Mutual Benefit
It was a summer evening, and the food for dinner was very simple. The staple food was mung bean soup and steamed buns, with some honey as condiments. Zul'ra invited Edwin and Monsens to share a meal.
During the meal, Edwin and Monsens lowered their heads to sip the porridge in the bowl. Monsens was more bold. At Zul'ra's signal, he added two spoons of honey to the bowl and lowered his head to drink the porridge with bright eyes. Edwin drank the porridge silently, without even looking at the honey.
"King of the Amani..." Edwin took two sips of mung bean soup and looked at Zul'ra who was also drinking mung bean soup and couldn't help but speak.
"Just call me Zul'ra Jin." Zul'ra looked at Edwin who couldn't help but corrected his name with a smile. At the same time, he put down the mung bean soup in his hand. Looking at his actions, Monsens on the side couldn't drink anymore.
"Zul'ra Jin, I..." Edwin looked at Zul'ra and opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. He thought carefully for a while while drinking mung bean soup and found that he still couldn't find what a just cause was. Although he was very angry, he could not refute Zul'ra's words. Anything that was infiltrated with hatred would deteriorate, but he could not contain his anger.
"If you can't think clearly, don't think about it for now. You might as well think about what you should do next. No matter what you want to do, you have to do it step by step." Zul'ra looked at Edwin and shook his head inwardly.
Although people like Defias have excellent qualities and skills, they do not have leadership. After all, they are just a group of puppet-like pawns. It would be a shame to trick them, and it is very likely that the Onyxia behind them will take the opportunity to counterattack. It is better to be strong without desire, mutual benefit, and see if they can wake up on their own, and then go further.
"I need to make arrangements for my brother's family first. They need a stable environment. In addition, we also need financial support and weapons and equipment." Edwin thought for a moment. Perhaps as a leader, his emotions can easily affect certain judgments, but as an assassin, his thoughts are meticulous.
"I will provide you with a loan of one hundred thousand gold coins. You can order food and weapons from me at a fixed price. As for the repayment of this loan, I hope I can get help from your outstanding craftsmen." Zul'ra looked at the thoughtful Edwin and nodded slightly.
"What do you need to do?" Edwin looked at Zul'ra in surprise.
"Then we have to see what you can do. Amani needs to do a lot. We have established a stronghold on the eastern highland coast of Grim Batol. The shipyards there need manpower, and we also need excellent engineers. To be honest, we lack a lot of things. Based on this, the support I give you cannot be free." Zul'ra slightly spread his right hand.
"I understand this, and we don't expect to get free help." Edwin listened to Zul'ra's words and looked at the tall Trolls.
"Hmm!" Zul'ra looked at Edwin who was nodding, and couldn't help but smile and chin his head slightly. This leader of Defias Brotherhood is not only thoughtful, but also has a somewhat proud temperament. If it were another smooth person, he should say thank you here.
"My brothers and I are excellent masons, mechanics and engineers. We can build many things, including cities, fortresses, houses, ships, and even muskets, artillery, chainsaws, and harvesters. I can build all of these." Edwin looked at the tall Trolls who nodded, and his eyes dropped slightly.
"Excellent, you are a group of extremely outstanding craftsmen. Stormwind losing you will be a huge loss." Zul'ra listened to Edwin's words and couldn't help but look slightly sideways. From the plot, he could also see that Defias's group was very powerful, but now it seems that their value is far beyond expectations. Not only are they involved in construction projects, but they are also involved in mechanical firearms.
"Zul'ra Jin, if possible, I hope to transfer my brother and part of my brother's family to your territory. I wonder if this is feasible?" Edwin ignored Zul'ra's flattery, but thought for a moment, paused slightly, and then said.
"King Stormwind will pay the price for what he has done, but I have thought clearly that I do not have the power to resist him. I need too many things, the most important of which are manpower and a base that can provide activities."
"Yes, your brothers and family members can be transferred to our base on the east coast, or if you are worried about not getting along with my people, there is an island on the highland coast. I can arrange for you to live there and pay to hire you." Zul'ra looked at Edwin, whose thoughts were gradually clearing up, and couldn't help but nodded slightly in his heart, which was quite reasonable.
"Okay." Edwin listened to Zul'ra's words and couldn't help but feel very grateful. No matter what the reason was, he would be grateful for help at this time. However, he was not used to thanking others, so he could only go back to his heart and ask his brothers to work harder.
"Zul'ra Jin, if you allow me, I hope to lend you some people with military capabilities, because our goal is to destroy Stormwind, and our organization is not only unarmed, they don't even have the ability to act." Edwin hesitated, but still expressed his thoughts. Monsens's face changed slightly as he listened to his words.
"I agree with this. I will assign some people to help you form an army. This can be free of charge, but I hope that Amani can gain your friendship in the future." Zul'ra listened to Edwin's words and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Defias Brotherhood cherishes Amani's friendship." Edwin listened to Zul'ra's words, and couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, and then nodded vigorously in promise.
"Well, let's eat quickly now!" Zul'ra looked at Edwin who solemnly promised, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time greeted the slightly stunned Monsens with a smile.
After the meal, Zul'ra arranged for Edwin and Monsens to have a rest. When they just arrived at the resting place and were waiting for Trolls to lead the way, Monsens's expression suddenly changed and he turned to look directly at the leader.
"Edwin, did I hear it wrong just now? You want to destroy Stormwind?" Monsens looked at the leader with a hopeful look on his face.
"No, you heard it right, I want to destroy Stormwind, don't you want to?" Edwin looked at his partner who looked forward to him and couldn't help but frowned.
"Of course not, Edwin, are you crazy? It took us nearly eight years to build that city, but you want to burn all our hard work? That's not what you told us at the beginning." Monsens almost took a breath, and then became a little excited.
"I said, I will take you to retrieve what should be ours, Stormwind, it belongs to us, Wrynn, the nobles, the parliament, and all the people in the city. They are not worthy of living there. I will set that city on fire and let them cry and wait to die in that burning city." Edwin looked at Monsens who was gasping for air, his expression was calm but his words were gritted teeth.
"But is it necessary to destroy Stormwind? I mean, can we drive them away from Stormwind instead of destroying Stormwind." Monsens looked at the leader who had a calm face but a very serious tone and couldn't help but hold his breath and asked.
"No." Edwin looked at his companion, his eyes sinking into the shadows.
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