Pale Emblem

Chapter 166 Life or death

There is a saying among the adventurers of the Alliance: torturing the Barbarian Fighters is a waste of effort.

Barbarians can transform pain into anger, and anger into strength, and are indeed not afraid of ordinary torture. They are brave and fearless, savage and aggressive, but their intelligence is inferior to that of half-elves, and they are all idiots with muscles in their heads.

The views of the half-elf adventurers are somewhat arrogant and prejudiced, but the barbarian warriors are indeed not good at adapting, while the circumcised barbarians know how to compromise and be patient.

This is because the barbarian slaves are afraid of pain and their minds become calm and rational; the barbarian fighters are not afraid of pain, but their minds are often burned by anger, their style of behavior is often rough and simple, and their temperament is to rather die than surrender.

Yog is definitely an outlier among the barbarians. He has not been circumcised and does not have the bravery of ordinary barbarian warriors. In most cases, he is afraid of pain. The good thing is that his mind can remain rational.

According to Victor, Jorg is neither smart nor brave enough.

After Vice President Berg threatened him a few times, he told him all about his experiences in the Rock Splitting Clan.

Since Yoge is so cooperative, naturally no one will make things difficult for him.

Berg not only made sure he had enough food and water, he also assigned a female slave to give him a bath and change his clothes before taking him to see Victor.

They came to the fifth floor. Berg left the blue-skinned barbarian boy at the stairs and went into the room first. He handed Victor a few pieces of cotton paper with cursive words written on them. "Great master, these are all Yog's confessions..."

Victor no longer cared about what Berg called him. This guy looked like a normal person on the surface, but he was actually a puppet controlled by the vampire, and he had no bottom line in flattering his mistress.

After quickly reading through Yog's confession, Victor casually handed the notes to the ranger sisters.

Ruth and Jessica are both young professionals who graduated from the academy. Since they regained their sanity, although they have cut off ties with their past selves, they have retained all their previous knowledge and abilities. In addition, they are naturally intelligent and thoughtful, and have been regarded as two capable assistants by Victor.

"Hey, hundreds of barbarian slave girls from the plantation in Bolang Town have become the third force under Chief Rockbreaker's command under the leadership of Ingrid."

"Well, it makes sense if you think about it. The barbarian slave girls in our impression are strong enough, but in the eyes of their compatriots, they are weak and cannot give birth to strong offspring, so they are not even qualified to form a family." Jessica shook her head and continued: "In fact, the women in the Frost Blade Barbarians should be very afraid of these hundreds of barbarian slave girls. They are afraid that they will join their families and take away their husbands' love and the living supplies that should belong to themselves and their children. Even if the barbarian slave girls really want to join the Frost Blade Clan, it will take several years. Before that, they cannot marry barbarian men."

"If that's the case, they have no family, no men to protect them. Even if they stay in the Frost Blade Clan, they are considered wanderers from other tribes. Their status and living conditions are worse than those of the former barbarian slave girls."

"Outlanders?" Ruth pondered and said, "Yes, Ingrid and those barbarian slave girls are now outlanders. The Rockbreaker and Frostblade clans can take them in, expel them, or even kill them. No wonder hundreds of barbarian slave girls are united around Ingrid, allowing Ingrid to be favored by the power of destiny, and Yog will also benefit from it."

Jessica's eyes turned, and she suddenly laughed and said to Victor: "Master, your good barbarian friend may have hundreds of barbarian slave wives, so he is also protected by the power of fate. I suddenly understand why he rashly joined the looters... He is actually very pitiful."

"Hehe, if we send him back, does that count as harming him?"

Ruth and Jessica were lively, not at all ladylike, and spoke like female adventurers. They openly ridiculed Yog's situation, causing laughter from the followers in the room.

Victor did not laugh. He was thinking seriously whether hundreds of wives and hundreds of loyal subordinates were the same and whether they could bring people the favor of the power of destiny.

Theoretically, a leader who is favored by the power of destiny represents a force, which means that he or she has hundreds of supporters around him or her. Ingrid is the leader of hundreds of barbarian slave girls and is also favored by the power of destiny, which is not a problem.

So, where did Yog's favor of fate come from?

“Could it be that because he has hundreds of barbarian slave wives, he is favored by the power of fate?” Victor couldn’t help but mutter to himself, and then shook his head and said, “Isn’t this unlikely?”

The Ranger sisters looked at each other in bewilderment, and one of them said timidly, "We are just kidding."

"Well... judging from Yog's experience, Chief Quillengla of the Rock-Splitting Clan is a very remarkable guy." Ruth quickly changed the subject and mentioned the important information they had discovered.

Although Yog's fate was strange, he had little influence on Victor's rescue plan. However, Quellngra, the chief of the Rock Splitting Clan, was a key figure that could not be ignored.

"Orc butchers look like fat and stupid bear monsters, but they are actually as cruel and cunning as bear monsters."

"However, the Butcher Chieftain of the Rock-Splitting Clan has surpassed the impression that ordinary butchers give us. I think we can even describe his performance as a 'wise leader.'"

"The Rock-Splitting Orcs and the Frostblade Barbarians broke through the town of Bolan and drove the half-elves out of the Krill Lake Basin. But who would have thought that an orc butcher would reuse the barbarian slave girl left behind by the half-elves?"

"Yes, these hundreds of barbarian slave girls are good at planting, raising livestock, weaving, and even making sets of cotton armor. It is said that some of them know pharmacy... For us half-elves, these barbarian slave girls are also a huge fortune. However, we will not give them a high status, because barbarian slave girls are weak and lack the means and ability to protect themselves. They can only rely on slave owners and accept oppression and bullying."

"However, the orcs who have always followed the law of the jungle actually broke the inherent concept of the race and gave the weak barbarian females a high status. They not only guaranteed their safety, but also listened to their suggestions?!"

"Is Quel'Ngra really an orc butcher?"

The Ranger sisters analyzed the special features of Chief Rockbreaker one by one. They all found out the key information accurately through Yog's confession of his own experience. You know, Yog did not deliberately describe the situation of Chief Quillengla. Ruth and Jessica inferred the most valuable content with their carefulness and intelligence.

Victor nodded, then frowned and said, "Quelngra... This Orc Butcher is indeed unexpected. He may not follow the request of Chieftain Blackfyre and attack the Half-Elf Godore Line... If this is the case, our plan will hardly succeed."

At this time, the shield guard Harvey came over and reminded: "Sir, if we don't set off now, I'm afraid we will miss the meeting with Ingrid."

Jessica immediately comforted him, "Master, although Chief Quillengla may be a variable, he is willing to listen to the opinions of the barbarian slave girl Ingrid. Now, we can only try our best to convince Ingrid and let her understand that attacking the Godore Line of Defense established by Fallen Leaf City is of great significance to the Rock Split Clan."

If they were ordinary Orc butcher chieftains, they would have led their elite warriors to attack the Godorei defense line to prove their bravery and loyalty to the Blackfyre Chieftain. However, from the intelligence information Victor had, Quellngra of the Rock Split Clan might not be willing to be led by the Blackfyre Tribe. However, if the Rock Split Clan wanted to survive in the Krill Lake Basin, in addition to getting the support of the Blackfyre Tribe, they also had to deal with the half-elves of Fallen Leaf City.

At present, they only have one way to go, that is to deal a heavy blow to the army of Luoye City, and then they will be qualified to negotiate terms.

For example, the Rocksplitter Orcs and the Frostblade Barbarians followed Victor's design and eliminated military strongholds such as Echo Town.

Alternatively, Quel'Engra could also annihilate the half-elf defenders in Braun Town and retake Braun Town.

The half-elf garrison of Bolan Town is approximately four to five thousand strong, mainly composed of new recruits, garrison sergeants, and several large adventure groups.

The recruits have no fighting ability, while the garrison soldiers and adventurers lack a firm will to fight.

There is no doubt that the current defenders of Brown Town are a soft persimmon, while Echo Town is a tough nut to crack.

No one can tell what choice Quillengra will make.

All they can do now is to persuade Ingrid to influence Quierngra's decision.

"Don't be in a hurry... go get some paper and a pen." Victor turned to Jessica and instructed.

After hearing this, Berg took the initiative to find paper and pen and handed them to Victor attentively.

Victor thought for a moment, picked up his pen and wrote a short letter of several dozen words, folded it and handed it to Vice President Berg, saying, "Take this letter to your mistress and let her destroy it after reading it."

"I understand. Do you have any other instructions?" Berg asked respectfully.

"Tell Christine that I changed my mind temporarily. I have to go to Brown Town to check out the situation there. Therefore, we may have to delay our return for three or four days. Please be careful these days. The premise of controlling key figures is to prioritize Christine's safety." Victor once again emphasized the importance of the vampire Christine.

Vice President Berg said solemnly: "I will do my best to ensure the safety of the hostess, even at the cost of my own life!"

Victor's emerald green eyes narrowed slightly, and he felt somewhat complicated about Vice President Berg's statement.

This half-elf who is over fifty years old will never realize that his will is being twisted by his mistress. In a sense, the original Vice President Berg is already dead.

Actually, Vice President Berg had no grudge against Victor. He just happened to be in a key position and had no ability to resist the charm of the demon, so he was captured by Christine.

Berg was very unfortunate to have met with such misfortune. As the rescue plan was implemented and launched, hundreds of half-elf soldiers would soon die in the raids of the orcs.

Victor sometimes wondered whether it was right or wrong for him to rescue dozens of half-bloods from Braun Town and cause more half-elf soldiers to die at the hands of invaders.

Everyone has compassion and empathy, which is the social nature of intelligent life and the root of all moral sense.

Victor was no exception. Although he was occasionally confused and uneasy about his collusion with foreign invaders to plot against his own half-elf brethren, he insisted on pushing forward the rescue plan without wavering.

Ultimately, this is a life-and-death situation.

Victor's rescue plan was not intended to harm the half-elf soldiers of Fallen Leaf City, but only to rescue the survivors of Braun Town. However, if the army sent by Fallen Leaf City did not collapse, none of the hundreds of half-bloods that Victor wanted to save would survive.

Clark persecuted the survivors of Braun Town first, and his officers and soldiers were participants in this crime. Although the adventure groups expressed their dissatisfaction, they did not take practical actions to help those innocent survivors escape.

In this case, there is nothing much to say. The two sides are in a hostile relationship. There is no need to distinguish right from wrong. The only thing is to fight to the death.

  Victor was not ashamed of what he was about to do, but the slight uneasiness in his heart gave him another feeling:

If I had the power and authority of the Golden Nightingale Patriarch, I could rescue the survivors of Braun Town and punish Clark, the culprit, with just one word. I wouldn't have to collude with the Orc invaders, and the army of Fallen Leaf City wouldn't have to suffer heavy losses, and many half-elf soldiers could go home...

However, who can blame me for being so weak? I don’t have a better way to rescue some people… Victor sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said calmly: “Let’s go.”

The followers who had been prepared for a long time immediately started to move, carrying their own weapons and equipment and supplies to their master. They were the ranger sisters Ruth and Jessica, the shield guard Harvey, the fierce gladiator Kent, the poisonous alchemical demon Herman, the burning Dalina, the stinking Livdel and the giant Mokley, a total of nine people including Victor.

As for the secret hunters Maddie, Stephanie and Transparent Toddlin, they are all in Sands Town, while the vampire banshee Christine, Dancing Dilly and Howling Vincent stay in Echo Town to carry out their respective tasks.

  Victor already clearly felt that he didn't have enough manpower to do such a big thing. Fortunately, Vice President Berg could provide some help. He took out a parchment document and handed it to Victor, saying:

"This is your mission certificate for this patrol as an adventurer. If you encounter other adventure groups, or the legion's scouts or patrol cavalry on the way, the mission document issued by the Adventurer's Guild can be used to prove your identity."

Victor took the document, unfolded it and glanced at it, and couldn't help but laugh: "We can actually get a reward."

Berg chuckled and said, "Of course you will get a generous reward for your military missions. Since you will be 'patrol' a remote and unfamiliar area, the risk is very high. I have given the highest reward for the mission. Each person can get at least 6 gold towers. If you find the enemy, there will be an additional reward... By the way, the money will be paid by General Clark of the Silver Plate Corner family."

They were out contacting Clark's enemies, and Clark had to pay them.

The total bounty of 40 gold towers is considered generous for a patrol and scouting military mission.

Victor nodded with satisfaction, then sneered and said, "Humph, how ironic."