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If the Empire could possess such advanced combat power, that would be an absolutely fantastic thing.
While the empire was still passing the buck to the believers, it had already grasped the movements of all the heroes within its borders, and even invited heroes from neighboring empires who had not yet been found by the Hero Alliance.
Most of the heroes came from the border regions, and the first thing the empire did was to give them money and move their families to safer inland cities to win them over.
Six months had passed, and it was time to set off from the center of human territory.
The followers of the Aldrich Church applied to the Empire of Hope for permission to reside there again, and the Empire accepted their application without hesitation.
However, when the followers of the Aldrich Church entered the Empire, they discovered that the Empire's heroes had already joined the Empire's army and had become an organization completely independent of the Heroes' Alliance.
7. The organization's intelligence network is not as strong as the Hero Alliance's, and it is far inferior to the Hero Alliance in terms of support.
But the king gave too much.
The heroes of the Hero Alliance also receive a salary, but it's only enough to cover their daily expenses.
6 But the heroes of the Hope Empire's army can only be described in four words—
It is a crime to indulge in extravagance and debauchery.
They resisted the temptations of the opposite sex, but the sudden surge in consumption levels made it impossible for them to stop their dependence on the empire.
Back then, they were just nameless soldiers on the border of the empire. Their loved ones were killed and they were powerless to resist. They did hard, repetitive work day and night and could only keep their hatred for the demons to themselves.
Now, they are generals of the empire, almost the highest-ranking imperial officers, with endless money and a life of luxury, able to buy whatever they want without having to work.
Lin, a brave man, thought this was too decadent, and a brave man would not accept charity!
but……
Whether the hero is wanted or not is one thing, whether the empire will send him or not is another.
They can do without it, but the empire cannot refuse to give it.
These heroes and their families lived in increasingly better conditions, with more and more new furniture and chests full of gold coins filling their homes.
They came to give gifts, to invite them to join the army, and to become a fighting force to fight against the demons.
As they gave away too much, these brave warriors began to feel guilty.
After all, the empire wasn't doing anything bad.
Gradually, the empire organized all the heroes within its borders, and even invited heroes from other border regions to come.
While the ultimate goal is indeed to wage war against the demons, but...
The Hero Alliance that has moved in no longer has any heroes.
Moreover, the Brave Alliance's buildings were already half-built when someone from the Empire suddenly arrived and said...
There's actually one more condition for the Brave Alliance to join.
That is, while within the empire's territory, the Saintess Squad will follow the empire's command and carry out the empire's plan to subdue the demons.
The reason is that everyone has the same goal.
They were all fighting against the demons.
Chapter 137 The Eve of Venturing Deep into the Demon Realm (4k)
Everyone shares the same goal.
Since we're going to fight demons anyway, and we're going to enter demon cities anyway, why can't we follow the empire's more reasonable commands?
The heroes within the imperial army will also join them in fighting the demons.
Lycorina also found out about this.
It's not hard to see that the other side wants to use the Saintess Squad to strengthen their own Hero III faction.
This is only what you can see in front of you.
However, if we look at the world, the moment the Saintess Squad accepted this request, it was essentially giving the Hope Empire's Hero Organization free publicity that impacted the entire hero world.
The specific impact is currently unknown.
There is only one thing that can be confirmed: all heroes will inevitably undergo large-scale differentiation.
Because in addition to the Alliance of Heroes, they also have the option of joining the Empire of Hope.
This is the army of the world's number one empire, a place that countless people dream of.
It is hoped that the empire itself is also promoting itself and recruiting more heroes.
However, most of the heroes were focused on defeating the demons and didn't have time to listen to their advice one by one.
They could, of course, spread rumors that the Saintess Squad had joined them, but the heroes would only believe the Hero Alliance's word, rather than outsiders' rumors.
If the Saintess Squad were truly willing to follow the Hope Empire's orders and join their plans, then...
It's not just a rumor anymore, it's become a reality.
However, the high command of the Hope Empire misunderstood two things.
The first thing is that the Hero Alliance is required to defeat the demons.
The second thing is that they underestimated Lycorina.
Since they believed that if they were going to fight the demons, Lycorina would definitely accept their cooperation.
Lycorina's response consisted of only one sentence—
Do you really think your demon-slaying efforts are better than the Saintess Squad's?
The saintess's response nearly choked the high-ranking officials of the Hope Empire.
To command the Saintess Squad, you need to demonstrate even better results than the Saintess Squad. →、∪○〃
Putting everything else aside, at least in terms of strategy against the demon race, shouldn't it be superior to the Sword Hero?
Lycorina isn't that stupid, and even if she were, she would listen to Anyi.
An Yi said to be careful, so she would never fall into the other party's trap.
Because Lycorina had already made preparations to settle there, and had even arrived in the area near the Hope Empire.
Therefore, after learning of Lycorina's objections, the Empire quickly dispatched an envoy to communicate with her.
Given that Lycorina needed the Hope Empire's help, what other conditions did they want to negotiate? In short, they couldn't let the Hero Alliance move in for free; they had to gain some benefits from it.
Lycorina didn't listen to a word the envoy said.
The envoy spoke eloquently for a long time, but in the end he only got a few words in return;
"We don't necessarily have to start from your empire's territory; we can enter the demon realm from another place."
The decision was made to start from the middle of human territory, but for the time being, it was just that they couldn't think of a way to get there from the east or west.
This doesn't mean that starting from the middle of human territory is really important.
When Lycorina spoke, the envoy broke out in a cold sweat.
His negotiating conditions were limited to the premise that, for the Hero Alliance, it was very important to start from the Imperial territory.
The other party then said, "It doesn't necessarily have to start from the Empire," which completely baffled the envoy.
It's like the student council members who act like they have a big deal of authority in school, but once they leave the school, they're nothing but a bunch of clowns, just a laughingstock.
Once you step outside their framework, all conditions and negotiations become meaningless.
They'll have to ask the Hero Alliance to come over later.
Sure enough, after the news was quickly reported to the top leadership of the Hope Empire, they abandoned their original strategy.
They stopped discussing any conditions and instead sent a group of people to help build the Hero Alliance's structures, promising to support the alliance's development.
Finally, they offered a large sum of money to hire a team of saintesses to travel from their empire to the demon realm, hoping that the team of saintesses could lead their empire's brave warriors to fight against the demons.
Lycorina: "Isn't it because your country and my religion are actively cooperating, and our heroes are voluntarily joining in to help defeat the demons?"
"Ah, yes, you're right!"
So the idea shifted from having the Saintess Squad lead the Empire's heroes in battle to hoping that the Empire's heroes would "voluntarily" cooperate.
It's commonly known as following someone shamelessly.
Meanwhile, before the Hope Empire even began its publicity campaign, the Brave Daily had already released the relevant information.
The Saintess Squad chose to depart from the central human territory towards the demon realm, hoping the empire would set up numerous obstacles.
[Hoping the Empire will agree to the Hero Alliance's entry.]
[The Empire's offer to hire the Saintess Squad with a large sum of money was rejected.]
The Empire of Hope hopes to establish a partnership with the Alliance of Heroes.
We hope the Empire will attach great importance to the settlement process and actively cooperate with the Hero Alliance.
This series of moves transformed the Hope Empire from a force that was making things difficult for the Hero Alliance into one that was rapidly sliding to its knees.
Because what's written above is only the hope that the Empire is compromising step by step, as if it's kneeling and begging the Hero Alliance to come over, but the Hero Alliance hasn't done anything at all.
And indeed, that is the case.
Lycorina's statement that she didn't want to go scared them.
Now, as long as the Saintess Squad can get through, they will benefit from it to some extent.
Initially, their condition was that the addition of the Saintess Squad would bring them more heroes.
Now we shouldn't expect anything more. We should focus on maintaining our own territory, letting the heroes within the empire learn something from the Saintess Squad, and at the same time, reclaiming some of our territory from the demons.
However, unbeknownst to them, while they were scheming, the Hero Alliance was developing an even bigger plan.
The Hero Alliance didn't just come because they hoped the Empire would kneel down.
They still have the option of not coming.
The final decision to enter the Empire of Hope was solely to bring a hero with me.
This hero wasn't discovered by the Saintess Squad, nor was it related to An Yi's recommendation; he was simply found by the Hero Alliance.
Its name is—
[King of Heroes]
His ability is simple: ordinary humans who regard him as a "King" can simultaneously gain a certain percentage of his attributes.