Alliance and assay

"Ah?"

"Do you want to ally with me?"

Located in the second base of the dwarf tribe in Liujin Valley, Li Qi, who had just dismantled a set of mechanical equipment, looked at the Dwarven Messenger in front of him and said.

Unlike many new lords, Li Qi himself did not like to wait in the distance of his own base to watch his territory grow.

On the contrary, he prefers to go to the front line himself, to stay with those dwarf and goblin engineers to study machinery and technology.

Although doing so would undermine the majesty of the lord in the eyes of many races, but in the eyes of dwarfs and goblins who are full of bombs and machines in thier mind, this is the behavior that a truly qualified lord should behave.

"That's right, this foreign lord."

The Dwarven Messenger looked around at the dwarfs and Goblins who were still several centimeters shorter than himself. He arrogantly raised his head.

"Dwarven kingdom's king, are looking for the possibility of cooperation with all lords who are willing to cooperate."

"The possibilities of cooperation?"

Dwarven Kingdom's previous attitude was not like this.

Since the lords first arrived at the Trial Continent, this kingdom has hated all outsiders regardless of good or bad.

Even Li Qi, a new lord who specializes in science and technology, and has not shown any offensive personality for the time being, has received the same treatment.

But why did they suddenly take the initiative to form an alliance now?

During this period of time, what happened internally to the Dwarven Kingdom?

Li Qi chewed on these words and looked at the messenger thoughtfully.

He has guessed something from the change in attitude of the dwarven kingdom, but he has not guessed enough, so he needs to understand the situation a little more from the dwarven messenger.

"If it's cooperation, then I just want to know."

"What can I get, and the most important point."

Li Qi glanced at the map of Liujin Valley and spoke towards the messenger.

"Do I have to pay something?"

Dwarven messenger heard that, he quickly said what the new prime minister had told him..

"This lord, you are considered a member of our Dwarven Alliance. Please remember, you are only a member of it."

"You will receive the same trade premession as all other allies, you can use food, wood materials and other resources to buy a large number of rare ores from our Dwarven kingdom…"

Hearing the word ore, Li Qi's eyes lit up.

"In addition to minerals, you will also be able to purchase weapons and armor crafted within our kingdom at a fixed price."

"Note, I'm talking about the weapons and armor made by the dwarves, those are all masterpieces!"

The dwarven messenger changed at the green goblin who is assembling a strange device not far away, he narrowed his eyes.

"What kind of trash is this…"

Hearing that, the green-skinned Goblin also narrowed his eyes and silently took out a living bomb robot from behind.

Once this bomb robot appeared, it immediately issued a warning sound from the system about to explode.

Looking at their looks, he guessed there is also a chain of disdain among the dwarf race.

"Cough cough."

Li Qi immediately blocked the green-skinned Goblin in front of him, while quickly turning the robot bomb into parts, while speaking to the dwarf messenger.

"Defensive gear and swords, I understand, please continue..."

The messenger nodded and stated his final purpose.

"But maintaining such trade comes at a cost."

"All lords involved in our trade, must all work together to maintain the Dwarf Alliance they are in."

"Anyone who wants to use dishonest means to destroy trade must be eliminated."

After hearing that, Li Qi understood many things.

[Among the indigenous dwarves in this trial continent, there are also intelligent people who exist.]

Li Qi believes that this so-called smart person not only views the current situation very accurately, but also knows how to use diplomatic means to form a community of interests.

After all, after more and more lords flooded into the Trial Continent, the actual strength of the Dwarven kingdom would not be that great.

Because the lords' territories and the number of soldiers are increasing every moment, their overall strength will become stronger day by day.

But for Dwarven kingdom, it still remains the same.

Although it would take a very long time for a single lord to surpass the entire Dwarven kingdom's strength, there is currently no way to directly take over the entire Dwarven kingdom.

But if a few slightly stronger new lords gather together, then they still have a chance to take away a large chunk of territory from within the Dwarven kingdom.

Furthermore, the previous dwarves' harsh attitude toward outsiders caused this possibility to increase rapidly.

But now, the dwarves proactively released goodwill and introduced changes in foreign trade policy, making this possibility much smaller, even approaching zero.

Because under the circumstances where trading is possible, 99% of new lords will not proactively create friction with dwarves.

After all, the top task of new lords is to harvest resource points and complete this trial.

Once someone fights with the dwarves, it will only lead to their power being depleted, and other lords will not hesitate to attack them.

Therefore, stable and unified corporate interests are not only what all the lords want, but now this Dwarven kingdom's "Trump card"!

"I understand, I am willing to join."

In order to obtain more resources and invest in territory construction, Li Qi decided to join the alliance.

But what he didn't expect was that, the messenger has not yet finished all his demands.

Before joining the alliance, he himself had to be "tested" by these little dwarves.

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"Then congratulations, lord Li Qi."

"Of course, you want to join our alliance, then you have the temporary eligibility to join our alliance."

"Temporary?" Li Qi dreams. "What does it mean?"

The messenger laughed, very cunning.

"The so-called temporary is because before officially joining our alliance, you must first complete a test."

"You must, like other allies, send out a certain number of troops to work together with our great dwarven army to reclaim a certain tunnel invaded by monsters!"

"Although, our dwarven kingdom has the ability to eliminate these monsters."

"It's just that since we have formed an alliance, we must first test our allies, test whether or not you really want to join us. so..."

"This will be your test to officially be called a part of our alliance."

Not knowing why, Li Qi suddenly felt that.

These dwarves, it seems, are being targeted by a troublesome person.....

Extremely complicated.