After asking the question, Richard did not wait for Nu’an’s answer, but was t with Barry’s loud objection.
"I don’t allow it! I don’t allow it!" Barry practically jumped up and shouted.
Richard slightly turned his head back, glanced at Barry, and calmly asked, "Why don’t you allow it?"
"Because we’ve already reached a consensus before!" Barry said loudly, his face wet with excitent, sweat pouring out, or maybe tears, "One must stick to one’s word, one must stick to one’s word! You’re so strong, you can’t just go back on your word, or else who would trust you?"
Richard quietly gazed at Barry for a few seconds, then spoke: "There’s sothing you might have misunderstood."
"Misunderstood? What?"
"That is... we never reached a consensus." Richard said, "Before, I did propose my terms, and you proposed yours.
My terms were to borrow the Blood Book for a period of ti, and your terms were to help you kill your enemy Nu’an, help you kill all of Nu’an’s subordinates, help you beco the leader of the Ancestor Spirit Association, and henceforth, whenever you encounter difficulties, I must fully help you.
Whether or not it’s reasonable, for now let’s leave aside, at least in my view, your terms were a bit inflated. Therefore, at that ti, I did not explicitly agree to you, but was preparing to see the situation first. If there were no other choices, it would be okay to cooperate with you.
But if there’s a better option, then don’t bla . After all, cooperation is mutual. You can quote a high price, and I can switch to soone else. Right?"
After speaking, Richard calmly looked at Barry.
Barry swallowed hard, then his legs went weak, and he collapsed on the ground, his face pale.
It has to be said, Richard’s words were almost a fatal blow to him.
Just now, he was still fantasizing about judging Nu’an, becoming the leader openly, and developing the Ancestor Spirit Association with Richard’s help.
Who knew, in the blink of an eye, he lost his greatest support, becoming a pawn on soone else’s negotiation table.
At this mont, he finally clearly realized how weak he really was.
To be honest, he was barely a Second-level Wizard, and now because of the potion, he couldn’t even exert the strength of a Second-level Wizard, only slightly stronger than a normal person.
In his cooperation and negotiation with Richard, the only thing he relied on was the promise of the future.
But only if he successfully becos the leader, can there be a future, can he deliver the promised Blood Book to Richard.
In comparison, Nu’an had much more to rely on, he didn’t need future unrealistic promises —— the Blood Book is already in his hands, besides, he has the ability and intelligence.
This—
Barry felt sowhat desperate, desperately like a drowning man grasping at straws, suddenly turned his head towards Richard, opened his mouth and shouted urgently, "I... I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn’t have made so many demands, I’ll change, I’ll change now.
I only ask you to kill the damned Nu’an, and imdiately give you the Blood Book, and won’t require any other help from you, how about it? If necessary, if you have troubles, I can even turn around and help you, turn around and fully help you? Is that okay?"
Barry spoke with utmost sincerity, but Richard listened and did not imdiately respond, instead thought for a mont and asked, "Is that all? Is this your greatest concession?"
"I..."
"Alright then, let think." Richard lightly nodded, slowly turned his head, and looked at Nu’an.
"What is your stance?" Richard asked, "Although your brother’s terms are quite good compared to before, I am still more inclined to cooperate with you."
"Is that so." Nu’an spoke, his tone a bit cold, muscles twitching, unsure if he was mocking or pondering.
"How do I know this isn’t your scam?" Nu’an asked, "To , you are just a stranger, I know nothing of your background. Unless you are willing to tell everything without reservation, otherwise, I feel there’s no need to continue discussing."
Richard’s eyes slightly narrowed, looking at Nu’an, he said, "I’m afraid my background is a bit complex, hard to explain in a short ti. Besides, even if I tell you, you might not necessarily believe."
"So you an to let take all the risk?" Nu’an snorted, "Hmph, I’m not Barry, that useless person; he has no choice but to cooperate with you, letting you handle however you please. But I am much stronger than him, I don’t necessarily have to cooperate with you, I have other options.
Your strength is indeed formidable, but whether you can kill is still uncertain. The initiative for cooperation lies not with you, but with , unless you can convince , otherwise I am unwilling to cooperate with you."
After hearing this, Richard’s eyebrows moved slightly.
The situation in front of him was clear: cooperating with the less capable Barry benefits in easy control, the drawback is that besides the Blood Book, it’s hard to gain other benefits. While cooperating with the more capable Nu’an offers better prospects, the drawback is that the more capable a person is, the more arrogant and harder to control.
But speaking of it, if possible, he would still prefer to try the latter.
After all, talent is a very valuable resource. Like the one in front of him, capable of researching and improving spells independently, is quite rare, if he can recruit, it would be best to recruit.
"How about this?" Richard looked at Nu’an, saying again, "I can conduct an exchange, using research results to exchange research results. Haven’t you completed several Forbidden Techniques? I can use spells of equivalent level for exchange.
Besides, if you are interested, I can take you to see my lab, let you understand what I am doing. Believe , it will definitely surprise you. If you’re interested, you can even follow to conduct so research, guaranteeing you won’t regret."
After Richard’s words, Nu’an first fell silent, seemingly seriously thinking, then suddenly sneered: "Ha, you have quite a bit of confidence, stranger! Let guess, while you’re now acting as if communicating with equally, internally you’re viewing yourself as above , aren’t you?
Maybe, in your eyes, there isn’t much difference between and my useless Barry, rely slightly smarter. It is precisely this bit of cleverness that caught your interest, making you think soone like is more suitable to be your subordinate, assisting you in research?
Ha, if you truly think like this, then I can only tell you, you’re overthinking it. In this world, no one can make a subordinate, only I can make others a subordinate."
Upon hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows, lightly shook his head, and looked at Nu’an, saying: "I have to say, your arrogance is sowhat annoying, just like myself."
"Ha, maybe, we are originally the sa kind of person." Nu’an replied coldly, "Precisely because of that, from the mont we t, I’ve disliked you.
So, to make yield, stop saying useless words, show your true ability. After all, for people like you and , the only thing to yield to is the unchangeable reality!"
Upon finishing his sentence, Nu’an suddenly stomped on the ground, leaping high, rapidly closing in.
Richard’s eyes suddenly narrowed, body instantly entering a combat stance.
The battle was about to break out.
Witnessing this scene, the most excited person on site was Barry, seeing Nu’an not reaching cooperation with Richard, he couldn’t help but shout: "Good—"
By the end of the shout, his voice broke.
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