Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 6 Li Yu's Concept

"Boss Zhankong, do you think I can form a hunter group in the future?"

"Hunter Group?"

Li Yu's unreasonable words made Zhan Kong stunned at first, and then he continued speaking.

"There are qualifications for establishing a hunter group. If you want to establish a hunter group, your hunter level must at least reach the level of a hunter master. In addition, there are a lot of troubles such as the number of members, strength, and asset assessment."

"Moreover, even if you successfully establish a hunter group, managing the group will consume a lot of your energy and waste your great talent. It's really not worth it!"

The Hunter Group sounds majestic and seems like it can attract people from all directions with just a wave of its hand, but it only exists in the fantasy of little kids who have not been through the hardships of society.

In the profession of mage hunters, there is often no need to rely on numbers to gain strength. After all, no matter how many people there are, they cannot be outnumbered by the demons in the wild. In order to maintain flexibility and concealment of actions and to cope with various emergencies, most mage hunters will only choose to form a team with strong ones.

Secondly, the Mage Hunter world is often filled with betrayal and deception. As for the so-called Mage Hunter rules set by the Hunter Alliance...

Ah!
Rules are dead, but people are alive. If the hunter wants, he can make people dead.

Since we were out in the wild, with no village or shop nearby, almost no one knew what happened. "Accidents" happened from time to time, and even if we investigated, they would end up with nothing.

Strength and trust are the two biggest obstacles for hunter mages to form a team.

Precisely because they have seen so many betrayals by bad teammates and many shady things, almost all high-level hunters choose to be alone, or at most form a partnership with a few people they absolutely trust.

As for setting up a hunting group, most of those things are funded by large families to grab resources for themselves. The families are large and powerful, and have enough manpower and financial resources to maintain the operation of a large hunting group.

There are also individuals or small groups that take the lead in forming hunter groups, but most of them are small-scale, and a small number are for franchising and retirement purposes. Apart from making a big noise, they don't have much significance.

Zhan Kong wanted to dissuade Li Yu from wasting his great talent on building up power. Genius mages basically have no shortage of resource channels. What will they not have when they become stronger?
"Boss Zhankong, do you think I came up with this idea because I think the Hunter Group is awesome and fun?"

Li Yu heard the disapproval hidden in Zhan Kong's words, and then asked a question in return.

"Then why do you want to form a hunter group?"

Zhan Kong did not answer, but continued to ask questions.

"Boss, I am a victim!"

"After my identity is exposed, how should I deal with the group of strong men in the Holy City? If no one helps me, I will probably have to hide here and there by myself."

"So you're going to..."

Zhan Kong's expression hardened and he sat up straight.

"If I want to make the Holy City cautious, I must not only have strong power, but also a force that they have to pay attention to."

"Do not……"

Zhan Kong shook his head in disappointment.
"This is too difficult. The power of the Holy City is beyond your imagination. No force in this world can contend with the Holy City."

The Holy City is able to have the final say throughout the world, and almost no force dares to disobey its orders in public. This is not due to empty words, but absolute strength.

As long as the Holy City is willing, it can easily wipe out any country among the few big countries.

Especially the incident that happened many years ago, which fully demonstrated the strength and tyranny of the Holy City.

Even though Zhan Kong hated the Holy City to the core, he would not ignore the enemy's strength. A single force could never be the opponent of the Holy City.

No matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than a country?
"Really not?"

Li Yu's tone was very calm, neither hurried nor slow.
“There should be more than one person like me in the world, right?”

"You...you want to recruit the victims into your group?"

Zhan Kong was shocked by Li Yu's idea. My goodness, people would stay away from the victims for fear of being affected, but you, on the other hand, actually want to take the initiative to go to them.

But as soon as he said this, Zhan Kong discovered with embarrassment that the person in front of him seemed to be the victim, the one who had been ordered to be killed by the Holy City.

It doesn't matter whether the dangerous element is one or a group. If they can't defeat the Holy City, they will all die. Think carefully about the operability of this thing...

Yes, there are some, but not much.

Zhankong raised his finger.

"There is one thing you need to understand. There can only be one victim of each series at a time. Only when one dies will a new victim be born."

"That means there are only a dozen victims worldwide."

"Also, the victims of the disaster are not limited to humans. Demons can also become victims of the disaster, so there are even fewer people who meet the requirements."

"Are you sure you are not just dreaming about finding a dozen disaster victims among the billions of people in the world?"

"I won't give up." Li Yu seemed quite stubborn on this issue. After all, it was a matter of life and death, and he would try as long as there was a glimmer of hope.

"And it's not just the victims. There is no shortage of geniuses in this world who are dissatisfied with the status quo. Whether they are those who are oppressed, those who are unwilling to submit to fate, or anyone else, they will all become the targets of my alliance."

Zhan Kong thought that Li Yu's idea was much more feasible. After all, many geniuses were unruly. Those who came from aristocratic families were the same, but as vested interests, they generally would not think of challenging the order.

But the same may not be true for those who are born into common families. Many aristocratic families adhere to the principle of destroying what they cannot obtain. Geniuses who are born into common families and are unwilling to commit themselves to aristocratic families are extremely likely to be suppressed, and when they don't have the strength, they have no choice but to endure it.

However, most of the geniuses died in the process of being suppressed by the aristocratic families. The few who grew up were alone and weak, unable to pose much threat to the prosperous aristocratic families, and could only bury their hatred in their hearts.

Apart from the common people, do the children of aristocratic families have no objection to the current situation?

Zhan Kong, who was born in a top family, knew the twists and turns within the family very well. Although the children of the family looked glamorous on the surface, they also had to swallow the bitter fruits.

There are many members and factions within the family, and limited resources require brutal competition.

Those who have no aspirations can choose to give up. The family will provide you with good food and drink, like raising a pig, but you never know when the family will need you and drag you out to be sacrificed.

What if you need to obtain resources? Borrow them!

Who should I borrow from? Of course, my family. The bank is not so kind.

Many geniuses constantly use their fellow clansmen as stepping stones in exchange for the qualification to obtain loans from the family, and then use this loan to step on more brothers and sisters in exchange for more loans, and so on.

Until finally, the loan matures.

Every resource they demand from the family when they are growing up will be taken back double in the future. When their potential is exhausted and the value they create cannot meet the family's psychological expectations, those so-called blood relatives will pounce on you like jackals and devour every inch of your flesh and blood.

Of course, children of aristocratic families can also choose to leave the family and work on their own, but while identities can be severed, blood ties can never be abandoned.

On weekdays, the family may ignore you, but when you make a name for yourself and build up power in the outside world, so-called family members will find you, praise your achievements, publicize your merits, and then say "thank you for your contribution to the family" lightly, and all you have worked hard for will become the family's property.

They even say:
"Did the family ask for much?"

"You only lost your wealth, but your family gave you your life!"

By then, when you are not as strong as others, you can only watch everything happen helplessly.

However, if someone unites these geniuses who have deep resentment towards the aristocratic families, and if they convert their talents into strength, the world will tremble at this force.

“But there’s a problem with that.”

Zhan Kong frowned and said,
"If one day your identity as a victim is exposed, how can you ensure that your Hunters will stand by you and fight against the Holy City, the largest and most terrifying force in the world, instead of stabbing you in the back?"

"Besides, even if they are willing to help you, they will also expose your weaknesses to the Holy City and those people with ulterior motives. Then you will have no way out!"

"Or are you sure you can be so cruel as to abandon the forces you have worked so hard to build and the teammates who are willing to fight alongside you?"

Zhan Kong's series of questions hit Li Yu's heart like a string of arrows, and the latter was suddenly speechless.

(End of this chapter)