Chapter 969: Chapter 667 Negotiation Chapter 969: Chapter 667 Negotiation Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s response, everyone was montarily stunned.
“I don’t understand what you an…”
“To put it simply,” Duanmu Huai said, “I found a cultist here worshipping the Evil God, creating so kind of virus and plague and attempting to spread it to other areas. So I killed him, and to prevent the spreading of the plague he left behind, I purified the entire Lost Ground. How about that? Any more questions now?”
“This…”
All were rendered speechless, while the Elf Ranger furrowed her brows.
“You destroyed all the living creatures of the Lost Ground just for that?”
“Just for that?”
Upon hearing the Elf Ranger speak, Duanmu Huai turned to her with an icy gaze.
“Once the plague spills over and spreads, this world could turn into hell, with countless innocent people dying needlessly. Are you suggesting that, compared to those innocent people, the cats and dogs of the Lost Ground are more important?”
“Ugh…”
Facing Duanmu Huai’s cold rebuke, the Elf Ranger was at a loss for words. The warrior representing Silver Moon City remained silent—he was, after all, a human, and emotionally, he agreed with Duanmu Huai’s view.
“By the way, I’ve sent people to scout for the anomalies in the Supre Forest. If you Elves can’t handle it well, then to prevent a threat to humankind, the Tribunal may consider utterly destroying the Supre Forest when necessary.”
“What?!”
The Elf Ranger could no longer contain herself upon hearing this.
“What right do you have to do that! You can’t do this!”
“Right?”
Facing the Elf Ranger’s protest, Duanmu Huai glared at her coldly.
“The Tribunal spares no expense and stops at nothing to guard humanity. We will absolutely not allow humans to be hard due to your damned environntalist’s foolish compassion,” Duanmu Huai argued.
“You’ll be starting a war with all the races of the Supre Forest!”
“The Tribunal does not tolerate questioning or hostile actions. Anyone daring to interfere with us will be treated as heretics.”
“Uh… Mr. Duanmu?”
Seeing the tension between the two rise, Alia had to step in to interrupt their quarrel.
“Shouldn’t we first consider how to cure the disease? Like in Neverwinter City…”
“That’s because Neverwinter City found a way to cure the plague. If you do not have a cure, or if your cure is ineffective, I would also consider blowing up Neverwinter City to the sky, just like here. That was also one of the reasons I went to Neverwinter City,” Duanmu Huai said.
“Uh…”
Facing such a candid response from Duanmu Huai, Alia was utterly defeated.
“The Elf God will not allow this kind of action.”
The Elf Ranger glared fiercely at Duanmu Huai, whose eyes remained cold.
“Well, if he has the guts, he can co straight to . Spider Queen Rose has already been taken care of by . If Correllon has the courage, I wouldn’t mind sending them both to et in the netherworld,” Duanmu Huai retorted.
“What? You did it?”
The casual revelation that Duanmu Huai had just dropped was indeed shocking. The fall of Spider Queen Ross was the biggest news lately, and nobody knew who was behind it. Most people thought it must have been the act of a deity, but… the Tribunal?
In all honesty, everyone first thought it was a bluff, but what would be gained by such a bluff? Indeed, Ross was a devil, but ultimately a deity. An organization capable of destroying a deity was enough to make other forces treat it as a formidable enemy—was the Tribunal not afraid?
“I’m not afraid to tell you that ancient Evil Gods are awakening, and your world has been targeted. That is why the Tribunal is here. We will do everything in our power, by any ans necessary, to guard humanity and drive out the devils,” Duanmu Huai proclaid.
“Tch.”
Upon hearing this, the Dwarf muttered under his breath in complaint.
“Then why don’t you go and fight against those Evil Gods?”
“Because the present Tribunal does not yet have the strength to confront the ancient Evil Gods.”
“What??”
Indeed, everyone was taken aback by Duanmu Huai’s frank admission. They had braced themselves for an angry response from Duanmu Huai following the Dwarf’s sarcastic comnt, not expecting the haughty warrior who had just been fiercely arguing with the Elf Ranger to suddenly beco quite calm.
“What’s the matter? I’m rely stating the facts. Don’t even speak of the Tribunal; even if your venerated True Gods were to unite, it’s uncertain if they could stand against the ancient Evil Gods. So I hope when you pray, you best advise your own deities not to be so eager to be decapitated, or you might wake up one day to find that your superiors have been replaced.”
“Is it really that terrifying?”
Alia looked grave, and the others were likewise speechless, at a loss for words.
“Of course, your deities do have so strengths, but the power of the ancient Evil Gods is far beyond them. Right now, the Crystal Barrier protects this world, but should any fool beco tempted to open a gate to see what lies beyond… it would spell disaster. So you better warn Tyler to keep an eye on those fools. This is not so minor skirmish of the gods’ war—if the minions of the ancient Evil Gods invade, not one of your True Gods would escape; they would all perish.”
“The Crystal Barrier??”
“Your deities know what I an. Just convey my words to them. Although I could visit them myself, I have no interest in the deities of this world. Since you’ve co, take the responsibility of delivering the ssage. Let them gossip amongst themselves about the rest; whether they listen or not is up to them.”
Listening to Duanmu Huai’s forthright assessnt of the deities, those present felt sowhat awkward. After all, for them, the deities were exalted beings, not sothing to be discussed as casually and judgntally as if it were neighborhood gossip, as Duanmu Huai seed to do…
Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders and said no more, he was of course aware that this would definitely have so impact on the deities of this world, but Duanmu Huai did not care. At least he had made it clear, letting the deities of this world know what they were facing, instead of acting like The Emperor, that idiot, secretly hoarding Imperial truth. In any case, I have warned you. If you make foolish mistakes again, do not bla for not reminding you idiots. When sothing goes wrong, the Tribunal will co knocking on your door.
Let it not be said that I didn’t warn you.
“I have understood your aning.”
At this mont, the warrior, acting as a representative, had no choice but to step forward again and bring the topic back on track.
“So, does this an that the Tribunal will stay here for a long ti?”
“Of course, the Lost Ground is now the territory of the Tribunal, and no one is allowed to enter without permission.”
“Eh? You don’t plan to establish villages and cities here…?”
It had to be said that Duanmu Huai’s reply took the man by surprise; he had originally thought that the Tribunal intended to use the Lost Ground as a base to expand their power and absorb a population. After all, many things require substantial sums of money and manpower to complete, and he even thought that Duanmu Huai was planning to beco a lord here…
“Not interested, unnecessary.”
Duanmu Huai shook his head.
“The Tribunal is a Sharp Blade piercing the heart of the Evil God, we do not need too many burdens. If so people are clever enough to want to use the Tribunal, it’s fine, but I’m afraid they can’t bear the price.”
Hearing this, the warrior instantly understood Duanmu Huai’s aning. The Tribunal was not an ordinary lordly force; they were obviously full of aggression and threat, which would naturally make many deities of evil alignnts hostile to them. If the Tribunal managed territory here, those evil deities might figure out ways to cause disturbances—like slaughtering a couple of innocent farmsteads or engaging in so kind of nefarious sche and trade in the market, in order to wreak havoc on the entire territory.
Obviously, the Tribunal did not want such things to happen, so they simply refused others’ entry. This also explained why they had constructed that fine iron gate outside the Lost Ground; they seed to be planning to turn the Lost Ground into a purely military stronghold…
In principle, this was a good thing, but the warrior quickly picked up on a point, swallowing nervously as he looked at Duanmu Huai.
“I can understand your considerations, but I suggest that you should open up the territory and allow people to join.”
“Reasons.”
Duanmu Huai crossed his arms and stared at the warrior before him.
“As you said, the Tribunal is a sharp blade, which will arouse the wariness of others. They will spare no expense to weaken or even eliminate you. Indeed, as you said, if you open up the territory and shelter citizens, it would draw poison blades and evil towards your people, but if you don’t open up the territory, they will not stop doing so, and our city will also suffer as a result.”
“You an to say that these guys will co looking for trouble with you?”
“It is to be expected.”
The warrior nodded.
“If they cause trouble in our cities, the Tribunal will certainly intervene, but I think many people do not want to see the Tribunal ddling in the affairs of other people’s territories.”
“Heh, that makes sense.”
Duanmu Huai let out a cold laugh, understanding what the warrior wanted to say. The Tribunal would never allow any questioning or hostile actions; of course, in modern society, their actions are basically equivalent to rudely intervening in the internal affairs of other nations, but the Tribunal did not care about that. However, those evil deities might take advantage of this, to pit the Tribunal against what they were supposed to protect.
Duanmu Huai did not mind being disliked, but he did not like being manipulated.
“So what you an is, by opening up the Tribunal to attract citizens, we can draw all the bad attention to the Tribunal’s land, thereby ensuring the safety of Silver Moon City?”
“Indeed, that is the case.”
“Interesting.”
Duanmu Huai stared at the warrior before him and fell silent for a mont.
“Alright, I will consider your suggestion, but for now, we have so more troubleso matters to deal with.”
At that, Duanmu Huai turned his head and cast his gaze to the side.
“Ogis, you’re back? How are things?”
“Master.”
On hearing the sudden voice from the side, the adventurers were startled, turning to look and realizing that a silver-haired girl in a black dress had appeared beside them at so unknown ti, her expression unchanging as she watched Duanmu Huai, seemingly unconcerned with the others around her.
“Report.”
“Yes, the contamination in the Supre Forest is still spreading. We tried to go deeper, but were blocked by Tree n, and Gavi is currently battling with them.”
“It seems they’re about to taste the wrath of the Polonium Fla Thrower.”
Duanmu Huai’s voice turned cold as ice.
“Order the Night Guard to prepare, we’re heading to the Supre Forest! We are going to completely eliminate the source of contamination!”
“Yes.”
“Wait, you can’t do this!”
At this, the Elf Ranger scread.
“The Tree n are the Guardians of the Supre Forest, doing this would make you an enemy of the entire forest.”
“The premise is that the Supre Forest hasn’t been completely burned down by us.”
Duanmu Huai didn’t even glance at the Elf Ranger and walked forward with big strides.
“Prepare to depart!”
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