Green Monster Epic

Chapter 731: Dark Schemes

When Allen went south, most of the goblins in the Greenwild Tribe were unaware of it. To them, the chieftain was always an unattainable figure. They rarely had the chance to meet him, and life went on as usual.

However, for influential figures like Terrence, Allen's departure was like the dissipation of a dark cloud that had been hanging over their heads. Everyone felt a sense of relief, and a hint of indolence crept onto their faces.

Although Allen didn't usually pay much attention to everyone when he was in the tribe, Terrence and the other high-ranking members always felt a pair of stern eyes watching their every move from above, so few dared to be careless.

Now that they knew Chieftain Allen was going south for fifty years, a considerable length of time for ordinary goblins, they naturally felt much more relaxed without the supervision of this pillar of the tribe.

Of course, even if Allen went south to sit in Mansa City, he could still return to the tribe if he had the time. If something major happened or on a whim, Allen could appear in the tribe at any time.

However, such a situation was only a possibility after all, and it was much better than everyone constantly being on edge, waiting for Allen's summons or instructions.

While Terrence felt relieved, he couldn't help but feel a bit regretful. Like Oliver, he had begun to gradually relinquish power after Elder Coeur's wedding celebration, allowing the Bear Goblin warlock Orenzi to take over his position.

When handing over power, Terrence couldn't help but feel reluctant. He had held a high position for many years, and although he couldn't be said to have wielded absolute power, his words carried great weight in Green Lake Town. However, after Orenzi took over as mayor, the town's core members still treated him with respect and courtesy, but there was still some difference compared to when he was in the mayor's position.

The contrast in psychological perception brought about by the differential treatment made Terrence, who believed that his body could still hold on for several years, feel a bit strange. However, with Allen, the tribe's mainstay, still around, Terrence dared to bury even the slightest of thoughts deep in his heart, not daring to show them.

But now, Allen's departure seemed to release the shackles that Terrence had been carrying, and those dark thoughts hidden in his heart began to stir.

Terrence had been managing Green Lake Town for decades, and most of the town's leaders and supervisors were promoted by him. Although Orenzi's rise to power had led to some reorganization of the town's middle and high levels, there were still many confidants from Terrence's era.

The new mayor's power was certainly not going to be taken back, but there was a lot of room for manipulation in Orenzi's desire for him to be his assistant, as Allen had arranged, to help him grow into a qualified ruler as soon as possible!

At least, with his existing foundation and supporters, it would be easy to carve out a portion of real power from Orenzi's hands. The only thing to consider was Elder Coeur's attitude.

However, based on Terrence's understanding of this elder, she clearly wouldn't have much interest in the tribe's secular affairs. Moreover, now that she was newly married, she probably didn't have the energy to divert to places she wasn't interested in.

As long as the tribe didn't fall into chaos and could continue peacefully, these were the most important things in Elder Coeur's heart.

With this thought in mind, Terrence found it difficult to remain calm. The desire inherent in human nature made him unwilling to accept his current situation. And when he subtly shared his thoughts with his confidants who still held real power in the town, most of the goblin leaders expressed their support.

Thinking about it, it made sense. Each generation of leaders cultivates and promotes a generation of confidants. After a new mayor takes office, the old people promoted by the previous mayor will gradually be marginalized for various reasons, eventually being placed outside the core of power.

The older generation of leaders naturally wouldn't be willing to see their power fall into the hands of others. Many of them were in their prime and had been thinking about continuing to work hard for decades, enjoying the taste of power for a long time. Faced with this situation, they would inevitably choose to save themselves and resist, preserving their power for as long as possible.

You should know that with the changing climate in the Greenwild Plains, the abundant rainfall has brought vitality. Areas that were once unsuitable for settlement can now become a place to nurture goblins.

The goblin race is no longer limited to living and multiplying in a few strongholds. There are families with thriving populations but no talented individuals, who cannot enjoy the potential dividends of the tribe. However, they are unwilling to let their families live ordinary lives. Therefore, goblin patriarchs with great wisdom and perseverance simply take their relatives and move out of the towns, establishing satellite villages around the town strongholds, specializing in supplying fresh fruit trees and meat to large towns such as Green Lake, Auro, and Mustang Slope, developing their families.

The tribe's high-ranking members naturally do not restrict the goblins' choices, and even encourage them to develop in this way. The only requirement is that these satellite villages and towns must obey the tribe's management and fulfill their obligations, and so on.

And the older generation of leaders who have lost their competitiveness and trust naturally have a suitable place to go, going to these villages and towns to serve as managers, ostensibly to contribute their remaining energy, but in reality, it is a disguised form of exile.

In the past, many colleagues who had made mistakes had experienced this. At this time, the current leaders who are in the prosperous and affluent living circle cannot help but feel a bit sad when they see their simple and frugal lives.

Now that Terrence, the former mayor, is taking the lead, leading everyone to fight against the new mayor Orenzi, everyone is naturally happy to add fuel to the fire and profit from it.

"...In my opinion, our biggest bargaining chip now is the heavy cavalry brigade in Commander Iman's hands. Haven't many foreign indigenous tribes appeared around the Greenwild Plains recently? We can just use the excuse of clearing the environment around the plains to pull the heavy cavalry brigade back from the Green Lake military camp!"

The dwarf goblin political officer Dennis stroked the green hair on his chin and seriously put forward his suggestion.

"With such an army in hand, we can compete with the defense forces and security bureau forces in Mayor Orenzi's hands..."

"However, this heavy cavalry is supposed to protect the safety of both Green Lake Town and the Muer Fortress. Will rashly mobilizing it to Green Lake Town cause dissatisfaction on the Muer Fortress's side?"

Jacqueline, a female earth goblin wearing a loose robe, asked with some concern in her eyes.

“Under normal circumstances, mobilizing this cavalry might invite dissatisfaction from Moore's side. However, mobilizing the heavy cavalry brigade at this time, Brennan, the city lord of Moore Fortress, might not say anything!”

A glint flashed in Dennis's eyes, his expression full of confidence.

“Some time ago, Commander Swala returned to Moore Fortress and continued to serve as the city guard commander. With his legendary rank strength and status, the mere city guard is probably not in his eyes. He definitely wants to control the entire military system of Moore Fortress.”

“The Joint Defense Force on our side recently sent out news that they want to replace the commander. I think it should be Commander Swala's doing.”

“Although City Lord Brennan cannot resist Commander Swala's demands, as a power holder, he also wants to contain the expansion of Commander Swala's power. Now that we, Green Lake, have conscripted the tribe's strongest army back, it can not only avoid the risk of Commander Iman being replaced, but also prevent Commander Swala from getting involved with this heavy cavalry. City Lord Brennan must be happy to see this happen.”

“...What you said is not without reason!”

Terris, who had just celebrated his seventieth birthday not long ago, did not show the dimness of an ordinary old man. His eyes were still clear, which was why he still did not want to give up power.

“With the army in hand, we have enough confidence. Although we all know that the possibility of actually using this army is zero, the deterrent power of this heavy cavalry alone is enough to make Mayor Orenzi have concerns!!”

Hearing that this method was related to him, Iman, the Earth Spirit Knight Commander, who happened to be back in town for a break on duty, couldn't help but ponder Dennis's explanation, judging whether what he said was possible.

After thinking about it, he couldn't deny the possibility given by the other party. His originally hesitant expression gradually became firm.

“In terms of government affairs, commerce, and security defense, I'm afraid we can only let Orenzi take over the power. The few new people he has promoted in these positions are not bad in terms of methods and abilities, and there are many supporters below. Our power in these departments is not dominant. However, in terms of academies, trade associations, and other aspects, our people still firmly hold important positions. Even if this new mayor issues orders, it will be difficult to implement them without our cooperation.”

Orenzi has only been in power for about a year, but he has already grasped more than half of the real power in Green Lake Town. This seems to be verifying that Terris's decades of management of the town is fragile and不堪. If it were replaced by other tribes in the wilderness or even the royal families of the four major civilizations, such a situation would probably not occur.

However, this is actually a huge difference between the management class of the Green Field Tribe and other forces, and it is also the reason why Terris and his dozen or so confidants are worried about the transfer of power.

Roughly calculated, Alan has controlled the Green Field Tribe for nearly three hundred years, which is also three hundred years of rapid growth for the tribe. From a small settlement with a population of only a few dozen to a territory of hundreds of thousands of square miles today, with a goblin population of more than 300,000, its development speed is considered one of the best even in the history of the wilderness tribes.

Although the tribe's population growth rate is strong, the scale of small groups based on families has not changed much. Looking at the entire tribe, except for the few large families left over from the annexation of the Ajina Jia tribe, the Green Field's native family with the largest population is only the Rock (Green Field) family, which produced two generations of power holders, Shi Sheng and Facardo. Its population scale is only over four hundred to this day, and there are only ten talents serving as large and small leaders in Green Field.

The family power in the tribe has always been deliberately controlled and suppressed by Alan. There are advantages and disadvantages to doing so, but looking back at the development so far, it is obviously more beneficial than harmful.

Without the backbone of strong families, the tribe's cohesion must rely on the ruling class to spend more effort to achieve the effect of strong families maintaining the tribe's cohesion.

There is also the education system. Without the education assistance of strong families, it also means that the tribe needs to pay more resources in education, etc....

However, without the suppression of strong families, it can also create more small families, giving them more living space. Although small families are not of great help to the tribe, and the frequency of replacement is fast, they have greater vitality and can drive the vitality of the middle and lower levels of the tribe.

Especially in the tribe's power rotation, because there are no large families, it is difficult to form a fixed power class that is hereditary. This makes it difficult for the tribe to have too much resistance and confrontation during the handover.

Like after Tim of the Snow Mite clan came to power, he spent a long time fighting and consuming with the five major families in the clan, and such a situation is difficult to occur in the current Green Field tribe.

At present, Dennis, Iman, and other important position supervisors and leaders in Green Lake Town, also because they have insufficient background, often have to obey the orders when facing the new Mayor Orenzi's request for them to rotate positions.

“Well, that's why I have been holding the title of honorary president of several colleges and have not taken the initiative to resign. As long as my identity as the principal is still there, it will be difficult for Orenzi to bypass me and appoint a new college president and principal.”

Terris nodded, expressing his agreement with Dennis's opinion, and at the same time did not forget to comfort his confidants in front of him: "Orenzi also wanted to make some adjustments to your positions, Jacqueline, but I explicitly opposed and stopped it. However, Dennis, I'm afraid you have to give up your position as a government official. I will arrange for you to be the director of the accounting department of the Joint Chamber of Commerce."

“Understood.”

Dennis was not surprised. The administrative department was the first department that Mayor Orenzi began to rectify after taking office. Now, except for Dennis and a few middle-level cadres, the other goblin cadres have become Orenzi's people. Even if he is nostalgic for the position of government official, he will not have any real power.

“Next, Iman, after you go back, prepare yourself. I will facilitate the return of your heavy cavalry brigade to Green Lake Town as soon as possible.”

“The mayor doesn't have to worry about the cavalry brigade. Eight of the ten cavalry squadron deputy commanders are students and comrades-in-arms that I have cultivated. Even if I am not in the army, I can mobilize them at any time.”

“That's good!!”

The secret meeting quickly dispersed. Several important goblin power holders quietly returned to their positions. The ordinary people in Green Lake Town did not seem to feel the subtle atmosphere from the middle and high levels. Life was still plain and peaceful.