Green Monster Epic

As a representative of the Temple, Jehr's position in the Allied Forces had recently become somewhat marginalized. Whether it was the original commanders like Alan and Austin, or new representatives like Harridy, they all held a cold attitude towards Jehr and the Temple behind him.

The cooperation between the Temple and the Centaurs, although realistically significant to the Wilderness, did achieve the Wilderness's goal of sending troops, helping to alleviate the crisis of the Southeast Orc Empire, and weakening the strength of the powerful human civilization.

However, when the final results were presented to the members of the Mansa Alliance, even those with limited vision and knowledge could mostly judge that after such a major change in the human forces, their subsequent actions against the Wilderness would probably not return to the previous state of disregard.

At the very least, the Dawn Empire, which had been invaded this time, would certainly not let it go. They had lost face in front of the other two great empires, and at the same time, they had to prove to the remaining kingdom and duchy rulers that they were still strong. They would launch fierce retaliatory actions against the Wilderness.

In this way, in order to cope with the human counterattack, the Alliance would inevitably have to continue to increase its investment in the Centaur Grassland, whether it be resources or manpower. These were originally things that the Temple had been striving to promote, but the members of the Alliance did not want to do.

The Alliance had originally planned to attract the attention and importance of human civilization by invading the weakest human duchies, thereby distracting the humans. However, the Wilderness had never considered truly offending a powerful human empire, thereby turning the direction of the opponent's sword from the southeast to itself. This was not in the Wilderness's interest.

However, the final result was that the Temple of Nature and the Centaurs colluded in secret, and designed this series of plans without the Alliance's knowledge, ultimately factually forcing the Mansa Alliance to move forward on the path they had set.

Although the Centaurs formed their own faction in the Wilderness, they had been an important defense line against human invasion for countless years, and had made great contributions. At the same time, the Alliance still needed them to continue guarding the south against the humans. Even if they had opinions about them, they would mostly endure it.

Not to mention that if they really offended the Dawn Empire, the first place the opponent would invade would be the Centaur territory. The dangers and difficulties faced by the Centaurs were much greater than those faced by other members of the Alliance.

Since everyone had to contribute to this matter, it was naturally easier to gain the understanding of the Alliance members.

Only the Temple's church forces, having caused such a big thing, would not provide much help to the Alliance in resisting the humans, which caused their actions to arouse dissatisfaction among the Alliance members.

Of course, this dissatisfaction was not only triggered by this one thing, but was simply the accumulation of countless things over hundreds of years.

In the past, during peaceful times, when major events occasionally occurred, the Temple would demand that the Alliance members contribute manpower and resources. With the passage of time and the transfer of power, the grudges hidden between them would gradually dissipate. But now, in this era, the older generation of legends had almost experienced the Temple's oppression and demands, and now it was also the time for them to be in power and control of the various tribes. It would be strange if they had a good face towards the Temple, with the old and new resentments overlapping.

Jehr obviously knew that his concealment of the plan with the Centaur race had angered Alan and others, so he had been much more low-key after returning. Until now, when Alan named him, an unnamed fire suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, but he was immediately suppressed by him.

"We have formulated several plans and handed them to the dozen or so commanders under Alan, but they have not been adopted. We have no choice!"

Jehr replied indignantly in the face of Alan's questioning.

"So you can't blame us for this matter, Your Excellency."

Alan turned his head and looked at Alan and the others. Several people's eyes were a little evasive, obviously this was indeed the case, but because of their dissatisfaction with Jehr and their own plans, there was no follow-up.

However, the newly arrived representatives such as Harridy seized the opportunity and quickly complained: "This matter really can't be blamed on Lord Jehr. The plans given by their staff department clearly mentioned the suggestion that we can take advantage of the power vacuum in the northern provinces of the Rose Duchy to deeply control important strongholds."

"We are not messing around, but we believe that Lord Jehr's suggestions are pertinent and feasible, so we proposed to Commander Alan and the others to go south."

However, Harridy and the others did not intend to mention Jehr's plan during the previous debates. Naturally, on the issue of targeting the Temple, the Wilderness had enough consensus. If Alan hadn't questioned Jehr, it was possible that the Wilderness commanders would not have brought up the staff department during the debates.

After all, most of the dozens of members of this department came from the Temple or graduated from the Temple's academy. Their tendency was self-evident and everyone knew it.

"Since the staff department also has a plan, Commander Alan, you should discuss the feasibility of the plan!"

Alan himself was also derelict in his duties. After returning to the grassland, he inspected his gains from the battles and killings in the south, and at the same time, he self-examined and tempered himself. According to the hints he had obtained from the clone of Kheron before, he continued to polish his strength and find the key and direction for a breakthrough.

In addition, Alan rarely paid attention to the affairs of the Allied Forces, and naturally ignored the plans formulated by Jehr and the others.

After the Dawn Empire incident, the Alliance knew that the subsequent impact would be great, so while preparing to conscript the second support army, two of the remaining four pillars would also go south again to help deal with the high probability of a human counterattack.

Of course, whether these two going south, in addition to supporting, had other plans remains unknown.

In view of this, Alan thought about simply delegating power in advance, so as not to have another power struggle when the other two arrived, which was really unpleasant.

Anyway, the knowledge, inheritance, and even the set of artifacts and architectural blueprints that he had gained this time were enough for the Green Field Tribe to digest for many years.

And the merits he had made, converted into merit points, could probably be exchanged for a lot of good things in the Temple and the City Guard Mansion. At this time, releasing power to the two newcomers could not only avoid power friction with the two colleagues, but also show goodwill to the other party.

As for whether the other party would therefore underestimate him, thinking that he was too weak and easy to bully, in the face of the rule of the Wilderness where strength is respected, unless it was the Saint Da Vinci, the other three would probably not have such a misunderstanding.

It was just that when the second batch of Allied Forces soldiers and supplies had arrived at the front line, the two pillars mentioned in the notification had been silent, so Alan had to step forward again to suppress the chaos on the Alliance's front line.

"What to do next, Alan, you must discuss with Commander Jehr's staff department and come up with a plan as soon as possible."

"At the very least, the legion's voice must be unified, and actions must be unified!!"

"Understood?"

"Understood!!"

A trace of disappointment flashed in the eyes of Aaron, Orson, and several other commanders, but under Allen's long-standing authority, they ultimately gave affirmative answers.

As for the other commanders, and the General Staff headed by Jehewei, they were overjoyed and nodded in agreement.

They hadn't expected that Lord Allen, who had always supported Aaron and his veteran generals, would now change his attitude and show dissatisfaction with them, as if the relationship between these veterans of the First Legion wasn't as united as everyone thought!

After wasting half a day, Allen finally managed to extricate himself from the tedious military affairs and returned to his own military tent. The first thing he did was to immerse himself in meditation.

Meanwhile, in the underground temple of Green Lake Town, thousands of miles away, the decrepit goblin priest Zerang was, as always, devoutly kneeling before the statue of the Food God, praying softly.

"...Has anything happened in the Green Field Tribe recently?"

As Allen's sacred and majestic voice echoed in Zerang's mind, the earth goblin, who had maintained a devout attitude, immediately withdrew his mind from prayer.

"Praise the great God of Food!"

"Three days ago, a delegation from the Dwarf Kingdom came to Green Lake Town, bringing greetings from the contemporary Dwarf King—King Greymane."

"Chieftain Albard and Mayor Orenzi jointly received them. This delegation of dwarves has not left yet, and they are also preparing to visit City Lord Brennan at Fort Na'Mur next."

"According to what Chieftain Albard told us upon his return, the dwarf delegation came to visit our tribe in order to form an alliance with our tribe and the Thorns Ring organization."

"Alliance?"

Allen frowned as he listened to Zerang's report, interrupting him.

"Yes."

Zerang responded affirmatively, and at the same time explained.

"The town guard of Corima Town sent an intelligence report yesterday, which showed that the Elf Kingdom also seems to be making moves. A large number of troops are gathering on the border adjacent to the Dwarf Kingdom."

"Even Thornsburg, which is closest to our wilderness, has strengthened its defenses during this period, and the scale of the garrisoned troops has also increased..."

The Gloom Maiden, worshiped by the dark elves, also has considerable influence among the elves. Therefore, compared to the drow, the dark elves, who originally belonged to the same lineage, have stronger intelligence gathering capabilities in the Elf Kingdom.

In addition, the dark elves themselves have believers lurking among the drow. Corima Town, which seems to be somewhat lacking in strength, still has its merits in the eyes of the Green Field Tribe.

"..."

Allen's expression became serious. He had always worried that the elves would follow in the footsteps of humans and launch their expansion plan under pressure. Although obtaining verification of the intelligence was not beyond Allen's expectations, he still couldn't help but feel strong emotional fluctuations when the elves were about to take action.

"The delegation from the Dwarf Kingdom wants to form an alliance. What do they want to get from us?"

After Zerang finished speaking, Allen asked again.

"They haven't given specific alliance conditions yet, but they sent the tribe a valuable gift and have been showing goodwill to the high-level members of Green Lake Town."

"Chieftain Albard believes that they still hope that our Thorns Ring organization can provide some support when the Elf Kingdom invades the Dwarf Kingdom."

"Then they've come to the wrong place. They should go to Mansa City and talk to the Alliance Council about support. What use is the Thorns Ring?"

Allen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Thinking about the Alliance's current support for the human cavalry plains in the south, and then thinking about the bleak situation in the northern wilderness, where no one cares, how could he not feel resentment towards the Alliance?

"Send the plans regarding the Elf Kingdom's actions to the other tribes of the Thorns Ring and let them prepare in advance."

"As you command."

"The various towns in Green Field must also begin to prepare. Resources, equipment, and tribal warriors should also be mobilized."

"I gained a lot from this invasion of human territory. The army escorting the supplies has already headed north and should arrive at Fort Na'Mur soon."

"Pass on my order that Fort Na'Mur can only intercept 1/5 of the newly acquired inheritances and scriptures, and the rest must be transported to Green Lake Town."

"Tell Albard to organize people with Orenzi to focus on studying a royal city construction atlas, and use this as a basis to re-plan Green Lake Town."

"Yes, my Lord."

Although he knew that studying the blueprints and building a new city at this time was like trying to quench a thirst with distant water, and that with the Green Field Tribe's current resources, it would probably take five hundred years to complete a magnificent and vast building complex like Newens Royal City.

Moreover, this would require the Green Field Tribe to devote all its resources to it, which was obviously unrealistic, because it would slow down the Green Field Tribe's development speed.

Since the climate of the Green Field Plain improved, the tribe has ushered in a new peak of development, the most significant of which is the satellite villages and towns that are expanding in all directions, centered on Green Lake Town.

The increase in the number of villages and towns often means an increase in cultivated land, and the increase in land and food fed back to the tribe can not only help the tribe to accommodate wandering and migrating foreign populations, but also continuously promote the prosperity of the tribe's population.

Not to mention anything else, the number of Green Field goblin newborns this year has set a new record, with more than 30,000 newborns born. Although half of them are low-ground goblins, the earth goblins and bear goblin babies have at least increased by more than 10,000!

Moreover, because of the existence of the Thorns Ring organization, the rulers of the towns in the Green Field Tribe, especially the important town of Fort Na'Mur, have a higher tolerance for foreign migrants, not only allowing them to live and work in the fortress, but even allowing them to join the fortress's management and obtain the same promotion opportunities as goblins.

Although the current population of the Green Field Tribe is still some distance from the million mark, if the current rate of development continues, it is believed that within four or five years, the entire Green Field Tribe's territory will have a population of over one million.

And this does not include vassal tribes such as the Ivan Tribe and Corima Town.

"Remember, as soon as the Elven Empire launches military action, report to me immediately, and I will return as soon as possible."

"Yes!!"