Pale Emblem

Chapter 24 Rescue
While crying, the barbarian boy went around the obstacles to avoid the arrest of several strong female slaves, fully demonstrating his flexible skills, but after all, he was a minor, and his body was very weak. Weak and staggering, Ingrid seized the opportunity and pushed him to the ground.Several other older barbarian slaves rushed over and tied the screaming barbarian boy firmly with ropes and sticks.

When Vertok brought people outside, Yog had been carried by several barbarian slaves to a small wooden hut and firmly fixed on a table.The older barbarian slaves prepared hot water, cotton towels, and herbs to stop bleeding.

Ingrid took out a knife from a stone basin full of spirits, and was unmoved by Yog's yelling, crying, and begging for mercy, and said indifferently: "No one here has circumcised boys, I It is also the first time to operate a knife. I heard that it will be very painful, and you may die when you are old... If you want to blame it, it is your shaman mother, a natural coolie like you, who was born at a very young age. You should be honored in the tribe, and you don't have to suffer this crime now."

Feeling that the trembling knife was approaching his vital point, Yog clamped his butt in vain, let out a desperate roar, and cursed: "You bitch, I am the son of a shaman from the Taka tribe, a survivor under the fire of the sky. , is the king of barbarians who was chosen by Tianling. You let me go now, and I will marry you as my queen when I am an adult... woo, woo, woo, you can't treat me like this, woo woo, please stop, woo Ouch... help! Come on, help!"

Sweat oozed from Ingrid's forehead, and his hands trembled even more.She didn't care about Yog's coercion and temptation, begging for mercy and crying bitterly, she just didn't know how to start circumcising a barbarian boy.

When a barbarian slave saw that the leader didn't dare to use the knife, she picked up a large wooden stick from the side and said eagerly, "Should we stun him first so that you can do it easily?"

Another barbarian female slave looked at the big wooden stick made of hard roots and said angrily, "How can I knock out a nearly grown-up barbarian male? You can just kill him, we can save trouble."

Ingrid raised his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, shook his head and said, "I can't beat him... He's almost an adult, if he doesn't knock him out, it will be very troublesome if he causes blood rage instead... Come on, take this pot of wine. Give him a drink and gag his mouth."

Several barbarian slaves immediately started, pinched Yog's cheek, forcibly poured the spirits in the stone basin into his mouth, and then blocked him with a cotton towel.

Ingrid took a deep breath, and when he was about to cut the knife, Vertoc broke into the wooden house with a few people.

"It hasn't started yet? Hasn't it started yet?"

As soon as he entered the door and saw Yog tied to the table with a cotton towel in his mouth, he remembered that Pilu, the shop assistant of the Adventurer's House, was also like this at the time, and curiously said to Mayor Maine: "Barbarian The 'circumcision' is also infused with the awakening elixir?"

Ingrid put away the knife and bowed to Maine with a few barbarian slaves. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, we have disturbed you, please rest assured, we will be able to deal with it soon."

Maine waved his hand and turned to answer Vertok's question, "'Circumcision' is to completely block his fertility with a knife, and it has nothing to do with the half-elf's awakening elixir."

When Yog saw Vertok, it was like seeing a savior, tears welling up, but his mouth was gagged and he couldn't speak.

But Vertok didn't take care of the barbarian boy's mood. He frowned and asked, "Will banning fertility make him stronger?"

Huck, John and the others who came over all laughed, and Huck said: "Vill, why do you have such a strange idea? Only when a savage male is bowed will his violent and aggressive temper become docile and obedient. They will not change. Strong, but also able to do heavy physical work.”

At this time, Vertok noticed that Yog had tears in his eyes and a pitiful appearance of begging to himself, and said, "He seems to be afraid."

"Of course he's afraid. He is being greeted now, not only in pain, but also in death." Maine shook his head, leaned over to observe Yog's body, and nodded again: "The signs of the barbarians are exactly as described in the book... In fact, the custom of 'circumcision' is only available to the barbarians of the Blackrock Tribe. This also starts with the unique reproduction method of the half-orcs. Compared with the barbarians whose appearance is close to the half-elf, the half-orcs are more like beasts. Among the half-orcs, Only the strongest males and the strongest females can reproduce."

"The orc mother can give birth to 6 or 7 cubs at a time, and the strongest cubs will be carefully cared for by the orc parents. They can develop normally and become fertile when they are adults. The height of the male may even grow to More than 2 meters, they have acquired advanced blood rage talent, they call themselves slaughterers, and the Disa Alliance calls such male orcs 'butchers'."

"Those half-orc cubs who were eliminated at birth, under the pressure of the 'butcher' father and eldest mother, their reproductive systems stopped developing, and they had no ability to reproduce when they grew up. They have low intelligence and are generally no more than 1.7 meters tall. There is also little food, among them, those who can awaken the primary blood rage talent are called fighters, and those who have not awakened are called coolies.”

"If a 'butcher' in a half-orc group is killed by a 'butcher' invader from another group, fighters and coolies have the opportunity to regenerate and become 'butchers' or 'big mothers' when food is plentiful. Orc coolies deal with incursions of their own kind, and rarely take the initiative to fight."

"The barbarians are different, they all have fertility. However, the Orcs of the Blackrock tribe like to rob the barbarians of their food. Due to the shortage of food, the barbarians can only practice the custom of 'circumcision', artificially creating 'coolies' so that the strongest children can get the food. More food."

"Only by doing so can they cultivate barbarian warriors and barbarian fighters who can stand up to the orcs."

"Weak barbarian women can only have one child at a time, and their birthright is denied by the tribe. If the tribe's food is in short supply, these girls are the first to be sold by the tribe. Hundreds of barbarian slaves on the plantation come from this way."

"The situation of barbarian boys is a bit troublesome. After they reach adulthood, whether they have awakened blood rage talent or not, they become brave and aggressive. It is difficult for us to drive strong barbarian slave males, and the barbarians themselves can't stand young and aggressive compatriots fighting for competition. Food, mates, fights and splits. So Blackrock barbarians focus on raising naturally strong children."

"Barbarian boys with weak constitutions are usually given the salute before the age of two. Because once the barbarians are over two years old, the vital parts will be indented in the body and effectively protected. If you want to operate on them at this time, it will kill them."

The Mayor of Maine turned his head and reprimanded a few barbarian slave girls: "Ingrid, you guys are just messing around! Yog is Mr. Vertoc's barbarian slave. It's up to him to decide what to do with him. How can you decide on your own?"

These barbarian slaves were obedient and did not dare to speak, but Ingrid knelt directly in front of Wiltok and said, "My lord, there are more than 400 barbarian slaves in Braun Plantation, and every year young barbarian girls are sold. Come, we tend them, and teach them to work, like their mothers. The plantation guards protect us from the orcs, and choose from among us, like our mates. We live well here, Because both the half-elf and the barbarian slave abide by the rules of the alliance, but he..."

Ingrid pointed to Yog, who was shedding tears and snot, and said loudly: "This slave is about to come of age. If he stays here, he is breaking the rules of the plantation. If he is the slave of the adults, I ask the adults to let him leave the plantation. , or allow us to circumcise him."

Barbarians, half-orcs, fighters, blood rage talent... These words caught Vertok's attention. He handed over everything Mayor Mayne just said to "Knowledge Puzzle" for processing and analysis, looking forward to finding new clues to restore memory from it. .

He was listening to Maine's story with relish, but Ingrid suddenly turned the question to himself, and Vertok looked left and right, and asked innocently, "Yoge stayed in the planting. Why did the garden break the rules?"

The surrounding half-elves and barbarian slaves were immediately embarrassed. Captain Huck couldn't help but shouted: "The rule is that barbarian slaves are coolies in the tribe and cannot give birth to young barbarians, and they can't give birth to young barbarians in the Disa Alliance! Yog! Nearly coming of age, there are hundreds of savages on the plantation, he must leave"

Mayor Mayen also explained: "Small tribes of barbarians are often plundered by orcs, and their food cannot support more tribesmen. Weak barbarian women and barbarians cannot give birth, but this does not mean that they have no children. Ability. Judging from Yog's current physique, he should have been salute when he was very young, but his mother was a shaman... That is to say, a female shaman with a weak physique gave birth to a child with a weak physique, and she used the shaman Man's prerogative to protect her son. Now that the female shaman is dead, and her coming-of-age son is your slave again, according to the laws of the Union, Yog will either be rite now or be expelled..."

"What did you say! Sinna is dead?"

Vertok's eyes were sharp, and the edge of the high-ranking man was naturally revealed, and the experienced old sage couldn't help but take a half step back.

"Xina died last night, and we tried our best to save her life." Ingrid spoke in time, drawing Vertok's attention to himself.

Vertoc was very annoyed, and the barbarian female shaman Xina felt very special to him, especially the kind of language she spoke could evoke the "knowledge puzzle" response.

But she actually died while she was in a coma. Was this clue interrupted?
Vertok thought for a while, walked to the table, pulled the cotton towel from Yog's mouth, and asked, "Your mother died, can you speak the language your mother and I spoke?"

The barbarian boy gasped and said in a jerky half-elf language: "I won't... let me go, I'm not your slave, let me go... please... woo woo..."

Seeing how he kept talking, Vertok silently re-gagged his mouth with a cotton towel, and then stood there in deep thought.

While Vertok was thinking, no one bothered him.Barbarian slaves don't dare, half-elves can't bear it or don't want to.

It didn't take long for Vertok to get feedback from the "knowledge puzzle", and his thoughts gradually became clear. He asked: "Barbarian shamans have a high status in the tribe? Do they have any abilities?"

Maine was just taken aback by Vertok, so he observed him with interest, and replied casually: "Barbarian shamans generally have the ability to foretell, sometimes accurate, sometimes inaccurate. They also know medicine, some Some high-level shamans can even unleash powerful lightning bolts. The more powerful the shamans, the higher their status among the barbarian tribes."

Divination prediction... Another key information was included in the "knowledge puzzle", Vertoc continued to ask: "Is it possible that Yog's fertility has been banned, and there is no way to awaken the blood rage talent?"

Ingrid glanced at Yoger, nodded and replied, "Yes, he will become obedient and obedient."

Vertok immediately had the answer in his mind.

Shaman Sina has a high status in the tribe, and her spouse should also be a noble barbarian.Logically speaking, Yog would be taken care of by his father in the tribe, but when the female shaman was dying, he asked the tribe to take her and Yog to the plantation.Her people knew that Yog would not be accepted by the half-elves, but they did.They believed in the divination prophecies of the female shaman, which meant that the mother and son of Xinna approached them with a purpose.

So, this clue of Xinna is not broken, but on Yog!

The barbarian blood rage talent is the key, I'm trying to figure out what the blood rage talent is right now?
Virtok took off the cotton towel from Yog's mouth, untied the tied knot dexterously with both hands, helped the barbarian boy to sit up, and took off his cloak to cover his body, stubbornly stubborn. He said: "The barbarian tribe didn't accept my sword, Yog is not my slave, but I don't care what the rules are, Yog wants to be with me, I'm there, he's there!"

The barbarian boy burst into tears, and because of Vertok's defending statement, Yog kept him firmly in his heart.

Mayor Maine didn't really care about this.Rules are such things, the weaker they are, the more revered they are, just like the barbarian slaves in the plantation. Apart from obeying the rules, how can they protect themselves?
However, there are still slave traders in the alliance who secretly raise healthy and strong barbarian slaves, let them and barbarian slaves have healthy offspring, and then sell them for profit.There are too many interests involved, which obviously violates the legal provisions of the alliance, but it cannot be completely prohibited.

In fact, Maine is a staunch anti-slavery faction among the sages of the Alliance, who advocates the abolition of the barbarian slave system and the expulsion of all barbarian slaves.

Due to the racial differences, the Blackrock Tribe, the Dissa Alliance, and the Orc Kingdom had difficulty infiltrating each other.However, because of the barbarian slave system of the Dissa Alliance, the infiltration of the Blackrock tribe into the alliance has become a fact that cannot be ignored.

Although the barbarians have no political status and no right to speak within the alliance, it does not mean that they have no influence.Especially in the past [-] years, the alliance has opened up borders and used a large number of slaves as labor.Barbarians gradually outnumbered half-elves on the frontier.

If the Dragon King Fei Lumat no longer restrains the Blackrock tribe, the consequences will be disastrous.

Maine even suspected that the chief of the Blackrock tribe was deliberately squeezing the living space of the barbarians towards the alliance.If the Blackrock Orcs tear up the peace agreement one day, the plantations, mines, and more than [-] slaves that the Alliance has developed on the border will fall into the hands of the Blackrock Warchief.

Considering this possibility, the Alliance made a law strictly prohibiting barbarian slaves from multiplying and growing within the Alliance, but this law was also the result of a compromise to the interests of the parties.

However, from a personal and emotional point of view, Maine himself has raised several young and beautiful private slave girls in the plantation, and he can't bear to expel all the well-behaved and sensible Ingrid and her barbarian slave girls.

In comparison, what was Vertoc's decision to shelter a barbarian teenager?
The mayor nodded to Ingrid, motioned her to obey Vertok's request, and turned to him and said, "Okay, you can keep Yog, but you can't let Yog beat the idea of ​​a savage slave."

Yog cried aggrievedly: "I won't, they are all so ugly..."

"Bah! You are the ugliest one." Ingrid sneered: "It will be a few months before you know whether you will do something stupid. If you dare to seduce the barbarian slaves in the plantation, I promise to kill you. Anyway, you are not the slave of this lord."

Maine ignored the barbarian slave's intimidation of Yog, and only said to Vertok: "Vill, Yog's matter has been resolved, can we go back to learn the alphabet now?"

Vertok looked at Mayor Maine with a look of surprise, and said, "I can't remember any other letters except those few words..."

(End of this chapter)