I'm not that kind of orc

——This is the memory of this elf sinner before his death.

I suddenly came back to my senses, and looked at Roland next to me.

"It seems that these mages were assigned to Azak by other people, and they were not directly loyal to Azak." Roland glanced at the corpses on the ground as he spoke.

And Azak killed these people before attacking the city and gained the dictatorial power of this army.

However, from the whole battle we have just experienced, the move to kill these elf sinners does not make much sense.Even the lord-level fog monster they summoned will be dealt with by us, precisely because he dispatched the fog monster to the air battlefield.

In a way, he had completely lied to the person he was talking to.

It feels like the contradictions in his behavior are becoming more and more prominent.

"The answer we want may be in the battle ax you got." Roland said seriously, and raised his finger to point to the battle ax hanging on my chest - I can't even stand on my back because of this Female dragon, I can only tie up two battle axes and hang them around my neck.

Roland stretched out his hand, chanted some spell softly, and then from Azak's battle ax, a gray-white light spot like a firefly flashed, slowly drifting to Roland's palm.

"This is the soul fragment attached to it. It seems that there are no curses or spell traps attached to it. Let's see what memory he put in it."

As soon as Roland finished speaking, the spot of light suddenly turned into a puff of gray-white smoke in her palm, and a picture faintly appeared in the smoke.

"Huh? Isn't this a map of the northern part of the mainland?" Feilan, who was looking aside with her arms folded, recognized what was on the screen.

That's right, what was projected from the soul shards was exactly a map, covering the northern part of the continent, the entire Wild of Giant Beasts, and the Great Snow Mountain in the extreme north.

"A location has been marked." I noticed a place with a red cross on the projected map, north of the Wild of Beasts, the extreme northern snow-capped mountains, and quite a distance from here.

"What is this special place?" Roland asked me.

I shook my head blankly: "I don't know either. This place is far away from the residence of the Baishan clan. The snow-capped mountains in this area are very steep, and there are basically no passable mountain roads. Not to mention people, I am afraid that even living things are dead. will not have."

"It's something left by the enemy. I'm afraid it's just a trap to make a fuss. It's better to leave it alone." Feilan murmured while crossing her hands.

We have now won the battle to defend the city and defended our homeland. Objectively speaking, we don't need to take extra risks.

But my intuition told me that it is necessary to go there to have a look, as long as I go, all doubts can be solved.

The direction Azak led the undead army to escape was directly at the location indicated on the map.

"No, I'm going to go there and have a look." After thinking for a few seconds, I made a decision.

Even if it is the ancestor, I will beat you (6)

?That night, in the tribal meeting hall, when the old chief was discussing the aftermath with Roland and Tolivia, I begged to come in and explained the message Azak left on the battle axe.

"Is there a message left by Azak?" In front of me, the old chief sat at the table and stroked his long beard, thoughtfully, "Brock, are you really planning to go?"

"That's right." I nodded solemnly.

"Stupid." Tolivia, who was also present, commented in a cold tone, "It's okay to chase down the defeated generals, but it's a bit too straightforward to follow the enemy's guidance, right? And the remnant army that that guy took away was only about a hundred It's just a giant flying beast, but it's still an undead creature that can't last long, and it will fend for itself even if it's left alone."

"There are many doubts in this battle. We sacrificed very little in this battle, which can be called a complete victory. According to the difference in strength between the opponent and us, such a result is unusual. To some extent It can even be said that this victory was deliberately given to us by the opponent." Roland interjected lightly.

"What do you mean?" Tolivia frowned slightly.

"Azak was resurrected into a high-level undead by necromancy, and was manipulated by the enemy to serve the enemy. But his situation is very complicated. It is the power of the magic sword 'Silent Tombstone' that really makes him undead , and he himself is the master of the demon sword, the enemy can only interfere with his will through the corpse of the demon king, there is no precedent for this situation. So I have a guess, he may not be completely manipulated by the enemy." Roland He said quietly, "In that case, the message he left will be meaningful to us."

Her guess made the old chief's eyes widen slightly.

Yes, it would make sense if Azak wasn't completely manipulated.

Killing the Elven Sinner to seize control of the entire army, on the surface, pushed the city to attack and deceive the people who manipulated him, but in fact, he didn't take it seriously and let us win.

The only thing that people can't see through is the message he left behind.

Tolivia listened to Roland's speculation, and snorted coldly with disdain: "But you are just guessing after all, and we don't even know what this means."

"That's why I need to confirm it." Roland looked into her eyes.

"What's the difference between this and gambling? If an ambush is set up at that location or on the route to it, wouldn't it be self-inflicted?" Tolivia pointedly said, "Saidian's alliance with the orc tribe is limited to Wallis The defense of the valley, we will not send support in this matter!"

"Support... This is a big problem in itself." The old chief raised his hand to temporarily stop the debate between the two, and cast his eyes on me, "Brock, the location you mentioned is far away from here, and it is impossible to travel overnight. It will take a few days. And in the hinterland of the snow mountain, there is no mountain road leading to it. Even if there is a road that no one has discovered, it must be blocked by mountain snow in this deep winter, and it is impossible to send troops to go in. To investigate there, There is some difficulty."

"It's okay, I'm going to ask the queen to assist me. If she drives me there, it will only take half a day to arrive. And there is no need to be restricted by the terrain." I replied seriously.

The direction Azak fled from the battlefield also points to the direction indicated by the message he left, which means that he is probably waiting for us there.Since there is such a possibility, let alone whether the female dragon is willing to assist, even if we want to stop her later, she will definitely go, as long as she rests and recovers her strength, she can leave.

"But in that case, wouldn't it be you alone?" The old chief looked at me worriedly, "Will this be too dangerous?"

"Don't worry." Roland's clear voice responded for me, "I will also go together."

We have discussed this matter beforehand.

When I was determined to follow the message left by Azak to that location, Roland offered to go with me, and it would not be difficult for the Queen to carry another person.

This time it was Tolivia who stared at Roland with wide eyes: "Roland!? Are you out of your mind and jumping into the pit by yourself?"

"I'm serious. I can use the familiar to survey the situation in the distance, so the action will be much safer." Roland replied calmly, and looked at Tolivia again as if teasing, "Why? You Are you still worried about me because you see me as an embryo all day long?"

"Crazy! I wish you would trip over the threshold one day and fall to your death!" Tolivia gave her a vicious look, "I just said that our covenant with these orcs is only for building defenses! Other than that Her Majesty has not approved actions other than this, so don't make any claims."

"So this matter has nothing to do with the covenant, it's just my personal wish." Roland raised the corner of his mouth and shrugged at her, "I don't plan to send my subordinates, but I'll follow alone, so you can't do anything about it. .”

"What's going on in your mind?" Tolivia couldn't understand her expression.

Roland didn't answer her, but smiled and looked at the old chief: "Chief Valor, what do you think of this arrangement?"

Azak is Roland's savior.

The experience of being rescued by the orcs changed her concept, which affects her to this day.It can be said that Azak is her spiritual mentor to a certain extent, which is of great significance to her.

If Azak is really not completely controlled by the enemy, then the message he deliberately left behind represents Azak Bloodaxe's own wish.

Neither I, nor Roland, nor the old chief can turn a blind eye to this.

"Okay..." The old chief was silent for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh. "Azak is my teacher. I studied under him and fought with him. I'm afraid I know him better than anyone present. This battle really doesn't look like his style." He said slowly He said, "We have kept our homeland, but the soul of the teacher has not been liberated. I really want to take this responsibility, but I am already old and dying, and the tribe entrusted to me by the teacher needs me to take care of it."

"Chief..." I looked into his eyes.

"When the teacher left this world with a lifetime of glory to join the ancestors, I was by his side, so I am not obsessed with seeing him again. I just hope that he can rest in peace." The old chief looked back at me solemnly, " You go, Brock. This is not an order from the Chief of the Bloodaxe Clan, but a personal request from Valor Bloodaxe, a disciple of Azak. If my teacher has any last wishes, please."

"Understood." I solemnly gave a military salute.

Homecoming (1)

In the snow-capped mountains of the extreme north, the wind and snow howled.

Roland and I rode on the Queen's back, we passed the snow-white peaks from low altitude, and searched deep into the hinterland of the snow-capped mountains.

"I didn't expect it to be so cold." Roland wrapped the blanket around his body slightly, then turned his head slightly and squinted at me, "In this weather, if someone can hug me and keep warm with me That's all right."

"Then you should hug yourself, isn't it warm inside your barrier?" I gave her a blank look, "Focus on the search."

Roland arranged his own crystal red barrier around us, blocking the cold wind and ice and snow blowing in front of us, so that the two of us would not be frozen into ice sculptures on the queen's back.

At the same time, this indestructible barrier can also help us resist attacks.In this way, even if we encounter an ambush, we can retreat in time.

We have arrived near the position indicated by Azak on the map. However, a point indicated on the huge map can only allow us to determine the search range of an area. We don't even know what that point means. To find The specific pointing position still needs some work.

It's just that looking around below, there are all white mountains, and the search unexpectedly encountered a bottleneck.

"Her Majesty's eyesight should be good, didn't you find anything interesting?" Roland asked the Queen.

"Unfortunately, I have never been to such a place of ice and snow. If I have to say it, this whole snow-capped mountain is very interesting to me." The queen replied flatly, "It's you, not the sent Did you use a demon to search for it?"

"The familiar is searching below, but it's just sharing vision with me. I don't have much confidence in my eyesight." Roland shook his head.

But at this moment, I felt the battle ax strapped to my back vibrate slightly—it was the battle ax left by Azak.

Surprised, I reached out and pulled the tomahawk from my back, and I was sure that the tomahawk was indeed vibrating from the feel of my hand.

"The soul fragment attached to it has a magical reaction." Roland also noticed the unusual reaction of the Tomahawk. "It's guiding us. The arrangement is quite considerate."

I tried to hold the tomahawk horizontally, and moved my fingers in various directions like the hands of a clock. I found that when pointing to a certain direction, the vibration of the tomahawk became significantly stronger.

"There, in the direction of the northeast corner." I issued a reminder.

The empress, who was circling around the area, immediately turned around and flew towards the direction indicated by the battle axe.

As the distance approached, I found that the vibration of the battle ax became stronger, which made me more convinced that the soul fragment on the battle ax was guiding us.

Then very quickly, we found out what was going on.

On the north-facing side of the ridge of a certain snow mountain, outside a cave, there is a rather huge marker.

It is the skeleton of a giant dragon, the huge skeleton lying prone on the snow.

"...Did my compatriots finally rest in peace?" the queen said softly.

It was the corpse dragon that Azak was riding on. All the flesh and blood of the corpse dragon had disappeared, leaving only a part of the dark gray dragon scales.

"It was resurrected by the magic sword, and its body was also reshaped by the magic sword, so it can be continuously regenerated under the protection of the magic sword." Roland said quietly, "Now the caster has withdrawn the necromancy on it, and its The body rotted away, just like a vampire exposed to the sun, only the solid keel remained."

Around the corpse dragon, the corpses of giant beasts were scattered on the snow, scattered and incomplete.In addition, there are many broken stone statues, and the originally smooth snow on the hillside is as messy as if it has been plowed by countless sharp claws.

Here, just experienced a battle.

The only person who "survived" this battle was standing in front of the dragon's skeleton, leaning on his sword, and thick snow had piled up on his head, making one wonder whether he was just a humanoid sculpture or had frozen to death on the ground. In this world of ice and snow.

But when we flew close, he raised his head slightly and turned his indifferent face towards us.

Azak, I have been waiting here for a long time.

"It really is that thief named Azak, and now he should be burned to ashes directly with a fire." The Queen suddenly said.

"Please don't do such things that spoil the atmosphere. He is waiting for us here on purpose. He should have something to tell us." Roland calmly persuaded her, "He has liberated the soul of the corpse dragon, and now he can't escape. Yes, please raise your hand here first."

The Empress did not speak, but turned her neck slightly as she circled, and glanced at me.

I know she is waiting for my opinion.

"Go on." I nodded to her.

The queen descended as I said. The slope on the north side of the ridge is not steep, and with the thick snow covering the uneven mountain surface, our landing was not difficult.

We landed at a distance of less than [-] meters from Azak. Roland and I got off the Queen's back and looked at Azak who was uphill leaning on his sword through the wind and snow.

"You are here." He looked straight at him, his voice was calm.

At this distance, we were able to see his face clearly.Therefore, he was able to notice the unusual place on his face—one of his two eyes was as indifferent and empty as before, and at this time, there was still a faint blue cold light flickering with no temperature.But the other eye has a lively breath, like an ordinary orc, its eyebrows and eyes reveal the emotions of a living person.

It's completely different from when we first met him.

"So that's what happened..." Roland murmured as he looked at the face and seemed to understand something.