"I get it now."
You side with whoever gives you power.
Now Leon understood.
"Are you really confident you can end this war?"
Yueyu found it strange that someone these days wouldn't know what an Emanator was, but there were more pressing matters at hand.
"What do you think it will take to end this war?"
Leon asked her in return.
"Either an arrow from the Reignbow Arbiter, or we wait for reinforcements from other Xianzhou ships."
In their current state, fighting head-on would only lead to mutual destruction. The only two ways to truly break the stalemate were the ones just mentioned.
"Do you remember what I just said?"
Leon said, taking the bow from his back.
"You said you would be the one to fire the arrow that the Reignbow Arbiter has yet to loose."
Yueyu remembered very clearly.
"That's right. It's simple. I'll just be the one to draw this arrow!"
With that, Leon aimed the longbow forward.
Just as he was about to draw the string, he felt it was a bit too much trouble. There was clearly a better method he could use as a reference.
"Oh, right. Do we have a loudspeaker here?" Leon asked.
"A loudspeaker?"
Jingtian was confused, but he obediently replied, "We don't have one here, but the Sky-Peering Mirror can help you transmit your words over a wide area."
The Sky-Peering Mirror is a treasured artifact of the Jade Abode.
It can even transmit signals to the Aeon of The Hunt across the cosmos, so amplifying a person's voice to echo across the entire battlefield is no difficult task.
"Not bad. Could I borrow it for a moment?"
"Wait a moment, I'll go adjust it."
Jingtian nodded and, without another word, walked over to the divination disc that controlled the Sky-Peering Mirror and began to fiddle with it.
Neither he nor Yueyu asked Leon what he wanted it for. At a time like this, it was better to do more and ask less.
After all, the situation couldn't possibly get any worse.
Since this newly-born Divine Bow's Celestial General said he had the ability to solve everything, then all they had to do was believe!
The Xianzhou Alliance places unconditional trust in those chosen by Lan!
"It's ready."
A moment later, Jingtian swiped right on the divination disc, and a small, transparent hexagonal screen with the character 'Qian' printed on it floated in front of his mouth.
"I like people who get things done."
Leon laughed.
"Ahem."
He cleared his throat and immediately shouted at the battlefield, "Hey, bros, are you treating the Xianzhou like your own home? Can't you see it's already taken?"
"Look what you've done to my Xianzhou! You've wrecked everything, from the buildings to the flowers and trees."
Leon shouted indignantly, "Don't you know how ridiculously expensive the repairs for this much damage are going to be, bro?"
Amplified by the Qian device, his declaration resounded in the ears of every Denizen of Abundance.
The entire field fell silent.
A deathly silence descended.
"?"
Yueyu looked completely bewildered. She truly had no idea what he was doing.
Why did he suddenly start spouting eldritch whispers like "Spaghetti should be mixed with No. 42 composite soil"?
Never mind whether this group of Denizens of Abundance could even understand him.
Even if they could, did he really expect them to obediently retreat just because he said a few bizarre sentences?
This was even more ridiculous than the Reignbow Arbiter suddenly turning back for a surprise attack!
Honestly, you'd have better luck believing she was the next Marshal, and that for 50 credits she'd make you the next Divine Bow's Celestial General.
Yueyu thought Leon's mind must have been eroded by some kind of poison.
"Young friend Leon, if you had said you were going to use the loudspeaker to sing for a buff, I could have accepted that..."
Jingtian covered his face, unable to watch. He just thought this behavior was on another level of weird.
Seriously, buddy, why did you suddenly start declaring your grievances?
Did he really expect the Denizens of Abundance to be moved by his words, realize the error of their aggressive ways, pay for the repairs, and then apologize and leave?
If the Denizens of Abundance actually had such a conscience, his own disciple would be ready to take over his position.
Now Jingtian seriously suspected: was Leon really a follower of The Hunt?
He didn't seem to have anything to do with The Hunt at all!
"Isn't he more like a follower of The Elation?!"
Has the Reignbow Arbiter's eyesight been failing recently? What kind of person was this!
Jingtian was getting a massive headache.
Of all the Pathstriders of The Hunt he had ever met, not a single one was as eccentric as him, let alone a Divine Bow's Celestial General.
'No, the Reignbow Arbiter must have a deeper meaning for doing this.'
Jingtian shook his head, thinking to himself as he looked at Leon's back.
One mustn't assume ill intent from an ally.
The Reignbow Arbiter certainly had a deeper plan in mind, one that he simply hadn't perceived yet.
"Sorry, bro, we got a little carried away in the fight and weren't paying attention. How about we compensate you with all the supplies from our ships?"xN
Just as Yueyu was about to take out a few Wolf Poison Pills to give him in an emergency, a cacophony of voices, booming like the thunder god's drums, suddenly rang out in unison!
"?"
Yueyu tilted her head, unable to believe what she was seeing.
The Denizens of Abundance, infamous for their invasions, were apologizing for invading? And even offering compensation?
Which History Fictionologist was pulling the strings behind the scenes?
The scene was simply too surreal.
Yueyu didn't understand. Was he a succubus, or had he laced his words with some kind of charm?
A few sentences—not even sweet nothings, but complaints—and this entire group of Denizens of Abundance was completely charmed by him?
As a Divine Bow's Celestial General, what kind of scene hadn't Yueyu witnessed?
Clashes between Emanators, arrows loosed by the Reignbow Arbiter, she had seen it all.
But she had never seen a scene like today's!
This was outrageously absurd!
"Is this... his special quality...?"
Jingtian murmured, appearing unusually calm.
From the beginning, he had firmly believed that the Reignbow Arbiter would never choose someone at random.
So, if Leon had truly just been spouting nonsense, that would have been the biggest critical hit to him.
Thankfully, Leon was a man of talent.
"The universe is vast and full of wonders."
Jingtian marveled at the Reignbow Arbiter's intentions.
The ability to control people with words belongs to three Paths in the universe.
"The Elation," "The Harmony," "The Remembrance"
The one that best fit Leon's actions was undoubtedly The Elation.
It seemed his hidden depths were far greater than they had imagined.
"Do you want them?"
Leon raised his hand to temporarily cover the Qian device and turned his head to ask.
"...I just want them dead."
Yueyu snapped back from her astonishment.
"A peaceful resolution is not the way of The Hunt, to say nothing of the fact that these Denizens of Abundance have killed so many of our Xianzhou soldiers."
She didn't ask how he did it, only answered his question.
"I already said I'd draw the arrow for our predecessors. Of course that means I'm going to kill every last one of these vermin."
Leon didn't understand why she would think he wanted a peaceful solution. Was his face too gentle?
"On the condition that their deaths are guaranteed, does the Xianzhou want their supplies or not?"
Leon made himself a bit clearer.
"We want them!"
Yueyu wasn't an idiot. With those terms, how was it any different from a free gift?
Who would be foolish enough to say no to that!
"Good."
Leon nodded, then moved his hand away from the mic.
"Since you bros are being so sincere, what's there to say."
Leon started off by addressing them as "bro."
"Alright, we've gotten to know each other through this fight. Leave the supplies and we'll call it even. We won't ask you to make up for any shortfall."
"Since you're already calling me bro, a token gesture will do."
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