Act 29 Expansion (Second Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass, Subscribe to Too)

The more Tajib thought about it, the more it met Brando's expectations.

In fact, the young man was just trying to scare it in the first place, lest the caveman get carried away. Hylander and Dragontongue were in the vicinity of Toniger's access to the underground passage, and since cavemen had appeared here, he guessed that the other party should have come from these two places.

These things are secret to the humans of the surface world in this era, but they are not a big deal for him.

After striking at the other party's arrogance, he said sternly: "As far as I know, underground creatures are not very popular in the human world."

"I don't ...... Want to meddle in your world. Tajib had to lower his breath.

It wasn't lying, though Tajib did have ambitious plans at first; Humanity's weakness had given it a chance to take advantage of it, and the caveman had wanted to gain a foothold in the forest and expand into the entire territory of Grudin, but then news of the slow seepage from outside the forest made it discourage.

As it learned about the strange world outside, it finally learned that the ancient human kingdom called Eruin was home to millions of people, which was unimaginable.

Even just the weak human aristocrat out there - the guy who, according to human language, should be called Grudin. There were hundreds of thousands of people living in the land under his rule, and even then he was only a small lord of unknown origin in the land.

In Tajib's impression, in the dark underground of Jogandigang, only those who are extremely powerful can often have such a large number of subjects and slaves, such as Brando's Hyland and Dragontongue City.

The terrifying number of human beings made Tajib sober up, and he immediately dispelled his original thoughts, otherwise with his character, he would definitely not accept the offer of trading with Grudin.

"Really?" Brando, however, did not accept it: "But it seems that your words and deeds, Patriarch, are not consistent, and the forest you occupy is the sacred and indivisible inherent territory of mankind since ancient times-"

He uttered this in a very habitual tone, but immediately realized that something was wrong, and changed his words: "No, in other words, these four lumberyards are part of my total property, and I am not going to lend them to you for even a minute longer. ”

"Your property?" Tajib was stunned, it had seen Grudin's side or two, and it didn't think that this young man was the legendary Count Jeandenel.

At this point, the fighting on the periphery had ceased, and the cavemen were not stupid, and of course they could sense the change in their leader's attitude. Although Tajib did not order them to stop attacking, they also knew that if they made a rash move, they would lose the patriarch.

Not to mention that those two angels are also difficult to deal with.

"Yes, at least for now," Brando nodded.

"So...... What do you want to do now? The caveman stammered as he gestured to the blade of the gun around his neck.

"Gives you two choices." Brando replied, "First, come from there and go back there." ”

Tajib shook his head, his dinosaur feathers twitching. As a defeated tribe in the struggle, going back underground is a dead end, unless it is willing to defect to its original rival. But Tajib dismissed that possibility from the outset.

"What about the second one?" It asked.

"You and your clan are the losers of the competition in the underworld, but even if you succeed, you will only serve the other dungeon lords-" Brando asked absent-mindedly, "In that case, why don't you think differently and become my subjects?" ”

He paused: "Just like I know your rules, you owe allegiance to me, and I guarantee the continuation of your clan." ”

Tajib was stunned for a moment, it could be said that it had guessed the young man's thoughts, but it could also be said that it was unexpected.

Brando's request for him to enter into the same subordination relationship between the underground tribe and the dungeon lord - that would be tantamount to selling the fate of his entire clan to this young human - of course, this shows the other party's knowledge of the underground world, and on the other hand, it can't help but feel a little ridiculous.

What qualifications does he have to demand allegiance from an underground tribe?

Tajib still looked down on humans, but in retrospect, it realized that if it didn't agree, it would have to go back to the underworld to face another choice, which it was also unwilling to accept - even it felt the subtle movement of the other person's fingers, maybe the human didn't intend to let them go back at all, and it wondered if the blade would fall on it immediately if it said no.

It hesitated, and so did Brando. Only Akane was silent, looking at the caveman covered in strange feathers, and at the lord on the horse, she was more worried than the dullness of the two of them. She was worried that if this guy said no, then what should the lord do?

She knew better than anyone here that if Tajib said no, Brando would not be able to stop the cavemen outside the logging field on the other side from continuing to attack Antitina and the others. Even killing it wouldn't help, she didn't think Antitina and the mercenaries would last until dawn, not to mention that Brando himself had said that they would hold out until the early hours of the morning at most.

The red-haired girl couldn't help but take a light breath and became a little nervous.

Brando's hand remained motionless on the hilt of his sword, never letting go of it for a moment - in fact Tajib had not guessed wrong, and if it had said no, it would have been a fate that it could not have imagined.

He wasn't as worried about Akane because he had a plan in place from the start. A hundred points of wealth have already been prepared in his treasury, and if Tajib refuses, then it will be sealed into a card.

Although different in nature, in the end the tribe will submit to him. Brando knew he needed this force, and with these cavemen as their surprise soldiers, it didn't matter whether it was Sir Mintai or Sir Pallas.

With the combat power of three thousand black iron levels, Toniger will soon have only one voice left to speak, and this is a story that Count Denel may never have expected the beginning and the end.

But until then, the only variable was the caveman's imminent answer, and Brando waited with great patience for the other man to speak, but the young man was just as nervous.

It was like this night, on this battlefield, at this moment, Brando seemed to see the road stretching forward in the darkness in front of him. For the first time, the thorny road became so clear, and he felt that for the first time since he came to this world, he clearly felt that he had the ability to change his future and destiny.

And a little while.

The caveman finally looked up tremblingly, and the dinosaur feathers on its body trembled, as if it had made some serious determination, and Tajib spoke—

At that moment the cool wind of the night swept through the whole battlefield, and the pine forest rattled, overshadowing this sentence that could have changed the whole of Tonigel, and indeed the whole of Eruin;

The expression on the young man's face softened, and he nodded, "Just be sure—"

Then he said the second sentence: "Because in fact you will find that you have far more to gain than you have to lose." ”

……

As the days passed, the fir city that had lost its original lord after the riots gradually calmed down, and the market gradually returned to its former tranquility.

But in fact, beneath the surface of calm, much more has happened in the meantime. Like the mercenaries who fought in the battle for the lumberyard, no one can tell how they won that night.

Especially the battle, which was originally planned to take a week longer to end, took a dramatic turn just after the early morning.

With an absolute superiority in numbers and shape, the cavemen not only retreated, but also withdrew from the lumberyards they occupied, giving up their own territory to others - the only thing that changed was the impression in the minds of all mercenaries.

After this war, Brando had become mysterious and omnipotent in most people's minds. As for the Grand Master, although they had their own doubts in their hearts, they all expressed unconditional surrender in the end.

But Brando didn't immediately break up their respective teams and regroup, instead, he had more to do now. First of all, the lumber yard in the forest has begun to provide timber for the fir city after the residents of the green village moved in, and the restoration of the city wall is on the agenda.

The other thing is about restoring the barren land of the fir barony, for example, as soon as he returns to Fir City, he proceeds to exempt Antitina from a tax in the fir domain for three years.

The news sounded unbelievable at first, after all, it was a matter of course for a lord to rely on taxes to feed his army, but Brando didn't really care about that little bit of oil.

What he has to do, only he himself will understand; Of course, it is no problem to be a local tyrant landlord leisurely with such a small amount of money, but for the larger layout, it is like a drop in the bucket - it is better to use it to appease the people.

Brando was well aware of the potential undercurrents within the realm, and before he fought the two Grudin's retainers, every resident of the realm would wonder how long they could stay here as a lord of bad name.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and looked up from his desk, which was naturally the property of Grudin, but how much time the former lord would spend on this desk each month to deal with Tonigel's affairs.

I'm afraid only God knows.

However, it was at this time that Brando heard a loud noise coming from the window.

……