Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master-Chapter 1537: I Will Lead the Coalition Force Against the Fox!
"Ok," the leader said, raising a hand to stop another elder from objecting. He looked at the map with appreciation.
"This method aligns perfectly with our grand plans. We clear the dark masters, and if the rat in the middle stays quiet, we leave them be. If they move to interfere, we crush them. In case the force in the middle didn't move, that means they are good ones, right?"
"That will never happen," William said firmly, his conviction absolute. He had never seen a single one of these forces staying away from the Fox. All of them held his comrades' blood on their hands in his previous life; he knew who was bought and what type of dirty bastards they were.
"But sure, in case something unbelievable like that happened, if they truly sit by and accept losing their shield and weapon, accept risking their lives on the premise they didn't get caught, then leave them alone for the time being. But if not, then..."
"We'll direct everything we have to exterminate them. I give you my word!" The leader said solemnly, his fist hitting the table with a dull thud. "Such traitors can't be treated any less than those damn dark forces. In fact, they should be handled with more brutality. A snake in the grass is worse than a wolf at the door."
"Exactly," William nodded, satisfied for the moment. "Still, targeting them must happen in a specific order. We can't just strike randomly."
"Order?!" An elder asked, confused. "What difference will that make? If they are all targets, why does it matter who goes down first?"
"It makes all the difference in the world," William stressed, his finger tracing a line between several disparate dots on the map.
"Many of these rats are in direct communication with each other. Some even have secret portals planted between their grounds so they can move reinforcements in a matter of minutes.
This means when you deal with one, you should expect fierce resistance coming not just from that force, but from three others nearby. That's why the sequence of these strikes is a must.
You need to follow my order down to the letter, or else you'll find yourselves walking into many trap situations that will eventually wipe the Blue Purgators off the map."
The leader looked at William without feeling any offence. He didn't boast, and he didn't argue about the weight of the young man's words. Instead, he leaned over the parchment, his eyes tracing the ink lines of the map as he processed the sheer strategic depth of what William had presented.
"Tell us the order you have in mind then," the leader said quietly.
He had been shocked many times already during this meeting, yet as he listened attentively to William's subsequent explanation, that shock escalated to a whole new level. William began to speak with a haunting certainty.
For the next few hours, he moved his finger across the five continents of the Upper Realm, listing the names of different forces, known guilds, merchant guilds, hidden clans, and even academies, in a precise, chronological sequence.
For every name he mentioned, he provided a convincing tactical reason. He spoke of supply lines that needed to be severed, of communication arrays that needed to be destroyed, and of hidden alliances between different traitors and even with a few infamous dark forces, that created strong unity between traitors and dark master forces, making them the last of the long list of targets to attack. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
He spoke as if he had lived through every one of these battles before. Even the fleeting idea that he had simply heard this from someone else started to look silly to the elders.
No one could relay such a vast, interlocking web of intelligence without pause, without rest, without hesitation, and without a single speck of error. Every reason he gave was ironclad; every tactic he described was perfect.
Finally, William pulled his hand back from the map, his voice dropping into a low, resonant tone.
"Following this order will ensure you won't fall into any trap that you can't get out of," William concluded.
"You'll constantly increase your own powers while systematically weakening the enemy's foundations. As you succeed, your reputation will spread far and wide.
The news of your victories will act as a beacon, and those hard-to-lure forces, the ones currently hiding behind their well-deserved arrogance, will eventually come to us, asking to join our side."
"That brings us to something very important," the leader said, pausing. For an unknown reason, the atmosphere in the tent shifted. It felt as if a massive weight of tension had dropped onto the roof, pressing down on everyone present.
The elders straightened their backs, their faces becoming masks of stone. "Who is going to lead this new force? A coalition of this magnitude needs a singular head."
"Me, of course," William said. He spoke as if he were stating the most obvious fact in the universe, like the sun rising in the east.
"You? You are still a kid! You haven't even ascended to the Upper Realm yet!!" one of the elder masters bellowed.
However, despite the words, the master's voice lacked any true insult or arrogance or a speck of insult. If anything, it was filled with a profound, shaky hesitation.
They were looking at a youth who was a lower realm spirit master, yet who possessed the strategic mind of an ancient war god. The contradiction was jarring to their common sense.
"I'll lead this force for many reasons," William said, totally ignoring the master's outburst. He raised one finger in the air, his eyes locking onto the leader's.
"First off, you wouldn't even have dreamt of doing any of this if not for me. You would have died in this Medium World, or at best, wandered back to the Upper Realm to be picked off by the Fox's traitors. The most basic reason I am the leader is that I am the one saving your lives."
