Chapter 669: Stone Sword Covenant and Queen Heshia
In the night, Tilan stood in the already messy camp. There were still embers and ashes at her feet. After she forcefully stopped the turmoil, the whole camp finally calmed down slowly.
The fire was still there, but the roars and running sounds were quieter.
Not many people in the king's camp knew Tilan, although her other image was well known. Fortunately, she didn't need to introduce herself at this time, because a few high-ranking wolfbloods recognized her.
"Lord Heshia, it's me, I'm Gus." Gus, who was like a mountain of fat, lay on the ground and spoke in a flattering and begging manner.
Seeing that the girl ignored him, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. At this time, the other wolfbloods were still somewhat hesitant and afraid. After all, the girl in front of them had just knocked the wolfblood queen away and crushed her like slaughtering a chicken. This strength combined with her weak figure gave them a sense of trance and unreality, as if the memory just now was false.
Some of them did not see the battle scene just now. Seeing the girl standing in the middle of the king's camp so arrogantly, they wanted to teach her a lesson.
"Where did this little girl come from? She looks pretty good. Come here!" A wolf-blooded man with a scar on the corner of his eye walked out of the crowd. When he saw the girl standing in the open space, his eyes lit up and he rushed over.
Seeing that he was about to reach out to grab the girl, the others couldn't help but hold their breath. Some were gloating, some were extremely nervous, some were trying to observe, and some were looking forward to verification. Tilan saw all these emotions and thoughts. Although she saved a lot of people, most of them were confused. Many people thought they were lucky to survive. Only a few extraordinary people with excellent eyesight and enough energy to observe the whole process understood the true process of this battle.
It was indeed an uncivilized and barbaric race. Tilan's mind changed, and the holy sword inserted in the ground opened an invisible barrier, directly separating the man and pushing him away step by step.
Seeing this scene, Gus suddenly thought of something. He immediately stood up and shouted, "Come here, catch this guy who offended Lady Heshia and chop him up!"
This guy really doesn't take human life seriously. Although Tilan doesn't like the many wolf-bloods at the scene, she comes from a civilized society after all, and doesn't have the tendency to kill people at every turn.
But at this moment, she won't beg for mercy out of sympathy.
Under Gus's order, several wolf-blood guards at the scene hesitated for a moment and decided to execute the order. In any case, the wolf-blood queen is gone now. They are a race that admires the strong. If they want to survive in this land in the future, they must please the girl in front of them. Instead of waiting until there is no way to please her in the future, it is better to hand in a letter of allegiance today. Anyway, the wolf-bloods never talk about loyalty and loyalty. Let's just betray.
The man who was just so proud that he thought he had caught a beautiful and delicate girl and was going to take her back to enjoy, saw that the people around him suddenly surrounded him and caught him, he simply couldn't understand.
"What are you doing? She is just a lowly bitch, born for us to play with. Why
are you arresting me?" "Shut up!" Fearing that this guy would say a few more words, several wolf-blooded guards quickly covered his mouth and dragged him away.
Not long after, a bloody head was brought over and quietly placed on the ground.
This barbaric and bloody behavior made Tilan feel a little uncomfortable, but she didn't say much. Perhaps it was also the experience during this period that made her understand that talking about some moral beliefs to deal with this kind of settlement race in a barbaric and primitive state is probably like playing the lute to a cow.
Let's take it step by step.
"Since you know me, I won't waste my words. Gus, gather the remaining high-ranking members and extraordinary people of the wolf-blood race, and notify the other races as well, and have them send representatives here. As for the others, divide them into several teams, responsible for firefighting, rescuing people, and resettlement."
"Yes, yes, yes, Gus understands, and I must do it beautifully for Lady Heshia." Seeing that the girl was finally willing to talk to him and even gave him orders, Gus felt relieved.
She was willing to give him orders, which meant that she was treated as one of her own. Now that he could get close to this powerful thigh, in this chaotic situation, it was really the greatest guarantee for survival.
About half an hour later, the representatives of various races who were slightly leading in the king's camp, as well as the remaining high-ranking members of the wolf-blood race, gathered in the central open space. There
was a gorgeous silver holy sword here, with golden branches and silver roses entwined on it. Just standing there, it gave some high-level extraordinary people a strong sense of oppression, but ordinary people who had not practiced the sequence much did not feel much, and thought it was just a beautiful sword.
Facing this holy sword, the wolfbloods, who were originally somewhat dissatisfied and disloyal, had to restrain some of their ambition and arrogance and stood aside in silence.
Not far from the holy sword, several wooden boxes were scattered on the ground, and Tilan was sitting on top of the wooden box, about three or four meters above the ground, with her long black hair and dress fluttering in the evening breeze.
Seeing that everyone was gradually gathering, she jumped down from the box and landed next to the holy sword like a feather.
"I know that many of you are dissatisfied, but I don't care about this." Tilan's eyes swept over the crowd, and many people felt uneasy as if they were seen through after being scanned by her burning eyes.
"Originally, I had no intention of interfering with your life on the grassland, but unfortunately the queen did not give me a chance to leave safely."
"The war and fire tonight originated from the dispute between you wolf-blooded species and butterfly-eyed species. This is a matter between you two, and you can solve it between yourselves later."
"However, since I have taken action this time, I will not leave without caring at all."
"I hope you will make an agreement here in front of me today." Tilan's voice was still ethereal, and it sounded very clearly in the minds of everyone present, which shocked them.
Could this be a superior species of a new race, or a pre-selected king? Among most new races, only superior species have such a powerful ability to communicate with each other.
"I hope that in the future, the grassland will establish a minimum order to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes. There can be wars between settlements, but no unnecessary killings. All looters of unknown origin will be wanted by all settlements."
It will take time to get these guys out of the primitive tribal system and slavery, but at least production and construction will be established, and they will have other places to stay and normal means of living, so that the occurrence of overly barbaric and bloody behaviors can be gradually reduced.
"In addition, each settlement will have to contribute a part of its troops and manpower to form a patrol cavalry team to maintain order throughout the grassland, and the captains who control these patrol cavalry will be replaced every year, and each time they will be voted out by candidates at the annual meeting." This system cannot be said to be particularly perfect, but at least it is not complicated or difficult to implement from scratch.
In fact, this system was not invented by Tilan. It was based on the establishment of the Orc Empire in the First Era. Their model was very effective in dealing with primitive and homeless tribes.
At first, everyone was a little confused, but as Tilan explained one by one, they slowly built a grand blueprint in their minds.
It seemed that this method was unexpectedly in line with their appetite and quite feasible.
The wolf-blooded race lost their status as superior to other races in the past, and they must be dissatisfied, but other races think it is good. At least they will not be robbed for no reason, and they can also make some agreements and transactions at the annual meeting in front of everyone, without fear of being directly robbed by powerful settlements.
After a night of discussion and proposals, a covenant that all grassland settlements must abide by was finally established.
"Article 1. In March of every year, the grassland will hold a conference to discuss the year's activities and adjudicate various events."
"Article 2. During the conference, no tribal settlement may plunder or block others from going to the conference site. Violators will be punished."
"Article 3. Each settlement will select 1% of its members based on the total number and strength to form a patrol cavalry. Their supplies and support will be provided by all members of the conference."
"Article 4. At the conference, there will be a non-life-threatening duel, and the winner will become a candidate for the captain of the patrol cavalry."
"Article 5. All caravans traveling to and from the grassland must submit an application to the conference to obtain a pass. If a caravan holding a pass disappears or dies, the local patrol cavalry will be punished as a whole." "
Article 6. Fights between settlements prohibit massacres and genocide. Whenever a battle between settlements ends, both parties must notify the nearby patrol cavalry to keep a record."
"Article Seven, at the annual conference, student quotas will be allocated based on the number of people in each settlement and the amount of their contribution. With these quotas, children and teenagers from their own settlements can be sent to the conference and study and train here for a whole year. The instructors will be knowledgeable and powerful people selected from each settlement."
Too many regulations would be difficult to implement, and these stupid guys couldn't remember them, so Tilan only set these seven in the end. If these seven rules are fully implemented, in about ten years, the settlements on the grassland will gradually form a common cognitive framework. In addition, those children and teenagers will definitely be the best among their peers. Most of them will inherit power and become the core of each settlement. In this way, the entire settlement will be tamed and taught step by step, and slowly enter a civilized society.
Finally, these seven clauses were combined to form the Stone Sword Covenant, and the venue of the conference was determined to be the location where Tilan inserted the holy sword.
In the early morning, a huge stone holy sword slowly rose from the ground. It stood tall and towering on the flat grassland like a lighthouse torch. Surrounding this holy sword built of huge stones were seven stone tablets surrounded by it, on which were engraved the agreement made today, and the names of settlements and races were followed. Surprisingly, the butterfly-eyed species were also among them this time.
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In the temporary tent, a woman in purple was wrapped in bandages, half of her body sat up, leaning against the head of the bed, and there were two other butterfly-eyed species beside her to support and help her take care of her messy hair. Beside
the bed, Tilan sat on a tall wooden chair, listening to the other party explain the actions last night and the experiences over the years.
"I am indeed not a butterfly-eyed species, but I have a deep connection with them." The other party coughed and then continued.
"My name is Alyssa. When I was a child, I lived at the foot of a remote snow-capped mountain. It was a place sparsely populated. Although life was difficult, there was no fighting."
"There were only a dozen people in the settlement at the foot of the mountain, and everyone had a very close relationship. Although I didn't eat much when I was a child, I was generally lucky and didn't have any worries
." "But when I was 9 years old, the settlement suffered a disaster. A white bear that wandered here attacked us. The strongest people in the settlement couldn't defeat it, so we had to flee for our lives."
"Just like that, my family and I slipped and fell into the valley while we were traveling on the steep snow-capped mountain landslide."
"I would have died at that time, but a girl from the Butterfly Eyed race saved me."
"Yes, it was the genius Jasminela of the Butterfly Eyed race 20 years ago. However, at that time, she had not returned to the grassland, but was studying with the sage in the north."
"Just like that, I was also brought to the sage to study. Jasminela can be said to be my senior sister, and she took care of me like an elder sister and a mother."
"Later, she told me that she was going back to her hometown. I also said at that time that I would go to see her when I grew up in a few years. I didn't expect it to be a farewell forever."
"When I arrived at the grassland, the Butterfly Eye species was already in an endangered state. It was at this time that I used my knowledge and abilities to save the remaining members, gained everyone's trust, and led them to slowly settle down until today."
"What did the sage who taught you look like?" Tilan was quite curious.
"The teacher looks old, with white hair, but his body is not as wrinkled and loose as a normal old man, but looks a bit like a young man."
"He knows a lot of knowledge, whether it is mathematics, writing, history, art, extraordinary skills, etc. According to him, when he was young, he encountered a miracle given by God, and then had an extremely long dream. When he woke up, he knew a lot of knowledge that he had never known before."
"He said that this was the knowledge taught to him by God, hoping that he would educate the ignorant people in this world."
"However, the teacher's journey of education was not smooth. After suffering several failures, he gradually gave up and only taught the geniuses he thought he could teach, that is, Sister Jasmine and me."
"Is that so..." Tilan knew that it would be meaningless to ask further at this time. The true face and identity of the sage might only be known by her if she went to find him in person, but now she was not so interested in these things.
After ending the conversation, Tilan asked the other party to rest and recover, and then walked out of the tent.
At this time, someone suddenly ran into the area where the tents were stationed and shouted, "Found it, found the queen."
Hearing this voice, many people ran out of the tents, most of whom were wolf-bloods.
Then the following words poured cold water on all the wolf-bloods who still had hope.
"The queen's body has been transported back."
With the bumpy drag of the cart, a body beyond ordinary slowly entered the ruined camp.
Many people gathered on the street to watch after hearing it, and there were all kinds of whispers. When she was alive, the wolf-blood queen was a terrifying object, but she was not dead.
On the cart, the red hair was still eye-catching, but the face below was a little distorted, completely without the usual fierceness and arrogance, and the flesh and blood on her body also oozed golden fine lines, as if embedded in the body of metal wires.
When hearing that the body of the wolf-blood queen was transported into the camp, Tilan couldn't help but cover her forehead in distress while sitting on the chair.
They don't think I like to see the corpse of my opponent and take it as an honor, right? Although the opponent was very miserable when she was alive and did nothing, since she is dead, let her lie in the soil, why drag her back again.
Unfortunately, it was useless for her to say anything at this time. A large number of people followed the cart slowly forward and came to the center of the camp, where the stone sword stood.
Knowing that it was useless to hide at this time, Tilan had to tidy up her hair and clothes and walk out of the resting tent.
Gus knelt beside the cart, and there were several leaders of the wolf blood settlement beside him, all of whom were crawling on the ground at this moment.
The death of the wolf blood queen completely shattered the luck and hope in their hearts, and only at this moment did they truly surrender to the young girl.
Seeing that everyone at the scene was looking at her silently, waiting for her decision, Tilan turned her eyes and looked at the wolf blood queen who had been dead for a long time.
The opponent probably ran for dozens of miles in the wilderness, and then the golden leaves on the wound on her body spread and her body lost consciousness and fell down.
Probably there was no pain in the end, Tilan comforted herself, such a person can be killed, there is no need to sympathize, but there is still a little sadness, not because of the pity for the wolf-blood queen in front of her, but because she thought that she would die one day in the future, lying quietly in an unknown corner.
"Cremate her." The girl opened her hands, and the colorless pale flame ignited from the wolf-blood queen.
In the flames, the queen who once ruled the grassland slowly turned into bones and dust. Countless people also stared at this scene in a daze, until the wolf-blood queen really disappeared in front of them. At this moment, they clearly realized that this grassland had changed.
"Long live Queen Heshia!" Gus shouted first.
"Queen Heshia...Long live!" Someone shouted intermittently.
Then more and more voices responded, and the eyes of the weak races looked at the figure behind the flames with expectation and hope. In any case, this girl is at least more acceptable than the wolf-blood queen, and more willing to support her.
"Long live Queen Heshia!"
Scimitars and spears were raised high into the sky, and the sound spread in all directions, from the former king's camp along the river to the end of the grassland and the sunset.
(End of this chapter)
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