Green Monster Epic

Chapter 1036

The celebration proceeded smoothly, with a continuous stream of envoys arriving, making Green Lake City resemble the heart of the Northern Lands.

This wasn't an exaggeration but a factual existence. The decennial Cooking Competition was growing grander with each passing event. The Green Field Tribe was generous with its rewards to the victors, attracting countless aspirants of the Magic Chef path to come and learn and pay homage.

Even in years without the competition, many still traveled from afar in search of delicacies or business opportunities.

The constant flow of merchants and guests transformed the once remote Green Field Plains into a bustling hub. The changing climate further invigorated the wasteland, adding vibrant colors and endless possibilities.

With business opportunities and unique characteristics, a large number of industries and job opportunities were naturally driven, creating a self-sustaining economic system. With a mature economic system, the operational rules built up during its operation could attract the participation of countless surrounding tribes and individuals, even without excessive intervention.

Want to purchase large quantities of steel resources?

Sorry, these are controlled goods and cannot be circulated in large quantities. However, if you go to the Green Lake City Commercial Guild and purchase them in small batches multiple times, you will eventually be able to gather the quantity you want if you spend some time.

Want precious materials to forge legendary equipment?

Having money doesn't necessarily mean you can buy it, but if you have other precious materials to exchange, then you might be able to visit the Green Lake City Commercial Guild. You might encounter many people who want to acquire high-level ingredients to cook dishes.

In short, things that can't be settled in other tribal territories can always find a solution in the Green Field Tribe's territory. Things that can't be bought in other tribes can be resolved in the Green Field Tribe's territory.

As a result, Green Lake City and Namur Fortress naturally became the most convenient places in the Northern Lands. If any other tribe couldn't buy something or solve a problem, they could always find a way to help you here.

"Teacher!"

Cole, unusually dressed with a hint of feminine charm, walked, somewhat bashfully, to the only castle gate on the mountaintop square, accompanied by her partner, Tristan, to report to Alan, the great leader of the Green Field Tribe.

"Today, you are the protagonists. Do your best and show the attitude of our Green Field Tribe to those foreign guests!"

Alan nodded with a smile. Two other protagonists had been waiting in front of him for a long time. Now that the most important protagonist had arrived, the three goblins stood in front of Alan, one in front and two behind, and were then dismissed by Alan with a single sentence.

"Understood."

"The rest is up to you."

After saying these two sentences, Alan left the castle and the mountaintop square to Cole, Albad, and others, letting them handle the envoys from all sides.

With such rich experience in hosting large-scale events, it was no longer necessary for a Saint-level figure like Alan to oversee things. High-level figures like the city lord of Green Lake City could handle the corresponding trivial arrangements properly.

And since the experience of the first Cooking Competition, the high-level figures of the Snowmite, Raven's Claw, and even Kolyma tribes have gradually become accustomed to actively participating in major events in the Green Field as part of the hosts. Although, on the surface, such behavior and mentality only reflect the unity and closeness between their alliances, a deeper analysis reveals that the slow integration process between these tribes and the Green Field Tribe is very stable.

If it weren't for the natural barrier of reproductive isolation between the goblin race and other races, preventing deeper bonds through intermarriage, their integration might be much faster.

But even so, as the education system established by the Green Field Tribe improves and penetrates into the grassroots level, except for the dark elf lineage whose education is already relatively complete, the young descendants of the other three tribes rarely show large-scale hostile behavior due to the differences in their races. Although there is competition on weekdays, it can be considered benign. When the three tribes' descendants go out to adventure, they are naturally close, and working together has become a tacit understanding.

As for Alan himself, although he didn't go so far as to actively meet with the envoys of the Elf Kingdom, it was still perfectly fine to have people bring them to him for a personal meeting.

Moreover, these things were all done openly, without concealing them from the prying eyes of others, letting them guess wildly.

The identity of the envoy sent by the Elf Kingdom this time could also be considered grand, directly dispatching their Kingdom's Minister of Foreign Affairs, which shows how much importance they attach to this neighbor to the south. How could they not attach importance to it? The Green Field Tribe had expressed goodwill to the Kingdom twice in a row for no reason. Although they didn't know what their intention was behind it, the Kingdom would naturally be happy to see the wilderness internally divided and disintegrated.

Anyway, for the wealthy Elf Kingdom, if spending some resources and wealth could win over a Saint and the power behind him for the Kingdom's use, or even just maintain a neutral attitude, it would be worth it.

The Human Alliance was fighting on two fronts in the wilderness and the Orc Empire, and its results were not brilliant. This was great news for the Elf Kingdom, which had suffered heavy setbacks in the early stages. They still had a chance to surpass humans and seize the qualification to be the overlord of this Feynman world.

The meeting between the two sides was very high-profile. At least, after the Elf Kingdom had a secret meeting with Alan and talked in detail for more than three days, the joy on their faces overflowed when they left the manor where they met with Alan, and a relaxed and proud attitude naturally emanated from their gait.

At the celebration of the two master-level Magic Chefs of the Green Field Tribe and the demigod goblin powerhouse, the Elf Kingdom also sent a very generous gift, a quasi-demigod-level armor, and countless specialties from the Elf Kingdom, making the gifts sent by representatives of other parties pale in comparison, greatly embarrassing many people.

At that time, the envoy from the Dwarf Kingdom saw this scene, combined with the information of the Green Field Tribe's secret meeting with the Elf Kingdom, made this generous dwarf ambassador become a silent gourd for those few days. Not only was his expression very unhappy, but he also said many things he shouldn't have said after failing to meet Alan, which caused great dissatisfaction among the tribes of the Northern Lands.

The representatives of the various churches of the Temple also saw all of this. Even the places that many envoys couldn't see were also fully captured by them, such as the Thorns Coalition on the northern front retreating another hundred miles, completely withdrawing from the front line bordering the Elf Kingdom, letting the drow matriarchs independently support the newly built Cold Wind Ridge front line.

For example, the Elf Kingdom began to restart border trade, allowing the merchant groups of the Northern Lands Chamber of Commerce to enter and exit Thornburg. At the same time, they also sent merchant groups south to Nasir, Namur Fortress, and even the Green Lake City area, and no longer suffered harassment and pursuit from the natives of the Northern Lands.

These facts are enough to illustrate that the hostile relationship between the Northern Wilderness and the Elven Kingdom is slowly thawing, which is not good news for the Temple Church.

Now, the Greenwood Tribe keeps popping out 'surprises', constantly adding value to their tribe's bargaining chips. Not to mention the newly promoted demigod-level powerhouse, even the two grandmaster chefs are of great value in the eyes of the Temple Church.

The grandmaster-level dishes promised by Greenwood to the Temple Church were delivered in advance within these ten years. By providing these dishes to the church's seeds for consumption, coupled with the various secret manuals of the Temple Churches themselves, it actually resulted in 4 legendary seeds among the ten consumers. Moreover, the talents and potential of the remaining 6 consumers have been greatly improved, and they are already qualified to be included in the list of divine grace bestowal, hoping to use the power of the gods to elevate to legend after their independent promotion may be cut off.

The more valuable Greenwood is, the more complex and vigilant the mood of the Temple Church's high-level officials becomes. The potential that the other party has shown is enormous, and no one dares to guarantee what kind of behemoth will emerge if they are given time to continue developing like this. This is also an important reason why the Temple Church has not made a clear statement in the dozen years since Allen confronted the Temple.

However, it seems impossible to maintain a cold treatment state now. The patience of the goblin leader is gradually disappearing. From his beginning to cut off communication with the Temple Church's powerless envoys, and supporting several member tribes in the southern part of the Thorns Ring to extensively repair city defense projects, it can be seen that they are already preparing to turn against the Temple.

Although the high-level members of the Temple Church understand more clearly that Allen and the Northern Territory forces centered on him are more of a show of attitude, and not sincerely wanting to rely on the elves. But as Allen threatened, if the Temple cannot give Allen a reassurance for a long time, then he will naturally be likely to do those things in order to protect himself.

After the celebration ended, more than a dozen high-level church officials in Mansha City held another secret meeting, and the Greenwood Tribe matter, which had been discussed more than ten times, was discussed again.

"...It seems that the cold treatment method is no longer feasible. So many actions of the other party are just reminding us that he no longer has enough patience."

Archbishop Garfield, the Green-robed of the Church of Nature, continued to preside over the meeting, holding the latest intelligence documents about the Northern Territory and making his own judgment.

"The special envoy of the Dwarf Kingdom just finished his visit to His Holiness the Pope of our church, and expressed his concern about the recent behavior of the Northern Territory in his words."

Nordin, the commander of the Oak Church Knights, stroked his beard and appealed for his compatriots: "The Wilderness and the Temple of Nature signed a friendly mutual assistance agreement with the Dwarf Kingdom in the past, but now there are not many who truly implement it, only the restrictive military actions taken by several tribes from the Northern Territory."

"Now, the various tribes in the Northern Territory have begun to negotiate peace with the elves, allowing the elves to spare their energy to focus on dealing with the Dwarf Kingdom. This makes the Dwarf Kingdom, which has an alliance with the Temple, very dissatisfied."

"..."

A group of representatives continued to whisper to each other, expressing their respective attitudes. Dozens of mouths each had their own ideas and reasons, and they all represented the meaning of the churches behind them.

Looking at this noisy scene, Garfield also felt a little speechless. For this one thing, not to mention the situation that would always be brought up during regular meetings, just the special discussion meetings alone had been held no less than ten times, but each time they failed to come up with a definite and unified decision. This is also the attitude that the Temple has shown towards the Greenwood Tribe over the past dozen years, turning a blind eye to it.

However, at the same time, the churches of the Temple are also secretly observing and collecting information about Greenwood, and various small actions in private have never stopped, trying to find the problems and flaws of the Greenwood Tribe.

However, the high-level officials of Greenwood are really cautious, acting in a low-key and unassuming manner, and the unity and co-optation of the surrounding tribes has never stopped. On the other hand, the Temple has not put less pressure on the alliance members in order to launch a counter-offensive in the southern border, which has made many tribal members very envious of the Northern Territory tribes.

It was agreed that the Northern Territory tribes would resist the elves and contain their actions to attack the Dwarf Kingdom. As a condition, the Northern Territory tribes would not have to bear the responsibility of transporting resources and manpower to the alliance. This was a consensus reached between the Temple and the high-level members of the alliance, and everyone knew the reason for it, but in actual operation, many tribes who were not qualified to know the reason saw that the Northern Territory tribes could stay out of it time and time again. They felt a bit of dissatisfaction and indignation, and at the same time, they could not help but envy the Northern Territory, wanting to join them and obtain special privileges.

This has also indirectly attracted many lower-ranked tribes to the Greenwood Tribe. In recent years, many tribal representatives have shown their favor and leaned towards Greenwood. This is certainly due to the influence of Allen, the saint, but it is also mostly out of consideration for envying the special privileges of the Northern Territory.

The weaker the tribal members, the less say they have, and their population and resources are also tight, so naturally they are more hopeful of stopping the war or enjoying the taste of special privileges. If they can get these benefits by hugging a thigh, then even if the other party is openly at odds with the Temple, then for the tribes who already have many complaints about the Temple, they are more willing to get close to Greenwood and Allen.

After several days of consultations, everyone finally came up with a relatively unified plan, which can be regarded as building a bridge for the understanding of this matter.

Soon, several heavyweight representatives of the Temple arrived in Green Lake City and personally visited Allen to discuss the details. After the other party entered the mountain top castle, the mountain top guards designated it as a restricted area, prohibiting idlers from entering and leaving.

A month later, this special envoy group from the Temple, led by Garfield, left the mountain top castle with a tired face, and after a simple rest in the Great Chapel in the outer city, they quickly left.

Just as the other party left, on the balcony of the mountain top castle, the thin figure representing Allen watched from afar, and a complex emotion also appeared in his eyes.

He still underestimated the determination and greed of the Temple. Although he had already laid his cards on the table, in the end, if he wanted them to stamp the church's seal on that piece of paper and sign the Pope's real name, it still emptied almost the filled treasury of the Greenwood Tribe.

Moreover, in addition to this, the Greenwood Tribe was also forced to sign several relatively weak clauses with the Temple, such as promising to provide the Temple with grandmaster-level dishes in multiples of the previous number, and allowing the Temple's magic chefs to freely read the recipes treasured by the Greenwood Tribe, and so on.

But being able to exchange for that peace coexistence contract signed with the real names of the Popes of 6-7 churches is also worth it in Allen's opinion.