Green Monster Epic

Chapter 384: Ceasefire

“Greetings, esteemed sirs! I am Louis Arthur, Baron of the Dawn Empire of Humanity, bringing sincere greetings from the various human nations to you all!”

Louis was handsome, and it was said that he possessed 1/8 elven blood, which made him very popular among the noble ladies of the Empire. Coupled with some courage and eloquence, he was ultimately entrusted with the task of meeting with the commander of the Wildlands Allied Forces.

To say he wasn't afraid would be a lie. In human legends, the uncivilized races of the Wildlands were known for their cannibalism. If he accidentally displeased them, wouldn't he become their meal?

Of course, his fear was ultimately conquered by the afterglow of a great victory for the Human Alliance, as well as Louis's own courage. During the year-long war, as a diplomat and liaison officer for the Alliance, Louis's access to information wasn't comprehensive, but he could still roughly estimate the losses on both sides, especially after the Alliance's sudden major offensive.

“Ambassador Louis, our two armies are at war. Aren't you afraid that we'll behead you to boost the morale of our Wildlands soldiers?”

Commander Allen sat in the center of the yurt, surrounded by a dozen legendary-level powerhouses, including Alan, standing on both sides, their eyes revealing fierce, indifferent, and other auras, staring at this curly-haired human man in fancy attire.

Louis's eyes trembled slightly, but his face, accustomed to mingling in social circles, didn't change at all. Instead, he responded with a kind smile: “Of course, I believe Commander Allen, you have that ability. With just a word from you, these sirs present would probably be happy to crush a mere ordinary person like me into pieces.”

“But, are you willing to continue this entanglement and slaughter with my Human Alliance?”

“What do you mean?”

Archpriest Amber, on Commander Allen's left, solemnly interrupted, causing Allen in the main seat to frown slightly.

“The purpose of my visit is to bring the sincerity of my Human Alliance for a ceasefire. I wonder if you are interested in hearing the details?”

Louis laughed heartily, and the tension in his heart seemed to dissipate with the laughter, his expression becoming more composed.

Not only was Commander Allen surprised, but the dozen or so legendary powerhouses around the yurt also felt inexplicable, all focusing their attention on him. Several acquaintances even quietly gathered together and began to whisper.

Alan was also completely bewildered. If the Human Alliance's initial goal was to seek peace, then what was the point of them slaughtering each other for over a year, with the loss of over a million soldiers on both sides?

That was over a million fresh lives!!!

Alan couldn't understand the humans' thoughts. At this moment, he felt more resentment than rejoicing towards the humans' attitude of treating human lives like grass. The millions of people in the vast Principality of Spring were also reduced to piles of white bones at the whim of the humans. How cold-blooded were they to allow, or even promote, the tragic deaths of countless compatriots!!

However, Alan was also clear that if the other party proposed a peace agreement at this time, basically no one would object. Because even before this human envoy arrived, the tribal representatives of the Wildlands had already had major disagreements over this matter.

Next, as long as the humans showed some sincerity and returned some occupied land, the morale of the Wildlands Allied Forces would likely collapse on this basis, and there would be no more fighting spirit.

“Heh heh heh!!”

Allen's eyes revealed icy coldness as he stared intently at Louis, trying to find flaws on that handsome face.

“You really have good plans. You started the war, and now you're the ones asking for peace. You've occupied the vast grasslands of my Wildlands people and killed hundreds of thousands of my Wildlands warriors. Do you think this debt can be glossed over with just a word?”

“Commander Allen, I personally express my regret for the Wildlands' plight, but reality is always so cruel and merciless. If you don't agree with the suggestion from our side, it doesn't matter. I'll go back now and pretend this visit never happened!”

“Or, Commander Allen might as well cut off my head and put it in a wooden box for my subordinates to take back, which would better show your determination!!”

From the faces of the legendaries present alone, Louis could see some clues, and then his confidence grew stronger, and his words became more confident.

“You really think we wouldn't dare?? Base human!!”

Werewolf demigod Blicken's eyes were cruel, and his overwhelming killing intent was undisguised, directly surging towards the human in front of him. The temperature of the yurt instantly became several times colder because of his anger!

“Of course, I believe in this lord's strength and determination, but I also believe even more that this lord will make the right choice for your tribe!!”

Louis couldn't help but shiver a few times. As an ordinary person facing a demigod powerhouse directly, it was already Louis's grit and perseverance that he didn't collapse and sit down on the yurt's wool carpet. He firmly supported his weight with the cane in his hand, and at the same time, Louis once again threw out an extremely tempting condition.

“What if we are willing to return most of the territory of the Human Horse Grassland that we currently occupy?”

“Also, our side agrees to mutually exchange captured warriors with you. With these conditions, will you lords continue to fight??”

Not only was Alan dumbfounded, but even Commander Allen, who was extremely scheming, and the centaur legendary powerhouse, who was staring at Louis with hatred and hostility, revealed a few traces of wavering in their eyes.

“If what you say is true, then we can formally discuss the issue of a ceasefire.”

Suddenly, Allen nodded slightly, disregarding Archpriest Amber's hints, indicating that he was very interested in Louis's proposal.

“Allen…”

Amber was somewhat displeased on the spot and was about to open her mouth to refute, but under Allen's sudden glare of majestic tiger eyes, she ultimately stopped her words.

“I believe, Commander Allen, you have made the most correct decision.”

Louis smiled slightly, and the pressure on his body gradually dissipated after Allen spoke, and he appeared more composed with his whole body relaxed.

“Everyone else, leave!!”

Allen solemnly raised his head, scanned the surrounding legendaries, and then waved his hand to dismiss Alan and the others from the yurt.

The value of Alan and the other legendaries staying in the yurt was merely to deter the human envoy. Now that they had formally entered negotiations, except for the five tribes with demigod-level powerhouses, the centaur envoys, and a few representatives of 2-3 super-large tribes, the remaining people no longer had the value of continuing to stay in the yurt.

The fewer people involved in negotiations, the easier it is to reach a consensus.

When Alan walked out of the yurt, his mood was particularly heavy. He couldn't understand at all that just a moment ago, everyone was still fighting to the death, but now, with the arrival of a human envoy, they had changed their attitude.

Could this be the so-called way of the civilized world?

As a loner forced to participate in this war, Alan had little right to know about such important matters. After he hid alone in his own yurt to temper himself for a few days, the Commander's Office suddenly issued an order for the entire army to rest.

Then, a few days after the human envoy Louis left, the Wildlands army, under the command of Commander Allen, successively recovered 6-700 miles of grassland territory occupied by the humans with almost no loss of soldiers. The human army had collectively retreated at some point, also taking away all the natural resources on the grassland before leaving.

In the end, only a long border line of more than 100 miles deep was still occupied by the Human Alliance. The two armies had fought for more than a year, but in the end, they dramatically returned to the starting line of the early stages of the war.

All of this seemed to be just a game that the humans were playing with the Wildlands. It wasn't until General Ahmad of the Eastern Saimer Lake line suddenly sent intelligence about a promotion that the humans' ultimate goal was finally revealed.

On the third day after the Wildlands and the humans reached a ceasefire agreement, the 600,000 troops stationed at the Great Waterfall Human Eastern Fortress suddenly launched a fierce offensive to the east, completely opening the curtain on the final battle for the dominance of the Hillen Continent.

In the Commander's Office yurt, Amber's face was now livid as she held the contract written on parchment and roared furiously: “Look! Look!”

“This is the real purpose of the humans signing a ceasefire agreement with our Wildlands!!!”

“In fact, from the beginning, they never thought of occupying the Human Horse Grassland. The reason why they fought with our Allied Forces for more than a year was just to wait for the final battle between the Beastman Empire and the Demon Legion!!”

“What they really want is to unify the entire Hillen Continent!!!”

“So what? Isn't this agreement the most correct choice for my Wildlands??”

Although he was the backbone of the Balanced Faction, on certain matters, the demigod Allen could not possibly advance and retreat together with the Temple of Nature, such as the current situation.

“But if the Beastman Empire is no longer there to contain the human nations, do you think that after the humans completely unify the Hillen Continent, what will the Wildlands, this rabble, rely on to resist the human invasion??”

“Why are you always so short-sighted!!!”

Amber's resentful voice echoed in the large yurt. This was originally an answer that everyone could get by thinking seriously, but in the end, none of the insufficient leaders could persevere.

Several royal chiefs, such as the Centaur, who hated humans, only decided to accept the ceasefire agreement because the humans returned the grasslands they had seized from the Human Horse Tribe. And Blicken, the werewolf demigod from the Black Mire Rotbone Tribe, who was originally a staunch representative who hated all races outside the Wildlands, did not know why, but he did not insist on raising objections to this agreement, and finally expressed his attitude with silence.

As the representative of the Temple of Nature, Amber was now filled with anger, but even more so, she felt deeply helpless, and also felt that Lord Sylvanas and countless colleagues' self-sacrifice was not worth it.

For countless millennia, the Temple of Nature has made numerous sacrifices to maintain the inherent peace of the Faymann World. Countless martyrs have shed their blood for this belief, traversing every corner of the wilderness, dedicating themselves to the rise of various promising tribes, imparting valuable knowledge, and tirelessly combating destabilizing factors: demons, devils, evil god worshippers, and any event that could trigger large-scale war.

"Lord Amber, we also want to fight back, but please tell me, what do we have to fight with?! War means death! Since the demon invasion began, my centaur warriors have been fighting on the front lines. Now, countless tribes, large and small, across the entire grassland have exhausted their adult warriors, and are about to send the young children to the battlefield!!"

"Among the many tribes in the alliance, if you can persuade them to conscript another million—no, 600,000 troops, combined with the warriors currently on the front lines, I will firmly support fighting on and reclaiming the ancestral lands our grassland has lost for centuries!!"

Metaru was heartbroken. How could he willingly accept this reality? But reality is so cruel. For years, the Dayan Khanate and its vassal tribes have struggled under the shadow of war. They have sacrificed the most, even holding the lands occupied by humans. If it weren't for the fact that they really couldn't hold on any longer, how could he have agreed to a truce?

"…"

Amber fell silent, her gaze shifting to the demigods Allen and Briken, but she received no response.

"You will regret today's decision sooner or later!!!"

Slamming her scepter hard on the wool carpet, venting her negative emotions, Amber turned and left the felt tent with a gloomy face.

After Amber left, the camp fell into an even more silent atmosphere. At least on the surface, no one showed the slightest joy because of this agreement.

Just as Amber said, everyone actually knows very well that the truce agreement that humans have reached with them at this time will be torn apart sooner or later. And when that day comes, humans will no longer be as easy to deal with as they are now, and the wilderness will usher in their doom.

However, this time node will not be short. After all, the Beastman Empire is also a behemoth. Even if humans gather the power of their countries to jointly conquer, it may take decades or hundreds of years to truly compete for victory.

And even if humans ultimately win, they will definitely be in a miserable state of victory. Whether it is dividing benefits or recuperating, it also takes time. Calculating it this way, I am afraid that the wilderness will maintain a certain degree of peace for hundreds of years.

In that case, why would these wilderness leaders sacrifice their clansmen and wealth accumulated over a dozen generations for a possibility hundreds of years later??

Besides, is their wilderness really that easy to bully?

If they really anger everyone, they will inevitably tear a piece of flesh from the humans!!

Because of the truce agreement, Allen became more idle. After learning that he didn't need to be on duty in the army, he simply flew to the Great Falls near the human encampment in the east to avoid the entanglement of the hobgoblin Bridget, secretly observing the training methods of the human army, while also continuing to hone his body.

In his dream, Allen discovered a new way of tempering, which is to meditate with breath-holding at the bottom of a tall waterfall with rapid water flow. Although he doesn't know the specific effect, he still wants to try it.

In order to test whether this method would work, Allen kept flying across the southern part of the wilderness, looking for suitable waterfalls, but in the end, the Great Falls where the humans were stationed was the most suitable for his tempering.

Fortunately, although the human military camp was stationed near the Great Falls, as they launched an invasion of the Beastman Empire, the huge camp at the Great Falls was directly reduced by more than half. Now, there are only ten thousand soldiers confronting Ahmad's army. Allen's sneaking past faced almost no obstacles or dangers.

Before going to the Great Falls, Allen also made a special trip to see Eric and his party, who now have a good relationship with Lolo.

Because of the continuous battles with humans, the other races in the wilderness do not have a good impression of humans. If it weren't for Allen and Ahmad having greeted each other, Eric and the others might have been kicked out of the wilderness, let alone other tribal envoys coming to win them over.

It was under such circumstances that Eric and the others had loosened up a lot about going to the Green Plains. This time, when Allen came to invite them again, Eric readily agreed after some thought.

"Lolo, if you go to Mansha City this time, you can go to Share Lane in the South District to find a human teenager named Fidel Mason and ask him if he would like to settle in the Green Plains together."

After Eric agreed to settle in the Green Plains, Allen was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, so he simply asked Lolo to take them directly to set off, lest the other party would temporarily go back on his word. Before leaving, Allen suddenly thought of someone and then casually instructed the other party.

Originally, when he was in Mansha City, Allen wanted to visit this human kid, but later, Kaya's matter suddenly occurred, which made him put this matter aside.

"Fidel Mason, who is he, chieftain?"

Lolo repeated the name in his mouth, trying to remember it, and then raised his head and asked with some doubt.

"He is one of my human students, and also a survivor of the Spring Country. Now that the Spring Country is gone, according to intelligence, his father is probably also dead on the battlefield."

"Spring Country survivor?"

On the other side, Eric suddenly raised his head and looked at him, his tone quite high.

"Yes, Fidel's father is the youngest son of Duke Angelo Mason of the Spring Country. When I went to the Spring Country to deliver information, the Duke asked me to send his youngest son to settle in Mansha City when I returned to the wilderness. Thinking about it now, I'm afraid the Duke already knew at that time that the Spring Country would fall and perish!!"

Allen's eyes were scattered, carefully recalling Angelo's appearance, and said with some regret.

"Thank you!"

Eric suddenly said sincerely. He didn't expect that Allen, the hobgoblin chieftain, would have this experience. Just the things he did for the Spring Country were worth Eric going to the Green Plains to see.

"You don't have to thank me, I just did what I could."

Allen shook his head, unwilling to accept the other party's thanks. Compared to the tragic deaths of the Spring Country survivors, the current actions of the Wilderness Allied Forces made him feel a little uneasy.

"But for your choice, please believe me, you will definitely feel that this is the right decision in the future."

"I'm looking forward to it!"

"I wish you a safe journey!"

"You too."

Allen sent Eric and the others away, and then plunged into the wide, flowing Inz River to the south, heading east.

The Great Falls was originally the boundary point between the wilderness, the Spring Country, and the Beastman Empire. Because of its steep terrain and remote environment, few people wandered here, until the human coalition forces were stationed here.

However, the Great Falls has a natural drop of more than ten meters in its geographical environment, so if you want to truly advance into the Beastman Empire, the human army's stationing and dispatch point is still chosen in the hilly area a little further south, so Allen's choice to practice here is not as dangerous as imagined.

At this time, Allen was submerged at the bottom of the waterfall, more than ten meters high, like a white crystal curtain, constantly enduring the huge impact of tens of tons of drinking water falling from a height of more than ten meters. Every minute, Allen's rage must envelop his whole body, and he must mobilize his body's functions to contend with the huge water column falling from the sky. Not to mention sitting in meditation, it was already lucky that Allen could ensure that he would not be washed away by the river under the impact of the river water.

Tss~~~

Allen had just exhaled a mouthful of turbid air from his chest, and before he had time to inhale a breath of fresh air to replace it, he staggered under his feet, and then the whole person crashed into the pool formed by countless years of impact under the huge impact of the river water.

Dong! Bang! Dong!

Dizzy and out of control, the only thing Allen could do at the bottom of the surging pool was to fill his body with the remaining rage, so as to reduce his injuries. I don't know how many times he bumped into the bottom of the pool, but Allen, who felt that his whole body was trapped by soreness, was finally washed to a relatively calm river bay before he re-emerged.

Whoosh!!!!

When Allen's naked body reappeared on the surface of the water, countless bruises and abrasions had been added to the skin that had already been ravaged over the years. Shaking his head, Allen shook off the river water from his body and head, then cleaned up the weeds hanging on his body, and directly collapsed to the ground, regardless of the sharp stones in the surrounding piles of stones, which were not so comfortable.

Once holding his breath and embedding himself at the bottom of the waterfall, Allen could only last for half a magic hour at most, and then he would be directly washed away by the river because of the problem of ventilation. Although he suffered a lot, Allen personally felt that his body's functions were slowly improving in just a few days of training. For a wilderness warrior, there could be no better news than this.

The power of nature is still terrifying. Even a legendary figure as strong as Allen may be able to destroy the geographical environment of the entire waterfall with one move, but in the end, he is still too weak to continuously contend with the power of nature.

After taking a breath, Allen took materials on the spot and lit a bonfire, then took out a small pot and began to prepare a meal. The consumption of rage at the bottom of the lake was extremely high. It would take too long to recover with ordinary meditation alone, and the wilderness was not safe, so Allen could only make food to make up for his losses.

Legendary flesh and blood, after several experiments in Allen's hands, there is not much data yet. One of the points that makes Allen more satisfied is that it can quickly restore Allen's consumed rage and physical strength.

At their level, although every move and every style mobilizes a lot of energy, and the consumption is extremely high, it is impossible to recover to the best state after a fierce battle without a few days.

But with this legendary flesh and blood food, Allen's recovery speed can be increased several times, and the energy contained in it nourishes the whole body's meridians and blood vessels, which is no worse than a meditation tempering.