"We've had a plunder." High Priest Chongyan sighed, "A plunder that will be enough to wipe out our Chongyan tribe. ”

"Plunder?" Sean's brow furrowed slightly.

The word plunder, as it is literally interpreted.

It's just that in the wilderness, because of the emergence of the king of the wilderness and the alliance and restraint of the major first-class and second-class tribes, plundering this behavior that will obviously make those weak tribes extinct should be suppressed or even eliminated. Especially now, when the wild land is about to enter winter, the act of plundering is even more unforgivable, because the harsh winter will freeze the entire wild land, the aquatic plants will wither, and the limited water source will also freeze into ice, so at this time you can only rely on extremely limited meat and clothing to keep you warm and satisfied.

Almost every year in the harsh winter, a large number of people die because of it in the wilderness.

It can be said that the harsh winter is an important factor that restricts the population growth of the entire wilderness. This is also the reason why each tribe will not expand in size and reproduce in large numbers at will, without enough food and warmth, those newborn children will definitely not survive the first cold winter - of course, kobolds and goblins are not among them, these two races are notoriously large, but their usual attrition is also very large, so there are not enough offspring, they don't even need a harsh winter to become extinct in endless wars.

However, Sean is also well aware that plundering has another meaning in the Savage Lands.

Dilate.

"Which tribe is expanding?" Sean asked.

Just one sentence made the High Priest of Chongyan look surprised. He had thought that Hammerhammer had said that Sean was familiar with the Savage Lands and was likely to be the great guests of those first-class tribes, and he had thought that Hammer was just a white lie made up to increase Sean's identity and status, but now from the fact that Sean could associate expansion just by hearing about the plunder, High Priest Heavy Rock felt that he was obviously a little too arbitrary.

But it's no wonder. Because people who have been acquired for a long time will feel proud and proud because of the accumulation and increase of their knowledge, thus giving the illusion of a leader in a certain field, so they will instinctively maintain a skeptical attitude towards many things, so it seems arbitrary and subjective is just a "side effect" of long-lived people.

"Don't be surprised, this is actually just simple logical reasoning, anyone who knows the situation in the Savage Lands can deduce it." Sean could easily feel the change in the attitude of the High Priest of Heavy Rock, and of course he could feel the surprise in his eyes, "Generally, the tribes that like to plunder are like the Roshi tribe. They love and enjoy war, and do not engage in any act of production, all supplies are provided by their employers, and they naturally plunder if necessary. It's just that the plundering of such tribes is very measured, and will not cause major harm and impact on the sustainable development of a tribe. ”

"But you just said that the result of this plunder for your Heavy Rock tribe is almost a danger of extinction. This is obviously a bit over the mark. Considering the upcoming winter, I made a bold guess. The nature of this plunder was not to help its own tribe survive the harsh winter. Rather, it is to bring greater benefits to the tribe. …… And what kind of benefits are the bigger ones? From what I know about the Savage Lands, the only way to bring benefits through plunder is expansion, and only expansion can truly strengthen a tribe. ”

This time, it wasn't just the High Priest of Heavy Rock who was surprised, but even Ronan and the old barbarian looked shocked. Only heavy hammers. It seemed that he had already accepted Sean's omnipotence and strength, but the expression on his face remained calm, especially when he saw the surprised look on everyone's face, including the high priest, Heavy Hammer's heart suddenly felt a burst of joy.

A moment later. The high priest of Chongyan, who came back to his senses, nodded, and said with some convincingness: "It is indeed as you deduced, distinguished guest. …… The one who plundered our Heavy Rock Tribe was the Blackwater Tribe. ”

"Blackwater?" Sean thought for a moment, and then it became clear.

The Blackwater Tribe is a second-class tribe that is very strong and eye-catching in the game in the later stage, except that this tribe cannot be promoted to a first-class tribe without a great witch festival, its tribe is not weaker than any first-class tribe in terms of size and combat effectiveness. Especially in several military operations against the Millennium Covenant Empire, the Black Wolf Cavalry of the Blackwater Tribe was responsible for serving as an important combat force like a decisive word.

It's a powerful tribe of kobolds, barbarians, goblins, dwarves, lizardmen, half-drakes, and many half-orcs.

History, without any deviation, is moving forward step by step.

Predatory expansion should be one of the main reasons why this tribe has become strong at present.

At least, in the later history of the Dao known to Sean, the Blackwater Tribe was able to support itself without relying on plunder.

"Yes, it's a tribe of villains!" High Priest Chongyan said with some resentment, "He is not an affiliate of the Habeck tribe, but is attached to the Black Gold Tribe, a powerful tribe ruled by dwarves. …… The Black Gold Tribe and the Habeck Tribe are at odds with each other, so as long as the Black Water Tribe is not plundering the Black Gold Tribe's affiliation, but is targeting the Habeck Tribe's affiliation, the Black Gold Tribe will not bother with it. ”

"And what about your overlord tribe?" Sean asked with some curiosity, "Since the Black Gold Tribe ignores it, as your suzerain, the tribe should have the obligation to protect your subordinate tribes, hasn't the Habeck tribe taken any countermeasures?" ”

Hearing Sean's words, High Priest Chongyan smiled helplessly: "The act of plundering itself is not prohibited, these are all necessary conditions for the survival of the tribe. It's only because the king doesn't agree now, so the major tribes have been restrained and restrained, but this kind of behavior will definitely not be completely banned for a while, so in fact, there are still many tribes in the wilderness who are doing this, and even because this kind of behavior may be completely banned in the future, so it is a bit worse. ”

"And the suzerain's tribe is not like your lords in the outside world, who have the duty to protect the people of the territory under their command." Heavy Hammer took over and continued to explain, "If it is an invasion by a foreign enemy, then of course the suzerain's tribe is obliged to send troops. However, it is generally our small tribe people who are responsible for fighting consumption. …… But if it was just an internal strife in the wilderness, the suzerain's tribe would never intervene, otherwise the Yanqi tribe, which was also dependent on the Habeck tribe, would dare to blatantly raise troops to attack us? ”

Hearing this, Sean finally suddenly realized: "I see, no wonder I haven't been able to understand it, but now I finally understand." ”

The Savage Land is actually a microcosm of the entire Miracle Continent.

The tribes here are actually no different from those kingdoms in the outside world, and the wars between each other are just to make their tribes stronger. It's just that the wild land has always believed in the law of the jungle. Many things are just more naked and cruel, unlike the principalities in the outside world that are dependent on the major empires, the principalities that belong to the same suzerainty will not wage war against each other, but the intrigue between each other is also indispensable.

That's the reality.

"So, our tribe is actually really exhausted now. It is our sin not to be able to entertain your guests with the best things. "High Priest Chongyan sincerely apologized to Sean." But don't worry, you'll be able to. I have ordered the men below to slaughter ten pigs and sheep tonight to entertain your guests and your men, and that is the only thing we can do. ”

"Ten pigs and sheep?" Sean was slightly stunned, "When I followed you in just now, I saw that there seemed to be only ten pigs and sheep left in your tribal breeding pen." ”

"Yes." High Priest Chongyan nodded, "Only these ten were left who had been fattened and not snatched away, as well as a few young sheep and a cow. Forgive me for not being able to entertain your guests with lambs, as it does have some importance for the survival of our tribe. And after those old sheep are slaughtered, they can also make a few more clothes to protect them from the cold, at least to help the children in the tribe survive this harsh winter. ”

"It's weird." Sean was a little confused and incomprehensible. "Since the Blackwater Tribe is able to plunder, why can't you?"

"It's not that we can't, it's that we can't." The old barbarian who had not spoken for a long time finally spoke, "Becoming the target of the Blackwater tribe's looting is not only the loss of materials, but also the people of the tribe. …… The chieftain, the chief of the guard, and all the chieftain candidates had all been killed, along with many young people from the tribe, and now there were less than fifty of us in the entire Heavy Rock tribe, most of whom were old people and children, and it was difficult to put together a guard. ”

Sean thought back to the scene he had seen in the Chongyan Tribe before, there were indeed not many people who rushed out to almost fight with the strength of the clan, and there were also many old people and children, after hearing the words of this barbarian at this moment, he finally understood that the Chongyan Tribe had been hit so badly, and at the same time, he also understood why those kobolds of the Yanqi tribe actually dared to come to trouble these barbarians of the Chongyan tribe.

"Who said that all of your chieftain candidates were killed in battle, isn't there only one here?" Sean stretched out his hand and pushed the hammer, "Since your tribe no longer has chieftains and chieftain candidates, it should be a matter of course for the hammer to become the chief of the heavy rock tribe now, right?" ”

"It's a good fit." The High Priest of Chongyan was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Old Wick, you go and arrange it immediately, and announce it to the people of the clan tonight while entertaining the distinguished guests, and the chief of our tribe will be Ataba in the future!" ”

"Yes!" The old barbarian still looked energetic, and after performing a chest-beating ritual peculiar to barbarians, he turned and left.

"And the absence of troops is not a problem." Sean said calmly, "Me and Hammer...... Hmm, I should say Chief Ataba by now, right? I have a pact with Chief Ataba, so I'll stay with your Hammer Tribe for a while. ”

"You mean ......" High Priest Chongyan's eyes suddenly shone with a fine light.

Sean smiled slightly, then nodded.

Everything is in plain sight. (To be continued......)