"Chief Ariel, you can't help it now. If you really lose your life at the hands of these drow, what do you think the future of your tribe will be like?"
"Can you bear to let the thousands of years of inheritance of the Snowmi family be finally ruined in your hands??"
"Hmph!! You are just being alarmist. The rules and regulations of the Mansha Alliance are there. Let's see who dares to touch my Snowmi clan!!"
"Scaremongering?? You and I both know very well the ambitions and methods of Allen, the green-skin leader next door to you. Without you in charge of the tribe, how could that guy from your tribe, who has just been promoted, become Allen?" opponent??"
"In other words, in fact, you have been plotted by him now. Aren't the hearts of most of the trolls at the bottom of the Snowmi tribe already leaning towards the greenskins?"
After all, Philemon is the host of the Natural Church in the north. The church's intelligence channels are stronger than those of ordinary tribes, and the talents in the church are much better than those of ordinary tribes. As long as you study and pay attention carefully, Philemon can clearly see many things hidden under the surface.
"..."
Ariel had a cold face and tilted his head to one side.
"Come back and rejoin my camp of the Church of Nature. I can't guarantee anything else, but at least I can guarantee the stability of your Snowmi clan for hundreds of years to come. I will never let Alan, a bugbear, annex any trace of your clan. Benefit."
"As long as I am still sitting in the position of the Northern Priest, my promise will always be valid."
In order to make up for his mistakes in previous years and regain his position, Philemon also became ruthless.
"At the same time, I advise you to put down your hostility towards the drow, for the sake of your tribe. Obviously, it is impossible for the drow to give up the territory of Bonn City and return it to you, and you yourself do not have the strength to counterattack and take it back. .”
"Now that you have occupied the Nasir Fortress and controlled the choke point of the Mansha Trade Road, your income and life are actually better than when you were in Bonn City, aren't you? Why bother coming back to suffer!!"
"As long as you have a good relationship with the drow and have them supporting you, your tribe will be more secure in Nasir Fortress."
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Lillian and the other drow matrons knew that Ariel was disgusted with them, so they left after showing his face. The half-elf Philemon, who was left alone, moved a chair and sat next to Ariel, speaking sincerely. The ground persuaded the troll.
"Haha, what kind of nature are the drows? You actually let me trust them and cooperate with them??"
Ariel lowered the corners of his mouth and looked at the half-elf with sarcasm in his eyes.
Many tribes in the wilderness are aware of the Church of Nature's intention to win over the drow and the deity Spider Queen behind them. Over the years, the Church of Nature has been pushing for drow to join the Mansha Alliance, but it has been opposed by some tribes in the wilderness and secretly resisted by churches from other camps. In the end, it failed.
Especially among the major tribes in the north, except for Allen, who wanted to gain recognition from the Natural Church for his original annexation of the Ajinaga tribe, and after the two sides exchanged conditions, no other tribes persisted in expressing their resistance. Don't look hostile at these intruders.
Everyone is smart. The drow of the Hosea Federation are powerful and are a serious threat to the major tribes in the north. If one day they suddenly send troops to attack their own tribe, no one can guarantee that they will be able to defend it. own territory.
Compared to the well-informed wilderness tribes, the legend of drow being insidious, vicious, and greedy has always been circulated in children's legends. Although it may not be their true character, the other party invaded the wilderness and annexed the Snowmi and Crow Claw tribes. The fact of the territory is a very real reality.
"My friend, the drow are actually not as bad as you think!!"
Philemon smiled bitterly and continued to try to persuade.
"Those legends and stories were originally about the elves who banished the drow, and deliberately vilified the image of the drow. Otherwise, Rose, the spider queen, the ancestor of the drow clan, would not have become the queen of the elves!!"
"In any case, the drow are also a branch of the elves. If they are so ignorant,
If so, how good can the elves of the same line be? ? "
"Let's be more clear. The current situation of the Hosea Federation drow is not as strong as it seems on the surface. After migrating from the underground, they have certainly escaped the cruel battles in the underground world, but Correspondingly, they also lost more room for maneuver."
"In the underground world, even if the city-state is destroyed, the worst they can do is move to a remote and evil underground. Although there are fewer resources and greater risks, they will have a chance to breathe. But in our Feynman world, they are in the northwest. The dwarf kingdom in the northeast wants to wipe out all the drow who have stained the elves' bloodline and wipe them out from this world; although the dwarf kingdom in the northeast does not have much malicious intent, after being attacked by the elven kingdom and losing a large territory, it also started to attack the drow. It is impossible for a race with similar appearance but darker skin to be recognized by the stubborn dwarves."
"Now the passage back to the underground world is heavily guarded by the dwarf kingdom. The underground foundation was occupied by other city-states soon after they gave up. This makes Lillian and the others no longer able to retreat."
"The strength of the drow tribes migrating to the wilderness is more than enough to defend itself and not enough to be aggressive. If the alliance really feels threatened, it only takes one or two churches to take the lead and mobilize the power of more than a dozen tribes in the north to annihilate this tribe. Drow without support."
"It's not that we don't want to regain territory for your tribe, but you also have to consider the safety of the entire wilderness!!"
"The Father of Oak is the most powerful support for our natural gods to fight against the four major civilizations. Now that he has fallen, the strength of our natural gods has been weakened by half. The confrontation between the gods is not just about the gods. No matter how certain it is, the strength and influence of the core gods play an extremely important role."
"Although our Lord, the God of Nature, has inherited most of the authority and power of the Father of Oak, he will definitely be at a disadvantage for a long time if he really wants to lead the God of Nature to compete with the other four major gods. Unless our Lord completely controls the Father of Oak. The authority must establish a foothold in the position of a powerful god, otherwise it will be really difficult to compete with other pantheons.”
"The gods are eternal and eternal. Time is meaningless to them, but it is of great significance to us civilizations and forces that are dependent on the gods. In these long years, the development of human civilization and elf civilization has It is impossible for the kingdom to miss this great opportunity, they must be planning to invade the wilderness."
"So, we need to form an alliance with other powerful gods during this period of weakening of the natural gods to overcome the current difficulties together. Rose, the Spider Queen behind the drow, is a powerful god who can stand alone against the King of Elves for countless years. , it’s just a suitable choice.”
"…………"
During the difficult and long negotiation, time passed little by little, and Ariel's eyes gradually softened. But if you want to truly convince him, it will take more than just these indifferent reasons. Philemon also needs to More time and benefits to open the heart of Ariel, the troll.
Allen stayed calmly in the Nasir Fortress, but he did not stay in Maggot Eye's castle. During the day, he would always put on a hooded cloak, disguise himself and wander around the city, observing the movements of the troll territory to the east.
Although Allen noticed the few little tails following behind him, he didn't pay attention to them. It must have been arranged by Bobby to monitor Allen before leaving. Anyway, the spies of the Green Field Tribe in the city have long been in contact with him, and through unnoticed channels, they have continuously sent information about major and minor events in the city to Allen. The few little jackals behind him have not noticed at all.
Snowmi's trolls seemed unaware of the news that their tribe's chief was imprisoned. So far, the life of the trolls in the DC area has been peaceful and peaceful, with no military mobilization or alert at all.
The constant stream of intelligence confirmed Allen's guess. Tim, the temporary leader of the Snowmi clan, was still in the mood to go to the entertainment area of Namur Fortress to have fun, and did not return to his castle to rest until the dead of night.
On the contrary, it was the high-ranking priest Ewinnie, the person in charge of the Oak Church in the Nasir Fortress, who seemed to have received the information and quietly went south in person to find the northern priest to report the situation and discuss the next response.
Wandering around without realizing it
, Allen came to the most remote corner of Area C, the northwest corner area blocked by towering canyon cliffs and high city defense walls. Because this area is close to a cliff and does not see sunlight all year round, basically only the old, weak, sick and disabled who have been exiled, or thieves and robbers who are accustomed to begging for food in the dark, live here.
Of course, in addition to this, there is also a church that is very important to the jackals, standing here.
The lord of the 422nd floor of the Endless Abyss, the only being in the Gnoll clan who is comparable to a god - the Gnoll King Yeenoghu's temple is located in this place where corruption thrives and the sun never shines. Yeenoghu's most loyal believer, Crow's Claw is second only to Maggot Eyes, the legendary priest Cole has also been sitting in this temple for a long time, with the reputation of offering Yeenoghu's divine light and listening to the tribe. The suffering is actually confined to this place with little future by maggot eyes.
Maggot Eyes, the leader of the gnolls, does not have a very bright mind, but there is at least one thing that his tribe deserves to be grateful for, and that is the suppression of the faith of the gnoll king.
Although the King of Gnolls has always dreamed of the prosperity of the Gnoll clan, his countless conspiracies in the abyss are also to achieve this goal, so that he has the supreme status in the minds of many Gnolls. But precisely because of the failure of his countless plots, he understood that it was almost impossible to occupy a piece of land in Feynman's world and let the jackals thrive.
Therefore, many years ago, Yeenoghu shifted the focus of his business back to the 422nd level of the Endless Abyss. Although he is a loyal believer and follower of the jackal clan in Feynman's world, he has always engaged in various conspiracies under his guidance. Activities, wreaking havoc on the stability of several major civilized worlds and wilderness, but these are just pawns that Yeenoghu wants to confuse the attention of outsiders.
It is precisely because he regards the jackals in Feynman's world as expendable pawns that Yeenoghu often does not care about the losses and costs of his followers when formulating conspiracy plans, and even treats his own people with more cruel and tyrannical methods.
When Maggot Eyes was young, he had personally experienced all kinds of unethical and disrespectful behaviors committed by the followers of the King of Gnolls under the leadership of Yeenoghu Priest. Therefore, he was promoted to legend and became the leader of the Crow Claw clan. , he continued to suppress the living space of Yenogu believers, and restricted the power of Cole, the evangelist on the land of Yenogu, in the clan.
Even when the tribe was expelled from Cold Wind Ridge by the drow, and even though it suffered from the strong oppression of the Green Field clan, Maggot Eyes never thought of using Yeenoghu's power to compete with the drow and Allen.
Cole's life was miserable. As a loyal believer of Yeenoghu, if he wanted to please Yeenoghu in exchange for more powerful magical gifts, he needed to develop enough believers for Yeenoghu, or complete the task of Yeenoghu. A series of oracles issued by Nogu.
However, under the supervision and suppression of Maggot Eyes, Cole tried his best and was still unable to develop many followers among the Crow Claws. As for Yeenoghu's many divine metaphors, Cole did not have the chance to complete them. Maggot Eyes led the elites of the clan to slaughter all the believers who followed Cole.
It's not like Cole never thought about taking the followers he developed out and establishing a business by himself. With his legendary strength and his group of not-so-stupid guys, at least he has a better future than being stared at by maggots in the Crow Claw tribe.
However, a divine thought from Yeenoghu, the King of Jackals, completely dispelled Cole's thoughts. I don't know why Yeenoghu didn't allow Cole to leave the Crow's Claw, but let him face the difficulty and continue. Stick it out in the tribe.
Faced with the requirement to believe in gods, Cole finally had no choice but to compromise and struggled to develop preaching among the Crow's Claw tribe. t.
"The power of our Lord bless you, my child."
The gray-white light in his hand flashed, and Cole used magic to draw out a dark energy from the body of a sick jackal who was praying devoutly. Then the magical power of the healing magic began to work in the body of the jackal, and the pain in the jackal's eyes eased. Slowly disappearing, the ferocious face gradually regained its composure.
Who would have thought that the Yenogu believers, who were known for their brutality and terror, would actually act like the priests at the Natural Temple, pretending to be treating illnesses and saving lives.
"Glory to the Gnoll King!!"
The old gnoll, whose physical pain had subsided, slowly climbed up from the damp stone slabs in front of the temple and bowed gratefully to Cole.
When the figure of the old jackal disappeared, the expression of the originally kind-faced jackal priest changed. Under the flames of the surrounding brazier, his red reflective pupils were directed towards the unknown visitor who was gradually moving from light to darkness.
