Green Monster Epic

“Tsk tsk, I heard that you really showed off this time you went south!”

When facing Allen, Clay's face was filled with joy for him, and at the same time, a bit of envy.

“To kill a Legend in a one-on-one duel, and it seems like it's only been a few years since you advanced to Legend yourself!”

Although envious, Clay didn't show too much of the sense of estrangement that would appear in the eyes of others due to the gap in their strengths.

Firstly, Clay's position in the Oak Church allowed him to frequently come into contact with Legendary figures, naturally reducing some of the awe. At the same time, Clay's elven heritage, his talent, and his young age filled him with confidence in his own advancement to Legend. Therefore, he didn't feel that he was really weaker than Allen, but simply thought that Allen was lucky to have advanced a few years earlier than him.

Secondly, in order to win over Allen, Clay, who was now stationed in Green Lake Village, couldn't appear too distant when facing Allen. Instead, he had to rely on their past close relationship to continue playing the emotional card, so that it would be easier to maintain the relationship with Allen.

“Just luck, and I really almost lost my life at the time.”

Allen modestly shook his head, his face still showing some lingering fear. If he hadn't been forced to, why would he have been willing to risk his life to fight?

The church built on the edge of Green Lake, with several flowerbeds and small woods covering a large area, made Allen feel that it was a waste of resources. If these places were cultivated into fertile fields, they could harvest at least a thousand pounds of grain each season!

However, when Oscar discussed building the church with Allen, he designated this land as their church address. Since Allen agreed, he naturally couldn't say much now.

The deserted church was occasionally entered and exited by a few gnome believers. Although the Green Field Tribe basically joined the Oak Church, it was only to use divine magic to discover talented people in the tribe. There were really not many believers who sincerely believed in the Father of the Oak in the Green Field Tribe.

As for Allen himself, rather than saying that he was a believer of the Oak Church, it was better to say that he was an ally of the church. Until now, although he had benefited a lot from the church and agreed with some of the Father of the Oak's ideas, that was all. At most, he was just an ordinary believer.

Therefore, it was within Allen's expectations that the Oak Church now had few believers in the village. Everyone had just barely filled their stomachs, so how could they have so much energy to pursue the Way of Nature!

However, on the contrary, the Green Field Tribe had already begun to obtain many benefits since the church was established in the village. Seven or eight children with spellcaster talents had been discovered in the village one after another, and now Shi Sheng had sent them all to the church to become apprentices, and began to learn the art of meditation, laying the foundation for choosing a spellcaster profession in the future.

Only after experiencing a real battlefield slaughter would Allen understand how much of an increase a powerful spellcaster team would bring to a legion formation. And on the battlefield, although the mage group was strong and the power of the spells they cast was amazing, their impact on the battle situation was actually not as good as a spellcaster team with various means such as buffs, healing, and spell counteraction.

The spellcaster system composed of druids, priests, and priestesses just happened to have such an effect, which could increase the combat effectiveness of an army by at least 50%, while also reducing the losses of the army's soldiers.

Mages might be more popular in adventurer teams, because their various magical spells could often make adventures easier and the risks lower, but druids and priests could provide their companions with life insurance at critical moments and improve everyone's strength. How could it be said that they were inferior to mages?

Allen might be used to being frugal, or perhaps he valued the tribesmen too much. In his eyes, the excellent warriors who were not easily cultivated were not just cold numbers. If possible, Allen still hoped that the warriors in the tribe would have more hope of surviving, rather than dying on the battlefield of adventure and slaughter.

Therefore, before Allen left, he instructed Shi Sheng to send the children in the village with spellcasting talents to the church to be apprentices, and then choose suitable spellcasters according to the future development prospects of these little guys.

Of course, the tribe before had no other choice, after all, the only spellcaster inheritance in the village was a Trickster, and that profession was the most demanding of talent.

Now that Allen had finally obtained a mage inheritance after an adventure, he had already planned to see if he could select the most talented one from these children in the village and embark on a path of mage inheritance.

After all, it was really a very difficult thing for the children in the tribe to learn the knowledge on the inheritance by themselves without mage guidance in the early stage, and it was not easier than Allen's original exploration of the Berserker inheritance path alone.

In addition to identifying the talents of the children in the tribe and subduing the captives, the Oak Church would also send people to the school to teach the children knowledge, reducing the burden on Phillip. Although Allen knew that the other party would inevitably mix in a lot of private goods when teaching the children, it was undeniable that the richness of the knowledge system of the church members was much greater than that of this old guy Phillip.

Furthermore, the middle and high-level druids among the church members could effectively control the growth of plants, which meant that they could help the village improve better food crops and find more suitable magic medicine planting methods…

“How are you doing? Are you still adapting to life in the village?”

Allen's tribe had gained a lot of benefits, and with this, Allen had to care about them.

“It's okay, I actually quite like the environment here.”

Clay smiled slightly, revealing a satisfied expression. Although life in Thornsburg might be more prosperous and there were more things to enjoy, Green Lake Village, in addition to being a little poor, could allow them to be closer to nature and understand nature. Isn't that also a kind of experience!

“By the way, why did you bring that group of humans back? What are you going to do to settle them next?”

Rarely encountering Allen's return, Clay casually mentioned it and asked a question that he regarded as troublesome.

Eric and his group of humans did not live in the village, but temporarily set up a small settlement in the open space southwest of the village.

After experiencing the betrayal of the Goddess of Spring, Eric and his group's faith collapsed. When they saw any clergy member, they would instinctively show disgust, even if they clearly knew that the clergy members in front of them were the biggest victims of the Goddess of Spring's betrayal.

Clay and the others were also somewhat disgusted with Eric and his group. Among them, there was indeed the factor that Eric and his group were originally members of the Spring Church, and at the same time, there was also the slogan that Eric and his group were now propagating: There are no true gods in the world, and people should strive for self-improvement.

In particular, Eric and his group publicly declared that the shackles imposed on intelligent races by the gods in the depths of the River Styx—the Wall of the Faithless—had collapsed, and all intelligent creatures in the Fayman world could be free from the exploitation of the gods and become their lambs and sacrifices.

All kinds of arrogant and outrageous remarks made Clay and the others, who had firm beliefs, feel particularly dazzling and angry, as if they were facing a group of evil god believers.

Although Clay, as the person in charge of the church and a member of the Oak Church who could access core information, was very clear in his heart that some of the things Eric said were indeed facts.

Eric and his group should be glad that the Oak Church's belief concept never easily initiates disputes. In their eyes, the balance of everything is the ultimate truth. As long as Eric and his group do not commit bad behaviors such as violating natural ethics and destroying the environment, even if they are extremely angry with Eric and his group in their hearts, they can still treat them peacefully. At most, they just pretend that they do not exist.

“They are also a group of pitiful guys. Except for us here, I'm afraid there is no other place that would tolerate their existence.”

Allen's eyes showed sympathy. After all, the Green Field Tribe at the beginning was like Eric and his group now, completely unaware of what tomorrow would be like.

“Anyway, they don't have a large population, and their ideas don't conform to popular beliefs, so they won't cause any trouble. Just pretend they don't exist.”

“Of course, wouldn't it be better if you could win them over to the Oak Church?”

“Hmph, you can handle it yourself!”

Clay gave Allen a blank look, turned around and walked towards the church, no longer paying attention to this guy.

Looking at Clay's departing back, Allen's eyes gradually became deep.

Choosing to win over Eric and his group at the beginning was Allen's consideration. After all, after understanding the other party's experience and the changed mentality, Allen felt that perhaps he could use Eric and his group to make certain restrictions on the Oak Church's evangelism in the village.

Despite the current good relationship between Allen and the Oak Church, Allen is well aware that his strength is insignificant compared to the behemoth that is the Oak Church. The so-called Legend rank, in front of such a vast organization with tens of thousands of years of accumulation, is really not necessarily more powerful than an ordinary wilderness native.

Especially after experiencing the previous attack on the demigod Black Guard, Allen deeply felt that his previous thoughts were correct. A top existence like a demigod could be killed by the forces of the Natural God system without hesitation, and judging from their methods, they didn't seem to be in the slightest bit of trouble.

Knowing the gap in strength between the two sides, Allen would not really allow the people of the Oak Church to freely spread their teachings in the village, attracting and subduing the tribe that he had worked so hard to develop and strengthen. However, Allen's actions couldn't be too drastic, otherwise, if he really angered the Oak Church, the other party could easily make things difficult for him with some small tricks.

Aric's group was not large in scale, but their strength was not bad. After all, those who could be preserved by the Spring Church as seeds were at least guaranteed to have potential. Having them spread the so-called theory of atheism from the side, influencing the tribe's pursuit of faith, at the very least could delay the Oak Church's infiltration of the tribe. Optimistically, it could plant seeds of doubt about the so-called gods in the tribesmen's minds, maintaining the current situation, which was actually quite good.

At least, Allen never believed in the idea that gods protect believers and that believers can live forever in the divine kingdom after death. He only believed that the strength in his own hands was the greatest guarantee for survival. As for initially choosing to believe, the biggest reason was simply valuing the quantification of physical strength through divine power, allowing him to have a relatively accurate judgment. Of course, Allen could only say he was skeptical about the legendary idea that souls without faith would be eternally suppressed on the Wall of the Faithless, suffering torment and suffering.

In fact, the value of Aric's group was not limited to this. After they split from their colleagues with different ideas, the part of the complete inheritance system and knowledge system they took away, if it could be used by the Green Field Tribe, could also reduce the tribe's reliance on the Oak Church.

These arrangements were all layouts that Allen had made in advance to ensure his control over the tribe and to increase the bargaining chips in his hand, so naturally, it was not good to tell Clay and others, whom he was wary of, in detail.

No matter how good a partner, no matter how trustworthy an ally, there is always a possibility that they will betray you at some point for some important reason. Allen would not do anything to betray his allies, but he would no longer open his heart to completely trust any ally or partner. The lessons learned from the Kaya incident, although somewhat biased, were now a very important belief in his heart.

The development of the Green Field Tribe has now entered a fast track. In the few years that Allen was away from the village, the tribe's population has suddenly increased by nearly doubled. Adding the more than 600 captives he brought back earlier, the total population has now exceeded 5,000.

Moreover, in the trade with Arigon, Allen's condition was that he only needed bugbear and earth goblin bloodline slaves, which finally made the base ratio of the tribe's three goblin bloodlines no longer as deformed as it was at the beginning.

A bloodline branch ratio of roughly 4:3:3, in Allen's view, can be regarded as a very balanced structure. As the bugbear bloodline with the strongest physical fitness and the highest combat power, although the number is relatively inferior, the overall strength is enough to ensure the tribe's ruling position. The total number of earth goblins and kobolds still occupies the majority, but due to their respective shortcomings, coupled with their ununited atmosphere, they can no longer pose too great a threat to the bugbear's rule.

Moreover, Allen also prefers this atmosphere of mutual competition and wit among the three bloodline branches for power. As long as the situation is controlled within his limited range, it can actually make the tribe develop faster and more vigorously.

Perhaps it was because he saw the potential of the Green Field Tribe that Oscar often cared for and promoted Allen, and Clay intentionally or unintentionally tried to get closer to each other, which made Allen feel grateful and added a lot of pressure at the same time.

Visiting the church area named Oak Leaf didn't take Allen much time. As he slowly strolled to the human settlement area in the southwest of the village, what he saw was a group of diligent humans, each doing their own thing.

In the area allocated to the humans, in addition to the densely packed stone houses built as residential areas, the surrounding land has been reclaimed by the humans, divided into small vegetable gardens growing various crops.

The human children were not excluded from the village and directly entered the village school to learn various knowledge and skills.

With the existence of early humans such as Philip, farmer Jem, and Boris, through their diligent nature and gentle character, they have long been integrated into the village, making the villagers not too excluded or discriminate against this small group of humans.

And Aric and the others, these later humans, can be regarded as having caught a ride. Except for a curious observation of the newcomers at the beginning, the goblins in the village quickly returned to their own lives and did not cause too much trouble to the humans.

Of course, this is also thanks to Allen's consistent teachings and domestication of the tribesmen. Various strict rules and regulations have been promulgated, coupled with the supervision and punishment system. Even the most ignorant guys, after decades, will know a little bit of rules and will no longer do things that arbitrarily hurt people.

Moreover, more and more land is being developed in the village, and survival is gradually no longer the pursuit of the tribesmen in the village. How to make their lives more comfortable and how to reduce labor has become what everyone is thinking about. The arrival of humans, although it will take away a part of everyone's food, but at the same time they will also reduce the tedious work of the tribesmen. Under the circumstances that are beneficial to each other, naturally everyone will not be too harsh on humans.

Not to mention that several of the leaders of this group are mid- to high-level combat professionals with good skills and strength. It takes a lot of effort for Core, the current strongest person in the village, to defeat them.

The adult human civilians now also have their own jobs. Before Allen came back, the tasks assigned to them by Shi Sheng were similar to those of ordinary tribesmen, so they were not short of food and drink.

However, after Allen came back, he thought about reforming the village system again in the future to make the tribesmen in the village more active and more passionate about struggle.

The better the life, the more problems the tribesmen in the village gradually developed. Allen found out after returning to the village for a period of time that many people in the tribe were no longer as diligent as before when working, and more of them seemed lazy and slippery.

In the final analysis, this is related to the fact that the land developed in the village belongs to the entire tribe. No matter how much or how little everyone works, anyway, they can make a living after a day. In that case, why bother to work hard?

Although Allen has been enriching everyone's private property through rewards, incentives, and other methods, the current effect can no longer satisfy the tribesmen's desires and pursuits. Therefore, Allen plans to start imitating the practices of human society from now on and allocate land to the tribesmen in the village.

Except for retaining a certain proportion of common land, most of the remaining land in the tribe will be leased to the tribesmen in the village, and the price will be 20-30% of the output per season, or simply a fixed weight of grain.

The tribe no longer provides food for the tribesmen. If you want to eat your fill, everyone needs to grow their own land or participate in work that can support their families. Hunting is no longer arranged uniformly by the tribe. Instead, the tribe raises livestock on a large scale on Shepherd's Slope to provide meat. The security team will become a professional army and does not need to participate in daily labor. The grain collected from the leased land is one of their sources of salary.

Various ideas in Allen's mind were not generated overnight. Over the years, he has traveled north and south and seen many systems. The system he is about to implement now is a reform that he has been thinking about for many years and believes is most suitable for the current Green Field Tribe.

What Allen is going to do next is to implement these things that he has been planning for a long time in the village one by one, and then gradually correct some of the drawbacks in practice.

Compared to the past, Allen now has plenty of time. After being promoted to the early stage of Legend, Allen now has at least two hundred years to live, enough for him to slowly strengthen the tribe step by step according to his own design. If he is lucky enough to improve his strength to the middle stage of Legend, Allen will have at least 100 more years of life, and the time will be more abundant.