I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 380-1: Grand Offering, Vishnu (1)

Martial Artist received the summons from the seat pass and, completely confused, entered the Disciple Sanctum.

Very soon, everyone in Council Chamber No. 12 had taken their seats. None of them knew what the purpose of this summons was.

Only when the newly promoted proxy agent Blade-Wielding Guard and Lord Cain’s deputy Arsonist began to speak did everyone finally understand that the Disciple Lord was going to hold another Offering Ritual.

At once, the chamber exploded into an uproar.

[Sailor: …Did Lord Cain make a mistake? I remember it has only been a month since the last Offering Ritual, right?]

[Weaver: I also feel like it has not been long since the last Offering Ritual.]

[Heavy Gunner: Did something happen in the organization?]

[Singer: What do I do, my subordinate still has not stockpiled enough Spirit Essence yet…]

[Clown: Forget the subordinate, I have not stockpiled enough either.]

[Successor: Why does the Lord want to hold the Offering Ritual ahead of time again?]Martial Artist was stunned for a moment as he read the text in front of him, then he was overjoyed.

What he had been waiting bitterly for was precisely the Offering Ritual.

Last time, he had been the first to make an offering, yet he had only contributed a pitiful amount of just over twenty thousand Spirit Essence. As a result, he had been nailed to the pillar of shame as a negative example.

Martial Artist had spent days and nights grinding chapters for one reason: to wash away that humiliation and show Lord Cain just how devout he really was.

Fine, Martial Artist did not deny that part of his motive was coveting the position of proxy agent, but that did not conflict at all with his devout heart.

“My chance to perform has come!”

[Martial Artist: What are you all making a fuss about! This is exactly the time to display our devotion to Lord Cain!]

[Martial Artist: I think Lord Cain holding the Offering Ritual ahead of time is definitely not because he is short of Spirit Essence and wants to gather everyone for offerings. It must be a decision he made after deep thought, a consideration he weighed back and forth many times.]

[Martial Artist: So as loyal subordinates, the first thing we should do is not ask about the reason, but support the Lord firmly and unwaveringly!]

[Wall-Breaker: …]

[Heavy Gunner: …]

[XXX: …]

[Wall-Breaker: Well said!]

[Sailor: Martial Artist, I will give you five thousand Spirit Essence if you retract those few lines and let me be the one to post them!]

[Successor: What Martial Artist said is exactly what I wanted to say. It is just that my connection lagged a bit just now and I got stuck, so he snatched the chance from me.]

Everyone wanted to continue speaking, but they suddenly found that free chat had been disabled by the newly promoted proxy agent Blade-Wielding Guard.

At that moment, Lord Cain’s deputy Arsonist suddenly spoke up.

[Arsonist: Martial Artist, your awareness is impressive. I will relay your resolute words to Lord Cain.]

Joy surged up in Martial Artist’s heart. This time, he not only wanted to overturn the ‘incompetent’ impression in the Lord’s mind, he also wanted to offer the most Spirit Essence and compete for the position of proxy agent.

During the last Offering Ritual, Lord Cain had appointed the temporary proxy agents for each city based on the offering rankings.

Now, the Lord must have judged some temporary proxy agent as incompetent and thus wanted to appoint a new proxy agent.

This was undoubtedly a perfect opportunity.

[Arsonist: What Martial Artist said is correct. There is indeed a reason behind holding the Offering Ritual ahead of time this time. Lord Cain knows that all of you still have not recovered from the last Offering Ritual and originally did not wish to hold another one so soon…]

[Arsonist: However, since the Lord is mindful of our difficulties, how can we as subordinates not help ease the Lord’s worries and solve the Lord’s problems?]

[Arsonist: To speak frankly, the Lord is not yet aware of this Offering Ritual. It was proposed by me, and with the support of several proxy agents, we are holding it behind the Lord’s back.]

Martial Artist could not help furrowing his brows, immediately overturning his earlier guess.

“Changing temporary proxy agents has to be done with the Lord’s consent. There is no way they would secretly elect them without the Lord’s knowledge, right?”

What could it possibly be that would make the Lord’s deputy Arsonist take such an out-of-line step and even win the support of several proxy agents?

Everyone was puzzled in their hearts, but since free speech was temporarily disabled, they had no way to ask.

[Arsonist: I will stop keeping you in suspense. The reason we are doing this is not because we intend to betray the Lord, but because we are thinking wholeheartedly for the Lord and for all of you.]

[Because the territory under Lord Cain’s control is about to expand once again.]

[Yes, you did not mishear. Aside from the entire Jiangnan Province, Lord Cain will gain even more territory under his name.]

[But right now the Lord is short of suitable proxy agents. Taking on more territories under his governance is truly stretching him too thin…]

[So this is the best time for us to solve the Lord’s problems and ease his worries.]

[If you do not display your devotion at this time, then when the Lord governs even more territories and controls even more manpower, whether a proxy agent will be chosen from among you will become a complete unknown…]

Martial Artist’s spirit jolted. He felt as though his blood surged straight up to his head.

“Good grief, this opportunity is absolutely one of a kind. If I miss it, there may never be a next time!”

The temporary proxy agents of Jiangnan Province had more or less already been decided. While they were in power, these proxy agents could gain more resources.

For everyone else to rely only on the Offering Ritual to squeeze these temporary proxy agents out of their positions was far too difficult.

Unless a proxy agent’s own capabilities were insufficient or they made a major mistake, prompting Lord Cain to kick them from the proxy agent position, competing with temporary proxy agents for first place in the ranking was simply unrealistic for those currently present.

He understood very well what Arsonist meant. Arsonist wanted to look after his colleagues in Jiangnan Province, to keep the benefits within the family rather than letting the ‘water from the fertile fields flow into outsiders’ fields.’

When Lord Cain expanded his territories again, he would need more proxy agents.

Since they could not squeeze out the temporary proxy agents, why not put on a great display right before Lord Cain expanded his territories and leave an impression of profound devotion in the Lord’s mind?

Once the Lord’s territory expanded, he would consider the people present for proxy agent appointments first, rather than unfamiliar subordinates from the newly acquired territories.

This was the simple logic behind ‘a new emperor means a new batch of court officials.’

As for whether parachuted proxy agents would stir dissatisfaction among the locals, well, in the New World that kind of problem simply did not exist.

[Arsonist: In two days’ time, I will summon you all again and officially hold the Offering Ritual.]

[The ranking list for the Offering Ritual will be handed to Lord Cain by my own hand.]

[That is all I have to say. Please prepare yourselves.]

Blade-Wielding Guard and Arsonist left the Council Chamber and, in passing, reenabled the free speech permissions.

[Successor: Lord Arsonist is truly a good man.]

[Wall-Breaker: Exactly, keeping such a good opportunity for his own people… what great righteousness.]

[Heavy Gunner: I never thought Lord Cain, in addition to controlling Jiangnan Province, would obtain even more territory. That is really incredible.]

[Weaver: If we miss this chance, I am afraid we may never have anything to do with the proxy agent position in this lifetime…]

[Clown: Subordinates who cannot spit out Spirit Essence? That does not exist. This time I am definitely going to squeeze them dry.]

[Sailor: Heh, with that handful of subordinates of yours, how much Spirit Essence can you squeeze out of them? It just so happens that I dropped a top-tier piece of equipment a few days ago. I had originally planned to use it myself, but now it seems I might as well sell it for Spirit Essence.]

[Singer: Let me advise all of you not to compete with me. This time I am definitely taking first place…]

[…]

Martial Artist did not remain in the Council Chamber but left the Disciple Sanctum at top speed.

He returned to the library, stripped off most of his equipment, and took out the various items and Materials he had painstakingly obtained during this period, dumping them all onto the Book of Trade.

After he finished these operations, he began to contact his subordinates.

“The proxy agent position is mine this time!”

“This time I have victory in my grasp!”