Chapter 152: Tad’s Side

After listening to Prince Eugen’s explanation, Lei Yaotian felt full of confidence about winning this war.

Because with his large amount of Credit Points support, it was just like buying cheats from the System. His side got buffs, so now they just needed to see how Tad’s side would react.

For Lei Yaotian himself, he of course hoped Tad and his group wouldn’t also buy a Dimensional Battlefield the way he did.

It was better for him alone to have these cheats. As for the other side… let them die.

Prince Eugen had also finished setting up the two functions Lei Yaotian bought. The Energy Turbulence function, because it could be activated at the user’s will like a game skill, was a great thing—couldn’t be better—for Lei Yaotian.

Meanwhile, the function that increased weapon power by 50% would take effect as soon as Lei Yaotian and the others entered the battlefield, so there was no need for special setup.

Prince Eugen already told Lei Yaotian that he had his own plan for when to activate Energy Turbulence. So Lei Yaotian didn’t get involved in this matter further. After all, he was still a newbie when it came to Dimensional War.

And Lei Yaotian himself thought he could use this Dimensional War as a chance to learn some tactical knowledge from the Sci-Fi Dimension.

“Wangcai!”

Wangcai, who had been following Lei Yaotian, leaned in closer. Lei Yaotian whispered instructions into his ear.

“Watch this war carefully, and if possible, you should record it. Then after we go back, we can watch and learn from it over and over. Opportunities to personally take part in Cosmic Warfare are rare. Who knows if we’ll ever have a war like this in our own World in the future.”

Wangcai completely agreed with Lei Yaotian’s thinking and quickly assured Lei Yaotian that he would definitely record it properly.

At that moment, there was still one hour before the war would start…

And because Lei Yaotian had bought the battlefield and two Battlefield Functions, plus some small facilities (Planets), he got the privilege of entering the battlefield one hour early to make arrangements. Bob and the others started intense Fleet deployment work as soon as they entered the battlefield.

As for Andrew, the Merchant from the Fantasy Dimension, he became someone rather unimportant.

This made Andrew feel very uncomfortable inside.

“Originally this was my own matter. I already felt very bad that you came to help me. Now you’ve spent everything you have to hire mercenaries, and used a huge amount of Credit Points to arrange all these things. I really don’t know what to say…”

Andrew held Lei Yaotian’s hand, deeply moved.

“You think I want to do this?! If it weren’t for the damned System threatening me, I wouldn’t come help you at all!”

Lei Yaotian cursed inwardly, but kept a smile on his face. “Don’t say that. We’re brothers, aren’t we? After I became a Dimensional Merchant, you were my first friend. So helping you out is nothing. I don’t have much, but I value friendship a lot. It’s actually my weakness…”

“So shameless! Young Master! How can you be so shameless! But could you be even more shameless? Look, Mr. Andrew is almost hugging you and crying!” Wangcai, who was slightly bent over and looking down while stealing glances at the two of them, couldn’t help but mutter to himself when he saw Lei Yaotian boasting like that.

…

At the same time, while Lei Yaotian was bragging to Andrew, and Bob, Eugen, and another member were deploying their Fleets, far away in another Space, Tad and the others were also arguing about something.

In another quiet, dark void of Space, many Warships were densely parked. However, these Warships looked more worn out compared to the Warships belonging to Bob and his crew that Lei Yaotian hired. Also, the number of exposed gun ports on the outside of these Warships was much fewer.

If you looked carefully at the hulls of these Warships, you could even see that some of them actually had patches on the outside.

Because the Warships were silver-white and the patches were brown, it was easy to tell.

Of course, not all the Warships were so rundown, but this type of Warship made up more than half of the Fleet’s total number.

“Bastards! Are you really going to use such shabby Warships to fight our enemy?!”

In the Warship meeting room of Obena, a creature with green hair on its head, two headlight-like big eyes without eyelids, and a completely cyan body was furiously yelling at everyone.

Tad sat right in the middle of the meeting room, watching the noisy scene before him with a cold face as he sat there.

Obena sat on Tad’s left side, his face showing a very expressive look as he watched this farce.

Obena’s World level was very low, only T-level. Plus, his own rank was also very low, so in a big gathering like this, he had no say at all.

So he could only sit there and watch the spectacle.

Obena knew the guy who just yelled and cursed. That creature with the cyan body, two bulb-like eyes, and green hair was Hudi, a Sci-Fi Dimension Merchant of E-level.

The total number of Warships brought by Hudi and the other two Merchants was over thirty million, making up half of the merchant group’s armed forces.

As for those Warships covered in patches, those were brought by Obena. Of course, not all of them were from Obena; Tad also randomly bought some cheap Warships from the System.

But Hudi was very unhappy about this because Tad, under the excuse of buying Warships, collected a hefty sum of Credit Points from everyone. But in the end, he bought such rundown Warships. No wonder Hudi was extremely dissatisfied.

“What can such Warships do? They’re not even good as Cannon Fodder!” Hudi looked out the meeting room window at those patched-up Warships parked in the void and shouted loudly.

Hudi pointed at the Warships in the void outside the window and continued shouting, “I can even imagine these Warships, full of patches, probably creaking and groaning just from moving a little. Can you expect Warships like these to fight?”

“Oh my god!” Hudi held his head with both hands. “With Warships like these, I doubt if they’ll hold together when they fire at full power.”

The other two E-level Sci-Fi Dimension Merchants looked very agreeing. They also didn’t think such Warships could be of any use in the war.

Even as Cannon Fodder, one would have to consider whether they could even move.

Under Hudi’s endless complaints, Tad’s face grew darker and darker.

Actually, Tad did pocket a large portion of the Credit Points into his own account. The funds used for buying Warships were only about 20%. That’s why these Warships were so old and broken. But Tad wouldn’t allow others to talk about him like that.

After all, he was the Leader of this group.

“Hudi, please stop making such a scene. The System will start the war soon. Instead of quickly deploying your Warships, what are you still doing here!” Tad already had a guilty conscience, and after Hudi’s outburst, he felt even more uncomfortable.

So he spoke up, wanting to send Hudi away.

You could say Tad was a real piece of work. Everyone contributed Credit Points to buy Warships, and in the end, he still embezzled most of it. He didn’t consider that if they won the war, he, Tad, would gain even more.

But thinking the other way, if they lost the war, what use would those Credit Points of his be then?

You could only say that Tad was used to skimming off the top no matter what—truly a special character.

“Tad, I’m not trying to cause trouble. But at the very least, you should have consulted us before buying the Warships, even just asked a little. But look now, those Warships you bought back are really not up to the task.”

Hudi walked over and yelled at Tad.

A person completely covered in a black robe, holding a purple metal staff, stepped in front of Tad.

A black mist emanated from the blue gem at the top of the staff, forming a barrier between Tad and Hudi. From this black mist came constant wails of anguish, and from time to time, skeletal arms reached out from the mist, randomly clawing at the air.

The two fully armed soldiers beside Hudi also moved quickly, weapons in hand.

“What are you trying to do?!” Hudi shouted when he saw the robed figure near Tad creating a black mist between him and Tad.

Tad waved his hand at the robed person. The robed person bowed respectfully to Tad, then used the staff to withdraw the mist and stepped back behind Tad again.

“Hudi, we are about to face the enemy now. I think you shouldn’t waste time on these minor details anymore. I advise you to go deploy your Warships immediately. If there are any issues, I think we can discuss them after we win the war.”

Tad softened his expression a bit, trying to look as friendly as possible.

The two Sci-Fi Dimension Merchants beside Hudi also tried to persuade him. “Hudi, we’re about to start the war soon. Let’s focus on deploying the Warships properly and defeating the opponent with our greatest advantage. As for other matters, I think we can talk after we win.”

Hudi’s mouth twitched. He took a deep breath and quietly asked the two other Sci-Fi Dimension Merchants beside him, “Do you really think we can defeat the opponent with just Warships like that?”

One of the Merchants thought for a moment and replied, “The opponent is only one person. According to the intelligence, his friends have already abandoned him. Besides, he’s just a second-tier Fantasy Merchant. Under the attack of so many of our Warships, I don’t think he can resist, right?”

Hudi glanced at Tad and then said, “Better safe than sorry. Nothing in this World is absolute. In war, you must prepare everything possible. That’s the only way. I’m worried something might change on the opponent’s side, and that would be beyond our control.”

“Then what should we do?” that Merchant also became worried.

“I’ll go deploy the Warships. You try to get Tad to think carefully. Persuade him to buy the battlefield mode sold by the System if possible. Try to pick a battlefield World that’s advantageous for us, and then buy information on the opponent’s current status.”

The Merchant thought for a moment, looked up at Hudi, then glanced at Tad, and said quietly, “I can only try my best. Tad is such a miser; I’m not sure he’ll spend Credit Points again.”

“Just do your best!” Hudi gave the Merchant an encouraging look. Hudi also knew Tad’s character—totally a penny-pincher.

“I just feel very uneasy inside. I have a bad feeling.”

Hudi looked at everyone in the meeting room, sighed, then turned and left to deploy the Warships.