Chapter 435: The Cliff Clan in the Cracks
The two are of the same race in blood, but the Kentana barbarians do not recognize them at all, and it is inevitable that they will fall into the hands of these powerful barbarians, and they will be reduced to slavery.
Rather than that choice, the Cliff Clan chose to bow to the Eternal Night Leader, which would at least ensure the continuation of the race.
At the necessary moment, the Andes East Mountain tribe, led by the Cliff Clan, will withdraw into the Eternal Night Army and rely on the ancient Andis Empire ruins fortress for defense.
The consequence of this is also obvious, that is, to follow in the footsteps of the crocodile people and be eaten and wiped clean by the leaders of the Eternal Night.
Just like the Crocodile Elder Council of the Crocodile Clan at the beginning, the ruling class of the Cliff Clan is unwilling to accept this easily, and wants to borrow strength from the Eternal Night Army Leader and struggle desperately.
The current situation of the Cliff Clan is strikingly similar to that of the Crocodile, but it is fundamentally different - the two invaders invade for different reasons.
The Kingsley family has taken a fancy to the swamp of despair, and wants to take them into their own territory, and if they are not completely defeated, they will not give up, even if they are defeated, if they are strong enough, they will still make a comeback.
What's more, the Eternal Night Leader is another intruder who is eyeing the Tiger, but their invasion methods are different, if the crocodile people reject their kindness, the Eternal Night Leader will turn his face, and he is afraid that it will not be much better than the Kingsley family.
At the beginning, the Crocodile Council of Elders still had illusions about the Eternal Night Army Leader, so their attitude has been wavering, but those young reformers recognized the true face of the Eternal Night Army Leader, accepted this fact, and made the choice first when they were still able to negotiate conditions.
The Kentana barbarians, the invaders of the Cliff Clan, were in a way forced to do so, more like a group of refugees who had taken refuge in the wilderness, passing on the calamity that nature had befallen them to their only neighbors.
The Cliff Clan now has two options, one is to completely defeat the Kentana barbarians, and the other is to wait for the abnormal climate of the Kentana Ice Fields to pass, and these invaders will disperse on their own.
Judging from the current situation, the first method is basically not to be considered.
Even with the strong assistance of the Eternal Night Commander, the living space of the Cliff Clan is shrinking.
And the Eternal Night Leader can't do everything for them.
Because what they let the Eternal Night Warlords spy on the most is not the land they own, but their people.
The reason why they are helping them now is to establish friendly relations and play the emotional card like the economic invasion of the crocodile people at the beginning.
The second is that the ancient Andis Empire relics fortress group has not yet been repaired, and the Eternal Night Army Leader is at the critical moment of plotting the Swamp of Despair, and the internal forces of the territory are empty.
Now that the restoration of the Relic Fortress Complex is nearing completion, and the dust of the Swamp of Despair has settled, the Eternal Night Warlord will inevitably adjust his policy against them.
The only thing the Cliff Clan could do was stall for time until the climate in the Kentana Icefield returned to normal and the Kentana barbarians dispersed automatically.
However, no one knows exactly when the Kentana Ice Sheet will return to normal, and according to the current situation, there seems to be no sign of this at all.
Although Locke, the leader of the Cliff Clan, is an out-and-out mountain Kentana barbarian, his political acumen is no worse than those lords and nobles from the Byron Alliance, and he is obviously aware of the change in the direction of the wind within the Eternal Night Army Leader.
When Locke and Yale were called to attend the Eternal Night Military Leader's military meeting, they were taken aback.
The man-bear Yale clenched his fist and gurgled, and there was anger on his big face that could not be concealed, and he roared: "What do they mean by this? This is to treat us as subordinates? Our Cliff Clan has not agreed to join them, right? No, resolutely not go." ”
"Eat so much meat every day, why don't you have a brain at all!" Daddy Locke looked at his future successor, with a helplessness in his eyes that could not be concealed, if it was placed in the past, Yale was definitely a qualified patriarch of the Cliff Clan, whether it was individual strength or personality charm, there was nothing to say.
But now that the Cliff Clan is facing an unprecedented crisis, it is a bit inappropriate, and the brain is obviously insufficient.
Then again, both the mountain Kentana barbarians and the Kentana barbarians are all virtuous.
It may be because their physical strength is too developed, and many things can be solved directly with their fists, so they are too lazy to think.
If it sounds good, it is called simple, and if it is ugly, it is more simple, and many of them are tendons.
Man-bear Yale has seen the world, and he knows how to restrain his temper, if he were an ordinary Cliff clansman, he would have been angry and threw the heirloom out.
As for a rare mutant breed like Daddy Locke, which belongs to the mountain Kentana barbarians, it has not brought out the number one for decades.
"What's the matter, is Daddy still ready to go?" said in a sullen voice, "I know my brain is not as good as yours, but let's just bow our heads and give in, won't it make those guys look down on us even more, and when the time comes, you can toss us as much as you want?"
"Being looked down upon by others, but not in these trivial things, as long as the strength of our clan has been strong, they will naturally look down on us, even if they use us, they will come up with the best attitude, if we are so weak that we don't even have the use value, people don't even bother to look at you. Daddy Locke said earnestly.
"Why? Listen to what Daddy meant, is the other party willing to look up to us by inviting us to their military meeting?"
"That's pretty much it. Daddy Locke didn't want to dwell on this issue with him, "Participated, at least when it comes to our problems, we can still argue with reason, is it possible that you will also leave the fate of yourself and your clan to a group of foreigners to decide?"
"Why didn't you say it earlier, what are you waiting for? Hurry up!" Yale, the man-bear, jumped up and roared urgently.
"Don't worry, there are still two hours before the meeting, and the people of the Eternal Night Army Leader have a very good sense of time, even if we go early, we will wait, and before that, we should have a meal first. "Daddy Locke knows the way the Eternal Night Leader behaves.
The bear Yale glared at the copper bell and said, "Dad, I found that many times, your heart is far bigger than mine, at this time, you can still eat?"
"The sky is big, the earth is big, the food is the biggest, only when you fill your stomach, you have the strength to fight, and it is very exhausting to use your brain. Daddy Locke looked like an optimist, "If worry can solve the problem, I will definitely not eat, and when you reach my age, you will find that worry is the most useless emotion, what should happen, it will happen as usual, and when you really face it, it is not too late to find a way." ”
I understand the truth, whether I can do it is another matter, the bear Yale was only quiet for a while, and couldn't help but propose again: "It's better to go to Nicola to find out the wind while there is still time, and see the movements of the high-level leaders of the Eternal Night Army." ”
Daddy Locke looked up at Yale and said, "You don't have any grudges against me? ”
This time, it was Yale, the human-bear, who fell silent, and before the Cliff Clan married to the Eternal Night Leader, he and Nicola were recognized as a couple in the Cliff Clan, both for the future rule of the Cliff Clan and emotionally.
Although four or five years have passed since this incident, the two sides are still cautiously avoiding it, and it is the first time that Daddy Locke has taken the initiative to mention this issue.
After dropping this question, Yale was silent for a long time, but Daddy Locke still kept eating and snoring, and his mood didn't seem to be affected at all, but those who knew him could see from his tense muscles that he was hiding his heart in this way, and he was waiting for Yale's answer.
Yale was not silent for too long, so he looked at Daddy Locke with a serious expression and said: "I do have a grudge in this matter, but I don't hate Daddy, nor the Eternal Night Commander, but I hate my own incompetence, if I don't get captured, Daddy won't have to face this difficult situation of choosing one or the other." ”
"You're wrong. Daddy Locke shook his head and said, "Even if we hadn't invaded the Andes Mountains and you weren't captured by the Eternal Night Commander, do you think we can resist the southward movement of the Kentana barbarians on our own? ”
Yale fell into silence for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "I can't hate it, this choice, Daddy is the most painful one, fortunately, Nicola is doing well now, she has no worries about food and clothing, General McGee is also good to her, and she has a beautiful daughter......"
"Whether it's good or not, it's not up to us to decide, but to her. "Daddy Locke obviously sees things more deeply than Yale the Man-Bear.
"Did Daddy hear something? Did Nicola be wronged by the Eternal Night Army?" Yale stood up, looking ready to get justice for Nicola.
"Alright, alright, don't make a mess. Daddy Locke waved his hand and said, "I'm just talking casually, you are angry, and you dare to say that you don't have any resentment in your heart?" I mean, no matter if Nicola is doing well here, she will definitely be resentful of my father, let's go to the door, it will only make her unhappy, she has paid enough for the clan, let her live her life quietly, and let us men carry the affairs of the clan on our shoulders in the future. ”
"Daddy is right, we really shouldn't be causing any more trouble for Nicola. Yale sat down and began to feast on Daddy Locke, "Let's eat and fight side by side, and I'll see what the hell the Eternal Night Leader is going to do this time." ”
"Okay, this is the good boy of our Cliff Clan. Daddy Locke applauded.
The two big stomach kings, after sweeping the food ration for five people, staggered and stepped into the high-level conference room of the Eternal Night Military Leader.
In addition to some old faces, there are more than a dozen new faces, and they should be the crocodile high-ranking people who have newly joined the Eternal Night Army.
The human-bear Yale doesn't have any special feelings, and Daddy Locke, a human spirit, can clearly see a lot of things from the layout of the Eternal Night Army leader.
The high-level meeting of the Eternal Night Military Leader used an oval oak table, more than ten meters long.
Sean is the leader of the top.
Of course, which one is the top is completely judged by people, and in the Eternal Night Army, the one where Sean is located is the head.
Judging from the layout of the conference room, the Eternal Night Leader now respects the east, Sean sits on the east and faces the west, his left hand is all familiar faces, the old man of the Eternal Night Leader, and the one sitting next to him is General Dicklon, and then General McGee, General Tagore, General Erickson, and the chief of staff of Ban Hebrew.
On the right is a bunch of fresh faces from the crocodile people, and the first in line is a woman whose age cannot be visually determined, which should be the first elder of the crocodile people, Nidia, also in order.
Such a ranking method shows that the sequelae of the Eternal Night Army leader eating the crocodile people in one bite has not been completely resolved.
At least in terms of high-level integration, there is still a big problem, and it has not been able to fully integrate with the previous system of the Eternal Night Military Leader.
When you can't even see this, the two will really become one.
Daddy Locke and Yale the Man Bear, as soon as they entered the door, they found their location, not only because they were the latest to arrive, and the people of the Eternal Night Army were basically seated, but also because their chairs were obviously custom-made, several sizes wider than ordinary people, and they were located directly opposite Sean, nominally the most handful.
Fortunately, the bear Yale was a fool who couldn't see the doorway inside, but he was very satisfied with the tailor-made chair and found a little sense of being valued, otherwise there would be a new incident.
Daddy Locke didn't have any special feelings about this, and it was still the same sentence, if you want others to respect you, you don't just say it, but you need to have the corresponding strength.
They now rely heavily on the Eternal Night Commanders, so they are mentally prepared to be dwarves.
What's more, this is someone's internal meeting, and it's good to be able to attend, it doesn't matter where you sit.
The territory of the Eternal Night Army Territory is constantly growing, and the number of high-level leaders is increasing, but the fast-paced style of acting has not changed much.
After a few brief opening remarks about the routine, Sean proceeded to the first item, which was a summary of the past year by various departments.
Just like most forces, the same thing, once it has been done too many times, it will begin to be somewhat procedural, and the Eternal Night Army Leader is not exempt from vulgarity at this point.
Especially when a lot of reports are described by data.
The first few times I listened to it, I was inspired by these numbers, and the more I listened to it, it became a little boring.
Among them, the fierce generals such as McGee the Skullcrusher and Andes Tiger Tagore are obviously a little drowsy, because they know that these things are just bowls of chicken soup for the soul.
When they drink it, it's delicious, and when it's finished, there's no use for it, they have to do what they have to do, and they have to do what they have to do.
After all, after that, there are also their exclusive scheduled meetings.
On the contrary, it was the high-ranking people of the crocodile tribe who participated in this kind of meeting for the first time, and their eyes widened in shock when they were spit out by Marshall's series of numbers.
For example, in the past year, the total grain production in the Andes Basin has reached 30 million tons.
The annual turnover of the Jacob River Trade Line reached 100 million royal gold coins, and the net profit exceeded 50 million royal gold coins.
Last year, the migration from the crocodile to the crocodile reached 1 million, and now the total population of the Eternal Night Army has exceeded the 4 million mark, of which the natural increase in population exceeds 300,000.
These statistics are quite comprehensive, covering every aspect of the Eternal Night Lord.
Fiscal revenues, military spending, demographic statistics, etc., there is only what they can't think of, and there is nothing they haven't done.
Although it is just a big picture, some core data and core things, it will not be thrown out at this kind of meeting, but it still makes Daddy Locke fascinated.
Got a more complete understanding of the Eternal Night Lord.
Demographically speaking, the Eternal Night Army Leader is not a big force.
Although Daddy York has never walked out of the mountains in his life, it does not mean that his eyes and knowledge are limited to the mountains, books are a good thing, even if you don't go out of the door, you can understand the world.
With a total population of more than four million, it sounds like a lot.
In fact, it is still an out-and-out small race.
Far from it, just talking about the Lancelot royal family, the population of their royal capital Valesta alone can be equal to one-third of the total population of the Eternal Night Army.
Not to mention the fact that they also have vast and fertile plains, dotted with large and small towns.