Chapter 52: Nightfall
The spider-eaters in the sky made a deafening sound of flapping their wings, and the production teams and captives who were working in the mining area stayed away from the open field and hid on the inside of the pit wall, and a few ballistas were fired from the wooden walls of the camp from time to time, but the spider-eaters deftly dodged them, and the patrolling warriors threw light arrows at the spider-eaters, so that the spider-eaters did not dare to get too close to the camp.
Link arrived in the middle of the camp with a few priest apprentices, and there was nothing better to look at the dozen or so spider-eaters scurrying in the sky, except to watch the warbands cooperate with the garrison to repel them. Link looked at the camp of the Spider Eaters with a gloomy face, the Shadow Mage had not appeared when the Spider Eater attacked, and it was clear that the Shadow Soul Mage could easily defeat the Spider Eater, but he never appeared.
Link was a little confused about the performance of the Ghost Man, and now "hopeful" In the past, the spider-eaters would fly to a fairly low altitude under the control of their masters in order to accurately throw fire glue, but now that the spider-eaters have lost their owners, they have evaded the range of bows and arrows to attack the camp, and the camp can only continue to consume bows and arrows to drive them away, and the spider-eaters have now begun to attack the hunting team of the commune, which has caused a lot of trouble to the commune, so that the soldiers and garrisons have to start protecting the production team that goes out hunting, which has cost a lot of manpower and material resources。
For the high-level mage of the shadows, dealing with these spider-eating beasts is just a gesture, and he has always watched Link audit the work of various production teams with great interest recently, and it doesn't seem like he is very busy, but the ghostly mage categorically rejected Link's request for help, and did not try to find an excuse to prevaricate, but directly and neatly refused.
In the face of this behavior of the Yin Soul Man, Link ordered that whenever the spider eater attacked, the production team and the captives who excavated the ruins should stop working and find a place to take refuge.
For his current positioning, Link still has a relatively clear understanding, he and the Yin Soul people are not an equal cooperative relationship, he can become a chief, and he can establish a new system - the commune system and the labor division system, all of which are borrowed from the Yin Soul Man's momentum, and he does not have the strength to say no to the high-level mage of the Yin Soul Man, so Link will try his best to meet the requirements of the Yin Soul Mage, but the attitude of the Yin Soul Man makes Link a little confused.
He ordered the suspension of the excavation of the ruins that the Yin Soul people should care about the most, and the Yin Ghost people also showed that they did not care, and it was also an indulgent attitude towards the spider-eaters who hindered the excavation of the ruins.
Link doesn't think so, since the Nethers betrayed their allies, and suddenly took action to seize the camp when the Bedai raided the Santarin Society's camp, and stood up for Link to unify the desert tribes, it means that they must care about the excavation of the ruins, and the current behavior of the Yinjins is more likely to be pinching themselves and allowing them to make some choices, what is the situation outside the desert, what is the situation between the Nethers and the Santarinhui, Link is completely unknown, but there must be a reason for the behavior of the Yinji.
Link's current position is not secure, and the Nethermage has not even officially recognized the identity of Chief Link, nor has he recognized the ownership of the Santarin Order's camp as owned by the Commune, let alone reported the existence of Link to his superiors, and the support of the Nethers for Link may disappear at any time.
The establishment of the commune and the implementation of the division of labor system violated the interests of the original ruling class of each tribe, and the food, water, and various living materials traded with the caravans were distributed by the tribal chiefs, priests and warriors according to the agreed proportions, which had a great deal of arbitrariness, but now the implementation of the division of labor system, the income of the warriors is clear, and without the care of the previous chiefs and priests for the warrior class, the materials that can be obtained are actually reduced. Moreover, all the affairs of the Commune were now the full-time responsibility of Link or the ministers appointed by Link, departing from the old tradition of chieftains and warriors to consult with each other.
Although the chiefs and priests of the various tribes were now swept away, and there were many casualties among the warrior class, once the run-in period of the commune had passed, the warrior and freedman classes whose interests had been violated would undoubtedly have serious dissatisfaction, and the women and herdsmen who had benefited from the benefits would not have the courage and strength to oppose the warrior class in a short time.
Niata and One-Eyed Old Joe had privately persuaded Link that the division of labor system had completely pushed the warrior class against each other, while Link was helping the most useless women and shepherds in the desert, and that the deal was not worth it. It is better to select some new fighters and continue the previous system.
Link rejected the suggestion of the two, and said to the two who were a little disappointed: "Now that the chiefs and priests of the various tribes have died, and the warrior class has suffered heavy losses, it is the best time to implement the new system, and it will be difficult to do these things when the commune grows stronger." ”
Link is not entirely to send warmth to the women and herdsmen in the tribe, he actually wants to cultivate a new class, a class that can be used for himself, not the old warrior class, the economic base determines the superstructure, the serfs and women no longer work for the family and the tribe for free, which will make their voice and social status rise, they will consciously unite around Link who gave them all this, and Link will have his own iron core, or an iron core that will not betray.
But this class is still too weak now, if the Shadow Spirits no longer recognize Link's status today, and the warriors will dare to rebel tomorrow, Link remembers that there are warrior chiefs in the tribe to challenge this tradition! If the Shadow Spirits really abandon Link, I am afraid that there will be warriors who will come to challenge Link, and no one will speak for Link, so the unwavering support of the Shadow Men is indispensable for Link.
"The Shadow Man doesn't trust himself, so how can you make a person trust someone in Faeron?" Link quickly thought of the answer.
They are to believe in the same gods, or ostensibly believe in the same gods.
At midnight, the desert is bitterly chilly.
Shar's low-ranking priest prayed in a whispered voice in the dimly lit tent, Link knelt in front of the priestess in a black robe with a blank face, and a delicate mutton fat candle was held in the palm of Link's hand, the beating flame was the only source of light in the tent.
Smelling the smell of smoke in the tent, Link sniffled and almost sneezed, Link quickly adjusted his posture, and almost burned his robe by candles, and the panicked Link peeked at the priestess, who was muttering to himself to communicate with the gods, and from time to time made a few movements in a soft posture, adding a bit of charm to the tent.
The priestess opened her eyes suddenly, her pure black pupils exuding invisible magic, Link didn't dare to look at it, secretly determined that this was just a trick for the ghost people to see, and he would never believe in those gods who treated believers as lambs!
"Lady Night, you are the eternal darkness, the primordial chaos, the eternal darkness, may the darkness cover the earth, may the darkness swallow up the silver moon!
"It's weird. Link muttered the prayer in his heart.
The wriggling black mist suddenly appeared on the ground of the tent, the black mist quickly condensed into a circle, and the fog condensed into a pure black sphere, a very beautiful woman with purple hair and black eyes walked out of the sphere, and blew out the candle in Link's hand in Link's stunned gaze, and the darkness shrouded the tent, but the black eyes were clearly visible in the darkness.
Night falls.