I walked up to Shan De and patted him on the shoulder affectionately. The smile on his face became even more friendly.
Shan De and the Great Elder looked confused. They didn't know what I was going to do. I thought maybe I should demonstrate it to them.
So I suddenly made a move at a very close distance, my right hand pressed against the hilt of the sword at Sander's waist, and my left hand grabbed his neck and pulled hard, causing his face and my forehead to collide closely.
This action was completed in an instant, and Xander was unable to fight back at all. He only had time to groan in pain.
It wasn't until I grabbed Sander's hair and turned him over and pressed him on the table that the first drop of his nosebleed came out.
"Dear Elder, look...will this man's neck be scratched?" The dagger in my right hand swung back and forth on Xander's neck: "Or should I give it a try?"
The Great Elder was surprisingly calm at this time, as if the Shan De in my hand was worthless.
"Governor Cohen Keda, I think you still don't understand." He was still sitting still: "Since the day it was born, our race has been constantly facing the fate of being enslaved and oppressed. Your threatening tactics
, I’ve seen it too many times.”
"Really?" I smiled and shrugged: "Then this person will be the most worthless person to die."
"If you die fighting against tyranny, you will be a hero worshiped by our people for generations! How can it be worthless?"
"You are wrong, Great Elder." When I spoke, the dagger in my hand had already scratched Xander's skin: "He will die because of your stupidity."
"My stupidity?" The great elder tilted his head slightly: "Please tell me and listen."
"Okay!" I first used a paralysis technique on Xander, and then sat on a chair next to him. Xander was still under my control: "I am best at enlightening others."
The great elder made a "please" gesture.
"As I said just now, I am Cohen Keda, the governor of the Dark Province. Whether you like it or not, the island you live on now is on my fiefdom... You should understand this!
"
The great elder nodded.
"Before I reveal my true identity, I am a pure smuggler. Of course you can treat a smuggler so rudely. But you can't treat your governor like this." I pointed at Xander: "More
Don't mention this idiot who tried to attack me several times."
"Really?" said the great elder, "but we have not recognized you as our governor."
"Don't admit it? Then I will give you two choices. The first is that your entire family immediately leave my dark sea; the other is to become my territorial citizens and give me the respect that a governor deserves." I said.
: "If you can't do the above two, I will give you a good look."
"Is this blackmail?"
"Blackmail? Someone will bring a fleet of food to blackmail you? Your entire aquatic tribe is impoverished, why should I blackmail you?" I calmed down my mood: "It's up to you, I'll tell you the truth, I'm tired of it.
Absolutely! Besides, I don’t want to waste my precious youth at the negotiating table... I am very busy and have a lot of things to deal with.”
"On this basis, you still can't convince me." The great elder said calmly: "But I think since this is a negotiation, you should be more specific."
What a stubborn old bastard!
"Basically speaking, if the Shui tribe becomes my territory, they will enjoy the same rights as all the people in my dark province, not to starve to death, not freeze to death, not to be enslaved, and have the right of passage in all dark areas.
No one will rob you and sell it while you are walking on the road... Also, I will give you land to use."
"That is to say... under your management, we will have half-full meals and thin clothes to wear?" The elder rolled his eyes: "Why don't you give us enough food and warm clothes?"
"Bah, I'm not the God of Light! I can't control that much. I only have these most basic things for you. If you don't work hard, you deserve to die of hunger!" I stared into his eyes and said, "As for what you said
Things to worry about... I think you should have heard a little bit about the living conditions of the residents in my fiefdom."
"He is indeed a strange guy." The Great Elder said, "Yes, I know a little bit about your situation. If you guarantee that my tribe will be treated the same as the residents in your fiefdom, I can consider your suggestion."
"Are you still thinking about it? I think you almost laughed out loud, right?" I smiled and said, "But don't be too happy too early, these things are not free."
"Every gain must come with a loss. How can there be a season where you only gain without giving?" The great elder nodded: "You tell me!"
"Like all residents of darkness, you must accept the assignments of officials at all levels and abide by my dark laws." I continued: "Pay a certain proportion of taxes based on the harvest. Of course, in bad harvest years, I will
Adjust the proportion of taxes appropriately, and even transport grain to fill your stomachs like today."
"Sounds good!" The great elder also said with a smile: "Then who are you going to let manage us?"
"Isn't there a ready-made one?" I pointed to someone who was still bleeding from the nose: "Although he is still a little stupid now, I believe that under your guidance, Great Elder, he will gradually mature.
"
"Haha! There is no need to praise me so much." The elder said, "I am old, and I can still tell stories."
"Did you agree?" I said, "Can you be happy?"
"With the current situation of the Water Tribe, how can I refuse to agree to you? What's more, the Water God has already chosen you." The Great Elder looked at Shan De with pity: "May the Water God have mercy and guide my people in the direction of progress."
"If you cooperate with me, the future of the Shui Tribe is bright." When I heard that he agreed to my conditions, my heart dropped: "Just don't show me such a bitter face, okay?"
The great elder smiled bitterly. At this moment, he seemed to have aged a lot.
"You and Xander should discuss the specific matters! I'm an old man and I won't join in the fun..." He stood up and waved his hand slightly to me: "If you want to hear a story, I'm welcome at any time."
The great elder walked out slowly, and the negotiation was finally completed.
But watching his thin figure disappear outside the door, I felt inexplicably moved in my heart. The great elder is the real leader of the Shui Tribe, but what a thin body he is! I really don’t know what he was like in those difficult years.
How did he get here?
I lifted the paralysis spell from Xander's body and sat down opposite him.
"If you don't want to be beaten, just sit still and sit still." I said to him: "This is about the fate of the water tribe! Now, let's talk about the details..."
"Say it!" Xander wiped the blood on his face with his hand, and did not rush over as I expected: "You devil, I will defeat you one day."
"Let's not talk about it now." I took out a pamphlet from my arms and threw it to him across the table: "Look carefully, this is what I want you to do..."
"This is..." Shan De had just flipped through a few pages, and his expression had already changed: "You?"
His reaction was as expected. It took me several days to complete this booklet. What is recorded in the booklet is all knowledge that I carefully selected and can be accepted by aquatic tribes.
Of course, they are all military-related, mostly ship drawings. It is about the construction of a powerful navy, how dare I not do my best?
"When can you start working on the first half?" I asked him.
"We have many excellent craftsmen. If all the materials are available," Sande calculated in his mind: "We should be able to take shape by this time next year."
"Okay! We will start work later." I was very happy to hear Xander's affirmative answer: "If the plan changes, I will inform you. In addition, from now on, Xander, you will be the deputy commander of my Dark Navy Corps.
Got it!"
"This officer is not very easy to do." Xander groaned: "I will be exhausted..."
"Then I won't waste your time."
I smiled and walked out of the room. I wanted to listen to the story.
"That's right!" Xander said behind him: "We have a celebration tonight, come on! It'll be on the beach not far from the pier."
I walked out of the hall and found the great elder under the guidance of others.
The great elder was sitting on a hillside facing the sea, with his staff casually placed beside him. He was looking at the undulating sea intently.
"It's a beautiful scenery." I sat down next to him: "Do you want some money to listen to the story?"
"I am the Great Elder." He chuckled: "I don't work as a bard part-time, so the stories are free."
"Really?" I said, "I didn't expect that negotiating with you would be so simple."
“Why do negotiations have to be complicated?”
"But isn't this a big deal to you Aqua Tribes? What if I'm not a trustworthy person?"
This is a question in my mind. I still don’t know why the Great Elder believed in me.
"Haha, as I said, I am the Great Elder." He turned around and looked at me and said, "At this age, I will always observe others from small details. What surprises you is that you take Xander as your example.
Hostage, I am neither panic nor angry!"
I nodded.
"There were three people in the room at that time. It was obvious that my status was higher than that of Sander and that I was easier to deal with than Sander. Therefore, I was your best choice, but you didn't choose me... This shows that you are a gangster.
The Governor has several advantages."
"Really?" I said, "My advantages are always hard to find. Please tell me quickly."
"First, you know how to grasp the key points when doing things. You know that no matter who you take as a hostage, I can't do anything to you, the person who can save my entire clan."
"Haha, what else?"
"Second, do things carefully and not stick to the rules. When the other party is stubborn, you know how to use other methods to stimulate the other party. The reason why you chose to arrest Xander is because you need me to make the decision!"
"Hey, I'm sorry."
"Third, it's your insight and foresight into things. I heard from Sande that it was you who insisted on coming to see me. Of course, a little guy like you is definitely not here for sightseeing... No matter what you want to do, we will do it
We have been tied together, I just hope that what you want to do can succeed, so that my people can live a life without disturbance for a few days."
"But." I said, "Do these three points alone allow you to put the fate of your tribe into my hands?"
"Of course not." The Great Elder said: "The entire continent is about to face a new round of war, and our clan is really caught in a crisis that has never happened in a century. As the Great Elder, how could I not make plans early? Facts
I noticed you a long time ago, and your treatment of the aliens in your fief makes me moved. But we don’t believe in the Temple of Light and the Temple of Darkness, and we don’t know your attitude..."
"Stop!" I interrupted him loudly: "So you designed such a trap for me to get through, and made me come to you crying and shouting, and you thought you got a big deal..."
"You really got a big deal." He smiled and said, "It's worth celebrating."
This old guy... is really, really cunning!
I looked at the great elder unconvinced.
"Okay, okay, don't be so sad, I still have a story to tell you." The great elder touched my head: "I decided to tell you after seeing you make the statue of the Water God laugh."
Putting aside my frustration, I nodded. I really wanted to know about the Water God.
"Actually, it can't be regarded as a story." The great elder looked at the waves on the sea: "This is something recorded in our clan's secret book. It should be true, but it is too old..."
It seems that all the stories are from a long time ago! I listened quietly.
"The Water God existed a long time ago, and there were four gods who existed with her, namely the Water God, the Earth God, the Wind God and the Fire God. The Water God chose our tribe to worship her, and this became the name of our tribe.
The origin of ". At the same time, the water god not only lives with us, but also gives our clan an intimate relationship with all water elements..."
"Then where is she now?"
"During a natural disaster that affected the entire continent, the Water Goddess left our clan. Before leaving, she said that the 'Source of Life' was in danger and she wanted to help the 'Source of Life'... Who knew that the Water Goddess would never come back once she left.
It was at this time that the two temples that had always lived in harmony with us suddenly hunted us down and declared our race an evil race!"
"Evil race?"
"There are four races that have been declared evil at the same time. They are all races named after the gods they believe in. In addition to us, there are also the Earth Tribe, the Wind Tribe and the Fire Tribe. Neither temple admits that these four gods have ever existed.
They seemed to be trying their best to erase this period of history, so the four major tribes were brutally massacred... During the heyday of the Shui tribe, they killed only a few of the more than one million people left. Even after so many years of recuperation and recuperation in the open sea, they have only developed.
Population less than 200,000.”
"What happened next?"
"Later, we fled to the open sea. Years of hard life made us overwhelmed. People in later generations even gradually doubted the authenticity of the water god. Until we accidentally found a clone of the water god on this island! The people of later generations finally knew.
Water gods did exist, which is why the water tribe lives in scattered places but is very united."
"You said they live in scattered places?" I asked, "And you said there are 200,000 people?"
"Of course." The great elder said with a smile: "Basically, there are our tribesmen on every island suitable for habitation in the outer sea. Only some of them live on this island. Otherwise, how would we escape the pursuit of the two temples?
"
"But why are they hunting you?"
"We don't know, but you can know." The great elder stared at me and said, "Since you can make the Water God's clone smile, you can definitely help us find her!"
"Me? You want me to help you find someone... no, find God?"
"Yes!" the great elder said very seriously: "There must be some kind of connection between you. You can find her! Our tribe needs her!"
"Honestly, this bothers me the most." I scratched my head: "But I just feel that I feel very familiar with the Water God."
"Then I'll leave this matter to you." The great elder took my hand and said, "This is very important. Only under the guidance of the Water God can the Water Tribe stand up again."
"I know..." I nodded and smiled bitterly: "This is another chore!"
"Haha! There is a celebration tonight and I have to prepare." The great elder stood up and said, "Mr. Governor, you should come too!"
"I said, Great Elder, my true identity needs to be hidden for a while..."
I stood up and stretched a lot, then I followed him and walked back. Why don't I just look for a water god! I'm not worried, I didn't promise you when to start looking for it... (To be continued)