Green Monster Epic

“Welcome, Bear Goblin Chieftain, whose heroic legends are known throughout the world.”

A human mage, past sixty years of age and clad in black robes, suddenly appeared through a portal at the arched doorway before Allen, standing before him with peace and courtesy.

“Hello, Dean Mason, long time no see, I hope you've been well.”

Allen nodded slightly, maintaining a certain respect for this high-ranking, peak-stage human mage, after all, he represented the Eternal Truth Council, which held an important position in the Icewind Kingdom.

Although the most elite group of powerhouses in the Eternal Truth Council perished in the endless abyss hundreds of years ago in pursuit of the highest goals of their mages, causing a severe setback to their influence in the Icewind Kingdom, they have gradually regained their former position through years of recuperation, and are now second only to the royal family in the kingdom's ruling power.

Although there is no alliance between the Wildlands and the Icewind Kingdom, the Icewind Kingdom has always maintained a neutral attitude towards world affairs, just like their kingdom's Icewind Goddess, so the Wildlands naturally has no reason to antagonize them, and the two sides maintain a relatively normal relationship.

As for Allen and the Northern Territory, the Eternal Truth Council has indeed had a significant impact on them. The area once known as the magic desert now has an academy built by the excellent teaching staff they sent, allowing the powerful profession of mage to become popular in the Northern Territory, providing many excellent talents for the spellcasting teams of various tribes.

Because this magic academy is so excellent, its strong competitiveness almost caused the Green Lake City Magic Academy to close down due to a lack of students. Even with the support of Albard, the actual ruler of Green Field, the Green Lake Magic Academy is barely surviving, half-dead.

“The council headquarters learned of Elder Co爾's advancement to demigod in the Green Field Tribe. Due to time constraints, we were unable to send someone to congratulate him, so I am here to deliver a gift on their behalf. At the same time, Speaker Eber also asked me to convey his apologies to Chieftain Allen.”

A Saint-level existence is worthy of respect from any proud mage. Although the Truth Council judged that Allen had a very high probability of advancing to Saint-level, they did not expect this Saint-level to advance so quickly.

Perhaps if he had embarked on the path of a mage in the first place, he would probably be a powerful and wise Saint-level archmage by now.

“What's there to apologize for? When Speaker Eber advanced to demigod back then, didn't I also fail to attend? I even made up for the congratulatory gift later. Do you see me being so polite with you??”

Allen waved his hand, answering without minding.

Walking with Allen into the quiet and mysterious magic academy, one could occasionally see studious magic apprentices muttering incantations in some corner, practicing their spellcasting abilities. Among these students, there were faces from various races, but according to the information collected by the Green Field Tribe, the race that accounted for the largest proportion of the more than two thousand students with magic talent in this academy was actually their Goblin race.

Particularly outstanding among them were the Gnat Goblins, whose talent and spellcasting learning ability were quite excellent among the various races, second only to those of pure Elf bloodlines, and on par overall with those with mixed Elf bloodlines.

Allen was both gratified and inevitably somewhat concerned about this. Although Gnat Goblins, Ground Goblins, and Bear Goblins do not have reproductive isolation and intermarriage is very common in the tribe, the difference in individual size between them is relatively large. In fact, Gnat Goblins generally prefer to choose partners of equal height and build, while the other two Goblin branches prefer to intermarry with each other and are not so enthusiastic about finding Gnat Goblin compatriots as partners.

The consequence of this is that the proportion of the Gnat Goblin branch in the Green Field Tribe is still steadily increasing. Although the proportion of their increase is lower now that the population scale has reached its current size, the number is still considerable.

If this continues in the long run, the number of the Gnat Goblin branch will probably exceed the sum of the Ground Goblin and Bear Goblin branches. Coupled with their more outstanding intelligence, learning ability, and political maneuvering skills, the other two branches will find it quite difficult to contend with them.

Fortunately, Allen had already discovered this hidden concern and secretly used various means to restrict this problem. Although he could not completely eradicate the problem, he did not allow it to continue to worsen and become a huge hidden danger that would endanger the Green Field Tribe's ruling class.

Because he did not know the purpose of Allen's visit this time and did not dare to neglect this Lord of the North, Mason simply took Allen on a tour of the not-small area that the Troll and Gnoll tribes had managed to free up.

Walking all the way from the entrance that seemed to be a garden but was actually a maze, Allen saw many magical plants he had never seen before. The Abyss Thorns that had almost put Allen in a desperate situation were nothing more than ordinary things in this maze garden, as well as the flamboyant man-eating flowers and octopus vines swaying in the wind, and the mind-bewitching trees surrounded by various bird and beast corpses, which really opened Allen's eyes.

Later, they went to the mage tower that served as the main body of the academy. A mage tower not only had more than a dozen floors above ground, but also had six or seven floors of wide buildings deep underground, including magic training rooms, laboratories, magic creature dissection rooms…

It could be seen that the Eternal Truth Council was very concerned about this magic academy in the Northern Territory. Many of the instruments inside were things that Allen had the good fortune to hear about, but the Green Lake City Magic Academy could not buy even if they wanted to.

Touring this well-established mage tower and listening to Mason introduce the academy, Allen couldn't help but feel emotional.

“Perhaps our cooperation can go a step further!!”

“Ah?? What do you mean by that, Chieftain Allen??”

Mason was slightly stunned, but immediately reacted, collected his emotions, and asked steadily.

“Look at how complete the tools in your magic academy are. I'm sure these aren't the most advanced research tools you have on hand, right? You must have higher-grade equipment on the Icewind Kingdom mainland.”

Allen stroked a thin-necked glass bottle more than a meter long with one hand, afraid that he would accidentally crush the paper-thin bottle wall. He looked at the rows of connected utensils and sincerely admired the imagination and creativity of these mages.

“I hope to purchase a batch of equipment from your kingdom's mainland that is the same as those in your magic academy. As for the reward, you can just name your price!!”

Saying it was cooperation, Allen was actually just eyeing the advanced research equipment behind them.

After all, mages are the most powerful professionals in this world. No force can ignore the existence of this profession, nor will they give up on cultivating it. Especially many of the specializations and talents of this profession are very important to the intellectuals and scholars of a wise race. For example, the Green Field Tribe, which pays more attention to the cultivation of research scholars, often chooses mages as their combat profession in order to maximize the use of their talents and combine them with the specializations of mages, so as to maximize their wisdom and thinking power.

“…Uh, I don't have the authority to make any response to this matter, but I will relay your opinion to the council. When the council's high-level officials have any reply, I will report to you or Elder Albard as soon as possible.”

Mason's face showed a hint of embarrassment after hearing this.

After all, it's not been a day or two since the Green Field Tribe wanted to purchase advanced magic research equipment. They had also sent lobbyists to communicate with himself and the previous deans, but the council did not give them authority or resources. What could they, the mages who were actually assigned here, do!

“Tell Speaker Eber a good word later. Our excellent mage apprentices in the Northern Territory can actually go to the Icewind Kingdom to study and learn, and your council's mages can also take our Northern Territory as a destination if they want to travel and broaden their horizons.”

“Your council headquarters has more detailed libraries, mage towers, and magic resources. Although we don't have anything good in the Northern Territory, the various strange geographical environments and biological resources in the depths of the Cartohr Mountains, and the various ruins in the depths of the desert, I believe are still somewhat attractive to your mages.”

“Not to mention our Green Field's unique magic cooking, which also contains certain magic rules. Aren't you interested in exploring it??”

Allen put on a warm smile and continued enthusiastically.

“I will also convey these suggestions of yours to the council.”

Mason was very steady and did not express any attitude.

Previously, the council fought with other competitors in the kingdom for the kingdom's power. In addition, the Icewind Kingdom was subjected to hostility and blockade by the Human Alliance. Under this circumstance, they chose to establish this magic academy in the Northern Territory to preserve the seeds of the council's ideals. However, as the Human Alliance suffered minor defeats on both fronts, cracks began to appear internally, and the council's successors filled the vacancies of the previous high-level core forces, and the decline in the power of the kingdom's political power also stopped. Therefore, the significance of this magic academy is not as important as it was at the beginning.

The Icewind Kingdom has a vast territory. In addition to the somewhat harsh climate and environment, its other products and resources are not necessarily less than those of the Wildlands. Now that the council has regained part of the power of the kingdom's political power, if they want any resources, it is much easier to mobilize the kingdom's power to collect them than it is in this barren Northern Wildlands. The temptation of Allen's proposals is really difficult to impress Mason and the other mages.

“Then I will look forward to Speaker Eber's reply.”

Allen also knew in his heart that he did not have many chips in his hand that could impress the Eternal Truth Council's wealthy mages, but he really hoped to obtain advanced magic equipment, and also wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to the Eternal Truth Council, so he shamelessly looked forward to it.