Pale Emblem

Chapter 160 Coincidence

The east shore of Krill Lake.

The Rocksplitting Orcs and the Frostblade Barbarians built a number of spike camps on this flat and fertile land. These were camps without high walls, surrounded only by sharpened wooden spikes. Complex trenches and caves were dug inside, and there were thatched huts on top to provide shade and protection from rain.

Orcs are not afraid of wind and rain, and are used to sleeping in mud. Their limited intelligence makes it impossible for them to build a decent house. Caves, trenches and spike barriers are the most amazing architectural masterpieces of the Orc clan.

These spike forts are distributed in a ring shape. If you look down from the sky, you can see that they are connected end to end to form a big circle. The six smaller spike forts are the outer circle, protecting the three medium-sized spike forts behind them and the giant spike fort in the center of the circle like a city wall.

The circular nest fortress consisting of ten spiked strongholds is equivalent to an orc town. Although it looks primitive, its defensive function can stand the test of time.

The center of the nest is usually the residence of the Orc mother and her cubs, and is also used to store the survival supplies of the entire tribe. During war, it is also the command center of the Orc clan.

As the joint leader of the Rocksplitting Clan and the Frostblade Clan, Quellngra now spends most of his time in the central stronghold, handling various affairs with his barbarian brother Locke. In fact, most of the affairs are handled by the Sky Spirit Fighter Locke and several barbarian shamans. Quellngra mainly studies and issues Locke's instructions to other orcs as a chief.

Four of the ten brothers, the orc butchers, always complained about Quel'N'Glar's heavy use of the Frost Blade Barbarians. However, the Barbarians were indeed much smarter than the orcs. This ring nest fortress was mainly designed and built by the Barbarians, who also knew how to brew wine, farm, make armor, smelt, and forge.

The most important thing is that the Frost Blade Barbarians know the half-elves in Fallen Leaf City, and they know how to deal with the half-elf army.

Because of these reasons, in less than a year, the Frostblade Barbarians have become dominant in the Hive.

Since then, Quel'Ngra has had several barbarian advisers around him, and he mostly adopts their suggestions, which also causes dissatisfaction among the Rock-Splitting Orcs.

However, their chieftain personally killed the demon-like leader of the Tower Cave in the bloody battle in Bolan Town. The chieftain's power grew day by day, and the orcs did not even dare to look him in the eye. However, the great mothers of the Rock Split Clan would convey the children's opinions to the chieftain, and remind him that he was a half-orc and should not blindly favor the Frostblade Barbarians.

Quellngra respected the great mothers in the clan and never argued with them in person, but he still went his own way and continued to serve as an important barbarian advisor to him.

However, today's situation is somewhat special.

The battle shaman of the Blackfire Blood Guard brought back the defense map of Godore Fortress, the head of the half-elf spy, and a surprising piece of news. These things were related to the direction of the war. Quelngra decided to ask the oldest mother in the tribe to hold a bone burning divination. He dismissed the barbarian consultants around him and only summoned the ten brothers who stayed in the nest to watch the divination ceremony together and listen to the mother's answer.

In the shed used for divination, a half-orc mother stood in front of the fire, chanting an ancient mysterious spell. She was tall and fat, and looked more burly than Quelngra, like a mountain of flesh. Her posture, movements, and voice also revealed a heavy flavor like the earth.

In the fire pit, the flames sparkled like ripples, and the swirling smoke changed endlessly, sometimes transforming into a ferocious beast, and sometimes the images of an orc butcher and an orc mother appeared alternately, as if countless souls were hidden in the smoke from the fire pit.

The sacrificial fire pit is the most important heritage of the Orc clan. Only powerful beasts, respectable enemies, brave or wise tribesmen have such an honor. After death, their skulls are burned to ashes in the sacrificial fire pit.

The Orc Mothers hold the mysterious power of the sacrificial fire pit. They mix the blood of those above them with the ashes in the fire pit and give it to the Orc coolies to help them open their wisdom and become fighters or shamans. They can also hold bone-burning divination ceremonies in the fire pit to predict the future.

As the Great Mother chanted her incantation, the fire in the pond gradually faded away, and the smoke that had been changing into various shapes gradually subsided. In the end, only a tiny green flame was still dancing in the ashes.

The orc mother walked over barefoot on the hot embers as if nothing had happened, bent down, brushed away the ashes with her hands, and picked up a blackened half-elf skull.

She blew out the green flames on the surface of the skull, carefully examined the cracks on the bones, and seemed to listen to the whispers of the souls of her ancestors. After a moment, she announced loudly: "The bad omen has turned around!"

Quelngra was shocked and hurried forward to ask the Orc Mother: "What is the bad omen? What is the turning point?"

The orc chieftain had a red face and fangs, and wore a tough crocodile skin armor. Although the workmanship was simple and rough, it fit him well and matched his tall and burly body, making him look fierce and majestic.

The Great Mother simply looked down at her chieftain, then turned to the orc shaman next to her and ordered, "Take this half-elf's skull out and throw it away!"

A half-elf who betrayed his own kind was not worthy of staying in the sacrificial fire pit that had been passed down from generation to generation in the Orc clan, not to mention that he was a madman who cut off his own head.

The Orc Mother did not explain the content of the divination prophecy, but drove all the males, including the chieftain, out of the shed. As soon as she chanted the spell, the males present, whether they were Orc butchers or Sky Spirit Warriors, immediately felt a pain in their chests and fled in embarrassment.

"Brother Engla, when did you offend the Great Mother? And now you have to make us suffer the curse from her as well." Locke, the leader of the Frost Blade Barbarians, said half-jokingly and half-complainingly.

But Quelngra shouted happily: "This is a good thing!" "But Mother Anta did not explain her divination and drove us all out." An orc butcher looked at the chief with confusion.

Last winter, the ten most powerful brothers of the Rock Splitting Clan were almost annihilated in the battle to besiege the Tower Cave Clan's capital, Steel Rock. Quellngra promoted several new members. Although they were also orc butchers, cruel and cunning by nature, they had just been promoted to the fourth level and were far inferior to Quellngra in terms of strength and wisdom.

Quillengla patiently explained, "Mother Antar will not watch us die! She directly drove us away, which means our attack plan will definitely succeed!"

Several Orc butchers immediately raised their stone axes with joy and roared as if they had already won the war.

However, the Sky Spirit Warrior Locke chased after Chief Rockbreaker and asked, "Brother Engla, what does the bad omen mean? What is the turning point?"

Quel'Engra did not stop, and said as he walked: "Bad omen? Humph, Chieftain Blackfyre asked us to massacre the half-elves in Godorei Fortress. This is a bad omen."

"Brother Locke, have you ever been inside a half-elf's castle fortress?"

"No." The Sky Spirit Fighter shook his head and said, "I often fight with half-elf adventurers in the wild. They are small and weak, and I have never lost."

"I have never doubted the strength and bravery of the barbarian brothers. However, the weak half-elves have tough armor, sharp swords, and they can even build high walls with heavy stones."

Quierngra paused and continued, "I heard from Ingri that the half-elf fortress was built to protect the half-elves, and the passages inside are complex, closed, and narrow. The half-orc butchers may have to bend over and lower their heads to fight with fully armed half-elf warriors inside the fortress."

The average height of the Orc Butcher is about 2.5 meters, with a very strong body, excellent strength and physical fitness, but the disadvantage is that they are not flexible enough. They are used to charging and fighting in open areas, and are not very adaptable to complex street fighting, not to mention the fortress infiltration operation which is more complicated than ordinary street fighting.

The battle shamans of the Rocksplitting Clan are agile warriors, but unfortunately they are physically fragile and not brave enough. If there is no butcher around, they will often avoid a life-and-death battle.

In this way, only the Frost Blade Warrior was capable of executing the orders of the Blackfyre Chieftain, and Locke remained silent.

"The warriors of Rocksplitter and Frostblade should not die in a half-elf stronghold."

"What's the use of the fortress defense map brought back by the Black Flame Blood Guard? None of us can understand what the map is! Even the Blood Guard Warlord himself can't understand it!"

Locke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he said anxiously: "If Chief Blackfire doesn't accept us, we will have no choice but to die."

Quellngra certainly understood that if they wanted to gain a foothold in the Dragon Kingdom, they had to gain the recognition of the Blackfyre Tribe, but he was not prepared to obey the orders of the Blackfyre Chieftain.

According to the information he had, raiding the Godore Fortress was a suicide mission. No matter what conditions the Blackfyre Chieftain offered, he had decided to refuse the mission of raiding the half-elf fortress.

The Rocksplitting Orcs are outsiders after all. The worst that can happen to them is that they can just leave the Dragon Kingdom and live and multiply somewhere else.

Quellngra actually didn't have too much psychological burden, he even began to consider the issue of evacuation. However, he had to take the Frost Blade Barbarians with him, because the various technologies mastered by the Barbarians could help the Rock Splitting Clan become stronger.

Mother Anta said that the bad omen would turn around.

  Locke also asked, what is the turning point?

Quel'Ngra's understanding of the divination prophecy was that Chieftain Blackfyre's orders brought bad omens to the Rockbreaker Clan, but if they refused to carry out his orders, the bad omen would take a turn for the better.

After figuring this out, Quierngra felt relieved all over. He said to Locke, "The message delivered by the half-elf traitor is our turning point."

Locke was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Do you believe the half-elf traitor's words and raid Echo Town first?"

"If the walls of Echo Town are similar to those of Braun Town, we can fight our way in and out." Quellngra nodded and said, "I don't believe those half-elf traitors are really helping us, so you have to continue to send some barbarian brothers to find those half-elf traitors to inquire about the situation."

(End of this chapter)