Chapter 496 - Three-Sided Negotiation (1/2)
Chapter 496: Three-Sided Negotiation
Translator: Lonelytree
The fragrance of the catnip circulated inside the e stone chair Many cats surrounded hi occasionally The sreat relaxing stimulant for cats Many cats sat or laid on the two sides of the lobby The aist There hite cats, black cats, grey cats, ora cats… Because there were so s which were surrounded like criminals in the middle of the lobby shi+vered nonstop Lucky was also captured and naturally the Evil Zoog was there as well
The humans stayed at the door at the back of the lobby
“Meow, the Zoogs have raised a war for no reason” An old leopard cat said, “Shattering the peace between us two races They attempted to burn down our temple, the whole Ulthar This is such a vicious intention! They should be punished!”
“What vicious intentions…” The Elder Zoog argued, “There was no harm done, was there? There was no injury between the cats and the Zoogs…” The evil Zoog quickly tapped against the ground, “No, leader, I’ countered, “That’s justwith our feline friends Don’t ’s beady eyes widened His body was bloody and one of his ears wascontinued calmly as he explained “Lucky learned from the humans a holiday called April’s Fool and that is e intended to do today This was just a joke! Do you really think our whole tribe wouldn’t have checked the explosives if this was not a joke? Ha ha ha… We intended to buy the secondary product from the Black Merchants to try to scare our feline friends It’s all in good jest” But the Elder Zoog’s voice sloindled from a lack of confidence and he eventually shut up This was because the nearby cats started to look at hi the catnips opened their eyes at him
“Smokes and mirrors, what is real?” The Great Atal commented slowly The senior did fit Gu Jun’s description of a wise scholar
“I ad patted his stohtened the citizens and cats of Ulthar, for that we apologize As apology, we Zoogs will provide 1000 hens, 1000 chickens and 1000 quails as co, their gaze turned s?” The leopard cat asked
The Elder Zoog stumbled, “Then for our yearly tribute, we’ll… double… no triple” Be it the Evil Zoog, Lucky or the other Zoogs, they groaned audibly This plan had backfired horribly Their life was already hard, if the tribute tripled, what else were they supposed to eat in the future? Seeing the Elder Zoog was about to raise the nuain, Lucky turned to look at Gu Jun who stood by quietly Lucky only had his own tribe’s interest at heart He hugged Gu Jun’s leg and wept as he patted Gu Jun’s thigh, “Doctor Gu, please help us… We’ve been to the house of Woredy to befall us Zoogs do you? Many young Zoogs will die of hunger if this tribute goes through…” Lucky appealed to their history together He knew huhtmare Man had a softer side
“But you planned to burn us alive earlier” Gu Jun countered Lucky turned to Wu Siyu with his big eyes Wi Siyu turned away Well, theto do with that plan,you here…” Lucky cried “My kin have been yearning for the good life so ht only violence can solve the problem Doctor Gu, I’ve always been on your side, please say so that the point had been made, while everyone inside the lobby watched, Gu Jun stepped forward to s will continue to provide tribute but we humans will offer the tribute on their behalf The numbers will be several hundred thousand poultry…” He was only beginning when he was cut off by the leopard cat “We’ve gotten tired of the poultry, plus we could have captured them ourselves If the huive us these catnips These things haven’t disappeared They are the perfect tribute”
The cat was right Most of the iteht over had disappeared Even theThe same went for the cat toys, only the catnips reone Gu Jun looked at his teaaze Catnips were cheaper and easier to transport than poultry
Yu Chi thought about it and he paced anxiously These catnips were treasures! Just like tea leaves and silks in antiquity, they were invaluable for the Dreamlands cats but the premise was humanity had to be the only party who had access to them Yu Chi almost jumped forward to s all the catnips that carried roots and ste this plant, then it would lose its value The plants’ stem, roots and seeds had to be destroyed and future tributes would only provide the cats with the leaves…
“Okay, we hureed first but his eyes kept wandering over to the Elder Zoog who clearly was up to sos have to provide us with information and send out their tribe members to Earth to work for us”