124. Intelligence Trading
Most of the terrain in the underground world is barren land, which looks like the Gobi, mountains, rock fields and other terrains in the surface world, and other terrains such as grasslands are very rare, and they are almost a resource area for all kinds of races. Of course, other than that, the Underworld doesn't look much different from the Overworld, with its endless mountains and branching rivers.
If there's one difference, it's probably that the Underworld has a special type of terrain called "Mossy Lands".
This type of terrain is covered with a thick layer of moss and is the only source of food for some "herbivorous" underground creatures. Because these mosses are extremely reproductive, they can easily survive and spread in any terrain they transplant to, so there is no need to worry about these terrains being eaten by alien beasts like grass.
The Matar tribe is a fifth-generation werewolf clan derived from the Extreme Eastern Werewolf Clan among the fourteen werewolf clans underground.
This tribe is adjacent to the Tades clan, and the conflict between the two sides has been continuous, which has lasted for thousands of years, but their strength is extremely close to each other, so even if there is a conflict, it is restrained within a certain range, and it belongs to the small fights between the knight rank and the lord rank, and occasionally the baronial rank will participate in the war, and the viscount rank rarely participates in the war, let alone the earl rank.
It was only after the invasion of the Kappa clan that the fuse broke out that the conflict between the Matars and the Tades clan gradually heated up, and now the two sides have invested more than six viscounts and two counts on the battlefield - in terms of earldom rank, the Tades clan has six, while the Matar tribe has only five; However, in terms of viscount rank, there were nearly twenty in the Matar tribe, while there were only thirteen in the Tades clan.
But now, with the death of Tibourne, the Viscount who had been previously dealt with by Sean, the Tardes clan is completely at a disadvantage.
It's just that the news hasn't spread yet, so the Matar tribe doesn't know that their biggest rival is now a strong outsider, so the conflict between them is still within an acceptable control. For the major ethnic groups and tribes in the underground world, as long as the upper nobles do not directly participate in the battle, all other casualties are basically negligible, which is the so-called "underground training".
After traversing most of the territory of the Tades clan and solving the pursuit from Tibern, Sean finally officially entered the territory of the Matar tribe at noon on the third day - there is no distinction between noon and late night in the underworld, only day and night, but Sean habitually called the sixth hour of the day noon to commemorate his evil thoughts of the surface people - officially entered the territory of the Matar tribe.
Then, they received a very warm "welcome" from the Matar tribe - a full fifty werewolves, surrounded Sean and Kane.
These werewolves basically do not reach the level of knights, and the two leaders who seem to be the captains and vice-captains have the level of knights. With the strength of some werewolves, let alone Sean, even Kane can easily kill them all now, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is so large that it is almost impossible to rely on the number of people to make up - of course, in the final analysis, it is because the strength of these werewolves is too weak, if there are more than twenty lords standing here at the moment, it is enough for Kane to drink a pot.
It's just that this time Sean didn't have the idea of opening up with the other party.
I threw my hands up in the air and made this very classic gesture of surrender - for Sean, of course, it was just a sign that he had no ill will.
"Who are you?" A giant man with a height of nearly 1.9 meters stood not far in front of Sean and spoke in a deep voice, although he said "you", his eyes were always fixed on Kane's body.
Just as the Bloods like to call werewolves stinky dogs, werewolves like to call Bloods bloodsuckers scornful.
It's just that Kane's current aura is no weaker than that of the viscount, and the huge difference in strength makes these werewolves in front of him dare not say such contemptuous words. After all, the underground world is a place that truly pays attention to strength, even if there is a serious disagreement between them, but under the suppression of the absolute strength gap, the basic etiquette for the strong has penetrated into their soul instincts.
Moreover, for the vast majority of non-war periods, the strong do not usually fight the weak. Kane didn't take the lead, which actually made the werewolves feel a little lucky, of course they wouldn't be so eyeless to provoke Kane.
Of course, Sean knows better that if Kane was only the strength of the knight rank at this moment, I am afraid that he would have been rushed up by these fifty or so werewolves and directly torn to pieces.
"Hmm...... Would like to meet your shaman. Sean thought for a moment, then spoke again.
Since the Clan of Tades' Physician incident, Sean has now calmed his inner turmoil and regained his former composure and wisdom - though if Serena was there, he would have been cunning.
Several werewolves instantly showed a look of vigilance, and the hostility became extremely obvious, Sean could even clearly feel that these werewolves seemed to have the idea of starting a fight if they disagreed, completely ignoring the huge difference in strength between them. It's just that what slightly makes Sean a little unhappy is that these werewolves' eyes are still staring at Kane tightly, and they don't take Sean in their eyes.
And after seeing this attitude, Kane's face showed disdainful sarcasm.
Because he knew very well that Sean, the person present, was the strongest one, and he had witnessed Tybourne, who was praised as one of the best leaders of the Secret Party, die at the hands of Sean's sword two nights ago. With the kind of superb swordsmanship that Sean showed, even a hundred of them would not be Sean's opponent if they were tied together, and it was really stupid for these werewolves to focus on themselves right now.
"Don't get excited." Sean continued to stretch out his hand to show that he had no ill intentions, "I have great news for your tribe, and I promise your patriarch will be in ecstasy. …… So, if this good news isn't being used because of you, then you're probably going to end up badly. ”
Several werewolves still looked at each other.
"Besides, after returning to your clan, you don't have to worry about it, do you?" Sean continued to smile and said, when he was a mercenary, he didn't deal with others less, and after he became a lord of a land, his natural identity and power also made Sean more and more aware of how to deal with others, "At least, your clan has strong people, right?" Can we still make trouble in your land? ”
Listening to Sean's words, there seems to be nothing wrong with it, but the natural rejection of the blood clan still makes them unwilling to agree easily.
"How do I know you don't have any strange ideas?" One of the leading werewolves of the knighthood spoke, and his gaze moved from Kane's body to Sean, apparently it was Sean who was speaking all the time to make them realize that Sean should be the subject of carte blanche on behalf of the Bloodline, "Maybe you guys are trying to make some kind of surprise attack, so you're looking for the location of our clan's land." ”
"I really admire that your tribe has such a loyal man as you." Sean praised it at the right time, "But it's okay, if you really can't make up your mind, you can go and ask your boss." My friend and I are just waiting for you to come back, rest assured, we won't be doing anything strange. ”
Several werewolves looked at each other again.
Because they really don't understand what Sean is thinking, if you want to say that it is an enemy, but it doesn't seem to look like it, except for the natural rejection of the blood clan, the blood clan has not done anything excessive. But if they weren't enemies, they wouldn't dare to just take Sean back to their clan, because the consequences could be very serious in minutes.
"Everyone, time is precious." Sean saw that these werewolves didn't make any moves for a long time, and couldn't help but remind, "The preciousness of information, I don't think you should be unclear, if you delay here for too long, even if I send the information in the end, you will lose the space and value that you can use." But relatively speaking, I have to get paid for the information, so guess who will pay for the loss of valuable information in the end? ”
Although Sean smiled Mimi's kind appearance, the words that came out of his mouth made the leading werewolf feel a pang in his heart, and he immediately made a decision.
Soon, several werewolves turned into wolves and ran quickly in a certain direction, apparently to report information.
And the werewolf who seemed to be the leader of this patrol team was still on high alert in front of Sean. However, Sean has no opinion on this point, anyway, his ultimate goal is to go to the land of this werewolf tribe to see if the tribe's shaman doctor can heal his injuries, even if he can't, as long as he can speed up the healing of his injuries, Sean also feels that he has earned it.
After all, his so-called intelligence was simply picked for nothing.
In a short time, several strong giant wolves came back quickly, and Sean estimated that the time before and after should not exceed half an hour.
It's just that it's not a long time, and Sean doesn't think it's a short distance.
Werewolves in the underworld are very different from werewolves in the surface world, and werewolves in the underworld seem to have three different forms because of the purity of their bloodline, namely the appearance of a human, the appearance of a half-beast werewolf, and the form of a completely beastly wolf. Werewolves in the underworld are half-beastly werewolves when they are born, and through acquired training and conscious control, they can transform themselves into beastly wolf form, which is very suitable for long-distance running.
The werewolves in front of them were all coming in the form of beasts, and it was obvious that the stronghold where they had gone to report the situation before was farther away than Sean had imagined.
Thinking about it this way, the werewolves' clan is naturally going farther away. After all, the places where there are patrol teams are basically within the scope of the war front, so those who can report to their superiors on the front line can only be the front line strongholds. The clan land is the most important core area of a tribe or clan, just like the Kapa clan's castle, which will definitely not be built in the area of the front line, so the distance will definitely be farther than the front line.
The giant wolf in the lead looked about the same as a normal wolf-shaped beast, except that the coat on its body was as dark as ink, with only a silver ring around its neck. There was even one more cloak than his other companions: a long cloak tied around his neck, fluttering as he ran.
Sean didn't pay attention to what the werewolves who went back to report were like when they turned into beast form, but after taking a closer look at it at this moment, he found that these werewolves seemed to be similar after turning into beast form: inky black hair, a circle of white hair on the neck, the color was mostly gray and white, like the silver white of the leader looked like the only one.
As the werewolf approached the patrol guard of his own race, he suddenly stood up alone, and then his body began to change rapidly.
The first is his wolf-like head, which quickly shortens rapidly, and undergoes skeletal changes in a way that completely violates the laws of nature, directly turning into a human-like face. Then the hands gradually began to change shape, directly from claws to human fingers; The wolf's legs, which were originally on tiptoe, also began to taper and lengthen, and eventually became human legs that landed on the ground.
And the fur on its body also began to shrink back rapidly, until the **** human body under the fur was exposed. However, from the very beginning, hair began to grow on its head when Wolf Kiss took on a human form.
When he saw that the other party was able to directly change from a wolf form to a human form, Sean already knew the identity of the other party.
An earl of the Matar tribe, because only werewolves with the rank of earl can take on the form of a human, which is very similar to the spider demon.
At the same time that the werewolf count completely turned into a human form, the cloak he tied around his neck blocked his **** body very well - at this time, Sean realized that it was not a cloak at all, but a special cloak.
Werewolves are completely **** when they return from beast form to human form, so in order to avoid some embarrassment, they usually need to prepare some props for covering their bodies. In addition, in the territory of the werewolf tribe, there are often strongholds with clothes stocked, just to prevent the embarrassment of werewolves in human form who want to change back into human form after transforming into beast form.
According to Sean's understanding, a werewolf in human form can only exert about 80% of its strength, and only in the mode of being completely in the werewolf form can it exert 100% of its strength. As for the beast form, it is usually just for the sake of traveling, and there are basically very few werewolves who are willing to transform into the beast form for a long time, especially those who have reached the rank of earl.
Through these points, Sean judged that the werewolf count in front of him should be a supporter of the Chonggu faction.
Although the fourteen werewolf clans in the underworld have different competitive relationships with each other, there are no restrictions on the belief positions of the clansmen, except for a few extremely special clans, most of the clans are relatively open. However, the result of different beliefs is naturally a little different, just as the ancients and the innovators look down on each other.
The werewolf count is quite masculine and handsome, and his human form is close to 1.95 meters tall, because of the cloak covering, Sean can't see his specific figure, but it gives people a burly and muscular feeling. His hair was black, but at the ends of it was a silvery-white color, which Sean guessed was related to the silver-white neck hair in the other party's beast form.
The werewolf Earl's gaze was like lightning, and his momentum was so strong that the oppressive force generated when he just transformed into a human form had already made Kane's face change slightly. It's just that because Sean is by his side, even though Kane is oppressed by the other party's momentum, he doesn't make a fool of himself, which makes the werewolf count a little unhappy.
Sean sighed secretly and shifted his figure to the side, blocking in front of Kane, looking directly at the werewolf count in front of him.
He knew some of the bad things about the Chonggu sect.
The so-called ancient sect is a school of thought that worships ancestors and follows ancient rituals, and they insist that the use of weapons is a blasphemy and slander of ancestors, so they reject all fellow werewolves who use weapons. In addition, the werewolves of the Chonggu faction are very fond of the feeling of turning into wild beasts and galloping around, and some of the more extreme werewolves of the Chonggu faction are even living a habit of drinking blood.
This school not only has a great influence in the werewolf race, but even among the blood clan and blood elves, but the Chonggu faction of the blood clan is only a few differences in thought, and they mainly divide the group relationship according to the interests of the camp. As for the blood elves, this group doesn't seem to have any other ideological beliefs other than the ancient thoughts, so don't mention it.
Of course, the biggest problem with the Chonggu school is stubbornness.
The werewolf's hatred and rejection of the blood clan is completely innate.
At the moment, this werewolf count saw that his momentum did not scare Kane to the ground, he must be very dissatisfied, so the next step is definitely to move the rhythm. And with the strength of this werewolf earl, it is simply a one-sided abuse of Kane, just as Kane was qualified to despise the fifty or so low-strength werewolves around him before.
But Sean didn't come here to fight with werewolves, so he had to intervene to stop it.
Seeing Sean's actions, the werewolf count roared, and then took a heavy step forward: "You dare to stop me!?" ”
"Don't be impulsive, impulsiveness won't do you or me any good." Sean said with a smile, but the disdain in his eyes did not hide it in the slightest, just as he knew the bad problems of the Chonggu School, he also knew what kind of attitude to show when facing the Chonggu School: this school's respect for the strong also maintained the kind of thinking of the ancestors as always, so they will restrain their pride in the face of the real strong.
Perhaps it was Sean's indifference that made the werewolf count a little wary, so he didn't rush to fight Sean as soon as his head was hot, but looked at Sean with a cautious scrutiny of the eyes. His eyesight is naturally not comparable to these patrol officers before, he has already seen that Sean is the real core of the other party's two-person group, and the bloodsucking worm seems to be the other party's follower.
It's kind of interesting.
The werewolf count muttered inwardly, but said in a quiet voice on his face: "I heard that you have information to sell to us?" ”
"Yes." Sean nodded, he was not disgusted by the straightforwardness of the werewolf, on the contrary, he could say that he liked it more, "I promise that you will be very interested in this information." …… It's just that what I want, can you call the shots? ”
"It's not a problem to see the shaman, but it depends on whether your information is sufficient."
"What if I say that this information is enough for you to completely wipe out the Clan of Tades?" Sean smiled, "Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but if you make good use of this information, the Tades clan will no longer be your opponent, so it's only a matter of time before you completely eliminate and swallow the territory." (To be continued.) )