Alien world

Chapter 962 Chapter 193. Unexpected Development

Taking with him a few volunteer miners - now should we say Free Blade members - Little Smoo headed east along the river.

The Orc Totem is easy to find because it always stands in an open space, but it is difficult to find because the open space is in the forest.

The miners should have followed the river upstream, so they would not get lost and could walk far. It was almost afternoon when Little Smo and his companions arrived at the place where the totem was found.

This piece of wood totem was hammered into the ground, and the pattern was a giant standing bear. Little Small couldn't understand it, so he could only try to remember the details in his mind and then continue forward.

Crossing the totem means you have entered the territory of the Orc tribe.

They moved forward carefully, listening carefully for any sound in the forest except the sound of water and wind.

click-

They both stopped at the same time because of a dead branch they accidentally stepped on.

"Boss, look over there..."

The person next to me pointed to a pile of weeds in front of me, where there was a pool of feces that was much larger than human feces. The most important thing was that it was fresh.

Scanning the footprints around him, Little Smokey whispered, "Let's go back..."

It is enough to confirm that the orcs are still there. If you go forward, you may be discovered by the orcs.

It took them two hours to get here and only one hour to get back.

"Bad news?" Lame Babu looked at Little Smalls and others who ran back.

"Well...the orcs are still there."

"Are we leaving again?"

A look of worry appeared on Lame Babu's wrinkled face.

The Free Blade members had just regarded this place as their home. They had consumed too much energy on the way here. If they had run again in a short time, there wouldn't be only thirty people falling down...

"We won't leave yet, but we need to be prepared." Little Smo knew that now was not a good time, "Please let them feel at ease first."

"give it to me."

Lame Babu walked out of the cabin and told everyone that they had indeed found traces of orcs, but their activity range was in the east and they would not approach the shelter.

Everyone felt relieved, but it was hard to accept being neighbors with a group of man-eating orcs. They put the construction of the wooden house on hold and started to erect a wooden wall outside the shelter.

No one would die if they huddled together, and it might even keep them warmer, but letting orcs break into the camp... is like a pack of wolves breaking into a sheepfold.

One member who had worked as a carpenter for several months even made a few rafts and placed them on the north bank to facilitate escape when the orcs attacked.

People who went out to collect food were also careful to avoid the direction of the orc tribe, and some even had to explore towards Yize Bay.

Fortunately, with the approaching winter, most hunters and lumberjacks will not go so far, and this place is not a trade route, so there are almost no people.

But you can see orcs.

Little Smo thought they were hiding well enough, and even lived only by making fires in the fireplace and fire pit after dark at night, but they were still discovered by the orc tribe.

It’s just that their contact is a little…special.

The orc tribe sent a war eagle to deliver a letter to the humans who were facing a great enemy.

The illiterate little Smo handed the letter to Lame Babu. After he opened it, he saw a few lines of crooked words written on the letter paper:
[We orcs need things, and we like to rob you one by one. You are poor, and it is troublesome to rob you, so you can just give us the things directly, so that we don’t have to crush you first. - Big Gel, Chief of the Grizzli Tribe]

"What did they say?" asked Little Small.

"Well... they are robbing us and want us to hand over our belongings."

"That's impossible! We have to keep the money—"

"He also said that he would let us go after we handed it over."

“——It seems that it is not impossible.”

It's no wonder that Little Smokey hesitated. Those were orcs... monsters that even human soldiers couldn't confront head-on. "But how can we be sure they won't go back on their word?"

"This is the crux of the matter..." Lame Babu sighed, "We can think: they have the power to destroy us at any time, but they don't do so. Maybe it's true?"

"I'll try to communicate with them..."

"No, you can't take any more risks," objected Little Small.

"Don't worry, since they sent this letter, it means they are willing to communicate with us." Lame Babu smiled, "It's worth the risk."

Xiao Si Mo suddenly made a bold guess: "Do you want to cooperate with them?"

"Why not?" Lame Bob did not deny it. "Is there anything more in line with the style of Liberty City than this?"

In the end, Little Smokey agreed to let Lame Babu go to the Orc Tribe, but he had to take himself with him.

"Anyway, if they go wild, we will hardly be able to escape."

On the afternoon of the day they received the letter, Little Smalls, Lame Babu and two members who were willing to follow arrived at the territory of the Grizzly Tribe.

Before setting off, they told the people in the shelter that if they did not return at night, they would flee to the other side of the river and wait for people from Liberty City.

Two brown-skinned orcs appeared, with ferocious fangs sticking out of their mouths. They had never seen orcs before, but the orcs before them were exactly as they had imagined.

Lame Babu held up the letter: "We are here at the invitation of Chief Bi Gel."

The two orc warriors did not understand the common language, but they recognized the letter and led them to the orc tribe built of wood and thatch, with animal skins and dried meat hanging everywhere.

They saw Chieftain Bi Gel - the tallest orc holding a blood-marked battle axe.

It stood with an orc shaman clad in animal skins.

"Hello, Chieftain and wise man of the Orc Tribe, I am the guide of the Free Blade..." said Lame Babu.

"thing?"

Chief Bigger spoke bluntly, directly and rudely.

"It's all here." Little Smalls held up the bag of money in his hand. "I hope you'll keep your word and let us stay here for a while."

Chief Bi Geer smiled grimly and said, "Food, life, and good food, you guys."

Everyone's heart sank to the bottom.

Lame Babu looked at the chief who remained silent and said calmly: "We don't want to be your enemy. We are willing to use money to buy peace."

"These are not enough," said Chief Big Gel.

Lame Babu had no choice; they didn't even have the courage to resist.

"Have you ever heard of Liberty City?" He could only try his luck.

"Free City?" the orc shaman spoke for the first time.

It seems it knows.

"We work for Lord Annan," said Lame Babu.

The orc shaman said something in Orcish, Chief Bi Gel looked up and shouted a short syllable, and then an orc covered with scars came over.

The three orcs exchanged a few words, and the scarred orc stared at Lame Babu: "Are you from Free City?"

"No, we never went there, they just absorbed us into the Freeblade to rescue the Kingdom people from the quagmire."

"That's exactly what Annan would do..." the orc said to himself.

Lame Babu was a little surprised: "Do you know Lord Annan?"

"I'm the same as you," said the Howler.

(End of this chapter)