The night was getting deeper and deeper, the moon was obscured by the clouds that rarely appeared in the wasteland, the bright moonlight became hazy, Mu Chen yawned and stretched his waist to get up slowly, looked around, and walked towards the depths of the camp.

"Enough rest, take advantage of the dark moonlight tonight, go to the central tent, capture the thief and capture the king first. Since the battle during the day was too protracted and consumed a lot of physical strength, he changed his mind and planned to deal with Ubar first, get rid of the brains of the Boundary Map and then deal with the rest of the tribes.

Ubar did not continue the topic after proposing peace, but sent people to gather the clan chiefs to discuss the matter together. The clan chiefs had returned to their respective stations in the chaotic retreat, and there were still a few who had not yet arrived.

In the central tent, the five guards and twelve people had solemn faces and no words. The clan chiefs looked at each other and exchanged ears. After a while, several clan leaders who did not come entered the big tent, and the whole clan began to discuss it.

"Everyone has seen the experience during the day, and the five of us and the twelve guards have reached a consensus and negotiated peace with the merchant..."

"I'm against it. Ubar was interrupted before he could finish his sentence.

"It's just your idea to negotiate peace, I don't agree, we are the strongest tribe in the wasteland, and the most important task of guarding the gate of the wasteland is to prohibit foreign races from entering. Now, somehow a mercenary broke in from behind, not only failed to stop it, but actually wanted to negotiate peace, I don't agree. Mangu Yun changed his casual attitude in the past and solemnly objected.

"You didn't see the mercenary's powerful skills during the day, everyone here can see it, such a big disparity in strength, do you really have to fight to the last person before you are willing?"

"I didn't see the skill, I was injured and being treated at the time, but I saw the corpse when I retreated, I knew that he was capable and far above us, but we still have nearly 20,000 warriors, and in the face of a mercenary, do you really want to surrender?" Mangu Yun asked Ubar rhetorically.

"Clan leaders, our tribe has always been not afraid of life and death, in the face of the harsh natural environment and demonic beasts from all directions, they have never flinched, and now most of the tribe is left, and there is only one person on the other side, and they want to surrender, do you really care about the honor of warriors and the title of the strongest tribe in this wasteland?"

Mangu Yun wanted to use the support of the clan leader to fight against Ubar, but this impassioned words did not move them, and the clan leaders lowered their heads, awkwardly avoiding her gaze, and no one seconded it.

"See, it's not my idea alone, everyone doesn't agree with you, the courage of the puppet is not enough to ensure the safety of the tribe. Six or seven thousand comrades were killed in a single day, and such casualties never occurred. We're not surrendering, we're just negotiating peace, and you don't know what the mercenary thinks, we've dealt with it too much from the beginning, he's coming from behind us, who knows how he got through, since he's already passed through our tribe, and now he's turning back, what is the purpose of this, we should negotiate peace first, figure out everything before making other plans. ”

"Ubar is right, if he just borrows the way back to the human continent, we will do our best to stop it, and we will have to pay for it. A clan leader said to Mangu Yun.

"Yes, we should first understand what the purpose of his visit to our tribe is, and then make the next step. ”

"We may really not be able to stop him, so let's negotiate peace. ”

"Listen to Ubar's, negotiate peace. ”

Clan elders, you and I say a word, almost all of them agree with Ubar, and want to make peace with Mu Chen.

"You... It is ridiculous that you are as cowardly as a mouse, and that you usually call yourself the bravest warrior of the wasteland, but now you are greedy for life and afraid of death. Mangu Yun was annoyed and ashamed.

"You, don't just say that you're the twelve guards. ”

"What twelve people, a total of a few arrows were abolished, if it weren't for Ye Suohong, it is estimated that he would have died on the battlefield long ago. ”

"I don't know women in general. ”

The clan leaders were red-faced by Mangu Yunxun and attacked her at the same time.

The entire central tent was bustling with people, and Ubar and Manggu Yun insisted on their own opinions and did not back down from each other. The clan chiefs affirmed the benefits of peace with each other and tried their best to defend their legitimacy.

"Shut up, shut up. Kazan, you speak, only you have confronted the mercenary head-on, so heroic at the time, and now you don't say a word, do you also agree to surrender?"

Ye Suohong tugged at the hem of Mangu Yun's clothes and whispered, "It's not surrender, it's peace." ”

Mangu Yun looked back at her in surprise, his eyes were full of the anger of being betrayed, he didn't expect that his best friend was not on her side.

"I... I—" Kazan muttered to himself.

"Two-handed crossbow, old chief. Timgara suddenly shouted loudly, and the tent fell silent.

"That's right, and the old chief, since Ubar and I disagree, we should ask the old chief to decide. Mangu Yun hurriedly answered, she knew that no one was on her side, and no matter how much she argued, it would not change the outcome. It is just this opportunity to let the old leader decide, and maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.

"Yes, listen to the old chief. ”

"We won't fight, wait for the old leader to decide. ”

"Go and ask the old chief. ”

"Everyone, wait a minute, Mangu Yun, let me ask you, if the old leader also agrees to negotiate peace, will you accept it. Ubar asked to make sure Mangu Yun would not die, and he was sure that the old leader would adopt his opinion.

"If the old leader agrees to negotiate with me, I will no longer be entangled, and it is all up to you to arrange. ”

"Two-handed crossbow, two-handed crossbow, old chief—" Timgara was still chattering on the sidelines. What he actually wanted to say was that the crossbow used by Mu Chen was the old leader's, and he had seen these two crossbows in the items that the old leader brought back from the Beijin Department before, after today's battle, he guessed that the old leader might have some connection with Mu Chen, but he couldn't express it clearly, and everyone's attention was not on this matter, so no one paid attention to it.

"Since you have agreed, go and ask the old chief. ”

After a while, the old leader walked into the big tent, and the clan chiefs retreated one after another to make way for them, and Ubar also stood up respectfully and stepped forward to help.

The old leader looked like he was seventy or eighty years old, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, about one meter seventy-five tall, dressed in gray fur, although he looked like an old man, his legs did not tremble, his back did not arch, his steps were steady, and his body was tough. Usually living in the side tent next to the central tent, he has not asked about the size of the clan in the past few years, and today he was invited by everyone, and he still maintains the demeanor of the leader.

"It's been a long time since I've been involved in the affairs of the clan, so why did you call me here today? The old leader went straight to the point, without a word of greeting.

Ubar stood beside the main seat, and explained to the old leader respectfully, telling him all the experiences of the battle with Mu Chen in the past two days, for fear of missing a little detail.

"Ubar, you weren't there when Yerg died, how do you know that he had no way to fight back. And I've suffered minor injuries, so you don't need to be alarmist here. Mangu Yun knew that Ubar was just stating the facts and not adding to the matter, but she was afraid that the old leader would be affected, so she tried not to make the matter so serious.

"Well, I kind of know what's going on. Kazan, what do you think. ”

"Old chief, I... I'm scared, I can't win. I have fought with him, and I know the gap between us, confrontation is just death, or peace. Kazan finally spoke his mind when he saw the old chief.

"What about you, Ye Suohong?"

"I listen to your arrangement, I don't know. Ye Suohong looked at Manggu Yun and didn't dare to continue.

"What are you afraid of, but it doesn't hurt to say it. The old chief's tone was stern.

"I haven't fought with him, and I haven't paid much attention to his body and skills, but I have treated Kazan and Mangu Yundu, from the point of view of the injury, he is really strong, I haven't seen anyone who can hurt the two guards and twelve people like this, especially Kazan's injury, there is some suspicion of deliberately not hurting his life, so close to the distance can completely attack the vital point, but he didn't do that, it means that he didn't take him into account at all, killing or not killing is an option that can be changed at any time for him. If the two high-level desolate warriors can be treated like this, then Kazan is right, we are not on the same level as him at all, and peace is the best choice. ”

"If you don't usually wilt or wilt, today you talk a lot. Mangu Yun sarcastically mocked Ye Suohong, thinking that she was talking too much, Ye Suohong didn't dare to look at her, and turned her head timidly.

"Two-handed crossbow, two-handed crossbow..."

"Timgara, you... You don't have to. The old chief was about to ask him, but when he heard him muttering a two-handed crossbow, he dismissed the idea.

After everyone had expressed their opinions, they all looked at the old leader, waiting for him to make a final decision.

"No surrender, no peace. The old leader said these six words sonorously, and the clan leaders were noisy, and they didn't dare to refute it loudly.

"Chief, if we don't make peace, we... How do we deal with it, we—" Ubar panicked and didn't even make his words clear.

"Without peace, the only task of our garrison here is to prevent outsiders from entering the wasteland, and as soon as we have experienced setbacks, we will clamo for peace, and we will not be able to explain to the king, nor can we face our compatriots who have died in battle. "I didn't expect the old leader's thoughts to be similar to Mangu Yun.

"I agree with the resolution of the old chief, and I am determined not to surrender and not to negotiate peace. Mangu Yun followed suit.

"But... We've got heavy casualties after all, and that's going to be..."

"I have made up my mind, I will not negotiate peace, and I will fight to the end. Ubar, you just have to be careful about the deployment and don't have other ideas. Ubar grimaced, but did not dare to speak back out of respect for the old leader.

"Rest assured, I guarantee that everyone will be safe and sound in the end, even if the death in battle is temporary, we will definitely meet again. The old leader got up and walked out of the tent, not explaining any more.

"Old chief, how can we meet again. ”

"Chief, what do you mean by your last sentence?"

"Chief, old chief..."

The clan leaders asked, trying to find out what the old leader meant, but he didn't respond, and directly pushed open the tent door and returned to the partial tent.

After the old leader left, the clan chiefs talked about it, and there was chaos in the big tent.

"Stop, I believe the old chief, he said that we will definitely be able to see us again, don't you believe it? The old leader has led us for many years, when did he deceive us, don't hesitate any longer, since there is the old chief's guarantee, then let's fight, and the strength of the whole clan must kill this mercenary." Mangu Yun didn't want to negotiate peace, but this time he had the support of the old leader, and he was even more determined to fight to the end.

"I believe in the old chief. ”

"We fought. ”

"We just took it as a dream, woke up and said goodbye. ”

"Deploy, Ubar, and tomorrow we will fight him again. ”

Although the old leader's words were not explicitly stated, out of his prestige in the clan and the trust he had accumulated over the years, everyone still chose to believe it. Mangu Yun's words played a role in motivating again, and the morale was suddenly high and the crowd was excited.

"Okay, then we'll fight to the death. Seeing such a scene, Ubar also strengthened his will, no longer cared about it, and prepared to plan ahead for tomorrow's battle.

A consensus was reached in the central tent, and people's hearts were stable, but no one expected that Mu Chen, who was left alone at the back of the camp, was listening to all this outside the tent. The impassioned pre-war mobilization was a joke to his ears, and they did not know that their life and death were tightly held in the hands of this invader, and it was not up to them to decide.