Although Rody's performance had greatly improved the sea race's view of humans, the Naga girl Jacqueline still flatly refused an alliance with the humans.
She stated that when Rody needed assistance, she could lead the sea race's army to support him, but she would not agree to an alliance with human nations. Her reason for refusal was simple: Rody was not a king. The sea race, true to their extremely stubborn nature, wouldn’t agree despite Rody’s pleas. Only after Rody offered to help Jacqueline ascend to the ranks of a Great Sword Emperor and a Mage King did the Naga female commander agree to trade and commerce in her own territory with Rody's forces.
"You improve her combat ability in exchange for trading rights, and I get nothing!" The Moon Night High Priestess was somewhat jealous.
"Elves are not suited for business trade; just let us handle the sales, no need to worry. Rest assured, I’ll only take a fifteen percent profit!" Rody’s comment would have surely been mistaken for one of his own kind if a vampire had heard it.
"Let's not stay with the sea race anymore. Didn’t you say you wanted to go to the Fairy Kingdom to find someone? Let’s leave soon!" The Moon Night High Priestess didn’t care about money.
"Hey, when will you come back?" Jacqueline, the Naga girl, asked with a hint of reluctance, then quickly covered it up: "You said you’d help me improve my combat ability but didn’t set a date. What if you never come back?"
"Come with me!" Rody, using his people-smuggling trick, smiled and said, "I guarantee you’ll become a Great Sword Emperor in three months!"
"Really?" The Naga girl was obviously tempted.
"Great Commander, you still need to go back to meet Her Majesty the Queen..." The Naga female warrior guard hastily reminded.
"You guys go ahead!" The Naga girl thought for a moment and said, "I have to report something to my sister. Wait for me in the Fairy Kingdom; I'll catch up soon! Let me make it clear, I just want to improve my combat skills, nothing else. Moreover, I can only follow you for three months, not a day more, understand? I just want to learn combat techniques from you!"
"No need to explain, explaining is just covering up, and covering up means no ambition!" Rody laughed heartily.
"Your Excellency Marshal, about what you said earlier, inviting us to train human guards, is that true?" The sea monster captain asked eagerly.
"Of course." Rody, pleased to be addressed as Marshal, chuckled: "Unless you refuse to instruct humans, you’ll be the chief instructors for the human guard corps. Imagine, thousands, nearly ten thousand guards, trembling like novices before you, and you, as instructors, standing high above them, shouting: Answer me, rookies, why are you here? And they will loudly reply: I am here under the orders of Marshal Rody to receive your training..."
"Ah, we will definitely do our best!" The sea monster captain was boiling with enthusiasm, feeling exceptionally proud.
"If you do well, I’ll knight you, even make you generals!" Rody went around patting the shoulders of the sea monster soldiers, making each of them stand tall and proud, their faces flushed with excitement.
"Yes, we will do our best, Your Excellency Marshal!"
The sea monster captain, along with his soldiers, gave Rody a military salute in unison, completely forgetting that he was a human marshal, not their own commander.
Unknowingly, they had been captivated and subdued by Rody's personal charm and leadership skills.
"Before you win over my soldiers' hearts, at least say hello to me first?" Jacqueline, the Naga girl, hummed discontentedly.
"What's our relationship, huh? I am your boyfriend, ah ha, I mean a male friend..." Rody shook each of her six little hands in turn, smiling cheekily: "Since we're friends, there's no need for too much formality. You don’t have to see me off or prepare gifts, but you must give me that string of pearls around your neck as a keepsake, which I will gladly accept..."
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"What kind of person is this?" The Naga girl was about to faint.
"Why don't you ask her for those two shells on her chest?" The Moon Night High Priestess angrily turned and walked away.
"Why would I want her shells? Hey, hey? Moon Night, you're bad, but I like it..." Rody quickly followed with Mitir in his arms, earning him a roll of the eyes from the Moon Night High Priestess.
"This guy really just leaves like that!" Jacqueline, the Naga girl, was quite surprised. She thought Rody would cling to her for a few more days and was not expecting him to leave without any reluctance. Although he was straightforward in his intention to ally with the sea race, she refused him, and he showed no disappointment. This human man was truly extraordinary!
If you say he's good, he's definitely a big villain!
But if you say he's bad, this guy also has a charming side, especially when he's not showing off his flirty smile and saying infuriating things, he's actually quite likable...
...
The Fairy Kingdom.
Following the sea of the sea race, half a month later, Rody and the Moon Night High Priestess flew over two thousand kilometers to reach the Fairy Kingdom.
In this realm of fairies, one must adapt to a different concept of size. For example, there were mountain top cave giants over ten meters tall, considered a type of goblin; at the same time, there were also fairies less than one centimeter tall living among the flowers. Their villages were larger than a beehive but otherwise no different from ordinary towns.
In this village of tiny fairies, Rody learned a special transformation magic called 'Shrinking Technique'.
Under his powerful mental force, the 'Shrinking Technique' he cast could reduce a body as large as a mountain top cave giant to a size smaller than a dwarf. The Moon Night High Priestess initially didn’t understand why Rody traded ten Mo Jade Purple Diamonds with the tiny fairies for this transformation magic. However, when she saw Rody practicing repeatedly, continuously shrinking a Kodo beast until it was as small as a groundhog, she finally understood. This guy was actually very studious and diligent, constantly improving his abilities.
Many villages in the Fairy Kingdom were quite peculiar. Although there were many rules, once one integrated, they would discover the reasonableness and beauty of the Fairy Kingdom.
Although every race is proud of itself, in fact, there is no racial or species discrimination here.
Fragile dwarves don’t need to salute strong elemental flower fairies, and delicate flower fairies and elegant mountain and marsh female immortals don't show disgust when seeing crude wild boar people. Compared to this, self-proclaimed civilized humans are far behind. Even among humans of the same race, there are distinctions of nobles, merchants, commoners, and poor people. If in a human city, a knight sees a poor person daring not to salute, he would likely draw his sword and kill him to maintain his dignity. However, in the Fairy Kingdom, a mountain and marsh female immortal would not refuse to sit across from a wild boar person covered in stinky mud.
Even Rody himself found it a bit hard to accept. Shouldn’t this wild boar person have some self-awareness? Not to mention the appearance, status, and position of the mountain and marsh female immortal, just her combat strength alone is at least five hundred times stronger than his.
If it were humans, a big-bearded mercenary would never dare sit next to a sage or magic grandmaster, especially a female one.
But in the Fairy Kingdom, such incredible things happen.
"Have you heard that those bird people from the Wing Tribe have invaded our country again? Pfft... I'm going to the front line to kill all those hypocritical bird people, make them completely wiped out with no return, pfft..." The wild boar person not only dared to sit in front of the mountain and marsh female immortal, but he also dared to chat with her.
"You're very brave, young man. Do you need help? Maybe, I can gift you a set of enchanted armor!" The mountain and marsh female immortal smiled faintly.
"Ha ha, I don't need too good armor, because I'm not good at defense... Pfft, I prefer attacking!" The wild boar man took out his spiked ball hammer, waving it roughly: "Don’t worry about me, E'arlu. I am a true warrior. Although my strength is not as great as a Titan's, I have the courage to face a dragon! Ah, where is my drink? Pfft, do you think I don't have Puke on me?"
"E'arlu, you indeed don't have Puke because your last Puke was finished the day before yesterday." The dwarf bartender came over, holding a cup of yellow wine, and said in a sharp voice: "Drink this and then leave immediately. If you want to go to the front line, you should leave now, not stay here and brag to my customers!"
"I, E'arlu, am not a coward, pfft, I just don’t have the travel money!" The wild boar man took the drink, gulped it down, and stood up readily.
"Wait a minute." Rody waved to the wild boar man named E'arlu, saying: "Warrior, you’ll have the travel money soon."
"Do you want to hire me? Aha, you have good taste! I, E'arlu, am quite famous around here, pfft, you must not know, if it wasn’t for the emergency travel expenses for the front line, I wouldn't even consider accepting your employment!" The wild boar man walked over proudly, sizing up Rody, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Human, am I seeing right? Seeing a human again today, pfft, really surprising. Where’s your merchandise, human man? I can show you my immense strength right away!"
"Wild boar man with immense strength, here's a thousand Puke." Rody took out ten magic cards, each worth a hundred Puke.
"So much?" The wild boar man was stunned but immediately reached out with his large hand, joyfully saying: "E'arlu will make sure you feel this thousand Puke was well spent…"
"I don’t need you to move things." Rody smiled slightly, saying: "If you want the money, you just need to answer my questions."
"Ten questions, a hundred Puke per question!" The Moon Night High Priestess chimed in at this time.
"A hundred Puke, yo!" Mitir sweetly ate the magic abyss fruit, playfully joining in.
"Ask quickly!" The wild boar man sat down, collapsing the stool, but he didn’t care about his embarrassment, staring eagerly at the magic cards in Rody's hand, swallowing hard.
"First question, when was the last time you saw a human?" Rody pulled out a magic card.
"Half a year ago!" The wild boar man couldn’t believe it was so easy to earn money, but Rody really handed over the magic card, leaving him stunned. Money that was impossible to earn before was now so easy to get. Is this a dream? The wild boar man fiercely slapped himself, swelling
half of his pig face, but he laughed happily and said: "Green Hat Tavern owner, you miser, bring the wine quickly, E'arlu has money to drink now, and there’s a tip too, quick, bring the wine, pfft... Ah, I say, human sir, are you inquiring about a companion? I definitely won’t be silent, you ask, ask quickly..."
"E'arlu, have you seen humans from the country of Felick?" Rody took out another magic card and asked.