Chapter 275

Hearing the Witch of the White Mist mention that there was finally some movement over at the Holy Kingdom, Tang Zheng's eyes lit up, and he strode into the castle hall.

Came to the spliced large wooden table.

Took out the map of the Abelion Hills and spread it on the table, then looked at the location bordering the Holy Kingdom.

The Witch of the White Mist followed closely behind Tang Zheng, looking at the map on the table together, but she couldn't understand it.

"Master seems to be in a good mood."

The Witch of the White Mist thought this way in her heart; she didn't really understand what the master was doing at the moment, but since it was the master's order, she naturally did her best to do it.

"Which side is it?" Tang Zheng suddenly asked.

The Witch of the White Mist's bright yellow pupils froze, she opened her mouth, and found that she didn't know either.

Does this kind of thing need to be distinguished?

She only knew that humans had secretly contacted the ogres sent to the Holy Kingdom border, as for what identity the humans were, she didn't know at all.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

Tang Zheng saw no response, realized this point, and shook his head with a chuckle.

The situation in the Holy Kingdom is actually quite complex; let alone the regional division between the Northern Holy Kingdom and the Southern Holy Kingdom, because of the Holy Queen, there were many noble factions.

Pitter-patter!

Weak footsteps came from outside the door.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu had recovered some strength and walked in carefully from outside the door with staggering steps.

Seeing the hall.

Tang Zheng observing the map, and the Witch of the White Mist standing to the side, looking at her with a look of disdain.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu stood in the corner wrapped in straw, her arms with white delicate scales visible through the gaps hanging in front of her, lowering her head even lower.

The "Cloud Operation" magic had been completed with Tang Zheng's assistance, and what to do next was not continued to be told to her.

A sense of bewilderment and loss rose in the lizardman Crusch Lulu's heart.

"What do they want?" Tang Zheng didn't mind the lizardman Crusch Lulu hearing the following information.

"Gold ore."

The Witch of the White Mist said immediately.

"Gold?"

"What a simple and straightforward transaction. Sure enough, this kind of thing can't be stopped from spreading among the soldiers, leaking like a sieve." Tang Zheng shook his head and chuckled a few times.

"That's right, after all, they are their own people, no need for too much precaution."

Since the last time two ogre squads were sent to the Holy Kingdom fortress wall with gold ore and were killed, three more ogre squads were sent one after another.

These three carried items like monster skins, herbs, and gems.

If the first two times were accidents, then five times in a row were still the same, and they even took the initiative to change to different high-value items.

Even the stupidest person would probably realize that there was a problem with the ogres appearing under the fortress wall.

"The relationship between the Holy Kingdom and the Abelion Hills is like water and fire, but even if the relationship is worse, for some people, nothing is more real than profit."

Tang Zheng stared quietly at the map, his gaze deep, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

That's right.

His ultimate goal in sending ogres before was to trade with the Holy Kingdom, so as to buy a large amount of grain and food.

This didn't require a very complex plan.

There is a saying in the previous life that Tang Zheng didn't like, but he agreed with.

When the profit reaches 10%, they will be restless; when it reaches 50%, they will take risks; when it reaches 100%, they dare to trample on all human laws.

When the profit reaches 300%—they dare to risk the gallows!

And the profit Tang Zheng gave in front of him was more than three times?

Gold ore, monster skins, magic materials, various minerals, high-value and rare medicinal materials, agate, crystals, gems, etc.

The Abelion Hills are not short of all this!

The size of the hills is about the same as the entire Northern Holy Kingdom, and the number of demi-humans in the hills is only between 100,000 and 150,000.

And what about the population of the entire Northern Holy Kingdom?

A full 3.5 million people!

This is not a simple question of how many people there are, but that the demi-human population cannot use many resources.

"Crusch, what do you think is most valuable to each demi-human race in the hilly region?"

Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the map and looked at the lizardman Crusch Lulu standing in the corner.

Being suddenly asked.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu was clearly stunned, raised her head nervously, and a look of serious thinking appeared in her red pupils.

She hadn't been in the hilly region for long, but through contact with other demi-human races, she had some understanding.

For some reason.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu thought of the former lizardman tribe, and after a brief thought, she said softly: "It's food."

"As expected of someone who has been a tribal leader."

Tang Zheng praised.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu lowered her head embarrassedly.

Food, weapons, and slaves are the three things that all demi-human races in the hilly region care about most, and "food" is ranked first.

There is no unified political power here at all, each demi-human race is completely independent and holds hostility toward other demi-human races.

Under this chaotic situation, it is impossible to have systematic gold, silver, and copper coin currency transactions like human countries.

"Barter" is the most direct way of trading for demi-humans in the hilly region; major demi-human races don't need gold at all.

With only a population of over 100,000 demi-humans, the Abelion Hills can fully afford it, and with the pride of these demi-human races, they don't bother to trade with humans at all.

Plus!

On both sides of the Abelion Hills, one is the Holy Kingdom with a blood feud, and the other is the Slane Theocracy that "prioritizes humans."

All three sides want to beat each other's brains out, so how could they compromise and trade with each other.

However.

Tang Zheng doesn't care about this; what he wants is to let all three sides get involved.

"Send twenty ogres, first pull half a cart of gold ore over, as a meeting gift for the first transaction."

Tang Zheng said calmly with a flat gaze:

"It's really cheap for them, just treat it as 'buying a horse with a thousand gold'... this phrase is a bit derogatory when used here."

The Witch of the White Mist didn't quite understand the words behind Tang Zheng, nodded quickly, and said softly: "Should we send Go Jin together? He has lived in the human kingdom for a long time and is better at communicating with humans."

"No need."

Tang Zheng shook his head and smiled strangely: "He is the 'King' who rules these ogres from behind; it's too early to show up now."

"Hehe, understood." The Witch of the White Mist suddenly let out a giggle, and her figure wrapped in mist left the hall very lightly.

Tap~

Tap~

Tang Zheng tapped the table with a finger, going through his plan again in his heart.

A lot of energy has been spent on this during this period, which has slowed down the rhythm of leveling up, but once the plan starts to be implemented, the missing experience during this wasted time can be easily made up.

As long as the food provided by the Holy Kingdom is in place, he can let the goblins multiply in large numbers, plus the Blue Maggot tribe, which is also good at multiplying.

It is equivalent to launching a second "breeding plan" in the hilly region.

The identity Tang Zheng is currently pretending to be is a mysterious magic caster who manipulates undead, creating a large number of goblin-like demi-human corpses, which will not be obviously suspected.

Of course, this is just one of the purposes. Tang Zheng also needs to guard against the situation of playing out of control. To be on the safe side, he also needs to find someone to endorse, so as to further reduce the suspicion and presence of him.

"【Zuranon】!"

Tang Zheng's heart flashed with this organization.

He can be considered to have a great fate with 【Zuranon】; after all, two of the other party's members died in his hands,

Uh, it's one.

Khajiit didn't die; he was resurrected by that alliance leader.

Tang Zheng also indirectly learned something about the strength of that mysterious alliance leader through two consecutive contacts with members of 【Zuranon】.

It belongs to a controllable range.

"Come here."

"Ah, yes."

The lizardman Crusch Lulu suddenly heard Tang Zheng's words and walked over in small steps, stopping in front of Tang Zheng.

!

"Drink this."

Tang Zheng looked at the lizardman Crusch Lulu wrapped in straw, took out a bottle of red potion, and placed it on the table.

The red liquid in the potion bottle is dragon blood!

"Dragon blood" is very precious.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu being able to release "Cloud Operation" through the ritual made him see higher value, so he didn't mind taking out dragon blood to observe.

Tang Zheng has never forgotten that the lizardman Crusch Lulu possesses the 【Dragon-Marked Mentor】 profession related to dragons.

The other party is the only one among the lizardmen who possesses the racial profession of "Lizardman Awakening Ancient Species."

This white-scaled variant that is completely different from ordinary lizardmen makes one have to suspect that the other party really might have dragon blood.

According to this appearance characteristic, it is somewhat similar to the appearance of the legendary Platinum Dragon Lord before he became an undead.

Whether it really has the bloodline of the Platinum Dragon Lord, Tang Zheng couldn't be sure.

When he killed the lizardman Crusch Lulu and put the corpse into the item box, he really didn't consider the situation of resurrecting her later.

At that time, he just simply felt that the other party's blood might be more precious.

It's a pity that after studying it, he found that the other party's blood had no different effect from ordinary lizardman blood, so he left it at that.

"Yes, my lord."

The lizardman Crusch Lulu said respectfully, picked up the dragon blood potion bottle on the table, and swallowed the blood inside in one breath.

She didn't care what this red liquid was.

The human man in front of her could easily kill her and resurrect her; if he wanted to kill her, he wouldn't need to be so troublesome.

Dragon blood drunk.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu felt a warm feeling surging all over her body, and her body was a bit hot.

"What does it feel like?" Tang Zheng asked curiously while observing.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu honestly told the truth.

After listening.

Tang Zheng was a bit surprised and dumbfounded; dragon blood contains a trace of curse power, and even drinking dragon blood can make the creature's emotions become violent.

The Evil Spirit Dog became very irritable and lost its mind after drinking dragon blood.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu in front of her only felt that her body was a bit hot, without any abnormality.

"Is it because of the racial profession of 'Lizardman Awakening Ancient Species', or because of 【Dragon-Marked Mentor】?"

Tang Zheng became more and more interested, took out several more bottles of dragon blood potion, "Remove all the straw from your body, and then continue to drink."

She has always been wrapped in straw, not entirely because of the abnormal characteristics of the white lizardman, but more because the white lizardman is more afraid of sunlight, and her vision will be worse.

Wrapping her body in straw can avoid direct sunlight and also protect her vision to a certain extent.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu removed all the straw from her body, revealing her pure white figure, and then drank all the dragon blood bottle by bottle.

As dragon blood continued to enter her stomach.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu's body gradually radiated a higher temperature, and layers of sweat emerged from the gaps in her delicate scales.

Faint white steam rose from her whole body.

If this is just an external manifestation.

Tang Zheng focused on the lizardman Crusch Lulu's aura, which was strengthening: "Ninjutsu · Detection."

Under the blessing of detection magic, Tang Zheng could clearly see that the color of the blue light like flowing water on her body began to deepen rapidly.

"16lv?"

Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu dropped 2 levels after being resurrected by him, becoming 15lv, and now she has increased by 1 level.

Swish—

Suddenly!

Red special line patterns appeared on the lizardman Crusch Lulu's neck and arms.

"Ahhh!!"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu couldn't help but let out a roar like a beast, and violent emotions appeared in her red, clear pupils.

"Bad guy…… clansmen…… everyone!"

The lizardman Crusch Lulu muttered to herself, starting very small and then becoming louder and louder, roaring out almost like a roar.

Bang!

The lizardman Crusch Lulu stepped on the ground with her legs, raised her sharp claws, and pounced toward Tang Zheng.

"Out of control."

Tang Zheng was full of interest in this situation, raised his eyelids: "All-Race Charm."

The lizardman Crusch Lulu who rushed over froze in place in the blink of an eye.

The violent emotions in her eyes turned toward dullness, and there was a faint struggle, making her facial expressions become a bit distorted and ferocious.

"Oh, it can also have a certain resistance to mental charm-type magic."

Tang Zheng clearly felt that his charm magic had been resisted, but his strength far exceeded the other party, easily suppressing it,

"If you drink a little dragon blood, you won't be affected, but if you drink too much dragon blood, will you also be affected?"

Time passed bit by bit.

The violent emotions in the lizardman Crusch Lulu's eyes gradually dissipated, the struggling facial expressions relaxed, and the red special patterns on her neck and arms also disappeared together.

"Could that kind of red pattern just now be the passive ability of 【Dragon-Marked Mentor】?"

Tang Zheng looked at the attribute panel and there was no prompt, his thoughts moved, and he lifted the "All-Race Charm."

"My lord."

The lizardman Crusch Lulu's eyes became clear again, a bit bewildered.

She now felt unprecedentedly relaxed all over, and even the weakness of releasing "Cloud Operation" before disappeared.

(End of chapter)