Green Monster Epic

“I've been thinking about it, and I really can't figure out what in my impoverished land is worth your attention. So, what exactly is this 'trade' you speak of? Please, be frank.”

Although Allen didn't trust these two mages, he also didn't have enough confidence to kill them and silence them. After all, a mage's greatest strength lies in escape spells, and their defensive abilities are exceptionally outstanding. If the two mages were determined to save their lives, Allen really wouldn't be able to kill two legendary mages in a short amount of time.

And this is their territory. A battle between those above the legendary rank would be noticeable even to ordinary people hundreds of miles away. In a kingdom's capital like Frost Crystal City, there must be many powerful individuals stationed here. Liam and the others would quickly attract other reinforcements. If he angered them, his greatest secret would no longer be hidden.

Faced with reality, Allen could only compromise. Seeing the confidence they had in their plan to establish his faith and lead him on the path to becoming a god, he had only one thought in his mind: he shouldn't have come here.

“We want to invest in you, Allen, and your influence in the Mansa Alliance, to become a bridge between our Ice and Snow Kingdom and the Mansa Wilderness.”

“Since you've come to my Ice and Snow Kingdom, you should have seen a general map of our realm, right?”

“Further south of our country lies an endless expanse of frozen land. The climate and environment there are even harsher than here. The temperature is below -20 degrees Celsius all day long. Except for ice element creatures, almost no other living beings can survive and thrive there for long.”

“To the east lies the endless sea, filled with various risks and crises. Not only are there sudden storms and monstrous waves, but also aquatic villains such as Kuo-toa and sharkmen lurking beneath the surface. Moreover, the more powerful marine civilizations in the depths of the ocean have warned our human civilization not to set foot in their waters.”

“The Four Seasons Kingdom to the north was formerly the Kingdom of Spring, which was completely harmed and slaughtered. The Spring Goddess, who betrayed the natural divine system and caused the eternal slumber of the Father of the Oak, finally gained the support and recognition of other human gods by virtue of her merit in perishing together with the Oak God's kingdom.”

“During the battle with the Beastman Empire, the human gods actually had a great battle with the Beastman pantheon in the endless starry sky, although no gods fell as a result. However, the Summer Catwoman in the Beastman pantheon was jointly schemed against by the Lord of Dawn and the God of Judgment, and her divine body and kingdom suffered heavy damage.”

“Taking this opportunity, the Spring Goddess, with the help of the human gods, stripped away a portion of the authority of summer. In addition, with the active stripping of some authority by the Autumn Goddess of mankind, the Spring Goddess also had the cornerstone to achieve the Four Seasons Goddess, and then began to rebuild a new kingdom of God.”

“The establishment and growth of the Four Seasons Kingdom today is the newborn Four Seasons Goddess beginning to use the power of faith to establish her own kingdom.”

“According to the current development speed of the Four Seasons Kingdom, it is estimated that in at most a hundred years, the Four Seasons Kingdom will be able to restore the most prosperous period of the original Spring Kingdom, and even be stronger.”

“The Lionheart Kingdom in the northwest is even more powerful than this newborn Four Seasons Kingdom. After annexing a part of the land and population of the Spring Kingdom, the Lionheart Kingdom has faintly shown some imperial aura.”

“Every force I am talking about now, although not all of them are enemies to my Ice and Snow Kingdom, none of them can give us help.”

“After the Four Seasons Kingdom, which borders our country the most in the north, completes the integration of royal power, then if my Ice and Snow Kingdom wants to obtain exchanges and trade with the outside world in the future, we will have to look at their faces.”

“But it is obvious that whether it is the Lionheart Kingdom or the Four Seasons Kingdom, they will never have any friendly attitude towards our alien human regime. This is determined by our respective positions.”

“Our council’s thousands of years of planning and plans, the blood and sacrifice of countless predecessors, finally destroyed the Wall of Unbelievers, so that thousands of creatures no longer have to become the lambs of the gods, and naturally it is impossible to go back to becoming the source of faith for the gods.”

“The human gods are also impossible to sit idly by and watch us expand our own ideas and destroy their foundation of existence. They will inevitably kill us and block us in this kingdom.”

“……”

Facing a being who might become a god, Liam and Abel gave Allen enough trust and respect, and told Allen in detail the problems facing their council and kingdom, so that Allen understood the other party's difficulties and predicament.

“The Beastman Empire in the southeast, inspired by the great war a hundred years ago, has indeed been working hard to train its troops and horses over the years, trying to regain its lost land and dignity. However, the reality is in front of us. Whether it is overall strength, army preparation, or strategic layout, there is still a big gap between the Beastman Empire and the Human Allied Forces.”

“Don't look at the fact that the human kingdoms are calm and peaceful now, but based on our understanding of these royal families and the gods behind them, they cannot be satisfied with the land they have swallowed now.”

“The current calm is actually just them rectifying and recuperating. The next move will inevitably be a larger war.”

“The Natural Divine System has no Father of the Oak to sit in charge. The most likely force for the Human Allied Forces to attack in the future will be the Mansa Wilderness, rather than the previous Beastman Empire.”

“……”

Abel's analysis is based on the scattered future images he glimpsed in the River of Time, and the credibility is not low, so he is not afraid that his prediction will fail. Now telling it to Allen, the newly promoted demigod pillar of the Mansa Alliance, is first to impress the other party and establish a preliminary connection with him, and secondly, to hope that through Allen, he can remind the high-level members of the Mansa Alliance and let them prepare early.

Of course, since the God of Nature, Ohai, began to dominate the situation in the Mansa Alliance in recent years, it has also increased its vigilance against human civilization. The alliance has allocated more resources to the southern border, which is also the reason why Allen and other tribal leaders in the northern border are dissatisfied.

The Ice and Snow Kingdom can detect the situation and changes, and the churches and gods of the Natural Divine System must also be able to discover it, but their attitudes and responses to the problem are different.

“After saying so much, you don’t just need me to speak for you in the alliance, do you?”

Allen's expression was calm. After carefully listening to the other party's explanation, he then asked a question that appeared in his mind: “Although I now have a certain influence in the core council of the alliance, I am just a newly advanced demigod. Compared with the other old people, I am still a little immature.”

“We believe in your abilities, Lord Allen. You have reached your current position not only because of your own strength, but also because you have managed the Northern Territory into an impregnable fortress. In the future, competing with the Kobold Saint Davinci in the alliance will only be a matter of time.”

“Moreover, we believe that this time will not be too far off.”

Abel opened his eyes, the whites taking up his entire eyeballs. Although it looked somewhat strange, Allen could feel the other party's appreciation and confidence in him from the depths of those off-white pupils.

“Heh heh heh, you think highly of me.”

Allen chuckled self-deprecatingly.

“Of course, besides that, we also hope to establish a magic academy in Green Lake Town of the Green Field Tribe to facilitate contact between our two forces.”

Liam sensed the wavering in Allen's heart and immediately made another request.

“……”

Allen, whose expression had softened, immediately became cautious again when he heard the other party's request, staring intently at the two legendary mages before him.

“Green Lake Town already has a magic academy. I don’t think there’s any need for another one.”

“Lord Allen, it's not that we're boasting, but looking at the entire Ferman world, there are basically no magic halls that can compete with our Council of Eternal Truth in the way of magic. Establishing an academy in your tribe will help your tribe cultivate more outstanding spellcasters and give them more reasonable and effective ways of learning.”

“The Mansa Wilderness is called the Desert of Magic by us humans. Although the chaotic elemental aura in the wilderness has something to do with it, it is also largely related to your wilderness's backward inheritance of magical knowledge.”

“Moreover, our choice to establish an academy in your territory is not just to maintain contact with you, but also a part of our support for you.”

“As long as you can provide enough resources to help us build a qualified magic tower, then within the range of the magic attack radiated by the magic tower, it will be enough to construct a stable magic shield that can cope with most sudden crises and ensure the safety of your tribe's towns.”

Liam also had his own plans. The Wall of the Faithless has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, but this news has not yet spread in the Ferman world. Countless ordinary intelligent species still believe that the so-called faithless will be eternally engraved on the Wall of the Faithless, enduring purgatory-like pain and unable to be reborn, so they choose to devote themselves to the embrace of the gods under the threat of legends.

The Council of Eternal Truth wants to contend with the gods of the five major divine systems of the Ferman world and their devout believers with the power of one country. The result is the scene before them. Even an undeniable fact will be distorted into rumors, and no one dares to believe it.

Originally, Liam thought that only in the Ice and Snow Kingdom, among the new generation who had received the kingdom's universal education, would a small number of successors of the faithless who pursued truth and natural laws be born.

However, in the previous intelligence about the Green Field Tribe, Liam suddenly discovered that there were still a group of like-minded companions in the distant wilderness—the Tandin Society members led by Eric.

Since Allen, this hobgoblin, can allow such heterodox people as the Tandin Society to spread their beliefs in the wilderness, then the Council of Eternal Truth can naturally also promote their ideas on the territory of the Green Field Tribe, and gradually open up the situation that is jointly suppressed by the five major divine systems.

Although Allen is now on the road to becoming a god, and if he succeeds in the future, he may also turn around and become an accomplice in suppressing them, at least the hobgoblin leader has no such plans now.

“I let you build an academy and a magic tower on my territory, and at the same time, I have to provide the resources and support for building the magic tower. Then what can I get in return?”

Allen's expression was a little ugly. The two humans in front of him were shrewd enough, thinking of getting something for nothing, wanting to exchange such a large investment from him without paying anything. Even if he really had something to be held against by the other party, it was limited.

“Just like I said to you just now, we will provide better magic teaching for your Northern Territory and help you cultivate outstanding mages. At the same time, we will also take out our knowledge and research on gods and faith over the years to help you master the use of the power of faith faster.”

“In this world, gods regard the use of the power of faith as a taboo. I'm afraid you won't be able to find relevant knowledge anywhere. However, our Council of Eternal Truth was established from the beginning to overthrow the rule of the gods, so our members have never stopped researching the power system and the power of faith of our opponents.”

“Although most of this knowledge is just speculation and assumptions, compared to you exploring it alone, our knowledge should be worth thousands of years of your research in the future.”

“At the same time, we promise that if you ignite the divine fire and ascend to the throne in the future, when you are at your weakest, our Council of Eternal Truth will do everything in our power to help you resist the suppression and attacks from other gods.”

Liam's words sounded very nice, but when they reached Allen's ears, he only felt that everything the other party gave was illusory except for the research on the power of faith. To put it bluntly, they still didn't want to pay anything.

“…Let me think about it.”

It wasn't that Allen was reluctant to invest in building a magic tower. Even if the cost of the magic tower was high, and the Green Field Tribe was constantly investing in the construction of a new fortress in the quarry, as long as Allen was ruthless, he could still come up with so much money and resources, at most, the tribesmen would have to suffer for a few more years.

He was worried about what kind of changes the entry of the Truth Council's mages into the gradually stable Northern Territory would bring.

Since the Truth Council proposed to intervene in the Green Field Tribe, then they must have their own demands and plans. In addition to promoting the so-called self-pursuit and the truth of nature, the other party must have other purposes.

After years of development, the local Tandin Society of Green Field, although it has also been hit hard by the Oak Leaf Church, is now a significant force in Green Lake Town.

If these two families collude with each other in the future because of their common pursuit, then the balance of power in Green Lake Town will inevitably be broken, and he will have to spend a lot of price and energy to reorganize the layout of Green Lake Town.

This is likely to be a choice of inviting wolves into the house, so Allen has to treat it carefully.