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Chapter 697: Chapter 697: Grand Finale (1)

Shi Kedan, Anuli, and Fan Ji’ao all turned toward Wa Keluo, none understanding why he sought to discuss what amusing matter with them.

Anuli sat closest to Wa Keluo and could faintly sense an evil aura emanating from him, which filled her heart with disdain, and impatience gradually showed on her face.

"What interesting matter? Spit it out quickly, don’t keep us in suspense. My tribe still has matters to attend to, I don’t have time to waste here idly with you," Fan Ji’ao said, losing patience, his voice tinged with urgency as he looked at his mysteriously smiling face.

Although the other two did not speak up, it went without saying, their eyes were all fixed on him, silently waiting for him to reveal the interesting matter.

Wa Keluo restrained the smile on his face, sat up straight, looking arrogant, and with a haughty gaze, he opened his mouth lightly: "Since everyone’s so eager to know, I won’t beat around the bush. I have a way to get hold of food. I wonder if you’re all interested?"

"What? Food, really? Of course, we want it, that goes without saying," Fan Ji’ao responded with sparkling eyes as soon as he heard it was about food.

Anuli squinted her eyes and gave him a sidelong glance, saying nothing, but inwardly she was speculating about how much truth was in his words.

"Hmph, Wa Keluo, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Name your conditions," Shi Kedan, a man of considerable pride, was unwilling to accept the smallest favor from anyone.

Wa Keluo observed each of their expressions, a hint of cunning flitting across his deep eyes, and he said indifferently: "True, food won’t fall from the sky for you; if you want it, you’ll have to come and take it with me."

The pronouncement stirred up a storm of reactions, and each of them looked at him incredulously. On the continent, only their four tribes and the powerful nation of Xueyan Country remained. At this moment, when he mentioned ’taking’, it undoubtedly referred to Xueyan Country, which was indeed the only place that still had food.

Before the three could fully digest this information, he further shocked them with even bigger news: "Not only will we take, but I also want to carve up Xueyan Country. Of course, I alone can’t do it, I will need your help to accomplish this."

"Pfft," Anuli couldn’t help but laugh out loud, shaking her head: "Xueyan Country’s Emperor, Dugu Chen, the extravagant bloodthirsty murderer, is infamous throughout the land. Previously, Mingyi Country was destroyed for simply harboring a traitor. Such a large country was annihilated in less than a year. Looking at our few small tribes, we probably don’t even compare to Mingyi Country. We might not last three months, let alone a year; our tribes might not even have a breath left in any of our creatures."

Hearing her speech, Fan Ji’ao self-mockingly thought on it, but then reconsidered and realized she was right. With Mingyi Country obliterated and only two strong nations left, even Sunset Kingdom had submitted to Xueyan Country, which probably made Xueyan even stronger now. To rob them of their food at this moment would be like courting death, with a likely outcome of stealing with one’s life and not living to enjoy it. His mind whirled with thoughts, and after weighing his options for his tribe’s sake, he decided not to stir these murky waters.

Shi Kedan curled his lip, a faint mocking smile appearing on his face as he looked at Wa Keluo: "Go with you to take? Should I just give up the lifeline of our tribes and our future?"

Wa Keluo, however, didn’t get angry and instead smiled agreeably: "Do you really think I, Wa Keluo, am that brainless? I am a king, after all."

"Then let’s hear it, we’re all ears," Anuli said mockingly, as if listening to a joke. She firmly believed that to take a slice of the pie from Emperor Dugu Chen, who could emerge unscathed from a drought, was impossible as he had many capable people under him. It would likely be a death without even knowing how it came.