After the Wilderness Alliance won a great victory after the first confrontation, the next actions of the Wilderness Alliance predictably fell into a protracted confrontation.
In addition to the Crow Claw gnolls who have lost their homeland, Snowmi's trolls, and the kobolds of the Thunder tribe who have migrated tens of thousands of people across the Tagan Desert, the other members of the Ring of Thorns team are There is no more motivation to fight anymore.
The Thunder Tribe's mission to monitor the movements of the elves on the edge of the northwest Tagan Desert has now failed. The large kobold tribe, which has no reinforcements behind it and is stationed in isolation, has abandoned its original territory and moved south for the sake of the interests of its people and high-level rulers. Although many tribesmen protested, , criticism, but with the unified attitude of the powerful leader Tim the Roaring Fang and the high priest Chaos Claw, they failed to make any waves. During the days when Allen and the others were confronting the drow in the fortress, Shanshan came slowly .
With the addition of this new force, the strength of the Wilderness Alliance has naturally increased significantly. However, for the entire battle situation, the actual impact that the Thunder Tribe can have with a team of less than 10,000 people is not too great. Big, but the two legendary senior executives joined the small group of the Ring of Thorns, which made the situation inside the Ring of Thorns become turbulent again.
Allen actually knew very well that if the drow hundreds of miles away in the north were allowed to settle down, sooner or later they would become a thorn in the side of the wild north. In fact, all the tribal leaders and commanders present were very aware of this truth. However, after a great battle, everyone achieved good results, but they also lost a lot of manpower and strength.
The members of the small and medium-sized tribes in the wilderness who were cannon fodder suffered the most in this war. Almost all the adult warriors of many small and medium-sized tribes were killed in the battles. The remaining members of their tribes were killed by other small and medium-sized tribes after the war. Tribes, even big tribes like Snowmi were annexed and absorbed.
Seeing what happened to other tribes happening in front of them, although everyone has long been accustomed to the cruel survival laws of the wilderness, when things really happen to their own tribe, everyone will reject it from the bottom of their hearts and try their best to escape from this. A tragedy.
Therefore, the leaders and senior officials of these small and medium-sized tribes are the most war-weary. It is only because most of the tribes are sealed in the depths of the narrow canyon with nowhere to escape, that they have to obey the orders of these large tribes.
"...Clan Bilaire, as long as you are willing to leave the Oak Church and join our Natural Church, you don't have to worry about the old guys from the Oak Church causing trouble for your tribe. Our Natural Church will naturally support you in all problems."
In the huge castle where the patriarch of Namur Fortress was located, because the frontline fighting had temporarily come to an end, Bilaire returned to his magnificent castle to deal with the various backlogged tribal matters.
At this time, the person who met him secretly in the study was Philemon, the northern priest of the Church of Nature. His eyes looked quite sincere and earnest, but under his seductive tone, he was trying to dig into the Natural Gods Alliance.
"Priest Philemon, I'm afraid you have forgotten the conflict between my tribe and the Snowmi tribe. If I also join the church camp, how do you want that old guy Ariel to deal with the relationship between us?"
Bilaire smiled lightly, lowered his head to examine a piece of parchment carefully, and raised his head from time to time to make eye contact with the other party.
"In this regard, Patriarch Bilaire can rest assured that our church already has a way to stabilize Patriarch Ariel."
Philemon's eyes were scorching, and his eyes revealed a strong sense of confidence.
"I heard that several major tribes here in the north have jointly established the Ring of Thorns group. If, Chief Bilaire, you join our church and advance and retreat together with my church. Then in the future, the group organized in the Ring of Thorns group will For various activities, we can also make Patriarch Yarel and Maggot Eyes available to you."
"At that time, in this Ring of Thorns team, no one can shake your prestige, Chief Bilaire!"
The quill pen in Bilaire's hand stagnated for a moment, and the signature that he originally signed in one stroke also paused a little, seeming to be moved.
"Master Priest, you also know that the relationship between our tribe and the Oak Holy See is very close. There are also many new figures in the tribe who believe in the Oak Father. It is not easy to break away from the Oak Holy See!!"
Finally, Bilaire stopped reviewing the documents, raised his head and faced Philemon seriously, his eyes gradually becoming sharper.
"Furthermore, just by saying that you, the officiant, can help me properly handle the relationship with the Oak Holy See, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart."
"I, a member of the Ajinaga tribe, have believed in the Oak Father for hundreds of years. I have never thought about changing my beliefs. Not to mention the huge number of believers in the tribe, I just thought of leaving the Oak Church. I feel the humiliation of betraying the friendship between the Oak Holy See and hundreds of my people. Sir, you should understand, right?"
"..."
Philemon's eyes were calm and showed no emotion. Even though the question asked by the other party was a bit embarrassing, he didn't care at all.
“There’s actually no problem with this!!”
"My Natural Church and the Oak Holy See both belong to the Natural Gods. The believers of the Ajinaga tribe voluntarily changed their beliefs. I don't think my colleagues in the Oak Holy See would be dissatisfied."
"Even if your tribe as a whole changes its faith, those loyal believers who are still willing to believe in the Crown of Silvanus can freely and openly spread the teachings of the Oak Father in your tribe, right?"
"However, if Patriarch Bilaire is willing to support my Church of Nature to be established in your clan, then our Church is also willing to share with you and your clan members the various useful knowledge and inheritance that my Church has accumulated over the years."
"There are also various precious magic potion formulas..."
In fact, Philemon didn't know that Bilaire was just raising the price, and the other party should also know very well that it was more practical and more practical to rely on the gradually strengthening Natural Church at this time than to rely on the gradually declining Oak Church. Useful future.
Over the past few days, Bilaire has been constantly dividing his relationship and interests with the Oak Holy See, which shows that the other party already has second thoughts. This is also the premise for Philemon to come to win over the other party this time.
It’s a pity that when the Nature Church was first setting up its layout in the north, the Nature Church valued the Snowmi tribe’s stronger group and tribal strength. In addition, Ajinaga had been close to the Oak Church for hundreds of years, so at first The Church of Nature has never thought of winning over the goblins of Ajinaga.
But who would have thought that in just a few years, the Snowmi troll, which originally seemed powerful and could overpower the goblins, would decline like this. This can be said to be a complete failure for the layout of the Church of Nature. .
From the strategic perspective of the temple, it is necessary to introduce more powerful forces to the north, or to increase support for the chess piece of Snowmi. Measures to make up for the failure of the early layout have been completed, and thus there is today’s northern chief priest of the church and the comparison. Lyle's secret meeting.
"...Actually, the Oak Holy See also takes a lot of care of our tribe. With support like yours, Lord Philemon, we can get similar support from the Oak Holy See, or even better."
Bilaire looked embarrassed and looked over with tangled eyes.
This damn filthy devil is so greedy! ! !
Philemon was resentful in his heart, but his face did not change at all. He still looked back at the green-skinned Bilaire with a faint and warm smile, and continued to add weights to his own scale.
"...The support we give is different from the Oak Holy See..."
With the establishment of the Ring of Thorns, a northern group, the Ajinaga tribe's weight in it has steadily increased. Especially with the sudden invasion of the wilderness by the drow, Ajinaga's biggest rivals, Snowmi and The Crow's Claw and other tribes were severely damaged, which gave the Ajinaga tribe a great opportunity to take advantage of the situation and rise.
In view of this, the Natural Church cannot miss this powerful assistant. If it can win over the greenskins of Ajnaga to join, the Church will be able to carry out better evangelism in the wilderness of the north, and at the same time, it can continue to influence the north. environment actions.
The Church of Nature has a deeper arrangement that cannot be brought to the surface, that is, they have actually begun to contact the drow who occupy Hanfeng Post in private, and are quietly testing the attitude of the other party's senior officials.
The war between the southern human kingdom and the Orc Empire came to an end temporarily with their annexation of 13 territories of the Orc Empire. This was thanks to the reinforcements from the Wilderness Alliance that continued to put pressure on the human coalition homeland. Among them was the Church of Nature in the alliance. Strongly advocate sending troops to support.
The tribes in the wilderness are too loose. If you want them to unite and maintain a standing army for military operations for decades, it will never happen without the support of the temples of the natural pantheon.
However, the operations in the south invested too much energy and resources from the Natural Gods, so they had to give up strategically in the north. The only thing they could do was to support the Snomi tribe in forming a regular army like the Natural Church, but Not dragging them into Na Nang would be considered a huge support to the North.
Now that the drow have entered the northern border, if nothing unexpected happens, the wilderness will have no chance to counterattack. After all, the members of the alliance have sacrificed too much in the decades of war. With their selfish characters and short-sightedness, It is basically impossible for them to give too much help to the members in the north.
Under such circumstances, the higher-ups of the Nature Church could only make compromises and make preparations in advance to see if they could pull the drow and the Spider Queen Rose and other dark elf gods behind them to join the Nature God. On the chariot of the system, to cope with the pressure of the powerful civilizations of the two continents.
If we can win over the goblin leader Bilaire and use their tribal strength to understand the situation in the north, and even use this to exert influence and increase the bargaining chip for negotiation and reconciliation with the drow, the chances may be much greater.
If the Spider Queen series of gods behind the drow can really be accepted by the gods of the natural god series, then the Church of Nature can also achieve the goal of defeating Snowmi and Crow through the Ring of Thorns team under the influence of Ajnaga. Suffering from the repressive power of these few tribes that have lost their continued territory, they can complete the acquisition and settlement of the drow.
Such various considerations and layouts cannot be known to outsiders, and after the Snowmi tribe loses power, the Church of Nature will inevitably be unable to bypass the goblin tribe of Ajinaga if it wants to complete its layout of the northern territory.
On the surface, an intriguing meeting was dull, but in fact, in the study room of the magnificent Don Juan Castle in Namur Fortress, the conversation between a goblin and a half-troll with dwarf blood was full of all kinds of things. Calculation.
And just in the far north, in the wilderness more than a hundred miles away from Bonn, the former main city of the Snowmi tribe, there is a stretch of felt tents with fluttering flags. The troll chief Ariel and the jackal leader have maggot eyes on their faces. With sad faces, they feasted on all kinds of food in the felt tent without any image, as if the food in front of them was their enemy.
Seeing the once prosperous and familiar city and land just ahead, but unable to take an inch further, Ariel felt even more frustrated and depressed than the Jackal Maggot Eyes.
It has been several months since the allies of the Ring of Thorns counterattacked from the Nasir Fortress. When their mixed team of various ethnic groups advanced to the broad and solid city of Bonn, more than a dozen tentative attacks ended with It ended in failure, and the large-scale siege operation was not stopped until the other wilderness natives could no longer defend their tribesmen.
"...This bastard from the Church of Nature actually came to me and told me that I, the Snowmi clan, should abandon the city of Bonn and go south to settle on the Golmud Plateau!!!"
Ariel was holding back a burst of anger that was burning in his heart. On the one hand, it was due to the stagnant situation in the war, and on the other hand, it was the envoy from the Church of Nature who visited him a few days ago and made him an unacceptable suggestion.
"The Golmud Plateau is a place where birds don't poop. It is remote and has few resources. It is not easy to feed my tribe with so many mouths! It's a shame they dare to open this mouth!!!"
"snort!!"
Maggot's eyes were obviously aroused by Ariel. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, murderous intent leaked out, causing the temperature in the spacious felt tent to suddenly drop a few points, making people shudder.
"It really pisses me off. I'll just let those gangsters from my clan seize the Namur Fortress!! By then our two clans will jointly manage this fortress, plus the territory we have taken back now , should be able to feed the hungry ghosts down there!!"
"Those who can't give birth to children actually asked my family to go with you to a place that is even more barren than the Tagan Desert. Shall we go there to drink in the wind?"
"…………"
After all, the two legendary leaders knew very well that this was just a delusion. Even if they were lucky enough to succeed and seize the fortress of Namur from the Green Goblin, they would not be able to capture it. Apart from anything else, after occupying the Namur Fortress, the two of them, who seem to be very compatible allies now, will definitely fall out and draw swords against each other before long.
"...This Church of Nature is really not a good thing. When they first attracted us, they promised us good conditions. Now that we have lost power, we have found excuses to delay the weapons and supplies we promised before. Now we have made such a request. I I really don’t want to deal with them anymore.”
After a moment of silence, Ariel broke the deadlock between them again.
"What, do you have other ideas?"
Maggot's fist-sized pupils stood up, and he suddenly became interested.
"Don't pretend to be like me. Since the Church of Rangers has contacted us, it's natural that they will come to you, right?"
Ariel glanced meaningfully at Maggot Eyes, the seemingly ferocious guy, and directly pointed out the person he was talking about.
"...Hi, you're talking about Sir Kirill. He did mention it to me, but I didn't take it seriously. Most of the forces close to their Ranger Church are in the south near Mansha City. They are basically in this remote place like ours. I rarely get involved."
"...Don't forget that the Ranger Goddess is the daughter of His Majesty Silvanus. Now that His Majesty Silvanus has fallen asleep, the Ranger Goddess will naturally support the Oak Church..."
"..."
It is not just the Church of Nature and his allies who are poaching the Oak Church. In fact, while the Oak Church and close forces are working hard to maintain their inherent power, they are also looking for ways to strengthen themselves so that they can help the Oak Father emerge from his slumber as soon as possible. Wake up.
