Quadruple split.

Chapter 2371: Apology and Respect Transaction
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Dunbuya City, [Agency] Basement 1, Temporary Reception Room

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With the not-too-harsh sound of the door being pushed open, Mo Tan slowly walked into this empty room which had been left unused since the [Agency] moved in. It was originally a wine cellar used by Archbishop Jost to store contraband, but was now temporarily arranged as a 'reception room' by Xia Liya. Then he raised his chin slightly, a hint of pride appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he made a nasal sound that was unclear whether it was 'hmm' or 'hum'.

"Ah, this must be Lord Heifan!"

Almost at the same time, the only old lizardman sitting on a chair among the several 'visitors' immediately stood up. Just as he was about to salute Mo Tan with utmost respect, a scabbard with a soft and hazy light was pressed against his chin.

The guardian knight of the Black Brahma priest, the high-level paladin of the Dawn Sect, the beautiful half-dragon Yizou Jielet with epic strength, turned her head expressionlessly and looked at the "messenger". Her slender hand holding the hilt was steady and powerful, and her pleasant voice was indifferent and calm: "Please don't do anything in front of the senior that may cause me or anyone else to misunderstand. After all, the senior will not care whether you are polite or not, but if you do something that will make me "mind"..."

"Okay, follow the instructions."

But Mo Tan raised his hand to interrupt his knight at this time, shaking his head with a dull look, saying: "In order to ensure the fluency of the subsequent conversation, you can raise your threshold of 'mind' a little bit. After all, no matter how remote a ghost place is, a sanctuary is still a sanctuary. Under their watchful eyes, I believe that we, the guests from the wild land, will not bring their regrettable customs here, right?"

"Yes, senior."

Without any hesitation, after Mo Tan gave clear instructions, Yi Zou immediately put away the scabbard that was against the throat of the old lizardman next to her, walked to the opposite side of the room and stood behind Mo Tan. When she cast her gaze at his back, the indifference that had just lingered in her eyes suddenly melted like ice and snow, and even the dim light on the sword became three times brighter.

However, the departure of the female knight did not make the messenger completely relax. After all, right behind him stood a young man wearing the common priest robe of the Cult of the Abundance. Although he had a calm face and a serene expression, he had an extremely oppressive height and muscles, and it looked like he could smash his head with one punch.

Of course, the old lizardman named Danon Dan was not frightened by the muscular body. After all, he had a stronger body when he was young. Even now, if it was just a high-level warrior who looked quite intimidating but did not have much background, Danon was even confident that he could easily kill the opponent without the lizard beast. But the problem was -

The height and muscularity of the young man were not important at all. After all, in Danon's judgment, this young man was most likely the one mentioned in the intelligence who almost single-handedly established the situation of the battle and directly led to the annihilation of the team that arrived here earlier than him, with only one Black Lizard Hunter being rescued by the king himself.

The Son of Fertility——Philip Toland!

Although they are regarded as a serious threat by the Holy Alliance and are being strongly targeted by the former all the time, the Broken Head Cliff, Blood Feather Plateau, Steel Mane Tribal State and Gray Plains, collectively known as the "Northern Blood Barbarians", have never been a place without information. In fact, although their style of doing things does make most people stay away, it is far from making the Blood Barbarians an isolated place. Not to mention, there are no less than 30 chambers of commerce that have normal trade agreements and exchanges with the Blood Barbarians.

Putting aside those chambers of commerce that are allied with the Holy Church, the vast majority of businessmen would never go against money. Although the people of the Blood Barbarians are bloodthirsty and the conditions are harsh, and it is a high-risk area with extremely high risk ratings and mortality rates, even so, the black iron stone and coral wood under the jurisdiction of the Broken Head Cliff, the glittering moss and puzzling beasts of the Blood Feather Plateau, the ghost-crying ore veins and triple enchantment craftsmanship of the Pale Plains, and the black bitter rice and sweet beans of the Steel Mane Tribe have never lacked sales channels, and have never been isolated from the outside world.

Of course, although those merchants would not go against money, they would not take advantage of the Holy Church Alliance to disgust them. After all, the latter's value is greater than the Blood Barbarians in all aspects. Therefore, no matter how stupid the businessmen are, they have never borrowed the road from the Holy Land. For example, they would go directly north to do business through the military fortresses of Dunbuya City and Gospel Mountain City, which are always fighting on the front line against the Blood Barbarians.

In most cases, the Chamber of Commerce that does business with the Blood Barbarians will take the Land of Light and Shadow north of the Jinhui Valley, and enter the territory of the Blood Barbarians in the north through the 'Jedi Pass' remotely controlled by the Free City's Daily Management Committee. Among the Chambers of Commerce willing to establish trade relations with those Blood Barbarians, there are also the Steam Consortium and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce. However, considering the face of the Holy Church Union, they did not do business in their own name, but simply packaged themselves with the names of [Green Ears] and [Steamer Dog] respectively. The behind-the-scenes controlling shareholders of the two shell chambers of commerce are the Steam Consortium and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, in order.

As for the Wealth Sect, although in theory such a big business would not be possible without these people, but as members of the Holy Church Union, those money-loving clergymen who in many cases seemed to have the same flexible bottom line as the Justice Sect, firmly drew a line between themselves and the Blood Barbarians.

It is worth mentioning that the first major thing that Her Highness Fialy Graham, the Saint of Wealth, did after she came of age was to find a way to acquire shares in the 'Jedi Pass' and forcibly increased the tax rate at the pass by 30 percentage points. Although the chambers of commerce were in great pain, they had no choice but to accept the loss based on the principle of special treatment for special circumstances, and by the way, they gritted their teeth and reduced the frequency of trade with the Blood Barbarians.

So in a sense, Fiyali did not get involved in Xueman's business, allowing the latter to earn even half a gold coin more, and she also managed to get a share of Xueman's business for the Holy (cai) Church (fu) Alliance (jiao) (pai). It is precisely because of this that she can now become a representative of the younger generation of saints and saints as a non-head sect's god, and can even obtain the status of an elected member of the Academy City Exchange Association.

As for Mo Tan, Fiyali, the major shareholder of "Jediguan", provided a lot of high-value intelligence this time, especially the intelligence network about Xueman, and even highly sensitive information about the Thieves Guild branch and intelligence station inside. This almost allowed Mo Tan to foresee the intelligence in the hands of the envoy from the Cliff before the meeting, and then take more appropriate measures to deal with it, without being distracted by testing and speculation.

"Please take a seat."

Mo Tan, who was sitting opposite Danon, raised his right hand and pressed it down gently, saying lazily, "This place is simple, and I apologize for the poor hospitality."

Danon, whose butt had just touched the chair, waved his hands repeatedly and said in a fearful tone, "We should thank you for taking the trouble to settle us. Not to mention that it is a bit awkward for us to be here, this reception room is much brighter and more open than the hall in my house."

Danon was not lying. Although he wanted to turn all these blood barbarians into fertilizer for watering the flowers, after learning that the other party was not looking for trouble but wanted to "negotiate", Xia Liya almost immediately mobilized a large number of people from the [Agency] to renovate this "wine cellar" to ensure the reputation of Dunbuya City.

With the help of divine magic, the members of the [Agency] transformed the originally dark and closed wine cellar in just less than thirty minutes. Not only were they decorated with hastily made embossed wallpaper and Cult of Plenty carpets, they also used the Dawn magic to create two colored windows underground that seemed to have light shining through from outside. The two Melody Cult members of the agency even created a divine magic barrier that could last for 12 hours, playing the annual special of the Dawn Cult Hymn Choir on a loop. The tables, chairs and other necessary furniture were directly sculpted by Saint Philip, who was called over to look after the scene, because there was no need to consider the shelf life issue. This kind of thing was not much more difficult for the Saint of Plenty than breathing.

All in all, at least from the appearance point of view, this wine cellar is indeed worthy of its temporary new identity of "reception room" and will not be laughed at by outsiders.

[But it’s actually totally unnecessary…]

While complaining about the extravagance of the [Organization] in his heart, Mo Tan crossed his legs and said casually: "Let me introduce myself. I am Hei Fan, an ordinary priest of the Dawn Sect and the current leader of Dunbuya City."

"It's an honor to meet you, Lord Heifan!" Danon, who translated "ordinary" into "super bull" in his mind, almost collapsed on himself. He sat on the chair and bowed nearly 180 degrees to Mo Tan, and said in fear and trepidation: "Perhaps you have heard from Ms. Xia Liya that I am from the Broken Head Cliff and am one of the deputy commanders of the [Gray Lizard Hunter] under the king. This time I came here for..."

"Ok?"

But Mo Tan turned to look at Xia Liya behind him and asked curiously, "Did you tell me just now?"

Xia Liya nodded with a serious expression and said seriously: "Yes, sir, I have just reported to you that this Grand Marshal Danon Dan is the deputy commander of the Gray Lizard Hunters at the Broken Head Cliff."

"Well, maybe I wasn't paying enough attention."

Mo Tan nodded reluctantly, then lazily turned to Danon, who had just been interrupted by him, and chuckled, "So, you are indeed a big shot in Broken Head Cliff, one of the leaders of the Gray Lizard Hunters?"

Danon lowered his head humbly and said, "I don't dare to be a big shot. Even in the Gray Lizard Hunters, my status is far inferior to the other two deputy commanders, let alone the commander..."

"Then please answer me, Mr. Danon."

Mo Tan interrupted Danon again and asked in a confused tone, "What is the relationship between the Gray Lizard Hunters that invaded Dunbuya City a few days ago and the Gray Lizard Hunters you are in?"

Upon hearing this, Danon's pupils shrank instantly, and he felt that the temperature around him had dropped by two degrees. In addition, the pressure coming from the Son of Fertility and the Guardian Knight suddenly reached its maximum. If he had not been a ruthless and experienced man in his youth, he would probably have collapsed in his chair at this moment.

However, whether Danon is paralyzed or not, it cannot change an obvious fact, that is, the man in front of him named "Hei Fan" is in a relationship with the Dawn Saint Chen Wangyu, and has a considerable status in the Holy Church Union. Not only did he go to the exchange meeting in Academy City as a representative, he is also a priest who can make the two saints obey his orders... and just asked a death question.

Danon absolutely did not believe that the young priest in front of him really did not know that there was no difference between the two [Gray Lizard Hunters], but he believed that no matter whether he gave the other party a 'yes' or 'no' answer, there was a very high possibility that he would not be able to walk out of this 'reception room' alive.

However, this warlord who was valued by the [Evil Eye] and could still hold a high position in the Cliff of Broken Head even though he was old and weak was indeed a quick-witted person. So after realizing that the other party's question was not simple, he had no intention of answering it at all, but simply grasped the most powerful middle finger and index finger of his right hand with his left hand, and then burst into fighting spirit, before Philip and Yizou could completely control him -

The two fingers were pulled out with flesh and bones!

"I am very sorry, Lord Heifan."

Danon, unable to move his limbs like a dead tree, looked at Mo Tan with a sword at his neck without changing his expression and said in a deep voice: "That is not a misunderstanding."

"You seem to be very good at business."

Mo Tan lowered his eyes to look at the two severed fingers on the ground that were plucked out without [Sensory Protection] and were still twitching slightly. He waved his hand to let Yi Zou and Philip let go of Danon who had no intention of resisting at all, and said leisurely: "Two fingers for a life, I have never seen such a shrewd person."

"We believe in the survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle."

Danon did not continue the conversation, but stared at Mo Tan's face and said sternly, "Broken Head Cliff is not a friend of Dunbuya City, because the weak and incompetent Jost is not worthy of our respect. But you... Lord Heifan, you are qualified. You can get the recognition of Broken Head Cliff and the king. The blood of seven hundred [Gray Lizard Hunters] is the best interpretation of your strength!"

"Should I feel honored?"

"Of course not. The king said it himself that he was terrified by your coming."

"so what?"

"So he sent me here, firstly to express his highest apologies and respect to you, and secondly..."

"What is it?"

"I want to negotiate a win-win deal with the city of Dumbuya."

Chapter 2371: End

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