The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 616
  Pernilai easily controlled the spell model of the 'Thunder of Doom' above her head, so that the destructive lightning it generated would not fall on the drow and the others. At the same time, she waited with pride for the group of wilderness bumpkins below, in her own way. His face pales in front of the spell.

They have been fighting for survival since they were young, and no one of the drow who can achieve the position of mistress is simple.

On the other hand, Philemon, the partner of Zall, although Kong has pretty good strength and a set of powerful equipment inherited from the Church of Nature, when it comes to scheming, he is really far behind.

The rise of the Church of Nature only took a short period of a hundred years. Before, when the Oak Father had not fallen and was still the sole core of the Nature God System, the status and influence of Ohai, the God of Nature, were not as dazzling as they are now. By the same token, the natural church's status in the wilderness a hundred years ago was actually not significant, which also made the power struggle within the church less cruel and fierce.

At that time, the Natural Church did not have as many talents as it does now, so Philemon easily took the position of the Northern Priest with his legendary high-level strength. After all, the Natural Church at that time did not need to take the lead in dealing with various tribal disputes and the like. They only needed to spread the faith of the God of Nature with peace of mind, and then follow the Oak Church to act together.

Now that the God of Nature has risen and replaced the Father of Oak in the natural pantheon, the Church of Nature has naturally become the leader of many churches in the wilderness. Philemon used to be able to preach in an orderly manner and follow the actions of other church clergy members without much talent. But now when he is required to lead other church members to act as the god of nature walking on earth, his mediocre Talent is exposed.

The Church of Nature suffered a small loss in the power struggle with the Oak camp due to its belated realization of several major events in the North. Among them, Philemon's fault was the biggest. If there were not other strong backers behind him to support him in continuing to preside over the situation in the north, I am afraid that he would have been replaced by other newly talented people.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to capture Ariel, the troll chief, Philemon was confident that he wanted to do something big, not only to help the drow break the deadlock in the north, but also to bring the Snowmi clan back to the border. Go to the natural camp and record a merit in your merit book.

But in the eyes of wily matrons like Pernilai, this guy's plan is full of mistakes and has basically no chance of success.

If you want to rely on the so-called prestige established by a mere legendary leader in his tribe to get all the members of a powerful tribe to give up their hatred of nearly annihilating the tribe and join the ranks of their once mortal enemy, how optimistic must you be to think that it is possible? things.

At least no one in this group of drow matrons, whose hands are stained with the blood of their compatriots, has reached their current status and strength, will be optimistic about this.

The reason why they finally cooperated with Philemon was because the drows made the choice that was most beneficial to them after some thought.

In the eyes of the drow matrons, killing or not killing a mere legend is nothing more than a matter of thought. Even the leader of the so-called powerful tribe in the wilderness is nothing more than a mere thought in the hands of the drow matrons. Just a slightly stronger alien.

What can Lillian and the others gain by killing Ariel? A pile of loot that is not very rich, an enemy that has been weakened but is likely to be more hostile to the drow.

It is also possible that the Oak camp will take the opportunity to sow peace between the wilderness and the drow, causing the drow's plan to integrate into the wilderness to fail.

If Ariel is left behind and Philemon convinces the other party to put aside their prejudices and cooperate with the drow, what can the drow gain? A chess piece wedged into the wilderness tribe, even if it cannot help the drow much, it can divide the tribes in the north and make them no longer united. This alone is enough to make the drow matrons willing to let go. The opponent has a horse.

Not to mention that through this incident, selling nature teaches a favor, and the two forces will naturally be more harmonious when they get along and communicate; and...

Anyway, the trophies on Ariel's body had long been looted from the opponent after Deborah and the others captured him alive, so they did not lose much in their interests. Moreover, through understanding the whereabouts of Ariel and the others, Deborah and the others learned about the existence of the Crescent Lake ruins. In the future, they can slowly search for the demiplane where the ruins are located. Even if there is no key sign, there is still a chance to find the existence of the ruins.

The balance of interests between killing and releasing had only gone through the minds of the wily mistresses, and they already knew what choice to make. Then, Philemon was given a chance to preside over negotiations with Ariel, persuading him to surrender and sign a contract with Drow and the Church of Nature.

Just avoiding Philemon, the northern priest of the Church of Nature, the matrons of the five major members of the Hosea Federation met and discussed, rejecting Philemon's whimsical plan, and instead made a plan more beneficial to them based on the situation.

Ariel must be put back, but how to ensure that the put-back Ariel can still lead his tribe is a very important issue. Ariel, the chief of the Snowmi clan, and the troll legend, who is no longer the chief of the clan, are still the same person, but to the drow, they are completely different in nature.

No one who can lead a clan in the wilderness is a simple-minded guy. After they learn the news that Ariel has been captured, they will definitely react accordingly so that their clans will not fall into crisis. among.

The drow matrons have no control over what kind of response plan the wilderness leaders will make. All they can do is use their resources and strength to try to make the situation develop in their own favor. The most important thing is to keep Ariel. Chief's status.

Since the tribes in the wilderness believe in the law of the jungle, the drow matrons will let these guys see the huge gap in strength between them. When the difference in strength between the two is not large, the opponent will often choose to confront each other in order to gain dominance; but when there is a huge disparity in strength between the two, the weak will need to rely on the strong to act, or at least take into account the strong's attitude and interests. .

When Penile and the others were confronting Allen and the others, they just said a few words of disapproval, and then immediately took action against them. It seemed that they were acting very recklessly, but in fact they were just showing off to Allen and the other strong men in the north. Use your own strength to tell them the strength gap between them with facts.

From the beginning, the drow never thought about completely angering the tribes in the north and returning to a state of war with the wilderness. This was not in their interests.

The thunder of the 'Thunder of Doomsday' in the sky keeps falling, but in fact, if someone could observe calmly, they would find that at least more than half of the thunder did not fall on the walls of the Nasir Fortress, but struck the city. In the wild fields outside. With Pernilai's spellcasting ability, it is impossible for her to be unable to control the attack range of the magic she releases. Not to mention the city wall, which is only a few miles wide, even if it is the living area where the trolls and jackals behind the wall live, as long as Pernilai is Nilai is basically covered by her magic within her field of vision.

You must know that there are at least over 10,000 elite warriors of the three tribes on the city wall, as well as a spellcasting team composed of hundreds of spellcasters. They all have a certain ability to protect themselves and can do limited damage to falling lightning. Block and dodge. As for the two ordinary tribesmen within the city wall, they are weak and have no self-defense such as armor. If the 'Thunder of Doomsday' falls in the city, the damage to the two tribes will be even greater.

On the battlefield, everyone except Drow was basically unaware of all this, but there was one person who saw it all.

Ariel's eyes were angry and sad, but he could do nothing. He could only watch his people die one by one in front of his eyes, and the walls of his clan were destroyed again and again.

He had no choice but to sign an alliance contract with the drow, which meant that Ariel had no other choice. The avatars of two powerful gods, the God of Nature and the Spider Queen Rose, signed his real name and left his spiritual imprint in the presence of avatars. , its binding force is no worse than a magical contract supervised by the devil.

The God of Nature may not care about the re-choice and betrayal of the leader of the wilderness tribe after signing the contract, but Rose, the Spider Queen, who has always been known for her brutal and bloody, lewd and evil, and unyielding vengeance, will not mind her eternal life. Find some fun in your boring time.

Ariel naturally attaches great importance to the tribe and power. He has devoted most of his life to this, how could he give up so easily! ! However, Ariel is extremely rational. He also knows very well that without life, these external objects are just passing clouds and will not follow him into the River Styx and stay with him forever.

Although his life expectancy is not long, he still has a few decades to live, and he has never thought of giving up this beautiful world.

Faced with two evils, Ariel finally chose the only precious life he truly owned and controlled, but this did not mean that he had not thought about the tribe.

It took Philemon too long to persuade Ariel, which gave Allen, Maggot Eyes and their neighbors in the north more time to prepare. And all of this is actually because Ariel believed that as a tribal chief, he could fulfill his responsibilities to the tribe under the circumstances and circumstances at that time.

Perhaps, in the eyes of others, Ariel has been insisting on refusing to surrender, but he just wants to seek the best interests for himself. However, if Ariel had taken the initiative to surrender to the drow after being captured, his gains might not have been less than if he had persisted in resisting for a long time before surrendering.

The sooner they surrendered to the Drow, the better it would be for the Drow in terms of timing. Perhaps because of the time difference, the Drow gathered an army to go south, and together with Ariel who surrendered, they completely controlled the Nasir Fortress in their hands.

Drow naturally covets the benefits brought by controlling the Nasir Fortress, and the rewards given to Ariel will definitely be much greater than if he procrastinates until the end and surrenders.

And the reason why Ariel didn't do this was because he couldn't bear to let the tribe he invested half his life in running really become a vassal of the drow. After decades of battles of wits and courage with Allen, the bugbear, Ariel believes that as long as he buys the opponent a certain amount of time, Allen will definitely join forces with Maggot Eyes and Tim to make an effective response.

Although this will inevitably lead to the Snowmi family being led by Alan, the bugbear, and the Snowmi family may fall into Green Field's design in the future, at least from the current reality, Ariel believes that this It is the best choice for myself and the Snowmi family.

Ariel sighed helplessly. At least the drow were still restrained in their actions, otherwise his tribe would not know how many people would be killed or injured in this war! ! Now, I have a set of unbreakable and strong shackles on my body. Even my hands and feet cannot move freely. How can I do anything for the people of my clan! !
  Maggot Eyes woke up from Bobiel's arms, and the healing potion and the magical power of the remaining scrolls echoed each other, trying to restore his burnt body. At this time, the Jackal's violent momentum had long since dissipated, and his eyes had become confused. He looked at the thick layer of dark clouds in the sky, feeling the terrifying magic power oscillating deep in the dark clouds, and felt very pessimistic about the situation in the city.

It was originally thought that the three tribes joining together and with the help of other members of the Ring of Thorns team would be enough to deal with any plan of the drow. But after actually fighting against the drow, Maggot Eyes realized that there was such a huge gap in strength between them and the drow.

The safety of Nasir Fortress was not actually the reason why Maggot Eyes' mood and will were so depressed. What really hit him was that the strength of the drow cut off his desire to regain his homeland and buried him among the successive leaders of the Crow's Claw tribe. of hope among the tombs.

Regardless of Maggot Eye's performance in the past few decades, it has always been mediocre. However, if you carefully observe the internal development and management of Crow's Claw, it is not difficult to find that Maggot Eye's own investment in the tribe is not as high as that of Ai in proportion. Master Lun.

Ariel intercepted a large share of the Snowy clan's income over the years and turned it into private assets. He also used the public property to cultivate his own descendants and let them hold important positions in the tribe.

Maggot Eyes' behavior, on the other hand, is similar to Allen's. He rarely intercepts the interests of the tribe to accumulate his own private property. On the contrary, he often fills it with resources that are beneficial to the development of the tribe from his own collection. Tribal public property.

As for his own bloodline, Maggot Eyes treats his own bloodline equally. At most, he will personally take the children around him to teach and train those with some talent in the family, but he rarely uses tribal resources to cultivate his own bloodline, regardless of public or private matters.

What Maggot Eyes wants is to one day take this group of jackals back to their hometown of Hanfeng Gang with distinct seasons, mountains and water, and continue to multiply and pass on.

Now it seems that, at least in Maggot Eye's lifetime, it will be impossible to counterattack Hanfeng Hill and take back their homeland from the powerful drow.

(End of this chapter)