Chapter 946 - 892: Snowball Growth? Low-Level!
In the Nether Sea, Da Fei was waiting offshore at the Crab Sea, where he and the Yasoro Fleet celebrated their victory, and then hurried toward Fatalon.
At this moment, Yasoro’s flagship and the Radiant Wings were advancing side by side with just over thirty meters between them. Yasoro stood on the deck, boasting loudly to Da Fei about the battle just now while drinking triumphantly. But with the strong sea winds, it was hard to hear clearly, and being too engrossed in drinking, his speech was unclear. It was probably something about the oar ship taking advantage of the rising tide’s momentum to charge in unstoppably, ramming and killing countless blocking crabs.
At this moment, Da Fei finally relaxed completely from his tense mood.
Although it was unclear what kind of minerals the pirate fleet’s ship holds were full of, the outcome of this battle far exceeded expectations. In the future, Yasoro only needed to feign harassment on the outer Crab Sea to report back to the Necromancer Dragon, then just hold on until he returned to settle the situation in half a year.
If Yasoro’s AI was high, getting stronger with each battle, and could take the Crab Sea while I was busy with things in the Eastern World, that would be even better. But this clearly wasn’t likely. The system isn’t going to give the player such a good deal.
In short, the matter now was to return to Fatalon for repairs, and he could finally take time offline to participate in Bloodrose’s event. However, with so many young girls in their studio, what lines should I prepare? Or should I, as Sister Hong said, act as a mature, steady man, say nothing, play deep, play meaningful? This issue is really troubling.
Just as Da Fei pondered deeply, a sudden red light flickered on the screen, and a huge red dot suddenly appeared ahead of the fleet!
What the heck! Did I really expect things to go so smoothly? Da Fei’s heart tightened. Looking closely, he saw a giant swirling vortex appear on the sea ahead, and a massive silver crab, half the size of the Radiant Wings, emerged from the vortex! It’s a Vortex Space Gate.
Da Fei was taken aback, and the fleet’s cheers abruptly ceased! What the heck, with such teleportation ability, this size, this presence, could it really be the Giant Crab King coming to battle in person? Such a God-level Boss isn’t possible, how are players supposed to play?
But it wasn’t over yet. Another red light flashed on the screen, and a black light pillar suddenly appeared in the sky. From within the pillar emerged a figure with black wings and a serpent’s tail, was it a Siren Sea Demon? Both forces came for revenge? Da Fei’s jaw dropped! At that moment, the fleet’s alarms sounded, and all units immediately prepared themselves.
It was then that the giant crab spoke: "Mortal! I am the image of the Corpse-eating Giant Crab Klapo!"
The sea demon also spoke: "Mortal! I am the image of the Dead Siren Sea Demon Naples!"
——System Prompt: You possess a relatively high world reputation, causing your enemies to be interested in conversing with you. Please respond accordingly.
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched! An image? Did my world reputation being so high trigger a special plotline? Da Fei, feeling slightly relieved, hurriedly asked, "Do you want to ask why I’m fighting you?"
The giant crab grunted, "Exactly! To be defeated, no, to have my army completely obliterated in such a short time with no chance of resurrection, this power is not something an ordinary mortal hero can achieve."
The sea demon agreed, "Similarly, to defeat, no, to completely kill my sea demon troop, that also exceeds my understanding of mortal power."
The giant crab continued, "Thus, we think, you’re no longer a mortal. Moreover, with a new force emerging, we see the necessity of exterminating this great threat ourselves. But before that, we want to know the reason for the battle!"
Ah, crap! Da Fei spat a mouthful of old blood; could it be that being too awesome is also wrong? Angel Demon brother, hurry and save me! But, since the system prompt has appeared, it means there are other solutions. Even if there isn’t, worst case, it’s a fight as soon as we step out. At the very least, since they’ve sent images, it shouldn’t immediately escalate to battle. Anyway, seeking mercy is the priority!
Da Fei, with a swift turn in thoughts, immediately responded, "It’s to develop a peaceful, cooperative relationship with you!"
The sea demon laughed wildly, "How ridiculous!"
The giant crab also questioned, "Eradicating us to attain peace, that I can understand. But how does cooperation come into play?"
Da Fei braced himself to continue rambling, "Through these two battles, I demonstrated power and got the opportunity to meet and talk with both of you, which is the beginning of peaceful cooperation. Otherwise, if I can’t meet you, it’s endless battle, and there’s never a chance for cooperation."
The giant crab grunted, "I see, then what is the content of your cooperation?"
The sea demon sternly stated, "If your content is utterly boring, we shall formally declare war on you, regardless of who your backer is!"
Da Fei’s eyebrows flicked! A chance arises; perhaps there’s really a possibility to negotiate with them? Alright, it’s time to bring out the background brother to take the fall!
Da Fei immediately said, "My backer is the Death Angel Samael of Fatalon. Our cooperation content is that Fatalon hopes to establish a good neighborly, peaceful relationship with you two, at the very least to be neutral without fighting!"
The sea demon angrily retorted, "How ridiculous! How could we possibly establish neutrality or cooperation with Bright Creatures! Then let’s fight to the end!"
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Da Fei anxiously said, "Wrong! Precisely because Samael is a Bright Creature, it’s absolutely impossible for him to invade your territory or devour your life to strengthen himself. From this perspective, he is your most reliable natural ally. Compared to other Undead allies, shouldn’t you also guard against each other on a collaborative basis?"
The Giant Crab replied sullenly, "My dislike for Samael far outweighs any interest in collaborating with him. Does he even have any collaborative value?"
The Sea Demon sneered, "Indeed, I would rather destroy him!"
Damn! Is it true that nobody gives a hoot about the Commander? Da Fei, anxious, started babbling nonsense, "He has immense value! Because he won’t infringe on your territory, he can maintain absolute neutrality and serve as a mediator in your disputes—"
At this point, Da Fei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and his mind opened wide, "Right, I’m the City Lord of Fatalon, and my goal is to establish an absolutely neutral commercial trade city in the Nether Sea. Those things you don’t trust each other with or find inconvenient to trade can all be brought here to be traded!"
The Sea Demon coldly replied, "No matter what, it’s impossible to trust living creatures!"
Damn! Mere words are useless; it’s still necessary to fight! Fine, ever since taking on this mission, my destiny has been war!
Da Fei impatiently said, "Fine, forget trust, then let’s fight! We will find others willing to collaborate! For example—" Necromancer Dragon, you know!"
"No!" The Giant Crab spoke up at that moment, "In the Nether Sea, no Undead Force can sustain a meaningless large-scale war; mutual depletion would result in a third-party takeover. I find your proposal interesting, and I’m willing to remain neutral with Fatalon and consider possible collaboration based on circumstances!"
Wow! It actually succeeded! Da Fei was suddenly delighted, "Yes, a wise choice! Samael’s requests are so minimal, just neutrality; you can’t possibly fail to meet these small demands!"
The Sea Demon remained silent for a moment and then spoke, "Fine, unnecessary conflict does not align with our interests. I can tolerate past harm, but as soon as you dare to act in any improper way, we will immediately rally our allies to eliminate you!"
Damn! It’s clearly you Sea Demons who ambushed and robbed us! Da Fei nodded repeatedly in surprise, "Absolutely no problem, I guarantee I won’t litter when passing through!"
—System Prompt: The Crab Sea Force and Song of the Dead Force have canceled their hostile attitudes towards you, your relationship has changed to "Distrustful Neutral".
—System Prompt: Your collaborator, Necromancer Dragon Samaster, has altered the campaign mission "Attack Corpse-eating Giant Crab Craplo", please reconfirm progress with Samaster.
—System Prompt: You have completed the third phase, "Eliminate Hostile Territories", of Samael’s Epic Quest "New Pattern of Nether Sea World", please claim your reward from Samael.
Damn! At this instant, Da Fei felt a mix of surprise and joy.
Although Da Fei is used to the system continuously bombarding him, seldom does the bombardment seem as concise and complex as now!
My Epic Quest’s first phase of city-building hasn’t even been completed, yet I directly finished the third phase? What was the second phase? A fight to the end with the surroundings? This situation is just like the Rise of Dragon Cavalry Commerce Epic Quest which also completed later first, making it so much easier to reverse and complete earlier tasks!
What’s rolling snowballs? Low-level! Things I’ve already done, now I’m progressing by leaps and bounds! No, to use trendy terms, it should be cross-dimensional development, hahaha!
Ultimately, compared to normal players’ normal mission flow, Da Fei has three major advantages: One, a combat prowess that astonishes everyone who knows him; Two, a new ally (Yasoro) altering regional power balance; Three, most importantly, Da Fei’s high world reputation, creating a condition for peace talks!
Summarizing these three advantages in two words is: awesome, enough to alter the normal task flow.
At this moment, the Giant Crab’s red name had turned yellow, and he said sullenly, "Mortal, I will observe your performance coldly, goodbye!"
Da Fei suddenly snapped back to reality and hastily asked, "Excuse me, what are those minerals piled up into mountains?"
The Giant Crab paused silently for a while and then said sullenly, "The excrement of the Corpse-eating Giant Crab clan after absorbing Dark Matter! However, Bright Creatures surely have use for it; if you need it, exchange it for good things abundant in Death Energy! Or you can directly use biological corpses." Then he disappeared.
Damn! So it’s feces! Is this eating grass and producing milk? Does this open a trade route for me? Seeing the Sea Demon about to disappear, Da Fei hurriedly whipped out "Sea Demon’s Tears" and asked, "Wait, what’s this for?
The Sea Demon angrily replied, "Mortal, do not challenge my tolerance limit. Until you achieve any substantial progress, I will not engage in any topic with you." Then it too disappeared.
At this moment, the fleet finally recovered from the silence like cicadas in winter and erupted in deafening cheers! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)