Pale Emblem

Chapter 32 Orc Raiders

Ten kilometers south of the plantation, at the junction of the Black Forest and the artificial cotton forest.

More than 20 heavily armed half-elf soldiers scattered around, patrolling around vigilantly.Wearing a gray-brown rainproof leather cloak, Mayor Mayor squatted on the ground, holding a crystal lantern with one hand, and carefully inspecting the corpses of three humanoid creatures with the help of the candlelight in the lantern.

They are naked and laid flat on the muddy ground. They are less than 1.7 meters long. The muscles on the back and back are particularly developed, as if they are carrying a thick shield. The whole body is covered with a layer of dark red keratinized skin, with a flat nose and pointed ears. The mouth and lower lip have two everted fangs, and the keratinized skin is piled up on both sides of the forehead, forming two small horns, making them look even more hideous and ugly, like a demon crawling out of the abyss.

Mayor Maine's expression at this moment was a rare seriousness and sternness, and his usual gentle and wise eyes were also covered with a gloomy layer, like a dark cloud in the sky.

"It is indeed a half-orc savage fighter."

Maine muttered, stood up, and whispered to the captain of the guard beside him, "Joseph, cut open their stomachs and see what they have eaten."

After speaking, he carried the lantern and walked to the other side.Big George, who was examining the relics of the orcs, noticed that the mayor was coming, and said to him in a loud voice: "Sir, the weapons and equipment of these three orcs are very special. They don't look like the half-orcs of the Blackfire tribe."

The items of the orcs have been classified and placed on the ground by Big George, namely three gray animal skin loincloths, three stone axes, ten pointed stone spears, and a few sets of animal tooth ornaments. It doesn't look like anything special. place.But George, the blacksmith of the plantation, picked up a stone axe, showed it to the mayor, and explained, "I have never seen this kind of stone."

When Maine took the stone axe, he immediately felt its heavy weight.He was surprised to find that the material and workmanship of this stone axe are excellent. The arc of the wooden handle of the stone axe is suitable for chopping, and the axe body has been carefully polished. The blue stone reflects the dim light of the metal material. It is thick and heavy, and a balance stone is added at the end of the axe handle, which can be used for slashing, bludgeoning, and also as a flying axe.

Ordinary orc warriors don't have the ability to play so many tricks with a stone axe.

Through this well-crafted stone axe, Mayne determined that its owner was definitely an elite warrior of the Orcs.

Stone tools play a pivotal role in the history of the Dragon Kingdom. Whether it is the Orc Kingdom, the Black Fire Tribe, or the Disa Alliance, there is a tradition of polishing stone weapons.Because the Dragon Kingdom and the surrounding areas are rich in a variety of special stones, their toughness is no worse than that of metals.And the rock elves have a special preference for stone tools, which has led to the fact that for a long time, the stone processing technology of the Dissa half-elves has reached a very high level.Half-elf masons have even invented a pottery processing technique that can produce extremely sharp pottery arrowheads that cost several times as much as metal arrowheads.

The disadvantage of stone weapons is that the processing process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It takes at least a month to polish a stone spear, which is difficult to popularize.

Later, the great sage Malfoy invented the smelting and casting technology, metal weapons were forged in batches, and armies were armed one after another, and the rock elves' rule over the half elves fell apart.Due to the popularity of iron tools, the military power of the Dissa Alliance was far ahead of the Black Fire Tribe and the Alien Orc Kingdom.

Until the barbarians also learned to cast iron, the Orc army of the Blackfire Horde gained military prowess to rival the Disar Alliance.

Blackfire Orcs don't strike iron and don't farm.They regularly loot the iron tools cast by their fellow barbarians and the food they harvest.The barbarian tribes living on the other side of Lake Braun could hardly find a decent metal weapon.The only benefit the Blackfire Orcs have over their fellow barbarians is their covenant with the Disar Alliance.

The Blackfire Orcs will retaliate if the forces of the Disar Alliance dare to sweep the barbarian tribes.Likewise, the Blackfire Orcs cannot take the initiative to attack the border strongholds of the Disa Alliance, otherwise they will be regarded as a full-scale war by the Disa Alliance.

Although the Covenant of Peace is ineffective against half-elf adventurers and barbarian raiders, regular legions on both sides are restrained.

In the Braun town area, it is bounded by Braun Lake and Krill River. The west bank of the river is the territory of the Disa Alliance, and the east side of the river belongs to the Black Fire Tribe.Blackfire orcs were not allowed to cross the river, nor would the half-elf guards go to the east bank of the river.

Now, three elite orc warriors appeared in the Black Forest on the west bank of the Krill River, just in time to bump into the Jyn and Whistle adventure group that was conducting camp training.The two sides fought a fierce battle, and the three orcs were completely wiped out by the adventure group.But this is by no means a good sign.

Mayor Mayne's duty is, he received a warning from Captain Charlie, so he had to bring someone over to see the situation.

The dense undergrowth in the forest blocked the freezing rain and also blocked the sky.Several half-elf guards held up crystal lanterns for lighting, and the candlelight was cast on the tangled trees, leaving eerie and swaying shadows.Captain Joseph squatted on the ground, dissecting the orc's body, the dagger cut through the muscles, and the sound of colliding bones made the surrounding atmosphere inexplicably terrifying.

Annie and Katie from Jyn and Whistle Adventures looked disgusted. They would rather stand in the pouring rain on the edge of the forest than go near the corpse of the goblin.

Maine looked up at them, and turned to the head of the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group: "A good news, a bad news. Let me say the good news first... The top stone materials that can be used to make weapons in the Dragon Kingdom are: 4 kinds, and 11 kinds of precious stones. But the stone material of these stone axes does not belong to any of them."

"Look, the grinding process of the stone axe is not bad, but the cyan texture of the stone is very beautiful, and it must contain unknown ingredients."

Charlie was delighted and asked respectfully, "My lord, do you mean they are precious?"

Maine nodded and said with a smile: "This kind of stone may be very common in the country of origin, but nine out of ten they come from outside the region. I initially rated this stone as the top. If you give the stone ax to Stevenson, you will definitely get his Rewards. Maybe they will be included in the tribute list of the Dragon King Palace, and they are the unknown treasures in the top ranking."

The Dragon King Feilumat spends most of his time sleeping in the hive city, and his servants are responsible for collecting various treasures for him.When the Dragon King woke up, the first thing he did was to take stock of his treasures.If the tribute handed in by the Dragon King's Palace satisfied him, Feilumat would be very happy, and even allow the treasurer to enter his hive city to live for a period of time.

The nest city of Feilumat once belonged to the holy land of the ancient rock elves. Legend has it that it is the throne of the mother earth, which has incredible mysterious power and can improve the life level of creatures.

The occupation level of the Disa Alliance and the life level are completely different.The most intuitive comparison is that the fourth-level half-elf has a longer lifespan and a younger and stronger body than the fifth-level professional.If the life level of the Dissa half-elves reaches the fifth level, they will transform into rock elves and master the extraordinary power of lava or ice, but their own character and will will not become like the Tagu clan or the Hemer clan.

Even in the outskirts of the Dragon King's Nest City, the half-elves hold a secret ritual of sublimation, and the success rate of promotion to high-level professionals will greatly increase.

In order to enter the Dragon King's Nest City, all the famous high places in the alliance have robbed their heads.

Carl, Thomas, Annie and Katie of the adventure group all ran over and grabbed the three stone axes and played with them.Charlie deliberately ignored the actions of his companions, bowed deeply to Mayor Maine, and said sincerely: "Sir, you are a famous sage in the alliance, can you issue us an appraisal document?"

Maine laughed dumbly, waved his hand and said, "It's been almost ten years since I was expelled by the city-state council to this broken place... Identification document, you still let Stevenson find a way, I don't want to be involved in the highland and famous things."

Charlie sighed regretfully and asked again, "My lord, do you think the other spoils we have captured have special value?"

Maine picked up a half-orc warrior's crotch hide from the ground, rubbed the leather back and forth with his fingers, and put it under his nose to smell it, and said: "The leather tanning time is not long, it should not exceed 6 Months. The raw material of the leather... it looks like mouse skin to me?"

Katie saw Mine sniffing the orc's loincloth with her nose, her little face wrinkled and a look on the verge of vomiting, but when Mine said this, she immediately jumped over and stretched out her small hand to carefully stroke the leather, Surprised, he said, "It really looks like mouse skin... and there is no trace of sewing and pasting. If this is a complete mouse skin, how big should the mouse be?"

Mayor Maine frowned and picked up a bunch of animal tooth necklaces from the ground.The animal teeth strung on the hemp rope were also of a variety he had never seen before. The teeth were triangular flakes, and the tooth blades had fine serrations, like sharp razors.He pondered and said: "The Orcs have the custom of making ornaments with the teeth of powerful enemies. I have never seen such beast teeth, but from the gloss and wear of the tooth ornaments, they were also made six months ago. It was made into a necklace, and the time of tanning of the hide coincided with... Maybe, they came from the same kind of monster. The size of the monster is estimated to be about the size of a tiger..."

"Lord Maine, I have the result here." The captain of the guard in charge of dissecting the half-orc corpse suddenly shouted.

Maine turned and walked over quickly and asked, "What do they eat?"

Joseph tore off the blood-stained leather gloves, and said in a deep voice, "They're all birds that died of freezing. They didn't even pull out their feathers. I can recognize them at a glance."

Mayor Mayen's face instantly turned ugly, and he shook his head and sighed: "Frozen birds... The most easily available food in the forest during the freezing rainy season. The bad news I'm talking about is this."

He was silent for a moment, frowned and said: "These three orc warriors were surrounded by more than 20 people from the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group, and they also killed two young adventurers and wounded Captain Charlie. They are all elite orcs. Fighters. If in the Blackfire tribe, elite fighters like them will at least be equipped with metal mace and a set of hard leather armor, and the raw materials of these stone axes are from Outland... I guess this group of orcs are not Blackfire tribe fighters, but A scout of an Outland tribe."

Charlie nodded and said: "We also guessed that they were half-orc fighters of the Outland tribes. However, why did they choose to give up their territory in winter and migrate to the vicinity of Lake Braun? Isn't this self-defeating?"

Mayor Maine said solemnly: "The elite fighters act as scouts, and they don't carry enough supplies with them. They rely on picking up frozen birds in the forest to feed their hunger... The living conditions of these orcs are very bad. From common sense, the breeding of mice The ability is very strong and there are many. Let's say that the rat monster has a reproductive ability similar to that of ordinary mice, and attacked the territory of these outland orcs. It is difficult for the orc tribe to deal with the hordes of rat monsters alone. So these orcs Until the end of this year's autumn, slaughter the livestock in the tribe, and then move the family to take refuge, just in the freezing rain season, it can cover up the traces and smells left by the migration of the orcs, so that the rat monsters can't track them..."

Captain Joseph said: "Your conjecture is very reasonable... We don't know the size of this half-orc tribe yet, but if they start to migrate and take refuge in the late autumn of this year and come to Lake Braun after walking for more than three months, how could they be? Also trekked more than 1000 kilometers. The rations they use for the winter become a big problem.”

Maine nodded and said: "The Orcs from the Outer Lands invaded the territory of the Blackfire Tribe. According to the tradition of the Orcs, their butchers will of course challenge the Blackfire tribe's butchers, go through the test of blood and death, and complete the fusion of the two tribes. This is none of our business. The Blackfire Chief will send his most capable butchers to clean up these invaders. However, the rations of the Outland tribes are tight, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not attack the town of Braun and the plantation. They do not know that the Blackfire tribe has No matter how powerful it is, it will not abide by the peace covenant signed by Black Fire and Dissa."

"We should send scouts to investigate the information of the Orc invaders. However, according to the covenant between Dissa and Black Fire, the Braun Town Guards cannot cross the Krill River and enter the territory of the Black Fire tribe to carry out reconnaissance missions." Maine Looking at Charlie, he nodded and said, "This kind of thing has to be done by adventurers."

The establishment of the regular regiment of the Disa Union is that 30 soldiers form a small team, 4 small teams form a squadron, 3 squadrons form a large team, and 10 battalions form an army.The Awakened in each legion should account for at least half of the total force, and the awakened are the main force of the legion.In a top-level legion like the Rock Giant, all legionnaires are awakened, and the number of professionals accounts for one-third of the total force.

Charlie was from the Rock Giants, and he knew all too well what the Border Guard was all about.What's more, the Braun Town Guard is not even full of a squadron, and they can't be expected to resist the Orc invaders.Of course, the one who can really defend Braun Town is not an adventurer, but a heroic female warrior of Hemo.

The relationship between the Ta Caves and the Hemers and the border officials was extremely cold, not to mention Mayor Maine.

"I understand." Charlie nodded to Mayor Maine: "Master Bartom of the Adventurer's House once participated in the February War. He has very rich combat experience and knows how to deal with the Orc invaders. Just go to Braun Town and find him."

Mayor Maine loosened his frown slightly and said, "Well, take the three orc bodies with you, and I'll send two more with you."

　Normal update tomorrow

　　
　
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