The next morning, the Naga maid took Osius to stand on the grain ship.
"Knight Osius, why do I see that you don't look very good?"
The Naga maid asked curiously. In her impression, Ossus has always been a sinister...well, no, a person who only wants the world to be in chaos.
But now she could see the confusion and a hint of fear on Osius's face.
This was something she couldn't understand.
"It's nothing, I just didn't get enough rest during this period."
Osius responded calmly.
Until this morning, he was happily having fun on Amethyst Island.
As a result, Yan, the butler of Rose Castle, suddenly found him and conveyed an ambiguous message.
Dog mouth?
He carefully pondered the words that Kroeber had left him, and finally figured out the meaning of the two words "dog's mouth".
"Do you mean I should talk less..."
After thinking for a while, he realized that this was Krober's warning to him not to reveal the news that he had contracted Deep Purple.
"I should have warned you directly, but you had to threaten me with your dog's mouth. Come here, Cerberus, and give me a pat on the head."
Cerberus, the mythical beast contracted by Ossus, is a dark-type, underworld dog. He was the one he encountered when he was transformed into fighting spirit before. He was a guy who shared the same suffering as him.
"Alas, I'm going to be cannon fodder again. Do you think I should change the boss?"
Osus rubbed Cerberus's dog head vigorously. With his keen intuition, he had already smelled something unusual from the current actions of the Naga people.
"Forget it, just go with the flow. The world won't let me die so easily anyway."
Taking his hand away, Osius turned his attention back to the port of Amethyst Island.
He had been living a simple life in the Naga tribe's territory, and now he really felt reluctant to leave this city.
"They're all dragon knights...but I really don't want to accept such harsh requirements."
After uttering an inexplicable word, Osius turned and left the deck, returning to his room.
"Okay! Let's go!"
After the grain was loaded onto the ship, the Nagas and some boatmen sailed towards the target sea area.
On one of the ships, a sturdy worker asked his companion:
"Well, are you ready? This is the first time that Lord Krober has issued a mission to the Secret Temple. We can't afford any mistakes."
"Don't worry, I'm fully prepared."
Another boatman replied.
This is one of what Kroeber calls "hidden prices."
The Nagas are facing a great war at this time, so they will definitely choose the fastest and shortest way to return to the base camp.
The spies of the Secret Temple can record this route.
Don’t think that it’s not very useful, because the Naga tribe doesn’t know that humans will control this route, so Krober can take advantage of this to create an intelligence gap.
"Well, I have to say, this shield developed by Master Ronald is really effective."
The blocker, also known as the mental blocker, is Master Ronald's private collection and one of his proudest works in his early years. He has never shown it to anyone.
It was only when Samuel mentioned it by chance that Krober learned about this magical item that could block mental power.
For this operation, Clobert specially loaned it out to help the Secret Temple complete its mission.
After all, Naga's mental power has always been strong, so it is no problem to cover the warship with it to monitor everyone's every move.
Therefore, a magical item that can shield the Naga people's mental power plays a very important role.
"Alright, go and draw a sea chart. Draw the shortest route from Amethyst Island to the Naga Tribe. Lord Krober will find it very useful later."
The Nagas who were using their mental power to monitor naturally did not notice anything unusual in this place.
Moreover, they have always been arrogant and would not take the initiative to pay attention to the movements of humans, especially these humans who don't even have fighting spirit. If it weren't for the existence of Krober behind them, I'm afraid these Nagas would not even look at them.
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The Naga tribe's territory.
All the messengers sent by Vashj have returned, and most of them brought good news to Vashj.
"The Squid People declare their support for your war, offering three hundred logistics soldiers and one hundred kilograms of seaweed."
"The Sea Serpent Tribe has declared its support for your war and is offering eight hundred soldiers, three of whom are at the level of Phantom Beast Knights and one at the level of Dragon Knight."
The sea snake tribe lives in the central and northern waters of the Blue Sea and is one of the most powerful tribes in the area.
The tribe has a population of several thousand and also raises a sea dragon. Just a few decades ago, the current patriarch of the sea snake tribe successfully signed a contract and was promoted to the level of a dragon knight.
For a time, he was the talk of the town.
However, the news brought by the messengers was not all good news. The Naga messenger who was sent to the royal mermaid clan returned with bad news for everyone.
"The mermaids are currently hiding from the world, and they are strongly dissatisfied with us for initiating the war.
Not only did they reject our request for an audience, but they also ordered that none of their subordinate races be allowed to provide us with assistance."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Naga people, who were originally in a lively atmosphere, fell into a strange atmosphere.
"Provoking a war? It's clearly the Kuer people who are going too far! They even issued a declaration of genocide against me, and you're telling me I was the one who started the war?"
Vashj couldn't help it. It was obvious that her side was the victim, but the mermaids put all the blame on her.
"The jellyfish tribe affiliated with the mermaid tribe has personally sent people to investigate. Currently, the Kuer tribe does not seem to be preparing for war. They are still living a nomadic life following the ocean currents.
On the contrary, we... first gathered a large number of people, then stockpiled food. This is what they see as a true state of preparation for war."
As the Naga messenger finished speaking, Vashj remembered why she felt a slight sense of disharmony when she returned from the grassland.
Now that she thought about it, this was a trap set by the Kuer tribe, a conspiracy specially prepared for the Naga tribe!
"Olchi!!"
Vashj roared with gritted teeth. She had never expected that the Kul tribe, who were always known for their recklessness and vulgarity, would also start to play tricks.
And this conspiracy is so effective that even she stumbles.
Kuyala and Kugel don't have that brains, only the weird second leader Orchi can come up with this idea.
Thinking of the conversation they had when they last met, Vashj felt not only angry but also a little scared.
"Olchi, he guessed almost all my moves..."
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