Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God-Chapter 1125 - 641: The Eight City Alliance Forced Out_3

Only by uniting the cities to form a closer alliance, under one voice, and harnessing the power of all cities for oneself, is the most correct choice.

But the uniqueness of the Giant Dragon Coast means that the real decision-makers are not these City Lords and mayors on the surface, but the Dark Alliance that manipulates everything behind the scenes. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

And this is precisely what the ruler behind the scenes of West Gate City, the Mask of Dark Night, dreams of doing. Naturally, he is actively promoting this matter behind the scenes, employing every conceivable means: persuasion, bribery, intimidation, threats, assassination, support, and so on. He soon garnered a group of supporters within the Dark Alliance, becoming the majority there.

Once the Dark Alliance has a unified voice, the opinions of the City Lords on the surface naturally become unified as well.

They extremely efficiently established the dominant position of West Gate City on the Giant Dragon Coast, but their mode of governance is not the Monarchical model of the Komeer Kingdom, but rather emulated the plutocratic regime of Sambia. The major cities still rule their own cities and have a high degree of autonomy, but when the Giant Dragon Coast faces external threats, they will respond immediately to the call of West Gate City to organize and collectively confront the enemy.

To defend the nation’s borders, all cities contribute a portion of military funds and manpower, organizing an alliance military force stationed in Posku City, which will directly pledge allegiance to the Alliance Grand Commander.

For ease of management, they determined the major cities to be the regional governing cores, where all major cities have ruling power over surrounding towns, a right recognized and protected by the Giant Dragon Coast alliance.

Originally, the cities that were indifferent to joining the Giant Dragon Coast alliance, upon hearing the enactment of this policy, immediately eagerly joined it, even though they were not geographically part of the Giant Dragon Coast.

Because the current situation was obvious—if they continued to stand alone, they were likely to become targets of the Giant Dragon Coast alliance. Any cohesive power possesses aggressiveness, let alone the Dark Alliance that manipulates the Giant Dragon Coast alliance from behind.

Even Efanso, which was propped up by the Conqueror Army, was incorporated into this alliance.

Because they found that continuing to exclude Efanso would only push them completely into the arms of the Conqueror Army, especially since they did not dare to forcibly attack Efanso, considering that the Conqueror Army was currently in a pincer strategy against the Giant Dragon Coast alliance.

To the north lay the City of Faith, which was undergoing major construction.

To the south lie Colossus City (Dwarf Statue City, which many prefer to call), the Hobgoblins’ Blood Gorge City, and far away, Thacel’s Darama.

To the east lies the Fortress of Strategy, where Katherine, Lady Strategy’s first Chosen, is entrenched. Although she has not established a vast power there, no one can ignore her presence and her ever-growing influence, particularly in warfare.

Therefore, by incorporating Efanso City into the alliance, if they could divide it, that would be best, but even if division was not possible, it would still be under their supervision.

Efanso City, when offered the olive branch by the Giant Dragon Coast alliance, not only did not refuse but gladly accepted and cooperated actively, demonstrating the demeanor of a law-abiding citizen of the Giant Dragon Coast—even when dealing with the Conqueror Army’s treatment plan, it did not show any evident political inclination, acting impartially and entirely in the interest of the Giant Dragon Coast alliance.

However, everyone knows that the inclinations inherent within Efanso City are just an appearance at this point, so all things done in front of them belong to the overt act, and they cannot participate in the true core of the Dark Alliance of the Giant Dragon Coast.

From east to west, the Giant Dragon Coast identified eight core cities: Star Canopy City, West Gate City, Taixir City, Efanso City, Posku City, Prapler City, Eastward City, and Eliaba City. The latter three are originally independent cities not belonging to the Giant Dragon Coast but are located on Trade Avenue and has close relations with the Giant Dragon Coast, hence they are also called the Eight City Alliance.

Under the covert leadership of the Dark Alliance, the actions of the cities on the Giant Dragon Coast were highly efficient but compared to the Conqueror Army, which operates like a single entity, it is like heaven and earth apart.

That day, the casualties of the Conqueror Army were tallied up. Due to the large number of Priests and Regeneration Rings, injury figures can be ignored; even if a head was lost or intestines pulled out, as long as there was a breath left, they could be saved.

These figures were mostly focused on deaths, but the soldiers and citizens of the Conqueror Army prefer the term "remaining in the God Kingdom," as it does not imply that they have no chance of resurrection, but rather they chose to stay and serve Lady Strategy at the Checkboard Bastion, totaling 1,232 individuals, mainly consisting of armed immigrants, with a small number of soldiers and not a single Transcendent lost.

This shows just how intense the battle really was. If Lady Strategy’s Ascension had not been involved, the number would be three to four times larger, with death tolls exceeding 5,000. The main losses were not caused by Blood Plunderer Kallargos’s forces, but the chaotic battle initiated by the Lizard Queen attempting to rush the Bridge of Faith. At that time, the Conqueror Army did not dare to use many unique tactics, only relying on armed immigrants supported by Tower War Chariots to fight, which naturally was very strenuous and a slight mishap would result in significant casualties.

Only significant casualties could make the Lizard Queen believe that the Conqueror Army’s strength was limited, incapable of posing a lethal threat to her and her Lizardfolk Army, daring to leap out of the water and into the carefully laid trap of the Conqueror Army. In war, there is no such thing as mercy, especially when tactics are employed; not to mention that those soldiers are pawns, even the generals, commanders, and the Goddess of Strategy herself are merely pieces in the game, striving to exchange the smallest loss for the greatest victory, and if it were not for the intervention of the Goddess of Strategy, those who died in battle also have nothing to complain about.

Not to mention, now those who wish to be resurrected have already been brought back to life by the Goddess of Strategy with full Resurrection Technique. Other than the process being slightly painful, even their Life Dice and Constitution Value have not dropped. It can be said that for them, this battle was without loss, and morale is high from top to bottom.