Swallowed Star (All Chapters) Volume 7

Chapter 1277: Peace Before The War

In the territory of automaton race.

"Originally, we planned for the three races to join hands and capture the troop of human universe masters in one swift move. Then we will use them to force the human race to... but now, it seems like with the power of the three races combined, even if eventually we may achieve our goal, we will suffer great losses while trying to achieve what we planned. Seems like we have to depend on those vassal races."

"Humph! Vassal races! Those vassal races will never put their lives on the line if there is nothing for them to gain. It is simply impossible."

"No choice... The vassal races certainly do not match us in strength. By giving them some incentives now, in the future, we will be able to keep them within our realm of control. If the inheritance is further scattered into smaller portions... other groups of powers like the prison clan, the crystal clan, and the space beasts will all surge forward for a part of it. Then our race will not have much to gain."

"Mm."

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The prison clan, the automaton race, and the bug clan were all vassal races—just like the humans, who also formed a vassal race. Thus, they established the Hong Alliance!

In fact, before the war started, the four pinnacle races did not have any vassal groups. Because when deploying a vassal race to war, the universe masters within the vassal race would be the ones taking the field. And these universe masters were no fools. They would not allow themselves to become ashes and dust willingly. Without anything to gain, there was no way they would pledge themselves to death.

The demons and the three races were all convinced that once they got hold of the inheritance, there would be no need to share any of it with the vassal races. Yet this war... The results of this war had instilled fear in them all, which caused them to start trying their best to rope in other groups of powers.

"Dream Demon Ancestor, Shock Demon Ancestor. News of the outcome of the war has spread. It is said that the humans were extremely powerful... We universe masters from the vassal races—perhaps only one to two, or two to three of us from each race—regardless of who will face annihilation, it will be a disaster for our race. We have to exercise prudence. Therefore, we have four conditions."

"Speak," Shock Demon Ancestor said.

"One, if we are to go to war with you, you must let us stay and fight together, you cannot split us apart. Two, if any of us are annihilated, the demons must treat the respective race with kindness. No shrinking of territory allowed. The territory of his race must not be compromised, and great beings from external races cannot interfere with the development of our any of our races. Three, after the war, if the demons do manage to gain that inheritance of the pulse of Duan Dong River, we do not ask for much. We only need information on the experiences of great beings on how they cultivated to become universe supreme masters. Four, if the demons were able to create a holy land universe, you must leave 10 percent of the space for us vassal races."

Obviously, the vassal races already had a round of discussions. It was apparent through the conditions they listed that they had conducted thorough discussions and did not dare to ask for too much. Like the experiences within the inheritance, they merely required experiences on how great beings cultivated to become universe supreme masters, because to them, so long as they had a universe supreme master emerging from their very own race, their race would have a true foundation!

Shock Demon Ancestor considered for a mere moment and promised right away, "All right! You have my word."

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The demons, the bug clan, and the automaton race started a series of discussions with vassal races, using conditions to rope them in. They needed the universe masters of these vassal races to participate and help them pull through this terrifying and impending war!