lizard lord

Chapter 264 Marauders

Because they are all profitable, the elves quickly passed the support proposal for the same race, but when it comes to the part about the dwarves, the problem is much more complicated.

The previous blood feud was not easy to eliminate, and the elves and dwarves had never ended, so the debate was very fierce.

One side supports reconciliation based on existing interests, and the other side supports keeping distance based on old enmity. Everyone has a reason.

Tang Zhao naturally expressed his support for the former: "I noticed that your metallurgical ability has declined now. This city is naturally majestic, but according to my travels during this period, many elf settlements do not have enough excellent weapons and equipment. Now the situation is getting serious. I think all elves should better arm themselves, otherwise sooner or later you will be at your wits end.

Even though the dwarves have many shortcomings, they are not happy with you in the past, but they will not abandon the agreement, and they have good metallurgical capabilities. As long as they are adjusted, there will be a steady stream of weapons and equipment to be delivered, and they still have a route to the west of the continent. You can get blood from it, can't you? "

After all, he is an outsider, and he will not beg hard, but will only persuade with appropriate good words, and clarify the interests and interests.

The upper limit of the forging ability of the elves is no worse than that of the dwarves, but they lack mass production capabilities, and the dwarves pay attention to the balance between quality and quantity, and can produce a large number of high-quality weapons and equipment.

After a long time of disputing intermittently, the result was still pending. The elves were obviously not in a hurry to come up with a result, so they stopped arguing at night and started the social banquet again.

Tang Zhao didn't join in the fun this time, unlike those dragons who could switch into humanoid forms, he wouldn't feel uncomfortable taking it on such occasions, on the contrary, when he showed up there, he accepted the gaze of others like an animal in a zoo.

He didn't care about it at all, but the debate about his lineage never stopped.

He felt that he would have something in common with the leaders of the elf rangers. These people had also fought on the front line of the border for a long time. Now they left the banquet venue and came to the garden outside to relax.

Those generals or young nobles may have experienced wars, but they have never fought desperately at the forefront of the formation, and have never faced the bloodiest and cruelest part of the war. They regard it as a heroic adventure or a step to improve their self-honor. Tang Zhao does not think this is a completely wrong idea, but there is a gap between them and these people.

Specifically, at least the two sides are definitely different in their sense of urgency. Karak Solma is too small, and if he makes a wrong move, he may lose everything. Therefore, they are more inclined to plan for the worst and have comprehensive preparations. This is also one of the important reasons why the settlement has survived and continues to develop.

As far as Tang Zhao felt, the elves overestimated their strength because of their past history and the comfortable environment around them, and the western elves, who were in a much more difficult situation than them, would behave more cautiously.
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In the past few days, the preparations for the war or the relationship with the dwarves have not been finalized. The elves have indeed strengthened the defense of the city, but in Tang Zhao's view, this is to deal with small-scale attacks rather than wars.

But those eye-catching mercenaries have dozens or hundreds of people in each team, and it makes no sense that the other party will dispatch a smaller number of people to achieve the real goal.

Overall, the proposals concerning the dwarves are shifting in a more favorable direction. At least the two sides are not opposed to gradually resuming some necessary trade contacts with each other.

In order to return to the tribesmen in the north and restore the relationship with the western elves, Hai Gene of Dragon's Blood Pass has also funded Karak Solma, a new ally, and other outstanding actions. Coupled with the strong military and economic strength of Dragon's Blood Pass itself, it has become the most outstanding existence among the dwarf princes. Since it is still advancing various achievements at a very surprising speed, the rest of the princes seem to be convinced by him and have no intention of competing with him for the Supreme King. The throne also seems to be a certainty.

With such a relatively enlightened and capable leader, the two sides don't have to worry about violent conflicts, at least no one will desperately oppose normal business operations.

But at the same time, a lot of disturbing news came from the border, such as the enemy who is gradually becoming active.

The southern part of the Elven Kingdom is a relatively uninhabited land - various forces compete with each other, but no one can unify their forces in a short period of time, resulting in a very chaotic situation here, a scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing.

Commercial cities, warlords, looters, demon believers... All kinds of organizations can be found here. The elves have tried hard to restore order here before, and then supported a puppet country to come out, but several attempts failed. Instead, some people were lost.

But recently, the frequency of raids by some predators on the border has significantly accelerated, and there is a tendency to deepen, gradually approaching the real habitat of the elves. When this time comes, it is naturally impossible for the elves to sit idly by.

Several teams of rangers were dispatched to deal with this issue. Tang Zhaoquan, who felt that it was meaningless to stay in the city, should relax. He followed these rangers out of the city and went to the area where looting frequently occurred.

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The elves were very familiar with their own land, and a few scouts were stationed near the settlements. It didn't take long to locate a group of looters in this way. Tang Zhao took the initiative to ask Ying to let him solve it first.

Just as the raiders were walking through the forest path in groups, a giant lizard more than ten meters long rushed out from the woods and cut the team in half. The raiders didn't have hobgoblin qualities, so they were frightened and ran away.

As a result, it was no surprise that he could easily overtake the less powerful raiders even on horseback, and there were still a large number of rangers squatting around. Due to the obvious strength gap between the two sides, Tang Zhao's mission quickly changed from killing enemies to capturing prisoners.

Using spiritual power to stun any enemies who dared to escape and resist, and then shooting through the horses of several leaders with thorns, he said in a threatening tone: "Put down your weapons."

Unexpectedly, it went very smoothly, and the more than 100 looters suddenly became prisoners, but the news they got from the other party was not very comfortable.

Not only the looting of the elves, but also the situation in the south is much more chaotic than before. All the forces are in a state of exchange of fire, and some people are buying slaves at high prices, and they have found the looters. This is the main reason for their actions here.

(End of this chapter)