Lord of War

"We have encountered a plunder." Chongyan High Priest sighed, "A plunder that is enough to wipe out our Chongyan tribe."

"Plunder?" Sean frowned slightly.

The word plunder, as explained literally.

It's just that in the barren land, because of the appearance of the barbarian king and the union and restraint of the major first-class and second-class tribes, plundering, which would obviously wipe out those weak tribes, should be suppressed or even eliminated. That's right. Especially now that the barren land is about to enter winter, the act of plundering is even more unforgivable, because the severe winter will freeze the entire barren land, the aquatic plants will wither one after another, and the limited water source will also be frozen. It turns into ice, so at this time, we can only rely on extremely limited meat and clothing for food and warmth.

Almost every year in the harsh winter, a large number of people would die because of this in the barren land.

It can be said that severe winter is an important factor limiting the population growth of the entire barren land. This is also the reason why each tribe will not expand its size and reproduce in large numbers at will. They will definitely not be able to survive the first cold winter~ Of course, kobolds and goblins are not included in this list. These two races are famous for their large populations, but their usual attrition is also very large, so there are not enough offspring. Need harsh winters to be extinct in endless wars.

But Sean is still very clear that plundering has another meaning in the wild land.

expansion.

"Which tribe is expanding?" Sean asked.

Just one sentence made High Priest Chongyan look surprised. When he thought that Zhong Hammer said that Sean was very familiar with the wild land, and that he was probably a distinguished guest of those first-class tribes, he thought that Zhong Hammer was just a white lie fabricated to increase Xiao En's identity and status. , but right now, judging from the fact that Xiao En can associate expansion just by hearing plunder, High Priest Chongyan feels that he is obviously a bit too arbitrary.

But it’s no wonder, because often people who have obtained enough time will feel proud and proud of the accumulation and increase of their own knowledge, resulting in the illusion of a leader in a certain field, so they will instinctively remain skeptical when dealing with many things Therefore, it seems arbitrary and subjective is just a kind of "side effect" of long-lived people.

"Don't be surprised. This is actually just a simple logical reasoning. Anyone who knows the situation in the wild land can infer it." Sean can easily feel the change in the attitude of the High Priest of Chongyan, and of course he can also feel it. The surprise in his eyes said, "Generally, the tribes that like to plunder exist like the Rossi tribe. They like and enjoy wars, and they don't engage in any production activities. All supplies are provided by the employers. plunder.

It's just that the plunder of such tribes is very measured, and will not cause major harm and impact on the sustainable development of a tribe. "

"However, you just said that the result of this plundering for your Chongyan tribe is almost a crisis of extinction. This is obviously a bit beyond the standard. Then it is related to the situation of the coming winter, so I boldly speculate that this plundering Its essence is not to help the tribe survive the harsh winter, but to bring greater benefits to the tribe..., and what kind of income is the greater income? Based on my understanding of the wild land, The only thing that can bring benefits through plunder is expansion, and only expansion can truly grow a tribe."

This time, not only the High Priest Chongyan was surprised, but even Ronan and the barbarian old man were shocked. Only the heavy hammer,

It seemed that he had already accepted Xiao En's omnipotence and strength, but his expression remained calm, especially when he saw the surprised faces of everyone including the high priest, Heavy Hammer's heart suddenly Feel a burst of pleasure.

After a while, the High Priest Chongyan, who came back to his senses, nodded, and said with some convincing, "It is indeed as you inferred, honored guest....The people who plundered our Chongyan tribe are the Blackwater tribe."

"Black water?" Sean thought for a while, and then he understood.

The Blackwater Tribe is a second-class tribe that is very strong and eye-catching in the later stage of the game. Except that this tribe cannot be promoted to the first-class tribe without the Great Witch Festival, its tribe is no better than any first-class tribe in terms of scale and combat effectiveness. The tribe is weak. Especially in the several military operations against the Millennium Covenant Empire, it was the Black Wolf Cavalry of the Blackwater Tribe who were in charge of the decisive battle force.

This is! A super powerful tribe that gathers kobolds, barbarians, goblins, dwarves, lizardmen, half-dragons and many half-orcs.

History has not produced any deviation, but continues to move forward step by step.

From the current point of view, the predatory expansion should be one of the main reasons for the prosperity of this tribe.

At least, in the later history that Sean knew, the Blackwater Tribe was no longer able to rely on plunder to be self-sufficient.

"Yes, this is a tribe of villains!" The high priest of Chongyan said with some resentment, "He is not affiliated with the Harbeck tribe, but attached to the Black Gold Tribe, which is a powerful tribe ruled by dwarves. Black Gold The tribe and the Harbeck tribe are not in harmony with each other, so as long as the Blackwater tribe is not plundering the subordinates of the Black Gold tribe, but targets the subordinates of the Habeck tribe, the Black Gold tribe will not bother."

"Then what about your suzerain tribe?" Xiao En asked curiously, "Since the Black Gold tribe ignored it, as your suzerain tribe, it should be obliged to protect your subordinate tribes. Didn't the Habeck tribe take any countermeasures? ?”

Hearing Xiao En's words, High Priest Chongyan gave a helpless wry smile: "Plundering is not prohibited in itself, these are the necessary conditions for the survival of the tribe. It is only because the king does not agree now, so the major tribes There is some restraint and restraint, but this kind of behavior will definitely not be completely banned for a while, so in fact, there are still many tribes doing this in the barren land, and even because this kind of behavior may be completely banned in the future, it will become more serious Case."

"And the suzerain tribe is not like your outside lords, who have the duty to protect the people in the territory under their command." Zhong Hammer took over the words and continued to explain, "If it is a foreign enemy invasion, then the suzerain tribe is of course obliged to send troops, but generally Those of us small tribes are responsible for fighting consumption.⒒… But if it’s just an internal dispute in the barren land, the suzerain tribe has never intervened. Otherwise, the Yanqi tribe, which is also attached to the Habeck tribe, dare to be blatant Raise troops to attack us?"

Hearing this, Xiao En finally suddenly realized: "So that's the case, no wonder I haven't been able to understand it, and now I finally understand it.

The wild land is actually a microcosm of the entire miracle continent.

The tribes here are actually no different from those outside the kingdoms. The wars between each other are just to make their own tribes stronger. It's just that the barbaric land has always believed in the law of the jungle, and many things are more naked and cruel. Unlike the principalities attached to the major empires in the outside world, the principalities belonging to the same suzerain will not start wars with each other, but between each other The intrigues and tricks in the room are also indispensable.

this is the truth.

"So, our current tribe is really at the end of its rope. It's really our fault that we can't entertain you with the best things." High Priest Chongyan sincerely apologized to Sean, "But you Don't worry, I have ordered the people below to slaughter ten pigs and sheep tonight to entertain distinguished guests and your subordinates, and this is the only thing we can do."

"Ten pigs and sheep?" Sean was slightly taken aback. "When I followed you in just now, I saw that there seemed to be only ten pigs and sheep left in your tribe's breeding pen."

"Yes. No." High Priest Chongyan nodded, "These ten are the only ones that have been fattened up as adults. There are also a few young sheep and a cow. Please forgive me for not being able to use lambs. Entertaining distinguished guests, because this is really important to the survival of our tribe. And after the old sheep are slaughtered, they can also make a few more clothes to keep out the cold, at least to help the children in the tribe survive this severe winter."

"Strange." Sean was a little confused and unable to understand, "If the Blackwater Tribe can plunder, why can't you?"

"My honored guest, it's not that we can't do it, but that we can't do it." The old barbarian who hadn't spoken until now finally spoke, "Being the target of the Blackwater tribe's looting is not only a heavy loss of supplies, but even The people in the tribe also suffered heavy losses... The chief, guard chief and all the chief candidates have all died in battle. At the same time, many young people in the tribe also died in battle. Now our entire Chongyan tribe is less than fifty People, most of whom are old people and children, it is very difficult to assemble a guard."

Sean recalled the scene he saw in the Chongyan Tribe before. Those who rushed out almost to fight with the power of the clan were indeed not many, and there were also many old people and children. After hearing what this barbarian said at this moment, Only then did he finally understand that the Chongyan tribe had suffered such a severe blow, and he also understood why the kobolds of the Yanqi tribe dared to trouble the barbarians of the Chongyan tribe.

"Who said that all your candidates for the chieftain died in battle? There is one here." Sean stretched out his hand and pushed the heavy hammer, "Since your tribe no longer has chieftains and chieftain candidates, the heavy hammer is now The chief of the Chongyan tribe, it should be a matter of course, right?"

"It's really suitable." After a moment of silence, the high priest of Chongyan finally nodded, "Old Wick, you can make arrangements immediately, and announce to the people in the clan while entertaining distinguished guests tonight. The chief of the tribe is Ataba!"

"Yes!" The aged barbarian still seemed full of energy. After performing a chest-beating salute unique to a barbarian, he turned and left.

"And it's not a problem to have no troops." Sean said calmly, "Me and Chonggui... Well, should it be Chief Ataba now? I still have an agreement with Chief Ataba, so for the time being Live here for a while in your Heavy Hammer tribe."

"You mean..." High Priest Chongyan's eyes suddenly shone with a kind of brilliance.

Sean smiled, then nodded.

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