Hino followed the middle-aged man out of the dark basement, and finally saw a not-so-spacious hall.
There are animal skins, stone carvings and gem decorations all around. The walls are not wood or masonry, but gray-brown concrete.
If this place is the island owner's palace, the fabrics on the island should be uncivilized. No wonder Aowei recognized them as savages. It seems that the mixed-race witch trolls did not bring the civilization outside the island into the island after they came to the island.
The middle-aged man led Hino to the side hall and took a seat beside the long beige limestone table.
There were already prepared roasted suckling sheep and some green wild fruits on the table. After Xino took his seat, a servant poured him a glass of wine, which smelled like wine.
The servants around are all tall and strong males, who look a bit like Andre in appearance. They are probably the mixed descendants of witches and trolls, but it is not known whether the servants are gifted owners.
The surrounding servants were all wearing undyed cotton and linen clothing. Li Yi was a knee-length sleeveless gown, showing strong calves, and a belt like hemp rope was tied around the waist, and a long or short cloak was worn outside. The button is on the left shoulder, and the left arm is completely exposed.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite spoke to Xino in a common language with a slight accent: "If you don't mind, can you tell me why you were hunted down in Auwei? And... why your companions were hunted down ?”
Hino doesn't intend to tell him that he fought for the Tomi tribe and was hunted down by Owei.
The so-called Busoru forces on this island are actually more barbaric than the Aowei Empire. If Hino says that he wants to fight for equal living rights for the seven races, it will definitely arouse the hostility of the island owner.
It is still necessary to find out the details of the other party first, and Hino tentatively said: "Look, I went to your invitation alone as an elf, which should be enough to prove my sincerity. Can you give me some responses in return? Answer some of my questions first. Doubt? At least, let me know how to address you first."
"Oh, of course." The man smiled apologetically, "I'm Galen Bronte, the lord of Busoru, you can call me Galen."
"Nice to meet you, Galen." Hino responded with a smile: "I am an elf from the Black Forest, you can call me Hino, I want to know if I stay on this island, I can help you and other islanders Do something."
he has to
Know exactly which bargaining chips you can control, and remind the other party of the benefits he can bring by the way.
Hearing this, Galen smiled and lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then raised his eyes and replied seriously: "Your Excellency's presence has brought us new hope. I have already tasted the fruit you asked Andre to bring back. It is really delicious. Yes, I heard that the outer islands are full of fruits you planted. I really dare not dream of such a paradise. I hope you can teach my tribe the method of growing that kind of fruit, so that my people can also taste it Such happiness.
To be honest, our ancestors originally knew some planting skills, but when they first came to the island, they were very quiet. The people on the island felt that the harvest cycle of farming was too long, and they were unwilling to give up the original hunting for a living. Two generations later, planting The skills of food, vegetables and fruits have been lost on the island. "
Hino nodded and continued to test: "There is no problem. The climate on the island can grow many types of crops. As elves, we can make the first batch of crops harvest in advance, which is enough for the next round of sowing and harvesting cycles. Those who have tried farming Stable, the islanders may be willing to use farming instead of hunting, but it is difficult for me to do these things as an elf, can I bring my companions to live on the island?"
Galen looked at Hino with a smile, was silent for a moment, and suddenly answered straight to the point: "I welcome you and your elf companions to become our new nobles, but you also brought six dragon warriors, which is a bit disturbing I don’t know why your friends from the dragon family defected to our small island? If they were to avoid the pursuit of the Aowei Empire, it seems safer for them to hide in the dragon domain.”
"They are all my friends who live and die together." Hino replied: "The dragons are endowed by the gods with the nature of protecting the common people, but the dragon land is uninhabited, and the ambitions of the dragons have nowhere to display. If they can benefit the islanders here with me, they will be happier."
Galen stared into his eyes, and there was another moment of silence. He suddenly stood up slowly, and walked back and forth by the long table with his head bowed.
Hino sat there calmly, waiting for his response.
"Forgive me." Galen finally stopped and turned to look at Shino, the friendly smile no longer on his face: "You are a fugitive from Ovi, and you have the power of a six-headed dragon in your hands. If you just want to avoid Hunting down and benefiting the common people... Why don't you go to Xuelu? There are two or three hundred times more people than us, and the dragon clan is more able to use their fists
.What's more, for Xuelu, the six-headed dragon is enough to counter Aowei's fighting power. If you go to Xuelu, you may get everything you want. "
Hino was a little surprised, it seems that this island is not completely closed, this lord is very familiar with the current situation of Snow Deer and Aowei, so it is impossible for him not to know how to develop agriculture.
In other words, the lord has no interest in growing vegetables, fruits and food at all, and the friendliness he showed just now must have ulterior motives.
"Why don't we face each other frankly, Your Excellency the Elf." Galen leaned over, leaning on the edge of the table with both hands, staring at Hino with heavy eyes, and said in a low voice, "What exactly do you want when you come to my island?"
"I didn't go to Snow Deer because King Snow Deer didn't dare to fight Aowei openly. I have six dragons. Once they take us in, Aowei will probably declare war on them." Shino looked at Galen calmly, He explained clearly: "If you have really inquired about the Xuelu royal family's information, you should know that their current king is only greedy for pleasure and does not want to face the threat of Aowei, so naturally he is unwilling to take us in. I have nowhere to go, so I asked again and again. I just learned that the islanders on this archipelago can hide, and Aowei can’t do anything about it, so I came here to take refuge, and I didn’t want to get anything from you.”
Galen watched him ponder for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and laughed heartily, and sighed, "It seems that I was suspicious."
He sat back on the chair, smiled at Hino, and said, "I am willing to take you and your companions in, but my family and people probably don't dare to take the risk of letting six-headed dragons into the island. In order to make them feel at ease, you can persuade the three The first dragon will form a bond with me, and the other three dragons will form a bond with you, from now on, you and I will share the supremacy of the island."
"A contract?" Hino almost sneered, it turned out that this was Galen's real purpose, he wanted to enslave the three-headed dragon.
Taking a deep breath, Hino kept smiling: "I told you just now that those six dragon warriors are my life-and-death friends, and I will not form a master-servant contract with them."
Galen raised his eyebrows pretending to be surprised, but still nodded: "It seems that you trust them very much, and you must have experienced many disasters together, but I am different from you. Those dragons are strangers to us. I am willing to believe you, and I cannot force other people on the island to believe that you have no plans. The Dragon Clan is too powerful, if they are not willing to show their sincerity, then there is nothing I can do to help them."
"I understand
, Your lord. Hino responded calmly: "Let me go back and discuss with my companions for a few days before I give you an answer." "
Galen frowned in embarrassment and said, "You have no contract with me, and sending you back and forth will take a lot of damage. I cast a spell and need to rest for a while. You can write to discuss with your companions, and I will let my The servant of the blood pact is delivering the message for you."
"This is a big deal. I still want to discuss with them face to face. About how long will you be recuperating?" Hino tentatively.
Galen replied with a sad face: "Hey, I am getting old, and my magic power recovers very slowly. I can't give you an accurate answer for now. It may take a month or two, or it may be half a year."
This is clearly an attempt to put him under house arrest and force him to persuade the three-headed dragon to recognize Galen as the master.
Why would this guy rather share the dominion of the island equally with him, and also want to form a pact with the three-headed dragon?
There must be other powerful competitors around him, forcing Galen to need the power of the dragon clan to consolidate his power.
That being the case, it should be possible to try to secretly form alliances with other forces on the island, disrupt them from within, and maybe take advantage of the chaos to remove the island's hidden barrier.
And Hino doesn't know where Ilsa is now, if the little fat dragon also enters this hidden island, he must take the little fat dragon to leave, anyway, he wants to stay to find out the situation, so it's better to show cooperation .
Therefore, Xino readily expressed that he was willing to stay and enjoy the scenery on the island, and Galen was also satisfied to personally lead him to choose a residence.
Ilsa hanging on the tree stared at the group of children under the tree with a confused expression.
A group of seven or eight-year-old children stood under the tree. Although they spoke the language of the Wu tribe, they were not descendants of the mixed blood of the Wu tribe and trolls, but the natives of the island.
They have dark skin and are much thinner than foreigners of the same age. In Ilsa's eyes, they only look like five or six years old.
"Come down!"
"Come and eat bread, little fat bird!"
"Come, come, come!"
Holding bread crumbs, the children enthusiastically greeted the "humanoid fat bird" on the tree, trying to lure it to fly down to play together.
Ilsa couldn't understand what they were shouting, but he could tell from the movements that the children were beckoning him to eat the dirty bread crumbs in their hands.
Ilsa is not the kind of hungry little chubby dragon, if you really want to feed him, you should at least wash your hands first, like this kind of food with a few crumbs in the soil,
He wouldn't look at it at all, and he wouldn't stop even if it was a milk-flavored biscuit, unless it was an elf who wanted to feed him.
Thinking of the elves, Ilsa immediately put away the dragon wings and tail. He supported the tree trunk with one hand, stepped on the branch and stood up. He looked down at the children under the tree, then turned his head to look around, and chose The route, with a kick, jumped to another tree with the strength of the branches, and quickly disappeared from the children's sight.
As soon as he ran out of the forest, he felt a lot of strange smells nearby.
Hino said that the people on the island should not notice that he is a dragon, so Ilsa had to put away the dragon's horns and look for Hino's whereabouts with his eyes.
Outside the forest is a dilapidated and dirty town, with many skinny and dark teenagers shouting and fighting in the streets.
It was fighting instead of playing. Ilsa saw a group of teenagers holding sticks and beating a white-haired old man with all their strength.
The old man held his head and let out a hoarse cry, but he didn't ask for help around him.
Ilsa had never seen such a scene. Hino had told him before that the elderly should be cared for.
Ilsa remembers that her mother only used sticks when pounding pork, and it is said that the meat that is pounded this way makes it more tender when roasted.
And the old man is not for eating, obviously these teenagers are not caring for this old man.
"What are you looking at?" The boy who beat him the hardest suddenly turned his head and pointed his stick at the purple-eyed boy next to him. He squeezed his eyes and warned in the language of the Wu nationality: "Get away, you bastard!"
These people knew that the white-skinned children who were sent here were all untalented mixed-race waste, so they naturally regarded Ilsa as a hybrid of witch and troll.
On weekdays, what they bully most is the half-blood trash, which allows them to vent part of their hatred towards the lords and nobles.
Most of the time, the mixed-blood witches would hide at home and come out to hunt at night. I didn't expect this reckless boy to stand beside them and watch the fun.
What's even more strange is that the boy still didn't run away after being yelled at by him. Instead, he tilted his chubby, fair face, and stared at him with puzzled purple pupils.
The author has something to say: You want to lure His Highness the Demon King with mere bread crumbs?Zhu Zhulong's chubby face is not made of dough!
There are animal skins, stone carvings and gem decorations all around. The walls are not wood or masonry, but gray-brown concrete.
If this place is the island owner's palace, the fabrics on the island should be uncivilized. No wonder Aowei recognized them as savages. It seems that the mixed-race witch trolls did not bring the civilization outside the island into the island after they came to the island.
The middle-aged man led Hino to the side hall and took a seat beside the long beige limestone table.
There were already prepared roasted suckling sheep and some green wild fruits on the table. After Xino took his seat, a servant poured him a glass of wine, which smelled like wine.
The servants around are all tall and strong males, who look a bit like Andre in appearance. They are probably the mixed descendants of witches and trolls, but it is not known whether the servants are gifted owners.
The surrounding servants were all wearing undyed cotton and linen clothing. Li Yi was a knee-length sleeveless gown, showing strong calves, and a belt like hemp rope was tied around the waist, and a long or short cloak was worn outside. The button is on the left shoulder, and the left arm is completely exposed.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite spoke to Xino in a common language with a slight accent: "If you don't mind, can you tell me why you were hunted down in Auwei? And... why your companions were hunted down ?”
Hino doesn't intend to tell him that he fought for the Tomi tribe and was hunted down by Owei.
The so-called Busoru forces on this island are actually more barbaric than the Aowei Empire. If Hino says that he wants to fight for equal living rights for the seven races, it will definitely arouse the hostility of the island owner.
It is still necessary to find out the details of the other party first, and Hino tentatively said: "Look, I went to your invitation alone as an elf, which should be enough to prove my sincerity. Can you give me some responses in return? Answer some of my questions first. Doubt? At least, let me know how to address you first."
"Oh, of course." The man smiled apologetically, "I'm Galen Bronte, the lord of Busoru, you can call me Galen."
"Nice to meet you, Galen." Hino responded with a smile: "I am an elf from the Black Forest, you can call me Hino, I want to know if I stay on this island, I can help you and other islanders Do something."
he has to
Know exactly which bargaining chips you can control, and remind the other party of the benefits he can bring by the way.
Hearing this, Galen smiled and lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and then raised his eyes and replied seriously: "Your Excellency's presence has brought us new hope. I have already tasted the fruit you asked Andre to bring back. It is really delicious. Yes, I heard that the outer islands are full of fruits you planted. I really dare not dream of such a paradise. I hope you can teach my tribe the method of growing that kind of fruit, so that my people can also taste it Such happiness.
To be honest, our ancestors originally knew some planting skills, but when they first came to the island, they were very quiet. The people on the island felt that the harvest cycle of farming was too long, and they were unwilling to give up the original hunting for a living. Two generations later, planting The skills of food, vegetables and fruits have been lost on the island. "
Hino nodded and continued to test: "There is no problem. The climate on the island can grow many types of crops. As elves, we can make the first batch of crops harvest in advance, which is enough for the next round of sowing and harvesting cycles. Those who have tried farming Stable, the islanders may be willing to use farming instead of hunting, but it is difficult for me to do these things as an elf, can I bring my companions to live on the island?"
Galen looked at Hino with a smile, was silent for a moment, and suddenly answered straight to the point: "I welcome you and your elf companions to become our new nobles, but you also brought six dragon warriors, which is a bit disturbing I don’t know why your friends from the dragon family defected to our small island? If they were to avoid the pursuit of the Aowei Empire, it seems safer for them to hide in the dragon domain.”
"They are all my friends who live and die together." Hino replied: "The dragons are endowed by the gods with the nature of protecting the common people, but the dragon land is uninhabited, and the ambitions of the dragons have nowhere to display. If they can benefit the islanders here with me, they will be happier."
Galen stared into his eyes, and there was another moment of silence. He suddenly stood up slowly, and walked back and forth by the long table with his head bowed.
Hino sat there calmly, waiting for his response.
"Forgive me." Galen finally stopped and turned to look at Shino, the friendly smile no longer on his face: "You are a fugitive from Ovi, and you have the power of a six-headed dragon in your hands. If you just want to avoid Hunting down and benefiting the common people... Why don't you go to Xuelu? There are two or three hundred times more people than us, and the dragon clan is more able to use their fists
.What's more, for Xuelu, the six-headed dragon is enough to counter Aowei's fighting power. If you go to Xuelu, you may get everything you want. "
Hino was a little surprised, it seems that this island is not completely closed, this lord is very familiar with the current situation of Snow Deer and Aowei, so it is impossible for him not to know how to develop agriculture.
In other words, the lord has no interest in growing vegetables, fruits and food at all, and the friendliness he showed just now must have ulterior motives.
"Why don't we face each other frankly, Your Excellency the Elf." Galen leaned over, leaning on the edge of the table with both hands, staring at Hino with heavy eyes, and said in a low voice, "What exactly do you want when you come to my island?"
"I didn't go to Snow Deer because King Snow Deer didn't dare to fight Aowei openly. I have six dragons. Once they take us in, Aowei will probably declare war on them." Shino looked at Galen calmly, He explained clearly: "If you have really inquired about the Xuelu royal family's information, you should know that their current king is only greedy for pleasure and does not want to face the threat of Aowei, so naturally he is unwilling to take us in. I have nowhere to go, so I asked again and again. I just learned that the islanders on this archipelago can hide, and Aowei can’t do anything about it, so I came here to take refuge, and I didn’t want to get anything from you.”
Galen watched him ponder for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and laughed heartily, and sighed, "It seems that I was suspicious."
He sat back on the chair, smiled at Hino, and said, "I am willing to take you and your companions in, but my family and people probably don't dare to take the risk of letting six-headed dragons into the island. In order to make them feel at ease, you can persuade the three The first dragon will form a bond with me, and the other three dragons will form a bond with you, from now on, you and I will share the supremacy of the island."
"A contract?" Hino almost sneered, it turned out that this was Galen's real purpose, he wanted to enslave the three-headed dragon.
Taking a deep breath, Hino kept smiling: "I told you just now that those six dragon warriors are my life-and-death friends, and I will not form a master-servant contract with them."
Galen raised his eyebrows pretending to be surprised, but still nodded: "It seems that you trust them very much, and you must have experienced many disasters together, but I am different from you. Those dragons are strangers to us. I am willing to believe you, and I cannot force other people on the island to believe that you have no plans. The Dragon Clan is too powerful, if they are not willing to show their sincerity, then there is nothing I can do to help them."
"I understand
, Your lord. Hino responded calmly: "Let me go back and discuss with my companions for a few days before I give you an answer." "
Galen frowned in embarrassment and said, "You have no contract with me, and sending you back and forth will take a lot of damage. I cast a spell and need to rest for a while. You can write to discuss with your companions, and I will let my The servant of the blood pact is delivering the message for you."
"This is a big deal. I still want to discuss with them face to face. About how long will you be recuperating?" Hino tentatively.
Galen replied with a sad face: "Hey, I am getting old, and my magic power recovers very slowly. I can't give you an accurate answer for now. It may take a month or two, or it may be half a year."
This is clearly an attempt to put him under house arrest and force him to persuade the three-headed dragon to recognize Galen as the master.
Why would this guy rather share the dominion of the island equally with him, and also want to form a pact with the three-headed dragon?
There must be other powerful competitors around him, forcing Galen to need the power of the dragon clan to consolidate his power.
That being the case, it should be possible to try to secretly form alliances with other forces on the island, disrupt them from within, and maybe take advantage of the chaos to remove the island's hidden barrier.
And Hino doesn't know where Ilsa is now, if the little fat dragon also enters this hidden island, he must take the little fat dragon to leave, anyway, he wants to stay to find out the situation, so it's better to show cooperation .
Therefore, Xino readily expressed that he was willing to stay and enjoy the scenery on the island, and Galen was also satisfied to personally lead him to choose a residence.
Ilsa hanging on the tree stared at the group of children under the tree with a confused expression.
A group of seven or eight-year-old children stood under the tree. Although they spoke the language of the Wu tribe, they were not descendants of the mixed blood of the Wu tribe and trolls, but the natives of the island.
They have dark skin and are much thinner than foreigners of the same age. In Ilsa's eyes, they only look like five or six years old.
"Come down!"
"Come and eat bread, little fat bird!"
"Come, come, come!"
Holding bread crumbs, the children enthusiastically greeted the "humanoid fat bird" on the tree, trying to lure it to fly down to play together.
Ilsa couldn't understand what they were shouting, but he could tell from the movements that the children were beckoning him to eat the dirty bread crumbs in their hands.
Ilsa is not the kind of hungry little chubby dragon, if you really want to feed him, you should at least wash your hands first, like this kind of food with a few crumbs in the soil,
He wouldn't look at it at all, and he wouldn't stop even if it was a milk-flavored biscuit, unless it was an elf who wanted to feed him.
Thinking of the elves, Ilsa immediately put away the dragon wings and tail. He supported the tree trunk with one hand, stepped on the branch and stood up. He looked down at the children under the tree, then turned his head to look around, and chose The route, with a kick, jumped to another tree with the strength of the branches, and quickly disappeared from the children's sight.
As soon as he ran out of the forest, he felt a lot of strange smells nearby.
Hino said that the people on the island should not notice that he is a dragon, so Ilsa had to put away the dragon's horns and look for Hino's whereabouts with his eyes.
Outside the forest is a dilapidated and dirty town, with many skinny and dark teenagers shouting and fighting in the streets.
It was fighting instead of playing. Ilsa saw a group of teenagers holding sticks and beating a white-haired old man with all their strength.
The old man held his head and let out a hoarse cry, but he didn't ask for help around him.
Ilsa had never seen such a scene. Hino had told him before that the elderly should be cared for.
Ilsa remembers that her mother only used sticks when pounding pork, and it is said that the meat that is pounded this way makes it more tender when roasted.
And the old man is not for eating, obviously these teenagers are not caring for this old man.
"What are you looking at?" The boy who beat him the hardest suddenly turned his head and pointed his stick at the purple-eyed boy next to him. He squeezed his eyes and warned in the language of the Wu nationality: "Get away, you bastard!"
These people knew that the white-skinned children who were sent here were all untalented mixed-race waste, so they naturally regarded Ilsa as a hybrid of witch and troll.
On weekdays, what they bully most is the half-blood trash, which allows them to vent part of their hatred towards the lords and nobles.
Most of the time, the mixed-blood witches would hide at home and come out to hunt at night. I didn't expect this reckless boy to stand beside them and watch the fun.
What's even more strange is that the boy still didn't run away after being yelled at by him. Instead, he tilted his chubby, fair face, and stared at him with puzzled purple pupils.
The author has something to say: You want to lure His Highness the Demon King with mere bread crumbs?Zhu Zhulong's chubby face is not made of dough!
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