Lord of War

   "We have encountered a plunder." The High Priest of Heavy Rock sighed, "A plunder that is enough to wipe out our Tribe of Heavy Rock."

   "Predatory?" Sean frowned slightly.

  The word looting is just as explained literally.

It's just that in the wild land, because of the emergence of the wild king and the union and restraint of the big first-class and second-class tribes, plundering, which will obviously cause the extinction of those weak tribes, should be suppressed or even eliminated. That's right. Especially at the moment when the wild land is about to enter the winter, the act of plundering is even more unforgivable, because the severe cold winter will freeze the whole wild land, and the water plants will wither and the limited water sources will also freeze. It becomes ice, so at this time I can only rely on extremely limited meat and clothing for the belly and keep warm.

  Almost every year in the severe winter, there will be a large number of people who die in the wild.

  It can be said that the severe winter is the important factor restricting the population growth of the entire wilderness. This is also the reason why every tribe will not expand the scale and breed in large numbers at will. Without enough food and warmth, those newly born children will definitely not survive the first cold winter-of course, kobolds and goblins are not included in this list. These two races are notoriously huge, but their usual downsizing is also extremely large, so there is not enough offspring, and they don’t even need to be severe in winter to be extinct in endless wars.

  But Sean still knows very well that plundering in the wild has another meaning.

  Expansion.

   "Which tribe is expanding?" Sean asked.

  Just one sentence made the high priest of Chongyan look surprised. He previously thought that when the hammer said that Sean was familiar with the Wildlands, and it was most likely to be the noble guests of the first-class tribe, he thought that the hammer was just a white lie to add to the identity and status of Sean, but Seen from the point that Sean can associate expansion just by hearing the plunder, the High Priest of Heavy Rock felt that he was obviously too arbitrary.

But this is no wonder, because often people who have been long enough will feel proud and proud because of the accumulation and increase of their own knowledge, which leads to the illusion of a leader in a certain field, so instinct will remain suspicious in dealing with many things. The attitude, so arbitrary and subjective, is just a "side effect" of longevity.

"You don't need to be surprised. This is actually just a simple logical reasoning. Anyone who knows the situation in the wilderness can infer it." Sean can easily feel the change in the attitude of the High Priest of Heavy Rock, and of course he can feel it. The surprise in his eyes, "Generally, tribes that like to plunder are like Luoxiluo. They like war and enjoy war, and they do not engage in any production activities. All supplies are provided by employers, and they will naturally go if necessary. Plunder. It’s just that the plunder of this kind of tribe is very measured and will not cause major harm or impact on the sustainable development of a tribe."

"But you just said that the result of this plundering for your heavy rock tribe is almost a crisis of extinction. This is obviously beyond the standard. When it comes to the upcoming winter, I boldly speculate that this plundering The essence is not to help my tribe through the harsh winter, but to bring greater benefits to the tribe.... And what kind of benefits are greater benefits? Based on my understanding of the wild land, I can pass Only expansion can bring benefits from plunder, and only expansion can truly grow a tribe."

  This time, not only the High Priest of Chongyan was surprised, but also Ronan and the barbarian old man were shocked. Only the heavy hammer seemed to have accepted Sean’s omnipotence and strength. The expression on his face remained calm, especially when he saw everyone including the high priest look surprised. Hammer felt a sudden burst of joy in his heart.

  After a while, the high priest of the heavy rock nodded, and said with some convincing words: "It is exactly as you inferred from the distinguished guest....The people who plundered our heavy rock tribe are the Heishui tribe."

   "Black Water?" Xiao En thought a little, and then realized something.

The Blackwater Tribe is a second-class tribe that performed very strongly and eye-catchingly in the later stage of the game. Except that this tribe cannot be promoted to the first-class tribe without a great witch festival, its tribe is no better than any first-class tribe in terms of scale and combat effectiveness. The tribe is weak. Especially in several military operations against the millennium covenant empire, the black wolf cavalry of the Heishui tribe was responsible for the important combat power as a final word.

  This is a super powerful tribe that gathers kobolds, barbarians, goblins, dwarves, lizardmen, half-dragons, and many half-orcs.

  History did not produce any deviation, but proceeded step by step.

  Predatory expansion, from the current point of view, should be one of the main reasons for the prosperity of this tribe.

  At least, in the later history that Sean knew, the Blackwater Tribe was already able to be self-sufficient without relying on plunder.

"Yes, this is a villain tribe!" The heavy rock high priest said angrily. "He is not an affiliate of the Habek tribe, but attached to the Black Gold tribe, which is a powerful tribe ruled by dwarves... …The Black Gold Tribe and the Habek Tribe are not compatible with each other, so as long as the Black Water Tribe does not plunder the Black Gold Tribe’s affiliation, but instead uses the Habek Tribe’s attachment as the target of plunder, the Black Gold Tribe will ignore it."

"What about your suzerain tribe?" Xiao En asked curiously, "Since the Black Gold tribe ignores it, your suzerain tribe should have the obligation to protect your subordinate tribes. Didn't the Habaek tribe take any measures against it? ?"

Hearing Shaun’s words, the High Priest of Chongyan gave a bitter smile: “The act of plundering is not forbidden. These are the necessary conditions for the survival of the tribe. It is only because the king does not agree to it, so the major tribes There are some restraints and restrictions, but this kind of behavior will definitely not be completely prohibited for a while, so in fact, there are many tribes in the wilds that are doing this, and even because this behavior may be completely banned in the future, it has become more severe. Case."

"Moreover, the suzerain tribe is not like your outside lords. It has the responsibility of protecting the people of the territories." Heavy Hammer took the words and continued to explain, "If it is an invasion by foreign enemies, then the suzerain tribe is of course obliged to send troops, but generally The people in the small tribes who are responsible for fighting and consuming are still the people of our small tribes.... But if it's just the internal disputes in the wild land, the suzerain tribe will never intervene, otherwise it is also the Yanqi tribe attached to the Habek tribe, how dare to act blatantly How about the soldiers invading us?"

  Hearing this, Sean finally realized: "So, it's no wonder I have been unable to understand, but now I finally understand."

  The wild land is actually a microcosm of the entire wonderland.

  The tribes here are actually no different from those outside kingdoms. The wars between each other are just for their tribes to become stronger. It’s just that the savage land has always believed in the weak and the strong, and many things have been more naked and cruel. Unlike the principalities of the outside world that are dependent on the major empires, the principalities belonging to the same suzerain will not start wars with each other. But the conspiracy between each other is also indispensable.

this is the truth.

"Therefore, our current tribe is actually exhausted. It is really our sin to be unable to entertain the distinguished guests with the best things." The high priest of Chongyan apologized to Sean very sincerely, "but the distinguished guests Don't worry, I have ordered the people below to slaughter ten pigs and sheep tonight to entertain the distinguished guests and your subordinates. This is the only thing we can do."

   "Ten pigs and sheep?" Xiao En was taken aback for a while, "When I followed you in just now, I saw that there seemed to be only ten pigs and sheep left in your tribal livestock pen."

"Yes." The high priest of Chongyan nodded. "The only adults who have been fattened are these ten that have not been snatched away. There are also a few young sheep and a cow. Please forgive me for not being able to entertain with lambs. Dear guest, because this is really important to the survival of our tribe. And after those old sheep are slaughtered, you can also make a few more warm clothes to at least help the children of the tribe through this harsh winter."

   "It's weird." Xiao En was a little confused and unable to understand, "Since the Blackwater Tribe can carry out plunder, why are you impossible?"

"This distinguished guest, it's not that we can't, but we can't." The old barbarian who hadn't spoken finally spoke, "Becoming the target of the Blackwater Tribe's looting is not only the material loss, but also The people in the tribe have also suffered heavy losses.... The chief, the captain of the guard, and all the chief candidates have been killed in the battle. At the same time, many young people in the tribe have died in the battle. Now our entire Zhongyan tribe is less than fifty. People, most of them are old people and children, it is very difficult to gather a guard."

Xiao En recalled the scene he had seen in the Zhongyan tribe before. It was true that not many people rushed out to fight with the strength of the clan, and there were also many old people and children. At this moment, after hearing this barbarian’s words, He finally understood that the Zhongyan tribe had received such a tragic blow, and at the same time, he also understood why the kobolds of the Yanqi tribe dared to trouble the savages of the Zhongyan tribe.

"Who said that all of your chief candidates died in battle? Isn't there one here?" Sean stretched out his hand and pushed the heavy hammer. "Since your tribe has no chiefs and chief candidates, then the heavy hammer is now The chief of the heavy rock tribe, should it be a matter of course?"

"It's really appropriate." After a moment of silence, the high priest of Chongyan nodded, "Old Wick, you should arrange it immediately. Tonight, we will also announce to the people in the clan while we are entertaining the distinguished guests. The chief of the tribe is Ataba!"

   "Yes!" The old barbarian still looked full of energy. After giving a chest-beating ceremony unique to a barbarian, he turned and left here.

"And it's not a problem to have no troops." Shaun said calmly, "I and the hammer...well, should I say that it is Chief Ataba now? I have an agreement with Chief Ataba, so I will be here for the time being. Your hammer tribe will live here for a while."

   "You mean..." The eyes of the High Priest of Heavy Rock suddenly shone with a light.

  Shaun smiled slightly, then nodded.

it is more than words.