In a sense, Templars and ordinary people live in two worlds.

Heller's seemingly indifferent attitude annoyed Twen. But he knew in his heart that everything else would depend on him, so it was not easy to attack.

"Tomorrow we can negotiate. Thaiwen coldly dropped a sentence: "Please remember your identity." ”

"I understand. ”

After Thaiwen left, Heller sat at the desk a little blankly, and when he was middle-aged, he would see many things very clearly, or he would be aware of many expressions or unexpressed meanings.

Taiwen didn't show anger, but what he saw in Taiwen's eyes, disdain? No, not disdain, but the insurmountable gap between different values.

As he gets older, he doesn't take fame and fortune so seriously, and he cares about his territory, his wife, his sons and daughters, and being able to continue the glory of the Borla family.

Both sons are very competitive, and their knightly skills are better than when he was younger, but they have never been selected as the Knight of the Holy Spirit. The reason is clear to him, it is not that the skills are not qualified, but that the donation is not in place and the relationship is not in place.

The purpose of coming to Blackstone Territory this time is just to curry favor with the church and give his sons a chance.

But now, judging by Thaivin's attitude, his performance must be terrible. may even be jealous and ostracized because of his relationship with the Black Stone Collar.

That's it......

As long as I can return home safely with my daughter, the status of Holy Spirit Knight is not there anyway, so don't do it.

"Daddy......"

In a state of melancholy, the door gently opened and Natalie walked in.

"Natalie. Heller quickly stood up and looked at her daughter, "Are you okay?"

Natalie didn't seem to be in a good mood either, and she looked like she was in a state of interest, which made Heller very nervous.

"What's wrong? What happened today? Natalie?"

Natalie sat down on the chair, frowned slightly, stared at her father, and after a long while, she said slowly, "Dad, can you tell me why you are here this time?"

"Why do you ask?" Heller seemed to sense something.

"Because it's not the Blackstone Collar here!" Natalie nodded firmly, "Everything I've seen isn't what it used to be." It's so weird, I don't even know how to describe it. ”

"You feel weird too?"

Heller looked a little nervous, his mind was a little confused today, and he didn't have time to find out what had happened to Natalie. But today, her mood is completely opposite to yesterday.

"Hmm......" Natalie organized her language and briefly recounted what she had seen and heard today, including those extremely unusual phenomena.

Of course, the evaluation of the food is still full of praise.

The more Heller listened, the more his heart sank, and was he finally exposed? Aren't those abnormal and strange things the evidence of the infidels? The power of demons certainly cannot be understood by normal theories.

"Dad, what the hell happened to Blackstone Collar?"

"I don't know. ”

Heller shook his head bitterly, he hadn't figured out how to explain everything to Natalie. Now he just wants to do his duty and get out of here as soon as possible.

"Alice didn't tell me either. Natalie's face was full of distress, and she asked countless questions throughout the day, but Alice never answered her directly.

"I feel like Alice has changed. ”

"Changed?" said Heller's expression.

"Hmm. Natalie cupped her cheeks and pondered for a moment, "How can I say that? I think she's different from the summer, she has a sparkle on her face, it's the kind of sunshine that fills her face." Every time she showed me something new, she would be very happy and talk about it endlessly. I've never seen an Alice like this. ”

Heller, who was trying to find a demonized characteristic, was stunned, and in Natalie's statement, Alice seemed to have changed for the better.

Something seems wrong.

"My daughter, I know you have a lot of doubts. Heller took her daughter in her arms with a complicated expression, and gently rubbed her hair: "But now is not the time to tell you. Tomorrow, if all goes well, we'll leave here in the afternoon. ”

"Leave?" Natalya looked up, "Daddy, what the hell is going on? Alice and Leah, they're ...... What the hell is going on?"

Even though this place is different from what she imagined, Natalie's friendship with Alice and Leah has not wavered.

"I'll tell you when it's all over. Good boy, I have the commands of the church and the Kingdom on my shoulders. Today, rest well, tomorrow ...... Tomorrow may be the end of it. ”

......

The next day's negotiations did not go well, at least in the bottom line that Heller had gotten beforehand, many of Leah's demands could not be met.

The most important of these is population.

According to current statistics, there were nearly 300 Holy Spirit Knights and Templars who were captured before and after. Based on the standard of 5 healthy male slaves and 5 healthy female slaves per Holy Spirit Knight, and 10 healthy male slaves and 10 healthy female slaves per Templar, the Kingdom of Tia needs to deliver less than 4,000 slaves.

4,000 slaves, the size of a medium-sized territory.

But is this bar high?

To be honest, not high.

The Holy Spirit Knights and Templars were of noble origin, and most of them came from major aristocratic families, and they paid a dozen slaves without any burden. It can even be said that the Blackstone Collar is quite kind.

The problem is in the scale, dozens of families can afford to produce 4,000 slaves.

What are the consequences?

The strength of the Black Stone Collar will expand dramatically.

Combined with the current population, the population size will reach nearly 8,000 people.

This is definitely not a good thing for those high-level who are extremely wary of the Blackstone Collar.

The devil knows if these populations, with the bonus of mysterious weapons, will become a big problem.

The kingdom of Tia offered to replace their slaves with gold coins and goods, for which they were even willing to pay a high price. But the key slaves were only willing to deliver 800.

Leah didn't take it.

Gold coins and goods are of little use to the now wealthy Blackstone Collar. Only population, more population, is the key to development.

This became the main reason for the stalemate between the two sides.

However, Leah does not intend to make any concessions, after all, she has the initiative and the asking price is not outrageous.

......

"Damn, ambitious, ambitious!"

There was no progress in the negotiations all day, and the most annoyed was Taiwen, whose biggest dissatisfaction was not only Leah's asking price, but also Leah's fearless and indifferent attitude during the negotiation.

That attitude made him feel humiliated, and the Holy Spirit was no threat in Leah's presence.

If there is no progress in the negotiations, there is no way to go home. Heller's mood was even more depressed, was the price offered by Leah really outrageous?

In fact, it is not outrageous, there is no difficulty in finding ten slaves in a noble family. Not to mention the aristocratic family, even if it is Heller's Cesar Domain, it is very easy to choose ten slaves.

The crux of the matter is that there are so many people captured that the total number is very exaggerated. The Church refuses to compromise only to curb the population growth of the Blackstone Territory.

But the initiative is in the hands of the other party.

You can disagree, but the loss is the elite strength of hundreds of churches. Heller faintly felt that the nobles of the family behind these captives would never sit idly by, and would definitely exert pressure through various channels.

And, if they don't agree to such conditions, let them be tortured here.

I'm afraid it will have a bad effect on the other Templars.

In short, from Heller's point of view – the church will eventually compromise.

This is also the main reason why Leah persists.

She saw through the weakness of the church.

Sure enough, the angry Taiwen also understood that this was a problem that had to be solved, but his level was not high enough.

"Mr. Jazz. Thaivin gritted his teeth and finally unveiled the second instruction he had brought: "Fight for another day of negotiation tomorrow." If there is no progress, the second plan will have to be adopted. ”

"Second plan?" Heller frowned.

"Yes. Tai Wen nodded: "You don't need to know the content of the plan yet, I will arrange for someone to go back tomorrow to ask for instructions." All you have to do now is to do your best as you can as an envoy. ”

Don't need to know what's planned?

I'm an envoy.

Heller's heart was full of depression.

......

"The negotiations didn't go well, did they?"

In the middle of the night, in the office of the government affairs hall, Qin Song, Liya and Alice had a simple meeting to discuss the plan and policy.

"yes. Leah smiled and shook her head: "They are only willing to exchange gold coins and supplies for prisoners. I understand what they're worried about. ”

"We expected that. ”

Qin Song smiled and nodded, the negotiation itself is a process of discovering and resolving differences, no matter which party compromises, it will take a certain amount of time to resolve: "By the way, Linda, how is the progress of their clearance action?"

"Knocked out three of the orc's lairs. It can be seen that in the last battle, they invested almost all their troops. Those who did not have time to retreat were the old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

"Also, Linda, they have made some strange discoveries. ”

"Strange finds?"

"Yes, an altar that doesn't look like it's been abandoned for long. But the closer I got to the altar, the creepy feeling I felt all over my body. Even the divine power in Linda's body was disturbed. ”

Altar?

Qin Song's heart moved, and he remembered the abandoned altar in the Sage Canyon, where there was a star-ascending prop - the Overseer's Skull.

Linda suspected that it was some kind of sacrifice left behind by an evil god, or some kind of magic weapon with terrifying powers. Moreover, the lair was dark, and she couldn't be sure if there were any remnants of orcs inside. So, she chose to retreat. ”

"Wise choice. Qin Song paced back and forth a few steps: "Tell Linda that the clearance operation will be temporarily stopped." The question of the altar must be clarified first, and not be presumptuous. ”