Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

"It seems that the elders of the Tanit clan are quite at odds with each other right now?" Gabriel couldn't help but ask. Breda's face changed a little when he heard this. He instinctively resisted answering this question, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Tanit's current decline was extremely obvious and anyone with a discerning eye could easily see it.

The person in front of him is a neutral adventurer who saved his life, so it’s okay to say these words to him.

"Yes, besides the radicals led by Babel, there are also the conservatives led by me, and the capitulationists like Thea." Bleda was rather disdainful when mentioning Thea. "Thea suggested that we negotiate with the Red King's messenger to allow Tanit to retain his faith in his mistress while at the same time belonging to the Red Thought Union—it's simply unbelievable!"

"We believe in the Mistress, and they are the Red King's messengers. How could she possibly tolerate our existence?" Breda expounded on his views. Gabriel nodded as he listened. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, Breda spoke again, "Speaking of which, Hepit, you're from the desert branch in the Wind Erosion Land, right? You should know more about that place. Why don't you share your thoughts?"

"...My opinion might offend you, so it's better not to say it." Gabriel shook his head. Breda smiled magnanimously. "What's the big deal? Just tell me. You're not a member of the Tanit tribe, so I won't treat you the way I would treat a member of the tribe."

"Then I'll tell you." At Breda's suggestion, Žebler spoke. He first forged a resume for himself, for example, he had been active around the wind erosion area for nearly a year and was very familiar with the Chi Nian clan.

"Actually, in my personal opinion, I am optimistic about Theya's idea." As Gabriel spoke, Breda's face changed and became serious, as if he was thinking about something carefully.

He always likes to put himself in the opponent's position and infer the decisions the opponent might make based on the decisions he might make at that time. This may be useful when dealing with familiar enemies, but it is biased here.

"Because that envoy of God is not the person you said. She doesn't care whether you believe in the Red King or not. She only cares whether you are willing to abide by the rules of the Wind Erosion Land, and those rules are very simple." Gabriel quickly explained the so-called rules. In Breda's opinion, these rules were extremely reasonable. It can be seen that the creators of the rules wanted to maintain stability.

"...Hepiter, are you kidding me? The Red King's messenger can actually tolerate the mistress's believers?" Breda was quite unbelievable, his expression was quite solemn. Although he and Thea were quite at odds in decision-making, it was indeed for the survival of the Tanit clan, and their interests were still the same. Although they were at odds, he would never do it if he was asked to eradicate Thea.

"That's my opinion. In fact, in my opinion, the Tanit clan can give it a try right now. However, delaying it like this won't benefit anyone. It's better to try it first and then make plans. Since it's Elder Thea's idea, let her try it. If it succeeds, it can be considered a solution to the problem. If it doesn't, it can just be considered trial and error."

"Of course, I'm just an adventurer, not a member of the Tanit clan. My words may not be entirely accurate. Just listen to them. The final decision will be made by the Tanit clan."

"..." Listening to Gabriel's words, Breda fell into deep thought. Indeed, as the other party said, there would be no result if they quarreled with each other. In comparison, it would be better to give it a try - it would be better than sitting and waiting for death.

"At least it's better than doing nothing. I'll have to find a chance to discuss this with the elders later."

"Then you must not tell anyone that it was me who suggested it. I'm afraid that if any elder holds a grudge against me for this, a mere adventurer like me will be no match for him." Gabriel said this in a joking manner. Upon hearing this, Breda nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would not harm his savior.

Chapter 20: Evening Meeting

After eating, Breda arranged for someone to take Gabriel around the clan, while he himself rested for a while to prepare for the meeting later in the evening.

There was nothing interesting during this period, but the elders came to see Gabriel one by one. They treated him quite politely because Gabriel saved the life of an elder of the Tanit clan.

The most formal among them was Igidel, the highest-ranking and oldest elder in the Tanit clan. He immediately said that Gabriel could stay here as long as he wanted, and whenever he came here in the future, he would be a distinguished guest of the Tanit clan.

Gabriel could see the intention to recruit him in his eyes, but Igider didn't say it out loud, and Gabriel didn't point it out.

"I heard that you saved Breda's life before? Our Tanit clan owes you a big favor now." The woman standing in front of Gabriel this time was the one he was very familiar with, Babel, one of the elders of the Tanit clan.

Judging from her appearance, Babel was quite beautiful and could be considered a beauty, but Gabriel was very familiar with her true face. Beneath this layer of skin was a heart as vicious as that of a snake or scorpion.

"It just happened. The previous incident was quite dangerous, but luckily it was nothing serious." Gabriel pretended to be friendly to avoid any disputes.

"Breda and I are both leaders of the Tanit clan. If anything happens to him, it will be a huge blow to the entire Tanit clan. The help you have given to the Tanit clan should be remembered, and there is no need to be modest." Babel deliberately complimented Gabriel. The two talked about this topic for a while, and then talked about the purpose of Gabriel's coming here.

"Of course, it's to explore the ruins of Gul City. I want to find out about its history. The records in books about this are always vague."

"I see. Welcome, distinguished guest from Tanit." Babel exchanged pleasantries with Gabriel for a moment and then left. She came here just to meet him. In Babel's opinion, this adventurer was a rare talent, but such a person seemed difficult to recruit and would not help her plan.

"...Tsk." Babel became quite annoyed when she thought of her plan. She had been planning for a long time to become Tanit's trusted mistress. She had planned to look for the Eternal Oasis after becoming the mistress. Once she found it, she could use the Eternal Oasis to obtain endless water and the status of "Messenger of the Flower God". However, she never expected that a messenger of the Red King would suddenly appear at that moment. Under the influence of the wind erosion land, Tanit was no longer as united as before, and it might not be long before a large number of people would leave.

——By then, her plan will become completely empty talk.

But under such circumstances, that group of people still disagreed with his decision to find the Eternal Oasis. They were so rigid!

"We must find a way to speed up the implementation of the plan. If we delay any further, there will be no hope!" Babel pondered the current situation and thought about how to break it.

Led by the Tanit people, Gabriel visited the entire clan. During the tour, he met the guard who came to thank him. His face was wrapped in many bandages, which looked quite funny.

But compared to being able to survive such an accident, these ridiculous things are nothing.

The two of them came together and chatted, and during the conversation, Gabriel gained a deeper understanding of Tanit's current situation.

Like the elders, the tribesmen also formed groups with different opinions. Half of them wanted to enter the wind erosion area, and a small part of the remaining half wanted to maintain traditions. Most of them were old people, and the majority were neutral factions who did not hold any opinions.

In comparison, the grassroots members of the clan, such as the guards, do not have strong beliefs. It does not matter who they believe in as long as they can live a good life. Here, Gabriel was curious about what Babel would do. If it were that woman, she would definitely not want to see her years of business destroyed by external factors.

After obtaining the official status of an adventurer, Gabriel's first thought was to return to the Tanit clan to see what the current situation of the clan where he used to live was like. However, he did not expect that he seemed to have encountered a critical period of the Tanit tribe.

"I feel like something... boring is going to happen again." Gabriel had a premonition that there would be a lot of "betrayal" here. With Babel around, things would definitely not go smoothly. She would definitely do something.

Compared to the peaceful situation on Gabriel's side, the other side was much more serious. After receiving the secret message, Thea came to a secret place alone and saw Breda who had been waiting there for a long time.

"Why did you call me here so urgently?" Thea was quite wary. Although both of them were concerned about Tanit's existence, they had conflicts in their ideas after all. Thea was really worried that Breda would do something bad in a moment of impulse.

"...You don't need to be so wary. I, Breda, am not some sinister villain. I wouldn't want to eliminate you just because of a disagreement."

"So? You called me here because...?"

"..." Breda was silent for a moment, still struggling, before speaking again: "I agree with your idea. It's better to give it a try than to do nothing. Sending someone to explain our purpose to the Red King's envoy and try to negotiate is also a good idea."

"...?" Theya was stunned. She stared at Breda's head. "Did you fall over during the fight with the Holy Beast just now? You were as stubborn as an angry beast of burden in the meeting just now. Why are you suddenly changing your tune now?"

"...Ahem." Breda coughed twice, her face a little embarrassed for a moment. "I tried to put aside my anger and think about it. Compared to Babel's desecration of the mistress, your actual actions are less unacceptable."

"It's just that I can't agree with you directly at the meeting later this evening. We have to go around it." Breda's face was a little embarrassed when he mentioned this. Seeing this, Thea understood in her heart that this guy had his old problem again.

"I see. If you agree with me directly—as the leader of the conservative faction, you agree with me directly. That would be embarrassing for you, right?"

"See through it, but don't say it. See through it, but don't say it."

The two of them quickly discussed how to implement it at that time, and the private meeting ended quickly without being discovered by anyone.

There were no unexpected events until the evening meeting began, and with the entry of Igidel into the conference room, the meeting officially began.

As previously discussed, it was Breda who spoke first this time. He seemed to still be holding a grudge against Thea because of the previous meeting and scolded Thea angrily.

Breda mentioned the former glory of the Tanit clan and their devout faith in their mistress, contrasting Thea's current behavior of surrendering without a fight, describing her as a weak and cowardly person without fighting spirit.

"Shut up!" Thea seemed to explode under this series of humiliations. This shout stopped Breda from speaking and also stopped Igidel from interrupting Breda. No one expected that Thea, who should have been the gentlest among the elders present, would explode at this time.

"The glory of the past, the faith of the past, it's all in the past. Let me ask you, can clinging to the past make the current Tanit clan stronger? Can it save the current Tanit clan? Even Babel, who wants to break with tradition, is doing a better job than you!"

"--You!" Breda seemed to be irritated and glared at Thea. Babel on the side narrowed her eyes slightly. She was a little confused about the situation in front of her, and she felt something was wrong for no reason.

"What do you mean?! Am I wrong? Babel's approach at least has the potential to make the Tanit Clan stronger, but what about you? Your actions will only cause the Tanit Clan to fall apart! You are watching the Tanit Clan go to destruction with indifference!!"

It seemed that Theya's anger frightened Breda, or that Theya's words from the heart pointed out the shortcomings of Breda's actions. Breda fell silent, and Igidel also fell into deep thought.

For a moment, the meeting became Thea's one-man show, and she spoke incessantly about her ideas.

"I don't know why you are so hostile to me. Is it just because of your personal preference? Are you going to let your personal opinion affect a crucial meeting concerning the future of Tanit?!"

"I don't know why you call me a 'surrenderist.' When did I ever say that Tanit would surrender to the Chi Nian clan? I've always advocated sending someone to talk to the Red King's envoy. How can you say it's impossible without even having a conversation?"

"Well, I think Breda has some opinions on this..." Seeing that the atmosphere in the meeting was moving in a direction she didn't want, Babel spoke, but her action was immediately met with Theya's angry glare.

"shut up!"

Babel gritted her teeth, but finally gave up and tried to speak again.

"Isn't it better to actually take action and give it a try rather than just sit and wait for death? Is it wrong to assert that something can't be right without even trying it?" Theya looked at Breda as if questioning her soul, and Breda narrowed his eyes when he saw this.

The conference room fell into silence for a moment, which lasted for a long time until Breda spoke again.

"...Perhaps you're right, Thea." Breda waved his hand and closed his eyes in frustration. "At a time like this, taking actual action is indeed better than sitting and waiting for death. If we must decide on a plan tonight—then I agree with yours."

"...Then who are the elders who will vote and agree with Thea's plan?" Igidel secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Any progress is better than no progress.

Four elders, including Thea and Breda, nodded, which was already half of the eight elders. As a neutral elder, Igidel would naturally choose to abstain from voting later, which also meant that Thea's resolution was successfully passed.

"Then, the selection of the messenger to the Wind Erosion Land will be left to Elder Theya. Does anyone else have any ideas?"

Igidel glanced at the elders present, and no one spoke.

"Then, adjourn the meeting."

Chapter 21: Undercurrent

"..." Babel sat in her tent without saying a word. She had been like this for more than an hour, ever since the evening meeting.

She never expected that a plan would be voted on at this time, but the plan voted on this time was what she absolutely did not want to see. For the current status, she had been planning for more than ten years. According to the plan, she would be able to sit on the position of mistress in a few years. At that time, she could organize people to explore the location of the Eternal Oasis as the mistress. If successful, with the Eternal Oasis in her hands, she would become the only "agent" of the God of Flowers in the world, the extremely high-ranking messenger of God.

But all this is about to be ruined. If Theya's plan succeeds, the Wind Erosion Land will definitely intervene in the Tanit clan to some extent. If I do anything else then, it will be too much trouble!

——Babel has no confidence that she can defeat the Red King's messenger in the struggle for power.

But she would never give up just like that. It would be better if... Babel narrowed her eyes, and a vicious plan came to her mind.

Babel put on a thick cloak and walked out of the tent. She walked in a big circle, passed a tent on the way and threw a wooden sign into it, then walked into a secluded corner.

Not long after, a strong man came here. He saluted Babel solemnly, his eyes full of "fanaticism" for Babel.

He is the "falcon" trained by Babel. Even in an ancient tribe like Tanit, there are only two people like her who can raise falcons. The other one is Marcella, who usually keeps a low profile.

If one seeks safety, the best way is to kill the messengers who have already set out, and then a day later have one of their own people pretend to have discovered the message that the surviving messenger brought back at the risk of his life, and fabricate that the messenger group was killed by the Red King's messenger - but there is a big problem with this method.

Although Babel is an elder of the Tanit clan, she is actually suffering from a crisis of trust now, because the missing elder was the one she arranged to kill, but because she did not do it cleanly enough, some small evidence pointed to her, and therefore she is under suspicion.

If she follows the safe method, someone will inevitably suspect that she did it, and it will be very troublesome if something else is discovered at that time - so there is also a slightly more dangerous method.

Directly arrange for people to attack the Red King's envoy. That person will most likely die there. Then the Red King's envoy will definitely find something pointing to the Tanit clan left on the dead man's body, and thus directly push Tanit to the opposite side of the Red King's envoy. This will take some risks, but it can quickly unite the entire Tanit - nothing can unite people better than an external threat.

Plan one is not reliable enough, and plan two involves risks. Barber is confident in her ability to create advantages by leveraging information asymmetry, so she plans to implement both plans at the same time.

"I want you to follow the envoys immediately, intercept them on the way, and then go to the Wind Erosion Land and find a way to attack the Red King's divine envoy."

"Yes, sir." There was no hesitation in the falcon's eyes, and he didn't think at all. As soon as Babel finished speaking, he was ready to act. This is what a fully trained falcon is like. It doesn't need any thinking ability and only needs to be a useful tool.

The meeting between the two ended quickly, and Babel took another detour before returning. However, they did not expect that there was a person in that secluded place who had seen the whole thing from beginning to end.

"...It is as I expected." Gabriel lifted the invisible function, lamenting that some things had not changed at all after such a long time. Babel still had that strong desire for power, and the vicious heart to drag the entire Tanit clan into the water for personal gain.

Perhaps it was because the Wind Erosion Land had been too peaceful in recent years, and the messenger of God had not displayed her terrifying methods for a long time. Therefore, Babel, who was far away in Tanit, overlooked a very fatal problem - if this attracted the attention of Amber, then the entire Tanit clan would be destroyed in just one night.

"Huh..." Gabriel took a deep breath. He was no longer a member of the Tanit clan. The life or death of the Tanit clan had nothing to do with him at the moment, but he was not a heartless man after all. Most of the members of the Tanit clan were innocent. They had no intention of provoking the Red King's envoy. They just wanted to live a peaceful life. If Babel's plan was successfully implemented, these people would also be dragged into the water.

Amber couldn't see these things, and he wouldn't have seen these things if he hadn't happened to have the idea of ​​going to the Tanit clan at this time, but now that he saw it, he might as well take action there.

Gabriel left this place quietly and headed towards the direction where the falcon was heading. The Tanit clan was very proactive in sending envoys. It took only more than half an hour for Elder Theya to find the candidates and let them set off immediately.

Gabriel's pace was not fast, and he could not compare with the rigorously trained falcon. After Gabriel had been running at full speed for nearly half an hour, he saw three Tanit people lying on the ground.

Gabriel had never hoped to catch up. He mourned for a moment for the three Tanit people who died for no reason because of Babel's ambition. He planned to take some representative items from them and hand them over to Breda as evidence to convince Breda to cooperate with his plan.

"...Hmm?" Some faint breathing sounds came into Gabriel's ears. He immediately bent down to look for the lucky person who might still be alive, and finally set his sights on the Tanit man who was stabbed in the chest.

They must have been attacked suddenly. Two of them had their throats slashed and were dead. The last one probably blocked the attack with his hand, causing the blade to deflect and pierce his palm and chest instead of his heart. This should have happened two or three minutes ago. In another minute, this person would have died from excessive blood loss.

Such injuries would be difficult to recover even by miracle doctors, but this did not include Gabriel. The light of grass element spread across his palms, and this light flowed into the lucky man's wound, causing it to heal and scab over quickly.

This way his life was saved, but he would probably remain unconscious for a few more hours. Gabriel carried him on his back and rushed towards the Tanit clan.

He used his skills to avoid the guards and came to the top of the rock wall, airdropped into the Tanit clan, and flexibly avoided the patrol personnel and came to Breda's tent.

Breda, who was treating his own wound, was startled. When he looked closely, he saw that it was Gabriel who was carrying a Tanit man on his back. He keenly realized what must have happened and spoke immediately.

"Hepiter, what's going on?"

Gabriel took several deep breaths to even out his breathing, and after confirming that there were no strangers around the tent, he began to explain.

He told her all the orders that Babel had given him earlier, and also revealed the identity of the Tanit man he had brought with him. Upon hearing Gabriel's words, Breda's eyes changed instantly.

"...Are you serious?" He widened his eyes, finding it hard to believe that Babel would dare to do such a thing. If this was true, then it would be too late to chase the falcon now. The Tanit clan and the Chinanian clan would definitely have a feud now.

Gabriel nodded, indicating that his words were not false. Although Breda did not completely trust Gabriel, he could not help but think about what would happen next if this was true.

"..." Breda fell silent for a moment. He was not in a hurry to find Babel to verify. He had no evidence at the moment. Even if Gabriel saved his life, he was an outsider and not a member of the Tanit tribe. His words were not convincing enough. Going there rashly would not gain any benefit, but would alert the enemy instead.

But if Tanit and the Chinanian clan have a feud, they will most likely suffer a direct attack next. Perhaps this is what Babel wants. If Breda is the current Babel, he will definitely take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and put all the blame on the Chinanian clan, and use this to unite the Tanit people and create an information gap.

"This Babel... does she really not care about the casualties of the Tanit people at all?" Breda gritted his teeth. He originally thought that as an elder, Babel would at least not do anything to truly harm the Tanit clan. But if what Gabriel said was true, then her viciousness was far beyond imagination. She regarded her personal interests as more important than the entire Tanit.

"What are you going to do?" Gabriel asked Breda for his opinion. Breda looked at Gabriel, then at the sleeping Tanit, "I'll wait for him to wake up and confirm the information. If it's true..."

"..." Breda was silent for a moment. "If it's true, then I can only think of ways to strengthen the security of the tribe to withstand the possible attack."

The saddest time is probably this time. I know everything but there is nothing I can do. I can only watch it happen.

"Tanit has no chance of winning." Gabriel shook his head upon hearing this, which attracted a serious look from Breda. He was waiting for Gabriel's next words.

"As I said before, I know a lot about the Chi Nian clan. The place where the Tanit clan lives is quite far away from the wind erosion area. I am not very clear about the methods of that envoy of God, but I know them very well." Gabriel told Breda very seriously about the methods of the Chi Nian clan to deal with the enemy. When he heard that those people died silently in just one night, there was a hint of despair in Breda's eyes.

He knew that the Chinaian clan was not easy to mess with, but he didn't expect them to be so difficult to mess with. That stupid Babel thought she could make the most of the information gap in her hands as usual, but she never thought that she was in a dangerous information gap from the beginning, and this seemed to lead to the destruction of the Tanit clan.

"Is there really no way?" Breda hoped very much that what Gabriel said was a lie, but what the other party said was reasonable and there seemed to be no need to lie. When the messenger beside him woke up, it would probably be time to sentence the Tanit clan to death.

Breda was not afraid of death, but he did not want to see the Tanit clan destroyed, especially because of Babel's foolish desire for power.