Chapter 1723: Gauging

When all the players agreed to his proposal with a large payment, Dayus finally heaved a slight sigh of relief.

Just a little bit though. He is still nervous about whether his plan will work or not.

Because the whole premise is based on Sam"s qualities and convictions which are something Dayus never managed to wrap his head around.

And no one can blame him for that confusion. Sam is indeed an eccentric man on that front. He always had a very unique code of conduct that he follows.

He kills people whenever they are on his way, he didn"t care if they are young, old, sad, enraged or in deep emotional distress. As long as they mess with him, he will directly kill them.

And he doesn"t make the first move most of the time. All the conquests he had been through, except for the people who provoked him, he always tried to finish that in a peaceful way.

As if that ever works. Anyone who has grown a brain knows that peace never works in this world. Everything is decided through strength, violence, and skill. In this world with strength and cultivation as a core, there is nothing like a negotiation between weak and strong.

After all, negotiation is only possible between equals.

As Dayus thought more about Sam, he started realizing a few things too.

It is a fact that Sam always competed with people that are not equal to him. He only fought with people that are stronger than him in authority, strength, and status. That is the reason why most of his proposals ended up with battles and fights and ultimately something that shed a lot of blood.

And he always won.

He always came out on top.

The thoughts that started with ridiculing Sam and his actions ended up making Dayus feel infuriated rather than making him feel strong and confident, he felt embarra.s.sed. He felt small and petty.

He gritted his teeth and waited for Sam to come.

Meanwhile.

Sam looked at the beautiful sunset and called for his subordinates.

"Let"s go guys. We have some attacks to launch."

"Captain, we have been trying to get some information from that camp, but there is actually something I am worried about."

Vice approached and said.

"What do you mean?"

"There is nothing we could see that indicated there is any serious battle going on there. We saw some struggle. Some traces of individual combat, but there is no indication of a large-scale battle. Everything seemed too calm and stable."

"So, you think that they didn"t clash and just waited there?"

"The situation seemed like that could be the actual case."

"It might be, but it doesn"t matter. Let"s just go and see for ourselves. If they didn"t attack each other until now, we will trigger them to attack. Tonight, all our war is going to start within these territories and we are going to create it no matter what.

So, let"s go and this time. Let"s go by land. I am not in the mood for a flight."

He called for the beasts and they made their way toward k.u.mar"s camp.

As per the agreement, k.u.mar retreated to the deepest parts of the camp along with his troops evenly and tightly creating a perfect defensive network around the camp.

The same could be said for the other players.

But Dayus on the other hand took an approach of a much more offensive formation and it was also bold. Because the formation is placed in the direction of Sam"s camp. And for that to happen, he has to give up his original base camp that has a retreat path back to his territory"s original base.

And of course, k.u.mar and Noah are not stupid enough to let that chance go. Noah moved half of her soldiers in that direction and set up ambushes for Dayus" troops if they choose to retreat.

She also colluded with k.u.mar and cut a deal with Akhil to send some of his troops to this direction. They joined hands and laid down a trap for Dayus. No matter what happens, they knew that Dayus is going to lose all of his troops today and he will definitely lose the game.

Sam arrived while sitting on top of a wolf-type beast. The rest of the soldiers are also following on a similar set. They are from the small park Sam and his subordinates captured.

When they arrived at a good enough distance, they already noticed the presence of the initial ambush teams set up in the forest.

Also, Sam and his subordinates were also clearly noticed by the others.

News quickly went to Dayus and he ordered.

"Attack everyone. Ranged. No one gets close to them unless you are prepared to die. I will be arriving there and keeping him as far away from my tent as possible. Do you understand?"

He gave his orders. But he didn"t as he said in the call. Instead, he stayed in his place. As for why he said it like that, the original team leader also has many questions regarding that. But she gave complete control to Dayus for now and decided not to ask any.

Soon, she didn"t even need any questions. She already understood what Dayus is thinking, which is exactly not suited to her tastes.

Sam was attacked.

Spears, arrows, and swords rays came at him from different directions. From far away. No one dared to come too close, but he is swarmed with attacks.

Sam didn"t make a move, instead, he let his subordinates and beasts deal with these attacks. As for defense, all he had is a thick fabric covering his whole body. He moved slowly and carefully as he used the agility of the wolf to its maximum advantage.

He didn"t close the distance as fast as he would like to, but he did move forward and he did so with no sense of emergency at all. He is moving safely.

The soldiers started dying one after the other and some information was being pa.s.sed by the troops as it reached Dayus"s ears.

He started noting down the way people died and how Sam is attacking.

Even though it is hard to predict the way Sam behaves, as most of his actions and reactions are based on the opponent"s actions, to begin with, there is one factor that could be considered a common identifier in all of this.

It is that he sticks with the theme. Whenever he fights someone, his fighting style is tailored for them. He will stick with the style throughout the fight unless and of course, it is absolutely necessary.

And he is using these soldiers to gauge and understand what the fighting style this time is.