Chapter 196 Facilitating the Talks (2-in-1, 6,000 words)

Amberxiu chatted with Sares all night until the old man was so sleepy that Amberxiu let him go back to sleep. By this time, the sky had already begun to brighten.

A night of chatting not only helped Amber Xiu avoid the mysterious dark power, but also allowed him to learn a lot of details about the dream ceremony.

It is now basically certain that the Dream Barrier and the Dream Ritual are actually the same thing, or should be said to be the same magic system, but some of the effects have been modified after the modification.

But the prayer to enter the natural dream was still not figured out, and Amberxiu didn't dare to be too deliberate, lest he arouse Sarres's vigilance. On the second day, the Druid Council received news that a great druid would come in person to discuss cooperation between the two countries.

Ariel was very happy when she heard the news, thinking that she could finally discuss cooperation with the druid.

But when Amber heard the news, he sighed and said, "Don't hold out any hope. These druids obviously don't want to talk to us."

Ariel said curiously, "Ah? Why do you say that? Didn't they send someone to negotiate?"

"We are here to discuss cooperation on behalf of the Kingdom of Fury. You are still a princess and the heir to the next king. But they only sent a druid to talk to us instead of inviting us to the Emerald Tower to meet with all the members of the Druid Council. This can be considered very rude."

Ariel still had too little experience, unlike Amberxiu, a centuries-old veteran who could tell the attitudes of the druids from many small details. The conflict between the Kingdom of Raging Tide and the Emerald Dream Forest was greater than Amberxiu had imagined. With such a grand ceremony, she couldn't even get a chance to have a normal exchange.

But Amber Xiu didn't care much about it. He was just looking for an excuse. Whether the deal could be reached or not, it would not have much impact on him.

Ariel, on the other hand, began to get nervous. She really wanted to facilitate this peace talk. If they could make peace with the druids and the two countries could start cooperation, it would be very beneficial to the poor Kingdom of Wrath of Tide. Moreover, after the "smooth" cooperation with the Silent Night Pirates last time, Ariel fell in love with the feeling of conquering the world with her mouth.

"What should we do now? The druids are unwilling to cooperate, are we just going to give up like this?" Ariel looked into Amber's eyes with anticipation.

This commander-in-chief who has suddenly become smart should have a way. He has been like an omnipotent god these days.

Ambers comforted him, "It's meaningless to say anything now. We need to see who comes and what their attitude is. Then we can act according to the situation. The worst consequence is to leave directly. Don't expect to reach an agreement on cooperation between the two countries in one go. We are here to express our attitude. The next time we meet, the druids will remember this exchange, and there will naturally be a chance to continue the discussion."

Ariel said in surprise, "Is that so? Does that mean that if we can enter the Emerald Dream Forest this time, we will be considered successful?"

"That's about right. At least it won't be in vain."

What Amber Xiu said was absolutely true. For a businessperson to negotiate a big deal, he or she would have to negotiate several times. It was common for a businessperson to be turned away when visiting someone. The same was true for a country. Political negotiations were never done in one go. It was not surprising that the game lasted for decades.

But the situation was much more serious than Amber had imagined.

When the archdruid named Brandir Sandar appeared, he didn't even have the most basic fake smile, but instead had an undisguised look of disgust on his face.

When he saw Amber and Ariel, he said bluntly: "Your Kingdom of Angry Tide often creates storms and tsunamis, which seriously affect the natural environment. Our forests have suffered greatly from it. How dare you ask us to cooperate with you?"

After saying this, Amber Xiu was stunned.

This tone, this attitude, this is not a negotiation at all, this is preparation for war, right?

Ariel also had a bad temper. When she heard the druid being so rude, she said loudly: "Not everyone has to follow your druid teachings. The natural rules in your eyes have no effect on us!"

It's over, there are troublemakers on both sides.

The situation was so tense that war might even be declared on the spot.

This is not right. The Druid is already in trouble, why would he want to completely offend the Kingdom of Wrath of Tide at this time?

Amber looked at the young druid carefully. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and a tall stature. He was a very typical handsome guy. He might be less than 40 years old, but he had already reached the legendary level. It was well deserved to call him a genius.

Wait, a young legendary druid? Could this guy be the druid that Naomi mentioned who was madly pursuing Catherine? This druid started a quarrel as soon as he arrived. Was he doing it on purpose? There must be some other reason behind this.

Although Amberxiu didn't guess the real reason, his guess was correct. Brandir did come here to quarrel.

Because he didn't want to meet with the envoy from the Kingdom of Angry Tide.

Just now, he heard from Naomi that Catherine did not sleep well. How could Brandir let the goddess in his heart feel uncomfortable? He immediately asked other great druids to create a perfect dream for Catherine so that she could sleep well.

This undoubtedly requires the use of their druids' greatest secret technique, the dream ritual.

The will of the elves will not be affected by the dream barrier, but that is when they refuse. The free will of the elves can resist any hypnotic charm effect. But if they agree, that is another matter.

According to Brandir's idea, as long as the other archdruids agreed, he would tell Catherine the prayer to enter the dream so that the elven queen could enter a natural dream when she fell asleep at night.

Natural dreams will provide the dreamer with the most comfortable environment, allowing them to completely relax their body and mind, so Catherine can have a good sleep.

But this request was rejected without hesitation by the other archdruids.

They all thought Brandir was crazy. You can pursue her, but how can you give away the greatest secret of Emerald Dream Forest as a gift? He hasn't even married the Elf Queen yet, and the druids are already bleeding from loss.

The situation has gotten a little out of control, and Brandir has fallen into blind love.

The other archdruids who noticed something was wrong quickly handed the envoy of the Kingdom of Wrath to Brandir and asked him to negotiate with the people of the Kingdom of Wrath. He had to be kept away from Catherine, otherwise he would have to sell off the Emerald Dream Forest.

Although Brandir was the most talented druid in Emerald Dream, he was still a young man after all, and he could not prevail over so many old seniors, so he could only come to negotiate with the envoys of the Kingdom of Wrath of Tide reluctantly.

But there was no point in talking. He just wanted to get the job done quickly so he could go back and continue to convince those archdruids.

The day is so short. If the problem can’t be solved, won’t his beloved goddess be unable to sleep again tonight?

When Brandir thought of this, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

Because of this, he was planning on a breakdown in the negotiations, and he adopted an arrogant attitude from the beginning, hoping that these envoys from the Angry Tide Kingdom would leave as soon as possible.

Ariel couldn't stand this and couldn't help but want to take action.

But she had experienced the effect of the dream barrier last time. If she fought with the druid here, she would be the only one to suffer, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it, while turning to look at Amber, hoping that he could solve it.

But, can he really solve it?

The existence of the dream barrier has made them all lose their combat effectiveness. This is also the druid's territory. They hope that he can help them save their faces. This request is too harsh.

Just when Ariel was feeling uneasy, Amber was almost able to confirm Brandir's identity. He was most likely the crazy pursuer. Although he didn't know what the pursuit of Catherine had to do with him, he could take advantage of it.

Amber said to Brandir, "Master Sanda, if this matter gets out, what will other ladies think of you for being so disrespectful to a princess?"

Brandir originally wanted to scold Amber as well, but when he heard his words, his face suddenly changed.

Yes, if the goddess knew that I yelled at a little girl, would I feel that I was very ungraceful?

Oops, I got into trouble accidentally.

An Boxiu knew from his expression that his words had touched his soft spot.

Strike while the iron is hot. While Brandir was confused, Amber continued, "Your Highness Ariel is the princess of the Kingdom of Wrath. Do you treat royal family members of other kingdoms in the same way? If you don't apologize, I will report this matter and make sure that everyone in the Kingdom of Wrath and the Emerald Dream Forest knows what you did."

Brandir was startled and said quickly, "No, please don't do this. I apologize. It was my bad attitude just now. I apologize to Her Highness Ariel. Please forgive me."

Face is not important. The most important thing is not to let the goddess know that you are disrespectful to women.

Ariel looked at Amberxiu in shock. She couldn't understand why just a few simple words made this arrogant druid bow his head and apologize? This was really unreasonable. How could these two sentences have any killing power? Ariel could understand 70% to 80% of Amberxiu's tricks before. This time, she understood every word, but in the end, she couldn't understand it at all.

Ariel didn't even bother to care about Brandir's apology. She was worried and thought, "It's over. Is the gap between his and my intelligence so big? If he wants to trick me, I will definitely be fooled."

Amber looked at Brandir, whose attitude had changed 180 degrees, with disdain in his heart. This is the fate of being manipulated by others when being in love. This druid is still too young.

Amber said to Brandir: "Now, can we sit down and talk about cooperation?"

Brandir heaved a sigh of relief. He was too anxious just now and almost ruined his reputation. Fortunately, he was able to save it. As for Amber's request, Brandir was unwilling to do it, but now he had to sit down and talk.

The three of them started the first bilateral talks in this valley full of birdsong and flowers. As the representative of the Kingdom of Angry Tide, Amber Xiu briefly expressed the Kingdom of Angry Tide's intention to cooperate. In the end, Ryan was too scary, so countries that didn't like Ryan should work together to deal with this scary behemoth.

In general, the Angry Tide Kingdom can promise that it will never pose a threat to the coast of the Green Dream Forest, and at the same time be willing to open up commercial trade. The two countries can exchange materials and each get what they need.

These are very rough directions. It is impossible for three people to finalize the specific details here. We need to send someone else to discuss each word carefully later.

The main purpose of this meeting is to confirm whether both parties have the intention to cooperate. If so, the talks will continue. If not, they can talk again after a while.

Brandir sounded a little impatient. Even if Catherine's reasons were put aside, he himself did not want the two countries to strengthen cooperation.

The main reason is still the religious problem of the Kingdom of Rage.

The Lord of Storms advocates violence, plundering everything and destroying all enemies. The Father of Oak emphasizes balance and the natural cycle.

There is a natural conflict between the two doctrines, and the two countries' ways of doing things are also completely different.

Druids need the natural environment for everything they do, and their meals must be strictly controlled. They cannot over-plunder and destroy the forest.

The Angry Tide Kingdom took as much as they could and often summoned tsunamis in order to catch all the fish in the sea and dump them all on shore for easy harvesting.

Such operations have led to the extinction of several species of coastal fish, something the druids have publicly and severely condemned.

Of course, the Angry Tide Kingdom doesn’t care about these things. If the fish become extinct, they become extinct. What does it have to do with them?

From that time on, Emerald Dream Grove no longer welcomed the Son of Storm, and the Kingdom of Raging Tide was also very unhappy with these druids who always gave them orders.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The Angry Tide Kingdom feeds on the sea near the coast. If there are various restrictions on fishing, will they still be able to eat?

Both sides have their reasons and both sides have their positions.

This is a battle of faith, which is more troublesome than a simple fight for interests, because interests can be compromised, negotiated, and win-win, but faith cannot. Blasphemous behavior will bring punishment from the gods, and the consequences will be more terrible than Ryan coming to the door.

Brandir said to Amber in all seriousness: "Our position in the Emerald Dream Forest has always been this way. If you cannot change your behavior that violently destroys the balance of nature, there will be no way for us to cooperate."

Amber Xiu was not disappointed and continued, "What if it is just military non-aggression? This level of cooperation should not violate your doctrine, right?"

Brandir frowned. Although it sounded reasonable, he couldn't agree to it directly. Without the influence of Catherine, Brandir calmed down and finally showed his due intelligence.

It was very unusual for the Angry Tide Kingdom to send people to negotiate so suddenly.

Although the hatred between the Kingdom of Wrath and Lion is deeper, if Lion wants to fight, he must first cross the Green Dream Forest. In other words, the Kingdom of Wrath can wait for the Green Dream Forest to fight with Lion, and then use coercion and inducement to the druids after watching the show, and the chances of successful cooperation will be greater.

However, the Kingdom of Angry Tide did not do so. Instead, it sent a distinguished envoy before Ryan took action, looking very sincere.

But Brandir didn't believe this was sincerity. He began to wonder what kind of trouble the Kingdom of Fury had encountered, so it was so eager to negotiate. If he could grasp this point, perhaps he could take more initiative at the negotiation table and make the Kingdom of Fury give up more interests.

So Brandir began to talk to Amberxiu patiently in circles, talking about the main business halfway, and then turned to the cultural landscape of the Kingdom of Wrath of Tide, pretending to be very curious and trying to find out what happened in the Kingdom of Wrath of Tide indirectly. Amberxiu countered his moves and talked nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth.

Anyway, he didn't know much about the Kingdom of Raging Tide, so he talked about all kinds of details, making Brandir more and more confused. As for Ariel, she hadn't spoken since Brandir apologized, but listened to the conversation between the two very carefully, taking note of every word.

Even though what Amberxiu said was full of mistakes and omissions, Ariel felt that Amberxiu did it on purpose and there must be some deeper meaning behind it.

As expected, Brandir didn't get any useful information after chatting for a long time. Instead, Ambersho's few questions revealed a lot of information. For example, there are 36 members of the Druid Council, 30 of whom are druids, and the remaining 6 are representatives of goblins, centaurs, orcs, giants and other races.

Because druids have an absolute advantage, druids have the final say on all matters big or small in Emerald Forest. Other races are protected by druids, but to some extent, they can also be said to be ruled by druids.

The goblins that Amber had seen before were driven to the outskirts of the Emerald Dream Forest and remained outside the dream barrier because they could not accept the druids' increasingly strict rules for maintaining nature.

At the same time, Amber made a guess from some trivial information.

The druids seemed to have not discovered the hidden dark power yet, at least Brandir didn't know, and Emerald Dream Grove was not affected by this power.

Although all this information is very important, I can't find out anything about the most crucial dream ritual. This person is quite tight-lipped, so I can only use some less glorious means.

Amber Xiu had just finished talking to Brandir about the situation in the countries on the continent, and then he changed the subject and said, "I heard that the Elf Queen of Silvermoon High Court is also visiting Emerald Dream Forest. Our princess wants to visit the Elf Queen. I wonder if Master Sanda can help pass on a message?"

Brandi suddenly became nervous when Catherine was mentioned.

If Amber said he wanted to visit Catherine, Brandir would definitely refuse. He wished that all men in the world would stay away from Catherine. But if Ariel wanted to visit Catherine, Brandir couldn't refuse directly.

It was quite reasonable for a princess to visit the Queen of Elves. What would Catherine think if she knew that he was interfering? But Brandir always felt that there was something strange about the Son of Storm. He had an aura that made him very uncomfortable. Was there some conspiracy behind his sudden visit?

Brandir was about to find an excuse to delay, but Amber seemed to see through his heart and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Sanda, I don't have any improper thoughts about Her Majesty Catherine. You don't need to treat me as a love rival."

Brandir blushed and said excitedly: "What did you say? Where did you hear this news?"

Amber pretended to be surprised and said, "Why, don't you like Her Majesty Catherine? Did I believe the rumors wrongly?"

Brandir gritted his teeth, unable to deny or admit it. He knew that he had not concealed anything when he was pursuing Catherine, and rumors must have spread, but he did not expect that it would spread so quickly, even foreign envoys had heard about it.

Amber Xiu continued, "Master Sanda, I not only heard that you are pursuing Her Majesty Catherine, but also heard that you were rejected and have not been able to see the Elf Queen for several days, right?"

Brandir snorted coldly and said, "How could a perfect goddess like Catherine impress the other person so easily? This is just a small test she gave me."

"Tsk tsk, with that kind of talk, is this Master Sanda's first time pursuing a woman?" Amberxiu spoke with the tone of an experienced person, making Brandir blush and feel guilty.

Finally, Brandir could only grit his teeth and say: "You! How did you know?!"

Although he is already in his thirties, he has no emotional experience. He previously put all his energy into understanding nature and exercising, otherwise he would not have reached the legendary level in such a short time.

Before, he thought that women would only affect the speed of his cultivation.

But the moment he saw Catherine, this innocent druid fell completely.

Amberxiu's words revealed what was in his heart, and Brandir was a little overwhelmed.

"I can tell at a glance. Although I'm not much older than you, I should be more experienced in relationships than you. Let me guess, did you madly express your love to Her Majesty Catherine the first time you met her, and then gave her all kinds of gifts, but she ended up avoiding you?"

Brandir's eyes widened. How could this man describe it as if he had seen it with his own eyes? Rumors couldn't possibly describe it in such detail, right?

"You, how could you even guess this?"

Amber Xiu chuckled and continued, "I sincerely advise you that if you really want to pursue a queen, it is definitely useless to do this now. If you continue this useless effort, the final result will only be that Her Majesty Catherine will protest to the Emerald Dream Forest and ask you to get out as far away as possible."

"How is this possible..." Brandir wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true. Catherine was smiling when they first met, but after expressing her love to him, she became cold.

Was I wrong? Was there any special requirement for pursuing a queen?

Amber looked at Brandir's expression and knew that the time was almost right, so he said to him, "You won't be able to learn such complicated methods in a short time. How about this, if you can let us meet Queen Catherine, I promise to help you get closer to the Elf Queen, or at least help you find out what she likes and dislikes."

"Just you?" Brandir was a little unconvinced, because to say that Amberxiu's current appearance was not good-looking would be an understatement. It would be strange for Mung Gray River, a weathered old man, to look good.

But Brandir looked at Ariel who was sitting next to him. This princess was very beautiful. From the beginning, she sat obediently beside Amberse like a little follower. It was hard to tell who was the princess and who was the subject.

This Son of Storm seems to be really good at dealing with women.

Brandir thought, anyway, it was a reasonable request for the envoys of the Kingdom of Wrath of Tide to see the Elf Queen, so what was the harm in letting them meet? If this person could only help him find out about Catherine's hobbies, that would be a great help indeed.

"Okay, I will arrange it for you. You should be able to meet Her Majesty Catherine tonight at the latest, but..." Brandir stared at Amberxiu's eyes.

Amber Xiu pointed to the sky and swore: "I, Mongge Huihe, swear on my life that if I cannot do what I promised you, I will die without a complete body."

Brandir said quickly: "It doesn't have to be so serious...Okay, I believe you!"

He has already sworn an oath, so it can't be false.

Sorry, I have been burning with fever today, probably because it is Sanyang. I don’t have the energy to divide it into chapters, so I will combine two chapters into one and write a big chapter of 6,000 words.

(End of this chapter)