200. Return to the imperial capital
The Gilda Witch didn't talk to us for long, and the main purpose of this meeting was to give Zach and Ernestin a glimpse of the true leaders of the indigenous tribes.
In fact, the people who can really decide the fate of an indigenous tribe are neither the indigenous leaders who lead the indigenous warriors to fight everywhere, nor the elders in the indigenous tribes, but the great witches in the tribe.
On the occasion of parting, the great witch of the indigenous tribe gave Zach and Ernestine a batch of anthelmintic ointment and antidote ointment unique to the indigenous people.
I secretly cursed myself that these natives seemed to be particularly fond of using these cheap ointments to win the favor of foreigners.
Apparently Zach and Ernestine were very satisfied with the gift of the tribal witch, probably because the Constructed Knights of Dulva Province were also poisoned by the poisonous insects and snakes and ants of the Black Forest, and in such a rainy Black Forest, poisonous fog and swamps were the most common, so the natives of Hierro were used to carrying some antidotes with them.
On the way back, Zach and Ernestine were still discussing what to give in return to the Gilda tribal witch, and they both asked for my opinion, and I replied without hesitation: 'Of course it's wheat cakes, the natives like this.' β
Zach and Ernestine hesitated, apparently thinking that the gift I was proposing was too simple, and that it was too insincere!
I then took Zach and Ernestine to the barbarian camp, and they were amazed to see some of the barbarian slaves and the natives mingling together, and the natives offered the barbarian slaves some fruit from the surrounding forest, and the barbarian slaves gave the natives some baked wheat cakes and white bread.
The barbarian camp was a bit busy, with a large number of magical herbs being repacked as part of the bargain between the Gilda tribe and me.
Correspondingly, I need to give food of equal value in exchange with the indigenous people.
Zach and Ernestine and I stood at the gate of the barbarian camp, looking at the chaos inside the camp and couldn't help but sigh.
After all, it can't be as neat and clean as the camp of the North Wind Legion's constructed knights, and the facilities in the camp are also well arranged.
......
"In this case, the true rulers of the Hiero Plane are neither the natives of Hiro, nor the wurms on the cliffs of Pillar Mountain, but the ancient trees of war in these forests. Zach said as he climbed up to the branch of the fir tree and looked into the distance.
Apparently he was observing the Dryant Warriors of the Black Forest, and for Zach, he had to learn as much as he could about them.
Ernestine, who was on the side, heard Zach say this, and couldn't help but say sarcastically: "Zack, your family has been operating in the Hiero plane for decades, not only do you not know that the biggest force here is the ancient tree spirit clan, but also drive all the indigenous tribes that vassal the ancient tree spirit clan to the southern region of the Black Forest. β
For Ernestine's complaint, Zach also expressed his powerlessness, and he defended Ernestine:
"It is said that these dryads have been sleeping for a long time, and if it weren't for the Nibru spiders destroying the forest and hunting the indigenous people of the indigenous tribes, I am afraid that the dryads would not have woken up at this time. β
There is some basis for Zack's words, and Ernestine did not continue on the subject. Instead, he asked me, "Giga, that Lord Weissman and the Great Witch of the Gilda tribe seem to have a good relationship with you. β
I knew what they were trying to know, so I sat down on the exposed roots of a large tree next to me, and was about to speak, when the roots of this ordinary pear tree were pulled out of the dirt and quickly woven a chair beside me, which was made for me, just right for my slightly thin body.
I said to Zach and Ernestin:
"This matter has to start from three months ago, when the Gilda indigenous tribe was also a large tribe with a population of tens of thousands on this side of the Green Valley dense forest, there were dozens of indigenous tribes of all sizes in the entire dense forest, and the Nibru spider people wanted to capture here, so they built four spider camps in the four directions of the southeast and northwest of the dense forest, at that time, it happened that Prince James asked me and Ying Li to accompany Le Die to the Hiero plane to hunt the spider overseers, you should know about this, right?"
Apparently this incident caused a stir even in the Imperial Capital, and it is said that when the Spider-Man Overseers arrived in Pereira, it caused a stir there.
Zach's eyes narrowed slightly, as if caught in some kind of memory, and said to me:
"Of course I know, at that time, this incident caused a lot of sensation in Pereira City, Princess Ledie took a team of constructed knights from the Guardian Regiment of the South Wind Legion into the Black Forest for her reward for riding a pet dragon, and our Durva naturally had to pay close attention to this matter, and later the constructed knights of the South Wind Legion also captured a six-armed Spider-Man Overseer, and when the Spider-Man Overseer was sent to Pereira City, it was almost empty, and all the residents of Pereira City ran out to watch the Spider-Man Overseer. β
I can imagine that kind of scene, partly because the province of Durva needed such a victory at that time, and partly because of the large population base of Pereira and the oversaturation of the population.
I went on to say: " At that time, the hunt was carried out in the northern forest area of the Green Valley Jungle, at that time, in order to be able to successfully hunt the spider overseers, in fact, we eliminated the entire spider camp in the northern part of the Green Valley Jungle, and indirectly helped the natives of the Green Valley Jungle to relieve the siege, and later Princess Le Die returned to the imperial capital with the South Wind Legion's personal guard team, and my servants stayed in the Green Valley Jungle to continue to fight against those Nibru spiders, and it was also during this time that we came into contact with the Great Elder of the Gilda indigenous tribe, and also got the help of the war ancient tree Weisman, after getting the help of the tree spirits, we hunted and killed a lot of Nibru spiders in the Green Valley Jungle......β
Before I could finish my sentence, Ernestine cut off the topic and said to me, "So when the conservatives and main attackers of the Hiero plane were engaged in a war of words in Pereira City, your servants were already hunting the Nibru spiders in the green valley forest, and it was for this reason that the Nibru spiders could not be seen around Tanton City. β
She stood by Zach's side, and as the finest daughter of Duke Salta, Ernestine figured out the whole thing.
She continued: "Zack and I went to the imperial capital to try to persuade the lords who held the Knights of Formation in their hands to send troops, at that time almost no one in the imperial capital was optimistic about us, thinking that the Hiero plane was likely to be the second Warsaw, we asked you to write a letter to Duke Jingyue for help, you agreed so readily because you have a more optimistic attitude towards the situation in the Hiero plane. β
I laughed 'hehe', acquiescing to Ernestine's statement.
Ernestine stared into my eyes and said to me seriously, "To be honest, what we didn't expect the most was that Duke Jingyue actually sent ten Constructed Knights to Dulva Province at your invitation. β
I shrugged my shoulders, and at this moment I wanted to tell her: I didn't expect that Duke Jingyue would actually send out ten Constructed Knights.
Ernestine said to me, " The help of this matter for us is definitely not how many Nebru spiders can be killed after the ten Constructed Knights enter the Hierro Plane, but that we, the main battle faction, who have not been able to get the support of the members of the House of Representatives, because the Constructed Knights of the North Wind Legion have entered the Hierro Plane, and have been supported by the people of Pereira City, the nobles of Durva Province, and some small lords of the Green Empireγ β
Speaking of this, she paused, showing a full face, Ernestine said to me: "I only now understand why you asked the Duke of Samoyed to issue a notice to publicly recognize the legal identity of the indigenous people to the Hiero plane, it turns out that at that time, you have already come into contact with the aborigines of the Hiero plane. β
Actually, I wanted to defend myself, but Ernestine waved at me and motioned for me not to interrupt her.
I heard her say again: "And at that time, you didn't follow Zack to recover Thunderpillar City, nor did you go with me to fight Angelos City, in fact, you had already decided to take the North Wind Legion to the Green Valley Jungle and deal with the Nibru spiders here together with the indigenous warriors and dryads here." It seems that Zack's military operations on the eastern and western fronts have been so smooth, and it must have a lot to do with your help us contain a large number of Nibru spider warriors in the Green Valley Jungle. β
The three of us stood under the tree together, watching the camp of the North Wind Legion, the knights still uprooted the camp tent and tied all the supplies to the horses, and many of the knights were ready to go.
"We're really glad we didn't have too much hatred with those Hiero natives in the first place, and if we start a war with these dryads in the future, it's really hard to say what our chances of winning are. β
At this time, Zach couldn't help but say another word.
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The air was thick with moisture, and the gray clouds were so low that it looked like a heavy rain was coming.
At this time, a herald guard from the Legion of the North Wind came to me on horseback and said loudly to me, "Lord Jiga, the Knights of the Legion of the North Wind are ready to go. β
His voice was sonorous and powerful, and he stood straight in front of me.
I turned my head to look at the Northwind Legion's camp, and sure enough, it was almost ready.
I said decisively, "Let's go! Let's go back to Tanton." β
The herald put his hand on his chest, slammed his chest hard, and gave me a military salute before turning away.
The woodland was a little stuffy, and there was not a hint of wind, just a faint vapor.
With the help of the indigenous warriors of the tribe, the barbarian slaves were also ready to go.
Zach and Ernestin froze in place when they saw me leaving camp and ready to leave, and Zach couldn't help but ask me, "Hey, hey, you're leaving, what are we going to do?"
I stood there and rubbed my hands together, then suggested to Zack, "I think you should rush back to Pereira City right away and convince the members of the House of Representatives to support our next battle against the Nibru Spiders at the edge of the swamp sea, the southernmost tip of the Black Forest, and maybe we will cross the swamp sea if we can." β
Ernestine frowned on the side and said to me:
"Have you ever calculated how many people we have to invest in our logistics and transportation lines?"
Of course, I didn't calculate that, because I didn't need a logistics regiment at all, so I shook my head vigorously.
Ernestine was also very speechless when he saw me like a scoundrel.
I thought about it for a moment before I said to Zach and Ernestine, "Maybe we can ask the indigenous tribes of the southern Black Forest to help. β
"It's a good idea to ask the natives of the Hiero Plane to help us transport some of the ordnance!" Zach said, putting his hand on my shoulder again and saying to me, "Hey, Giga, the Constructed Knights of the Borean Legion are resting in Tanton City, so do you want to go with us to Pereira City, and we will go and convince the members of the House of Representatives." β
I didn't even think about it, and directly refused: "Forget it, there are still a bunch of things waiting for me to deal with over there in the town of Terum, this is so far away from Pereira City, I don't want to go." β
In fact, the main reason is that I have to rush back to the imperial capital to participate in the final test of the Royal Academy of Magic.
Seeing me say such things so categorically, Zach could only say helplessly: "Okay, we originally wanted to rush over and show you off our recent achievements, but I didn't expect you to do such a big thing here quietly." β
Seeing the ten great knights of the Legion of the North Wind coming towards me, and Caterina waiting for me with the reins of two Guborian horses, Ernestine said to me:
"We're going to get back to Pereira right now, and we're going to convince the noble councillors to support our Knights of Construct this expedition anyway. β
Hearing Ernestine say this, Zach nodded earnestly.
"Come on, Zack!" Ernestine untied the reins of his horse tied to a large tree, turned over his horse, and shouted to Zack below, "Let's go and gather our constructed knights, there is still a long way to go, and we must walk as much as we can before this rain comes." β
"We're going to get back to Pereira right now, and we're going to convince the noble councillors to support our Knights of Construct this expedition anyway. β
Hearing Ernestine say this, Zach nodded earnestly.
"Come on, Zack!" Ernestine untied the reins of his horse tied to a large tree, turned over his horse, and shouted to Zack below, "Let's go and gather our constructed knights, there is still a long way to go, and we must walk as much as we can before this rain comes."