StartNovelUpon informing the three men, Babbit handed the letter to them. Dorrah exchanged glances with Conrad before beginning to read.
He then passed it on to Grote, who did the sbefore passing the letter to Conrad.
All three men were in shock after reading the letter. "How could this be?" Dorrah exclaimed. "Why is Edmund begging us for help
all of a sudden? Didn't he just double his cultivation recently?"
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Babbit said, "I think Edmund might have suffered sbacklash while cultivating, which affected his foundation. So, his powers
didn't improve, and it even ended up decreasing significantly. He now fears nothing more than the four of us ganging up on him."
"Well, why don't we take advantage of the situation at hand to do exactly that?"
Babbit glanced at Dorrah. "Have you otten the City Lord rules? If a rebellion is to arise in a major town, the other City Lords will
personallye to weed out the traitors and take them down. Even if we managed to kill Edmund while he's in a vulnerable state,
the other eight City Lords will surely hear about this. If they join forces ande after us, we won't be able to endure their wrath."
Grote said, "You're right, Mister Babbit. But if we miss this opportunity, it's going to be hard for another one toe by."
"lI don't think that's the case for sure," said Conrad. "Mister Babbit said just now that even if we win, the eight City Lords might
attack us. Edmund hates us to no end but wrote a letter to us begging for mercy. That's already humiliating enough for him."
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"I've observed Edmund all these years, and | know he cares deeply about his pride. He absolutely despises us, and having to beg
us for mercy will only add to that hatred. If this goes on, it's bound to grow into something ugly in the next thousand years.
Edmund will be sure to get the army to take us down then. As long as we play by the rules until that happens, Edmund will look like
the bad quy trying toe after us for nothing. We'll have an excuse to retaliate and kill him then, without the other City Lords
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