Chapter 560: Division and Alienation (Part 1)

In the center of the reception room was a long, wide table.

On each side of the table sat 16 men whose clothing styles were completely different from those of the Britannians.

These 32 men were the chiefs of the 32 tribes of the mountain barbarians, or Lake people.

After the guards opened the door, the man who was responsible for Su Cheng's translation today shouted into the reception room in Lake language:

"Su Cheng, the leader of the Knights of Michael, is here!"

As this shout fell, the 32 chiefs turned their eyes to Su Cheng, who walked into the room with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.

There were respect, indifference, and disdain in these eyes...

Su Cheng didn't care about the various looks from the clan leaders. With a gentle smile on his face, he walked towards the main seat at the long table and greeted the clan leaders:

"Everyone, I'm sorry, please wait for a long time. The lunch dishes will be served soon. Let's have a good lunch together."

"Okay, okay."

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, one of the clan leaders said in an extremely impatient and rude tone:

"Don't talk about these yes and no! Hurry up and serve the food! I'm starving!"

After learning what the clan leader was saying from the translator, Raymond, who was following behind Su Cheng and acting as Su Cheng's guard today, subconsciously wanted to speak out and refute this guy who was very rude to the person he respected the most.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Raymond remembered Su Cheng's reminder just now. Su Cheng just reminded him to restrain himself today and not make any mistakes.

Recalling Su Cheng's reminder, Raymond hesitated for a while, and then shut up and decided to let this rude guy go.

Compared with Raymond's indignation, Su Cheng's reaction was much calmer.

The extremely rude words of this guy just now did not cause any ripples in Su Cheng's mood and emotions.

Su Cheng continued to keep the gentle smile on his face, walked to the main table of the long table, and then sat down.

Raymond and the translator stood on both sides of Su Cheng.

Raymond, standing on the left side of Su Cheng, held his head high and looked straight ahead. Although he was not wearing armor or wearing a sword, his aura of a powerful general still emanated from him continuously, which made many tribe leaders present secretly afraid.

As Su Cheng said just now, after Su Cheng took his seat, the carefully prepared dishes were presented continuously, filling most of the long table.

The mountain barbarians, whose civilization level was still in the tribal period, had never seen such a level of food.

Exquisite dishes with tempting aromas were served one after another, making people salivate.

The speed at which the tribe leaders swallowed their saliva could hardly keep up with the speed of producing saliva.

Su Cheng was elegant and raised his right hand to make a "please" gesture: "Please, tribe leaders."

As soon as the translator translated Su Cheng's words, the tribe leaders launched a fierce and large-scale "attack" on the food on the table like hungry tigers.

The mountain barbarians did not use tableware to eat, but ate with their hands. After a while, the tribe leaders had greasy hands.

While accompanying the tribe leaders of the mountain barbarians to have lunch, Su Cheng silently observed each tribe leader.

The two middle-aged strong men who were closest to Su Cheng and sat on the left and right of Su Cheng were the focus of Su Cheng's observation at this time.

The middle-aged strong man sitting on Su Cheng's right was the tribe leader of the Helai tribe, Nalu.

And the middle-aged strong man sitting on Su Cheng's left was the tribe leader of the Kelan tribe, Ladao.

The Helai tribe and the Kelan tribe are the two most powerful tribes among the 32 tribes of the Shanman tribe.

The chiefs of the two tribes are also well-known and powerful warriors among the Shanman tribes.

At the same time, the two tribes are also feuds. The two did not stop eating lunch, and constantly cast hateful and provocative eyes at the enemy sitting opposite.

While silently observing the chiefs, Su Cheng said in his heart:

-Sure enough, as the intelligence said, there is a black dot tattooed under the corner of each of their eyes. That should be what they call totem...

The Shanman, that is, the Lake people, have a very special tattoo culture.

Among the Lake people, there is a very noble profession-warrior.

All the men of the Lake people, without exception, are eager to become a qualified and real warrior.

The conditions for becoming a warrior are very strict. Only those who successfully hunt down 3 large prey or kill a warrior from a hostile tribe are qualified to become a warrior.

Every person who is qualified to become a warrior must have their Lake people's totem tattooed on their face - that is, a black dot tattooed under the corners of both eyes.

Only after the totem is tattooed on the face can one be considered a real warrior.

In other words, the method to distinguish whether a Lake person is a warrior is very simple, just look at whether he has a totem tattooed on his face.

According to the Lake people's regulations, only warriors are qualified to become the chief of the tribe.

When observing the chiefs, Su Cheng found that it was indeed as the intelligence said, every chief, without exception, had a totem tattooed on his face that symbolized a warrior.

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Today's lunch can actually only be regarded as a small dish before the main meal.

The real main course today is to take 32 clan leaders to visit the Avalon Fortress and the military camp of the Knights of Michael this afternoon, as well as dinner tonight.

After lunch, everyone rested for a while, and then Su Cheng led the clan leaders to start this afternoon's itinerary.

The first stop is the city of Avalon Fortress.

Avalon Fortress is not only a military fortress with iron walls, but also a prosperous city.

Although it is not as prosperous as the capital of the Northern Territory, Baidi City, Avalon Fortress ranks among the best in the entire Northern Territory.

After leaving the headquarters of the Knights of Michael and entering the city of Avalon Fortress, the clan leaders felt overwhelmed.

Compared with their extremely dirty and smelly tribe, the streets of Avalon Fortress are so clean and beautiful that they can't imagine it and don't know how to describe it in words.

"How many people are there..." one of the clan leaders murmured.

Su Cheng noticed that the person who made this murmur was the chief of the Lago tribe, Chaer.

The Lago tribe was also the most powerful tribe among the 32 tribes of the mountain barbarians, second only to the Helai tribe and the Kelan tribe.

The busy scene in the city shocked all the mountain barbarians.

After hearing Char's question, Su Cheng smiled and explained to Char... or to all the mountain barbarian chiefs who were shocked by the bustling scene:

"Avalon Fortress now has a total of 500,000 residents, but this is nothing. There are countless cities in our Britannia Empire with a population and prosperity far exceeding Avalon Fortress. The largest city in our empire, the imperial capital Pendragon, has a total population of more than one million, and its prosperity is more than 10 times that of our Avalon Fortress."

Speaking of this, Su Cheng paused for a moment, and then continued:

"Ah, by the way, the total population of our Britannia Empire is more than 80 million."

"8, more than 80 million?!" Char exclaimed.

Char shook a few times, looking like he was about to faint.

In fact, many chiefs, like Char, were so frightened that their whole bodies shook a few times after hearing the number "more than 80 million".

They were all shocked and frightened by this number.

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The military genius came to another world with the Zizhi Tongjian