Chapter 232 Giving in

"The Chamber of Commerce is willing to cooperate with the alliance while maintaining neutrality, but now the Chamber of Commerce does not see the need to join the alliance."

The pressure from the Fire Elemental Lord did not make the goblins surrender. He originally thought that his strength could make those weak creatures retreat in fear.

But he obviously underestimated the goblins, who would rather die than join the Alliance directly.

Those so-called diplomatic and political considerations are secondary. The biggest reason why the goblins refused is because of their trade.

After joining the alliance, it was almost impossible for them to continue to maintain trade with those human kingdoms. Although the operation of the caravans has encountered considerable difficulties under the influence of the sun, they are still able to maintain trade with the human kingdoms after adjusting the schedule.

Although there are some additional costs for paying human employees overtime wages, these costs can be offset by price increases.

For the goblins, it would be better to let them die than to give up the money brought by these trades.

The Fire Elemental Lord finally chose to retreat.

This result was still acceptable to their alliance. In order to appease them, the Goblin Alliance promised large discounts and priority supply of some materials.

"Okay, this condition is better than we expected."

On a piece of parchment in front of him, light blue text was appearing above. It was obvious that some people of higher status in the alliance in the distance were watching his every move.

"But if we can kill one or two of them, we might be able to force them to offer better conditions."

It seems that giving in during negotiations is not the main focus of this Fire Elemental Lord. The fact that the person on the other side of the parchment can make the hot-tempered Fire Elemental Lord give up his own practices shows that he is much stronger than him.

"This approach may be able to make them surrender, but it is more likely to push them to the opposite side of us."

The Fire Elemental Lord did not refute, and it was obvious that he also knew that the other party was not wrong.

"I hope you can understand that what we need now is to advance the establishment of the coalition more steadily. If we act too aggressively, other races may doubt our willingness to unite."

The words on the parchment continued to emerge, and the other party very patiently explained the intentions and goals of the alliance to the Fire Elemental Lord in front of him.

It seems that they are indeed trying to form a united alliance. Through the goblins, they can at least show that the alliance will not rely on force to force races with weaker combat capabilities to join.

This can somewhat dispel the concerns of some ethnic groups that they might be used as cannon fodder.

"But in this way, the surrounding human kingdoms can still rely on these goblins to obtain the supplies they lack, which will have an adverse impact on future battles."

The flames on the Fire Elemental Lord's body had long ceased to surge, and his anger, which was not much, had disappeared under the other party's comfort. He could understand the purpose and concerns of the alliance. If they were the elemental creatures, they would also have doubts about the purpose of the alliance if they saw the goblins being forced to join the alliance by force. After all, the elemental creatures were not the strongest race in the alliance, and in terms of foundation, they could not compare with the older lost civilization races in the alliance that had survived to the present.

"As long as the sun still exists in the sky, their trade will not be able to be maintained so easily."

The words on the parchment flickered, and then gradually lost their light. The Fire Elemental Lord put it away, and the communication between the two parties ended.

“This kind of stability cannot be maintained any longer.”

Beside Lei Ming, the flesh and blood of a "monster" transformed from a human was gradually falling off.

This "monster" was captured by the Crusaders in a village. They received intelligence that the village was a small "sanctuary" for heretics, and that villagers from several nearby villages who believed in the heretical sun were gathering towards that village.

Their mission was to eradicate the heretics and collect their blasphemous scriptures. The high priests needed to use those blasphemous scriptures to determine what the "real sun" that the heretics believed in was.

Only after understanding the other party's beliefs can the high priests point out the loopholes in those heretical beliefs and allow those believers who have been "blinded" to return to orthodox beliefs.

This is also one of the ways to weaken the "true sun" of the heretic.

But when they arrived at the small "sanctuary", they found that it had been completely destroyed. Only the corpses of heretics and "monsters" were left on the ground. All of these corpses had been continuously burned by flames. The attackers had obviously figured out how to suppress the abilities of those "monsters".

In the end, they only found this "monster" in front of a cellar. He had lost most of his body, and the remaining body was covered with traces of burns, but he still blocked the cellar door. He finally fell down until the Crusader arrived.

Thirty-one human children hid in the cellar, the only survivors of this "sanctuary".

"The sun's rays can't repair his body now. The newly grown parts can only temporarily fill in the gaps in the body, but will then gradually begin to eat away at and devour the original body, causing even greater damage. We have no choice but to use physical means to remove the newly grown parts."

Lei Ming looked at the "monster" in front of him. It was lying docilely in the magic circle not far away. Its severely twisted legs could no longer support it to stand up, so it could only lie flat on the ground.

The priests of the church tried to heal him, but it now seemed that all treatments would only make the twisted creatures in his body grow stronger, and now these creatures would ruthlessly eat away at his original body, causing him even more pain.

Now, the priests are still trying to cut off the flesh and blood that has grown on his body. Everyone present knows that this is just delaying time. After each cut, as long as there is a little bit of flesh and blood left, it will frantically absorb nutrients and energy from the surrounding area and grow again.

They are waiting for a reply from the church headquarters, where perhaps there are some books that record methods to cure this "monster" before them.

The monster suddenly moved, as if he had gathered up a little strength to control the tentacles made of twisted flesh that had replaced his hands and were located where his arms had originally been.

The teachers took a few steps back and the magic circle was activated, but the "monster" did not try to make any drastic moves. Its tentacles only gently scratched the ground.

(End of this chapter)