Being stared at by Li Lin's eyes that were shining with strange light, Vander was confused.
Not only Li Lin, he found that even his subordinates focused their burning gazes on him after hearing Li Lin's words.
"What are you all looking at me for?" Vandel extinguished his pipe and placed it on the table. "I wasn't thinking..."
"Vandel," Sevika's hoarse voice interrupted him. "Don't you want to make Undercity a better place?"
"What you said is the wish we made together..."
Vander's eyes briefly met with every one of his men in the room, and he found that they all seemed to agree with Li Lin's statement.
Before he could open his mouth to explain anything, everyone spoke up first, all trying to persuade him:
"You are the one who built the Bottom City, Fandel. Those alchemy barons should listen to you."
"Yes, Fandel, you gave the Alchemy Barons their territory, so you should be the boss of the Undercity!"
"I think what this young man said is right. If Dicheng wants to become better, it should have a leader."
"A few years ago, you led us and the Alchemist Barons to revolt against the Upper City. Although we failed, I believe they will still obey your orders..."
"Hmph, if you ask me, if we can change the current situation in the Undercity, what's the harm in becoming enemies with those alchemy barons? We have more people than them, and we're not pushovers."
“…”
Because of Li Lin's sincere words just now, he also hoped that Fandel could take over the bottom city again and become the sole commander.
Except for a few people who still don't trust him or are hostile to the people of Piltover, most of his subordinates are willing to speak for him.
Seeing everyone talking and making a lot of noise, Fandel lowered his head, raised his arm and waved a few times to get everyone to quiet down.
"I know what you guys mean, but you also know that I've been staying in the alley for the past few years and have basically cut off contact with those alchemy barons.
"Nowadays, they have all developed their own forces and have strong troops under their command. Even if they will give me some face, it is unlikely that they will obey my orders again."
He sighed deeply, looking quite helpless.
"Then show them your strength and prove that you are not old yet, Vandel."
Sevika had a blank expression on her face, but a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes. She spat out the cigarette butt in her mouth and stomped it out with her foot.
"If they are unwilling to cooperate, you should speak with your fists, just like you did when you conquered the Underworld."
She looked up at the upper right corner of the bar, indicating the pair of steel boxing gloves that had been found last night and hung back up.
Vander frowned, knowing that he couldn't communicate with these stubborn subordinates, so he looked up at Li Lin again.
“It may not be appropriate to say this now, but you are from Ionia and have witnessed war. You should understand that as long as there is struggle, there will be sacrifice.
"And I think you must have heard of the 'Day of Ashes' a few years ago. After that day, I returned to the Underworld, integrated my forces, and established Black Alley.
"I have witnessed too many familiar people fall before my eyes, their souls taken away by Kindred. That's why I built this place to provide a safe haven, to unite everyone, to help each other, and to protect everyone."
"You need my help, and I sincerely want to help you. But those alchemist barons won't listen to me. If you try to be tough, they won't sit still and wait for death. Struggle and bloodshed are inevitable..."
Fandel didn't say it too directly, but the meaning he expressed was easy to understand.
In short, he didn't want his men to take this risk...
However, Li Lin had a different idea: "You misunderstood me, Fandel."
Fandel raised an eyebrow in confusion, "...Hmm?"
"I don't need your men to take risks, nor do I need them to bleed. I just want your attitude." Li Lin explained.
"Attitude?" Vandel still couldn't understand. "If you don't shed blood and fight the chem-barons, how can you convince those people?"
However, Li Lin did not answer his question, "If you call them to a meeting under a certain name, will they respond to your call?"
"this……"
Fander stroked his dark gray beard and said uncertainly:
“There are five people who used to work with us in the mines and are now Alchemy Barons. However, in recent years, newcomers have climbed to the top of power and become new Alchemy Barons.
"With my current influence, the five people I mentioned should come, but the remaining alchemy barons I don't know should give me face, but I think most of them won't respond to my call..."
"That's enough. Call as many people as you can first. For those who don't want to come, forget it."
"What are you going to do with them?" Fandel asked in confusion.
Li Lin thought for a moment and slowly uttered a few words: "Alchemy Baron Meeting."
After a brief pause, he added, "I plan to 'convince' them in my own way."
…
…
After the deal was done, Li Lin and Vander agreed on a one-month period.
Since Vandel was unlikely to provide much help, he needed to prepare everything as much as possible during this period.
The first batch of small generators needs to be built as quickly as possible, at least so that they can be shown to the alchemist barons at the alchemist baron meeting that day.
According to Li Lin's idea, replacing power generation equipment needs to be done step by step.
Alchemy technology power generation cannot be shut down and rebuilt all at once. Not only will the alchemy barons not agree to this, but even the citizens of Zaun will not be happy with them doing so.
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