The light rain in Crewe's northern territory continued for three days in a row.

On October 10th, the village of Viskel, which had been bustling by burning charcoal and helping the nobles manage the resources of the jungle, was now in ruins.

Still, the silence of dust and mud can't hide the hustle and bustle of the past... The traces of the bonfires burned by the villagers when they gathered in the square, the water chestnuts on the walls that were smoothed inside and outside the houses, the deep wheel marks on the muddy streets,

It's all about the peaceful and peaceful life in this village, where the war has ruined everything and the peaceful life here.

And today, the armistice negotiations between the High Command of the Orc Expeditionary Force and the Kru Territory are held here.

Before dawn, the two hundred-man orcs had already reached the northern entrance to the village of Viskel, but they did not enter the village.

Afterwards, Kru led nearly twenty knights with their respective retinues to the south of the village.

The men and horses faced each other across a stream that ran through the village of Viskel, and the warriors on both sides tried to resist the urge to draw their weapons.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Orc Overseer Morinda appeared under the guard of a group of orc generals...

Today, the old Overseer is in good spirits, his face is ruddy, his gray hair and long beard are braided according to orc tradition, and four pairs of silver rings that symbolize the power of the Overseers are wiped and hung on his long beard.

At the same time as the Orc Overseers appeared, Pedi and his delegation also appeared in time, and the military intelligence chief Baron Danmen, the treasurer Baron Aemond, and the foreign affairs officer Sir Bipp were among them, but there was no trace of Sir Bowenlet.

As the leader of this negotiation, Don Wright has been following Pei Di's side, and he is introducing the specific identity of the orc on the other side to Pei Di at the moment, and he and his people have to take on the translation work of the negotiation between the two parties.

Pedi nodded involuntarily as he listened to Don Wright's explanation.

Before entering the village, the Morinda Overseer stopped the orc officers from continuing their way, and he entered the village with only a few priests and his two staff.

10:45 a.m.,

The two sides sat down in makeshift tents in the village square, and neither side did anything out of the ordinary, and just as Don Wright was about to say something, a cold wind whistled through the jungle, and the rain suddenly became heavier...

"The beast god is angry. An orc priest whispered.

When the old Overseer Morinda heard this, he immediately looked at him coldly, and immediately frightened the orc priest into a cold sweat, and his body trembled.

Tang Wright's hands instinctively shook slightly when he heard this, but soon, he nodded and smiled at Pei Di and the officials around him very rationally, but he would not be stupid enough to translate this sentence to Pei Di and the others.

And the old nobles of Krewe, who are proficient in the world, also have a 'sincere' smile on their faces.

Just as Don Wright was about to say something to salvage the awkward atmosphere, Morinda Overseer suddenly said in the Imperial lingua franca, which he was not very fluent in, "We don't ask for much, so I hope our negotiations can be concluded as soon as possible." ”

"That's exactly what we expected. Pedi looked at the orc commander, who was too old to even walk well, with a little respect in his tone, but more of a stereotypical and formulaic one.

"We can begin—" Morinda Overseer's face wrinkled like dead bark as he said to an orc dressed as a priest to his left, "Bedo, bring out the demands we've listed." ”

Chief Priest Bedo nodded silently, and took out a scroll of copy written in withered yellow papyrus from his bosom.

Paddy did not like to procrastinate, and at once motioned to his foreign officer, Sir Bipp, to look at the other man's terms as was customary.

...

The orcs did not make many demands, after all, he was the defeated side, and they were even ready to become laborers, but many of the issues they raised about the security of life and status after surrender were met with the unanimous opposition of Sir Bipp, the foreign minister, and Baron Aemond, the treasurer.

"With all due respect," Sir Bipp said, with a smile on his face, "if you do what you ask, your warriors will not only be exempted from all culpability after the war, but they will even be better than if you have too many in the Western Continent... Don't deny it, I'm well aware of everything you're doing in the Western Continent. ”

"Our fighters can serve as laborers for you for free for five years, and this is the best punishment for them..."

"Our people are busy with their own livelihoods all the time!" the Treasurer immediately interrupted Don Wright's translation, staring at the orc who had just spoken, "As Sir Bipp said, your rights after surrender are almost equal to those of our people, and this is not a condition offered by a surrenderer. ”

"Then what do you want to enslave us forever?" said the chief priest, Bedo, in a mused voice, "In order to show our sincerity, the Expeditionary Force Command has announced to the entire continent that it will withdraw from the orc tribes. ”

"What do you want to express?" Baron Danmen asked knowingly, with his characteristic evil smile on his face.

"You should not laugh at your opponents, Your Excellency, even if they are now losers. The two orc priests stood up abruptly and glared at Baron Danmen.

"Oh, do you know who's the winner?"

...

In the early stages of the negotiations, both sides were a little angry, because the grievances they had accumulated in the battle needed to be vented, and at this moment, cursing and insulting in front of the opposing commander was obviously the best option.

For a whole morning, both sides were aimlessly arguing, blaming each other for their faults and laughing at each other's stupid command and failure in the war.

In the beginning, Don Wright would translate for both sides, but later he simply closed his eyes and recuperated, and the two sides could actually 'communicate' in different languages without a translator!

During the entire quarrel, neither Pei Di nor Morinda Morinda, as the supreme commanders of the two sides, said a word, and of course, did not stop the cursing of their respective subordinates, and the two of them sat in their respective seats in silence as if they were transparent people.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the tired officials of both sides temporarily adjourned the meeting at the suggestion of Don Wright.

An hour later, just as the negotiations were about to begin again, Don Wright suddenly approached Peidi and said, "The Morinda Overseers want to talk to you alone. ”

Pei Di was stunned, "Yes, you can arrange it." ”

Tang Wright immediately suggested: "The tent for the meeting is big enough, I will move the position of the negotiation table slightly towards the door, you and the Morinda Overseer will be relatively inward, you should be positioned, this meeting needs the two of you, otherwise I am afraid that they will really fight... I'll ask the magician to prepare the soundproofing magic, but I don't know many magicians. ”

"Collier came with me, you can ask him to help you. ”

In this way, because of this temporary arrangement, the meeting that was originally planned for two and a half o'clock was postponed to three and a half o'clock.

Time passed slowly in a continuous light rain, and the talks continued.

The changed pattern inside the tent was not surprising, and after a few hours of repairs, there was a noticeable change in the number of delegates above, and they no longer competed against each other.

Finally, the terms, which had been forgotten for a few hours, were pushed back to the negotiating table.

On the other side, Morinda and Pedi had a very pleasant conversation, but the content was mostly inconsequential nonsense.

"Maybe going to war with the Empire was a bad decision. With a compliment on his face, the old Overseer held a glass of the milk wine that Don Wright had prepared in advance, "You have all the things of the orc tribe, or even better, such as the milk wine in my hand, you have a lot of things that the orc tribe doesn't have, so much so that I don't know what to use as an example." ”

Everyone likes to listen to compliments, and Pedi is certainly no exception, but he is as vigilant as he deserves, and when the old orc's words land, he smiled faintly in agreement, and then said, "If your ruler could recognize this, maybe this war would not have happened." ”

"No, you're wrong. Morinda Overseer's wise gaze fixed on Pedi, "It's because our three Great Chiefs have seen all of this that this war has come about. ”

Pei Di was stunned, "Your idea is very peculiar..."

"It's true, and it's often dramatic and unexpected. Morinda Overseer slid his withered fingers through the wine, "Young ruler, your eyes are full of confusion, but I can see that you are a man full of wisdom, so you don't have to rush to find the answer to your life, you don't have to rush to find the way through the fog, all your doubts will be answered in the years to come." ”

Suddenly being lectured by his opponent made Pei Di a little annoyed, so he said, "You speak in a tone like the scholars of the academy, who are always self-righteous. ”

"Can I take this as a compliment to me?" Morinda Overseer didn't care about Pedi's annoyance, he looked like a tolerant and open-minded old man at the moment, "If so, I'd gladly accept it." ”

When Pei Di heard this, he could only smile noncommittally.

At this time, it seems that there is another quarrel at the negotiating table over one thing, but neither Morinda nor Peidi cares... The old Overseer's gaze subconsciously looked at the two sides of the quarrel at the negotiation table, and suddenly asked, "Gordon El, do you know?"

Pei Di was stunned, obviously very surprised by the other party's topic.

Morinda continued to ask, "You should have heard of the Tower of Dawn. ”

"What do you want to say?" asked Pedi.

As if stuck in memory, the old Overseer said in an emotional tone, "Tower of Dawn, a familiar and unfamiliar name, I was a member of this organization decades ago, when we didn't know anything, and had just taken over the clan my father left behind..."