Has it come to this? Loran Hill wondered.

During the past few months since she came to Hopeland, except for the first few weeks when she needed to familiarize herself with the situation of the Chamber of Commerce, she also took a general tour of the city in the later period. In addition to several large chambers of commerce, she also had a certain understanding of other small chambers of commerce and organizations.

As an important seaport of the Virga Business Alliance, Hopeland is also one of the top three commercial centers in the country, second only to the alliance's capital, Uberei.

Yubere is the Alliance's largest seaport near the east. It is a trade node between the Alliance and Lurna, and has a chartered route to the Verdant Empire. It is an important commercial center where the east and west sides of the continent meet.

Hopeland is located on the west side of the alliance. Most of the trade routes to West Wind, Falcon, and the Sanctuary converge here. In addition, there are many routes to and from the Southern Islands. Therefore, this city alone has a population of nearly one million, and five major chambers of commerce have set up their headquarters here.

If a chamber of commerce or an organization monopolizes Hopeland, the central city on the west side of the alliance, and radiates its influence from it, it can easily split the western part of the alliance, cut off the land routes of the other five countries of Xuehua to Yubere, and cause great damage to the integrity of the alliance.

In order to maintain checks and balances and prevent any single company from dominating, the Commercial Alliance placed the Tisiphone family here in its early days to compete with the established Nissus and Helis families. Later, when the Anemye family rose to power, it also placed its headquarters here to gain additional support from Yubere.

But as the Tisiphone family grew bigger, it became a threat to them, and the other families were unwilling to provoke this notorious family. Later, the Alliance Guild supported Carites, allowing him to gain a foothold in Hopeland, and invited Angus to join the highest level of the guild and become one of the 26 senior members.

This is also the reason why Tisiphone has always wanted to get rid of Charites. Charites, who controls a large fleet, also possesses a large amount of military force. Although Tisiphone's family has many weapons and combatants, its naval power has never been able to match that of Charites, who makes a living by shipbuilding.

Before, they were just assassinations and assassinations, but now they have started to act blatantly. Aren’t they afraid of the sanctions from the nine major chambers of commerce in the alliance capital in the future?

But those in the Tisiphone family are not stupid. Although Loran Hill did not communicate much with Edley at the banquet, he knew that he was a very scheming person and it was impossible for him not to have a backup plan.

As for other countries, according to the alliance between the seven countries of Xuehua, they cannot interfere in each other's internal affairs. The threat of Cang Cui still hangs in everyone's mind, and there is no conflict between the seven countries that is so big that they would go to war with each other, so only the alliance can check and balance each other.

But no matter what, the alliance's main guild, that is, Yubere, will never allow Hopeland to be integrated into one, no matter how good the words are or how many promises are made.

This is like holding one's own lifeline, which is absolutely impossible. However, Hopeland is in the relatively barren west, and its overall strength is definitely no match for the nine families headed by Yubelei.

Since they couldn't defeat him, and weren't afraid of Yubelei's subsequent sanctions, it only meant that while they couldn't solve the problem, they could solve the person who raised the problem. Yubelei was also in trouble. Being unable to take care of himself, he wouldn't take action again.

After sorting out his thoughts, Loran Hill began to understand why Melu emphasized the seriousness of the matter in the letter. After losing the constraints of the Alliance Guild, the Tisiphone family was like a wild beast that had been released. No one knew what extraordinary actions they would take.

Even if he wanted to surrender his property, he might not have a good ending. Think about the first sentence Edley said at the banquet. It might be his true thoughts at that time.

Loran Hill put down the letter, tapped the armrest with his fingers, and fell into deep thought. The hall was silent, and the messenger from the Helis family kept his head down, waiting nervously.

The girl blinked and checked the task progress displayed on the system, which remained at 92%.

It's still a little short. She felt a little regretful. If only she had another half month, then everything would be ready. What a pity...

Now we can only take one step at a time. When the critical moment comes, all other tasks will be meaningless.

After making up her mind, she gave the order.

"Chelsea, bring the letter and write back to Melu, telling her that we, the Carites, will continue to fight alongside Helis."

"Yes, Miss."

Hearing this, the messenger breathed a sigh of relief.

"Blake."

Loran Hill called out a name, and a captain of the guard in armor stood up.

"Organize the newly formed Night Guard to move the weapons from the warehouse and distribute them to everyone."

"Also, the recently trained Chamber of Commerce personnel will form the second echelon, the untrained personnel will form the third echelon, and the original Chamber of Commerce guards will form the first echelon."

"The first, second, and third echelons will be organized into teams with a ratio of 1:3:6. Let each team form up first, and then get to know each other. The veterans will mentor the new ones, and they'll be taught some basic combat knowledge on the spot to prepare for battle."

"Your will, my lady."

This outstanding new captain took the order and left. Under Loran Hill's guidance, although he was currently at Sequence 4, he had already touched the threshold of Sequence 5. He was truly gifted. The transition from Sequence 4 to Sequence 5 was a huge hurdle that many people would never cross in their lifetime.

"Also, send out a messenger eagle to inform other local branches to organize their personnel, prepare for battle, and be on high alert."

"If the battle in the city fails, we will move to the sea, gather the members of the branch together, and attack Hopeland again."

Loran Hill made the subsequent arrangements, which made everyone in the hall feel at ease, no longer panic, and became more determined in their hearts.

What people fear most is not failure, but the fact that there is no retreat or hope after failure.

"Let's start preparing now. Launch signal fireworks, ring the bell, and strengthen our defenses."

"Yes, Lady Lacey."

The people below responded in unison, and the entire chamber of commerce began to operate. The Carites Chamber of Commerce began to wake up like a sleeping giant lion, and tens of thousands of people began to revolve around one will.

Burning torches were lit one after another, and the torch-holding teams went deep into the night like giant dragons. They began to control the nearby streets, block areas, and set up checkpoints.

Above the city, the rising fireworks made extremely sharp whistling sounds and bloomed in the night sky, forming the shape of dark night flowers. These conspicuous red fireworks conveyed signals of danger and emergency.

Under the night sky, everyone in the city looked up and saw a figure in a black robe walk out of the basement, looking at the falling red meteors.

"Has it finally begun, this chaotic world?"