This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 196 Facilitating talks (2 in 1, 6000 words)

Ambersio chatted with Sares all night long, and it wasn't until the old man was too sleepy that Umbersio let him go back to sleep. By this time, it was already dawning.

 A night of chatting, in addition to successfully avoiding the mysterious dark power, also allowed Amber Xiu to find out many details about the dream ritual.

Now it is basically certain that the dream barrier and the dream ritual are actually the same thing. It should be said that they are the same magic system, but some of the effects have been modified after modification.

However, the prayer to enter the natural dreamland was still not found out. Amberxiu did not dare to be too careful, lest it arouse Sares' vigilance. The next day, news came from the Druid Council that a great druid would come in person to discuss cooperation between the two countries.

Ariel was very happy when she heard the news, thinking that she could finally discuss cooperation with Druid.

 But when Amberxiu heard the news, he sighed and said, "Don't hold out any hope. These druids obviously don't want to talk to us."

Ariel said strangely: "Ah? Why do you say that? Didn't they send someone to negotiate?"

"We came here to discuss cooperation on behalf of the Kingdom of Rage. You are still the princess and the heir to the next king. But they only sent a druid to talk to us instead of inviting us to the Emerald Dream Tower. , meeting all the members of the Druid Council, this can be considered very rude."

 Ariel still has too little experience. Unlike Amber Xiu, an old man who is hundreds of years old, he can tell the attitude of the druids from many small details. The conflict between the Raging Tide Kingdom and Emerald Dream Forest is greater than Amber Xiu imagined. With such a grand event, they couldn't even get a chance to communicate normally.

But Amberxiu didn't care very much. He was just looking for an excuse. No matter whether the negotiation could be completed or not, it would not have much impact on him.

　　On the contrary, Ariel became nervous. She really wanted to promote this peace negotiation. If we can make peace with the druids and the two countries can cooperate, it will be very beneficial to the poor place like the Kingdom of Rage. Moreover, after the "successful" cooperation with the Silent Night Pirates last time, Ariel fell in love with the feeling of conquering the world by talking.

“What should we do now? The druids are unwilling to cooperate. Are we going to admit it just like this?” Ariel looked into Amberxiu’s eyes with anticipation on her face.

The commander-in-chief who suddenly became smart must have something to do. These days, he is simply an omnipotent god.

Ambers consoled him: "It's meaningless to say anything now. Who should we look at first and what attitude should we take? Only then can we act according to the situation. The worst consequence is to leave directly. Don't expect to talk about the cooperation between the two countries in one go." OK, we are here to express an attitude. When we meet next time, the druids will remember this exchange, and there will naturally be an opportunity to continue the conversation."

Ariel said in surprise: "Is that so? Does that mean that we are successful if we can enter the Emerald Dream Forest this time?"

 “Almost, at least it won’t be wasted effort.”

Amberxiu’s words are absolutely true. Generally, businessmen have to negotiate several times to discuss a big business, and it is common for them to pay a visit and receive a rejection. The same is true for countries. Political negotiations only last once, and it is not surprising that the game lasts for decades.

 It's just that the situation is much more serious than Amberxiu imagined.

When the great druid named Brandir Sanda appeared, he didn't even have the most basic fake smile. Instead, he had an undisguised look of disgust.

When he saw Amber Xiu and Ariel, he said bluntly: "Your Raging Tide Kingdom often creates storms and tsunamis, which seriously affects the natural environment. Our forests are suffering from them, and you have the nerve to ask us to cooperate." ?”

After saying this, Amber Xiu was stunned.

This tone, this attitude, this is not a negotiation at all. Is this preparation for war?

Ariel also had a bad temper. When she heard this druid being so rude, she said loudly: "Not everyone has to abide by the teachings of our druids. The natural rules in your eyes have no control over us!"

 It’s over, there are thorns on both sides.

With such a tense situation, war might be declared on the spot.

This is not right, the druid is already in trouble, why would he want to completely offend the Kingdom of Rage at this time.

Amberxiu looked at this young druid carefully. He was blond, blue-eyed, tall, and a very typical handsome guy. He looked like he was probably less than forty years old, but he had already reached the legendary level. To say that he was a genius was real. Well deserved.

 Wait, young legendary druid?

This guy, isn't he the Druid that Naomi said is madly pursuing Catherine?

The druid started quarreling as soon as he arrived. Was it intentional? I'm afraid there is some other reason here.

Although Amberxiu didn't guess the real reason, his guess was in the right direction. Brandir did come here to quarrel.

 Because he didn’t want to come to meet with the envoys of the Kingdom of Rage in the first place.

Just now, he inquired from Naomi that Catherine had not slept well. How could Brandir make the goddess in his heart feel uncomfortable? He immediately applied to other archdruids, saying that he would create a perfect dream for Catherine. , let her have a good sleep.

 This undoubtedly requires the use of their druid's greatest secret skill, the dream ritual.

The will of the elves will not be affected by the dream barrier, but that is if the person refuses. The free will of the elves can resist any hypnotic charm effect. But if I agree, that's another matter.

According to Brandir's idea, as long as the other great druids agree, he will tell Catherine the prayer to enter the dream, so that the elf queen can enter the natural dreamland when she falls asleep at night.

Natural dreams will provide the dreamer with the most comfortable environment, allowing him to completely relax his body and mind, so that Catherine can have a good sleep.

 But this request was rejected by the other archdruids without hesitation.

 They all think that Brandir is crazy. You pursue him, but how can you give the biggest secret of Emerald Dream Forest as a gift? Before they even married the Elf Queen, the druids suffered a loss and vomited blood first.

 The situation has gotten a little out of control, and Brandir has fallen into blind love.

　　The other archdruids, sensing that something was wrong, quickly gave Brandir the envoy of the Kingdom of Raging Tide and asked him to negotiate with the people of the Kingdom of Raging Tide. He must be kept away from Catherine, otherwise the Emerald Dream Forest will be packed up and sold by him.

Although Brandir is the most talented druid in Emerald Dream Forest, he is still a young man after all, and he really can't defeat so many seniors. He can only reluctantly negotiate with the envoys of the Kingdom of Rage.

 But that’s all, he just wanted to finish the matter quickly so that he could go back and continue to convince the great druids.

 The day is so short. If there is no way to solve it, won't his beloved goddess be unable to sleep again tonight?

 When he thought of this, Brandier felt as painful as if his heart had been cut with a knife.

Because of this, he rushed to the end of the negotiation with a domineering attitude, hoping that these envoys from the Angry Tide Kingdom would get out of the way quickly.

 Ariel couldn't stand this anger and couldn't help but want to take action.

But she had already experienced the effect of the Dream Barrier last time. If she fought against the Druid here, she would only suffer the loss, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it. At the same time, she turned to look at Amber Xiu, hoping that he could solve it. .

 Just, can he really solve it?

The existence of the Dream Barrier has made them all lose their fighting ability. This is the druid's territory. It is too harsh to hope that he can help them regain their face.

Just when Ariel was feeling uneasy, Amberxiu could almost confirm Brandier's identity. He was probably the crazy suitor. Although he didn't know what his pursuit of Catherine had to do with him, he could use this.

Amberxiu said to Brandir: "Master Sanda, you are so rude to a princess. If this matter spreads out, what will other ladies think of you?"

Brandir originally wanted to scold Amberxiu, but when he heard his words, his expression suddenly changed.

Yeah, if the goddess found out that I yelled at a little girl, wouldn't I feel very graceless?

 Oops, I accidentally got into trouble.

Looking at his face, Amberxiu knew that his words had touched his weakness.

Strike while the iron is hot, and while Brandir was confused, Amberxiu continued: "Her Royal Highness Ariel is the princess of the Kingdom of Rage. Do you have the same attitude towards the royal members of other kingdoms? If you don't apologize. , then I will definitely report this matter and ensure that everyone in the Raging Tide Kingdom and Emerald Dream Forest knows what you have done.”

Brandir was taken aback and said quickly: "No, please don't do this. I apologize. It was my bad attitude just now. I apologize to Ariel, please forgive me."

 Face is not important, the most important thing is not to let the goddess know that he is rude to women.

Ariel looked at Amberxiu in shock. She couldn't understand why this arrogant Druid bowed his head and apologized in just a few words?

This is really unreasonable. Can these two sentences have any lethal effect? Ariel could still understand 70% to 80% of Amber Xiu's tricks to deceive people before. This time she understood every word, but in the end she couldn't understand it at all.

Ariel didn't even care about Brandir's apology, and thought worriedly: "It's over, is there such a big gap in wisdom between me and him? If he wants to lie to me, I will definitely be deceived."

Amberxiu looked at Brandir, whose attitude had changed 180 degrees, with great contempt in his heart. This is what happens when someone manipulates your love brain. This druid is still too young.

Amberxiu said to Brandir: "Now, can we sit down and talk about cooperation?"

Brandir breathed a sigh of relief. He was too anxious just now and almost ruined his reputation. Fortunately, he could save it. As for Amber Xiu's request, no matter how unwilling Brandier is, he can only sit down and talk now.

The three of them started the first meeting between the two countries in this mountain col where birds were singing and flowers were fragrant. As the representative of the Raging Tide Kingdom, Amberxiu briefly expressed the Raging Tide Kingdom’s intention to cooperate. To put it bluntly, Ryan is too scary, so countries that don't deal with Ryan should work together to deal with this terrifying behemoth.

 The general direction is that the Kingdom of Raging Tide can promise that it will never pose a threat to the coast of Emerald Dream Forest, and at the same time is willing to open commercial trade. The two countries can exchange materials and each get what they need.

These are very rough directions. The specific details cannot be finalized by three people here. People need to be sent to discuss them word by word later. The main purpose of this meeting is to confirm whether the two parties have the intention to cooperate. If so, we can continue to talk. If not, we can also talk again after a while.

Brandir was a little impatient when he heard this. Even leaving aside Catherine’s reasons, he himself did not want the two countries to strengthen cooperation.

 The main reason is still the faith issue in the Kingdom of Rage.

 The Lord of Storms advocates violence to plunder everything and destroy all enemies. The father of the oak tree emphasizes balance and natural circulation.

 The two are naturally in conflict with each other in terms of doctrine, and their ways of doing things are also completely different.

 Druids must respect the natural environment in everything they do, and must strictly control their eating habits. They must not over-plunder and destroy the forest.

The Kingdom of Raging Tide takes as much as they can, and often summons large tsunamis in order to catch all the fish in the sea and throw them all to the shore for easy harvesting.

 Such operations have led to the extinction of several types of offshore fish, something the Druids have publicly expressed serious condemnation of.

Of course, the Kingdom of Angry Tide doesn't care about this. If fish become extinct, they will become extinct. What does it have to do with them?

From that time on, the Children of the Storm were not welcomed in Emerald Dream Forest, and the Kingdom of Rage was also very dissatisfied with this group of druids who always told them what to do.

 The Kingdom of Raging Tide eats from the sea. If there are various restrictions on fishing, will they still eat?

 Both sides have their own reasons and both sides have their own positions.

This is a battle of beliefs, which is more troublesome than simple interests, because interests can be traded, negotiated, and a win-win situation can be achieved, but beliefs cannot. Blasphemy will bring punishment from the gods, and the consequences are more terrible than if Ryan knocked on the door.

Brandier said to Amberxiu very seriously: "Our position in Emerald Dream Forest has always been this. If you can't change the behavior that brutally destroys the balance of nature, there will be no way for us to cooperate."

Amberxiu was not disappointed, and continued: "What if it is just military non-aggression? This level of cooperation should not violate your doctrine, right?"

Brandir frowned. Although it sounded reasonable, he couldn't agree to it directly. Without Catherine's influence, Brandier finally showed his due intelligence after calming down.

The Rage Kingdom sent people to negotiate so suddenly. This situation is very abnormal.

Although the enmity between the Kingdom of Rage and Ryan is deeper, if Ryan wants to fight through it, he must first climb through the Emerald Dream Forest. In other words, the Raging Tide Kingdom can wait for the fight between Emerald Dream Forest and Ryan, and then threaten and induce the Druid after the show. The chance of successful cooperation will be greater.

However, the Kingdom of Rage did not do this. Instead, it sent a distinguished envoy before Ryan took action, looking very sincere.

But Brandir didn't believe this was sincerity. He began to think about what kind of trouble the Rage Kingdom was encountering, so he couldn't wait for peace talks. If we can seize this point, we may be able to take more initiative at the negotiation table and let the Kingdom of Rage give up more benefits.

 So Brandir began to circle around patiently with Amber Xiu, half of the business talk, and then turned to the humanistic scenery of the Kingdom of Rage, pretending to be curious and trying to figure out what happened in the Kingdom of Rage. Amber Xiu, on the other hand, was just trying to show off his tricks and just told nonsense when he opened his mouth.

He didn’t know much about the Kingdom of Rage anyway, and all the details came out of his mouth, making Brandir more and more confused the more he talked about it. As for Ariel, she has not spoken again since Brandir apologized. Instead, she listened to the conversation between the two very carefully and wrote down every word carefully.

Even if what Amberxiu said was full of mistakes, Ariel felt that it was intentional and there must be some deep meaning.

As expected, Brandir couldn't get any useful information out of them after chatting for a long time. On the contrary, a few questions from Amber Xiu exposed a lot of things. For example, there are thirty-six members of the Druid Council, thirty of whom are druids, and the remaining six are goblins, centaurs, and orcs. , representatives of giants and other races.

Because the druids have the absolute advantage, the druids have the final say on all matters in Emerald Dream Forest. Other races are protected by the druids, but to a certain extent, they can also be said to be protected by the druids. rule.

The goblins that Amber Xiu saw before were driven to the outskirts of Emerald Dream Forest and stayed outside the Dream Barrier because they could not accept the druid's increasingly strict maintenance of natural rules.

 At the same time, Amberxiu came up with a conjecture from some trivial news.

The druids don't seem to have discovered the hidden dark power, at least Brandir doesn't know about it, and Emerald Dream Forest has not been affected by this power.

Although this information is very important, nothing can be found out about the most critical dream ritual. This person is quite tight-lipped, so he can only use some less honorable methods.

Amber Xiu had just finished chatting with Brandir about the situation in various countries on the mainland. He changed the subject and said, "I heard that the Elf Queen of Silver Moon Highgarden also happened to be a guest in Emerald Dream Forest. Our Highness the Princess would like to pay a visit to her. Elf Queen, I wonder if I can ask Master Sanda to help me pass on a message?”

At the mention of Catherine, Brandi suddenly became nervous.

If Amberxiu said that he was going to visit Catherine, Brandier would definitely refuse. He wished that all the men in the world would stay away from Catherine. But Ariel wanted to visit Catherine, and Brandir couldn't refuse directly.

 It is very reasonable for a princess of a country to visit the Queen of Elf. If she interferes with it, what will Catherine think if she finds out?

But Brandir always felt that there was something strange about the son of the storm in front of him. He had an aura about him that made him very uncomfortable. Is there any conspiracy behind this sudden visit?

Brandier was about to find an excuse to delay, but Amberxiu seemed to see through his heart and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Sanda, I don't have any ill thoughts towards Her Majesty Catherine. You don't need to I treat him like a love rival."

Brandier's face turned red and he said excitedly: "What did you say?! Where did you hear the news?"

Amberxiu pretended to be surprised and said: "Why, don't you like this Majesty Catherine? Did I mistakenly believe the rumors?"

Brandir gritted his teeth, unable to deny or admit it. He knew that he had not concealed his pursuit of Catherine at all, and rumors must have leaked out, but he did not expect that even foreign envoys would have heard about it so quickly.

Amberxiu continued: "Master Sanda, not only did I hear that you are pursuing Her Majesty Catherine, but I also heard that you were rejected and couldn't see the Elf Queen for several days, right?"

Brandir snorted coldly and said: "How can a perfect goddess like Catherine impress someone so easily? This is just a small test she gave me."

“Tsk, tsk, this kind of rhetoric, is this the first time Master Sanda has pursued a woman?” Amber Xiu said with a tone of experience, which made Brandier blush and feel guilty.

 In the end, Brandier could only grit his teeth and say: "You! How did you know?!"

Although he is already in his thirties, his emotional experience is indeed blank. Before, he put all his energy into understanding nature and exercising, otherwise he would not have reached the legendary status in such a short period of time.

 Previously he felt that women would only affect the speed of his cultivation.

 But the moment he saw Catherine, this innocent druid was completely defeated.

Amberxiu's words touched his heart, and Brandier couldn't hold himself tight.

"It can be seen at a glance that although I am not much older than you, I should have more experience in relationships than you. Let me guess, did you madly show your love to Her Majesty Catherine the first time we met, and then showered you with all kinds of gifts? So, she just avoided you?"

Brandir's eyes widened. How could this man say it as if he had seen it with his own eyes? The rumors wouldn't be so detailed, right?

 “You, how could you even guess this?”

Amberxiu chuckled, and then said: "I sincerely advise you, if you really want to pursue a queen, it is definitely useless to do this now. If you continue this useless effort, the final result can only be Her Majesty Catherine's pursuit of Cuimeng. You Lin protested and asked you to get away as far as possible."

"How is this possible..." Brandier wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case. Catherine was still smiling when they first met, but after she expressed her love to him, she became indifferent.

 Are you wrong?

 Are there any special requirements for pursuing a queen?

Seeing Brandier's expression, Amberxiu knew that the heat was almost over, so he said to him: "You can't learn such complicated methods in a short time. So, if you can let us meet Queen Catherine, , I guarantee that I can help you get closer to the Elf Queen, and at least help you find out what she likes and dislikes."

"Just you?" Brandier didn't believe it, because Amberxiu's current appearance was to say he was unattractive. It's strange that a weather-beaten old man like Monge Gray River could be good-looking.

But Brandier looked at Ariel who was sitting next to her. This princess was very beautiful, but she sat obediently next to Amber Xiu from the beginning, like a little follower, and she couldn't figure it out. Who is the princess and who is the subject?

This son of the storm seems to be really good at dealing with women.

Brandir thought to himself, anyway, it is a reasonable and reasonable request for the envoys of the Kingdom of Rage to see the Elf Queen. What does it mean to let them meet? If this person could only help him find out about Catherine's hobbies, it would really be a big help.

"Okay, I will make arrangements for you. You should be able to see Her Majesty Catherine tonight at the latest, but..." Brandier stared into Amberxiu's eyes.

Amberxiu swore directly to the sky: "I, Meng Gray River, swear on my life, if I can't do what I promised you, I, Meng Gray River, will die without any body parts."

Brandir quickly said: "It doesn't have to be so serious...Okay, I believe you!"

 He has already sworn a poisonous oath, so it should not be false.

   Sorry, I have been suffering from fever repeatedly today, probably because of the three yangs, and I don’t have the energy to divide it into chapters, two into one 6,000-word chapter.

 (End of this chapter)