Ajan spent nearly half a month but failed to convince any of the seven clans of the Gray Feather Kingdom. Even the members of the Dark Green Clan, except for Elder Cassia, were unwilling to listen to him.
The patriarchs of the seven major clans saw clearly the scene where the blood crystal beasts in Gray Feather King City were destroyed by the fire of heavenly punishment.
Of course, they were in absolute awe of the appearance of the Fire of Heavenly Punishment, and also began to hesitate whether to join the Far South Empire's camp wholeheartedly.
Under this premise, Valgen thought it would be easy to convince them to follow him to Scarre, and in fact it was very easy.
On the first day, when Ajan tried to dissuade the patriarch of the Brown Iron Clan, thanks to Ajan's good eloquence, the patriarch of the Brown Iron Clan initially agreed to take some of his people across the ocean to explore unknown lands.
But three days later, the patriarch came forward and told Valan that they might have a better option.
A better option
This made Valang very confused... You know, behind Scarre there is the protection of a god who can release the fire of heavenly punishment!
Argen heard that Elder Cassia lived such a comfortable life in Skarre that he didn't want to come back.
Looking at it this way, is there any better choice in the world
The Brown Iron Clan rejected Valang's request, and Valang did not force them to go to the Far South together, but Valang went to meet with the patriarchs of the other five clans one after another.
Among them, the four clans headed by the Iron Clan and the Black Blade Clan were all staunch supporters of the Far South faction. They packed their bags and left Osprey Harbor early. The only remaining Bright Stone Clan also told Arran that they had a better choice, just like the Brown Iron Clan.
Argen vaguely sensed something was amiss, and eventually he followed the patriarch of the Brown Iron Clan to the main city of the Brown Iron Clan, Gray Copper City. In Gray Copper City... he saw the 'better choice' that was rumored to have been made by them.
"Are you Aranfiggis, the great prince of the Gray Feather Kingdom?"
A woman in a white robe and a hood on her head sat in front of Valan.
The first impression that this woman gave Valan was that... although she looked similar to humans, she felt very different.
When Valan looked at her pupils, he noticed that her eyes turned into vertical pupils for a moment, but they soon returned to human-like pupils.
"You...are not from the Far South Continent?"
Arang immediately realized that the other party's common language had an accent, and that Lucheng's words sounded a bit lisp-prone.
"We are outsiders, entrusted by others to purify those filthy blood crystal beasts." The girl realized that her golden eyes would make the other party uncomfortable, so she closed her eyes while speaking.
"Purifying the blood crystal beast is not something that can be done just by talking about it."
Valan's voice was full of sarcasm. Behind the girl stood two guards in white robes, who were completely indifferent to Valan's sarcasm.
"Your Highness Valan, have you forgotten the fire of divine punishment that day?" The patriarch of the Brown Iron Clan reminded Prince Valan.
"Of course I remember. I will never forget it in my life, but the Fire of Heavenly Punishment was not summoned by this group of people."
Looking at the religious attire they were wearing, Valan immediately guessed that this group of people were scammers who were using the guise of the fire of divine punishment to commit fraud.
"The fire of heavenly punishment that you described has nothing to do with us, but the country of Yuannan may have angered the gods, so the gods have brought down such punishment." The girl directly admitted that the fire of heavenly punishment that destroyed hundreds of thousands of blood crystal beasts had nothing to do with them.
"God? What church are you from?"
After listening to the girl's narration, Valanciunas could basically judge that she was a clergyman.
"I am a priest from the Church of the Most Pure, from a great country. Mr. Ajan, the abilities you and your people possess are what we need."
The girl made a brief self-introduction and extended an olive branch to Valan.
"Do you know the Holy Kingdom?" she asked.
“I’ve heard of it.”
As the eldest prince of the Gray Feather Kingdom, Ajan is quite knowledgeable. It is rumored that the Far South Empire has tried to invade the Holy Light Kingdom several times in the past hundred years, intending to incorporate it into its own sphere of influence.
But the Kingdom of Shenghui has remained standing for a hundred years, and now the battlefield between Shenghui and Far South has become a forbidden area.
Anyone who enters without permission will be killed immediately.
"Are you from the Kingdom of Holy Light?" Ajan knew very little about that country, but judging from the other party's attire, it did fit the word Holy Light.
"No, we are the protectors of Shenghui. It is because of our existence that Shenghui has been spared the chaos and violence brought by the Far South Empire, as well as the invasion of the Blood Crystal Beast." The girl opened her eyes again and stared into Arjan's pupils. "So please don't worry. As long as you are willing to join us, the Far South Empire will not threaten you and your family."
Why did Arang feel like he had heard this sentence somewhere before? If he had not met Lu Cheng, he might have been moved by the words of the little priest.
But the problem is... he has met a country that is far more powerful than Far South, and this country has shown enough goodwill to him.
The most important thing is that his wife and daughter are still recuperating on the Shangcheng ship.
"You are so powerful, why don't you just overthrow the Far South Empire?" Agen said to the priest again in a provocative manner.
"The power we have now is not enough to do this, so we need to borrow your power, Mr. Ajan... and the power of other countries in the world." The girl said to Ajan sincerely, "The emperor of the Far South has fallen into the abyss of the blood crystal beast. He and his country will only go to destruction."
Borrow my power? Valan didn't think he had any power to help them overthrow the Far South Empire.
But the girls seemed certain that Valan's joining would make their organization stronger.
"Let me...think about it for a while."
Argen was not in a hurry to refuse. He could feel the magical aura emanating from the two guards behind the girl. This magical aura was different from that of ordinary spellcasters. It also carried a strange kind of oppression.
And the girl's eyes... Argen would feel uncomfortable if he stared at them for too long, as if he was being stared at by some terrifying predator.
"Of course you have plenty of time to think about it." The girl stood up and left the residence of the Brown Iron Clan.
Valan watched their forces from afar, checked his surroundings, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he quickly found the portable radio contact base station that Lu Cheng had given him.
"Password hole three hundred and seventy-four." During the past half month, Valanciunas had mastered the use of the radio and the passwords for communicating with the city ship. He even learned some Chinese for this purpose.
After the liaison officer of the Shangcheng ship connected Arang to Lucheng's communication channel, he quickly reported to Lucheng what he had just seen and heard.
After listening to it, Lu Cheng thought for a while and left only one sentence.
"Damn it! I met someone in the same profession!"