The Treant Treyni suddenly appeared.
Chen Hai looked at the nominal 'Guardian of the Jura Great Forest' and first invited her into the tent.
Facing this uninvited guest, the Ogre were very wary, and the Goblins were very curious.
From the monsters' perspective, Treants were extremely special beings.
They rarely showed themselves in front of people, let alone directly visited a monster village that had just been built.
After taking their seats, Shuna prepared tea for Chen Hai.
It was called tea, but it was actually water with fruit tree leaves and a little fruit juice.
Chen Hai had tasted it; the flavor was not particularly good.
Indeed, he needed to find an opportunity to transfer things from the 'apocalypse' and items from 'is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon?' to this world, thereby accelerating the construction speed.
As for the tea already placed before him, Chen Hai still took a sip.
Treyni floated in the air, looking down at the scene.
The Ogre were somewhat displeased by this.
"Could you please come down from the air?"
Facing the condescending Treant, Shion frowned slightly and made the request.
"Staying up high like that, it feels like a target, making one want to attack."
"The Ogre lady's words are a bit scary."
After hearing this, Treyni quickly descended from the air and obediently sat on a chair.
Seeing this scene, the atmosphere on site only improved slightly.
This made Treyni realize that the monsters' hostility towards her earlier seemed to be based on 'her looking down on Chen Hai'.
Undoubtedly, the monsters held Chen Hai in high reverence.
"Please have some tea..."
Shuna also brought a cup of tea to the only guest present.
After thanking her, Treyni looked back at Chen Hai.
"Please allow me to explain in detail the purpose of my visit."
The Treant's opening line was,
"The hog race, led by the Hog King, is about to launch an all-out war in the Jura Great Forest."
At these words, the Ogre race's expressions changed.
Their village had been attacked by the hog race, and only a few had survived.
The hatred for their murdered kin;
The sin of invading the forest;
Finally, it could be settled!
At this point, Treyni began to describe the recent movements of the hog race army.
The total army numbered over two hundred thousand;
The Hog King, their leader, was incredibly powerful;
His soldiers and several Pig-Headed General were extremely brutal;
Besides attacking the Ogre race, they had also fought the Lizardman.
In short, the hog race's goal was simple: to invade the Jura Forest and claim all its resources for themselves.
"That sounds terrifying…"
Gobta looked nervous.
They were originally weak monsters.
Now they had been given names, but they had no experience in large-scale combat.
Moreover… even counting the Ogre race, the Goblins + Direwolf Clan, their numbers were less than one-tenth of the hog race army!
"If we really have to go to war… shouldn't we prioritize moving those who can't fight?"
Rigurd spoke up then.
There were quite a few non-combatants in the Goblin Village.
"How many are there?"
Benimaru suddenly asked.
He didn't want to see the misfortune he had experienced repeat itself.
At this question, Rigurd mentally calculated.
The tall, burly Rigurd counted on his fingers and replied,
"There are seventy-four Goblins who can go to battle, about twenty people responsible for construction, thirty women and children who cannot fight, and eighty-one Direwolves."
As he spoke, Rigurd looked at Ranga.
Ranga nodded silently.
Therefore, Rigurd drew a conclusion.
"If we want to move, I think it's best to act as soon as possible."
This was Rigurd's thought.
He wasn't afraid of combat, but he didn't want his non-combatant companions to be caught in the war.
At the same time, Chen Hai was recalling the Hog King's background.
In the original plot, the hog race was a weak race living under the rule of a Demon Lord.
While protected by the Demon Lord, they had to pay high taxes to him.
However, due to a sudden famine, the hog race only had enough resources to ensure their own survival.
As for the high taxes to be paid to the Demon Lord, they couldn't afford them no matter how hard they tried.
In this situation, there were two choices.
First: find a way to break free from the Demon Lord's control and gain freedom, but this would mean losing the Demon Lord's protection.
In that case, the already weak hog race would likely be attacked by powerful monsters, falling into an even more dangerous situation.
Second: to pay the high taxes and also receive the Demon Lord's protection, the Hog King needed more resources.
Thus, he ultimately chose to gamble on the Jura Forest, which had lost the 'suppression' of the Storm Dragon, hoping to find ore or other food.
But the problem lay here… even if resources and food sufficient for the hog race's survival were found, over two hundred thousand of their kin could not possibly be accepted by the monsters in the forest.
Their numbers were too vast.
They would be seen as the greatest threat, met with hostility and enmity.
In that case, how would it be different from their past life?
It was then that the Demon Lord appeared and bestowed great power upon the Hog King.
The Hog King also accepted the 'naming' and decided to become a Demon Lord for the continuation of his race.
With the above conditions, he could completely conquer the Great Forest and even wider lands to satisfy the needs of his race.
However, in the original plot, the Hog King just happened to encounter the Transmigrator, Demon Lord, who had a golden finger.
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It's normal for natives to lose to those with cheats; that's a typical plot.
Unless it's a story in an anti-trope work where the protagonist fights against a Transmigrator from another world.
But these are not within the scope of discussion at this moment.
Chen Hai's consciousness returned to the present; he heard Old Man White asking Treyni.
"I heard that Treants manage the order of the Great Forest, and your strength must be formidable, so why come to entrust Lord Chen Hai?"
"Because this matter is many times more troublesome than I imagined."
Treyni said straightforwardly,
"I am not afraid of sacrifice, but… if I fall at the hands of the Hog King and am devoured by him, he will gain even greater power, bringing an even more terrifying threat."
It must be said that Treyni's worries and caution were well-founded.
As stated before, if he hadn't encountered the cheating Demon Lord, the Hog King would most likely have completed the conquest of the Jura Great Forest.
The Fang Wolves, Ogre Clans, Goblins, and Lizardmen in the forest would all be annihilated.
To put it plainly, the Hog King was already powerful.
In the original plot, after devouring the Demon Lord, if he also ate Treyni, he would surely become an even more formidable Demon Lord.
"Do you hope we… hope Mr. Chen Hai will defeat the Hog King?"
Izawa Shizue, who had been silent, spoke at this moment.
Treyni nodded again.
Her gaze fell back on Chen Hai.
"Yes, because I believe Lord Chen Hai will defeat that Hog King and win."