Chapter 1302: Chapter 1273: Allied Forces Conference
The next day, Patricia personally came to find Li Chen.
“Did you sit here all night?” Patricia also came to the treetops, looking at Li Chen lying among the branches, and couldn’t help but ask.
“The view here is nice,” Li Chen said with a smile.
Patricia didn’t continue to ask. She knew that Li Chen must be feeling a bit down at this moment.
“Why don’t we go tomorrow instead?”
“No need,” Li Chen shook his head. “Since we agreed yesterday, let’s go today. I also want to see what the Allied Forces’ base looks like.”
Just yesterday, the two agreed to go see the city of the Racial Coalition today and discuss strategies against the Demon Clan. Li Chen also agreed.
Li Chen indeed stayed on the treetops all night, but instead of melancholically venting his emotions, he spent the whole night thinking.
He is just such a person; the more unfavorable the situation, the more he uses his brain to think.
In Li Chen’s dictionary, the word “give up” has never existed.
Even if there is no way to return to the Main World, he will find a way himself; he will never just give up!
Soon, Patricia organized a team of elves and set off towards the Allied Forces’ base, and Li Chen naturally joined the group of elves.
Actually, Li Chen wasn’t entirely unknown among the elves. After all, their friends were never many, and human friends were even rarer. Cherie was an exception, and Li Chen was an exception among exceptions.
Because he was a man.
“By the way, how come I didn’t see Daphne?” Li Chen, sitting opposite Patricia in the foremost carriage of the group, couldn’t help but ask after thinking for a while.
“Daphne is not with the tribe now; she’s at the base of the Allied Forces,” Patricia said calmly. “Daphne has grown up and has to take on the responsibilities of a princess.”
Looking at the charming little girl in front of him, Li Chen finally couldn’t help but voice his biggest doubt.
“Is Daphne really your daughter?”
Upon hearing Li Chen’s question, Patricia seemed stunned; she didn’t expect Li Chen to suddenly ask such a question.
After hesitating for a long time, Patricia gave Li Chen a peculiar look, “Daphne… is actually my sister. Please don’t spread this around.”
“Alright.” Having cleared his biggest doubt, Li Chen sat down contentedly and didn’t say another word.
Sitting on the treetops all night yesterday didn’t have much impact on him, but a little rest is always good. So, Li Chen closed his eyes to rest.
Originally thinking Li Chen would keep asking questions, Patricia was surprised when he suddenly calmed down, and she began to meditate as well.
There is a reason for her current powerful strength.
To become a successful person, one must put in more effort than others.
At the very least, that’s what she did.
Li Chen slightly opened an eye, looking at Patricia who was earnestly meditating, and shook his head silently.
He didn’t know what elf cultivation was like, but he knew that her combat appearance should be Patricia’s true self. As to why she appeared differently usually, Li Chen didn’t feel the need to ask.
Everyone has their own secrets, and Li Chen didn’t intend to dig them up.
After a day’s trek, the team finally arrived in front of a massive city.
As he looked at the city walls, Li Chen’s gaze seemed somewhat peculiar.
This city looked a bit like an ancient city. Even though he had seen Black Stone City, compared to this city, Black Stone City seemed like child’s play.
The size of the city gate and walls alone surpassed Black Stone City by more than twice. Looking at the enormous city gate, Li Chen was curious about what kind of creatures from different races would require such a grand entrance.
“Hope City” was the name of this city, and from the name alone, Li Chen could understand the significance this city represented.
This should be the hope of all races in the East.
Only by defeating the Demon Clan here can they continue to live peacefully.
As Li Chen followed the elves into the city, he felt somewhat out of place.
It wasn’t just with other races; even when he saw people from his own race, Li Chen felt a bit different.
Patricia, beside Li Chen, patted him on the shoulder, bringing him out of this strange sense of insight: “Come on, let’s go meet the representatives of other races. After all, you are now considered a rare strong individual, and I believe everyone will be delighted to see you.”
Li Chen nodded, said nothing more, and followed Patricia into the depths of the city.
This city is indeed very large. Li Chen calculated in his heart that although their speed was not slow, it still took them nearly two hours to reach the gigantic building standing at the city center.
There is the City Lord’s Mansion, also the place where the leaders and experts of various races in the whole city are currently gathered.
“It’s the Elf Queen who has arrived.”
“Your Majesty, you’ve finally come. We’ve been waiting for quite a while.”
In a spacious hall, as soon as Patricia stepped inside, she heard several voices that conveyed flattery so obvious that even Li Chen could easily discern it.
Clearly, Patricia held a quite high status here.
Li Chen glanced around and noticed that although the people here were all Earth-level Experts, aside from a stern-faced middle-aged human male, none of them exceeded Roar-level.
Li Chen nodded in understanding.
It seemed that Patricia was the strongest among this so-called Allied Forces.
“Who is this…?”
At this moment, many people noticed Li Chen following beside Patricia and couldn’t help frowning as someone voiced out.
“He’s Li Chen, my friend,” Patricia said mildly.
“A human?”
“The Queen’s friend is actually a human?”
“Humans are the smartest, but also the most cunning. Your Majesty, you need to be more cautious when making friends. Of course… Commander Sulin, I mean no disrespect to you.”
Upon hearing this, the gazes of others around on Li Chen became somewhat odd.
Li Chen glanced at these guys, each one having a peculiar appearance. It was evident that these were the leaders of various races. From their conversation, Li Chen quickly determined that this so-called Allied Forces wasn’t truly stable. Although temporarily united against the Demon Clan, it seemed that once the threat of the Demon Clan was eliminated, they would soon fall apart.
What Li Chen didn’t know was that recently, some traitors had appeared within the Allied Forces, secretly delivering information to the Demon Clan and choosing to side with them, causing significant losses to the Allied Forces.
The Elf Queen Patricia was the highest combat power of the Allied Forces and currently the only one capable of fending off the Demon Commander. If anything happened to Patricia, they wouldn’t be far from defeat. This was also why they were so wary of Li Chen.
“Bang bang!”
At this moment, the stern-faced middle-aged man who hadn’t spoken suddenly knocked on the table and frowned, saying, “Alright, everyone, we are here for a meeting, not for internal strife. I hope everyone can restrain themselves a bit.”
“Alright.”
“Since Commander Su has spoken, I won’t say much more.”
The man’s name was Sulin, a Roar-level expert of the Human Race and also the commander of this Allied Forces. There was a reason he became the commander instead of Patricia.
This man not only possessed formidable strength but also the most exceptional command ability among everyone. He led the Human Race and several affiliated races against the Demon Clan, conducting several battles, yet never falling into disadvantage despite weaker forces, even achieving small-scale victories.
This was why the leaders of many different races in the hall were willing to listen to what this middle-aged man had to say.
Sulin glanced at Patricia and then at Li Chen.
“Since Mr. Li Chen is a friend of the Queen, he is also a friend of our Allied Forces. Regardless of his race, as long as he is not our enemy, he should become our friend. Everyone, what you just did was pushing a friend away. Do you think there’s any meaning in that?”
The group suddenly fell silent.
Li Chen looked at the middle-aged man with interest. Regardless of strength, this guy certainly had a way with people, rendering these leaders speechless with just a few words.
“Alright, my friend, since you are brought by the Queen, please have a seat. We are about to discuss the current strategy against our enemies. If you wish to listen, you may stay. Of course, if you’re not interested, I can arrange some other entertainments for you,” Sulin said to Li Chen with a friendly smile.
“No need, I’m fine staying here,” Li Chen shrugged, completely ignoring the looks from others, and he casually found a place to sit down.
Seeing Li Chen sit down, Sulin nodded, said no more, and opened the parchment on the table in front of him, speaking calmly.
“Let’s continue with the previous issue.”
“Right now, the Demon Clan is the major enemy we must resolve. Among the demon army, a large portion consists of other races that have defected to the Demon Clan. Thus, our primary targets should not be them but the true core demons!”
“As long as we eliminate those real demons, the so-called demon army will crumble on its own.”
“Capture the ringleader first, as I have mentioned before. Our primary objective now is to eliminate that Demon Commander!” Sulin struck the table hard and said.
“The Demon Commander?” Li Chen couldn’t help but ask Patricia beside him.
“Yes,” Patricia nodded. “A very formidable guy who wields a black longsword. We never heard him mention his name, so we just call him Black Sword.”