In the early morning of the next day, after a noisy night of bonfire party, the market camp fell into silence before the morning arrived. People from various tribes in the market returned to their tents with their gains from the party to sleep. Only

The rangers responsible for market security are still patrolling inside and outside the market.

The young people in the caravan were still sleeping in the tents because they were attending the party. The caravan did not forcefully pull them up. Instead, the old people who did not attend the party hired some people from the market to pull them up.

The goods traded yesterday are sorted and packaged.

In addition, yesterday, a dozen young people from local tribes also accepted the employment of the caravan and were ready to go out to see it. Because of their excitement, they came to the caravan camp early to help the old caravan pack the goods.

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The various tribes in the market did not show any abnormality. They were still the same as before. It seems that Picass did not succeed in convincing the tribesmen last night.

Moreover, Leo later learned from Sanz that last night, for some unknown reason, Bigas was relieved of his position as captain of the Prairie Rangers and was instead given the position of market elder.

This news sounds like Picass has been promoted, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, you can find that Picass has been deprived of power.

When Picas was still the captain of the Prairie Rangers, this united ranger team of more than a thousand people was completely obedient to his orders, and the power he held could be said to be real. Although he has now been promoted to the position of market council elder with a higher position,

But in fact, the rights in his hands are equivalent to nothing.

It would be better if you are a tribal elder, and you will have more or less rights, but the market elder is a nursing home that relies on the elderly. The people who serve as elders are some very old people from each tribe who have retired from important positions.

, and now putting a middle-aged man like Picass in the prime of life is undoubtedly a decent demotion for him.

After Leo learned about this, he felt that he should have another conversation with Picass.

Sure enough, at noon, when the caravan had packed up all the pack cars and began to prepare to continue marching to Kusteel City, Picass, with a worried face, found Leo.

"Mr. Leo, is there any way for me to save these innocent people?" Bigas did not mince words, but directly asked Leo in a deep voice.

Leo was silent for a moment and said, "There is only one way."

"What can I do?" Picas asked hurriedly.

"Before disaster occurs, you become the sole master of this grassland." Leo said in a deep voice.

"How is this possible?" Bigas said with a look of shock: "There has never been a master on this grassland. All our tribes..."

"All tribes are free, and they are free to die, right?" Leo interrupted Picass's painting indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "Just because there has never been a master before, it does not mean that there will not be one in the future.

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"I..." Picas did not refute Leo's words. He fell silent, and the expression on his face changed many times, sometimes worried, sometimes determined.

Leo looked at the other party and said: "Actually, becoming a master is not as difficult as you think, especially for you, a grassland hero who has passed so many trials. And don't forget that over the years, you have been on the grassland

How many people have you saved, and how many people from various tribes have received your favor."

After hearing Leo's reminder, Picass's eyes no longer changed, but gradually became firm, but there was still a trace of inexplicable hesitation in his eyes.

"You have to know that everything you do is to save them," Leo added, adding: "Think about the consequences if you don't do this, if the disaster I speculated occurs.

,How many people can survive this disaster?"

At this time, the last trace of hesitation in Picass's eyes disappeared, and his eyes became extremely firm, and then he said to Leo very straightforwardly: "Mr. Leo, thank you very much! If you need anything in the future, I can help you."

Yes, please send someone here to inform me, I will definitely..."

"It's not necessary," Leo shook his head, interrupted Picass, and said, "I won't have anything to do for you, and if you really encounter something that I can't do, you will be even more worried.

It can’t be done.”

Although Leo told the truth, he was too direct, which made Picass, who was very grateful to Leo, feel a little embarrassed. However, his character was cheerful and upright, and he did not hold any grudge against Leo because of this.

After saying that his promise was always valid, he left.

After Picas left, Leo turned around and returned to the tent of the carriage, but his face was not pretty at the moment, and his eyes were full of surprise, as if he was doubting something.

"How could this happen? Why should I give him those suggestions?" Leo said to himself with a serious face: "This is not like my personality, this..."

Leo's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had woken up, and then he saw him lift the arm where the abyss snake's eyeball was, and said, "Are you influencing me?"

While speaking, his spiritual energy explored the past along with the devouring power that absolutely suppressed the power of the abyss.

Just now, Leo suddenly remembered the book he had read in the Royal City that recorded the rise and fall of the Royal City. In that book, it focused on how the abyss affected the Royal City step by step, creating disputes, chaos and killings.

, this is the most commonly used method by Abyss, just like his suggestion to Picass just now.

His suggestion to Picass just now sounds like the best suggestion at first glance, but in fact it is not. This suggestion is only the most direct and effective suggestion, not the best suggestion.

If Picass acts according to this suggestion, then this small grassland will inevitably fall into the whirlpool of tribal wars. With Picass's own strength, his prestige and reputation, as long as no external forces intervene, then he will inevitably be the final winner.

The winner is undoubtedly.

But no matter what the outcome of the victory is, the war actually happened here, and the number of deaths must be quite large. So the scene of harmonious coexistence in the market will disappear forever, and there will only be existence on this grassland.

Disputes and confusion.

Moreover, after Picas unified this small grassland, it does not mean that the dispute is over. The attitude of the western city-states will determine the direction of the future war.

The western city-states were able to allow the various tribes in the small grasslands to be independent of the control of each city-state because the number of these small tribes was not large, with the most numbering less than 2,000, and they were independent and scattered.

But once the various tribes in the small grassland are unified, it will be a large tribe with more than 200,000 people and nearly 100,000 young people. It is even larger than any other tribe in the west. How can they look at it with peace of mind?

With such a tribe formed, there is no doubt that there will be war in the west of Savile.

This is not over yet. Once the war becomes unfavorable to the western city-states, the small tribes that have been suppressed by several large tribes in the western city-states will definitely do something. And when the stable foundation of the western city-states is shaken, then

The foundation of the stable regime of the entire Savile Kingdom will also be shaken. Then Savile will fall into civil war like Maris, and it will become even more chaotic and disorderly.

Thinking of this, Leo's face became even more ugly. Although he had experienced countless wars, he saw that the number of people who died in the war was just a series of numbers, but if he was allowed to personally create such a huge number of casualties, if it were biochemical

It might have been fine when he was a human, but now it made him feel very uncomfortable.

However, even so, Leo never thought of calling Picass over and persuading him to change his mind, because he was a little worried that all this was not only affected by the Abyss Serpent, but also by the Lord of the Creation and Destruction of All Things.

Impact.

Think about it, if a dispute occurs, then what happened last night was the cause.

Although this may be Leo's overthinking, and everything may be just a coincidence, if you think about it carefully, if a war breaks out in the Savile Kingdom, who will be the ultimate beneficiary? The Church of the Lord of Creation and Death, which is different from the Kingdom of Maris

The situation is almost exactly the same.

As his thoughts deepened, Leo's face became more and more ugly. Finally, Leo closed his eyes, as if clearing his mind, and suddenly sighed heavily, and his face gradually returned to normal.

After a period of inner struggle, Leo soon understood that no matter whether he was affected by external forces or not, and given such advice to Picass, he could no longer control the situation. Ambition is easy to ignite.

It would be difficult to extinguish it. Even if Leo comes up with a better method now, Picass will probably choose the one that is more beneficial to him.

Leo sighed and stopped thinking about Picas. The most important thing he needed to deal with now was to determine whether the eyeballs of the Abyss Serpent really had a negative impact on him and to find a way to solve this impact.

After that, Leo stayed in the tent, and after the caravan had another lunch, they continued their journey towards the ancient salt railway in the Quincy Snow Mountains.

Because Picas's rangers regularly clean up a certain number of dangerous animals on the grassland, the caravan's journey on the grassland is relatively smooth. The only trouble that caused trouble was that it seemed to have rained heavily in the grassland near the snow-capped mountains in the morning.

It became muddy, and the wheels got stuck in the mud several times. One pack car even broke its shaft due to improper force when pulling it out, so the caravan had to stop to repair the pack car.

So when the caravan arrived at the bottom of the Quincy Snow Mountains and the starting point of the ancient salt railway, it was already morning. Except for people like Leo who stayed in the pack car and never got out, everyone in the caravan was covered in stains.

They were all muddy, and everyone was tired and hungry. The cold wind blowing from the snow-capped mountains also made the temperature here very cold, and everyone's bodies had reached their limits.

However, something that has caused some headaches for the upper echelons of the caravan has happened. A suitable garrison point that the caravan originally selected based on its past experience was actually flooded by the water of the creek next to the garrison point. However, it is not correct to say that the creek is

, because now the creek has become a small river.

As for other suitable places for camping, they are all muddy grassland. It may be difficult to ensure rest when camping in this environment. If you don't get enough rest, walking on the Ancient Salt Railway may be dangerous.

"We can go to the old castle to camp." At this time, the old man who had been with the caravan four or five times suggested.

Everyone in the meeting tent fell silent and looked at him with strange expressions.

Being looked at by everyone with such contemptuous eyes, the old man's face turned slightly ugly, and he said slightly angrily: "If you feel that it is not suitable, you can suggest a more suitable place." He said with an extremely obvious look of disdain.

, muttered: "I really don't know what you are afraid of. You must know that the legend about that castle has been around for thousands of years, and no one has really seen the monster in the castle from beginning to end, and there is no clear news.

, indicating that someone has had an accident in the castle, I really don’t know what you are worried about?"

After hearing the other party's mocking words, everyone's faces became very ugly. Although they were indeed afraid of the ancient castle that had been legendary for thousands of years, no one was willing to admit that the old man's words were tantamount to smoking.

After giving everyone a slap in the face, it's strange that their faces look pretty.

"Ahem!" Gu Sang coughed twice, breaking the awkward atmosphere in the tent, and said, "Okay! Old Bayi is right. The castle has been rumored for thousands of years and has long been unreliable.

There is no need for us to worry, we will camp in the castle, rest for a day and night, and when we have regained our energy and strength, we will set out to climb the mountain early the morning after tomorrow."

As Gu Sang made the decision to camp in the ancient castle, the caravan slowly changed direction and headed towards the abandoned castle at the front of the ancient salt railway.

Naturally, the people at the bottom of the caravan had no way to influence the decision of the caravan, but this did not prevent them from talking about various things related to the castle, and their tone of voice gradually changed from worry and panic to excitement.

They were so excited that some of the young people even couldn't wait to set up camp in the castle immediately, and then secretly carry the elders in the caravan on their backs to explore the secrets hidden in the castle.

Although the owner of the caravan, Sans, was an outsider, he had a good relationship with the people in the caravan. He also joined in the conversation and obtained a lot of information about the castle from the conversation. After returning to his caravan, he

When driving, he also told Leo this information.

Originally, Leo was not interested in this kind of castle legend that has been passed down for thousands of years, because the castle legends around the world are nothing more than the owner of the castle unwilling to accept the decline of the castle, appearing in the form of a ghost and causing some things, causing some troubles.

Some people's attention and so on.

But after he listened to all the rumors about the castle that Sanz had heard, his original thoughts began to change. He couldn't help but have some interest in the castle in his heart, and decided that if he had time, he should go and explore the castle.
Chapter completed!