Unlike the last sneak attack of the Sea Clan's army, this time there were only two Sea Clans, and one of them had very obvious female characteristics.

When he saw this female sea clan, the first reaction in Duke's mind was the term Naga Siren, because this image was very similar to the image of Naga Siren in later games. Duke even thought in his heart, the Naga Siren has appeared, so does the Sea Clan have the legendary Medusa?

Of course, Duke was just thinking about it, because the arrival of these two sea tribes was not to make trouble, but to negotiate with Duke to redeem the Naga Commander who was captured alive by Duke before.

Since it was a peace negotiation, Duke also held the reception venue in the Storm Castle Banquet Hall and personally met with the two Sea Clans.

After the two sides met, the female Sea Clan spoke first: "Your Excellency Duke, I am Fasqi of the Sea of Death Territory of the Atlantis Empire, and this is Magna, the commander of the Royal Guard. First of all, we would like to apologize for the previous conflict with Stormcastle, which caused a lot of damage to both the Sea Clan and Stormcastle. ”

"Luckily, it didn't have much to do, but our Naga Commander was captured by Lord Duke. Therefore, we very much hope that Lord Duke will take care of the interests of the Sea Clan and return the Leader to the Sea Clan, and we also promise to cherish our friendship with Stormcastle so that the attack will not happen again. ”

Duke listened carefully to Fasqi's words, and it could be seen from the logic of her words that the Sea Clan was a higher civilization that was not inferior to humans. This is also the first time that Duke has officially come into contact with a higher civilization other than humans, and this feeling is really a bit strange, at least on the earth, such a scene is not possible.

"Your Excellency Fasqi, your Sea Clan's sneak attack is a despicable act, and it has also caused a lot of damage to our Storm Fortress, isn't it a bit too simple to bring the Naga Commander back so easily?"

Although the Sea Clan is very powerful, Duke doesn't plan to let them take people away so simply, otherwise where will he put his face? And the income of Alpine City has made Duke taste the sweetness, what kind of leader is actually redeemed by the Sea Clan himself, it seems that the status is not low, this does not give the Sea Clan a little blood, let alone when?

Fasqi naturally understood Duke's thoughts, and the redemption of prisoners of war on the Europa continent was also a very common thing, so she said directly: "We are willing to pay a certain ransom for the redemption, Lord Duke, you can give a amount." ”

"No, no, no, it's not just the ransom, you also need to pay the war reparations for the sneak attack on Stormkeep. For the sake of your sincerity, I won't say more, just 100,000 gold coins, right?"

The direct loss caused by the Sea Clan's sneak attack to Storm Castle is more than 10,000 gold coins, the distribution of follow-up pensions or something, and the promised maintenance, etc., as a whole, it is about 30,000 gold coins, if you count the ransom and various mental damage fees, Duke feels that he wants 100,000 gold coins is not much.

But what he didn't expect was that when Fasqi heard this number, his face changed on the spot and said: "Your Excellency Duke, do you think that our Sea Clan is weak and can be bullied? The people who attacked Storm Castle were just some miscellaneous fish men, if it was the real Sea Clan army, Storm Castle would have been leveled long ago!"

Fasqi's words made Duke feel angry, not because of the threat of Fasqi's Sea Clan army, Duke also understood that the group of Sea Clan who had sneaked up on Storm Fort before, all kinds of tattered weapons did not look like regular troops. It's a dignified Atlantean Empire, and it's so excited about the compensation of 100,000 gold coins, if this is put on the French Empire, 100,000 gold coins is a thing?

Even if Duke understands that the Sea Clan has this ability, but the momentum cannot be weakened, so Duke also replied coldly: "Behind you is the entire Sea Clan, don't forget that there is also the entire human race behind me, I am also the son of Duke Otto, do you Sea Clan have the capital to risk war with humans and attack the entire continent?"

The atmosphere in the banquet hall dropped to freezing point with Duke's words, and both sides were in a tense situation, whether it was Faski's Royal Guards or Duke's Storm Soldiers.

The two sides were silent for a long time, and finally Fasqi broke the silence: "Your Excellency Duke, you should know that gold coins are not the currency unit of our Sea Clan, and smelting is also a difficult thing for Sea Clan. 10,000 gold coins is our bottom line, and I hope Lord Duke will think about it carefully. ”

After hearing this, Duke instantly understood why Fasqi was so excited about the compensation of 100,000 gold coins, it was because the sea tribe itself did not use gold coins, and as aquatic creatures, they were born with great disadvantages in metal smelting. This is the reason why, occupying a sea that is larger than the continent, in the original battle of the five clans, it did not exert much combat effectiveness.

At the same time, Fasqi's answer suddenly made Duke think of a way to make a fortune, that is, the Sea Clan occupies the entire ocean. You must know that the end of the Middle Ages is the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and whoever occupies the sea will become the overlord of this world!

And the geographical location of Storm Castle is not bad, surrounded by the Seine River and the Sea of Death, but because there are too many terrifying beasts in this world's ocean, the ocean has become a forbidden area. But with the existence of the Sea Clan, it is different, if the Sea Clan can ensure the safety of the shipping lanes, then Storm Castle can directly trade with other cities on the mainland by sea without having to go through a lot of trouble bypassing Mont Saint-Michel and Alpine City.

Maybe the Age of Discovery in this world will also be opened in your own hands!

Fasqi in the audience suddenly saw a smile on Duke's face, she felt very inexplicable, could it be that human beings are so moody?

"It's not impossible to have 10,000 gold coins, after all, we should be friends instead of enemies. I'm sure you've chosen to attack Stormfort's hydroelectric plant, and you're probably familiar with it. Just now you said that the smelting of the Sea Clan is very difficult, and it happens that this aspect is the strength of Storm Castle, I don't think you want to use that broken copper and iron anymore, right?"

When Duke said this, Fasqi instantly understood what Duke wanted to do. It's just that she doesn't believe it a little, because the human race on the continent is very wary of other races, after all, the human race has experienced the bloody war of the five races back then to have the right to rule this continent, is Duke really willing to cooperate in this regard, and what is the price that the sea clan will pay?

"The Sea Clan does have inherent drawbacks in smelting, but we also have excellent elven magic weapons, so Lord Duke, what are your conditions?"

Fasqi didn't want Duke to completely take the initiative, so she proposed the elven magic weapon, saying that the Sea Clan was not necessary for human weapons. Because the Naga are a branch of the former elven race, even now, they still have close ties with the night elves, and they are each other's horns in the face of the powerful human empire.