The central bonfire blazed intensely, sending strands of blue smoke and sparks swirling upward.

The orange-yellow glow of the fire and its warm heat cast light on Kane's face.

Upon hearing Kane's words, the attention of the guild members was immediately drawn in.

The previously noisy environment instantly fell silent, leaving only the crackling sound of burning wood from the fire.

"Everyone, what are your thoughts on the refugees?"

Kane asked.

Upon hearing Kane's question, everyone seemed a bit puzzled, except for Raphael, who nodded in sudden realization.

When he heard Kane's question, he immediately thought of what Kane might be planning to do.

Finaris said, "Whether it's the refugees from this city or elsewhere, they probably won't survive this winter."

As a former Saintess of a certain world, who had participated in battles against demons, she instinctively realized what the higher-ups of these forces might be planning to do, given the similarity between the demon invasion back then and the current undead invasion.

The woman beside her, Xi, turned her head in surprise and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Rui looked at her with eyes that seemed to label her as clueless.

Funa patiently explained, "These forces can hardly take care of themselves; didn't you see the residents in the city? Their faces are also constantly hungry."

"They can't even feed their own people, let alone these refugees."

Funa's voice was not deliberately lowered, allowing all the guild members around to hear clearly.

Some of those inexperienced or single-minded explorers focused on dungeon exploration showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.

Once they figured it out, their faces showed expressions of empathy.

You have to understand, they've heard that the number of refugees might be in the hundreds of thousands or more, without a concrete figure.

After all, none of the members Kane recruited are inherently evil.

Faced with so many people on the brink of losing their lives, they naturally felt saddened.

But they opened their mouths and couldn't bring themselves to say they wanted to save these refugees.

Because there are simply too many of them.

"So, Kane, are you going to save them?"

Finaris asked curiously.

Of all the guild members present, aside from Kane's teammates, probably Finaris understood Kane best.

She could be considered the person who had interacted with Kane and his group the longest among these people.

She naturally knew.

Kane is not a saint, nor is he someone whose compassion overflows so easily.

The current situation requires a vast expenditure of time and resources, no matter the method, to save these refugees.

Upon hearing Finaris' words, Kane nodded.

"Yes, I want to rescue all these refugees."

Upon hearing Kane's words, everyone started discussing the matter.

"But there are hundreds of thousands of them, maybe even more? There are just too many."

"The president probably wants to transport them to the Lantern Territory; after all, that area is vast but severely lacking in population."

"The question is how to transport so many people since the ports there were still under repair and reconstruction when we left, with no shipyards built."

Everyone was abuzz with conversation, immediately recognizing the benefits in Kane's plan and the challenges it entailed.

Raphael, who had been deeply thinking, suddenly spoke, "Unless the president's Origin Skills can quickly create enough real ships."

In Raphael's contemplation, solving this issue meant other problems became minor.

At this time, this was the only solution he could think of.

Upon hearing Raphael's words, Kane smiled and said, "Clever, exactly."

Then Kane addressed everyone, "I have a skill that allows me to ignore all Magic Power consumption for 10 seconds."

"It was originally meant for dealing with the undead, but who knew it would be used so soon."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Raphael immediately understood and nodded, glancing at Miralina listening not far away to their conversation.

He roughly understood Kane's idea, acknowledging its feasibility.

"The lives of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people are now in our hands. Once we transport them all into the territory and let them survive,"

"The contributions of these hundreds of thousands, combined with those we make from eliminating the undead afterwards,"

Here, Kane paused, staring at the people in front of him.

"Are enough to raise everyone present to gold."

After listening to Kane, everyone furrowed their brows and began to think.

Based on their previous experience of eradicating the Cannibal Ghosts and saving tens of thousands of lives, and the contributions that brought them,

Compared to this time.

No matter how they considered the situation, it indeed seemed like Kane said, capable of elevating them to gold.

The reason Kane dared to make such a guarantee.

Was because when this idea sprouted in his mind, he had Lilu probe around for feedback.

If it can really be accomplished.

No problem at all.

While everyone was pondering, Kane approached Miralina on his own.

"It seems Lord Kane needs my help,"

Miralina said with a smile as she saw Kane approaching.

Kane nodded: "Yes, Lord Miralina, I am formally proposing a cooperation agreement between our Lantern Territory and you."

"I hope that during the transportation of these refugees, you can provide a safe sea route and ensure their safety."

After hearing Kane's words, Miralina thought for a moment and then said, "Of course, the Bihai Empire can do that, but the question is, what can you offer us?"

At this moment, Kreya stepped out from behind Kane.

If anyone among them knew the most about Miralina's race and the possible needs of the Bihai Empire, it would be Kreya.

Kreya had thoroughly read through the history of all half-blood races during her growth period.

Although she didn't know what the Bihai Empire lacked, Kreya could at least find some possible things based on the history of her kind.

"You might have just heard Kane's words; saving these innocent lives will allow the Mist to grant you rewards."

"Rewards, meaning these rewards are not just available to you Explorers, but even we, the natives still within the World Ring, can obtain them?"

Hearing Kreya's words, Miralina asked.

Kreya nodded and then said, "Just this intelligence alone shows our sincerity."

"This information is something we have personally verified, and even within the Mist World, it's considered very covert, completely unknown to those in the World Ring."

The people in the World Ring may consider this situation as destiny.

A certain hero saves people, slays a beast threatening the surrounding environment.

Then suddenly gains strength.

They who don't understand the Mist simply think it's a reward for heroic actions from the Mist.

They don't usually associate this reward with saving ordinary lives. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Alright, even if this is true, what specific rewards can we receive?"

"Rules."

"Rules?!"

Miralina said in surprise.

This startled her too much because, without the help of the Mist, it normally takes a long time for a person to comprehend a rule.

It even requires a certain amount of luck or environmental factors to achieve it.

"Yes, the Mist is very fair and generous.

If you facilitate this cooperation and indeed save those lives, you will surely receive a reward of rules."

"Not just you, anyone participating in this action will receive rewards, those not yet at the gold level will see their strength improved."

Miralina, after frowning and thinking for a while, said, "Aren't you afraid I'll go back on the deal and not cooperate with you after telling me this directly?"

"After all, as you just said, whether it's saving these refugees or dealing with those undead, we can still achieve those without cooperation."

With the strength of the Bihai Empire, saving these hundreds of thousands of humans is certainly not a problem.

There are so many small islands in the ocean, directly transporting these people in batches using Sea Beasts to various places, letting them live self-sufficient lives, should also count as salvation.

And those undead are not invincible with the Empire's power.

Then Kane said: "So this is just our way of showing sincerity, without actual interest exchange, isn't it?"

"It only represents that if the Bihai Empire cooperates with us, indeed, benefits can be obtained."

Then magic power gathered in Kane's hand, and a light blue metal block appeared in his hand.

"This is our first item for cooperation."

"I hope this time we can enter into a long-term cooperation directly with the Bihai Empire, not just this time."

He said, directly handing the metal in his hand over.

Miralina looked at the metal in her hand and asked: "What is this?"

"This is a metal that can resist corrosion by seawater, and it can be mass-produced, and we can provide it to you in large quantities."

This was what Kreya just told Kane.

In history, the biggest problem that has always plagued these ocean-dwelling races is metal that can resist seawater corrosion.

After all, they are intelligent races that need metal products.

But it's very hard to obtain metals that can be used in the ocean without being corroded, while also ensuring sufficient quantity.

That is to say, they need a metal that is affordable and can be produced in large quantities.

This problem had always troubled the intelligent races of the ocean.

Most ocean races in every world have this trouble unless they are extremely lucky.

Hearing Kane's words, a water sphere instantly appeared in Miralina's hand, wrapping the metal inside.

Then the water sphere began rotating and swirling.

The metal block inside merely swirled along with it, showing no changes.

Miralina's expression visibly turned excited.

This status maintained for about ten minutes.

Miralina clutched the metal block tightly in her hand and said to Kane: "Alright, as long as you can provide this metal in large quantities at the right price, we can freely discuss further cooperation."