Chapter 109 (2/2)
”It's a great honor to meet you, Lord Loren Turin.” the elf who just spoke came up to Loren and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand: ”I'm afraid to disturb you. I hope it doesn't cause any anxiety.”
”Not at all. In fact, we welcome you very much.” with a formulaic smile, Loren shook hands with him: ”it's my honor to receive you.”
This is an elf who looks a little older. Although it is different from human appearance, it can also see the wrinkles on both sides of his forehead and cheek; A huge scar extends from his forehead to his chin, making his originally beautiful face look a little scary.
”You can call me Luca.” when the two sides sat down, the elf named Luca asked, ”surely our stationery has been delivered?”
”That's why I'm here.” Lauren looked at Luca sincerely with a righteous expression: ”although we haven't met, please believe me and swear in the name of the holy cross that I will do my best to make an alliance between the two sides!”
”For this reason, I thought for a long time and made a full plan; to be honest, after receiving the news of your arrival, I didn't stop for a moment, so I rushed here directly, because you really don't allow me to wait!”
The tone of the black haired wizard was so sincere that even the elves around him were confused - how did the human wizard care so much about the elves?
”Er... I don't know. How are you going to help us?”
”Before discussing this matter, I think we must recognize the reality.” Loren suddenly changed the topic and showed a very embarrassed look: ”that's the Duke of lottel. He may not be interested in supporting the elf settlement in the ancient wood forest.”
The voice fell, and Luca, sitting in front of Loren, also showed an embarrassed look and coughed gently: ”... In fact, we don't need the Duke's army, as long as we can provide us with some materials.”
”With all due respect, it's difficult to do even that,” Lauren sighed, ”because it's an unequal exchange for both sides.”
For a long time, the elves of the ancient wood forest had never left there, and the Duke of lottel was not interested in conquering this barren land.
After all, the elves can only provide him with some exquisite sculptures, amber, and ogre leather and teeth. For these things, it is not worth him to conquer a group of races that are fierce enough to fight against ogres.
However, these elves could not completely leave the Duke of lottel - although the elves living in the ancient wood forest did not lack food, they were seriously short of iron ore. Without iron ingots, they could not forge weapons.
Using wood guns and stone weapons against ogres, the results are obvious.
In such a situation, it must be impossible for Duke lottel to support the elves with more supplies for a pile of amber and statuettes; After all, although the Principality of lottel has its own iron ore, it is not rich land after all, and it has not reached the point of free support.
Luca obviously knew this, but did not give up: ”is there really no hope? We have guarded outside Shenlin castle for so many years and never let any ogre settlement cross the border!”
”But it's not worth mentioning in the Duke's eyes. Forgive me for saying that!” Loren immediately explained: ”you may not know, but the Earls of shenlinbao in the past have always been fighting the Duke. Maybe they wish you could let the ogre pass the border!”
Hearing these words, the elves finally became silent and looked at each other. They didn't know what to say - what could convince a lord sitting in a principality?
”Didn't you say you had a plan?” the elf called ”Leia” who kept staring at Loren said, ”why don't you just say it and linger here for a long time?”
”In fact, I do have a good way to persuade the Duke to provide support for the elf settlements in the ancient wood forest.” Loren smiled and a little imperceptible pride flashed across his eyes.
”Moreover, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - you can not only get support, but also form an alliance with the Principality of lottel for decades!”