Chapter 771 (1/2)
Chapter 771: Desert Promise
Translator: Transn Editor: Meh
“What is… a chief?”
“Sounds like the head of all the clans…”
“Isn’t that the same as the Three Gods Emissary?”
The crowd began to discuss. At that moment, the head of the Black River clan that had descended to fourth place, jumped onto the platform and questioned loudly, “But the king of the northern kingdom you mentioned, Roland Wimbledon, is not a Mojins. How could he rule the entire desert?”
“Here it is,” Ashes thought. “This is one of the key problems that they have to deal with if they want to put the Southernmost Region into the prefecture of Graycastle. I’ll see how Echo handles it.”
Echo looked at him and asked peacefully, “Were the Three Gods Emissaries who used to rule the desert… Mojins?”
Her voice was not high, yet with the help of her magic power, it traveled to everyone’s ears. The head of the Black River clan was startled when he heard it. “Um, well…”
“We all know that the answer is negative.” Echo noticed his silence, so she looked under the platform and said, “The Three Gods Emissaries were real giants. It’s said that they didn’t have uniform looks. One of them had four feet and three hands and another had more than one head. Undoubtedly, they were not Mojins.”
At this point, she began to speak in a much higher pitch, “The few words left by the emissaries have become principals that are abided by all Ironsand people of the Mojin Clan. The laws carved onto the slate tells us about the desert rulers, one is being blessed by the Three Gods, the other is opening up boundless oases and keeping all the clans away from hunger, thirst, and death. Anyone who could accomplish any of those can become the ruler of the Southernmost Region.”
The discussion in the crowd quieted down. Nobody wanted to object the laws left by the Three Gods Emissaries at the Land of Fire. In fact, the holy duel was a way to decide power distribution originated from the laws.
“But the Three Gods Emissaries did bring green land to the desert.” The head of the Black River clan did not want to be neglected. He pointed at Echo and raised his voice, “It’s said that 1,000 years ago, this area was an oasis! Is the king of Graycastle capable of that? Don’t be deceived by false benefits. Anyone who owns that kind of power is not different from the deity.”
“So as long as he could bring new oases to the Sand Nation, you’d admit that His Majesty is qualified of ruling the Southernmost Region and consider him as the chief, right?” Echo said with a smile.
“That’s right. Not only me, I’m afraid all the other clans would agree with me!” The head of the Black River clan kept his mouth shut for the first condition and took most of the audience’s opinions as his own.
“Indeed, His Majesty can’t convert the Southernmost Region into a green land, but he’s willing to take our land into the territory of Graycastle and offer us residences near lakes and forests to keep us from the threats of thirst and sandstorm forever.” Echo returned to the platform and said word by word, “This is the promise His Majesty made. He’ll bring you a new oasis, the vast and rich northern area is exactly the boundless green oasis whose color will never fade.”
Everybody was startled and could barely believe what they had heard.
Thuram was equally shocked.
This is the real purpose of the Osha clan!
That is the meaning of the new oasis and new order Iron Axe mentioned!
It has always been every Mojin’s dream to live in an oasis that is forever green. Such a temptation is unimaginable, especially to those small clans that are too weak to grab a piece of the Iron Sand City. Although big clans might be hesitant and unwilling to see a drastic change in the Southernmost Region’s order, they could not prevent the transmission of this message, probably within half a month, this astonishing message would spread through the entire dessert by the clansmen on spot from every Silver Stream Oasis!
“No, this is absolutely nonsense. It’s a lie, a fraud!” the head of the Black River clan shouted. “Have you forgotten the tragic ending of the Black Bone Clan and the Sandstone Clan? Didn’t they die out and become extinct because they easily believed what Garcia, the Queen of Clearwater, said? Offering us an oasis and the source of water? The cunning northerners will never do that. They’ll only give you a pond, or a piece of land as big as my palm, making you fight for these resources unceasingly as you did in the Southernmost Region where you have to work to death for them.”
Thuram imperceptibly sighed. “If it were before the holy duel, this speech could have suppressed people’s aspirations, but it’s too late now.”
In five duels, no one was killed. The merciful image of the Osha clan had spread through the small oasis. People could easily imagine that the northern kingdom’s king who was supporting Osha was equally merciful. Obviously, someone merciful would not oppress the Sand Nation people as the Queen of Clearwater had done.
Even challengers like Black bone and Sandstone were willing to sell themselves cheap to Garcia, which was an indication of how attractive a land of survival was to them. Even if it might be a trap, some clansmen would like to take the risk. If the King of Graycastle sincerely wished to take the Southernmost Region into his domain, those pioneers would definitely become the examples for other clans to follow. As long as it started, the northwards migration of the whole Sand Nation would become inevitable.
This king obviously had all his moves well planned, making a show of strength to draw the clans’ attention, killing nobody in duels to build a merciful image, becoming the chief of all clans by indisputably winning the holy duels and making the other forgiven major clans reluctant to turn against Osha under everybody’s attention.