Chapter 281 Descendants of the Legend
In the yard, Lan Wu had a strange expression, looking up and down at Will who was sitting opposite him.
"What...what?" Will felt uncomfortable under Lan Wu's gaze, and subconsciously shrank his neck. He immediately turned to Hurtado and Gerrera, desperately signaling them with his eyes to give him an explanation.
The two team members had been sent away, and there were only four of them left in the whole yard. Seeing Will's eyes asking for help, Hurtado and Gerrera looked at each other and lowered their heads tacitly.
After all, Lan Wu was the real employer, so it was better not to speak before getting permission, otherwise those full vitality potions might be lost.
"Are you a direct descendant of the Immortal King?" Lan Wu retracted his gaze and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. He had already met the Immortal King Bul-Katho. He didn't expect to meet his descendants by coincidence when he came to Harrogath.
"Yeah." Will's answer was very brief. But the moment he admitted it, he seemed to have changed into a different person. His eyes were full of pride and pride. It can be seen that he worships his ancestor very much.
Lan Wu laughed dumbly after receiving Will's affirmation. This answer is enough to explain why this honest child can own such a big house in Harrogas, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. If he didn't have the blood of the Immortal King, he would probably be eaten up before he grew up and had to live on the streets. With the blood of the god of the barbarian tribe, I think no force dares to bully this honest child in this regard.
"I... I don't deserve such noble blood." Will's spirit suddenly collapsed, and he played with his thumbs dejectedly, looking very uneasy.
"No matter what, you are a descendant of the Immortal King. This time, Utama, I and Hurtado will be responsible for your safety." Gerrera's expression was firm, and a clear fanaticism burst out of his eyes. For a pure nationalist, it is the supreme honor to maintain the glory of the Immortal King.
"Well said, those traitors should pay a little price." Hurtado grinned and showed his sharp white teeth, licking his lips fiercely.
Lan Wu saw this and his heart moved again. It seems that there are conflicts among the barbarians. He swept his eyes over Grela and the other two, and finally fixed on Will's face, and asked in a low voice: "Is there a force that intends to attack you, the descendant of the Immortal King?"
"It's those traitors of Sisildin." Will suddenly became excited, and his slightly immature face flushed: "They want to destroy the tradition of the barbarians."
"What do you mean?" Lan Wu also became solemn. It sounds like the situation of the barbarians seems to be more serious than that of the Amazons. At least the Amazons have not fallen to the point of destroying their traditions.
When Will started, Grela and Hurtado were immediately furious, and they talked about the changes that happened in the barbarians. In the midst of the two people's angry scolding, Lan Wu finally understood the general situation.
Sisildin, or his father Hardingson, is a barbarian leader who has emerged in the past 20 years. This strong man who came out of the traditional barbarian tribe is not conservative and stubborn. It is claimed that in order to restore the former strength of the barbarian tribe, it is necessary to rely on the assistance of foreign races, that is, other professionals. The first thing to do is to insist that the barbarian tribe intermarry with other professionals as much as possible.
Lan Wu is not impressed by this. The barbarian tribe suffered a great loss after the original sin war. The entire race has very few people. Although it has recovered a little over the years, the population is only about 100,000. Compared with the nearly 1.5 million people in Harrogas, it has obviously been squeezed to the limit. Rather than saying that Harrogas is the holy city of the barbarian tribe, it is better to say that it is an ordinary stronghold of humans. It's just that the barbarian tribe can still have a certain say in it.
Hardingson's proposal is not wrong. According to the rules of this world, for races like Amazon and barbarians who respect blood, the larger the population base, the more barbarians will inherit. Intermarriage with foreign races can greatly increase the number of people with the blood of the barbarian tribe. Even if less than 30% of the bloodline can obtain the inheritance, the number of barbarians will increase at least tenfold.
But for the barbarians who adhere to tradition, this proposal is nothing less than a bombshell. They never recognize those barbarians who are mixed with foreign blood but can still obtain the inheritance as their own people. Hardingson, a strong man in the tribe, publicly expressed his hope to accept these mixed-blood barbarians, which immediately caused an uproar among the barbarians.
But Hardingson still stubbornly insisted on his own opinion in the face of endless opposition from the tribe, and even took the lead in marrying a wizard. Sisildin is his son, a barbarian who is not pure. Under his leadership, more and more barbarians saw more and more mixed-blood barbarians coming to Harrogas, and these people also changed their minds and began to respond to Hardingson. So two completely different voices appeared among the barbarians.
One is naturally the radical faction headed by Hardingson. Intermarriage with foreigners has indeed greatly increased the number of barbarians in the past 20 years. There are also many barbarians who have obtained the inheritance. Now the radicals have gained the upper hand.
The other is the traditionalists led by rising stars such as Gerrera and Hurtado. They insist that the barbarians must maintain the purity of their race and firmly oppose intermarriage with foreign races, believing that this will make the barbarians disappear completely from this world. However, to this day, the number of barbarians who still adhere to tradition has greatly decreased, accounting for only a little more than one-third of the current pure-blooded barbarians.
"Hurtado, your team seems to have other professionals, right?" Lan Wu turned his eyes to Hurtado. As for Gerrera... he had ignored him. Only such a fierce man would stubbornly break into the World Stone Fortress with a team of pure barbarians.
"Of course there are, I'm not as stubborn as Gerrera." Hurtado nodded happily, and did not forget to say something about his old rival for many years. Both of them are the best of the barbarians in recent years. They have been competing with each other since childhood, and they don't like each other. If he can despise them, he will naturally not let them go.
"I will let you know that only barbarians are the most powerful warriors." Gerrera glared with a violent face. Barbarians have a very bad temper. If Lan Wu, the sponsor, was not present, he would have jumped up and challenged.
Lan Wu simply ignored this radical barbarian chauvinist. The times are progressing. Only cooperation and mutual compensation are the kingly way. From this point of view, he is more inclined to Ultado. Accepting the assistance of foreign races on the basis of adhering to nationalism is the way to long-term development.
But this has nothing to do with him.
"Quiet." Lan Wu raised his hand to interrupt the two people's staring at each other, and laughed: "When I come back, I will give you enough rewards, as long as you can ensure that Will comes back alive from Utama."