75 The Bad News

Baron, the Meng Duo, Yue Fei, Guan Yu, Madam Zheng, and her two husbands were meeting up for a little chat just before the tournament hosted by the Sun Alliance. Baron and his group had just been informed that there was bad news coming their way.

(MZ) "Baron, come with me, I need to discuss this with you personally then you can relay it to your team."

Baron followed Madam Zheng into another room to see what news she had to share while the two husbands made small talk with the four members of Baron's entourage.

(BM) "What news do you mean? Has the Vesper faction made a move against you or something?"

(MZ) "Oh, this piece of news doesn't just affect us, it affects how the tournament will go down. Have you heard that the organizers were planning on announcing something to the tournament that we haven't seen before?"

(BM) "Yes, we actually just passed by someone announcing that very matter."

(MZ) "Well I'm afraid this is not good news. This time around many of the elders of the Sun Alliance are planning to enter the tournament to show the Yellow Wang faction 4 co leaders their place."

(BM) "Will they be flooding into all three battlefields?"

(MZ) "I believe they will be going into mostly the aerial and land battles. They don't care much for sea warfare apparently."

(BM) "If that is true then that means that the chances of me and my faction mates getting a sizable prize is going to go down. Do you happen to know how many of these elders will be participating?"

(MZ) "The Sun Alliance has a total of 5,000 elders or higher ranked personnel. If my estimates are correct, then they will be sending at least 1,000 to the land portion of the tournament. Compare to the 10 or so that participated 50 years ago. I have no clue as to how much would be thinking of going into the air fights but I imagine it will be less."

(BM) "This is quite a pickle then, I was really hoping to get some good battle experience before the faction selection tournament that is happening in 50 years."

(MZ) "Well, just know that if one of you do manage to make it into the top 1,000 in the air portion or top 10,000 in the land, then you will still be able to get some really impressive opponents. The prizes has been increased since so many of the Sun Alliance members have chosen to participate."

(BM) "Thank you for this heads up, this means that we can prepare beforehand."

(MZ) "Stay vigilant, every elder in the highest ranked faction member has strategic prowess that puts even Guan Yu to shame. The only reason that they don't try for the community elders list is because they are already so busy with whatever the faction wants them to do."

(BM) "Of course, is there anything else that we need to discuss?"`

(MZ) "Well, this isn't really something we need to discuss but, I want to thank you for upgrading our sea mine into a more powerful and modern one. We couldn't make any progress since the Vesper faction has been suppressing us and the actual researchers and developers didn't want to get caught up in that."

(BM) "Of course, the best part of an alliance is that if you get stronger, then I also get stronger. That means the less amount of people are willing to try to screw me over."

(MZ) "Indeed, but I will have to warn you of one other thing. If you do not manage to create a faction during the next two faction selection tournaments, then I'm afraid I can't continue the alliance any further."

(BM) "What? Why not?"

(MZ) "Don't worry it's not like it's anything sinister as you might imagine. For an alliance to work There needs to be at least 2 factions supporting each other. If you can't create one within the next 2 times, then that also reflects poorly on my faction don't you agree?"

(BM) "Don't worry, we are pretty confident in that regard. The only thing we have to overcome is the 3 aerial masters that the Vesper faction has hired to take us down. Guan Yu just reached rank 50in the elders ranking and we have been able to see a glimpse of their abilities."

(MZ) "Ah that is good news, but you must always remain on your toes. Just because you have seen them perform doesn't mean you can still best them. The scary part of this trio that you have been pitted against is the fact that they are from 3 different communities and time yet understand each other's intentions to a tee."

(BM) "We are also working on a way to remove the australian strategist from the equation. That is why Xu Da, Ban Chao, and Han Xin are not in the Chinese community at the moment."

(MZ) "Removing him by getting his community involved? Interesting."

(BM) "Yes, should we succeed, then the trio will be split up and therefore less effective on multiple fronts. Even is they get a replacement, getting the Australian fellow out will be costly for them."

(MZ) "Yes, I'd imagine so. I believe it takes a few months to travel to that community."

(BM) "I've never asked, but what is the geography of planet 4?"

(MZ) "It is mainly just one huge land mass that has a few lakes, mountains, and valleys. Most of the communities are quite far to reach on foot. The richer people can get around by riding coaches, but most can't afford that with how it is considered a luxury."

(BM) "What about cars and such?"

(MZ) "I've only heard of cars in rumors, but they do exist here. I believe that the Sun Alliance would be able to purchase a single one, but they never bothered to."

(BM) "Only one?" Baron thought to himself before chuckling and thinking that he had to change that soon.