Chapter 603: The Deceived Mao Mao, and Jier Calming the Mao Mao
Jier was not being polite either; his purpose in coming was very clear. He was not here to build rapport with the alien Beast, but rather to make use of the other party.
He pointed at those Metal Lumps that the Mao Mao had placed to the side. Before he even spoke, the mere act of pointing with his finger made many of the Mao Mao who looked over feel tense.
Because unlike raw Mineral Ore, these Metal Lumps were things they had gone to great lengths to obtain here; these were their precious treasures!
Let alone Jier asking for them, even just looking or pointing with a finger made the Mao Mao unhappy. If Jier hadn't previously displayed his strength in front of the Mao Mao, some would have already rushed up to scratch him by now.
"I came here this time just to talk to you about these 'Metal Ingots' of yours."
Jier was very cautious with his wording, emphasizing the pronunciation of the term "Metal Ingots."
The four Mao Mao leaders gathered in front of Jier, each saying a sentence.
"Cannot, peek, metal, bricks!"
"This is, ours, possess."
"Leave, here. Here, not, welcome, you."
"Metal, stone, exchange, prey, can. Metal, bricks, cannot."
Their attitude was firm; they rejected Jier's idea regarding those Metal Lumps right from the start.
"Alright, alright, don't be nervous. I'm not here to target those things. That is property you worked hard to obtain, so naturally, it is yours. However, I came here to remind you of one thing. This is a friendly reminder; I hope you know about this matter rather than being deceived by others and being laughed at behind your backs like a bunch of little fools." Jier hurriedly explained, but the focus of the Mao Mao leaders was quite strange.
"Laughed at?"
"Fools?"
"Deceived?"
"Know?"
The four Mao Mao leaders each asked a question.
Nearby, the injured Mao Mao leader who had not climbed off the small wooden bed frowned—if it had brows: "We, were deceived? Who, deceived, us, what?"
Jier reached out and pointed upward: "Who else could it be? Who has the guts to deceive you? Of course, it's those Soldiers in this Yingdi."
The Mao Mao looked at each other, not quite believing it, waiting for Jier's explanation.
Jier raised both hands, indicating in advance that he had nothing in them: "They deceived you regarding these 'Metal Ingots'."
"No, possible!"
"Lies!"
"We, are not, idiots!"
"Metal, bricks, no, problem!"
These four Mao Mao leaders were emotionally agitated and immediately began to shout loudly. The fur on their bodies stood up one by one, and they stared at Jier with fierce gazes.
One must know that for these Metal Ingots, these Mao Mao leaders had put in a lot of effort. Not only did it take time and energy, but they also used their own prestige to ensure the success of this matter. If they were truly deceived by someone regarding the Metal Ingots, they would inevitably be resented by the Mao Mao Warrior under their command.
This would affect their rule and management of the tribe.
The striped Mao Mao still lying on the small wooden bed was relatively calm. It said coldly to Jier: "Deceived what? And, evidence!"
Jier tentatively took two steps toward the Metal Lumps that the Mao Mao were guarding tightly. All the surrounding Mao Mao immediately closed in on Jier.
Jier stood still immediately to avoid provoking them, while saying: "Perhaps in your view, these 'Metal Ingots' have already made you very satisfied, right?"
The four Mao Mao leaders looked at each other: "Yes."
"Very good."
"Metal, great!"
"Sturdy, make, weapons, survive!"
Hearing these words, Jier let out a cold laugh: "But what if the benefits you speak of have nothing to do with these things? You've been deceived!"
Most of the surrounding Mao Mao could understand what Jier was saying. Upon hearing this, their tails stood erect one by one, they opened their mouths to roar, and the sharp claws in their hands extended from their palms, making threatening gestures.
If it were an ordinary person, they would have already been scared to the point of wetting themselves; being scared into a faint or even death would have been possible.
But Jier remained unmoved. Even amidst the roaring of the surrounding Mao Mao, he questioned them with an even louder voice: "Don't believe me? Then I will give you the evidence!"
He strode toward these Metal Lumps. Some Mao Mao wanted to pounce and stop Jier, but they were barked at and stopped by the injured Mao Mao leader.
After Jier walked up, he grabbed a Metal Lump with his bare hands, lifted it, and threw it heavily onto the ground.
Boom—the ground it hit shattered, and the Metal Lump that was thrown also shattered due to the rebound force.
The Mao Mao were startled, unable to believe that the Metal Ingots would have this result, but Jier beckoned them over: "Come over and take a look! Look at the true appearance inside your treasures. Sigh—"
After Jier sighed, he squatted down, and a large number of Mao Mao quickly gathered around. He pried open the shattered Metal Lump and showed the broken metal cross-section to the surrounding Mao Mao: "Look, the inside is like this: messy and disorganized, full of impurities, impure, and not sturdy. It is not an excellent metal material; on the contrary, what you obtained is just the worst stuff that comes out of the Furnace every time it is smelted."
Squinting his eyes, Jier said mockingly: "Those Soldiers saw that you were inexperienced, so they used the worst discarded impurity metal to pass off as the best metal. And you haven't even discovered it yet. There are differences between metals, too. Like these things, they can't make anything."
The Mao Mao could not believe it and immediately became noisy.
Some Mao Mao Warrior questioned their leaders about whether it was true, or if they had colluded with those Soldiers to deceive them.
There were also Mao Mao wailing and crying, as many of their companions had died for this metal.
There were still Mao Mao who did not believe what Jier said, clamoring that this was all witchcraft released by Jier the Human, turning their Metal Ingots into this trash.
Jier stood up, pointed at the other Metal Lumps, and shouted to the Mao Mao: "Then do you dare to let me smash all these Metal Lumps open? You must know, if they were excellent Metal Ingots, only the ground would shatter, not the items themselves. Ha, I said it after all; actually, the first time I saw these 'treasures' of yours, I knew you had been deceived, but I didn't dare tell you the truth at the time, fearing you would go crazy and cause a scene."
The few Mao Mao leaders were in a mess, constantly dealing with the questions of the other Mao Mao. Finally, the injured Mao Mao leader made the call: "Smash! Smash them all, check!"
Jier immediately got to work, told the Mao Mao to disperse, and then picked up a Metal Lump that wasn't too heavy and smashed it hard against the ground.
Each time, a loud noise would be made, and a small piece of the ground would be shattered. But because Jier used force, the Metal Lump being smashed would also be broken open.
Every time a Metal Lump was smashed open, a Mao Mao would run over to carry out a medium-sized fragment with a cross-section to show the other Mao Mao.
All the Mao Mao became angrier the more they looked. Although they did not have much knowledge or experience regarding metal, they at least knew that the metal Dagger on their own bodies and the metal materials looked uniform and smooth, whereas the cross-section of the Metal Lumps after being smashed was full of heavy impurities, the cross-section was rugged and uneven, and the various impurities inside were very difficult to smelt together. There were even some Suishi mixed inside.
This also resulted in the Metal Lumps having weight, but not being sturdy as a whole.
Being smashed like this by Jier, they would shatter with a clatter.
Jier did not stop, and the Mao Mao became increasingly furious.
A portion of the Mao Mao were so angry they wailed and lashed their tails about, meowing and meowing, not knowing what they were cursing, while another portion of the Mao Mao fell silent, making no expressions and performing strange movements.
However, Jier could clearly sense that these Mao Mao, who appeared to be doing nothing, were actually the most dangerous.
They were accumulating anger, but this anger was not being vented casually; instead, it would be utilized in battle later on.
But whether they were the wailing Mao Mao or the silent, angry Mao Mao, they all looked toward their five leaders, the meaning self-evident.
【Having been deceived like this, are you going to seek justice?】
At this moment, the injured Mao Mao leader endured the pain, supported by its two feet and tail, and slowly walked in front of Jier.
It sized Jier up, then asked: "Come over, remind, us, you, are using, us?"
Jier was silent for a moment, then nodded: "That's right. So because of this, will you not take revenge on those soldiers for their deceptive behavior?"
The injured Mao Mao leader bared its teeth, revealing sharp fangs, and said with dissatisfaction: "Deception, must, pay a price. But, you, Human, because, what?"
Jier smiled: "Between humans and humans, there are also different groups. Those soldiers of theirs made the villagers on my side suffer so much; naturally, we must take revenge."
The Mao Mao certainly knew about the soldiers' oppression of the villagers, but because it had nothing to do with them, they hadn't cared before.
Having figured this out, the five Mao Mao leaders immediately discussed their revenge against those soldiers. These alien Beast did not have the saying that a gentleman's revenge is not too late in ten years; they believed that a petty person's revenge should be from morning until night.
It had always been them bullying others; to be deceived and bullied themselves today was something the Mao Mao could not tolerate.
Especially since the number of Mao Mao in the Yingdi at this time was actually greater than those human Soldier; if the unit of soldiers under Knight Hartna had been at full strength, around two hundred people, these Mao Mao would likely have just made a big scene after being deceived like this and tried to get back the wealth they lost, and that would have been it.
But at this time, there were only a few dozen soldiers in the Yingdi, while the number of Mao Mao was over a hundred, far outnumbering the other side.
Therefore, the Mao Mao's revenge would not be a simple matter of seeking justice.
The Mao Mao were discussing heatedly, but when speaking to their own kind, they naturally used their own language, meowing and chirping, and Jier could not understand a single word.
But seeing the reddening eyes of the Mao Mao and their gradually rising voices, he guessed their intentions. Just as he had expected, for Mao Mao who were like bullies who feared the strong and picked on the weak and held grudges, it was impossible for them not to make a big scene after being treated like this.
But making a scene was one thing; it could not involve the villagers who were also in the Mine, otherwise, Jier would be lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet.
"I hope you can take note that it was those soldiers who deceived you, not us human Villager who are also being oppressed by the soldiers! If you want to take revenge on them, please go outside the Mine before making a scene!" Jier shouted to the several Mao Mao leaders.
They glanced at Jier, did not respond, and only continued to say something to the surrounding Mao Mao in their own language.
Seeing that this wouldn't work, Jier pushed aside the Mao Mao Warrior blocking his way and found the several leaders surrounded by other Mao Mao: "It looks like you intend to kill all the humans in the Yingdi? Without distinguishing between soldiers and villagers?"
Jier said this with great gravity, and the surrounding Mao Mao immediately cleared a space for him.
"Will not, like this." A Mao Mao leader explained.
"But what I feel is not what you say. Their eyes are full of anger and hatred; I hope you can correctly select your enemies, rather than implicating us human Villager who are also in the Mine." Jier said.
But the Mao Mao leader who answered looked Jier up and down, then looked at the large number of Mao Mao Warrior around, and said with a disdainful tone: "We, want, how, to do. Just, should, how, to do. Human, do not, command."
"Ha." Jier was so angry he laughed. He didn't waste words; seeing that there were only Mao Mao around and no humans, he simply vanished and entered the lady's dream. He quickly changed into a set of weapons and equipment and reappeared in the same spot.
In the eyes of the Mao Mao, Jier had basically not moved from his spot, yet his entire body was suddenly encased in Metal Armor Plate, and he held a Luminous Longsword in one hand and a Long Spear in the other. An extremely intense killing intent also erupted from Jier's body; the Mao Mao caught in Jier's gaze had their entire bodies stiffen, and their brains were unable to think.
It was as if this human, Jier, had suddenly turned into a terrifying Magic Beast from the mountains.
"Meow!!!!!"
The Mao Mao fled in disarray; the mentally strong Warrior were still able to guard the side of the several leaders to protect them.
"I will ask one more time." Jier spoke, his cold voice emanating from beneath his steel Faceplate.
"Can you select the correct enemies? Calmly walk out of the Mine before taking revenge on the soldiers in the Yingdi?"
Before the Mao Mao leader could reply, Jier continued: "If the answer is no, then you can all die here."
Life Energy within Jier's body moved rapidly, increasing his strength tenfold, and immediately after, a Metal Bracer on his left forearm lit up with the mysterious light of Magic, further increasing his strength by another notch amidst the extremely high power boost.
At this moment, even an ordinary person could feel the extremely terrifying sensation coming from Jier. Not to mention the alien Beast, whose senses were already sensitive.
Knowing that saying "no" at this time would mean death, these several Mao Mao leaders became obedient and spoke one by one: "We, guarantee, walk out, here, then will, fight. Will not, with, human, Villager, fight. Guarantee."
Jier certainly would not believe the promises made by the Mao Mao under duress based on empty words; he gripped his Long Sword and waved his left hand, saying: "You set off now, and I will follow behind you. If any Mao Mao Warrior lays a hand on the villagers, I will take action. At that time, the consequences will be severe."
"Know."
"Understand."
"Guarantee."
"Can."
The four Mao Mao leaders answered respectively. And the only injured Mao Mao leader spoke to Jier at this time: "I, with, my Warrior. Guard, here."
Jier pointed to the Metal Lump of impurities he had smashed all over the floor: "Knowing these things are useless, do you still want them?"
Jier did not expect the Mao Mao's answer to be quite surprising.
"Can, sell, give, other, tribe. Being deceived, also, can, deceive, others." A Mao Mao leader explained.
Jier knew he could not count on the moral standards of this group of Mao Mao.
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