Eagle Country's conference room.

A pall of gloom hung heavy.

Everyone looked at each other, their faces grim.

All of them were on the registration list for the National War.

But no one had the confidence to lead Eagle Country into battle.

In fact,

After discussing for a long time, not even a Commander could be chosen.

It wasn't that no one had the ability to command.

Rather,

Facing Dragon Xia now, whoever became the Commander would have to take the blame!

If they lost and ended up at the bottom, the higher-ups wouldn't care about their command abilities; they only cared about the results.

Lost meant lost, eliminated meant eliminated.

It was all the Commander's fault!

“Tell me, what should we do? Tomorrow morning, we'll enter the National War battlefield,” the Big Leader asked, deep in thought.

The room fell silent for a few seconds.

Then someone spoke:

“At this point, we can only grit our teeth and push through.”

“Our team is already equipped with the best gear currently available in the country.”

“It's just a pity that too many high-level combat professionals were lost in the previous conflicts with Dragon Xia.”

“Not only that, the deaths of several guild leaders have also had a huge impact on us.”

...

Saying it was as good as saying nothing!

They chattered on for a long time, but it all boiled down to one sentence: grit your teeth and push through, and let fate decide the outcome!

“I do have an idea,” someone suddenly said.

Oh?

The Big Leader's eyes lit up.

He wanted to hear a different idea right now!

“Once the National War begins, Dragon Xia will definitely target us, Eagle Country. Although you are unwilling to admit it, it is a hard fact,” the person said.

“Go on,” the Big Leader nodded and said.

At this point, there was nothing to deny.

Grudges were grudges.

The intense rivalry between Dragon Xia and Eagle Country wasn't a new thing.

That was different from Cherry Blossom Country.

Dragon Xia and Cherry Blossom Country had a deadly feud!

But with Eagle Country, it was a pure rivalry!

“So, since we will be targeted by Dragon Xia,”

“And, we are definitely weaker than Dragon Xia right now.”

“Just Lu Ran alone, no one can deal with him.”

“Don't forget, Lu Ran can fly, and he has the Elves' army to assist him!”

“Besides that, he definitely has other abilities we don't know about.”

“Then, we cannot fight according to conventional arrangements.”

“I suggest replacing at least one million, no, two million output professions.”

“Replace them with defensive and healing professions.”

...

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room was in an uproar.

“What are you saying?”

“Why replace so many defensive and healing professions?”

“If we do that, how can we fight? How can we deal with other factions?”

...

But facing the accusations from the crowd,

The Big Leader's eyes lit up, and he said, hesitating, “Continue, tell me your thoughts.”

The person then ignored the others' doubts.

He continued, “It's simple. Although the National War lasts for seven days, Dragon Xia is currently at its peak. We are not conquering each other, but rather competing to see who can be eliminated last by Dragon Xia, do you understand?”

At this point,

The person looked around.

Seeing that no one refuted him, they all showed thoughtful expressions, though unwilling but helpless.

He then continued, “So, on this trip, let's not think about looking for trouble with others, because have you ever thought, what would happen to us if Dragon Xia came for us first? Can we win?”

And if they couldn't win, they would be the first to be eliminated!

The Global last place!

“Nonsense! The battlefield map is so big, how could they find us first? Everyone's faction position is random,” someone couldn't help but retort.

“Well said, but what if we have bad luck? What if we're not far from Dragon Xia? Is that a possibility? And I believe that even if there are other factions in between, Dragon Xia might ignore them and come for us first! Besides us, there's also Cherry Blossom Country, and as long as Dragon Xia comes knocking, with our current team composition, we're dead for sure!” the person said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the dissenting voices immediately ceased.

Silence for a few seconds.

Then someone continued to ask, “So you mean, on this trip, we shouldn't think about finding trouble with other factions, but rather defend to the death? Although Dragon Xia is powerful, if they can't chew us up quickly, they might go find trouble with other factions. If we're lucky and relatively far from Dragon Xia, then the advantage of defending to the death will be even greater. We won't have to fight, won't lose a single soldier, and can still get a good ranking.”

This was correct!

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

Then they all nodded:

“That's a plan. Since we can't win, we'll all defend to the death!”

“In that case, our elimination ranking won't be too bad.”

“First place is definitely Dragon Xia's, no doubt about it. We'll have to settle for second best.”

“Good, good, that works.”

...

Hearing everyone confirm it,

The Big Leader immediately stood up and said, “This is a good method. It's still not too late to adjust the registration list. Quickly replace the personnel, but there's no need to specify how many output professions to replace; replace all output professions! Not a single one!”

If they were going to defend to the death, they would defend to the extreme!

“Five million defensive and healing professions. I want to see if even a powerful Dragon Xia, even with the Elves' army assisting them, can chew through us!” the Big Leader said, full of spirit.

His previous low spirits seemed to have vanished.

Immediately,

Everyone left the conference room and began to prepare intensely.

At least in their view, the problem seemed to have been resolved fairly well.

But unfortunately,

What they didn't know was that Lu Ran wouldn't necessarily target them first; he might target Cherry Blossom Country, but second, it would definitely be Eagle Country!

Cherry Blossom Country and Eagle Country, these two unfortunate brothers, neither of them could escape!

Furthermore,

Even if they were all replaced with defensive and healing professions, it would be useless!

In front of Lu Ran's Undead Army, there was no difference!

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Cherry Blossom Country.

“How are the people we sent out? What's the news? Have you found Nanasheng?” the Shintoism leader asked.

But no one spoke in the room.

“What? Still no news? Give me some news, dead or alive!” the leader urged loudly.

Seeing the leader pressing hard,

Someone then stammered:

“Cross-border communication has been shut down, so we can't contact our people.”

“But this also means they have already infiltrated Dragon Xia.”

“It's possible they haven't found Nanasheng yet?”

“It's also possible they are in contact.”

“We need to wait a bit longer, at least they aren't dead yet.”

“Although a small portion died in the Forbidden Sea, there are still over thirty people who entered Dragon Xia.”

...

The leader rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

He glanced at the night outside the window.

He roared, “The damn National War is tomorrow morning! If there's no news tonight, and Nanasheng doesn't come back, then all of you can just wait to die!”