Chapter 194: Rising reputation, fear! A move against Zhou Yin
One day in the human world is equal to forty-eight days in wonderland.
Wen Zheng only spent about a month in the human world, but the war in fairyland had lasted for nearly four years.
After the sneak attack, the rebels declared their complete joining of the Empire, citing their contempt for the shameless behavior of the Alliance. However, due to the need to integrate with the Empire, only a part of the rebels joined the battlefield for the time being.
However, it stands to reason that with all the fairies in the alliance severely injured and only Princess Qing and her brother holding the fort, the fighting force of the empire should be enough to take down the entire alliance in a short period of time.
But in fact, since Zhou Yin and Yue Heng were accomplices of each other, every time the Empire launched an attack, the Alliance would dodge it with clever methods. Although they could not defeat the Empire, they could run faster.
Of course, this was also intentional by Min Yun. After all, what she wanted were relatively intact facilities and people. Shedding too much blood would not meet the demand for labor for future development.
Therefore, although the alliance has not been destroyed in the past four years, the empire has made steady progress, repairing domestic losses while slowly eroding nearly half of the alliance's territory and capturing countless ordinary fairies.
Until now, the Alliance has nowhere to retreat and can only rely on defending the Rock Sea, a natural barrier that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to form a pincer attack with the Empire and rely on logistics to deplete the Empire's combat effectiveness.
During this period, Zhou Yin, who was "as good as a god in predicting things", accumulated countless reputations, and even reached a point where the people of the alliance only knew the sorcerer but not the leader.
"The sorcerer is really amazing. He anticipated the empire's surprise attack. I think he should be the leader of the alliance." A fairy holding a spear said to the fairy next to him tiredly but excitedly.
"Yes, yes. He is very powerful, capable, and cares about us. He is a thousand times better than that alliance leader." The fairy in silver armor next to him nodded in agreement.
These two fairies are soldiers who have been following Zhou Yin to fight against the enemy for four years. They are extremely convinced of his abilities and are deeply impressed by his noble character.
Soldier fairies like them who were sent to the front line were mostly disobedient fairies in settlements conquered by the alliance, as well as some ordinary fairies who rebelled because they could not pay taxes.
They do not have the arrogance and ego of the privileged fairies. Although they are not strong enough, they are simple and sincere, and a little kindness can make them loyal.
Rather than having a leader they had never met before, they would rather have Zhou Yin lead them, who would provide their soldiers with sufficient equipment even at the cost of their own interests.
The Spear Fairy touched the weapon in his hand with great emotion. You know, he didn't have any handy weapons before going to the battlefield. He thought he was here to die.
Unexpectedly, after the chief marshal, the sorcerer Zhou Yin, learned that most of the soldiers did not have proper weapons and equipment, he actually used the profits from his own shop to buy a full set of equipment from those privileged fairies who were stingy.
After receiving the new weapons and defensive armor, almost all the fairies present cried. They were crying because it was the first time that the top leaders of the alliance cared about their lives.
Zhou Yin's behavior gave them respect and love they had never had before.
Therefore, the reason why the alliance has been able to fight until now is actually inseparable from the inner desire of these ordinary fairies to repay Zhou Yin's kindness.
They are willing to die for Zhou Yin, the only person in the alliance who cares about their lives!
Only to the frontline warriors, Zhou Yin is indeed great, but it is not so friendly to the alliance leaders in the rear.
Especially Lugal.
The situation of being too successful to be a threat to the ruler applies to any situation. A few years were enough for Lugal, the royal fairy, to hold most of the power in his hands.
Xin Ling doesn't care about anything, and Luo Li also has a girlish mentality. The existence of the alliance is like a large-scale game of house to them. They are interested, but don't take it seriously.
Besides, they have never really recognized the fighting power of ordinary fairies.
So this gave Lugal an opportunity. In the corners that the two of them didn't notice, he almost devoured all the departments of the alliance. Even the planted traitor turned to him at Yue Heng's instruction after seeing this situation.
Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lugal is the real leader of the alliance, so Zhou Yin’s rise is threatening his position.
"That won't do. The sorcerer Zhou Yin is now at the peak of his powers. If he continues like this, he will be elected as the new leader sooner or later, and then threaten my position."
Lugal kept pacing in the room, looking very annoyed.
He had finally managed to wrest control of the alliance from Xin Ling and Luo Li, so he was unwilling to give it away for nothing. What's more, Zhou Yin looked like a man of action.
If he came to power, he would never allow himself to hold on to power as he does now, and losing power would be tantamount to torture for Lugal.
At this moment, a fairy on the periphery of Lugal's staff suddenly took two steps forward. He first bowed respectfully, and then spoke slowly.
"Sir, I think there is something very strange about this spell caster. Perhaps it can be used as a breakthrough point."
"Which point?" Lugar became interested and asked curiously.
"Have you not noticed that since he became the chief marshal, although he has been on the front line, it was actually his sister Princess Aizhen who did most of the fighting?"
"After all, she is one of the most famous fairies in Ye Luoli Fairyland. She can even buy armor for the soldiers with her own money. But when it's her turn to take action, she has to trouble her sister for everything..."
"This is totally inconsistent with his personality traits!" The aide's words were clear and logical, and he pointed out a problem that no one had noticed.
Lugal touched his chin, "So you're saying that there's something wrong with his strength, and he may not be able to reach the level of a great fairy?"
The aide bent his waist even lower, "It is possible. After all, although everyone is saying that the sorcerer is a fairy, who has actually seen him take action except Princess Qing and the Thunder Lord?"
"Without the strength of a great fairy, even if your reputation is high, it will be cut by three points. This is the rule of the fairyland!"
Hearing the explanation, Lugal smiled and rushed to the side of the aide, patting him on the shoulder. "Well said, your guess is reasonable, but how are you going to get Zhou Yin to take action?"
Lugal threw the question back to his staff, then looked around at the fairies who had been bending over the whole time, and ordered, "You want to do the same."
"Yes!" The fairies did not dare to resist and could only rack their brains to think about it.
But at this time, the staff member who first raised the question suddenly looked embarrassed and extremely conflicted. He opened his mouth several times but ultimately said nothing.
It seems that I have thought of a good idea, but I still have some concerns.
Lugar, a shrewd man, knew at a glance what this guy was thinking with such an attitude. It was just that his method might have some problems, and he didn't want to take the responsibility.
But in Lugal's view, the process is not important, the result is the key, and history is always written by the victor.
He suddenly put a little more force on the aide's shoulder, but his face was still gentle and serious. "Just tell me, I will bear any consequences."
Feeling the pain on his shoulder, cold sweat was oozing out of the aide's back.
He didn't dare to move, and could only speak carefully: "It's very simple to make the sorcerer take action. All we need to do is reveal the escape route of the alliance soldiers to the empire."
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