Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 281 - 14: Major Client

After the invasion incident on the eighth level of the thirty-ninth fortress, people defined that day as "the birth of the demon child".

Following the birth of the demon child, humans held many meetings in search of the child’s whereabouts.

Adding to the already ignited battle of the Yuepela Plains, the lords of the fortresses and other key personnel all arrived at the thirty-ninth fortress.

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Represented by Song Que, the Song Family served as the war’s general commander, while the Li family, represented by Li Wanye, was responsible for overseeing various war operations.

This was one month after the birth of the demon child, the fifteenth day of the battle on the Yuepela Plains.

The severity of this war far exceeded people’s expectations.

It was originally believed that the human armies could at least reach the Yuepela Plains with minimal losses.

But the reality proved to be a great disappointment.

The armies of the gifted encountered many herds of beasts along the way. From the western Red Clay Canyon to the Yuepela Plains, nearly twenty percent of their combat power was lost.

Many hunters and regular troops sacrificed their lives, even though none encountered a calamity-level creature along the way.

Except for a few top experts like Song Que, Lin Jue, and Li Zheng, most hunters and regular troops were simply unable to withstand the attacks of perfect-level and elite-level creatures.

Awaiting them on the Yuepela Plains was an even larger assembly of beast herds.

Among them were several calamity-level creatures, and even a few calamity-level boss creatures.

Before the war, some academicians who were pessimistic about the battle had analyzed that the intelligence of the mine zone creatures might be higher than humans had imagined.

Perhaps there existed somewhere in the mining area something akin to a headquarters or a battle command center.

Otherwise, why would the beast herds assemble on the Yuepela Plains?

For humans, the region they aimed to conquer was essentially a red zone.

And the human armies were being relentlessly driven back by the herds.

Up to this point, not only had the war failed to yield any results, but the losses were also severe.

The thirty-ninth fortress, seventh level, temporary war center for all fortresses.

Around the giant circular conference table seating over two hundred people, the high-ranking officials of various fortresses were discussing matters concerning the war and other affairs.

"Any progress on the search for the demon child?" asked Li Wanye.

After Li Xiaoyu left home, Li Wanye concluded she had gone in search of Tang Xian.

Despite the urgency of the war, the Li family never ceased their search for Li Xiaoyu.

"We’ve already conducted simulations, but the conclusion is that if a teleportation crack is attacked during teleportation, it will either interrupt the transfer or result in an unpredictable crack in the space," responded a high-level official from the fifty-second fortress.

The fifty-second fortress held a leading position in some of the auxiliary scientific and technological fields.

Li Wanye said,

"Does that mean the demon child’s location is now beyond the reach of the entire world?"

"I’m afraid so."

Li Wanye clenched his fist and fell silent.

A person from Sky Guardian Fortress spoke,

"Lord Li, I believe the search for the demon child can be put on hold for the moment. During the last retreat, we discovered that the Li family’s private guard possesses a super combat unit, comparable to perfect-level creatures, named Judgement Knights."

"I think at this time, we should set aside the differences among fortresses and exchange the technologies we have. Our Great Tenshukaku Fortress is willing to provide our excellent armor technology in exchange for the manufacturing techniques of the Judgement Knights," they proposed.

The speaker, named Yune Moru, was the lord of Sky Guardian Fortress.

Upon hearing this, Zhang An from the fifty-first fortress laughed and said,

"Everyone is worried about the war, but Mr. Yune is still thinking about the technology on the eighth level of the Li family at this time. It seems a bit confused to me and besides, trading your armor technology for the manufacturing techniques of the Judgement Knights feels quite a bit like a rip-off."

As a weapons magnate and lord of the fifty-first fortress, Zhang An had always looked askance at the way Sky Guardian Fortress conducted itself.

After the end of the Hunting Festival, Gong Kun and others had brought back the props of the strongest Hunter’s Group from Sky Guardian.

Zhang An believed that with Ke Ye and others striving hard, they would grasp the core technology of Sky Guardian Fortress in the near future.

However, everyone present was covetous of the formula to manufacture Judgement Knights.

Especially Lincoln Fortress, whose lord, Kennedy, said,

"Respected Lord Li, I believe our current forces are incapable of conquering the Yuepela Plains. Of course, we have no intention of stealing your fruits of labor. But could we do this instead—"

"In the face of our continuous defeat, perhaps you could sell some of the finished Judgement Knights? I believe every fortress would need such powerful and obedient combat units."

Song Gengzhao gently shook his head. Qi Qinglian, the family head of the Qi Family from the second fortress, did the same.

Not a single fortress was devoid of desire for the technology of the eighth level.

Because by relying on the Judgement Knights, the Li family had the least casualties and the highest battle achievements on the battlefield.

These Judgement Knights were like man-made perfect-level creatures, and even stronger than the creatures from the evolution zone with a synchronization rate of around ten percent!

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But the top three families thought differently.

Being closely related, they all believed that this advantage could not be easily shared with other fortresses.

Nevertheless, more and more fortress lords began to speak up.

The federated fortresses also yearned to command a capable team of Judgement Knights, even if it meant paying a high price.

These people had a simple idea: they were waiting to dissect the Judgement Knights and study their secrets.