I Transmigrated Into A Fantasy World To Farm And Build Houses!-Chapter 220: Collecting Taxes

"I am the chief of the Hadu tribe, greetings." Eric stepped forward, not surprised by the newcomer’s question, simply nodding in response.

Luban beside him also said: "He is indeed our chief, no mistake."

The other Dwarves nodded in agreement: "That’s right, that’s right."

It seemed not only Eric was used to others’ skepticism, but the tribesmen were even more accustomed to it. They even secretly harbored a bit of pride.

The fact that their chief was still a cub, which others found hard to believe, proved even more that the tribe was living very well. If they were living in misery, others would only think "no wonder, so the chief is just a child."

Tan and his companions had walked through the Dwarf area.

On the way, seeing the distinctive houses here and the Dwarves looking spirited and relaxed, they had already started speculating about the leader of this place.

This thought became stronger when they saw Snow Wolf people, Horned Goat people, and Dwarves living together in harmony.

Guessing for half a day, the result was these Dwarves telling him the chief of this tribe was a Snow Wolf cub?

Tan frowned, looking Eric up and down in disbelief, then turned to exchange glances with his two companions.

Although having established a kingdom, beastmen were still beastmen. That blatant scrutinizing gaze made Max extremely unhappy; he leaned over to shield Eric.

"I am Elder Tan of the Golden Kingdom. This is Sunflower of the Tiger tribe and Adan of the Leopard tribe. We came this time to collect taxes from the Du tribe, just didn’t expect them to be living with you Snow Wolf people here."

Unexpectedly, after the initial surprise, Tan’s attitude was quite amicable. He introduced himself to Eric, conveniently stating his purpose.

Since the other party was so straightforward, Eric’s attitude became even friendlier:

"A few months ago, a human mercenary group crossed the border and captured the Dwarves of the Du tribe. We happened to find out about this, so we rescued the Dwarves, only regrettably letting the two leaders escape."

"Human mercenary group? The Elf tribe is a bunch of useless fools, letting even humans cross the defense line." Tan frowned first, then cursed fiercely.

Actually, you two sides share equal responsibility for this...

Eric complained silently in his stomach, naturally showing nothing on his face, even nodding in agreement.

Thomas, the leader of the rescue of the Du tribe, stepped forward:

"They wanted to capture the Dwarves as slaves; naturally, we wouldn’t let such a thing happen. The members of the mercenary group are all dead; only their captain and mage used magic scrolls to escape."

The Tiger person named Sunflower, a male beastman looking extremely mighty, his gaze became serious:

"Magic scrolls? Their background isn’t small. Ordinary magic scrolls have a very short teleportation distance, definitely unable to escape your Snow Wolf people’s sense of smell. But if these two could escape, then..."

"The magic scrolls they used could teleport across continents." Adan of the Leopard tribe added coldly.

Tan sneered: "Truly willing to spend. Don’t know which force dared to come to our territory to cause trouble."

Eric listened for a while then got distracted again. Magic capable of cross-continent teleportation sounded impressive; didn’t know which element it belonged to.

Lately, Evan taught him some low-level nature spells, and he learned quite fast, so his interest in other element spells grew, pity the conditions were limited.

Besides teaching him magic, Evan also taught him how to use spiritual power and magic power. Now, Eric’s magic condensation speed was much faster; probably before long, he wouldn’t need to chant even for intermediate magic.

Before, Eric guessed Evan might be some noble or royalty, chased to the Illusion Dream Continent due to interest struggles.

Now seeing Evan recovered quite a bit of magic power, he started suspecting the other was some powerful mage, saved by him either due to hatred or some other reason.

After all, mages were very rich, even wearing elf cloth.

Max looked helplessly at the distracted Eric beside him. His slender hand reached out to hold Eric’s hand, squeezing gently to remind him.

Only then did Eric snap back to reality, coughing lightly:

"After the Du tribe Dwarves finished healing, we felt it wasn’t very safe for them to return there. After all, their location was known to the mercenary group. If they returned, we Snow Wolf people couldn’t watch over them all the time, so we let them live with us."

Tan nodded, but his brow remained tightly furrowed. Living together was one thing, but why did the Dwarves also call him chief?

"Living together for a long time, I found that Snow Wolf people and Dwarves could support each other. We can hunt to protect the tribe’s safety, and they can help us make some tools. Therefore, we merged into one tribe, and that’s when I became the chief."

Seeing their incomprehension, Eric continued.

Worried Tan and the others might suddenly cause trouble, Max’s body tensed, maintaining a combat-ready state:

"Of course, even if we become one tribe, the Dwarves will continue to provide weapons to the Golden Kingdom."

As warriors, Tan and his companions naturally could sense the abundant Beast Origin Power on Max. This was a very strong warrior.

Adan of the Leopard tribe and Sunflower of the Tiger tribe were both warlike races. Meeting a strong opponent, they cared about nothing else but wanting to fight, throwing everything else to the back of their minds.

Tan glared at the two eager to try. These two were warriors with the most formidable combat power selected by him, but had a weakness of only having fighting in their heads, rarely worrying about other things.

Hearing the Snow Wolf person’s words, Tan pondered for a while. The Golden Kingdom always considered Dwarves as subjects for exploitation.

If not for the Elf tribe lurking like tigers on the other side, the Dwarves would have long been herded by the Golden Kingdom to their territory, the ending perhaps not much better than in human hands.

Now this Du tribe, although small in scale, actively merged with the Snow Wolf people. Tan didn’t quite understand. Clearly, Dwarves hated being controlled the most; could it be just because the Snow Wolf people didn’t treat them as slaves?

After a tragic great war, as an elder of the kingdom, he hoped the kingdom could develop stronger, but didn’t want to cause another war.

Since the Snow Wolf people didn’t affect the Dwarves submitting weapons to them, in Tan’s eyes, this matter could just pass.

The Du tribe wasn’t large among Dwarf tribes, causing no impact on the Golden Kingdom. No need to go to war with Snow Wolf people because of them; Tan had witnessed the strength of Snow Wolf warriors.

"Fine then, the Dwarves know how many weapons to provide us; we will send people over every year in the future." Tan finally spoke up.

Eric breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid the other party would start a war over the Dwarves. Even knowing the probability was small, it was hard to avoid worry. The tribesmen were the same; hearing Tan’s words, he heard quite a few people secretly sighing in relief.

But a new problem arose; the weapons the Du tribe submitted to the Golden Kingdom and Elf tribe were kept in their warehouse, and the key was with Joseph...