Knight Kelmu reminded the two of them, "Things are different from before. If the Earl's territories really wage war on us, we can't just escape by running into the swamplands. His previous indifference to you was just because he looked down on you."
Both the Chieftain of the Fire Lizard Tribe and the Barbaric Bone Chief were so infuriated they almost started fighting with Knight Kelmu.
"What did you just say? Our Land of Swamp doesn't catch the Earl's eye?"
"He's just asking for a fight! Fire Lizard, strangely enough, I find myself on your side this time..."
Suddenly the door to the study was pushed open, and a burly man stepped in. "It's not just Earl Yisen Hanjian who wants to give you a hard time now. Your neighbors are also eyeing your lands, hoping to take as much land and plunder as many people and wealth as they can while you're in a precarious position."
The people in the study suddenly became serious.
