The next day, Lusha took two elder tribesmen to the border of the Mystery Forest and expressed his intention to the knights stationed nearby.

"I am Lusha, the leader of the Shensha Tribe, requesting to meet with your Lord Aisen."

The knight nodded and responded: "The Marquis has already told us, please come with me."

On the way to the lord's castle following the knight, many townspeople cast curious glances at Lusha and the others.

Since there was a knight leading the way, it meant that the other person was the person the lord wanted to meet. Therefore, the people in the town were not very afraid of Lusha and the others, and they all speculated whether the lizard people had been conquered by the lord.

It feels really unpleasant to be looked at by humans in a strange way, but there is nothing that can be done, Lusha can only ignore these people as much as possible.

Finally, Lusha and his party were brought to the gate of the castle.

Looking up at the castle, he thought to himself, is this where the human lord lives? What a tall house!

As everyone knows, Owen's castle pales in comparison to the castles of many great nobles.

After explaining his purpose to the gatekeepers, one of the guards trotted into the castle to announce the arrival of the lizard people. After a while, Lusha and the two tribesmen were released.

After entering the castle, the guards led the way. Lusha met Owen in the reception room.

Seeing Lusha coming, Owen smiled and stood up to greet him.

"Welcome to the arrival of Chief Lusha."

"Thank you for your hospitality, Lord Eisen."

Later, when Lusha was invited to sit down and talk, an embarrassing scene occurred.

All the seats in the reception room have backrests, and the lizard man has a tail behind him, which will occupy part of the available sitting space.

What's more, Lusha is a special individual with a particularly thick tail. When he sits down, less than half of his butt can touch the seat.

Looking at Lusha's tail with nowhere to rest, Owen suddenly felt dumbfounded.

"Sorry, Chief Lusha, I didn't think well, so I will give you a new seat."

After removing the original seat, several maids hurriedly found a bench, wiped it clean, and replaced it as Lusha's seat.

After the two sat down again, the maid beside them immediately prepared tea for Lusha.

Although I don't know if Lizardmen are used to drinking, they still have to behave well and strictly follow the standards of distinguished guests when receiving guests.

Glancing at the tea on the table, Lu Sha knew that this was a human hospitality gift. He just found it a bit novel and did not think that he was being treated badly.

The two parties did not exchange any pleasantries, but went directly to the topic.

Lusha was the first to speak: "Lord Aisen, regarding the transaction, I will give you a formal answer now."

"So what's your decision?" Owen asked.

"We, the Shensha Tribe, are willing to make a deal with you."

"Very good, then we can sign a short-term contract first."

Owen winked to the side, and Butler Ryan immediately took out two drafted contracts and put them on the table, as well as the tools needed to sign the contract.

"Wait a moment, Lord Eisen."

Lusha did not check the contract on the table, but made a new request.

"We will provide lizard warriors to help you fight against the undead monsters, but there are some additional conditions."

"What conditions?"

Hearing this, Owen was not surprised.

As the leader of the tribe, Lu Sha must ensure the safety of his tribe. Even if Owen has gained their trust, it does not mean that he can safely leave the entire tribe to human arrangements. He must have a certain amount of initiative.

Seeing that the other party didn't react much, Lusha said with some relief that he had additional conditions.

For example, in the temporary residence provided by Owen, the Shensha tribe manages it on its own, and humans are not allowed to interfere at will. Of course, Lusha will send people to regularly report the tribe's situation to Owen. Also, lizard warriors are not allowed to be used as cannon fodder, etc.

"They are all reasonable conditions and I have no objection."

Irving did not show any disgust, but took the opportunity to make his new request.

"But since you have put forward so many conditions, I want to add another transaction content."

"What content?"

Lusha looked a little nervous, wondering what else Owen wanted them to do?

"During the winter, the remaining lizardfolk of your tribe who are still able to move will have to work for me."

After a pause, Owen added: "Of course, it won't be dangerous work. I will let you know what I will do at that time. If you think it is dangerous, you have the right to refuse."

Now think about it, if the Sinking Sand Tribe only provides lizard warriors, it would be too cheap for them. These idle labor forces must be effectively utilized, because lizard people are generally much stronger than humans.

"Can."

After nodding his head, Lusha felt that there was nothing wrong with asking his tribesmen to help Owen with some work.

Now that both parties agreed, Owen picked up a quill and added these new contents to the contract. Fortunately, last night, he took into consideration that the other party might put forward conditions and left a lot of blanks.

After both contracts were written, Lusha handed the contracts to the two elder tribesmen behind him for review, because they knew human writing.

After confirming that there was no problem, the two parties formally signed the contract. Since Lusha could not write, he just pressed his fingerprint on the contract.

Next, the two parties discussed how to implement the contents of the contract.

Owen plans to designate an area to the north of Border Guard Town as a temporary wintering ground for the lizard people.

Because that area was destroyed by undead monsters last winter, there were many abandoned and vacant houses, and people in the town did not dare to live there.

After a long discussion, the two parties finally determined the implementation plan.

"By the way, what happened to your Shensha tribe? That led to the situation where you were forced to migrate."

After taking a sip of tea, Owen suddenly asked Lusha about what happened to the Shensha tribe.

After all, this matter is related to the Mystery Forest, and Border Guard Town is close to this forest. It is better to understand what happened in the forest.

In this regard, Lusha did not intend to hide it from Owen, and said slowly: "It was a tribal war initiated by the Black Wind tribe."

It turns out that there are five lizardman tribes in the Mysterious Forest that restrict each other, namely Chensha, Bloodfang, Blackwind, Sharp Claw, and Witchwood.

Two years ago, the Black Wind Tribe had a new leader who was very powerful and extremely ambitious.

The new leader gathered almost all the young lizardmen in the tribe and trained them all to become lizard warriors.

Then four months ago, the Black Wind tribe began to expand externally, using force to conquer the other four tribes in an attempt to unify all the lizardman tribes.

The three tribes of Witchwood, Bloodfang, and Talon were defeated by the Blackwind tribe in turn and chose to surrender.

And Shensha was the last tribe to be defeated by them.

"Didn't you surrender?" Owen asked.

"In fact, at that time, my father, the previous clan leader, planned to surrender for the sake of the continuation of the clan."

When mentioning his father's affairs, Lusha couldn't help but look sad.

"Oh? Then why?"

"Because the leader of the Black Wind Tribe does not accept our surrender."

Since the new leader of the Black Wind Tribe had a quarrel with Lusha's father before, defeating the Sinking Sand Tribe was not enough, so he decided to kill all the lizardmen in the Sinking Sand Tribe.

This was a complete act of genocide, which aroused strong resistance from the tribesmen.

Unfortunately, the Shensha tribe could not defeat the powerful Black Wind tribe, and Lusha's father was forced to make the decision to migrate the tribe.

Many lizard warriors, including Rusha's father, decided to stay behind to buy time for the migration operation.

During the subsequent migration, the tribe led by Lusha was not all smooth sailing, and was hunted down many times by the Black Wind tribe.

Along the way, many tribesmen lost their lives. When they finally arrived at the outskirts of the Mysterious Forest, only more than 300 tribesmen were left.
Chapter completed!