Green Monster Epic

Weakly exhaling a mouthful of stale air, Allen's face was covered with fine beads of sweat. The pain in his body gradually dissipated, and his tenacious mental strength seemed to have improved somewhat under this experience.

The meditation method learned from the mage inheritance crystal, coupled with the assistance of the Potion of Pain's Embrace, did indeed allow Allen to make considerable progress in his control of the Iron Will. However, as his body's tolerance to pain increased and he developed a resistance to the medicinal properties, the effect of the Potion of Pain's Embrace gradually became unable to meet Allen's needs.

But apart from the Pain Potion, Allen has not yet found other potions that can bring pain and other sensations without damaging the body, so apart from increasing the dosage, Allen is currently helpless.

Everything in Moore Fortress was developing in a normal direction. Facardo was now gradually familiar with the power to manage such a large city. In addition, the large number of people in the city migrating to Green Lake Town and opening roads to the west also reduced Facardo's pressure. Therefore, most of the time Allen was in the fortress, he was just like a stabilizing force, without needing to pay too much attention to the city's development.

"Chieftain, they're fighting in the north!!"

The arena in the fortress has now become a place for Allen to seclude himself for a long time. Except for Cole and a group of high-level goblin warriors who come to ask for advice and learn from time to time, few goblins dare to disturb Allen's cultivation at other times.

However, today, Facardo rushed into the arena with a slightly excited expression to report an important message to Allen.

The so-called north does not refer to the drow who have temporarily ceased fighting with the wilderness natives but have always been guarded against, but rather the Snowme and Raven's Claw tribes who have just lived a stable life for less than a few years and obtained Nasir Fortress from Allen.

It was not beyond Allen and Facardo's expectations that two tribes jointly managing a city would have infighting. However, what Facardo and the others did not expect was that the intensification of the other party's infighting would be so fast. At this time, it had only been less than five years since the Green Field Tribe handed over Nasir Fortress to the trolls and gnolls.

Hearing Facardo's report, Allen was not surprised at all, because from the beginning, he had already planted the seeds of division for the trolls and gnolls.

When discussing the distribution of benefits with the Snowme and Raven's Claw tribes for several days, Allen had already determined that the two tribes in front of him would not live in peace for a long time in the future. The competition for benefits is never easy to give up, especially between powerful tribes, each with hundreds of thousands of people under their command.

Regardless of whether Allen interfered in the distribution of benefits, Snowme and Raven's Claw would have a fight in the competition for benefits in Nasir Fortress. However, it was only because of Allen's intervention that the conflict of interest between them did not show too many differences at the beginning, maintaining a superficial peace.

But this superficial state of peace was only temporary. Due to the certain differences in the revenue share between the trolls and gnolls, coupled with the continuous turmoil and riots at the bottom in recent years, the two tribes have been accumulating resentment and hatred.

As long as a fuse that ignites the middle and upper levels of the two tribes is lit, then there will inevitably be a large-scale fight between the two tribes.

And the fuse that triggered the fight between the two tribes this time was actually an idea that Allen came up with for them.

The grain, oil, and salt monopoly business firm was originally a plan proposed by Allen, intending to cooperate with Arier, Maggot Eye, and others to develop business activities. However, due to concerns about Allen's methods, and at the same time, Arier and the others were reluctant to share this money-making business with Allen, the final result was that the two leaders secretly implemented it in Nasir Fortress, excluding the original proposer Allen.

No matter how Arier guarded against it, he did not expect that they would actually be calculated by Allen in the end.

From the beginning, when Allen proposed the joint establishment of a chamber of commerce, he did indeed harbor certain thoughts, just as Arier and the others were worried about. Allen knew very well that in the face of interests, even tacit allies were not worth trusting. When the distribution of benefits between Snowme and Raven's Claw in Nasir Fortress was already out of balance, as long as there was a little more other interest disputes, the contradictions between the trolls and gnolls would inevitably be intensified, leading to infighting involving the middle and high levels.

On the issue of tax revenue from the two fortresses in Cator Canyon, the Green Field Tribe under Allen's command had actually given up a portion of its benefits, which was a fact known to the other two leaders, so they would not have too much resentment because of the Green Field Tribe's interests. However, the division of interests between their two tribes seemed to have little difference in proportion, but in fact, when converted into money and resources, there was a difference of more than 30,000 gold coins.

The gnolls of Raven's Claw were very dissatisfied because they believed that their tribe was stronger and had contributed more before. Why should they receive so much less revenue than the trolls? The trolls were also unhappy because they felt that their tribe originally occupied a certain share of the fortress's revenue. Now, they should have received more, but they were taken advantage of by the big-headed and mindless gnolls.

In addition, the constant fights and disputes among the bottom levels of the two tribes had long caused the middle-level management leaders to suffer from headaches. They wanted to help their own people seek justice, but they had to endure in silence due to the leader's orders.

When the leaders of the two tribes, under Allen's reminder, began to monopolize the sales rights of people's livelihood materials such as grain, oil, and salt in Nasir Fortress, at first, such business not only brought good benefits to the two tribes but also brought many job opportunities. In the past, these businesses were controlled by the major families of the two tribes, and only members of these families could operate them; but now, as the business was taken over by the two leaders and distributed to the grassroots, it naturally spread these businesses to various streets.

The spread-out business seemed to dilute the profits, but in fact, it only transferred the business monopolized by the major families to the hands of more middle and lower-level leaders, while the families of the two patriarchs controlled the upstream channels of benefits. With more beneficiaries and lower prices of living materials, they would naturally be supported by the tribe.

It's a pity that such good things, with the passage of time, gradually appeared other problems. The small shops laid out in the respective living areas of the two tribes gradually became redundant. In order to gain profits, the small and medium-sized leader families with operating rights in the two tribes naturally extended their hands to each other's territory.

Using inferior goods, lowering prices… all sorts of market-grabbing tactics were employed by these managers, resulting in a constant stream of conflicts and disputes. Unlike the previous conflicts at the lower levels, this time the conflicts arising from commercial activities were between the backbone members of the troll and gnoll tribes. They had greater influence within their tribes, and the damage caused by the conflicts was naturally more severe.

As grievances gradually deepened, and with the emergence of yet another insignificant issue, the middle-level leaders of both tribes waved their flags and shouted, leading their respective warriors to charge at their long-resented opponents, resulting in a bloody slaughter.

Within Nasir Fortress, there were not only two legends, Arier and Maggot Eye. Kor, another legendary priest from the Raven Claw tribe, who worshipped the Abyss Gnoll King, had always been at odds with Maggot Eye, so he had been neglected and forbidden from participating in the tribe's actual affairs.

Now that he had caught up with the tribesmen's resentment towards their leader Maggot Eye, Kor thought he had found an opportunity. When the fighting began, he not only did not stop it, but took the lead in flying into the air, casting various divine spells on his tribesmen, adding fuel to a situation that could have been controlled.

By the time Arier, Maggot Eye, and another gnoll legend, Bobier, arrived, the situation was already on the verge of being irreversible, because dozens of troll and gnoll corpses were already lying on the ground, with the trolls being the majority.

In the end, although the two leaders, Arier and Maggot Eye, used strong measures to suppress the enraged warriors of both tribes, the two tribes, which had already developed a huge rift, would probably be unable to coexist peacefully in the future.

The inside story of 'fighting each other' that Facardo spoke of was this chaotic battle involving legends and resulting in casualties.

“……”

Allen's thoughts fell into contemplation. This was the result he had been guiding, and now that it had actually occurred, he was already starting to plan the next step.

“I understand. You can go down and do your job.”

“Understood.”

The alliance between the Snowdrift and Raven Claw tribes must be broken, or at least not as close as it used to be. Although the Green Field tribe now had one more legend, Koer, Snowdrift and Raven Claw together had a total of 5 legendary powerhouses, and the total population of the two tribes was still twice that of the Green Field tribe. For the two sides, which were now only separated by a canyon dozens of miles long, the threat Allen needed to face was extremely great.

Allen never thought that contracts were very reliable, unless the strength of both parties to the contract was equal. In the face of利益, the wilderness natives could tear up this non-punitive parchment at any time.

“Huff!!”

After Facardo left, Allen also stood up from the ground, stretching out his stiff body from sitting for a long time. A calm and dignified mental aura slowly emanated from him.

More than a year of seclusion, self-torturing asceticism, had allowed Allen's mental strength to make great progress, and his mastery of the Iron Will feat had also entered the minor stage. It was time to go out and let outsiders know of his existence.

Flying up from the top of the arena, Allen's figure quickly disappeared into the long mountain range of the Katuoer Mountains.

“Clan Chief Allen, are you here to see us two tribes make a fool of ourselves?”

When Allen arrived at Nasir Fortress, he felt that the atmosphere in the city had become subtle. Not only did the two tribes in the city hardly talk to each other and glare at each other, but even the other three legends of the two tribes rarely appeared in the city lord's castle, which was jointly controlled by the two groups and served as everyone's daily workplace.

Tim, a legendary early-stage Bloodletter, a burly troll warrior with an eye patch over his left eye and a bare right shoulder, stood quietly behind Arier with a large great axe never leaving his side. Since Third Elder Taribo rebelled against the tribe, the Snowdrift tribe had fallen from its once glorious state to the abyss. It was not until Tim, this troll, was promoted to legend again that the Snowdrift tribe had some confidence.

Opposite Arier, two gnolls stood to the left and right behind the gnoll leader Maggot Eye. One of the gnoll elders was wearing blood-red chain armor, and several ferocious bone talismans made from the skulls of native powerhouses were attached to his waist and chest. He scanned the trolls in front of him with gloomy eyes while拄着a cane. The other gnoll leader, Bobier, had two scimitars hanging on each side of his tight-fitting chain armor. His hands were lightly resting on the hilts of the swords, and he was closing his eyes to rest.

“You two are thinking too much. Would you believe me if I said I was just passing by?”

Allen raised his hands high, making a friendly gesture, and said with a smile.

He didn't expect that he would arrive at the right time, just in time for a high-level consultation between the two tribes regarding the previous tragedy. Because of Allen's arrival, the eyes of the two tribes' leaders were not very friendly, and they all thought that he was here with ulterior motives.

“...No matter what your purpose is, I hope Clan Chief Allen will not interfere in today's matter.”

Arier looked at Allen indifferently and issued a warning to him. On this matter, Maggot Eye and his two companions shared a consensus with Arier.

“I respect the tribes of the two leaders, and I will not participate in the negotiations between your two tribes, but I think it is necessary for me to express some of my opinions to the two of you before that.”

Allen slowly敛脸上的笑容 and became more solemn.

“I admit that I came here specifically after learning about what happened to the two tribes. Because, I believe that the three of us are now sitting on the same boat. If there is turmoil in your two tribes, it will also have a great impact on my Green Field tribe.”

“Don't forget, your biggest enemy has never been each other, but the drow who have occupied your territory in the north!!”

“They would be happy to see you two tribes turn against each other, so they don't have to worry about you still having the will to take back your territory. And because of the turmoil between your two tribes, it is very likely that the drow will see the disharmony in our northern border and send troops south again. Then the fortress where our three tribes are now located is the biggest obstacle in their path!!”

Allen's statement surprised Arier and Maggot Eye a little. They thought Allen was here to cause trouble, but they did not expect that he was here to be a peacemaker.

Regarding this so-called ally of Allen, Arier was in awe of his methods, Maggot Eye was wary of his strength, but at the same time they coveted the Green Field tribe's huge wealth that had just annexed Ajinaga, as well as the利益 and territory of that Mur Fortress.

If there was no irreconcilable conflict between the two tribes this time, Arier and Maggot Eye might have already started secretly planning how to plot and灭杀 Allen and his tribe.