Ten years later.
The Primordial Dragons seemed to have learned some secret. They all went into hiding, vanishing without a trace.
Meanwhile, the remaining Titan Giants and the goblins were close to an open rupture.
The Thunder Titan, the strongest Titan Giant alive, had once intended to personally punish the goblins for their betrayal, only to sense a deadly threat ten thousand miles from the Goblin King Court.
He abandoned the idea at once!
He returned to the Titan Ancestral Land to help his people recover from their injuries.
Nearly ten million goblins now lived on the continent, all gathered around the Goblin King Court, pledging allegiance to the Goblin King, Amigel!
The Goblin King Court treated its scattered people very differently from the old Eagleman Royal Court.
They provided their people with food, helped them choose places to settle, and trained their transcendent professionals.
As a result, the goblin tribes once scattered across the continent under different Titans rallied together, all acknowledging Amigel as their king!
The Eaglemen Royal Court, Snakefolk Royal Court, Mixed-Blood Giant Race, Centaur Royal Court, and other peoples still loyal to the Titan Giants stepped forward to denounce the goblins' disloyalty. Yet none of them could change the fact that the goblins had grown powerful!
The mysterious Human Race who had appeared in the Goblin King Court aroused even greater curiosity.
Anyone with any sense had guessed that the goblins' rapid rise was closely connected to the Human Race.
At the same time.
The fame of the Winged People gradually spread across the continent.
Intelligent races capable of soaring through the skies were relatively rare.
The Winged People's abilities were almost all light-based, and their class system included healing powers, making them especially welcome among the continent's many peoples.
Moreover, when they encountered Eaglemen in the skies, the Winged People proved stronger.
Because their hands were like those of the Human Race, they could wield bows and inflict devastating damage on the Eaglemen from a distance.
This trait also made Winged People archers one of Ferland's most powerful troop types!
Even transcendent professionals found organized Winged People legions a daunting prospect.
This also drew the Goblin King Court's attention to the Winged People's importance!
When winter's first snowflakes drifted down onto Paradise Mountain, the goblin envoys arrived as scheduled!
Paradise Mountain.
A party dressed in remarkably "fashionable" clothes by the standards of the Ferland Continent climbed to the summit.
Aside from the short, green-skinned goblins with their slender limbs, the party included a Human Race member who looked just like one of the Winged People without wings!
As the Winged People soldiers escorted the goblin delegation toward Jiang You's main tent.
The goblin envoys fully displayed the decorum expected of diplomats and members of one of Ferland's great races.
Only the Human Race woman showed considerable curiosity about the Winged People, who looked so much like her.
She kept looking this way and that as they walked, her face alive with expressions.
They arrived at the White Stone Fortress, where Jiang You lived.
The goblin envoys first placed their hands over their chests, observing the etiquette for greeting the king of another race.
"Honored king of the Winged People, we are envoys sent by our king, Amigel. We offer you our sincerest respects!"
Jiang You rose as well, his white wings folded behind him. His purple eyes swept over the goblins before settling on the Human Race girl, who stood head and shoulders above them. He spoke with a smile.
"Welcome, envoys of the Goblin King Court!"
He truly welcomed them, though he also felt a strange sense of wonder.
The goblins before him were neatly dressed and thoroughly clean, fundamentally different from the goblins he had often seen in the fifth chapter, barely surviving in the wilderness!
Seeing Jiang You's friendly attitude, the goblin envoys relaxed. Their leader went straight to the point.
"The Titan Giants and Primordial Dragons have ruled Ferland for ten thousand years, enslaving its peoples and knowing nothing but the flaunting of their overwhelming might. Arrogant and conceited, they unleashed a war capable of destroying the continent, killing countless people of Ferland and turning both sky and earth into seas of fire!"
"Today, the continent's peoples are seething with grievances. Their resentment and fury toward the Titans and dragons have reached their breaking point!"
"Under the leadership of the Great Sage, the High Priest, and the Goblin King, we goblins are uniting the continent's peoples and preparing to rise up, overthrowing the rule of the Titan Giants together!"
"In accordance with the wishes of these peoples, we envoys are willing to represent the goblins and Ferland's other races in forming an alliance with the Winged People, joining together in this great undertaking!"
"What say you, king of the Winged People?"
The envoy delivered all this in one breath, then raised his head to look at Jiang You, awaiting his answer.
Since the goblin envoy had been so direct, Jiang You answered just as plainly.
"The Winged People are willing to ally with the goblins and the other races to overthrow the rule of the Titans and dragons!"
"But what benefits has the Goblin King Court promised the Winged People?"
"Is overthrowing the Titan Giants and becoming masters of our own fate not the greatest benefit of all?"
The goblin envoy smiled.
Jiang You shook his head and replied in all seriousness.
"The Winged People have lived by the sea for generations and have never submitted to the Titans. Under the terms you have offered, what difference would joining make to us?"
"Well..."
The goblin envoy felt rather frustrated. Yet according to his intelligence, the Winged People had indeed only appeared in Ferland within the past century, and they had never submitted to either Titans or dragons.
The leader of the goblin delegation recalled the Great Sage's instructions.
"The Winged People possess the finest aerial troops on the Ferland Continent! We must win them over!"
He sighed and said.
"Honored king of the Winged People, the Great Sage and the Goblin King have indeed made promises!"
"If the Winged People join the Anti-Titan Alliance, once the war ends, you may choose any area as your people's territory!"
"In addition, we are willing to share some of our wondrous goblin technological products with the Winged People!"
"Furthermore, there is..."
The goblin envoy rattled off a long list.
At last, Jiang You nodded in satisfaction.
"Excellent. Please present the treaty. My people are willing to forge an alliance with the goblins and wage war together against the unjust Titans!"
Once negotiations ended.
Both sides were very satisfied. Jiang You instructed his people to prepare an evening banquet for the goblin delegation!
Night fell.
Before a magnificent bonfire, the Winged People and goblins feasted on meat, drank deeply, and danced in celebration.
The crimson flames lit the faces of everyone present, while the Winged People girls sang and danced before the enormous bonfire!
Just as the wine flowed freely and everyone was enjoying themselves.
The Human Race girl who had accompanied the goblin delegation to Paradise Mountain quietly approached Jiang You and spoke softly.
"Honored king of the Winged People, I have a question I would like to ask!"
"Please ask, envoy!"
"May I ask, king of the Winged People, did the ancestors of your people also come from the Sanctuary?"
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