Chapter 2107 - 2101: The Biggest Sucker in History?
Of course, even if they were to ask this question, Zhang Menglong would shamelessly tell them that he is committing a robbery right now, and it’s a blatant one!
"5 trillion is too much, we can’t come up with it!" Clearly, they have all entered a stage of giving up.
The recent struggle over the Chimera Summoning Bracelet almost made them bankrupt.
The fees deducted from just one bidding surpassed the total assets of any one of their races, let alone the several bids.
Now, they don’t even know how to repay the debts to their subsidiary races.
Of course, they could choose to take by force and refuse payment, but these Super Races are very concerned about face and care greatly about how other races view them, so they are unlikely to resort to such actions unless in a desperate situation.
"What the hell? Even a small Fourth-class race like mine can come up with a few trillion Supreme Crystals, and you can’t? Don’t con me just because I didn’t go to school much!"
"What kind of Fourth-class race has as much money as you guys? What kind of Fourth-class race can rub top-level races into the ground?" Everyone murmured silently in their hearts, but no one dared to speak up.
"Alright, alright, you don’t look like wealthy folks," Zhang Menglong shrugged, "If you participated in the attack on the Great City of Aiville, one race owes 10 billion Supreme Crystals, and I’ll act like this never happened."
"10 billion Supreme Crystals..." Everyone’s faces showed signs of struggle.
He truly understands. This amount won’t kill them, but it’s just enough to make them miserable. Unless there are exceptional opportunities in the upcoming Myriad Tribes Contest, they will be in a state of decline for a long period afterward.
"Alright, 10 billion it is!"
Although it hurts, it’s worth the cost if it can make the damned humans behave a bit.
Otherwise, if this matter isn’t resolved today, once Zhang Menglong returns to the Main City of the humans, and once the Myriad Tribes Contest starts, no one will be spared.
There were a total of 17 races that participated in the Aiville City attack, all ranked in the top 30, but not every race can come up with 10 billion Supreme Coins, most have assets of only several billion.
Initially, some intended to issue promissory notes, fantasizing that if Zhang Menglong suddenly died for some reason, they wouldn’t need to fulfill the repayment obligation.
But Zhang Menglong would never leave such a loophole, if there’s no money, then use something to pay off the debt!
Any Ancient Relics, Supreme Weapons, mineral resources, anything valuable can be used to offset the debt.
Of course, they could also choose to leave directly, Zhang Menglong wouldn’t stop them, but he left a message saying that if they left today, he would make it a point to visit each one as soon as he had time.
Even a fool could tell that his visit would hardly be a friendly, cordial one.
When things come to this point, who’s brave enough to try to escape?
Of course, there were some races with no conflict with humans that Zhang Menglong couldn’t be bothered with, they could do whatever they liked; he’s not one who enjoys war and slaughter.
"Humans, this is our compensation to you, hope you keep your promise."
The top races handed over the gathered items to Zhang Menglong, from now on, for a long time, they would need to tighten their belts to get by.
And although they said this, if the humans chose to renege on the agreement and retaliate, they would be powerless.
But come to think of it, if humans decide to take revenge in the end, they could use the Ultimate War Fortress to make any Super Race unable to raise their heads; in such a scenario, it would be an easy task to seize the wealth of other races.
Weren’t they now also gambling on humans keeping their promise?
Of course, all of this is based on the condition that the rules for this Myriad Tribes Contest don’t become too crazy.
Every set of rules for the Myriad Tribes Contest is different; the most peaceful approach is for everyone to collectively resist external enemies and rank by combat results or a type of score.
The worst scenario is where all races engage in a gruesome and bloody slaughter, ranking based on the number and level of races destroyed.
Though casualties and extinction of races occur under both rules, the first is evidently much more peaceful than the second.
If the rules this time are slaughter mode, even if humans make promises now, when whole race interests are at stake later, they might turn the blade against them for the sake of points.
"Begin the announcement for the Myriad Tribes Contest rules!"
Right after Zhang Menglong collected the protection fee, everyone’s ears began to resonate with a voice, one almost identical to the voice heard during a Warcraft siege.
"It’s starting so soon?" Dominic muttered to himself, "Normally the rules are announced three days after the Myriad Tribes Bazaar ends, but this time it’s revealed immediately after, this must be different from usual."
"Indeed, the difficulty of the siege battles this time has doubled, and such world-defying items have appeared in the auction. This Myriad Tribes Contest will likely be extraordinary."
Both Dominic and Ozer have gone through several Myriad Tribes Contests, and they have a vague prediction that this time it will escalate from nightmare mode to hell mode.
The entire world seemed to quiet down at this moment, everyone perked up their ears, afraid of missing any piece of information.
"This Myriad Tribes Contest is in competition mode!"
As soon as this statement was made, everyone’s expressions turned grim.
Competition mode signifies that all races will inevitably enter antagonistic status and compete mutually, and humans, who possess numerous treasures, will undoubtedly become the focus of this Myriad Tribes Contest!
First rule: The battlefield will feature a large number of Warcraft of various ranks, from First Grade to Ninth Grade, with random probability and locations, Warcraft have autonomous consciousness and may launch assaults on any race’s Main City. If the Main City is destroyed, the entire race will be wiped out!
This first rule makes weaker races very anxious.
If luck isn’t in their favor, and a powerful Warcraft appears near their Main City, and their Guardian Beast cannot withstand it, then once the city is destroyed, the entire race will vanish into thin air.
Second rule: Killing any ranked Warcraft will earn substantial points, 100 points for First Grade, 1000 points for Second Grade, 10,000 points for Third Grade, and so forth.
Third rule: Killing members of other races, below the Peak of Dao Realm yields 1 point, Peak of Dao Realm to 10 times yield 2 points, 10 to 100 times yield 4 points, 100 to 1000 times yield 8 points, 1000 to 10,000 times yield 16 points, 10,000 to 100,000 times yield 32 points, Peak of Dao Realm extreme yields 50 points!
"Too brutal!" These two rules have already specified the mainline for this contest.
Strong races can hunt Warcraft, the weak can hunt people!
Hunting a First Grade Warcraft yields only 100 points, yet killing 100 people yields as many points, imagine the disparity in difficulty between the two.
Fourth rule: All Ancient Relics are prohibited from being used beyond 100 kilometers of the Main City!
"Hah!" Instantly, everyone’s expression exploded with a hint of surprise.
Humans acquired so many Ancient Relics that cannot be used; this means their Ancient Relics can only be used for defense and not for attack!
Moreover, beyond 100 kilometers from the Main City, they’ll have to beware of assaults from others!
They spent so many Supreme Crystals, yet have nearly no room for use in the Myriad Tribes Contest, apart from self-preservation, this is truly history’s biggest disgrace!