A baby dragon has built a nest outside the Novice Village

Chapter 231 Union
"Humanity has already begun to unite. Once they are completely united, will your living space still be as stable as it is now?"

At the joint meeting of the goblin ministers, a ball of fire was roiling above the seats.

Thick curtains blocked the sunlight outside the house. Even though the sun was shining brightly outside, the goblins could only rely on various lamps for lighting in the room.

The streets that should have been bustling were now empty. Goblins and ogres hid indoors, waiting for the night to come. Occasionally, a few humans ran through the streets. One of the important missions of the humans in the city-state now was to deliver information from all parts of the city-state during the day.

"Look at the current state of your city-state. If humans take one more step forward, everything you have built over the years will eventually dissipate, and you will have no choice but to hide back in those shabby nests, and even forget the civilization you once created."

The goblin ministers looked at the flames in front of them. Because of his appearance, the goblins held a joint meeting for three consecutive days.

"As you can see, humans are also an important part of our city-state."

A goblin took off his glasses and wiped them carefully with a handkerchief. The frame of the glasses was inlaid with gems and gold, and on this small frame, there was a pattern of a giant dragon. This was a job that only the most skilled craftsmen could attempt. In the minister's warehouse, there were hundreds of frames that were wasted in the carving process.

Every time he had customers, he would show them these scrapped frames and tell them how the craftsmen spent thousands of hours, went through all kinds of difficulties, improved the craftsmanship, and finally created the frame decorated with French and Swiss patterns on his nose.

Among these goblins who worship Farai, displaying wealth is a means of affirming status for both parties.

Even when facing foreigners, this custom is more or less retained.

However, the shadow did not understand the meaning of the goblins' actions. For their race, money had long lost its meaning. In their current form of existence, they had no use for such a thing.

"We don't intend to destroy humanity. Our goal is to wipe out all those who believe in the sun god and make that sun disappear."

The flame trembled and a sound came out of it.

"That's no different from exterminating the human race. Not to mention that the followers of the Sun God account for more than 70% of the human population. After the patron god of a race dies, that race will also decline. There has never been an exception in history."

An old goblin made a rebuttal. As the Minister of History, Education and Technology, he had come into contact with many things left over from lost civilizations when researching technology. Through some of the written records, he was able to more or less understand what happened in history.

"About 12 percent of species can survive after their gods disappear. This depends on their own resilience, at least according to the records passed down by our species. And even if humans eventually perish, it is not our responsibility. We still need to exist in this world."

The meeting room fell into silence. It was seriously against the interests of the goblins to step into such a quagmire.

However, a rash refusal might anger the flame in front of him. Although this flame may seem inconspicuous, it is actually an expression of goodwill by suppressing the power radiating from his outwards and shrinking it into such a small ball.

In his complete form, he was a Fire Lord. In the era ruled by elemental creatures, such elemental lords were at least at level 15, and one step further, they could become quasi-legends. Even though their civilization had declined, the legends about elemental creatures still supported their strength to remain above level 10.

If he gets enraged and goes berserk, most of the ministers present will die in his first round of attacks. "We need to discuss before making a decision."

The ministers' answers made the Fire Lord somewhat dissatisfied. "Waiting" ranked third on the list of the most hated things for this violent elemental creature. If it were usual, this meeting room would have been burning in flames.

But now, the Fire Lord suppressed his dissatisfaction. After all, they had even formed an alliance with the "water element", which was ranked first on the list of the most annoying things. "Waiting" was not something that was completely unbearable.

"No matter what, give me an answer before sunset."

After Flame finished speaking, he floated out of the small meeting room.

The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, the vice president of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce spoke up.

"How do you think we should respond to him?"

The decision that the goblins had to make did not need to be discussed at all. They were merchants. Although the city-state had a strong military force and could quickly assemble a large army of goblins and ogres if necessary, the goblins positioned these military forces as nothing more than the security force of the Chamber of Commerce.

Although the number of security forces was a bit too high due to the goblins' habit of showing off their wealth, the goblins had no intention of actually sending them into war.

"You are most familiar with diplomatic affairs, so you should come in."

The vice president pointed to a goblin beside him. As the highest-ranking person in the Chamber of Commerce, he was not responsible for any specific department work. His job was to ensure the smooth conduct of each pilgrimage, screen new people who were suitable to become Fari's believers, and ensure the Chamber of Commerce's loyalty to their president, Fari.

“It’s clear that we can’t just turn them down.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs seemed to be well prepared. He made a gesture and his attendants distributed a thick stack of documents to the ministers present. Many of the ministers present did not have a very good understanding of the current situation in the outside world. These were the basic information collected by the Foreign Affairs Department.

"The alliance has now united sixty-one races, and the number of members is still growing. Their attitude is still relatively mild, and they haven't done anything to the races that refuse to join. But this doesn't mean that the Fire Elemental Lord is an easy target to deal with."

The personality traits of the fire element are already written in the document: irritable, angry, and impulsive.

"They sent this Fire Elemental Lord here to show their respect for us, but they can also use the characteristics of his race to threaten us in disguise. And if anything goes wrong, they can put most of the blame on the unique flaws of the Fire Elemental Lord race."

Zhang from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs played with the quill in his hand. The feathers on it had been carefully trimmed, and some gold and silver threads filled in the missing parts of the feathers, as if using the tail feathers as a canvas, and the threads dotted among them to form a Farai dragon's head.

"We need to find a middle ground and make some compromises."

(End of this chapter)