Green Monster Epic

Chapter 506: An Active Visit

As time extinguished the flames of anger and reason regained control of his mind, Allen spent over a dozen days constantly reviewing and contemplating his next choices and actions, only to discover with dismay that he seemed to have no good options.

Despite the numerous banners fluttering in the city fortress and the large numbers of fully armed warriors sharpening their blades, Allen simply couldn't bring himself to order an attack on the Nasi'er Fortress to the north.

The reason was simple and realistic: the Greenwild Tribe wasn't yet strong enough to fight two enemies at once. Whether considering the strength of the top-tier powerhouses or the basic armies and tribal strength, Allen couldn't ignore the massive difference in power.

Lightly initiating an unbalanced war would have dire consequences, especially for the weaker side. And the ultimate beneficiary would definitely not be the warring parties, but their common enemy to the north—the Drow.

The Drow were probably sitting on small benches, cracking melon seeds, and watching the conflict between the three tribes with great interest, ready to reap the benefits.

Therefore, Allen absolutely couldn't start this war because his tribe simply couldn't afford to lose. But at the same time, he couldn't afford to lose face or show weakness to outsiders. Otherwise, the other tribal leaders and his own wavering tribesmen would look down on him, causing future problems for his leadership.

Allen's current tough stance was mostly for show, to let others see that even when facing two powerful tribes, he would never show weakness. The next development would depend on the choices of the Snow Mire and Raven's Claw tribes.

Judging from the attitude of that old fox, Arielle, after the ceasefire, it seemed he had already made arrangements for the aftermath of the defeat. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said they would visit the Muir Fortress again in a few days.

So, he would wait a while and see what they were planning.

If...

"Sigh!"

Letting out a long sigh, Allen readjusted his mood and continued to close his eyes to heal. The previous long and intense battle had actually given Allen some gains in self-improvement, which could be considered an unexpected surprise.

Before long, Arielle and Maggot-Eye indeed arrived with a dozen people, smiling as they knocked on the north gate of the Muir Fortress's adjacent canyon. Upon receiving the report from the guards, Allen immediately flew from the arena where he was recuperating straight to the north gate.

When he arrived at the battlements above the north gate, Coeur was glaring with her big, puffed-up eyes, standing on the crenellations of the city wall, fiercely staring at the group below.

"Chieftain Allen, isn't this not your tribe's way of treating guests?"

Sensing Allen's aura approaching the city wall, Arielle raised his head in the canyon and shouted loudly.

With the legendary strength of Arielle and Maggot-Eye, they didn't need to knock on the city gate like this, but they were currently in a relatively weak position. To show their sincere attitude, Arielle had insisted on dragging the boorish Maggot-Eye to wait outside the city for the goblins to open the gate.

"Open the gate!"

Allen looked down and then turned to instruct the goblin warrior captain, who was on high alert and exuding murderous intent.

"Everyone else, disperse! Don't crowd around here! Do your own jobs!"

Following Allen's orders, the teams of goblin warriors, who were holding their weapons diagonally and looking down at the trolls and gnolls outside the city, restrained their aura and headed to their respective defense zones.

"Chieftain Allen, I said we would personally come to apologize to you, and we haven't broken our word!"

When Allen slowly descended from the city wall and faced Arielle and Maggot-Eye, who had just entered the city, Arielle wore a bright smile, as if nothing had happened, and spoke to Allen naturally.

"You really dare to come, Chieftain Arielle."

Allen remained unmoved; at least in front of his tribesmen, he had to show a tough attitude.

"You just plotted to kill me a few days ago, and now you're not afraid that I'll surround you in the city and kill you instead?"

"Hahaha, Chieftain Allen, you're really joking!"

Allen was full of murderous intent, but Arielle didn't mind at all, just laughing heartily: "How capable the Greenwild Tribe is, isn't something we all have a clear idea about?"

"Even if Chieftain Allen is willing to pay a huge price to severely injure us two old guys, what you have to deal with next are countless black hands around you that have been coveting you for a long time!"

"So what?"

Gripping Bonecleaver in his hand, Allen flashed directly in front of Arielle and slashed down without hesitation.

Clang!!

Maggot-Eye's pair of battle axes were already prepared, blocking in front of Arielle. All three knew that in a contest of strength, Arielle would definitely not be Allen's opponent, while Maggot-Eye could contend with Allen for a short time.

"Hmph!"

The Frenzy skill was activated directly, Allen's figure swelled a bit, and the power in his hand surged towards Maggot-Eye like a tide, pushing Maggot-Eye back several meters on the spot, back to the city gate opening.

In contrast, Arielle faced Allen very indifferently, not even swinging the heavy weapon in his hand, only adopting a defensive stance.

"Enough, Chieftain Allen, we've already given you enough face. Do you really want to break ties with our two tribes?"

"..."

With a Sky Splitter, Allen, consciously controlling the range of destruction, sheathed his sword and retreated a few meters away after executing this move, leaving Arielle, who had also been sent flying by the strike, to stand side by side with Maggot-Eye again.

"I..."

Maggot-Eye's eyes widened, just as he was about to explode, a strong arm beside him stopped Maggot-Eye's forward rush.

"Maggot-Eye, enough."

Arielle stopped Maggot-Eye in time because he had already seen Allen retreat, pulling away to a safe distance, which meant that Allen's previous actions were just to give them both a show of force.

On the city tower, Coeur was itching to jump down, but Allen's glare directly stifled her little thoughts, and she reluctantly put away her weapon.

"Hmph!!!!"

Maggot-Eye spat angrily, glaring fiercely at Allen, but he didn't make any more excessive moves.

"Since you dare to come, if I do the same thing as you, it would make me seem narrow-minded. I'd like to hear what your so-called sincerity looks like."

Allen slung Bonecleaver behind him, not putting it into the dimensional bag, but hanging it on the scabbard behind him. Allen turned around and waved his hand: "Please, both of you!"

On the ground, several trolls and gnolls spat out blood, slowly getting up, with no expression on their faces, indifferently and calmly quickly lining up with their other companions, following Arielle and Maggot-Eye's backs, moving forward.

Thump!!

Coeur descended from the sky, landing right behind Allen, one position away, parallel to the two leaders, Arielle and Maggot-Eye. As she landed, she raised her big eyes proudly, with a strong provocative emotion on her face.

The group's progress was silent and eerie, until they arrived at the newly built, magnificent castle. The members who had come with Arier and the others were stopped outside.

When the members turned their heads, asking for Arier and the others' opinions, Arier was silent for a moment, waved his hand to signal them to wait, and then followed Allen to the castle's reception hall.

Outside the castle, two teams of warriors from different races stood facing each other with hostility, refusing to give way; inside the castle, four legendary figures, divided into two teams, began a long negotiation.

From time to time, loud roars could be heard, as well as the unique pressure of legendary powerhouses, enveloping the surroundings of the castle, bringing heavy pressure to the soldiers guarding the gate.

Just when everyone thought that a fight was about to break out inside, the legendary power suddenly disappeared, as if the previous aura was just an illusion.

They negotiated in the castle for a full day and night, and the goblin warriors on duty had changed several shifts, only the trolls and gnolls who came with the team suffered.

Although they were given accommodations, they strictly adhered to their mission, standing firm in front of the castle gate, waiting.

"Now that you've accepted our apology, let's just let this matter go, as if it never happened, okay?"

At the two ends of a wide, long conference table, Allen and Kouer sat on one side, and Arier and Maggot Eye sat on the other. On the table were two not-so-small ironwood boxes, and three brand-new parchment papers.

Arier's face was full of smiles at this time, but in Kouer's eyes, it was an unspeakable disgust.

Kouer didn't understand why the patriarch was almost killed by these two old guys, and now that a great opportunity was in front of him, as long as he gave an order, the magic lock in the castle would be activated, and then he could settle the score with these two old things.

But the patriarch didn't do this, but argued with these two guys on the surface about some ethereal things, and didn't mean to do anything.

What tax revenue sharing, what the Thorns Ring team's joint action principle, Kouer didn't care about these things at all, she only cared about whether the two guys who hurt her teacher would be punished.

"...I hope there won't be another time. If it happens again, you two should be prepared to fight to the death!!"

Reality is so cruel. How could Allen himself not want to let go and have a big fight, but the gap in strength between each other and the constraints of reality forced him to restrain his emotions and make compromises and concessions through the exchange of interests.

Although it seems that he has gained a lot and it will be of great benefit to the future of the tribe, these are not what Allen really wants in his heart.

"That's for sure. We've exhausted all our means and still couldn't keep you, and the losses were so great. Do you think we'll have the guts to do something like this again in the future?"

Arier nodded and said helplessly, "This attempt was already our last gamble. There won't be another time."

"I hope so."

Allen replied with a cold face.

Maggot Eye was silent, but his eyes were burning with raging flames, and full of unwillingness.

The benefits sent out in this negotiation, just the 1% reduction in tax revenue that the two tribes each gave up, already made Maggot Eye feel a pain in the flesh.

Originally, the Raven's Claw's share of the fortress's revenue was the smallest of the three, and now that 1% is given away, it's like adding fuel to the fire for Maggot Eye and his tribe, making their future days even more difficult.

On the contrary, the so-called joint action principle and the joint chamber of commerce didn't mean much to Maggot Eye.

The large parchment paper was covered with densely written common words. These were the more than twenty clauses that the three leaders had haggled over day and night. As the three leaders signed their names on it, this contract was considered to be in effect.

Although, the three of them were very clear that this new contract was essentially not very binding, just like the contract that they had torn up before.

After reaching an agreement, Allen didn't keep the two leaders to rest in Murr Fortress. Of course, Arier and the other two didn't have the mind to rest here, especially Maggot Eye, who couldn't wait to leave this place that made him resentful.

"Kill~~~~Kill~~~~Kill~~~"

The sky-filled roars bid farewell to the trolls and gnolls who slowly left from the city gate. Under the leadership of Kouer, the Green Field Tribe's goblin warriors vented their anger at the enemy.

Only in this way could Kouer's heart feel a little better, and let the goblin warriors in the tribe who admired and worshiped Allen feel that they had done something.

"Nonsense!!"

Allen didn't stop Kouer, Facado, and the others' actions, but after scolding them casually, he returned to the castle.

He felt a little regret in his heart, but the contract in his hand could still comfort himself.

Because the long-term layout that he had made had changed, Allen now had to rethink how to deal with these variables based on the current development situation.

If the clauses on this parchment paper can really be implemented, then this assassination may not be a bad thing, at least after this contract is signed, it complements Allen's original plan to a great extent.

For example, the establishment of the joint chamber of commerce allows Allen to extend the Green Field Tribe's tentacles into the other two tribes. Combined with the existing tax revenue community, the three parties can be more deeply connected in terms of interests.

In the wilderness, interests are the best link between tribes, and also the cornerstone that is least likely to be betrayed.

Another example is the joint action principle, which allows Allen to have more say in the Thorns Ring team. With the addition of the Wildheart Tribe that Allen has won over, he, Allen, has become the most influential tribal leader in the Northern Territory, even Beryl, who used to have the support of the Church of Nature, is not as good as Allen.

Of course, these are all based on the premise that the contract clauses are followed by the other two tribal leaders. As for the ultimate impact, it depends on everyone's specific actions and performance in the future.

Due to the previous use of the Fury skill, his body once again felt a faint pain. The injury, which originally needed to be recuperated for a long time, relapsed once again due to this temporary outburst.

However, Allen knew that, at least in front of the two northern tribes and in front of his own people, he had to show a strong side so that others could not guess the depth of his strength.

After taking a deep breath, Allen once again entered a meditative state and began to run his bloodline, continuing his recovery efforts.

It's just that this recovery was less anxious and worried, and more calm and helpless.

This chapter is indeed a bit watery. There is not much actual content.