Chapter 354

When Nahaqi was speaking, Ren had been observing secretly with the eyes of the soul.

The centaur chief obviously wasn't telling the whole truth.

The Zhuoken tribe has more than 30,000 and a half men and horses. As long as they are adults, both men and women are brave and skilled fighters, at least equivalent to a first-class extraordinary human being.

Among them, the outstanding ones reached the second and third ranks, and there were not a few mid-level centaur warriors.

With the fighting power of the centaur, the 200,000 taxes are shared equally, and each centaur only needs to pay less than seven gold shields. It may be difficult, but it is definitely not as exaggerated as Nahaqi said.

He was just using this excuse to ask for benefits.

Emilys has dealt with the Draken tribe for more than ten years, so she is naturally aware of this, but now she needs a centaur army to go out, and she cannot refuse it outright.

But you can't agree easily.

She had a bit of displeasure on her face, and said: "Nhazi, we have already negotiated that after Kangatero is recovered, we can set aside a territory for the Zhuoken tribe, make you the lord, and use the territory as a backing You sit on the seat of Khan. I have never asked about Cass' tax payment to Pallas Floating Void City, and you need to solve it yourself."

"Yes, Your Highness." Haqi had a wry smile on his long face, "If it was a hundred thousand gold shields, I wouldn't dare to speak to Your Highness, but the tax has doubled..."

He paused, and said meaningfully: "The tribe handed over 200,000 gold shields, which will inevitably affect the weapons and equipment of the tribe, and the combat effectiveness will decline. In previous years, we would pass it after a while. But this year, His Highness If I want to recover Congatro, I am afraid of delaying His Royal Highness's plan, so I can only call for help with a cheeky face."

The centaur chief seemed to be completely concerned about Emily.

His expression was very earnest.

If it weren't for the eyes of the soul, Ren would have been tricked into thinking that the Droken tribe was really in trouble.

He thought for a while, but he didn't speak out to expose Nahaqi's scheming.

Now it is Emily who has something to ask from the Zhuoken tribe, and they must send troops. It is not beneficial to expose Nahazi's lies, but it will aggravate the tension between the two sides and affect the cooperative relationship.

Emilys also considered this, so she could only compromise.

"Well, let's not take this as an example." She stared at the centaur chief and asked directly, "What do you need? Money or equipment?"

An imperceptible look of victory flashed in Nahaqi's eyes, and he stretched out three fingers, "Your Highness, can you give the tribe 300,000 gold shields?"

Emily raised her eyebrows and was about to explode.

The money clearly exceeded her expectations.

The Droken tribe not only transferred the tax paid to themselves, but also asked for an extra 100,000 gold shields. Is it true that the treasures of the Drogonburg family are inexhaustible?

"Your Highness," Nahaqi quickly explained, "I didn't just speak casually. The warriors of the tribe really need this money now. ;Second, I am going to purchase a high-quality scimitar and longbow to enhance the strength of the soldiers and better recover the kingdom for His Royal Highness."

Emily had a cold face, not believing his rhetoric.

She provides resources to the Zhuoken tribe every year. After more than ten years, the total amount of gold shields invested is two to three million gold shields.

Without this huge sum of money, there would be no rise of the Droken tribe.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while.

However, when it came time to really need the contribution of the Zhuoken tribe, Nahaqi's performance disappointed her, almost blatantly blackmailing her.

Three hundred thousand gold shields is not much, she can easily take them out.

But the money revealed Nahazi's true face. The loyalty of the past years is just an illusion. The centaur chief will never be willing to be subordinated to others. He has his own ambitions and ambitions. When the centaur army landed in Congatero, she doubted whether she could control them. If wolves were lured into the house, even if Congatero was recovered, there would be endless troubles.

The decision to support the Zhuoken tribe was not very wise now.

The color of Emily's soul changed, and her mood fluctuated.

Her face was not good-looking either.

On the surface, Haqi seemed uneasy, waiting for Emily's promise, but in fact he was very calm, obviously confident, knowing that he was sure of her.

Ren still didn't speak, now is not the time to tear his face.

Emily also thought about the cause and effect, and finally agreed, "Okay, I'll give you the 300,000 gold shield. But I only have a 100,000 gold shield with me now. When your 5,000 centaur warriors arrive at the area north of Hightork Dock, the remaining 200,000 gold shields will be handed over to you."

The gold shield she carried with her was actually more than 500,000 yuan, but she would not be so stupid as to pay it all.

Must keep one hand as a defense.

Nahaqi was stunned for a moment, his soul turned red and flashed, but his face showed a grateful expression, and he said regretfully: "Thank you for your support, the centaur warriors will arrive at the pier in time to board the ship after receiving the order." .”

"It's a deal."

Emily reached out to give him a high-five, Nahaqi also swore an oath in the name of the God of Hunting, and handed him a hundred thousand gold shield.

After talking about things, the atmosphere in the tent relaxed.

Nahaqi showed a hearty side, kept persuading him to drink, and spoke humorously. Even the red copper dragon Galaderos was attracted, and occasionally chatted with him aloud. He was very good at observing words and expressions, and found that Ren didn't want to talk to him too much, and he was uncertain, so he was not overly enthusiastic, but he was not indifferent either.

Syndara was even more cold-faced and said nothing.

Emily recalled what Ryan said just now, and pretended to ask casually: "Hazi, what's the situation with that airship outside? Which wizard from Pallas Floating Void City is on it?"

"There are several wizards on board the airship."

Nahaqi didn't think it was a secret, and replied relaxedly: "Pallas regularly sends out airships to collect taxes. It is said that there are four or five in total, and the wizards on the airships are also changing all the time. We are only a centaur tribe. How dare we ask?" The origin of the wizard."

There was a bit of longing in his eyes. I don't know if it was the power of the Floating Void City or the power of the wizard. "This time, it is a beautiful witch who claims to be Lady Phyllis."

"Phyllis?"

An arrogant and domineering face appeared in front of Ren's eyes.

"Your Excellency, the Earl, knows Lord Phyllis?" Nahaqi was stunned, and then he said in relief, "I almost forgot, Your Excellency the Earl is from Wezeland Floating Void City, and it's normal to know Lord Wizard of Pasilla."

"I met once before." Ren said lightly, "I am very impressed with Phyllis."

"No wonder..." Nahazi was stunned, and continued: "Besides Lord Phyllis, there is also a legendary wizard named Lokanan on the airship, but Lord Lokanan only showed up once and showed us the Pala The identity of Si Fukong City, and then I haven’t seen it.”

He looked at Ren, "Your Excellency, are you going to greet them?"

"No need." Ren shook his head. "I'm not familiar with them. This time I came out as a covert operation. There are other things to do."

"I understand." Nahaqi understood immediately, and didn't say anything about the airship.

After drinking and eating, Emily got up, declined Nahaqi's kindness to send her out, and left the big tent in a low-key manner.

The airship was still parked in the open space not far from the big tent.

Ren has been listening to the voices on the airship, and at this moment, he saw several tall guards in red armor standing on the deck of the airship, watching the pedestrians passing under the airship.

They are the famous Red Flame Sword Guards.

The Duke of Redstone created the branch of psykers, combined and transformed Iron Guards and Flame Demon Swordsmen, and cultivated the unique and extraordinary profession of Red Flame Sword Guards.

The Scarlet Flame Sword Guard has both the defense of the iron guard and the attack power of the magic swordsman, but it needs to invest a lot of resources, such as demon souls, enchanted armor, weapons, and has high requirements for talents. , and cannot support too many Chiyan Sword Guards.

As far as Ren knows, the number of Red Flame Sword Guards on the surface of Pallas Floating Void City has never exceeded 500.

When the wizards of Pallas go out, they will bring the red flame sword guard with them for a while.

It's almost standard for them.

Ren scanned with the eyes of the soul, and the few red flame sword guards on the deck of the airship all had the strength of mid-level transcendents.

They have fused four to five demon souls, and everyone's demon souls are the same. While possessing strong physical fitness, they have obtained the element of flame affinity, and can attach the element of fire to the sword to explode its power. Apart from not being fast enough, there are no other shortcomings, and it is much stronger than the average Transcendent.

The combination of demon souls of the Red Flame Sword Guard is Pallas' secret.

But Ren saw through it at a glance. As long as he is willing, he can cultivate a group of Chiyan Sword Guards later, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the price-performance ratio is too low.

"Don't get close to them." Ren whispered.

Emily understood, and walked out of the Cass camp as usual, without attracting the attention of the Red Flame Sword Guards.

Ren didn't look at the airship, and a ball of iron pellets the size of a finger appeared in his hand.

The iron shot quickly deformed and elongated, turning into a small shuttle-shaped dart.

Ren passed by a centaur tent, blocking the view of the red flame sword guard on the airship, raised his hand and flicked his fingers, and the dart was shot into the sky silently.

The dart sank into the sky in a blink of an eye, and fell again a few seconds later, crossed a parabola, and shot on the top of the airbag of the airship with incomparable precision. With the size of a dart, it is impossible to pierce the airbag, but it is stuck tightly on it and cannot fall off.

From the beginning to the end, no one noticed Ren's small movements.

A group of four left the Draken tribe's Cass camp. Emilys summoned the phantom warhorse, and everyone rode on it, and soon disappeared on the grassland. After tens of miles away from the camp, Galaderos and Syndara took the form of real dragons and flew northward with Ren and Emily.

The Stano Mountains reappeared in front of them. As long as they crossed the mountains, they would enter the territory of the orc tribe and go to the lair of the third giant dragon.

"Stop first." Ren said suddenly.

Galaderos was hovering high in the sky, and Syndara also approached. Emily asked, "Ren, what's the matter?"

Ren looked back in the direction of the Zhuoken tribe, and said softly: "Go to the deep mud swamp first, I have something to leave for a few days, and I will catch up later."