Li Shuyi, who stood behind Bai Xiaowen and acted as a personal bodyguard, kept beating a small drum in her heart.
Facing the mistress of the clan, Bai Xiaowen's attitude... seemed a bit too arrogant.
This is not in line with Bai Xiaowen's usual style. In Li Shuyi's impression, Bai Xiaowen is the kind of person who doesn't care about face and pays attention to practical interests. In order to show off, he angers the leaders of the spiritual world, which leads to variables in the development of the plot. This kind of idiotic behavior is not acceptable.
It should appear on Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen's thoughts went even deeper.
In Bai Xiaowen's view, in the drow society where women are superior to men, men's status is extremely low. His negotiation with Mistress Cynthia will itself be despised by Mistress Cynthia.
In this case, blindly compromising will make the other party look down on itself even more, which will be harmful to the achievement of negotiation conditions.
Bai Xiaowen showed an arrogant attitude, and the other party's reaction was nothing more than two extremes: the first was that he got angry and got into a fight, causing the negotiation to break down; the second was that Mother Cynthia realized that Bai Xiaowen's tough attitude towards negotiations would restrain her behavior.
The way drow treat men.
The first possibility can basically be ruled out. As long as Mother Cynthia is not a real idiot, she will not use the future of the tribe to make a dispute of will...
Bai Xiaowen folded his arms and observed Mistress Cynthia with interest.
Mistress Cynthia's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
"Human, do you have a way to help the tribe? Tell me."
"Now the Knosolis tribe should be trapped by the undead plague. I want to confirm one thing first... Are your original methods of fighting the undead plague completely ineffective, or can they play a partial role? What is the specific situation."
Mother Cynthia said patiently: "It can only have a suppressive effect. This undead plague is very violent... Some experimental subjects did not survive the night, and the plague virus in their bodies broke out and became undead. The original plague
The virus has an incubation period of at least half a month. Even if the virus breaks out, there will be a slow transformation process, but it is completely different now."
"This is normal. Times are developing and technology is advancing..." Bai Xiaowen stared at Mother Cynthia, "How effective is your suppression method? How long can it suppress the plague virus?"
"I don't know..." Matron Cynthia was a little irritated, suppressing the anxiety in her heart and said, "Currently, the tribesmen who have been injected with spider poison have not shown any signs of transformation into plague undead, but the virus cannot be driven out. There are two
The priest who studies the virus has made a prediction that the suppression time will not exceed one month."
"I see."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "The way I help the Knosolisi tribe is to make an antidote."
"Antidote? Human, do you know what you are talking about? If the Plague Lord's virus could be solved so easily, he would have been annexed by us long ago!" Mother Cynthia obviously did not believe it.
"There is no benefit in lying to you on this point. In fact, my territory has been invaded by the undead plague. Just two years ago, the Lord of Plague sent a large number of plague spreaders to launch an attack on me with the remnants of the Sin Domain.
The war started. But the final result was that the great chief of the remnants of the Sin Domain was killed and my territory was preserved."
Mother Cynthia's expression was a little relaxed, but after thinking of something, she still said dejectedly: "We can also solve the plague virus two years ago! But now, the Lord of Plague has improved the virus, making it more violent, and the onset time is longer.
Short! It’s not that easy to get rid of.”
"For the original plague virus, it took my scholars less than a week to prepare the antidote."
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "With this foundation, it shouldn't take too long for him to prepare a new antidote for the new plague virus."
After Bai Xiaowen dropped this shocking news, he monitored the subtle expressions of Mistress Cynthia.
When she heard the news, Mistress Cynthia's eyes suddenly narrowed, her breathing stopped for about two seconds, and her nails even turned a little white due to the subconscious exertion.
Although Mistress Cynthia regained her composure after a moment of shock, and her demeanor was not shocked by Bai Xiaowen at all, Bai Xiaowen knew that he had already gained the initiative in the negotiation.
The first step in negotiation and cooperation is to tell the other party what I can do and accurately grasp our importance in the other party's mind.
Next is the second step, asking the other party to do something.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
As expected, Mistress Cynthia came forward and asked the question directly before Bai Xiaowen could speak.
"I demand alliance."
Bai Xiaowen said: "To be precise, it is a flanking alliance against the forces of the Lord of Plague... You need to do two things."
"First, convince other tribes of the Drow Elf Empire to launch a war against the Plague Lord in the underground world."
"Second, lead the elite army of the Knosolis tribe northward to crusade against the Sinful Territory."
Mother Cynthia was shocked. She didn't expect Bai Xiaowen to have such great ambitions, and couldn't help but said: "No..."
"Before rejecting, I suggest you think about your situation." Bai Xiaowen said lightly, "Your Excellency, Mistress Cynthia, do you still have a choice?"
"This is crazy and completely beyond my capabilities."
Mother Cynthia said in a tone of voice, "The empire is not as monolithic as you think. Each tribe has its own calculations. I do not have the ability to convince other tribes to declare war on the Lord of Plague when the future is unclear..."
"That's a pity." Bai Xiaowen shrugged.
There was a trace of cruelty in Mistress Cynthia's eyes. She was at the end of her rope. If the negotiations with Bai Xiaowen failed to reach an agreement, she would not hesitate to use force to coerce her.
"I would like to remind you, Your Majesty the Mistress... My companions and I have the ability to leave this world at any time," Bai Xiaowen spread his palms, and the town-return scroll props slightly emitted psychic fluctuations, "If we don't have some preparations, I
How dare you bring just one person to visit the drow elf mistress."
Mother Cynthia finally had no choice. She slumped back on the main seat and sighed: "You win! Your Excellency Dio Skelboom, I can accept your second condition! As for the first item, I can only
I promise to do my best, but I’m really not sure whether I can succeed.”
"make a deal."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and nodded. He did not expect Mother Cynthia to persuade the entire Drow Empire to participate in the war from the beginning. The second condition was his fundamental purpose.
With such a powerful drow tribe, there is no need to worry about the safety of the northern border in the short term.