Take Taobao with you to another world

The human leaned forward slightly.

"Do you have a map?" he asked.

After a while, the Lion Clan replied: "No."

The human seemed to look at him in surprise, then he turned around and said to the person behind him, "'Please bring me a copy'."

The silver-gray human with nothing to do went to the wall and picked up a scroll from the shelf—but it was so thin that it shouldn't be called a scroll. After unfolding, the orcs on the opposite side looked at it, and it was difficult to look away.It was the first time they saw a map that was more detailed than the one in the Beast King's Palace in the imperial capital. Even if they didn't understand the meaning of the symbols marked on it, they could understand what it meant to draw such a map.

"I heard something about the Senate of the Imperial Capital." The human named Warlock said, "Please tell me, where is the farthest your territory reaches?"

This request is simply outrageous. The Orc Empire has a very large territory, but most of them are only animals roaming on it. The real value is the population. The elderly and women hardly count. Young adults and healthy children mean strength, so the Senate The land sealed to the family is very far away.But no matter how far away, it did not occupy half of the empire. The Lion Clan watched the human's slender fingers cross the map, and handed him a short stick with a sharpened bottom and a small black inner core wrapped in wood.

It took Leonid a moment to use it instead of a finger, landing on those familiar lines.

"From here," he said, quietly marking off more land, "to here."

The demon wolf also came over, looked at it for a while, and said, "Greedy and ridiculous appetite."

The human magician used a pen with a more special material to redraw the boundary that the Lion Clan just pointed at. His hand was very steady, and the lines he wrote were as black as night, clearly dividing the map. "Actually," the Lion Clan heard him say, "owning these lands in name doesn't mean they actually control them."

He was right, but the LionClan would not answer him, and he could not find the right words to answer him without losing his own, the senate's, the empire's majesty.

"To be honest, we don't like war either." Without looking at those eyes, the human voice didn't sound very threatening. Scar Nightmare didn't speak, he was willing to let this human express his attitude, or is he also subject to the will of the man?He didn't see this human being pay him much respect, and there were not many werewolves standing here.The human being was still speaking calmly, "But this is never something that can be decided by a single party. Before that, you tried and we fought back, and each of us has some understanding of the other's strength. Therefore, between us and you, both sides In fact, maintaining the strength to fight another war or more, we can talk about peace."

He was wrong.Tone and tone, Leonin thought, were meaningless decorations, and the human made no secret of his ambition, which he had already demonstrated to match his strength.

"You," he whispered, "or you, what can you guarantee the peace you speak of?"

The imperial capital still has the strength to fight, but no one can bear the price. If they lose again—very likely, then they will be finished.

"The future will prove our promise," said the human, "but for now you see what we are building; the students we are teaching; Your reason, you should understand what this means. Looting is certainly one of the useful ways to gain wealth, but we don't like unnecessary sacrifices, especially when we can get better things through labor."

"You are accumulating strength." Said a Leopard next to the Lion Clan.

The human sorcerer glanced at him, and his face immediately turned pale.The Lion Clan was about to feel annoyed. Scar Nightmare also spoke at this time. He laughed and said, "The defeated blame the conqueror for having power. Who gave you courage?"

"Whatever he wants to say, this is his right." The human said softly, "but the facts will not change."

The Lion Clan was silent for a while.

"Propose you—provide your real terms," ​​he said.

Scar Nightmare did not express any opinion on this.The human said: "Actually, we only have three requirements. First, the Beast Empire recognizes the identities of all people living here, whether present or future; , any tribe or individual, their transactions and exchanges with this place will not be hindered in any way; thirdly, we hope to establish a place in the imperial capital for trade and foreign exchanges. In this place, any laws and regulations of the imperial capital will not apply. rule."

Almost all the envoys looked at him in astonishment.

LeoClan said: "But—about the land..."

"Regarding this," said the human, "we don't think it's appropriate to talk about it now, let you talk about it."

Then the meeting is over.

It's hard to say whether it was a success or a failure.The conditions that the human put forward to them were much simpler than expected. He asked for the identity of the people he ruled, he wanted free trade, and he wanted to establish a contact point in the imperial capital. Power, fully accepting these demands will not affect the Senate much-if it does?The Lion Clan has never used his brain so much, desperately looking for the hidden traps behind these seemingly tolerant clauses, no matter out of instinct or reason, he can't really believe these humans, especially the one who is so terrible, but can hardly be seen extinct humans.

The tentacles of his thoughts briefly stretched out to a branch, imagining what would happen if they gave everything to kill the human magician and the magic wolf, but even in his wild imagination, he couldn't find it. What is the possible path, first is the sharp-eared elf, then two human-like figures... and finally the magician and the magic wolf itself.

His hot head seemed to be slowly submerged in cold water. After waking up, they had to look in front of them.He also saw the different expressions of his subordinates and companions. Some looked like they were covered by dark clouds, while others seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden. Some were at a loss. The Lion Clan was almost depressed. This was the best person they could find. .Maybe he should consider bringing a cunning human being or two with him, as someone said, even if they encourage fools to make big mistakes, but they must be the ones who know humans best, and they may be able to help him...

These messengers do not have to go back immediately with an answer. Human beings invite them to stay temporarily and look around here—where they are allowed to go.

That's enough.

A few days later, after another brief meeting, they took away a "memorandum" written in three languages: orcs, humans, and the magician, and set off again.Before leaving, the lion tribe no longer had the idea that he should bring a human counselor. The strategy has no effect in the face of too great a disparity of power, but it will only increase the twists and turns, not to mention that this power is growing day by day.

They once again left the human settlement in the row of whining steel monsters, and returned to Sasheer's original place. However, in just a few days, this land has undergone new changes.From a long distance, their eyes as excellent warriors and hunters found those blocks moving on the ground, and the people who made up those blocks... were all orcs.As the distance approached, they quickly identified the human beings who were the commanders of the phalanx. They had whistles in their mouths, and by rhythmically blowing them, the half-grown children raised their feet, put them down, and kept them step by step. Formation, dust flying under their feet, those whistle-blowing humans stopped from time to time, approached the square, grabbed a boy or girl and reprimanded them loudly, correcting their movements.

The emissaries passed these scenes on the sidelines, still the gray wolf, and it was also a learning to explain to them.

"Learning what?" Facing this werewolf, before leaving, some of them were finally able to be polite, "Like a wooden stake?"

Gray Wolf smiled, showing his white teeth, "Learning how to be tamed."

"You want to turn them into human slaves?!"

"If you call those in the settlement who are taught in schools and work in 'factories' slaves, they are," Gray Wolf said.

"Including your clansmen?" the Lion Clan asked.

"Didn't you see it with your own eyes?" Gray Wolf asked back.

"Because of the power of human beings who violate the laws of nature, you actually treat your own people like this?" The Tiger Clan behind the Lion Clan said angrily. These traitors!"

"If anyone is the least qualified to blame, it must be that you didn't run away. It wasn't you and your king who started the war? It's just that you failed, and you will cry like dogs now, not in our blood. Laugh on the bones. Do you want me to catch your tears with my hands?" Gray Wolf said, the two tiger clans were so angry that they were about to burn, he said with a contemptuous smile, "As for the betrayal, it's a pity, even if that An adult has already said that the experience of the past few days has not left even the slightest trace in your mind. Maybe you just came here with a stone ball hanging around your neck? Do you eat so much food from above or below? went in?"

Whatever the reason for his previous obnoxious look, the gray wolf finally looks like a "real" orc, even though they're about to fight, in a land that's apparently about to belong to humans. land.Someone looked over here.

The Lion Clan didn't want to cause more trouble at the end, so he signaled with a look, and the other two young Lion Clan grabbed the Tiger Clan's shoulders, swung them backwards, and stood between them and the gray wolf at the same time.

"I understand your difficulties." The lion clan leader said.

The gray wolf looked at him strangely, and said, "I think that lord thinks you are too clever."

"I think there are some things that are more important than survival," said Leonin solemnly, "like dignity, honor, and tradition."

"If you mean our choices," said Gray Wolf, "you are wrong. There is nothing more important than survival. If there is anything more important than survival, it is faith."

"Faith is what I speak of," said Leonin.

"What you said is only good for you." Gray Wolf said, "It's not the kind of belief I've seen that is as deep as the sea and night, and can turn the world upside down from life to death."

When the envoys walked onto the bridge, the young orcs on duty under the long shed made of grass by the side of the bridge kept staring at them, just like when they came, these orcs with noble status in another place did not give him a spare eyes.The young man has seen enough orcs from other places in this period of time, and this is the first time he has seen someone leave. Even those who came to make deals with humans, they seem to have been left behind by something, anyway, it is all good deeds done by humans.

The boy looked down at the "homework" on the long table, including this, it is also a good thing that humans do.This kind of stuff doesn't seem particularly bad compared to whistling in the hot sun, shouting until your voice is hoarse, and repeating the simplest actions--watching others do it, doing it yourself--but to some people Say it is not necessarily.And even if it can only be used as a helper for human beings, what's wrong with being able to let others suffer a little bit of what they suffered in the past?He recalled that he made the most accurate movements with his whistle in his mouth yesterday, and despised those guys who always didn't know where to put their hands and feet, making them blush even more. Slowly, the image in his mind became him standing " Podium", brandishing weapons...books?That annoying human girl knelt on the ground, looking up at him, her face was full of anger of failure, but everyone else showed respect to him, some thoughts flowed by, and he seemed to see himself riding on a horse galloping like a flying arrow , pointing the cold blade at the sky, thunder and flames were chasing his enemy ahead, he laughed, and together with the knight in black beside him, he rushed towards the panicked opponent...

The boy lowered his head to the table.He fell asleep.

In the colony, in the room surrounded by books, Scar Nightmare turned from the window.

"You know," Scar said, "what delusions do these conditions make them have?"

"Delusion cannot change reality." Yun Shen said.

"But a waste of time," Scar said.

"Time is on our side, not theirs." Yun Shen said.

Scar's expression was still not very happy.He felt that the person in front of him was not oppressing those so-called envoys enough, at least far less than what he had done in the past.Although he didn't think it was because the other party was merciful.For him who has always acted according to his own will, he always prefers a proactive, aggressive, and clean way of doing things. Of course, for him in the past, "clean" was sometimes not always possible.

"You believe they will kill themselves?" he asked.

Yun Shen looked up at him.

"No one wants to perish, it's just that some rules are inevitable." Yun Shen said, "After we absorb more than half of the empire's population, any agreement will lose its effect. Things may develop in three ways. They actively join us and become our They don’t want to join us and fight for the last possibility with another war; in the end, they may also do nothing, cling to tradition, and become a relic of the past era together with the city.”

He put together the reports in his hands.

"At the same time, we have our own dangers."