Everywhere on the sea, there were mages from the Tower of China doing the same thing as Crete.
The conversation between Glade and Crete was just an unknown episode in the post-war handling operations.
On the deck of Hou Yi, Xiao Chen was facing Trina who had been sealed with a magic seal. Now Xiao Chen knew that the mermaids could stand on the ground with their tails after losing their magic power, but their movements were somewhat inconvenient. They were not like the Naga tribe, who could swim on the ground with their snake-like tails. Although they could stand on their tails, they could only move forward in hops, which looked a bit funny.
Xiao Chen had locked up several other hostages in the cabin below. Only Trina stood on the deck, watching with Xiao Chen the mages from the China Group flying in the sky to rescue the wounded sea creatures. Trina's eyes kept moving back and forth between the mages from the China Tower and the wounded sea creatures. She bit her lips with her pearly teeth, and no one knew what she was thinking.
She saw Crete use magic to save many people, and she also saw Glade fly to the side of the shark warrior and use magic to revive the dying warrior.
"Why? We were the ones who attacked you first, so why did you save these people? Don't you think they will become your enemies and threats again after they recover from their injuries?" Trina asked.
"If you were the winner, what would you do?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Me?" Trina hesitated. "If I accept your surrender, I will naturally not kill the prisoners. I will keep you in exchange for ransom, or exchange you for my own prisoners. But... I will not rescue the wounded enemies. I don't know what the point is? Not only will I not do this, I'm afraid other countries on the continent will do the same?"
"We in the Tower of China handle things differently from many countries on the mainland, and of course differently from you sea people." Xiao Chen leaned on the railing of the ship's side, looking at the scene outside and said, "Maybe we respect the value of life itself more than you do."
"Of course we respect life. The life of every sea creature is a gift from the sea, but we won't do it like you do."
"That's because different civilizations are different. The more advanced a civilization is, the more it respects the value of people, not just our own people, but also our enemies. Because in the final analysis, the essence of intelligent life is no different.
The place we come from is much more developed and civilized than yours, so naturally it has different moral standards."
Xiao Chen paused for a moment and said, "Besides, I don't want to have a deep hatred with the Sea Clan. I hope that these goodwill gestures now will be the beginning of a good conversation between us in the future. After all, you didn't give me this opportunity at the beginning."
Trina said, "I... didn't know things would end up like this."
"Lord Xiao Chen, I think you are too kind to the sea people. They are savage and brutal, and it is not worth treating them like this." Herez said standing aside.
"Just like what this woman said. They have no mercy on us humans. I have two old friends who have been on the sea all their lives. But when they were about to go ashore, they met pirates from the sea tribe. They left nothing behind except a broken ship. All the people on the two ships were killed by these cruel guys!" Herez sneered, "What do you mean they won't kill the prisoners? There weren't many military forces on my friends' ships. They must have surrendered. In the end, they were thrown into the sea by the sea tribe to feed the fish!"
"If a person chooses to surrender, he or she is handing over his or her fate to the other party. From the moment you are ready to surrender, you should be prepared to let the other party do whatever they want." Trina said.
Heres said angrily: "Asshole, are you ready to be killed by me now?"
Trina glanced at Xiao Chen and said, "I have it. Can you do it? Do you dare to do it?"
"Hmph!" Heres was just venting his anger. He knew very well that Xiao Chen was the one in charge here.
"I told you I won't treat prisoners like this!" Trina raised her head and said with a bit of pride, "Killing prisoners is something that only small tribes do. My tribe will never do such a dishonorable thing!"
Xiao Chen said, "This is exactly what I want to know. Which tribe are you from? Today, your team has more than 30 mermaid mages, a considerable number of shark warriors and Naga warriors, and the quality of the warships is also very good. Such a team is not something that any tribe can produce.
What's even more interesting is that you would sneak so far to monitor our shipyards and care about the new warships built by humans. This is not like what most sea tribes would do. They all focus on managing their own small territory. "
"I... I shouldn't say this." Trina said.
Xiao Chen keenly noticed her hesitation. It was not a direct rejection, but a sign of worry about something.
He said: "It's useless for you to hide it now. There are so many wounded sea tribe soldiers receiving treatment from us. Do you think this secret can still be kept
Besides, since you are hostages, someone will come to redeem you, unless he wants to give up a great magician and several high-level magicians, which is unlikely, right? Then he will always have a chance to contact us. I think in order to avoid misunderstandings like this between you and me, it won’t hurt to understand your situation in advance. "
Trina glanced at the wounded on the sea and knew that Xiao Chen was telling the truth. She also knew that it was too difficult to keep any secrets in front of a great magician who was good at mental magic. She hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Have you heard of the Undercurrent Alliance?"
Xiao Chen glanced at Hertz, who shook his head and said, "I have been dealing with the sea tribe for decades, and I have never heard of the Undercurrent Alliance."
"The name of the Undercurrent Alliance is unknown not only to you humans, but also to many sea tribes. Undercurrent, undercurrent itself explains the problem. It is a tribal alliance hidden under many tribes. Several large families with a long history in the middle of the Pearl Islands have inextricable ties with this alliance. In other words, this alliance itself is a cooperative organization formed by several of the most powerful families of the sea tribe. As far as I know, this organization has a history of nearly a thousand years."
"Are you also a member of this organization? Judging from your strength, you are a very important member of it, right?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes, the family I was born into was originally a very powerful mermaid family. And I am also a great magician, so naturally I have a high status in the alliance."
"So what is the purpose of this alliance?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Support the King." (To be continued)