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Rhaegar looked at the Chatula man in his last years, with some surprise. He knew very well that although he did not have much substantial attack power, the divine power that he had just mastered that originally belonged to him was by no means something that anyone could resist, even those with the strongest will could not maintain their courage in the face of this coercion that belonged to the gods, and if it weren't for the fact that the load on his body and soul had exceeded his current limit, he could have used coercion to subdue the vast majority of enemies. The man in front of him was able to withstand the pressure that even the dragon could not ignore, and for that alone, Rhaegar had to rely on the strength of these barbarians again.

"Fortunately, he's not entirely unaffected," Rhaegar thought with a little relief, "or he would have seen through the spells used to bluff." He had already guessed the identity of the old man in front of him—in the barbarian world, only those elders who were seen to be able to communicate with nature had such spiritual powers.

Dissipating the flashy magic attached to his body, and retracting the coercion that had been a great burden on him, Rhaegar slowly fell from the air to the ground, his eagle-like eyes fixed on the barbarian elder who was still saluting him, like a beast staring at his prey.

His actions were seen as acceptance of his request, which made the barbarian elder relax a lot, and he straightened up and looked at Rhaegar respectfully, as humble as if he were facing a noble minor.

"My name is Norn," said the old man, "the elder of the Chatula, and it is the greatest honor for me and my fellow citizens to meet such a powerful man as you. ”

"Don't talk to me about this," Rhaegar unceremoniously interrupted the compliment, "I'm sure you're showing up for the first time after so many years of hiding under the protection of your countrymen, not just to say a few polite words to a stranger, if you want to know where the man who threatened you and your predecessors for hundreds of years is, I can tell you right now that he has disappeared from this world forever." ”

Rhaegar's last words visibly relieved Norn. The geist's guess was not wrong, as the elder of the Chatula, the spiritual leader of the entire tribe, he and his predecessors had always been regarded by Karan as beings who could threaten their rule, and since the last overt elder was killed two hundred years ago, they had to live as ordinary people under the cover of their compatriots, and if there was anyone in the Chatula who wanted Karan to fall the most, the successive elders were undoubtedly one of them.

"Thank you for saving us from that tyrant," Norn said with a heartfelt salute to Rhaegar again. He didn't doubt the other party's words, and after witnessing the battle between Rhaegar and the monster just now, Norn believed that a being of such great power would not disdain to deceive himself in this matter - in fact, if Karan were still alive, this tyrannical mage would never allow the man who destroyed his residence to go so far, "Allow my people on my behalf to express my highest gratitude to you and your companions." Norn turned and shouted in the native language to the Chatula, who were still in fear, and a burst of ecstatic cheers erupted among the barbarians.

"Are you sure they really have no ill will towards us?" Haim said softly to Rhaegar as he looked at the barbarian in front of him in a revelry, "I don't believe that Elder, as the spiritual leader of the clan, would never be as cowardly as he seems. ”

"He's gambling. Rhaeggar's eyes turned away from Norn, who was cheering with his fellow citizens, "Karan has ruled them for hundreds of years, and his brutality and strength make it impossible for anyone to resist - what would a man who could destroy Karan look like in their eyes?"

"There is no doubt that the elders are the noblest presence among the barbarian tribes, and even their king must obey the will of the elders, yet do not forget that they have not had an elder for a long time. Looking at Norn who was walking towards him with a smile on his face, Rhaegar continued: "I have to say, he is a very intelligent person, he disguises himself as an ordinary barbarian, hiding under Karan's nose, such an arrangement is difficult for even Karan to think of, but because of this, his activities are also restricted, and his influence is probably limited to these clansmen who are with him at most. ”

"You mean, he wants to use your powers?" Heim understood what Rhaegar meant, but he still couldn't believe that the elder would be so reckless in pinning his future on someone he met for the first time and didn't even know the purpose.

"We'll see. Rhaegar said, then waited for Norn to arrive.

"Can we talk alone?" Noun's voice came to the ears of the two of them as they cheered amid the chhatura's cheers.

"I need your support. Somewhere in a tent in the barbarian camp, Norn said straight to Rhaegar and Heim: "You and your companions will be my allies to help me regain power and place among the Chatulas, and in return you will be my most honored guests, and anything that belongs to the Chatulas, except our lives and liberty, is at your disposal." ”

Heim glanced imperceptibly at Rhaeggar, who was now staring blankly at the barbarian elder waiting for an answer, the terrifying light of fire beating in his eyes.

"Why don't you kill us with your hands?" Rhaegar asked suddenly, "You have long seen that my power has been depleted, and if you kill us with your own hands, all the Chatullas will be in awe of you, their elder, a man who can easily kill the mage who defeated Karan." You will easily assert your prestige among the barbarians, who worship all the mysteries, and with those who are always by your side and under your control, you have every hope of regaining everything in your tribe, which is undoubtedly more in the character of a barbarian than cooperating with some outsider and thus being attacked by an adversary. ”

"I did think so. Norn made no secret of his thoughts, he looked directly at Rhaegar with a majestic and wise gaze flickering in his eyes, and the humility and timidity shown to Rhaegar in front of everyone was gone at this moment, and it was only then that he truly regained what an elder should be.

"In fact, I would not hesitate to do so if I was sure enough, your presence is always a potential threat to me and my fellow citizens, but I am not sure. Maybe you're just bluffing, but for hundreds of years, Karan has taught me and my ancestors with her blood that you should never take a mage lightly, no one knows what traps lurk beneath his seemingly weak exterior, and I don't want to lose everything I'm about to get my hands on after decades of incognito, just because of a single oversight. ”

This candid answer satisfied Rhaegar with his psychic power that had always locked the soul of the barbarian elder, and if he lied, the geist would be the first to notice the violent fluctuations in his soul.

"Since I can't destroy you," Norn continued, "then I'll have to be an ally with you. I don't know what you want, but I'm sure no one but a madman would want to destroy or enslave a tribe of tens of thousands of people with just two people, and the information I have confirms it - there is no doubt that you are just a bunch of fugitives from the enemy, and we would never have even crossed paths if we hadn't provoked you under the coercion of Karan. So, among your many possible intentions, I choose you to be just some Avengers against Karan. ”

"How long have you been planning?" Rhaegar interrupted Norn abruptly, surging Origin Energy surging around him, and even Haim, who didn't understand magic, could clearly feel the terrifying energy gathering around the geist.

Norn paused for a moment, then laughed again, looking at Rhaegar with a little more admiration in his eyes.

"How did you find out?" he asked, his tone as if he were talking to an old friend he had been friends with for years, without the slightest embarrassment that the other person had seen through his plan.

"The barbarian elders are seen as people who can communicate with nature," Rhaegar did not immediately respond to the other person's question, "although this so-called communication is in many cases nothing more than the use of the laws of nature and some knowledge, it is undeniable that some of the abilities you possess can even be compared to magic—such as taming animals and communicating with animals and plants. ”

"There's something in this wasteland that interferes with my probing magic, but that doesn't mean I'm ignorant of everything around me," Rhaegar continued, "I've had a feeling of being watched since I was attacked by those Chatulas, and I didn't realize where that feeling came from until I discovered your presence. He stared into Norn's eyes: "A man who can communicate with plants and animals, everything in this wasteland is equal to his eyes and ears." I used to wonder how the security around Karan's residence was so lax that I easily broke in, and now it seems that it was undoubtedly your arrangement, and those guards all live with you, and they are all your people. ”

"They were the bravest of the Chatula, which was why Karan chose them as their guards, but he didn't know that their ancestors had served the elders of their clan for generations. Norn replied calmly, "It was just a makeshift plan, and after my retinue told me that they were about to ambush a group of outsiders, my intuition made me monitor your whereabouts, and you were more powerful than I expected, and when I realized that the strongest of them was targeting Kalan, I realized that my opportunity had come." ”

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