The elf mage in a green robe raised his hand in an attempt to stop Hendrick: "Things have already happened, what's the use of rushing over now? And if you rush over like this, it will be regarded as a provocation!"
"That's right!"
Hendrick showed a ferocious smile, completely ignored the dissuasion, and tore open the space in front of him. A sparkling film appeared in front of him, which was a feature of the forbidden teleportation space.
However, this did not stop the furious Hendrick. He put his hand on the membrane, and a huge amount of magic spurted out, punching a big hole in the membrane! The broken space fragments caused a lot of distortion.
After activating his own spell sequence, he suddenly rushed into the space crack that had just been torn open.
"Ulgrut! How the hell can you...!! Hey, where is the person?"
He punched the cotton with a furious punch, and the target of his anger was no longer there.
On the seat that was almost never vacant, the figure who was always thinking was missing.
"Where did he go? What happened?"
The captain of the surrounding guards seemed to recognize him. He raised his hand to stop the guards who continued to advance, and bowed to Hendrick: "Master Hendrick, the youngest grandson of the big leader died on the battlefield.
Come on, now is his funeral."
This news surprised Hendrick, and even his anger subsided a lot unconsciously.
"What's going on? How come even his grandson died on the battlefield? Where is he now? Take me to see him."
"Master, please follow me."
After walking out of a towering gate, what appeared in front of Hendrick was an incredibly wide square.
He stood silently on a high place, watching the giants with sad expressions walking towards the center of the square. There, the crowd gathered around the bodies of the war dead were holding a glorious farewell ceremony.
Recently, almost all the giant residents try to find time to go to the central square at dusk.
Because every few days here, there is a funeral for a giant who died in the battle.
Lying in the center of the huge square are usually their friends, relatives and fathers.
Their once strong bodies had become mutilated, and their armor collapsed. The setting sun filtered through the tall circular corridor, using its last rays of light to dye the broken bodies of the giants a golden color.
And today, the one who will be sent away is the great leader’s favorite grandson.
Ulgrut was among a group of tall giants, not even as high as their knees, but no one dared to look down upon him.
Because he is suspended in the air.
"Wait a moment, I'll come over after I've taken care of things here."
Hendrick received Ulgrut's message and nodded.
Ulgrut looked down at his grandson lying in front of him, his face gloomy, as if he was thinking about something. It took him a long time before he made up his mind.
"Take off his weapons and armor."
"No! You can't do this! He died on the battlefield! He has the right to be buried with armor and weapons!"
The loudest opposition came from the deceased's father, his son Tucker Groot.
Ulgrut just glanced at him: "I'm not discussing with you, I'm ordering you."
Takgrut's face turned red from suppressing it, but he just closed his mouth tightly and gritted his teeth.
When watching the tribesmen gently take off the armor and weapons from the dead body, leaving only the dagger made by himself in his arms, Ulgrut finally spoke:
"Forget it, just keep the dagger."
After saying this, Ulgrut raised his hand, and he let a loud voice echo in the sky:
"From today on, after a soldier dies in battle, he is only allowed to be buried with personal weapons! Armor and weapons must be handed over to his heirs! The battle on the front line never stops, and the living need armor and weapons even more! I will take the lead on this! First of all
Start with my grandson!"
"Don't try to defy my will!"
He was suspended in the air and looked down at the giant crowd around him. This time, everyone lowered their heads to show respect, and no one dared to raise their heads to express different opinions.
When the sound dissipated, Ulgrut flew straight towards Hendrik.
He looked like just an ordinary tall human being with an old face and a gray beard hanging down to his chest. He only wore a cape diagonally, revealing muscles that were like sculptures and full of explosive power.
Before Hendrick could speak, he spoke first:
"I know why you're here, but my control over the Eastern Warlord is gradually weakening - that guy with only muscles in his mind can't control him just by talking, and I don't have time to deal with him."
"Is the situation on the Western Front already this serious?"
"It's very serious. The loss of weapons and armor has reached an unbelievable level. If you win, you can still recover some of it. If you lose, you will lose nothing. In the past, you could still buy some weapons from Casadoria.
, with all the commotion in the east now, you can’t even buy shit!
"Severe casualties?"
"Our people are dying every day. I and the human soldiers of Kerkart have almost killed one-third of them. The slave army went up to kill as many as they could, but it had no effect. They could only rely on flesh and blood to delay time. Those things are endless
The endless waves surged up like a tidal wave, and Kakarte had already done it himself many times, but he could only cover the soldiers and retreat."
Hendrick's eyes became sharp.
"Is there anything that can compete with him?"
"There are not that many, but there are too many. Especially a scorpion-like thing with several arms. It cuts like a violent storm. It is difficult for the little guys to parry. Even if the veterans come to fight, it will only be five."
Five times. Especially when dozens of these things rush up like a swarm, it is a little difficult for Kakarte to parry, so he can only rely on his armor to fight head-on."
"Sounds a bit like a six-armed snake demon?"
Hendrick seemed to remember something.
"It's a bit similar, but the size difference is just like you and me. Come on, let's go in and talk."
"Speaking of which, why do you still maintain such a body shape? And you still deliberately suppress your own strength?"
"Strong physical strength will cause me to lose the ability to think calmly and fall into the worship of brute strength - just like the thing in the east with a brain full of muscles. Now there are enough muscles, and a brain must be there to function. This body type also
It allows me to learn some information about humans more conveniently.”
He paused: "I don't want to see the miniature sculptures either."
"Where did these things come from? I went to clean them up once before, but the quantity is still so endless."
"Where did it come from? The mountains to the west are full of these things now!"
Hearing this, Ulgrut sneered.
"It's not like I haven't told you humans before. Would it be useful if I told you?"
"Our history of fighting these things is long enough to cultivate new traditions!"
"Start with the rite of passage of hunting large creatures?"
"No, start by encouraging procreation."
"It's been hundreds of years, right?"
"I remember it all! In order to resist, we gave up our free life, organized vassal armies, formed a society, and built fortresses here. Just to protect the resting place of our ancestors!"
"Then what do you mean by looting the whole of Ibulcek?"
"My soldiers need supplies for fighting! I originally wanted to keep Alchemy City. But they were neither willing to serve me nor hand over their equipment, so I had no choice but to get it myself."
"Then do ordinary humans deserve to die?"
A tense atmosphere began to permeate this small space.
"I gave them a choice, but if I don't want to, it's none of my business?"
"A choice? Slave or die?"
"People who have value will not be slaves! People who have no value, just let them live!"
"According to what you say, do they still have to thank you?"
Seeing that the conversation between the two was getting less and less congenial, and they were about to start a fight, a deep voice came from behind.
"Ulgrut, it's not enough to not bury the weapons and armor. We have to use all the weapons and all the armor! Including those already buried in the catacombs!"
A strong man said this and walked out of the shadows. The content in his mouth had completely attracted the attention of the two people!
Ulgrut was furious:
"Do you know what you are talking about!"
"I know!"
"What good stuff can you get from burying it? It's been all rotten after hundreds of years, right?"
Hendrick was happily beside him.
"Shut up! Kerkalte, although what he said is bullshit, it is correct bullshit. There is no equipment in the ground that is worth digging out at such a huge risk!"
"Even if it's just a knife or a piece of iron, I want it!"
There was a sad expression on Kerkart's face. Hendrick couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when he saw it. What kind of loss would they suffer if a giant known for its hard heart could show such an expression?
"We must take out the buried weapons!"
"You can't disturb the sleep of your ancestors!"
"If we continue to follow this tradition, insects will soon disturb the sleep of our ancestors! You have already taken the lead once, let me do it this time. I will take the armor and weapons from the graves of my second and third sons.
Take it out."
His understatement revealed his steely determination.
Hendrik was shocked by the content of these words.
"Wait, Carkarte, you..."
"That's right, neither my second son nor my third son survived this damn war! If there was armor, if there was thick enough armor, they might not have died! Now I'm going to
Gather their armor!"
"Obviously, we were able to buy iron ore from Casadolia before, and we agreed to exchange useless human slaves for iron. We had to go and grab it. Not to mention many veterans died, and we didn't grab any supplies! East!
That guy, is he still here to defend the Holy Land?"
"This thing seems a bit familiar? It seems that it was the little guy from Ta Island who did it?"
Hendrik looked legitimately sad, but in fact he was secretly happy.
"If I die, my granddaughter will be in your care."
"Why are you so anxious? This is no longer our family's business."
Ulgrut turned to Hendrik: "I heard that human mages are the most intelligent among humans?"
Before he could finish speaking, Hendrick answered directly:
"Xingdao does not produce iron ore. You also know that we are blocking the gate. We can't find anyone to help you garrison it for a long time."
"..."
"Don't make angry remarks like dying together."
"..."
"...Ulgrut, I suddenly want to hammer him to death first."
"You can't catch me, so you can't beat me to death."
Both of their eyes turned green.
"..."
After having a good time with his mouth, Hendrick felt that the heat was almost over and that if he continued to enjoy it, he might really die, so he threw out his solution on the spot.
"But I can purchase weapons and armor for you. You may not have armor of your size, but you can buy steel. You may also be able to buy some alchemical weapons."
"Are there any alchemists who can make alchemical weapons these days? I haven't seen one in hundreds of years."
"It's not because Ibulcek's alchemy factory was destroyed by you!"
Hendrick couldn't help but squirted again.
The two people who saw the hope of supply were unwilling to confront him.
"At least steel can be purchased, right?"
"Don't worry, as long as you pay, you can definitely buy it."
Hendrick had already heard from Zhu Yiwei about Polu's glorious deeds of making armor for the enemy before the war - this impressed him very deeply.
"We have no money."
"Then it's not easy to talk about. You know the virtues of an alchemist, right? There has to be something in exchange."
"Grain, slaves, copper, we can all trade them."
"As long as the armor and weapons are delivered quickly, the human army under our command needs a large amount of armor and weapons. As for our own, there is enough steel for us to make it ourselves."
"How much do you need? At least give me a number."
"The situation is urgent, I won't make any detours with you."
There is no point in lying to the mage after all.
"Let's give priority to the supply of weapons. Nowadays, the things that human vassal armies face can no longer do any damage with wooden sticks. The damage rate of weapons is extremely high. If we delay it any longer, everyone will die."
"Well, don't you have copper? Use one-tenth of the weight of the equipment to pay the bill. I suggest you not to cheat and do anything before paying for the goods. They can be said to be the strongest I have ever seen.
As long as you have enough money as your raw material supplier, it will not be a problem to supply you with large amounts of steel stably in the long term."
"If we can confirm the stable supply in large quantities and the speed is fast, I can accept this price."
"Perhaps we can also drive that bastard from the east here to take some of the pressure off of you?"
The two looked at each other.
"This is a good idea. As long as you can do it, we will not object."
"That's about it. I'll contact Xingdao first, and we'll finalize the quantity before we talk. Remember, don't cheat when paying the bill. This is a purchasing agent in the name of Xingdao."
For Landau's sake, Hendrick decided to guarantee it. Otherwise, based on his understanding of these two giants, he could guarantee that they would definitely default on the loan!
There is definitely nothing Bolu can do to them. However, if he doesn't help, the giant may not be able to survive - after all, the dead can't fake it.
If you leave here by yourself and go out to take a look, you can immediately know the situation on the front line.
After the follow-up matters were settled, Hendrick left, and the two of them were silent for a long time in the darkness.
"Checked, clean."
"What should I do? Hendrick stepped forward and used the name of Xingdao as a guarantee. Is this a normal transaction?"
"I only promised not to default on my debt."
The two looked at each other and showed a cunning smile.
"Reveal this news to Dongbian and let him see if he can take over the iron ore. Can he snatch the goods back halfway?"
"This is still a bit too obvious. Unless we don't use it, it will offend Xingdao to death and the way out will be cut off."
"Then reveal the news. If he fails, throw all the responsibility on him!"