Joseph was silent for a moment, turning his gaze to Luo Yongtian and Egert.
It's fine, losing Balor by one vote isn't a big deal. These two should give me some face.
After all, they are among those with relatively similar power rankings.
As for Balor refusing me, Joseph has already made a note of it. After dealing with Shanhai, he will at least find some trouble for Balor!
"Leader Luo, and Leader Egert, what do you say?"
Luo Yongtian narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard.
"Heh heh, as for me, I abstain from voting..."
"I abstain as well."
Egert didn't even lift his head, stating indifferently.
He was still filing his nails, as if Joseph's words were less interesting than his nails.
With two consecutive abstentions, Joseph picked at his ear, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.
Is this a joke? They all abstained?
This is completely different from what he had expected!
No, did Shanhai give you some kind of love potion to make you protect him so much?
Joseph looked at the dwarf, somewhat bewildered.
The dwarf returned an even more bewildered look.
You don't understand, and I don't understand either!
"No, what are your reasons for abstaining?" Joseph asked, feeling a headache coming on, unwilling to accept it.
If Shanhai is destroyed, it doesn't conflict with their interests.
Instead, refusing me will bring some trouble!?
I am, after all, a third-tier force, are you really not going to give me any face?!
"I don't need any reason to do things," Luo Yongtian said with a smile, shaking his head and showing no intention of explaining.
Egert, having finally finished filing his nails, looked up.
"I don't want to fight, I can't be bothered to fight, I don't want to get involved."
"You..."
Joseph's eye twitched, wanting to curse but stopping himself.
Cannot curse, cannot curse!
The fourth-tier force is not far behind me, and it's not beneficial for me to antagonize other forces at this stage...
Balor looked at Egert and Luo Yongtian rather strangely.
To be honest, Balor abstained because she felt her vote was insignificant and that Egert and Luo Yongtian would agree.
Her companion had told her not to make a choice, and Balor's intuition also told her to listen to her companion.
The current situation made Balor unable to comprehend it. What exactly had Shanhai done to make the second and fourth-tier forces abstain simultaneously!
Indeed, her companion's words must have been right. There must be deeper things at play that hadn't surfaced yet. Not making a choice was the best choice!
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving!"
Luo Yongtian stood up, stroking his beard.
"Ah, I'm old, I can't stir up trouble like you youngsters anymore. I'm going back to rest!"
"Come, Egert, accompany me for a cup of tea!"
As Luo Yongtian left, he didn't forget to pull Egert along.
Egert gracefully stood up and left with Luo Yongtian, completely disregarding Joseph and the dwarf's feelings.
The atmosphere fell into silence.
Joseph stood in place, his face contorted with rage, deep in thought.
Balor felt a bit awkward, rubbed her hands, and also stood up.
"Well, I need to go water my Devouring Flowers. Goodbye."
*Tap tap tap* Balor quickly left the awkward scene.
Only the dwarf and Joseph were left, looking bewildered.
This was too damn awkward, making Joseph and the dwarf feel like clowns!
After a long while, Joseph plopped down onto his seat.
Weird, too weird!
It was supposed to be a sure thing, but three teammates chose to abstain.
Could it be that Shanhai did something beforehand?
Joseph had to think in that direction.
If nothing was done, these three abstained, and the first-tier force didn't even show up.
From beginning to end, this council was permeated with strangeness, making Joseph unable to understand.
"What should we do now..." the dwarf asked.
Sitting here indefinitely isn't a solution. The plan has just begun, and it's been crushed in its infancy by three teammates.
How is this supposed to work?
"Things have indeed exceeded my expectations."
"But don't panic, I have a second plan."
Joseph let out a long sigh.
Since the best plan didn't work, they would use the backup plan!
"Oh? Tell me quickly!" The dwarf didn't know that Joseph had a backup plan.
"Next, dwarf, you will initiate a force leader battle against Shanhai."
Joseph pointed his finger, revealing the backup plan.
The dwarf felt like cursing...
"Are you serious? I probably can't beat Shanhai..."
Is this backup plan asking him to sacrifice himself to appease Shanhai's wrath?
If I could fight Shanhai head-on, would I be resorting to scheming against him behind his back?
"Heh heh! Don't panic!" Joseph smiled calmly.
"I will have Deverent and Aiven temporarily join your force."
"Let them temporarily replace two of the second-sequence positions, and then you will lead five second-sequence members to declare war on Shanhai."
"You know, Deverent and Aiven combined are not much weaker than I am."
"In this situation, with you added, Shanhai and his five subordinates won't be enough!"
The dwarf's eyes lit up.
If that's the case, it might not be impossible.
If Deverent and Aiven joined, then when the strength battle began, Shanhai would face two first-sequence leaders.
In a force leader battle, only the leaders of both forces and their direct five second-sequence members could participate.
But with Deverent and Aiven joining, it would become two leaders leading three second-sequence members, fighting against one leader and five second-sequence members of the opposing side.
The second-sequence members are a non-issue, right? They're not even on their radar!
This time, the dwarf intuitively felt a high chance of victory!
"Okay! I agree!" The dwarf immediately agreed to the backup plan.
The two were secretly plotting against Lin Feng here.
However, they didn't know that Lin Feng already knew how the council had unfolded.
Lin Feng had even heard the content of the meeting clearly!
This was all thanks to the Dark Player who was equipped with the Brilliant Symbiote.
In a certain aspect, her intelligence-gathering ability could rival Ophélie's eyes.
Ophélie needed to be physically present to gather intelligence.
But for Dark, as long as there were electronic devices, she could show her skills.
After receiving the information from Luo Yongtian, Lin Feng had instructed Dark to secretly spy.
As luck would have it, the council room was filled with electronic devices.
Perhaps these leaders, accustomed to long periods of comfortable living, subconsciously didn't believe anyone would be bold enough to eavesdrop on their council?
The eavesdropping process was much easier than expected, and Lin Feng even felt that the Brilliant Symbiote was overkill!
Joseph's simple scheme fell into Lin Feng's ears without a single word.
Deverent and Aiven, huh!
Lin Feng stated he wasn't worried and was even looking forward to the dwarf initiating a force leader battle against him!