Chapter 503 King Snitker

In general, if everything goes well, then after this, the underground gnomes and vampire spawn will be temporarily bound together, and based on the name of Noshir, they will sign a good treaty of mutual benefit, sharing honor and disgrace, and solidarity and cooperation.

The spawn will guarantee that they will never actively harm the life and safety of any underground gnome, and at the same time plan a strict activity area for themselves, guarantee that they will never take the initiative to step into the city, and assume the responsibilities that Noshir mentioned before.

The underground gnomes only need to provide the spawn with various materials bought by Noshir for the first few months, and rent an abandoned wide mine that can accommodate nearly 7,000 spawn to them free of charge. This is the full content of this treaty.

During this period, Noshir came to the steel gate of Blingden Stone City alone, carrying this treaty full of sincerity. As a hero of the North, he met the two rulers of Blingden Stone City and the 12 elders of the House of Representatives on a not grand occasion.

More than 100 years ago, Bryndenstone was an absolutely and completely closed country, not accepting any outside information or any outside residents to approach, but in the year 1338 of the Valley Calendar, Bryndenstone received a legendary figure, breaking their 2,000 years of isolation.

That person's name was Drizzt Do'Urden, the legendary ranger. That year, this rebellious drow noble ended his decade-long self-exile and came to Bryndenstone, where he lived for a while.

This event marked the end of the deep dwarves' centuries of isolation from the world. At that time, no one could predict what Drizzt's visit would eventually bring to the city, but in the year 1358 of the Valley Calendar, Bryndenstone encountered the biggest crisis since its construction 2,000 years ago. Menzoberranzan launched a war against Mithril Hall, and Bryndenstone became a springboard for the drow army.

It is rumored that the Dark Elves' massive attack was partly due to the Spider Queen, Lolth's anger towards Drizzt Do'Urden, but before the army arrived, the Deep Gnomes gave up their beloved city with a heavy heart.

The Dark Elves continued to march towards Mithril Hall. An old friend of Drizzt and a hero of the Deep Gnomes, Belvar Disenger, and another older dwarf, Councillor Felbur, successfully persuaded the ruler of Bryndenstone, King Snitik, to agree to send troops to aid Mithril Hall and help the dwarves defend against the Dark Elves.

Finally, after paying a very high price, the alliance formed by Mithril Hall, Bryndenstone, and Silvermoon City finally defeated the army of Menzoberranzan in the Battle of the Valley of the Guardians in the autumn of the Year of Shadow (1358 in the Valley calendar).

After celebrating with the coalition of dwarves and humans in Mithril Hall for several weeks, the underground gnomes returned to their homeland again. It was from then on that Blingdenstone City completely abandoned its previous isolation. Although their contact with the outside world is still not very active, it is no longer like before, completely ignoring the outside world.

Thanks to this, Noshir's name has played its due role. The dwarves in Blingdenstone City have heard of Noshir's story, so after verifying his identity, Noshir successfully obtained the audience of King Snitik and Queen Flicnati.

In the meeting hall that seemed to be polished by rocks, low-key and simple, but wide and majestic, Noshir told them the origins and experiences of the spawn, the painful stories behind it, and the promise of yearning for peace.

But such a huge amount of information instantly made the king, queen and elders frown. Although Noshir had explained to them all the benefits behind this agreement, the risks were enough to make King Snitik hesitate.

From the perspective of trade, the sundergrowth was a win-win situation. After all, as long as they could pay a little bit of supplies, they could get such a powerful foreign reinforcement for their city, which would greatly ease their fight against the endless monsters in the Underdark and the increasingly active slave-hunting team in Menzoberranzan.

At the same time, the conditions proposed by Noshir could be said to have grasped every pain point that the sundergrowth was worried about. If the spawn could really strictly follow Noshir's promise and never infringe on the territory and safety of the sundergrowth, then the ruler of Blingdenstone City, the great and wise Snitik Sadesan, the 21st hereditary monarch, could make a decision and accept this peace agreement.

However, the matter could not be declared over so easily, because the party that the underground dwarves had to sign a contract with was a vampire, who lived and fed on blood, and was an out-and-out dark creature. Even if Noshir had explained the origins of these spawns to them, they could not immediately let down their guard against these spawns.

There was no way, because the number was really too shocking, nearly 7,000 spawns? God knows how panicked King Nitik was after hearing this number! That was almost half of the population of their city. If they were really allowed to station around the city, if they rioted outside the city, no one could bear the risk and threat.

King Snitik even felt that if the party trading with the sundergnomes was not a dark creature like vampires that must feed on blood, but a neutral and peaceful race like humans or dwarves, he would definitely not be stingy with the help.

Even if the other party was a half-orc or tiefling, it would be fine, but they were vampires. If he agreed to this treaty without thinking, it would be irresponsible for the lives of 13,000 sundergnomes in Blingdenstone City. As a king, he would never take this risk.

So after careful consideration, King Snitik decided to reject Noshir's tempting agreement. You know, since the outbreak of the Ogomac poison in the city 50 years ago, which caused the earth elements that had been serving the entire city to lose control and go crazy, causing huge casualties and chaos, the defense of Blingdenstone City will never return to its former heyday.

But when King Snitker tried to reject the contract, Noshir told him to think carefully. He said to everyone very frankly that even if you rejected the contract, you could not stop the vampire spawn from entering the Underdark.

They cannot survive on the surface, and only have a glimmer of hope underground. For this glimmer of hope, they are willing to seize all possibilities. In order to survive, they will definitely fall into a deeper darkness, such as falling to the side you absolutely don't want to see.

This is an opportunity. For Blingden Stone City, you could have established a deep friendship with them, which could have prevented all this from happening and made everything better. So no matter what, Noshir hopes that King Snitker can discuss it with the elders and must not make a hasty decision.