"Northern Witch Council?"
Jose frowned slightly. Modo Peak Forest and the Northland Witch Council had had a long-standing grievance. The Northland Witch Council took advantage of the opportunity of the founding ceremony of the Kingdom of Forsey to make trouble, which did not surprise him.
In fact, Red Dragon's intelligence agencies have already noticed some signs, but they are not sure.
Now, Blue Fang asked Ofelik to come here to remind him, which directly confirmed the authenticity of the information.
However, what made him a little puzzled was where did the news come from that Blue Fang lived deep in the Red Nest crypt.
"Is the source of the news reliable? Is there any more specific news?"
"Well, these cousins didn't tell me, and I didn't ask, but I do know something about the source of the news."
Ofelik continued: "Your Excellency Jose, don't forget that my cousin, as a legendary true dragon, was a high-level member of the Dragon Cult hundreds of years ago. Wide open."
"So that's how it is," Jose suddenly thought while thinking.
For a long time, he has subconsciously regarded the legendary true dragon in the Red Nest as a prisoner with no information. Now it seems that although the legendary true dragon lacks an independent news channel, it is supported by the Dragon Worshiping Cult, and the intelligence work is ineffective. Not bad either.
Sending someone to take the blue dragon to the guest room to rest, Jose came to the throne hall and summoned the two kobold brothers, Ergou and Suoda.
Not long after, the bloodtooth kobold brothers came to the throne room.
Jose went straight to the point: "Just now I received news that in addition to the [Salvation Church], the [Northern Witch Council] will also attack during the founding ceremony. What do you think?"
The kobold brothers fell into deep thought together.
After a while, Suoda raised his head and spoke first: "Your Majesty, I think it is easy to deal with witches, and the number of spellcasters is small. We will increase inspections and send people to monitor all female spellcasters to prevent them from causing damage to the founding ceremony. .”
Jose looked at the frowning Prime Minister of the Kingdom: "Yigou, what do you think?"
Hearing the Red Dragon's question, Ergou said: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need to worry too much about [Northern Witches Council] carrying out sabotage activities openly. Although they are enemies, they have to admit that members of [Northern Witches Council] They are all smart people, I don’t think they will make trouble in Oka City, they will only seek their own death, and with you in Oka City, even the legendary witches will only be asking for trouble.”
"So, I think that for [Northern Witch Council], we should focus on the Triangle Plain area outside of the Mordo Peak Forest."
"As my brother said, the Northland Witch Council is easy to manage. They are rational and smart people. We just need to strengthen our defenses and let them feel that they are in trouble and retreat."
After a pause, Er Gou continued: "On the contrary, [Church of Salvation] is a group of irrational cult lunatics. I am more worried about them. They have not shown up these days."
Jose nodded: "Yes, I am more worried about the [Church of Salvation] than the [Northern Witch Council]. The [Northern Witch Council] needs to be scruples about secular reactions and has a bottom line, and cult lunatics, they will do everything Come out."
"Now, the enemy has not shown their feet, and we can only do what we can to improve our ability to deal with risks."
You Gou opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
Jose noticed the expressions of the family members who wanted to say something but dared not say it, and said, "If you have any ideas, you can just say it directly, and I won't blame you for it."
"Is such that."
With the guarantee from the Red Dragon, Er Gou became bolder: "Your Majesty, the [Justice Church] is also in the city now, why don't we invite them to deal with the cultists together?"
"To deal with heretics, [Justice Church] is more active than any other forces. As long as you send an invitation, [Justice Church] will definitely agree."
"My loyal servant, things are not as simple as they seem."
Jose paused, intending to explain something to dispel the doubts in the family: "Now, all outsiders are watching us, whether it is citizens, foreign businessmen, barbarians, or large forces, they are all paying attention. Can the Forsyth Kingdom calm down the scene."
"If you have to rely on [Justice Church] to suppress troublemakers in your own territory, then the consequence will be that Forsythe Kingdom will be underestimated. How will you deal with a weak person who is underestimated?"
You Gou remained silent, thinking about the answer to the question in his heart, and understood what the Red Dragon was thinking.
In this world that follows the law of the jungle, the weak are the food of the strong and are not qualified to survive.
This founding ceremony was originally hosted by the Kingdom of Forsyth, and all the forces were invited to participate. The fundamental purpose was to show their strength to the people of the Kingdom of Forsyth and many forces, so as to achieve the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting to a certain extent. .
If it is necessary to use external force to stop the [Church of Salvation] at this important moment, then the effect of this founding ceremony will be greatly reduced, and it may even be reduced to a laughing stock. This is absolutely intolerable to the Red Dragon.
"Your Majesty, I understand."
"Go down."
... ... ...
Time passed day by day, and there were only five days left until the day of spring.
More and more people gathered in Orka City, and the hotels were full. Some residents of Orka City saw business opportunities and rented out their spare houses to outsiders who came to watch the ceremony.
Gnolls—the Guller family is like this.
In the civilian area of Oka City, in an ordinary residential house with a mixed structure of brick, stone and wood, the wolf man Gule sat at his dining table.
Different from the past, there are now two more guests at the table of the Gule family, two tourists from the south, a man and a woman.
The half-grown Gnoll kid—Gule stared at the two of them curiously.
Among the two, the silver-haired man was wearing a robe, with a gentle and elegant demeanor and a friendly smile. He always had a book under his arm, and he looked quite scholarly.
The woman is wearing ordinary adventurer's clothes, with protective gear on her arms and calves, a leather girdle that accentuates her figure, and a passionate blue hair. She is an energetic and beautiful girl with good looks and temperament.
Feeling the sight of the little wolf man, Ai Li made a face at the little wolf man from an angle where the little wolf man's parents could not see.
The little wolf man, Gule, was not afraid of strangers, and made a grimace at the girl, sticking out his tongue exaggeratedly, rolling his eyes and trembling, making the blue-haired girl giggle.
"Cough, cough, cough," the silver-haired man coughed twice, reminding his companions to be careful, after all, this is the wolf's house.
To be honest, Albert never thought in his life that he would spend the night at a jackal's house one day, which was simply too exciting.
This is not the most exciting thing, just next to the Gnoll-Gule's house, several humans lived in the home of the ogre couple, and the ogre couple threatened to invite guests from the south to taste the tradition of the ogre family gourmet food.
The traditional delicacy of the ogre clan would not be...
Albert thought of something bad and shuddered, but then amused himself at the thought.
His Majesty the Red Dragon of the Fusai Kingdom forbids the citizens to feed on intelligent creatures. This is a well-known fact in the entire Northland, and it is also a fact that everyone has seen with their own eyes.
In various senses, there is no need for the monster residents of the Forsyth Kingdom to break the law. After all, there are a wide variety of meat to choose from in the market. The cheap ones include beef, pork, and horse meat, and the more expensive ones include yak meat, elk meat, and meat. All kinds of domesticated game.
Not only running on the ground, but also swimming in the water.
The murlocs in the White Dragon Territory vigorously develop aquatic products, selling fish, shellfish, turtles and other aquatic foods all over the territory, and communicating with the monster residents, which greatly enriches the diet of the citizens of the Forsyth Kingdom.
If the income is higher, you can even choose all kinds of delicacies brought by many chambers of commerce from the outside world. After all, the major chambers of commerce not only transport away the goods of Modo Peak Forest, but also bring many special products from the outside world.
At this time, Gu Le's father held a wine jar and poked his head out of the wine cellar: "Guests from afar, come and taste my home-brewed wine. Ordinary gnolls don't have my skills."
Upon hearing this, Gule, a half-sized wolf man, immediately showed off: "My father is the most powerful winemaker in our gray-eared tribe. Even wolf men from other tribes sometimes come to us to buy wine."
"Oh, this is the first time I've heard that jackals can make wine. Thanks for the hospitality," the blue-haired girl didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, helping to take the wine jar from Jackal man's father, and slapped open Cover.
Seeing this scene, the wolf man's father was stunned. He was surprised at the blue-haired girl's power control, and judged that the blue-haired girl was not weak, and it would not be a problem to hit him ten times.
However, so what if the strength is not weak.
This is the city of Orca, the territory of the great dragon.
With this background, the jackal man would not feel timid even in the face of humans who are a hundred times stronger than himself. This is the absolute confidence of the residents of the Forsy Kingdom in the rule of the real dragon.
Soon, the blue-haired girl and the jackal father exchanged drinks.
Albert declined the invitation to join the Wine Bureau. He preferred to study the reasons for the transformation of the Wolf Man family than to taste the fine wine brewed by the Wolf Man.
You must know that in Tidanor, no wolf man has ever formed a scale and an orderly civilization like the Moduo Peak Forest.
He looked at the little wolf man who was struggling with a piece of beef—Gule, and observed the little wolf man eating. He saw that the little wolf man was eating with both hands, and his mouth was full of oil. Take good care of your hair, except on your hands, no hair is contaminated by oil.
Table manners are the result of the natural evolution of long-term living habits, and are an important indicator of the degree of civilization:
Indigenous tribes that lack food often do not have any table manners, and everything is for the purpose of eating as much as possible, which is to obtain more energy in order to survive.
Civilizations with a high standard of material living pay more attention to their dining image when dining, and eat slowly. This is to savor the taste of food, which is different from survival. Tasting food is a kind of enjoyment.
Albert saw a lot of information from the eating habits of the Gnoll-Gule since he was a child.
On the one hand, the gnolls in the Fusai Kingdom have not completely got rid of the habits of wilderness creatures. They use their hands to eat, their food is half-cooked, and they generally gobble it up when they eat. These three points are good proofs.
On the other hand, the gnolls in the Forsey Kingdom are very different from their common kinsmen, at least they are beginning to realize the spiritual civilization beyond their appetites, and subconsciously keep their hair neat and tidy.
Plus, gnolls adore their king.
Albert turned his head to look at the wall beside him. There was a portrait hanging in the most conspicuous position on the stone wall, which was a portrait of a red dragon.
"Well... that's really amazing, Jose."
In an instant, Albert felt as if he had passed away, thinking of more than 20 years ago.
At that time, the Red Dragon hadn't announced his ownership of the Triangle Plain and Modo Peak Forest. He hid behind the scenes and pushed the Green Dragon to the foreground, so that Albert and Ellie, who had traveled here, had a big meal. Big loss.
He was caught and imprisoned in Moduo Peak Forest, and later the eldest sister rescued the two of them.
Thanks to the old friendship between the eldest sister and the red dragon, Albert was able to spend a period of free time as a guest in Modo Peak Forest.
At that time, according to Albert's observation of the monster residents under the rule of the red dragon, although the monster residents under the rule of the red dragon have greatly changed in order, they are essentially no different from ordinary wild monsters.
But now, in just over twenty years, several large-scale cities have been established in Moduo Peak Forest and Triangle Plain, and the civilization level of monster residents has also increased a lot, and their living conditions are even better than those of civilians in most human countries. .
This is simply an incredible miracle!
Therefore, he can also understand why there are portraits of red dragons hanging on the walls of many monster families in Mordo Peak Forest and Triangle Plain.
The wolf man's father hiccupped, then said drunkenly, "By the way, guests, where are you from?"
Compared to the wolf man's father, the blue-haired girl, Aili, was still very sober. When she heard the question from her drinking buddy, she replied without hesitation: "The south, the Pompeii Empire, is far away from here, almost spanning the entire area from south to north. As for the mainland, it takes three months by boat."
"By boat? I've never been on a boat before? I really want to see what the outside world looks like..."
"..."
The two alcoholics chatted while drinking, and Albert, who liked to study, made a judgment based on the information revealed by the conversation between the two.
At this stage, the Forsey Kingdom has no opponents in the middle of the Northland prairie, and is a force that cannot be ignored in the Northland.
However, there is a mismatch between the status and strength of the Forsey Kingdom. This is best reflected in the Dulong Pass jointly controlled by Sunsail Port, Dana Kingdom, and Odyssey Kingdom. Although Yangsail Port allows gnolls, ogres, etc. Foreign races enter the city, but they are never allowed to leave the Northland by boat, and Dulong Pass also does not allow foreign races to enter the kingdom.
This is also the reason why the Wolf man sighed.
"but… "
The corner of Albert's mouth curled up into a chuckle. He found that the residents of Forsythe Kingdom were already thinking about the issue of "freedom", which was a further higher pursuit after the survival guarantee was resolved.
"This trip to the North is not wrong. In this new kingdom, I can observe the evolution of civilization."
(end of this chapter)