Volume 5: If you are poor, you should be alone Chapter 157 The Pit Digged by the Wolf King
Xiao Yun rushed all the way from the tribe to Stephens, deep in the Elf Forest, in the middle of winter. Even with someone leading the way, he was exhausted. After that, he was stuffed into the teleportation array and thrown into the Ice and Snow King City without having the opportunity to go into the city to rest. Xiao Yun had no energy to eat and was just waiting to eat something and then have a comfortable sleep.
Then he saw that Lady Dinah had prepared a table of bread, jam, fried meat, salad...
Jam salad was fine, but it was really hard to force a wolf to eat bread as a staple food. The bread of the snow elves was not as unsophisticated as that of the human kingdom, where all kinds of nasty things were added. But after all, it was a weapon baked from dead dough, and it was completely different from the soft and fluffy bread made with high-gluten flour in modern society. Not to mention that Xiao Yun himself couldn't stand it, Sean, who was used to eating the food of the snow wolf tribe, had an expression that was hard to describe, and silently told Xiao Yun with a look of rejection and resistance that he would rather starve than eat that thing...
But the food prepared by Dina cannot be thrown away. It is obviously not a good thing to offend others as soon as you come. Fortunately, Selena and other people came to take over, which is very appropriate.
Ignoring the resentful looks from Selina and the other two, Xiao Yun, Sean and Hongye happily slurped up vermicelli that they had hastily cooked with fermented black bean paste, red oil and canned spicy rabbit cubes. The slurping sound made Dina feel even more disgusted and she turned her head away, not wanting to watch the ugly eating habits of these vulgar barbarians.
Selina's hands were shaking as she picked up the bread slices, Yarlin's eyes were red as he stared at Xiao Yun, and Gilbert's saliva was streaming down his face as he chewed the grilled steak with only a little bit of barbecue sauce without any appetite.
The atmosphere at the table was so strange that it was suffocating...
Hongye still had some conscience. Seeing the Snow Elf gnashing his teeth while chewing the bread, he quietly stood up and brought over a can of cold rabbit. Selena smiled at Hongye, glared at Xiao Yun, took the can, and immediately used a dinner knife to scoop a lot of bright red and greasy rabbit meat onto a plate, and ate it with bread. Only then did her expression improve a little.
Seeing the other tribe members feasting on the food of the Snow Wolf tribe, Dina vaguely felt that something was wrong. She looked at Xiao Yun Hongye in confusion, but she didn't know how to ask, so she had to turn her gaze to Selena.
Since they were all old acquaintances, Selina didn't care and said with a sad face, "Dina, this Ayun is that Ayun, the Ayun from the Snow Wolf Clan who wrote the Gourmet Hunter Travel Notes."
Dinah: “…Huh?”
Seeing her bewildered face, Selina asked in surprise, “Dina, don’t you read “Travels to the Continent”?”
"I just came back from Miriam on vacation." Dinah was puzzled, "What happened to the mainland travel notes?"
Sean dropped his chopsticks and stood up with a puff. "It turns out that Lady Dinah is the warrior guarding Miriam. We are so disrespectful."
"This is just the mission of our Snow Elves." Dina straightened her chest, nodded slightly with reserve, and looked at Xiao Yun again, "Have I missed anything in the past few years?"
Xiao Yun had already stood up obediently, bowed slightly to Ms. Dina, and didn't dare to show any strange expression on his face...
The reason why the Snow Elves can produce the strongest king of the continent and look down upon all the other races on the continent with only a few hundred thousand people is naturally not because of their good looks. The Snow Elves who settled on the Samar Snow Mountain thousands of years ago have been responsible for guarding the gate of the Demon Realm for the Bloomfield Continent. Miriam is the front line of the Snow Elves who are encircling and killing the creatures of the Demon Realm. She can guard there. It is no exaggeration to say that this Snow Elves woman in a maid's skirt can beat two people like Xiao Yun with one hand...
This is also the most amazing thing about the Snow Elves. There are no civilians in this race. Everyone is a warrior, only divided into stronger or weaker ones. When they are on duty, they are soldiers, and when they are on leave, they are civilians. An idle guy squatting in a corner counting leg hairs in the Ice and Snow King City may be an officer in a certain unit who can tear snow beasts apart alive...
"The barbecue sauce that's popular in the city now is actually sold to us by the Snow Wolf Tribe." Selina said with a smile, "The soy sauce and vinegar used to mix salads, as well as the appetizers sold in the grocery store, are all provided by the Snow Wolf Tribe."
"Huh?!" Dina was shocked.
Selina stood up and pulled the pot of chowder powder over without blinking. "It doesn't look clean and has a pungent smell, but it's actually delicious." Then she took a little bit of it on a plate and handed it to her comrade Dina. "Try it."
Of course, Dinah would not doubt her own people's "taste". She picked up the fork, rolled up the vermicelli, and swallowed it heroically.
Xiao Yun turned his face away and covered his face with his hands. The pot of noodles could no longer be saved!
Sure enough, Dina, who was still fulfilling her "maid" duties, pulled a chair and sat down, and unceremoniously shared the remaining vermicelli with Selina...not even a drop of soup was left.
"Since you Snow Wolf Tribe are so good at cooking, I'll leave the food for the next few days to you." After lunch, Dina smiled gently and wiped her mouth elegantly with a napkin. "I will be responsible for washing the sheets, tablecloths, and tableware. Please feel free to ask for any ingredients you need."
Xiao Yun silently watched Lady Dina walk away with the tableware on a cart, and approached Selina: "You snow elves even use this kind of big warrior on vacation as the maid to greet the guests. Isn't this reception too gorgeous?!"
If it weren't for the principle of keeping a low profile when in someone else's territory, who would be responsible if he easily annoyed the maid and ended up being beaten?
"Sages sometimes bring some followers who don't know etiquette, so we have to think more about who to receive them." Selina sneered and deliberately looked Xiao Yun up and down. "Orcs don't have to worry about this. Your estrus period is only two or three days a year?"
"..." Xiao Yun's mouth twitched slightly, "Is this racial discrimination or sexual harassment?"
Selina raised her eyebrows. "Really? I think the males of the Orcs are pretty good. They are better than the guys who are in heat all year round."
"..." Xiao Yun decided to skip this topic, "Selina, what do you want from us? You can't just want to eat for free, right?"
Selina pretended not to hear the last sentence and asked curiously: "I've always wanted to ask, why did you accept the invitation from the Elf Queen?"
"Don't tell me that you snow elves were planning to give us an invitation—"
"No, my king never invites sages from other tribes in the name of the Snow Elves, but the Dwarf King will definitely invite your Snow Wolf Tribe." Selina said curiously, "You used your travel notes to instruct the Dwarf King to reclaim terraced fields in the southeast region, allowing the Dwarf Kingdom to harvest a large amount of extra grain. Isn't it natural that the Dwarf King will nominate you for this Frank Feast? You accepted the invitation from the Elf Queen in advance. Do you want to have nothing to do with the Dwarf King? Then why did you specifically instruct the Dwarf King?"
Xiao Yun was stunned, and suddenly felt something was wrong——
It seems that when Elder Gwendolyn asked Evelyn to tell him about the Frank Feast, she mentioned that the Dwarf King gave the Elf Queen a gift of magic ore as a thank you gift... When Xiao Yun heard this news, he thought that the Dwarf King was accepting the favor of the Elf Queen for lending him seeds, and he boarded Gwendolyn's ship without hesitation. Could it be that Gwendolyn deliberately used Evelyn's mouth to mislead him? !
The news itself must be true, because there is no need to lie about such things, which means that the Dwarf King did send a thank-you gift to the Elf Queen; and Gwendolyn wanted to mislead her into thinking that the Dwarf King did not actually appreciate the Snow Wolf Tribe, or that he only mentioned it verbally?
Xiao Yun's expression changed slightly. If that was the case, then Gwendolyn's psychological warfare really worked - he really had not thought at all that the Dwarf King might use a ticket to the Frankish feast as a thank you gift!
But if you think about it from another angle, how could the Dwarf King, as the top powerhouse on the continent, not show any gratitude when he received a favor from others? Even the Dark Elf Matron, who doesn't care about her appearance, sent a gift to express her gratitude!
If that's the case, then I'm really like a goose that has been blinded by geese all day long...
"Ayun?" Seeing Xiao Yun standing there without any reaction, Selina reached out and pinched his face.
Xiao Yun only felt a stinging pain on his cheek, but he didn't realize that he was being teased. Thoughts were still swirling wildly in his mind - Gwendolyn really played such a trick to get me on her boat, what benefit can she get? What loss do I have?
Yes, funds!
The Snow Wolf Tribe accepted the olive branch extended by Gwendolyn, and the local faction in Ananas City stopped competing with Gwendolyn for the right to handle trade with the Snow Wolf Tribe; the blood that the Snow Wolf Tribe voluntarily donated had nothing to do with the other factions in Ananas, and all of it became activity funds for Gwendolyn to exchange for political bargaining chips!
What about the losses of the Snow Wolf Tribe?
Lost the opportunity to establish direct contact with the Dwarf King, a powerful demigod.
After figuring this out, Xiao Yun quickly calmed down.
Gwendolyn intercepted the possibility of a connection between the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Dwarf King, but if you think about it carefully, this is not necessarily a loss... After all, the war between the Dwarf King and the Dark Elves is at a stalemate, and by gaining the Dwarf King as an ally, they would simultaneously gain the Dark Elf Grandmother as an enemy; and the Snow Wolf Tribe at present would rather have fewer friends than have any enemies - the Dark Elf Grandmother is not a demigod, but it would not be a big deal for the Dark Elf Grandmother to deal with the Snow Wolf Tribe.
From this perspective, Xiao Yun should be grateful to Gwendolyn for intercepting him... It is not so easy to refuse a friendly hand extended by a demigod. At present, it seems that it is better to join the forest elves than to roll around in the chariot of the dwarf king.
Xiao Yun let out a light breath and came back to his senses, finally feeling the stinging pain on his cheek - Damn it, did you have to use so much force!
"I thought you were stupid." Selina laughed without any remorse. "Why, do you regret not hooking up with the generous and magnanimous Dwarf King? That's right, the Dwarf King is much more generous than the Queen."
"Of course not. It's great that the Snow Wolf Tribe can participate. There's no point in being picky." Xiao Yun waved his hand. "Uh... won't the Dwarf King think that our Snow Wolf Tribe is ungrateful?"
"How can there be such a stingy demigod!" Selina laughed even louder.
"There is such a thing?" Sean, who was drinking tea next to him, said, "But... although the Dwarf King is generous, it is not a bad thing to miss the opportunity to make friends with the Dwarf King."
"Yes, the Dark Elf grandmother has always been stingy. She knows that the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Dwarf King are getting together. Even if you, Ayun, have tried to please the Dark Elf in your travel notes, she will definitely make trouble for you." Selina said with a smile.
Just... As expected of a snow elf, they don't take embarrassing things within their own race seriously at all, and can even use it to make fun of others. They are simply like people from another world...
Xiao Yun didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he asked, "Aren't you Snow Elves the organizers of the Frank Feast? Why can't you invite sages from other tribes?"
Selina spread her hands and said self-deprecatingly: "Of course it's because we, the Snow Elves, have occupied Miriam. Whichever race's sage is invited by us will be easily targeted."
Sean chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Those who know the threat of the Demon Realm Gate will respect the snow elves guarding Miriam. Those who don't know will think that the snow elves have taken advantage of them. This is what you often say, Ayun. The less you know about a certain field, the more self-righteous you become."
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"Ayun, you said that? This is so appropriate. Well, I like it very much." Selena's eyes lit up.
Xiao Yun's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he pretended to be surprised and asked: "If that's the case, why don't the Snow Elves invite all races to come and help guard Miriam? It can also alleviate the problem of your Snow Elves' shortage of manpower, and let all races know how much pressure Miriam is facing. Wouldn't the problem be solved?"
"It's not that easy. Miriam is too dangerous. Even we, the Snow Elves, won't send anyone below the sergeant level to die." Selina immediately shook her head.
"Whether it's easy or not depends on whether you are willing to organize it." Xiao Yun disagreed. "The big tribes will organize troops, the small tribes will organize teams, and we will divide different areas and let these multi-tribe troops be responsible. The snow elves will guard the rear and remedy any problems in time... People will definitely die, but a few deaths will allow the various tribes to clearly understand Miriam's situation and avoid causing greater disputes and more deaths. We should choose the lesser of two evils. Of course, the fewer people who die, the better."
Selina stared at him blankly.
"Or you snow elves can just come forward and form a multi-racial 'Demon Suppression Force' to guard Miriam full-time. Let each race take turns to be the commander-in-chief, and whoever is capable will do it. Suppressing the gate to the demon world is to protect the interests of all races. Isn't it natural for all races to work together?" Xiao Yun was confident and excited. "The military supplies of this demon suppression force will be managed by you snow elves. The participating races will provide the military funds for their own troops. Those who are willing to contribute money and manpower can send troops here. Those who are not willing can keep silent and have no say in this matter in the future. Isn't that the end of it?"
"Why do you have to take all the responsibility yourself and let others suspect and find fault with you? If you slack off on your defenses one day, others might take advantage of the situation and cause a big disaster. It's a waste of time and effort. It's better to let the soldiers take more vacations and have more children, so as to expand the snow elf population!"
Selina stood up and said, "I'm going to go see the king, Ayun, don't run around!"
Then, this Liangshan hero, who was dressed as a supermodel, rushed out in a rage, and Yaerlin and Gilbert couldn't catch up with him...
Xiao Yun and Xiao En, who were sitting in the house, had no intention of getting up to see him off. After the Snow Elf ran out, they exchanged mysterious glances...
Leaving Hongye to rest in the living room, Xiao Yun and Xiao En entered the guest room one after another. After closing the door, Xiao En used his spiritual field to create an isolation barrier. Then he said, "Now it depends on the reaction of the Elf King... Ah Yun, you are too bold. You can even think of such a trick to test the Elf King."
"I have never met this Elf King." Xiao Yun's face was calm, without any trace of his previous anxious look. "What kind of person he is, it is impossible to guess by guessing, and the rumors from the outside world are not reliable... What , depends on how he behaves next."
Sean nodded, then shook his head again: "It's not that no one has tried to seize the gate to the demon world, but successive Elf Kings have always refused to give in... Ah Yun, I always think this move is a bit presumptuous."
Xiao Yun chuckled, "We, the Snow Wolf Tribe, are so weak that we have to be very careful to even gain a foothold on the grassland. The Elves are the closest to us. If the Elf King suspects that there is a shady hand behind us, he must first fight with the Elf Queen... There are some things that the strong cannot say, but it is okay for weak people like us." He paused and continued, "If the Elf King does not even have the magnanimity to tolerate such a suggestion from our Snow Wolf Tribe, then it is a good thing that we knew this earlier."
Sean didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that Ayun was always ready to run away with the whole clan at any time... He could never get used to this style of doing the most aggressive things with the most cowardly attitude.
"No one except the snow elves has ever approached Miriam, who sealed the door to the demon world. Whether it is a Feng Shui treasure land or a dangerous place, we can guess it by looking at the Elf King's next reaction... If it is a gold mine, then of course he will deny it with the worst excuse and will not let outsiders get close." Xiao Yun spread his hands and said, "Although Selina and the others have always worshipped the Elf King as a god, I don't think the snow elves don't have this problem of being blinded by their status and mistakenly believing that those in high positions are infinitely sacred. Whether it is gold or iron, you will know it after it has been through the furnace fire."
Sean hesitated and nodded reluctantly. He agreed with this point - was the Elf King a selfless contributor or a fraud? It would be a lie to say he wasn't curious.
"If the Elf King refuses, no matter what excuse he makes, the Dwarf King, the Beast King, and even the Dark Elf Matron and the Elf Queen will raise doubts... These mountains in the northern continent are too heavy. They are busy, so we can have some breathing space."
After a pause, Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes. "If the Elf King is truly selfless as we prefer to believe, and is willing to organize a multi-ethnic alliance that is at least more of an alliance than the current 'Frank Feast', then even a multi-ethnic alliance with the worst organization, rules, and discipline will be better than the complete jungle law that does not hide its greed at all... Our lives will be better than now, and we won't have to worry about someone finding an excuse to smash our hard-earned belongings to pieces."
Sean couldn't help but smile. Would Sean support a "Frank Feast" where the human race had no say? Damn it!
"You are the only one who could think of a way to provoke the biggest reaction with the smallest action. To be honest, I'm actually looking forward to the situation developing into the first possibility." Sean said with some satisfaction.
Xiao Yun laughed, but did not agree out loud.
An extra benefit of finding Sean, the "old grandfather", was that Xiao Yun had a better understanding of what happened to the demigod Lich King of the human race. Yes, the Lich King was indeed discredited and abandoned by all the human royal families, but the strong men of the alien race were not necessarily clean. They didn't want to see multiple demigods of the human race in Bloomfield join forces to deal the final blow to the Lich King. This led to the situation where the human race, with the largest population base, had no say in Bloomfield.
From Xiao Yun's perspective, he didn't think the human race was that pitiful in this regard... Given the nature of those in power in the human kingdom, even if the human race had demigods and was more powerful than other races, it wouldn't necessarily benefit the majority of the lower classes. If things went wrong, they might even be oppressed even more...
Of course, Xiao Yun and Sean are comrades in the same trench in terms of plotting evil to cause trouble for these alien bosses, but Sean holds a vengeful mentality, while Xiao Yun is more trying to gain development space for the Snow Wolf Tribe.
Xiao Yun was not surprised that Selina never came back. No matter how powerful the Elf King was, he had to be cautious when it came to matters that affected the reputation and interests of the entire tribe. However, Harold, Hall and the other tauren brothers settled down and sat in the Snow Wolf Tribe's residence for a long time, using the most ferocious attitude to give the most cordial guidance to the Snow Wolf Tribe who were participating in the "Frank Feast" for the first time...
The next day, there was still no news from Selina, but Aloi, the fox sage who was from the same courtyard as the Snow Wolf Clan, arrived at the Ice and Snow King City.
After hearing Dina's voice and coming out to watch the fun, Xiao Yun was suddenly shocked when he saw the fox sage.
The fox tribe is indeed a close relative of the snow wolf tribe. There are indeed some slight similarities in appearance... For example, the ears. The animal ears on both sides of the fox tribe's heads are very similar to those of the snow wolf tribe.
But apart from the ears, there are big differences in other places - the fox tribe's human form and body shape are more like the elves than the orcs, and even their appearance is similar. Surprisingly, every one of them is handsome and beautiful, which makes the snow wolf tribe, whose overall average score for appearance is relatively low, very embarrassed...
"The Snow Wolf Tribe has really come to the feast!" Aloi, the fox tribe sage, a handsome old man with white hair and loose skin on his face, walked towards Xiao Yun and Hong Ye with great joy. He hugged Xiao Yun enthusiastically and turned to Hong Ye, saying excitedly, "Friends from the Snow Wolf Tribe, I'm so happy to see you! You are the Snow Wolf Ayun, right? I know your name, and I've read all your travel notes. I didn't expect that the Snow Wolf Tribe lost its heritage, but you found a new one. I'm so happy!"
Hongye: "Uh..."
"Sean! I heard that you are not in Kroning anymore. Did you go to the Snow Wolf Tribe?" The white fox Aloy held Hongye tightly and even smiled at Sean, who was a human. "Are you friends with Ayun? Sean, you won't regret being friends with the Snow Wolf Tribe!"
Sean had to pull Xiao Yun over: "Aloi, this is Ayun."
White Fox Aloi: “???”
Hongye said awkwardly: "I am Hongye, not Ayun."
The white fox Aloy was horrified: "What? Ayun is a cub?!"
Xiao Yun had a blank expression on his face. I’m really sorry that I’m not an adult yet?
