CHAPTER 192: CHAPTER 190 FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADICTION_1

Yan Xing’s shout immediately received a response from both confronting sides at Bloodcrown Mountain.

The Werewolf Clan Leader Ironhead and the Lizardmen Kings, Red Eye and Green Tail, expressed their willingness to accept the proposals of the Eternal Werewolf Tribe and end the war.

The main forces of both sides disengaged from their state of war, retreating in separate batches.

Their hunting parties also stopped attacking each other, focusing solely on gathering food for their own troops.

A large amount of supplies was transported out of the Eternal Domain’s Bloodcrown Mountain camp, including food, clothing, and medicines.

These items, with their unique packaging from the Eternal Domain, firmly imprinted the name of Lord Yan Xing in the minds of the werewolves and lizardmen.

Yan Xing’s influence rapidly spread throughout the Thunderous Swamp.

Furthermore, due to a tacit understanding among the three parties, the day after the ceasefire was declared at Bloodcrown Mountain, the leaders of the werewolves and lizardmen gathered at the Eternal Domain’s Bloodcrown Mountain camp.

Yan Xing met the three most prestigious leaders in the Thunderous Swamp.

Werewolf Clan Leader Ironhead: Possessing formidable strength, he was acclaimed as the strongest Werewolf Beast Tamer and was the recognized leader of the werewolves deep within the Thunderous Swamp.

Lizardman King Red Eye: Controlled sixty percent of the Lizardmen Clans.

Lizardman King Green Tail: Controlled forty percent of the Lizardmen Clans.

The Clan Leaders of other large Werewolf Tribes and Lizardmen Clans all participated in this peace negotiation conference.

Yan Xing, Clan Leader of the Eternal Werewolf Tribe, who had proposed the ceasefire, presided over the conference.

In preparation for this meeting, Yan Xing had a tent specially set up near the camp gate of the Bloodcrown Mountain camp for the conference.

Outside the tent stood fully armed Combat Werewolves on guard, while inside, a long conference table had been set up.

On either side of the conference table were seats for the werewolf and lizardman delegates, with Yan Xing sitting at the head, presiding over the meeting.

As the peace talk participants entered the conference room, the leaders of the werewolves and lizardmen glared fiercely at each other.

Each bared their teeth and snarled menacingly, showcasing their ferocity.

The tension was palpable, as if any disagreement could spark an immediate physical confrontation.

"Esteemed Clan Leaders and Chieftains," Yan Xing knocked on the table and said to the werewolves and lizardmen who were making threatening displays at each other, "I invited you here for the peace of the Thunderous Swamp.

If you don’t wish to cease hostilities, you may leave my camp now, and from this moment on, I will no longer involve myself in your disputes.

If you wish to end the war, please take a seat and behave as leaders should. This is beneficial not only for the werewolves and lizardmen but also for the others living in the swamp."

Yan Xing spoke with an irresistible authority.

The formidable military strength displayed by the Eternal Domain’s Bloodcrown Mountain camp also made the werewolves and lizardmen rather wary of this human Lord who had united the werewolf populations on the southern edge of the swamp.

The werewolf and lizardmen leaders took their seats, and the tent fell quiet, waiting for Yan Xing to preside over the meeting.

Yan Xing had his subordinates distribute the documents he had prepared to each werewolf and lizardman leader.

"Esteemed leaders, I have always believed that the Thunderous Swamp has its own consciousness. Since werewolves can become Beast Tamers, a profession unique to the swamp, it signifies that werewolves are recognized by the Thunderous Swamp as part of it.

The swamp is the homeland of the werewolves."

Seeing that the werewolf and lizardman leaders were listening intently, Yan Xing continued, "Lizardmen are indigenous to the swamp; they are also a part of it.

The swamp is also the homeland of the lizardmen.

I believe we should respect the choices of the Thunderous Swamp. Werewolves and lizardmen should regard each other as brethren, not as mortal enemies that must be annihilated."

Werewolf Clan Leader Ironhead spoke up, "The lizardmen have never regarded us werewolves as brethren; they only bully us. Whenever they get the chance, they kill our people."

King Red Eye retorted, "Ever since you Werewolves entered the Thunderous Swamp, you have been encroaching on our territory little by little, relying on your larger numbers. At first, you were at the edge of the Thunderous Swamp, but now you’ve reached Bloodcrown Mountain. You scoundrels! Whenever we become a little negligent, you expand."

What King Red Eye said was true.

Although the Lizardmen were powerful, the Werewolves, as a First Order species, being cheap to recruit, easily gained a numerical advantage.

A larger population meant a greater need for resources. This, coupled with the Werewolves’ unity and ferocity, meant that while the Lizardmen appeared dominant, their living space was gradually being encroached upon by the Werewolves.

Now, the Lizardmen had completely lost control of the peripheral areas of the Thunderous Swamp. After the Werewolves approached Bloodcrown Mountain, the territory remaining in Lizardman hands was only the land east of Bloodcrown Mountain, accounting for only two-fifths of the Thunderous Swamp.

This was also the main reason why Lizardmen hunting parties tried their best to drive away any Werewolf hunting parties they encountered.

They could not allow the Werewolves to continue encroaching on their territory.

During his time encamped at Bloodcrown Mountain, Yan Xing had come to understand the root of the conflict between the Werewolves and the Lizardmen.

It ultimately stemmed from the Werewolves’ increasing population and the ensuing demand for more resources.

All powers in the swamp relied on fishing and hunting for a living, and to maintain the survival of a tribe, each needed its own hunting grounds.

Every time a new Werewolf Tribe emerged, it needed to find a new hunting ground.

The Werewolf territories were already precisely allocated, with each tribe barely sustaining itself. Thus, they naturally wouldn’t provide new hunting grounds for an emerging tribe.

The Lizardmen, with fewer numbers, initially had very large hunting areas for their clans, which naturally became targets for the encroachment of new Werewolf Tribes.

Over time, when the Lizardmen Clans on the west side of Bloodcrown Mountain realized they were surrounded by Werewolf Tribes, they had no choice but to migrate eastward.

Through continuous migration, the territory controlled by the Lizardmen had dwindled to its present state.

It could be said that the conflict between the Werewolves and the Lizardmen over territory made a major conflict inevitable. Yan Xing had merely hastened its arrival.

Moreover, if this meeting could not resolve the fundamental conflict of interest between the Werewolves and Lizardmen, they would continue to fight incessantly.

For Yan Xing, it was acceptable for the conflict between the Werewolves and Lizardmen to exist, but they could not be allowed to fight endlessly within the Thunderous Swamp.

This was incompatible with his need for a stable and completely loyal rear base of operations.

As the Werewolves and Lizardmen began to quarrel over the issue of territory once more, Yan Xing knocked on the table again.

"Esteemed leaders, in my view... what you’re arguing about is not the real issue at all. You’re not fighting over the size of the territory, but over how much food the territory can provide." Yan Xing waited for the room to quiet down, then said, "On this matter, I have already devised a solution for this.

If you do as I say, I guarantee you can sustain a population ten times larger than your current one using only your current territories.

Furthermore, you will have the funds to arm your warriors, allowing them to use the same type of weapons my soldiers use."

Yan Xing’s grand promise immediately captured the attention of all the Werewolf and Lizardman leaders.

Support ten times their current population with their existing territory?

This... this has to be a bluff!

How could that be possible?

Chief Qiao She of the Werewolves asked, "Lord Yan Xing, are you serious?"

Olaf, standing behind Yan Xing, led the Combat Werewolves in the meeting to roar, "Lord Yan Xing, his word is his bond!"