Liu Bei and Cao Cao (4)

The age-old cliché in which races that were once at odds temporarily unite to subjugate the Demon King.

Usually, when people call something cliché, they mean it's a flavor they've had so many times it feels commonplace.

In other words.

Because it's such a widely known setup, it may not be gourmet, but it's like a seasoning that can still draw out a wonderfully stable flavor.

But simply imitating clichés isn't enough to succeed.

Faced with such a crisis.

Author Ulysses made a tremendously bold choice.

Normally, in a situation like this, the standard move would be to have the protagonist dramatically resolve the crisis with his own exploits.

- Boncho, don't be so angry. The traitors probably don't even know that Lord Guan is a mounted archer. So why not at least give him a chance?

And, while subtly boosting the neighboring spin-off protagonist's judgment of character...