The Wanma Plain is named after the many Centaur tribes in the vicinity.

But even though this is the most famous habitat of the Centaurs, the Centaur leaders who appear in the grotto are a bit surprising to see.

No one has really counted how many tribes there are in the Centaurs, and the elves don't bother to count them, and even the Centaurs themselves probably don't know, because they don't have a unified empire.

But there are at least seventy-eight tribes with names on the continent, and there are twenty-three powerful tribes, and this powerful standard is that these twenty-three tribes can easily form a team of 50,000 people, although this is not difficult for most of the people in the same clan to go to the battlefield, and the young people are born to ride the horses, but not every tribe can do it, and it means that the total population of its tribe should be 100,000, after all, although women will be allowed to go into battle in the 10,000 teams, they will generally not go into battle for the old and young.

In addition, there is another condition, of course, the strongest, the leaders of these twenty-three tribes are the strongest in their tribes, with the strength of at least equivalent to those of the senior ranks, and the strongest of them is Stam who presided over the meeting of this grotto, because he is one of the only two legends of the Centaur Clan, and he is also the one who led the Centaur Clan to participate in the battle with the High Elves in the last battle of Mochizuki City, and later decided to leave the battlefield.

The Centaurs did not have an absolute leader, but they believed in the respect of the strong, so Stam and another legend, Mahasler, were still very appealing among many tribes.

Eighteen of the twenty-three powerful tribes are present now, and each of them can influence the surrounding small tribes, so the decisions made in this grotto are very important to the Centaurs, and it can be said that they are almost related to the future fate of the Centaurs, and conversely, they will also have the greatest influence that the Centaurs can exert on others.

In the past, such gatherings were very rare, and were usually only held when the entire Centaur clan was faced with a huge choice.

And there have only been three meetings in the past ten years. The first time was when I decided whether or not I wanted to cooperate with the alien ambergris merchants who came to my door, and the second time was when I decided not to join the camp of the High Elves not long ago, and now it is the third time.

"The reason why we're together again should be clear to everyone. We had decided to follow the High Elves against the aliens, but to our surprise, the aliens who were not strong in our image were able to defeat the elves with their tools. And we, whose casualties were so heavy that I had to give the order to withdraw from the battlefield, and I could not watch our valiant warriors die like this. Stam said slowly, "But I must tell you that the emissary of His Majesty Altanis, a descendant of the Great Elven King Arena, is coming to the Plains of Ten Thousand Horses, and he was supposed to question me on behalf of the Elven Empire, but I came to the Plains of Ten Thousand Horses and avoided him for the time being. But he won't rest on his laurels. “

"Ladies and gentlemen, we must make a choice before he reaches the Plain of Ten Thousand Horses. Stam turned his head to look at the other centaur leaders, and said slowly, "On the Wanma Plain, we still have a guest. Continue to obey the High Elves or accept the advice and help of this guest, this is the most powerful leader of our Centaur clan, and our choices will determine the future fate of the Centaurs. ”

"Stam, there are other leaders. I, Roy, thought it was appropriate to take that guest's suggestion. The leader of a mostly snow-white centaur said in a deep voice.

"Are you crazy. Roy, the Tirramon from the Azure Continent has an ancient bloodline with us, but we have long since left that continent, we are independent and free, and we don't have to listen to them. The centaur leader shouted.

"Old Julian, you're really old. It's already old and confused. Roy said unceremoniously, "Didn't you hear Stam tell us that the High Elves were coming to ask us about our guilt?"

"So what, we can show our obedience to the messenger of the elves, as before. We will get their understanding, and the muskets of the aliens are too powerful at that time to be of any use if we go up. Julian said, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, "We can even hand over that Tirramon, and the High Elves will definitely believe in us again." ”

"Hmph, you are so stupid, will the descendants of Erenhon accept this explanation?well, even if they do, it is because they are facing a powerful enemy and need us to fight for them. Then they're going to have us face the muskets and the cannons again. Roy sneered.

"Coward, are you afraid, I'm not afraid of those aliens. Julián jumped to his feet, and he patted the muscles in his chest with his thick arms.

"I'm afraid, how can I be afraid, but you can't deny the strength of the enemy, we alone can't defeat it. Roy's voice weakened a little.

"You're just afraid, you coward. Julián triumphantly pursued, "And I, old Julian, am not afraid of them." ”

Several centaur leaders exchanged glances on the side, maybe the Wind Chasing tribe represented by this Julian leader is indeed not afraid, but the casualties of their tribe seem to be one of the largest, so he is not afraid, it does not mean that others do not support Roy.

"We of the Lightning Tribe have never feared any enemy, we are fearless warriors, but, guys, I want to ask you to think about what we can gain if we go to war again and fight for the High Elves?" Roy exclaimed, "What do we get? We may not get anything, we can only get death. ”

His words made many Centaur leaders nod secretly, although the Centaur biological level is lower than that of the High Elves, but the combat is brave, and the reproduction rate is the first of many creatures on the Emerald Continent, so now the population is close to the total number of High Elves, and the latter has been breeding here for tens of thousands of years, the Centaur has only been here for a thousand years, and everything is the best for the High Elves, the Centaurs were first slaves, and then with more and more numbers, the High Elves allowed them to open up a tribal settlement alone, otherwise the Centaurs who have an amazing amount of food have been staying in the city of the High Elves, which will consume materials, and they are all white centaurs, the brown centaur really doesn't fit the aesthetics of the elves.

The Centaurs who were banished to the wild had a very difficult life at first, and the third-order creatures were not bad in the Azure Continent, but they could only be regarded as ordinary in the Emerald Continent. The strength of both druids and unicorns here is above them, and only those Terrans who were brought by the High Elves at the same time are inferior to them. Fortunately, the centaurs still know how to gather the strength of the group, and some of the white centaurs who were exiled were once the house slaves of some elven nobles, and they learned some combat skills, and they taught them combat skills to other centaurs, natural strength and endurance plus combat skills. And then with the strength of the group to resist the threat of the wild and hunting, the centaurs slowly gained a foothold to form a tribe, and those white centaurs who taught war skills were the leaders of the first generations of each tribe, even if the later formed family weakened, and the position of the leader was occupied by others, but the centaurs still formed the upper class in the centaur clan, of course, there is another reason for this, that is, the high elves like white horses. I hate brown centaurs, and although the centaurs barely gain a foothold, but on the Emerald Continent, it is impossible to fight against the High Elves, and it is only easier for the white centaurs to contact the High Elves, so the leader of the Centaur tribe is a brown centaur, and if the leader is a brown centaur, it will generally be treated coldly by the High Elves.

The Centaur leaders are now conflicted. It's like Julián and Roy's quarrel.

They still habitually want to obey the High Elves, but they know that obedience means that they will definitely be assigned to attack the aliens. Inflicting a large number of casualties and gaining nothing, the High Elves will praise their bravery at most if they defeat the enemy, but if they do not side with the High Elves, they must choose the side of the guest and go to the odious aliens.

Tirramon has been on the Plains of Wanma for some time. He came to bring another gift to these centaurs this time, but at the same time, he also brought bad news, that is, the country behind him composed of Terrans and orcs has become impatient with the Centaurs, and asks the Centaurs to make an attitude immediately, otherwise they will directly attack the Centaurs. The first to bear the brunt are the two tribes of Sun Chasing and Howling Wind.

And if they break away from the camp of the High Elves and help the aliens, no, according to Tirramon's terms, those Terrans even agree that they don't need the Centaurs to attack the capital of the High Elves with them, they only need to make a petition first, go and capture a few elven cities, and then they can grab the territory of other races at will, and Asturias is willing to sell them muskets at a low price.

This condition was really surprising, the Centaurs had seen the power of muskets, and Tirramon came a few times and brought some muskets as gifts, which would teach them how to use them.

However, Tirramon also told the Centaurs that this kind of thing can only be made by Terrans and dwarves, and only countries like Asturias can make it in large quantities, although the dwarves used to be able to make it, but they can't make it in large quantities, and the muskets that were once made are not as powerful as they are now.

Tirramon boasted that he and King Beamon were on good terms, not only saying that the Orc Court had good relations with Asturias, but even pretending to be the best allies, and only they could help the Centaurs buy arms from Asturias.

This nonsense did not actually deceive the Centaurs, as some of the Centaur leaders had cooperated with the Asturias or Aurora Merchants for the ambergris trade.

At that time, it was not that they had never seen the guards of the alien merchants with muskets in their hands, but the guards at that time had one gun per person, and the number was not many, and they did not show such amazing power.

Of course it's different now, but even if they know that Tirramon's words have water, it is impossible for those merchants they knew before to contact them now, and even if they do, the Centaurs don't fully believe it now, Tirramon has the same blood source anyway, and there is the beast god Tamriel behind him.

The Centaurs felt that they had no support on the Emerald Continent, that was due to the lack of guidance from the gods, but the High Elves did not even give them the opportunity to believe in the gods, except for a few white centaurs who had the opportunity to be allowed to become believers in Sindorem, the god of the sun, and Diana, the god of the moon, the vast majority of centaurs were excluded, because the High Elves believed that their ancestral gods were sacred and holy, and the Centaurs were too inferior.

The elves also do not allow the centaurs to form their own gods, even if they worship ancestors, they only allow each family to worship their own ancestors, and they are not allowed to establish sacrifices and worship as the guardian gods of the tribe, so that the possibility of forming the ancestral spirit will be reduced, and even if it is formed, it is almost impossible to be promoted to the ancestral gods.

The Centaur leaders began to quarrel, some in favor of continuing to cling to the High Elves. They believed that the elves would win the war, and that if they defected to the aliens, the Centaurs would end up miserable, while other centaur leaders believed that having been enslaved by the High Elves for too long might be an opportunity, and that the aliens would provide them with those powerful tools, which would greatly increase the strength of the Centaurs. It is better to take this opportunity to fight and throw yourself into the camp of the aliens, if the aliens win, the centaurs will take advantage of the situation to expand their territory and get rid of the control of the elves.

Those who support the High Elves will refute again, and if they get rid of the control of the elves, they may fall into the control of the aliens again, and if they support the rebuttal of the aliens, they can believe in the beast god Tamriel and unite with the orc royal court represented by Tirramon. In this way, it is possible not to rely entirely on those Terrans.

"What do you think, Hasler?" Stam asked a brown centaur who had been silent, he and the Centaur were the two strongest of the centaur leaders, the other was Hasler, the other of the only two legendary powerhouses of the Centaur clan, but Stam was a white centaur and Hasler was a brown centaur, so Stam was more trusted by the elves. The status of the centaurs is also higher than that of Hasler.

"I don't know. Maybe we should wait a little longer. Hasler smiled wryly.

"Hasler, I don't know which option is the right one. But I knew I couldn't wait. The descendants of Erenhon are here to ask for sins on behalf of the elves, and we must either show our loyalty to the elves or listen to the tiramon to the aliens, or I have a hunch that I will hesitate any longer. We can't please either side. ”

Hasler nodded heavily, and just wanted to speak, when suddenly his eyes soared, and he looked out of the grotto.

Stark looked at him almost at the same time, and exclaimed, "Who?"

There was anger in his voice. You must know that this secret meeting of the leaders of the Centaur clan is a big matter to discuss, this grotto is not only secret, but there are people outside who watch the wind, but the people who came so close silently found out, if it weren't for the legendary strength of Stam and Hasler, they might not have been able to find out.

"Hehe, both, and other honorable centaurs, you don't have to think about it anymore, because I've already made your choice. A voice laughed.

"Is that Tirramon's entourage?" Stam said in a deep voice, his heart couldn't help but be angry, this voice he heard was the escort of a famous citizen Mikot who followed him when he came with Tirramon before, and the other party's bloodline seemed to be a little strange, as if it was not a pure-blood human race.

But the other party actually concealed him, and the strength of the aura displayed at the entrance of the grotto now was definitely not under him and Hasler, but still above, and there was a familiar smell in that breath.

It was Long Wei, Stam remembered, he had approached Dragon City when he was young, when he had not yet become a legendary powerhouse, he had been teased and humiliated by a golden dragon named Maxim, when he fell to his knees, crawling and trembling, and the powerful power he felt from the other party was a little close to the current Mikot.

"Dragons?"

"No, no, I only have some dragon blood, but they won't recognize me. And the source of my dragon veins is not from this plane. Mikot strode in, Tirlamon followed with fear, here was the most powerful force of the Centaur gathering, if he turned his face, Mikot might be able to escape, but he couldn't.

But there was no way, he had been ordered to come here, and had been held hostage by Mikot to do a great deal.

An object was thrown out of Micot's hand, rolled on the ground a few times, and landed in Stam's footsteps.

It was the head of an elf, with splitting eyes, and it was evident that he was very unwilling and full of hatred when he died.

He was killed on the way to the Plains of Ten Thousand Horses, Mikot was invited by Solomon to accompany Tirramon on his mission, and deliberately hid his strength at first, although the legendary centaurs are not weak, but they are more pure strength, in terms of perception and spirit, they are weaker than their peers, plus they have been worried about Zhongzhong recently, so they have been concealed.

The centaurs were dragging their feet on Tirramon, and of course Tirramon and Mikot could see it.

After Mikot and Tirramon learned that Stam had arrived to avoid the elven messenger who was coming to ask him for the crime, Mikot had a plan, and then forced Tiramon to act with him, and led his men to attack the elven messenger's team posing as centaurs.

"This is the elven messenger who came to ask for sin, I killed him for you, and then deliberately let some of his soldiers and followers go. Mikot laughed, and then he said in a more serious tone, "And I'm working with Tirramon and his people. ”

Stam and Hasler's faces were flushed with anger, of course they understood Micot's intentions, this was deliberately to make the Centaurs have no choice, and Tirramon brought some people this time, they can completely pretend to be Centaurs, and those elves who fled back back alive will become witnesses against the Centaurs.

Stam became enraged, and his momentum gathered on him, and he pressed towards Mikot, and the other centaur leaders also stopped arguing, and they were both shocked and frightened at the sight of the elven messenger's head.

Stam was about to attack Mikot desperately when a hand reached over and grabbed his fist, stopping him from making a move.

"Hasler?" Stam said, surprised.

"Stam, you just asked me how to choose, and I think we have to choose that way. He said heavily.

"But you see what he has done, he is coercing us. ”

"Yes, but we have become the only way to gain the most out of them by turning to them. Hasler said with a blank face.

He turned to the other centaur leaders, and at the same time to Micot, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, and this dragon man, let's sit down and talk about how to cooperate." (To be continued.) )

PS: Oh, it's so cold, the last verse was written as verse 22 as 12.