Volume 9: Home Chapter 279: Crisis Approaching
Hall tribe.
Elder Saladin with black hair and red eyes and Patriarch Hall with yellow hair and black eyes sat opposite each other.
Sitting to the side of them was Chief Harold, who also had black hair and red eyes.
"The milk tea is ready~~" Elder Saladin's wife Qin came in with a two-handled glass bottle and filled the cups in front of the three people with hot milk tea.
The three minotaurs attacked at the same time, picked up the milk tea cups, and drank them in one gulp.
"That's not how you drink milk tea. Don't you think it's too hot?" Qin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Saladin and Hall looked serious, and Patriarch Harold burped.
"Okay." Qin didn't care and poured the last of the milk tea in the two-handled glass bottle to herself. She held the cup and sat down in front of Chief Harold. "Chief Harold, this year's Frank Feast will be invited by us Tauren to invite the sage Ayun of the Snow Wolf Clan to participate. Do you agree?"
Patriarch Harold looked at Qin deeply for a few seconds, then turned his gaze to Patriarch Hall.
Patriarch Hall nodded after some hesitation.
Elder Saladin showed a cautious expression.
Qin couldn't help but say, "We grassland people have the final say on grassland affairs."
Harold's expression deepened.
"You agreed, but you were worried that the Beast King would interfere..." Qin asked in confusion, "Why? The Snow Wolf Clan is not the Tiger Clan."
Harold tapped the table with his thick fingers, his expression extremely serious.
"Hiss...is this true?!" Qin showed a shocked expression.
Patriarch Hall looked at Qin and nodded.
"I see. This is very troublesome." Qin also showed a solemn expression.
Snow elf sentry tower at the foot of Samal Snow Mountain.
It was the hottest time of autumn, and a group of snow elves, who rarely left the snow-capped mountains during this season, left the sentry tower and hurried toward the southwest of the grassland.
The leader of this team of snow elves is an old friend of the Snow Wolf Tribe, Lieutenant Selina. When the grassland was flooded last year, she was happily playing with her friends in the human country. After returning, she learned about the situation from Lieutenant Dana. In the winter, she went to the Fire Tribe to trade and visit her old friends. She found that the Fire Tribe did not suffer too much loss, so she felt relieved.
And at this moment... Lieutenant Selina's expression was even more solemn than when she learned about the grassland flood last year.
At the same time, a team of dark elves also hurriedly left the dungeon.
In the forest elf city of Ananas, which is closest to the Fire Tribe, Elder Meli left her trivial affairs and came to the grassland in person.
Seeing Xiao Yun rushing over, the forest elf elder who had been working closely with the Fire Tribe since the last Frank Feast said with a smile: "You really scared me. Your place is not much different from our largest forest elf Queen's City."
Xiao Yun naturally pretended to be complacent and said, "Is that so? Hehe!"
"Elder Meili." Evelyn stepped forward to greet him obediently, interrupting him, "How come you have time to come here?"
The place to receive the great elder of the Elf City was in the most formal building conference room of the Fire Department. Elder Meili, who was sitting on the chair, picked up the specially made small teacup and said with a smile: "Okay Evelin, I don't want to embarrass your teacher. I'm here for business. Ah Yun, please sit down and talk. Hmm... This way of brewing tea is really novel. Is this the milk tea mentioned in the travel notes of "Gourmet Hunter"? "
"Yes, it would be more delicious if it were brewed with new tea." Evelyn gave the teacher a reproachful look.
Elder Meili almost burst out laughing: "Hey, you don't drink new tea?"
"Of course I drank, but I finished it." Xiao Yun sat down without changing his expression.
Evelin: “…” Almost choked.
"Let's not talk about this." Elder Meli was obviously busy with something important. She put down her teacup and glanced at the elf warrior standing behind her.
The soldier bowed slightly, walked to the outside of the meeting room, stood still, closed the door, and stood guard personally.
Evelin and Xiao Yun's hearts skipped a beat, and they exchanged glances silently.
"Fifteen days ago, the Beast King sent a letter to the Queen, inquiring about the transactions between the imperial orcs on the grassland and our tribe over the past ten years." Elder Meli's expression became serious, and she quickly threw out a big bombshell.
Xiao Yun: “…”
Evelyn: “…”
"Imperial Orcs?!" Evelyn couldn't hold her breath and raised her voice, "What do you mean?"
Elder Meili stared at Xiao Yun, seeming to be very concerned about how he would react when he heard this.
Xiao Yun showed just the right amount of astonishment, but he didn't try to act too panicked... that would have been overdoing it.
The fact that he still remembered to maintain his character at this time was not because he was not afraid of being targeted by the Beast King, but since he saw with his own eyes how the Beast King tricked the Tiger Tribe into a state of confusion five years ago, Xiao Yun was prepared that the Snow Wolf Tribe would be targeted by this old bastard sooner or later... If the elves wanted to trick you, they would make up a legitimate reason, even the Dark Elf Mistress who was the most careless about her eating manners would at least make up an excuse before taking action; but the Beast King was different, he probably didn't care about his eating manners at all.
"It's really interesting. Our grassland tribes have been exiled for more than two hundred years. Until now, there are actually people willing to acknowledge that we are the Imperial Orcs, and the one who acknowledged it personally is the Beast King." Xiao Yun said with self-mockery and some anger.
"How did Her Majesty the Queen respond?" Evelyn couldn't remain as calm as Xiao Yun, so she asked anxiously.
Elder Meili glanced at her. Evelin was too young after all... But the younger Ayun had no intention of asking about this matter, which also made Elder Meili a little frightened: "Of course, there is no reason for the queen to disclose the affairs of her own tribe, but..."
"Evelyn." Xiao Yun gently reminded his disciple, "The Beast King must have done some research before sending the letter."
Evelin finally reacted: "This is impossible. People from my tribe will not easily reveal the affairs of our tribe—ah!"
Seeing her look of realization and her clenched teeth in annoyance, Xiao Yun and Elder Meili knew that she had figured it out, and they both passed over the matter... It is true that the elves are a proud race, but Ananas has received so many adventurers and accommodated so many vassal races, so it is not difficult for the people sent by the Beast King to find out information.
"Since the Beast King even challenges the Queen... then the Beast King will not miss anyone else, right?" Xiao Yun looked at Elder Meili.
Elder Meili nodded in appreciation. If he wasn’t a member of the Snow Wolf Clan, she would have admired this young man more than ever. “Madam, my king, and the Minotaur should also have an envoy from the Beast King arriving.”
No matter how calm Xiao Yun was, and no matter how much he thought of the Beast King, the old bastard, he couldn't help but blink when he heard this - this shameless guy was simply planning to piss on the Fire and Flame Tribe and claim his territory!
Evelin’s face changed completely, and she slammed the table heavily: “How unreasonable!”
If you were to say that the Beast King has a fondness for the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Cat Tribe and wants these grassland tribes to return to the empire, even if the three of you are very smart, you will definitely not believe it.
Then why did the Beast King send such an impolite letter even at the cost of offending the Elf Queen and the Elf King?
The reason is very simple. This guy who was able to exile the snake tribe for the Snake Island gold mine was jealous of the wealth accumulated by the Fire Flame Tribe in the past ten years of development. This old bastard wanted to wipe off his shamelessness and put it in his pocket to pick peaches.
Xiao Yun's face was gloomy and his heart was in turmoil.
The Fire Flame Tribe, which he had run for ten years, was naturally unable to compete with the Lord of the Far East, but the Fire Flame Tribe was not completely powerless - the reason was also very simple. The Fire Flame Tribe was not like the Tiger Tribe in the past, which had to fight alone. The Fire Flame Tribe had allies and could draw strength from them.
Elder Meili, who came in person to report the news, can well illustrate the attitude of the forest elves... The forest elves who remained silent when the Tiger Tribe was trapped in a blood pit will never agree to let the Fire Tribe fall into the hands of that old bastard the Beast King.
This is not to say that the Fire Tribe and the Forest Elves have a deep relationship, but after so many years of one-way transfusion, the Forest Elves have become accustomed to making easy extra money by reselling the Fire Tribe's products.
Will the Beast King be more "honest" than the Fire Tribe?
What the hell!
When it comes to its own interests, even a rabbit will jump up and bite someone's knee, let alone the elves?
But... Xiao Yun clasped his hands in front of him and moved them, tapping the back of his hands with his fingers. He knew that he had to be careful about the scale when asking for help from allies. If he relied entirely on the allies to help the Fire Tribe to eliminate disasters, then the allies might very likely become the next Beast King to "pee and grab land" - not to mention anything else, the tens of millions of kilograms of vermicelli exported by the Fire Tribe every year were enough to make the elves, who were particular about respectability and eating manners, have strange thoughts.
Although it is rude to think this way, and it seems to be very unfair to Evelyn who has devoted many years of research and development for the Fire Department, and to Elder Meili who came to report the news in person, it is a practical problem that must be considered ... Money can move people's hearts! Whether it is good or bad intentions!
Xiao Yun has worked so hard over the years to develop and produce, not to turn the Fire Tribe into a vassal race of someone else!
In a few seconds, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he went through the contingency plans that had been brewing in his mind for several years. Xiao Yun quickly calmed down from the inside out. He looked directly into Elder Meili's eyes, and acted nervous but trying to remain calm: "Elder Meili, since the Beast King chose to write to the Queen a few months before the Frank Feast, then what do you think, will the Beast King ask our grassland tribe to return to the Far East during this feast?"
"It's very likely." Elder Meili said with a serious expression.
Xiao Yun gave a bitter smile, revealing the fear and panic that a man of his age would have. "This is really... too bad. It's not that we have no attachment to the Far East, but when we think of the final fate of the tiger tribe that once followed the Beast King, we really dare not accept the Beast King's... 'kindness'."
“Is there any need to say that?” Evelyn asked, “If the Beast King thought you were imperial orcs, why didn’t he do anything about it two hundred years ago?”
"Yeah..." Xiao Yun said helplessly, "In this case, we have no choice but to attend this Frank Feast. Fortunately, last year, Chief Hall of the Minotaur tribe expressed his willingness to apply for an invitation letter for our Fire Tribe. Otherwise, when the time comes, I really don't know what to do."
Elder Meili could not hide her surprise and looked at Xiao Yun in amazement.
"Teacher?" Evelyn was also confused. Although she couldn't see things as comprehensively as the teacher, since Elder Meli came in person to report the news, it meant that the queen also intended to protect the Fire Tribe this time. Why would the teacher refuse politely right away?
Xiao Yun pretended not to notice the two forest elves' surprise and sighed, "Although we, the Snow Wolf Tribe, come from the Far East, over the past two hundred years, we have considered ourselves a grassland tribe and this grassland our home. At this critical moment, we should naturally stand together with the Tauren and all grassland tribes."
His words dragged the Minotaur into the water without any hesitation... But the Beast King would not attack the Minotaur even if he was stupid, so it didn't matter.
Last year, the Tauren Chieftain Hall said that he would prepare a great gift for the Fire Tribe at this year's Frank Feast - through the recognition of their entire tribe and acceptance of the Fire Tribe as the indigenous people of the grassland, the Frank Feast will reserve a sage seat for the Fire Tribe for a long time, instead of being awkward like it is now, where one has to get an invitation if they want to attend.
Well, the principle is similar to that of a seat in the United Nations... Although it’s useless for a small country to join, it’s absolutely impossible not to get in.
"But..." Elder Meili hesitated to speak.
"I think this is not enough to stop the Beast King's ambition." Xiao Yun sighed heavily, raised his eyelids, and looked at Elder Meili with desire and expectation, "If possible, our grassland tribe hopes to get the help of the forest elves..."
"Of course it is my duty." Elder Meli finally heard what she wanted to hear and smiled.
So, the forest elves did not think of taking this opportunity to take over the Fire Tribe and develop the Snow Wolf Tribe into their own vassal race...
Xiao Yun pretended not to understand Elder Meili's words and said expectantly, "That's great. Can I trouble Elder Meili to contact and meet the Dwarf King for us?"
Evelyn: “Huh?”
Elder Meili did not speak, but revealed an extremely wonderful expression...
