In the tent, Nuk looked at Louis and said.

Louis slowly opened his eyes, looked at Nook and said, "Looks like our guest has arrived."

Nook nodded and said, "The news that the Meyer Merchants were captured by us has spread, and that Prime Minister Duke has also come to us."

Louis stood up and said, "Then is it okay for me to go and see this chancellor whose name I have heard so much about?"

Louis asked Nuk to arrange a troll to take them there, and then went straight to where Prime Minister Duke was.

As soon as he walked over, he found that Duke's guards were confronting a group of trolls. The two sides were on the verge of a conflict, and it looked like a conflict could break out at any time.

It wasn't until Louis walked over that the two sides became a little more restrained.

Louis smiled and bowed, saying, "Mayer has something to ask, and would like to see Prime Minister Duke."

Duke's voice came from the tent: "Let them in."

Seeing Louis walk into the tent, the trolls outside snorted coldly and left.

Louis walked in and saw Duke, who had a head full of white hair, sitting on a chair. When he saw Louis come in, he stood up and walked over and said, "Mr. Meyer, thank you for taking the risk to secure a negotiation opportunity for us."

Louis shook his head and said, "It's just for the greater good."

"First, let me tell you what I have learned about the Troll Tribe in the past few days."

He told Duke the story of how the Troll Tribe chose to start a suicide attack by massing its troops.

Duke's expression grew more serious.

“It’s more complicated than I thought,” he said.

In this conflict between the two forces, not only are there people from outside stirring up trouble, but both sides are also experiencing turmoil internally.

The Enther Empire and the Dragon Empire were almost dragged into this war, but looking at the various parties involved, it is actually difficult to gain any benefits from getting involved in this war.

The probability is that everything will be lost.

"Considering the time, they should have given an answer by now."

Prime Minister Duke looked at Louis and said, "Mr. Meyer, will you come with us to meet the chief later?"

Louis nodded.

He came here for this very purpose.

After Duke got a clear answer, a hint of curiosity flashed across his face: "I see that these trolls seem to treat you well. Did you do anything during this period?"

Louis said calmly: "We are only opening up a small part of the Meyer Chamber of Commerce's channels to them, such as the sale of some bulk goods."

Prime Minister Duke said: "If this happened in Tunisia, I'm afraid someone would send a letter of complaint to the Council of Nobles, accusing you of aiding the enemy."

Louis pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by aiding the enemy? From the perspective of the Unther Empire, we have no conflict with the Troll Tribe."

Duke laughed: "That's right, there are some things that are easier for you outsiders to do, but we can't do them."

The Noble Council, which has already known that the Troll Tribe has a tendency to start a war, has actually begun to restrict local chambers of commerce from transporting food to the Troll Tribe.

What's funnier is that the ones frantically collecting food and supplies on the market now are not the big chambers of commerce, but rather some nobles who already knew the inside story of the coming war.

Apparently, some people guessed that with the coming of a war-torn year, rising food prices would be the norm, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a small profit.

In addition, the move to restrict the export of grain further encouraged the market trend.

As a result, food prices in neighboring countries also began to rise.

This situation will inevitably affect the mentality of the troll tribe.

As we all know, nomadic peoples have always been short of food and fodder.

Now it is the second half of the year.

In two months, winter will arrive.

The troll tribe, lacking food and fodder, will have an extremely memorable winter.

By then, even if we don't want to start a war, we will have to expand the scope of the conflict in order to obtain more food.

From Tunisia’s perspective, it is really difficult for Tunisia to ask people to support the trolls, as the public criticism will poke a hole in the spine of the leaders.

It would be more appropriate for the Meyer Chamber of Commerce to handle this matter.

This gave him a sigh of relief.

…

The next day.

Louis and his party boarded Prime Minister Duke's carriage and were transferred to the current troll base through magic scrolls.

After they came down, they didn't even have much time to rest before they were led to the chief's tent.

In the tent, everyone saw the chief who looked thinner than the ordinary troll.

It is hard for outsiders to imagine that among the trolls, most of whom are over two meters tall, there would be a dwarf who is less than 1.6 meters tall.

And this troll is actually the chieftain of the troll tribe.

But in Louis' opinion, the initial negotiations between the two sides were a bit awkward.

The chief looked listless and obviously had no intention of having a good conversation with humans.

Duke smiled and didn't curse. He just said calmly: "If this is your attitude, there is no need to continue the negotiation."

After hearing what Duke said, the chief slowly raised his head, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, and he said nonchalantly: "As the chief, I need to be responsible for the Troll Tribe. Since you provoked the dispute, we need to take a stance on this matter."

Duke laughed and said, "Even though you know that someone outside was instigating it?"

The chief said coldly: "It doesn't matter whether there are outsiders instigating it or not. What matters is that there has never been any truly friendly exchanges between Tunisia and the trolls since ancient times."

“Rather than compromising for you and causing the trolls to lose their foundation, it is better to start a war and gain a glimmer of hope.”

The smile on Duke's face gradually disappeared: "Those who gambled on the fate of a country in history rarely had a good ending."

"Prime Minister, didn't you say that there are only a few, not none? Moreover, there are a few people on this continent who regard our Troll Tribe as a country."

The chieftain slowly stood up. His thin body seemed particularly hunched, but the solemn expression on his face made him look like a giant. "We have waited too long. We don't want to wait any longer. The countries on the continent don't see us as a whole, but that doesn't matter. After this battle, the trolls will establish their own country."

Louis, who was listening to the confrontation between the two sides, felt that the situation was a bit tricky.

It was obvious that the great chief had no intention of compromising, and even wanted to take this opportunity to directly establish a new country.

However, when Prime Minister Duke heard this, he still did not retreat at all, but laughed out loud:

"It seems that you have never figured out why other countries do not recognize you from the beginning."

"Do you really think it's just because of the curse of the devil?"

Prime Minister Duke said with a cold face:

"Don't tell me that you Trolls don't know that the Abyss Church has several pastoral areas, including the Giant Plains."

The scope of Giant Plains is actually very large.

This is not a land that can be occupied by a force that has not even formed a country.

Given the size of the giants, only a vast land like the Giant Plains can become their main battlefield.

The chief looked at him coldly and said, "What do you want to say?"

At this time, Louis on the side spoke up: "Great Chief, haven't you heard the details from the great chiefs of previous generations?"

The trolls in the tent looked at each other, not knowing what the human was talking about for a moment.

Louis said calmly: "The Star Continent is a land that has been eroded by the outside world for many years. The land under our feet is full of astral passages leading to the other side."

"Rights and obligations are equal. Whether it is the ancient demigod covenant many years ago, or the many countries that took on the burden of demigods and took the initiative to guard the passage, it all represents one thing."

“If we want to gain recognition from other countries, we must take root in this land and fight against the crisis hidden on the other side of the channel.”

The chief's expression changed slightly.

A legendary troll nearby also had a puzzled expression.

Louis looked at Prime Minister Duke, who also had a serious expression on his face, and said in a deep voice:

"This is a convention that any force that wants to establish a country knows. When did you trolls forget about this?"

Duke is not kidding.

This is an open secret known to almost all high-level officials in each country.

It can even be said that more than half, or even the vast majority, of the military forces of most countries and even churches are concentrated around the major channels.

It has become an independent city.

For example, when Louis went to Tunisia to assist Fox in closing the passage, the surrounding towns looked no different from ordinary towns, but in fact they were all military towns.

A large number of knights were stationed here, and the knights' families also moved into these towns.

That is the front line in the fight against holes.

It can be said that even though the situation between Tunisia and the Troll Tribe is becoming increasingly tense, they have not transferred this group of people back.

They originally thought that the Troll Tribe knew about this matter, but now looking at the Troll Tribe's behavior, they seem to be unclear about it.

At this time, some people looked at a troll in the tribe who obviously had a high status.

Louis felt no threat from the troll.

But this just proves one thing, this troll is a demigod.

The demigod troll frowned and said, "I vaguely heard about this from the previous chief."

A legendary troll whispered, "But sir, when the previous chief was still alive, weren't you already in the position of the joint chief?"

The demigod troll sighed and said, "You know what happened to our tribe back then. We were hostile to the old chief."

"Do you think he would tell us these things given his personality?"

Louis was not quite sure what was going on, so he quietly approached Prime Minister Duke and asked in a low voice.

Prime Minister Duke looked very unhappy: "The previous chief was 200 years ago. He had the idea of ​​strengthening the centralization of the tribe."

“Any tribe that wants to stand on the opposite side will be severely punished.”

"The current chief came to power after overthrowing the old chief. It seems that the incident back then was a big deal."

Louis was speechless. This troll was indeed a member of the same family as the elves. The previous generation of chief could be traced back to 200 years ago.

This concept of time is too indifferent.

Louis's face changed slightly, and he suddenly remembered that in the latest version of the future diary, the overall future situation did not change much, but it was mentioned.

It is said that a group of countries encountered a large-scale demonic tide, among which there were a large number of monsters that had never been seen before.

The diary contains a list of those countries.

He did a search and found that they seemed to be all countries around the Giant Plains and a little further out.

He said in a deep voice: "Now the main forces of each country are placed on garrisoning the passage. If it is just a matter of simply expanding territory, everyone can increase the current force for foreign conquests by more than double."

"Everyone tacitly follows this rule, with the strategy of defending the passage as the prerequisite before executing the strategy of external conquest."

"...Your troll tribe has been nomadic for a long time and has no fixed residence. I'm afraid you haven't suffered too many attacks from creatures from other dimensions, right?"

This is a very simple truth. As long as you don't take root in the land, it will be difficult to block the passage.

However, over the years, there seemed to be no major problems, and all countries thought that although they had taken some shortcuts and made some mistakes, they still had well-trained troops guarding the passage.

Prime Minister Duke said coldly: "Whether you know this or not, there is a more serious problem before us now."

"I'm afraid we really need to use the Fury of Nenos to cleanse the Giant Plains this time."

A trace of anger flashed across the chief's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it. He looked at the demigod troll meaningfully, then sighed and said, "We need some time to investigate the situation."

"Wait a minute." Louis suddenly said, "Enser wants to send people to the Giant Plains to investigate the situation. Please agree, Chief."

The demigod troll frowned and said, "Are you, Enther, imagining that our tribe is declaring war?"

Louis sneered, "The chieftain hasn't spoken yet, why are you jumping out?"

"The problem is not with us right now. Enser will contact various churches to come here to investigate."

"I don't know how many passages you are guarding right now, but you are not thinking of luring the enemies in the passages to the plains, and then finding a way to slowly strangle them, right?"

A legendary troll next to the chief noticed something was wrong and said in a deep voice, "What's the problem with this?"

Louis laughed angrily and cursed: "If you don't choose to station next to the passage, you won't even know how many extra-dimensional creatures came out of the passage."

"Are you sure that these alien creatures have no means to evade your observation and leave this land?"

"If there are multiple passages around, with all kinds of monsters mixed in, can you tell which passage these monsters come from?"

"If you could, you wouldn't have the expressions you have now."

"If you can't, it means that you've missed more channels than you thought."

"There has been no major movement in the Giant Plains for so many years, which means that most of the creatures from other dimensions have been surrounded and suppressed. This does not conform to the characteristics of the channel."

Louis said solemnly: "If it is the forces of order, it's fine, it won't be that troublesome. But if it is the Abyss Church that is encircling the monsters, then no one knows what consequences will be caused once they open the passage."

These words made everyone's face change.

The notoriety of the Church of the Abyss lies in the fact that they never consider the consequences and only think about fulfilling the orders of the Four Gods of the Abyss.

They would not be kind enough to help the trolls guard the abyss.

They will only take advantage of this and open all channels at the critical moment, allowing enemies from other worlds to sweep across the land.

(End of this chapter)