I'm not that kind of orc

Both Feilan and Arsena went bankrupt early and were kicked out of the game.

"Eh? Why is this happening?" Princess Alisa looked at the cards in front of her in surprise.

The five cards are all king and queen - the "throne" hand at eight times odds.

"It can't be done, Alisa...too strong." Angelica fell down on the table as if she had been completely burned out.

I don't know if it's because of the novice's strong luck, or the relationship between good deeds and good deeds. After Princess Alyssa entered the gambling table, no matter whether she was in the bank or not, she got the strongest decks every time without changing the cards. , swept away all the chips on the table with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops.

Princess Alyssa glanced to the side, and she waved her hands in a panic when she saw my stunned eyes: "No, student Brock! This, this is definitely a very, very small probability!!"

I don't need you to explain...

I'm just intimidated by your wicked luck!

"By the way, come with me." She seemed to have thought of something, took ten chips from the pile of chips in front of her, pulled my sleeve, got up and left the gaming table.

She dragged me to the big roulette table, and directly placed the chip on a number.

"Look, Classmate Bullock, if you gamble with the idea of ​​getting rich overnight, you can only place some small probability bets on it." Princess Alyssa said to me again seriously, she seemed to feel that she The performance just now failed to make a negative teaching material, and I want to make up for it here, "If you bet like this, there is only a 38/[-] probability of winning. This is not the same as throwing the wealth you earned through labor into the river What area-"

While she was speaking, the roulette wheel was turned on, and the ball rolled on the roulette wheel several times, and finally slowed down, and slowly fell into the...

"Red 36!" The knight of Helgia, who was the croupier, picked up the bell and slammed it loudly, and shouted, "A customer bet on ten red 36, 35 times the odds! Congratulations, lucky guest!"

"Eh?" Princess Alyssa opened her eyes wide in the middle of her sentence, covered the corners of her mouth, and looked at the betting area on the gaming table in disbelief.

Her chip stack jumped another 340.

... It feels like she really got rich by relying on this.

Resurrection (1)

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"I always feel that almost all of today's turnover was taken away by Elder Sister Alisa alone." A quarter of an hour later, Alsena looked at the chips on the counter that belonged to Princess Alisa with her hands on her hips.

It has already piled up into a small mountain. If it is exchanged for money, it is considered a considerable amount of wealth for an individual. Other gamblers also gathered around and sighed quietly.

"So much, I can't take it away..." Princess Alisa was a little at a loss, and winning money from others seemed to make her a little uneasy.

Angelica tugged at her sleeves and reminded her in a low voice: "Alyssa, you can donate it—to Brock's hometown."

Arsena listened to it and was reminded, she clenched her fists and pounded her palms: "That's right, and Mr. Bullock's tribe has only experienced such a battle, and it has suffered some losses to some extent. It should be in need of funds."

Generally speaking, this battle was relatively easy to win.The enemy's army did not break through the defense line of the valley, and the land and facilities did not suffer much physical damage.

But the cost of fighting is not only reflected in this aspect. In the process of preparing for the defense, a large amount of resources are skewed to military supplies.It has been less than a year since our tribe migrated here, and after settling down, there have been constant turmoil. In terms of resources, it is indeed not abundant, and this battle is indeed debilitating.

"It makes sense. Saidian's safety can be guaranteed thanks to the joint efforts of everyone here." Princess Alyssa also agreed with this method, and turned to me, "Student Bullock, this money can be paid Entrust it to you?"

"Is it really possible? Then I'll hand it over to the old chief later. Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness." I thanked her first.

"I still have my share!" At this time Arsena came closer, "I thought, why don't all the revenue from this casino be used for reconstruction donations, as well as the pensions for the martyrs who died! "

Some of the crowd around applauded first, and then the applause gradually became denser, and finally turned into a wave.

The donations made in the names of the two princesses, Saidian and Helgia, should have brought closer the relationship between the two countries, our tribe, and even all the orc tribes to a large extent.

It was the same when they signed two contracts and quelled the disputes between the six major tribes and the two major countries.Who would have imagined that our orcs, who were once enslaved by the devil, would become serious allies decades later with humans and even elves who had been enemies for generations.

"Today I am the host, and every guest here will be able to drink as much as they want!" After Announcing the donation, Arsena turned to a Helgia knight who was helping in the casino and ordered, "Go and get the wine stored." Take it out and open it, and prepare cups for all the guests!"

Arsena heated up the atmosphere very well, and the cheers almost toppled the roof of the tent.

Everyone was immersed in the hilarious atmosphere. Out of the corner of my eye, I even caught a glimpse of an orc warrior and a Saidian female soldier who were betting against each other at the same table. They clapped their hands in excitement. Regardless of their race, gender, or age, everyone present shared the same joy. joy.

Amidst the thunderous noise, I caught a glimpse of a tall figure stepping into the tent from outside—it was Vikas.This guy put on a dignified expression that was incompatible with the atmosphere here, and fixed his gaze on Arsena.

He called "Your Highness" to Arsena from behind, but was drowned out by the cheers of the crowd, and Arsena did not hear her.

Without any further hesitation, he walked forward quickly and raised his hand to pat Arsena's shoulder.

Only then did Arsena notice him, and with some doubts, she turned her face away slightly.

Wikas lowered his head and said something in her ear. Arsena suddenly opened her eyes wide and turned her head to stare at him, as if to ask for proof.

Wikas didn't say much, just nodded, and then signaled Arsena to go outside.

The two of them went outside immediately, and I suddenly felt something was wrong——if it wasn't something urgent, it's unlikely that Vikas would suddenly disturb Arsena's interest at this time, and Arsena would not be like this He ran outside without saying hello.

And the expressions of the two just now, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like something good happened.

"Student Bullock..." Princess Alisa was also very concerned.

I took a step to chase after them, and saw Arsena and Wikas standing not far away, Wikas looked solemn, Arsena looked a little panicked: "...how could this happen? Then , father, how is he now?"

"Your Highness, please calm down first, you are the Crown Prince of Helgia!" Vikas looked into her eyes seriously and persuaded, with a little sternness of a teacher, "Of course Your Majesty is safe and sound, the king's capital and the fortress still have a considerable relationship. There are several fortress cities on the way, and the royal city is guarded by Catherine’s Knights, so it’s very safe now.”

"However, the troops supporting this side are all troops directly under the Royal Capital from the west. Now the defense line to the west of the Royal Capital is much weaker than before. If the enemy starts from there—"

"The Marshal is here! Your Highness has already dispatched the Marshal to exterminate those rebels. Don't worry, Your Highness, it's fine!" Wikas comforted, and then changed the subject, "But we have to go back now, we can't delay for a moment!"

Arsena thought for a moment, and finally raised her head seriously, and nodded to Wikas: "I see, prepare to leave as soon as possible, notify all personnel to return home, and leave this matter to you, Mr. Wikas."

"Your order!" Vikas saluted solemnly, turned around and gave instructions to the two knights following him, and after the knights who had received the order ran in different directions, he also walked quickly to the depths of the camp.

Arsena was the only one left standing there with a sullen face, as if she was gritting her teeth in secret.

"Alsena, what happened?" I couldn't hold back anymore, so I hurriedly spoke to her now.

Princess Alisa, Angelica and Feilan also came out, and with a little worry, they focused their eyes on her.

"Mr. Bullock..." Her face remained cloudy, she turned her face slowly, and then took a deep breath, as if she was trying to adjust her emotions.

"Just now, we received a newsletter from Helgia." Arsena looked into my eyes and conveyed the explosive news word by word, "Just the day before yesterday, the northern fortress in the northwest highlands was attacked. When it came to the surprise attack, it was breached by the enemy within half a day, and the enemy...had entered the territory of Hergia."

Resurrection (2)

The north of Helgia, like Saidian, is bounded by the natural and dangerous Northland Mountains.However, unlike Saidian, there are three passes on the mountain range where Helgia is located, which are sufficient for vehicles and horses to pass through.Helgia established northern fortresses on these mountain passes. In the distant past, this was an iron wall for humans and even the entire southern world to resist the orc army enslaved by the devil. After the relationship between Helgia and the orc tribe eased, these The fortress has become a trading port for human wandering merchants and orc trade.

Throughout history, the fortress of Helgia was breached only once, during the Abyss War.

When the war just ended, Helgia gathered the power of the allied dwarves to rebuild the three fortresses, which were far stronger and more reliable than those 70 years ago.

But now it was easily breached, because the enemy used a strategic weapon - the corpse of the demon king.

The high-level abyssal spell that could defeat the army of thousands in one blow was poured on the city wall. Starting from the attack from the opposite side, the fortress could not survive even a day.

The doubts that have been lingering in my heart since the battle of defending the city have finally been solved.The reason why the enemy didn't use such a convenient strategic weapon as the Demon King's corpse on the battlefield against the settlement of the Bloodaxe clan was because their main target was not here in the first place, but Helgia.

Taking this incident as a breakthrough point, the enemy's actions and goals were finally exposed before our eyes.

The enemy's forces are scattered throughout the Wild of Beasts in the form of scattered strongholds. If they want to gather all of them in one place, it will undoubtedly put great pressure on the logistics.

So they divided their forces into two groups, one of which was assembled in the west, led by Azak, and marched into Saidian from the desert-this part of the force, to a certain extent, was an abandoned child for attacking east and west.

At the beginning, the enemy used the corpse of the demon king to defeat the expeditionary army here to attract our attention, and even attacked Saidian's palace once, which made us believe that they intend to concentrate their forces to attack Saidian.

As a result, in order to defend the western line of defense, not only Saidian concentrated its defensive forces to the west, but even Helgia and the orc tribes also dispatched large-scale reinforcements to support them.

Then the enemy counted on this time, and on the second day of the offensive and defensive battle where we concentrated our forces against the enemy's forces in the west, they mobilized their main forces and attacked the northwest territory of Helgia in one fell swoop.

There is Alsena's fiefdom.

After learning about this, I immediately reported the situation to Roland, and then we found the old chief with her.

"...such a thing actually happened." The old chief sitting in front of me sighed softly.

"Hergia's troops supporting us are still in the territory of Saidian, and they won't be able to go back in a while." Roland pondered, "Similarly, Saidian's troops are also concentrated here now. Even if I Immediately contact His Majesty, and she immediately agreed to support. She wants to dispatch reinforcements to Helgia, but it will not be possible for a while. The enemy is now in the northwest territory of Helgia, and we and Helgia The border is very close, and Saidian's territory is also under threat. It is too late to reinforce the defense line here. Before supporting Helgia, we must first consider the safety of our own territory. But if Saidian's reinforcements When we rush back with Helgia's troops, the enemy has already established a firm foothold in Helgia's northwest territory, and things will become more difficult."

Roland pointed out the key.

After the enemy invaded the territory of Helgia, in addition to pointing their swords at the capital, they might also attack cities and loot cities in Alsena's territory and occupy towns to protect their own logistics.

Then once they occupy some strategic cities and fortresses, the difficulty of counterattacking and eradicating them will rise sharply.

"Hergia's support for our troops, I'm afraid some of them were drawn from there." The old chief's face showed a bit of worry.

The western side of Helgia is bordered by Saidian. The two countries have always been good allies, and the elves rarely wage wars with foreign countries. Therefore, there are not many troops stationed on the western border of Helgia.In order to support our defending the city against our common enemy, Helgia also sent reinforcements. Most of these reinforcements were probably drawn from neighboring cities. That is to say, the defense of that part of the city now needs more A lot more emptiness than usual.

"But things should not be as bad as imagined." I reminded the old chief, "Even if the enemy wants to capture Alsena's territorial city, it will not be so easy. There are mercenary groups from four tribes there."

That's right, the previous conflict between the six major tribes and Saidian was caused by the fact that Arsena took in part of the population of the four tribes, the Thunder Feather Clan, the Baishan Clan, the Wolf Head Clan, and the Luefeng Clan, in the form of a mercenary regiment. The solution is over.

According to the agreement, these four tribes, while receiving free land and resource subsidies from Helgia, are also responsible for defending Helgia—strictly speaking, it should be the security of Arsena's territory.Now that the enemy invaded Arsena's territory from the north, they naturally couldn't ignore it.So to a certain extent, the enemy's strategy of attacking east and west was still a bit of a miss.

What passed from Hergia to Arsena was not only the news of the invasion of the fief, but also the authorization from Marshal Mutafa of Hergia to her as the lord to call the orc mercenary group to defend against foreign enemies. ask.

"With the mercenary regiments of four tribes, Arsena's territory is not so easy to be captured. Chief, I think we should take advantage of this time to support them as soon as possible." I saluted the chief and brought up the topic.

"Support Helgia?" The old chief closed his eyes and thought for a while, "Indeed, we owed a lot of favor to His Highness in the previous conflict with Saidian, and this time, Helgia even more They sent troops to support us, even if it was just out of pure morality, we have reasons to support them. Not to mention, we are now facing the same enemy."

Finally he opened his eyes and nodded to me: "Well, although we can't find too many manpower now, we still do our best on this matter. I will leave the matter of organizing reinforcements to me." How about you, Brock, what are you going to do?"

"Alsena has helped me with many things, and now her territory is in trouble..." I stood at attention and saluted the old chief, "Of course I will go."

Resurrection (3)

That night, Helgia's airship was ready to depart.

I greeted Alsena in advance and wanted to go with her, so at the time of departure, I came to the open space where the airship was parked early, and the knights of Helgia were under the command of Vikas Ready to sail.

Besides me, there are others who volunteered to go to support Helgia together.

"Everyone, do you really want to go together?" Arsena asked, looking back and forth at the people gathered here.

"The enemies invading Helgia are also threatening the eastern border of Sedian. His Majesty Seretis has agreed to the request for assistance. Although it will take some time for the reinforcements to arrive, at least we can take a step ahead and make a small contribution. Both His Highness and King Filiant are my students, and I have a reason to help each other out of friendship." Roland said with a smile while leaning on his staff.

"Her Highness Arsena has done her part to protect our country this time, and I take it for granted that something must be paid back." Princess Alyssa is also ready to set off, with a longbow on her back, and He tied up his long hair.

"Since Her Royal Highness Alisa is going to go too, we will naturally accompany her to guard." Miria, who was standing beside her, said this - her tone was righteous, but her eyes were staring straight. stared at me.

I always feel that this drunkard is not interested in drinking...

Both she and Roland transferred some people from the team they managed, took the airship with them, and went to Helgia before other support troops.

"Don't get me wrong, I just had a good impression of going to your territory last time, and I think it would be a pity if that kind of place was destroyed." Feilan replied with her arms folded and her face twisted.

In comparison, Arsena seemed a lot more frank: "It's a matter of course for a friend to help."

"Me too. After all, His Highness and I were roommates who lived for a while. At that time, His Highness took care of us a lot. Lady Igna also agreed to go with me." Tilawa also gave her own reasons.