"Ahem."

Chepke coughed softly a few times.

After hearing Chepke's coughs, everyone present stopped talking and turned to look at Chepke.

"Many of you may be wondering: Why should I propose to join Heye Zhe?"

After everyone present fell silent, Chepke said slowly.

"I will tell you the reasons one by one now."

"First of all - I just said that those white-skinned people who escaped may bring people to take revenge in the future."

"As we are now, there is no way we can fight against those white-skinned people."

After hearing what Chepke said, some people showed quite unhappy expressions.

But they only showed their displeasure, but did not speak out to refute Chepke.

Everything they experienced last night had made them fully realize how powerful these white-skinned people were.

"Now, if we want to avoid another attack by the white-skinned people, the best choice is to join a powerful settlement."

"Although Kuma Village and other villages are not weak villages, in comparison, Heye Zhe is stronger."

"Heye Zhe is sitting in the camp left by the white-skinned people." Chepke continued, "And there are many people and strong strength. If you choose to join them, it will undoubtedly be the safest."

"Secondly - I have some personal relationship with Chanup of Heyezhe, and Heyezhe has always taken in those poor settlements since its establishment."

"More than a year ago, we just took in a group of settlements that were defeated in the war with Kazuto."

"If I were to go to Heyezhe in person and discuss the surrender with Chanupu, I would have a high success rate."

"I believe that Chanup, who is in charge of the entire Heyezhe, will definitely agree to let our Qina Village live in Heyezhe."

Chepke explained in a concise and concise manner the reasons why he proposed to "submit to Heyezhe".

The atmosphere at the scene fell into silence.

Everyone, look at me and I look at you.

Finally - an old man sitting next to Chepke said softly.

"We have surrendered to Heye Zhe... Our village must be subject to many restrictions, and we will no longer be as free as we are now..."

The old man's words made the atmosphere a little more "heavy" on the basis of "silence".

"...There is nothing we can do about it." Chepke crossed his arms and lowered his head and whispered softly, "It is better to lose freedom than to be attacked by white-skinned people again..."

"...The fair-skinned man may not come again." Someone sneered.

"It's true that white-skinned people may not come back," Chepke said, "but I don't want to bet on this possibility."

After saying that, Chepke glanced at the faces of everyone in front of him.

"How? Is there anyone who agrees with my plan to join 'Heye Zhe'?"

"...I agree." Manakor, who basically wore the same pants as Chepke, said first, "Just like what Chepke said, it is best for us to join Heye Zhe now.

The safest option.”

After Manakor spoke, voices of agreement sounded in twos and threes.

Suddenly, someone seemed to have thought of something and shouted.

"That's right!" the man said excitedly, "How about we try to let that Majima Goro stay in our village?"

"Let him marry a girl from our village, or use some other method."

"That Majima Goro is so skilled. If he can stay in our village..."

Before the man finished speaking, Chepke said with a wry smile:

"I've had this idea before."

"I called Majima Goro this morning and asked him if he wanted to stay in our village."

"It's a pity - he has no intention of staying in our village."

When Chepke finished speaking, the head of the man who had just suggested that Ogata stay in the village immediately drooped like a dry flower.

"Is there anyone who agrees to 'submit to Heye Zhe'?" Chepke scanned the faces of everyone present again.

In the end - most of the people chose to nod.

"That's good." Chepke said softly, "This kind of thing cannot be delayed."

"If those white-skinned people who escaped really plan to bring more people to take revenge, God knows when they will come back."

"I will leave for Heyezhena today to discuss with Chanup."

…

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[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style and Flow to defeat the enemy]

[Acquire 90 points of personal experience and 90 points of swordsmanship "Wuwo Sword Style" experience]

[Current personal level: LV38 (0/6000)]

[Wuwo Sword Style Level: 11th Stage (11180/12000)]

[Ding! When the experience is full, your personal level will be upgraded by 1, and you will gain 1 skill point]

[Currently remaining skill points: 3 points]

After Da Shiten's scabbard touched Skulucci's belly, the system's beep sounded in Ogata's mind.

——Oh, it just happened to be upgraded.

After defeating Skruchi, Ogata gained 90 experience points for his personal level. He just upgraded from level 37 to 38 and gained 1 experience point.

Counting the 2 points saved previously, Ogata currently has 3 skill points.

——Skill points are really getting harder and harder to obtain...

After complaining in a helpless tone in his heart, Ogata put his scabbard back.

"It's really impressive." Skulucci raised his stabbing sword upside down and clapped his hands, "I am convinced that I lost. I didn't make any reservations just now, but you seemed to be able to do it with ease."

While Ogata and Scrooge were bowing to each other, Amachi was happily dividing the property.

Because there are fewer people betting on Ogata to win, and more people betting on Skruchi, everyone who bets on Ogata winning gets a very large amount of property.

A-Machi was not interested in the coins of Lucia Country at all. She was only interested in two things - an exotic knife and a weird toy that was only as big as a palm.

That toy is a wooden doll.

After A-Machi picked up the wooden doll out of curiosity, an enthusiastic guy showed him how to play the toy.

It turns out that this wooden doll is hollow.

After opening the wooden doll's head, there was a doll that was exactly the same style, but one inch smaller.

Then the head of this one-inch smaller doll was armored, and another smaller one-inch doll was placed inside.

This wooden doll, which is only the size of a palm, actually contains 7 smaller and smaller dolls of the same style.

After watching this enthusiastic guy demonstrate how to play the toy, Atachi became even more interested in the toy.

So - Omachi only took the knife and the weird toy, and then ran to Ogata excitedly, showing Ogata the two things she had just won.

"Look!" Ating said, "I just won it."

"For things like gambling, it's okay to do it occasionally, but don't get too addicted and don't gamble too much money." Ogata said to Amachi in a somewhat reproachful tone.

Ogata doesn't like gambling and has always had some resistance to gambling.

This kind of thing with a predetermined outcome cannot be called gambling - Ating whispered in his heart.

Considering that if he said these words out loud, Scrooge might be unhappy, A-Machi chose to just keep these words in his heart.

"Huh? What is this?" Ogata noticed the strange toy in Amachi's hand at this time.

"This is how this toy works." After that, Atachi showed Ogata how to play this toy.

After seeing a smaller wooden doll hidden inside this wooden doll, Ogata thought to himself:

——Isn’t this just a Russian matryoshka doll?

In Ogata's previous life, even people who knew nothing about the country Russia knew about this famous toy.

Scrooge, who was still standing in front of Ogata, spoke up and introduced Amachi:

"This is a very famous toy in the country of Lucia, called 'Matryoshka'. It is a very famous toy of ours. It is so famous that it is even exported to other countries in large quantities."

Scrooge picked up the scabbard that had been thrown aside just now, and then said to Ogata:

"Mr. Majima, thank you for your teaching just now. I haven't met someone with such powerful swordsmanship as you for a long time."

"With your skills, you will definitely become a hot commodity in various countries when you arrive on the continent of Europa!"

"The more I think about it, the more unimaginable I find it. In this desolate area where there is nothing but snow, I can encounter an expert like you."
To be continued...