Therefore, Larvin finally had several more secret talks with Alex, and their final decision was to abandon part of the barren land in the north to the barbarians (the barrenness here is only for humans, but for barbarians, it is already rare. fertile soil). Then in exchange for the allegiance of the barbarians, after all, although the troubles of the northern barbarians are a headache, they are not the main problem of the Hawke Empire at present. The greatest enemy of the empire is, after all, the Stoke Empire in the south.
"Then why didn't you inform me in advance? Why did you hide it from me?" Regnar did not miss any loopholes.
"Hey! How do I know what Rego's attitude is?" Alex said unjustly: "This guy is full of muscles and looks like his sexual orientation is not normal. If he falls in love with you , maybe we can directly negotiate to get him to agree not to send troops. In this way, wouldn't we save the need to cede land? There is little hope of a negotiated settlement, but we have to try."
"Then what does this have to do with hiding it from me?" Regnar said reluctantly.
"Don't I know you yet?" Alex rolled his eyes: "You kid will never stand if you can sit, and never sit if you can lie down! If I tell you that we have plans to cede land, Tell me instead, how much effort will you put into negotiating?"
"..." Regnar said nothing.
"I know even if you don't tell me." Alex said with a playful smile: "You must have made the proposal to cede the land without saying a few words, right?"
"Anyway, you made the proposal this time..." Regnar muttered back.
"That's because Rego's attitude is too determined." Alex shrugged.
"Okay, even if this reason is valid, then why do you still want me to duel with Rego?" Regnar asked in confusion: "Since we can reach an agreement, why bother?"
"Are you stupid?" Alex put on a look of contempt and asked: "Let me ask you, if there is no duel, we will directly implement the agreement. How much price will both parties pay?"
"Well..." Regnar thought for a while and then replied: "We paid for the land of a province, and the barbarians? They should have moved south, and then sent some tribesmen to support our southern battlefield."
"Then it's over." Alex spread his hands: "Look, during the duel, if you lose, then we are just following the agreement and paying the same price. But if you win, then what happens next The barbarians are about to bleed a lot. Why don’t I take a gamble on this business that is sure to make a profit?"
"So that's it..." Regnar finally understood that Alex wanted to use this duel to gain more benefits for the Hawke Empire. If Regnar loses, the empire's benefits will be the same compared to directly signing the agreement. But if he wins, the Empire will have the support of the entire barbarian clan. This is indeed a sure-fire deal!
"Ah, although I don't have any hopes for you, you are the representative of the mission after all, so you should make some efforts and work hard!" Alex leaned back in his chair and mocked leisurely.
"Hey! Who said I can't beat him?!" Regnar was dissatisfied at that time.
"Tch!" Alex said with a bit of disdain in his eyes: "Don't be ridiculous, he is an eighteenth-level berserker, how can you, a fifteenth-level assassin, defeat him? If you can defeat him, I won't do it for a month. shit!"
"I will find you a suitable plug to plug your ass!" Regnar said viciously, then turned and left.
Alex looked at Regnar's angry back, and then showed a rather complicated smile.
…
The duel between Rego and Regnar was scheduled for the evening three days later. During these three days, Regnar began to desperately study the information in his hands, hoping to find out some of Rego's weaknesses from the information.
Although this duel is not a life and death duel, it is also related to the interests of the Hawke Empire and the Barbarian Clan. And as Alex said, he, the representative of the mission, has only been eating, drinking and having fun since he came to the ice and snow plateau, and he did not contribute much during the negotiations. Now, it is time for him to make his own contribution to this negotiation. .
Moreover, he might be afraid that these two barbarians, Flanda, would interfere with him! On the first day, Regnar sent two powerful MIDI agents to send them to the Hawke Empire.
"Send them back and find a quieter northern village to settle them down so that they can live like ordinary humans. Let me take care of this matter. I will find out what happened when I go back. Error, I'm going to ask you two!" Regnar instructed seriously. Although Rego's previous ridicule during the negotiation made him feel a little embarrassed, but now that he has decided to help these two people, there is no reason to give up halfway. Therefore, Regnar still tried very hard to give them a stable life.
"Yes!" The two Military Intelligence agents quickly stood at attention and answered. Both of them are already mid-level warriors above level ten. Although this ice and snow plateau is a bit dangerous, with their protection, there should be no accidents along the way. .
"Very good, let's go!" Regnar nodded.
"Lord Regnar..." Frenda was looking at Regnar with gratitude at this time. She didn't expect that Regnar would really make such a big effort for them. After all, they just met by chance.
"No need to say anything more." Regnar smiled: "Maybe my approach will appear a bit pretentious, but at least I want to do it, and it is just a piece of cake for me."
"Thank you, Flanda will always remember your kindness." Flanda saluted respectfully.
"Okay, that's it! I wish you a safe journey!" Regnar waved his hand.
At this moment, the barbarian child who had been nestling behind Frenda ran over. He looked at Regna with some fear, but he never ran away.
"Speaking of which, there are so many differences between you and your father!" Regnar smiled and touched the child's head.
"%￥#" the child said with a trembling voice.
"What did he say?" Regnar couldn't help but be startled. He looked at Flanda, only to find that this barbarian woman was looking at the child with a smile, but did not answer.
"￥#!" the child repeated again.
"????"
"In the snow..."
"????"
"Blood Shemi"
"???"
"Thank you." The child seemed to finally remember the correct pronunciation of this sentence.
Regnar couldn't help but smile after understanding.
"Sir, you are a good person. This child and I are very grateful to you." Flanda said seriously.
"Okay, let's go!" Regnar waved his hand again, then turned and left.
"A good person? Hehe..." Regnar thought with some complicated thoughts. To be honest, it seemed like this was the first time he heard someone say that he was a good person. As an orphan, people hated him, as a mercenary, they didn't understand him, and as the director of military intelligence, they feared him. Regnar didn't expect that he would be called a 'good guy' in a foreign and wild land. You know, most people in the human world now regard him as a mysterious and terrifying demon...
After sending Flanders away, Regnar devoted all his energy to researching Rego. Although this kind of temporary behavior was ridiculed by Alex, Regnar didn't care about it. Instead of spending the past few days in anxiety, Regnar felt that it would be better to invest all this time in even if In the midst of meaningless busyness. Besides, he didn't think it was meaningless. If he went all out, Regnar was confident that he would still have the strength to fight Rego.
…
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the decisive battle between Regnar and Rego was already approaching.
Although the battle between two high-level experts is not earth-shattering, it is still very possible to accidentally demolish several buildings during the fight. Therefore, the duel location between Rego and Regnar was not set up within the large tribe. Rego set up the duel location under a cliff.
It was a cliff more than 20 meters high, and a large semicircular basin was formed just below the cliff. The diameter of the basin was more than 200 meters, which was quite suitable for use as a duel ground.
Hearing that the Barbarian King was going to duel with the strong human beings, many barbarians were driven out. They were all standing around the basin, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. It looked similar to the scene of the great competition in the Hawke Empire. Somewhat similar.
"Your weapons have been well maintained, and there are no problems with other enchanted equipment." At the last moment, Alex put away his sarcastic attitude and began to serve Regnar with all his heart.
During the few days when Regnar was in seclusion, Alex took away Regnar's equipment. Because this duel was more important, Alex thought it would be better to prepare and perfect all the conditions. .
Because of this, Regnar's equipment was used by the enchanters in the mission for charging or other various adjustments. The reason why the mission brought an alchemist was to prevent Regnar from failing due to equipment problems when he assassinated Rego. I didn't expect it to be useful here now.
"Thank you." Regnar nodded, and then took the swallowing light and black blade.
There are no problems, all weapons and equipment are intact. Regnar made a sword flower with the black blade in his hand, and then said hello to Garona: "Teacher."
"Every time I'm inspected by the enchanter, I have to hide. It's so troublesome!" Garona couldn't help complaining.
"Teacher, thank you for your hard work." Regnar quickly said something nice.
"That's all, let's talk about any complaints later! You resolve the battle in front of you first." Garona sighed: "Remember, fight him with the mentality of killing him, otherwise you won't have any chance. The odds.”
"Apprentice understands!" Regnar nodded.