Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord

They were all ordered by the old king of the Brutus orcs to stay in the Rocky Mountains to guard the treasure, and wait for the princess and the others to claim the treasure.

In the beginning, there were about 200 people, but gradually many died of starvation, and only 20 people remained.

Among them was Bren and his twelve-member knights. They hunted in the Confinement Mountains and served as a transport team. The Rocky Mountains are not close to the Confinement Mountains. It would take a month between the two to find prey and hunt. time.

Every round trip has to transport some hunted wild animals, as well as picked wild fruits, and some firewood for bonfires to keep warm. The wild animals have to be made into dried meat and brought back to the Rocky Mountains.

It is really difficult to hunt. If the hunted wild animal meat is not made into jerky, the meat will easily deteriorate during hunting in the confinement mountains.

Every time they (cfdf) come out, they will bring these small sleds behind them, which are used to transport the grain and firewood that the orcs supported in the Rocky Mountains for half a month.

"People behind, speed up, we've been slow for a day." Bren yelled, turning his head to look at the goods behind with a little anxiety.

If it is calculated based on the fact that no goods are usually pulled, it takes a few days less time to go from the Confinement Mountains to the Rocky Mountains on average. This has to be when the weather is good. If there is a snowstorm, the time will be doubled. up.

It is no wonder that Brun is so anxious, because the remaining orcs in the Rocky Mountains are waiting for the food they transported this time. The food they transported last time was not a lot, not to mention the delayed return time this time.

If they hadn't encountered a snowstorm one day on the way, they would have reached the Rocky Mountains already.

Bren's team walked for half a day, and they saw a very high mountain from a distance. The entire mountain was covered with ice and snow, and there was no sign of life at all.

"Master Brun, we are almost there." An orc knight shouted.

"Yeah, be careful not to let the goods roll down when you go up the slope." Brun said in a deep voice, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"Yes." Everyone responded.

A few hours ago, they arrived at the foot of the Rocky Mountain, looking up at the slope in front of them. They had walked this road many times, but there were several accidents before, so Bren had to be careful. .

A winding slope leads directly to the mountainside of the Rocky Mountain. Although the distance is not very far, the inside is covered with ice and snow, and it is very dangerous with twists and turns.

The previous few accidents were all due to the slippery road surface, which caused their goods to slip and lost many people.

"Hey hoo hoo..."

A few people in Brunn were pulling the goods in front, and there were a few orc knights on the left and right behind, pushing up with extra force, and everyone was very careful.

They don't want these goods to fall down. This is the food they spent several days hunting.

"Whirring whirring......"

Everyone squatted on the ground panting heavily, every time they pulled a section of sloping ground, they were all in fear.

"Let's go, let's go in, the cave is right in front of us." Brun waved his hand, signaling them to get up.

Everyone quickly got up, looking at the five-meter-long hole in front of them, they were a little excited for no reason, and finally came back safely again.

They hurriedly pulled the goods and walked into the cave.

"Master Brunn, you are back." At this time, the sentinel orc knights standing on both sides of the cave entrance shouted happily.

"Yeah, I was delayed for a day on the road. Is there any food in the cave?" Brun said, and let the people behind pull the goods in first.

"No, the food has just been eaten, and you came back in time." The orc knight said excitedly.

Brun patted the two of them on the shoulders and walked in. He saw an empty cave, with only a little spark left on the ground, and a few orcs clung to each other for warmth.

"Master Yami, we are back, and there are no casualties this time." Brune looked at a standing female orc with a trace of rejoicing.

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"One update, (︿). A relative and elder passed away, the update is a bit salty, sorry.".

Chapter 0757 Yami's worries.

"That's good, let's distribute the food first." Yami sighed. She saw a snowstorm a few days ago and reduced the amount of food distributed, otherwise she would not be able to persist today.

She turned her head to look at the few skinny cattle orcs sitting there. They used to be elite, but now they are all starved and thin.

Yami is a 23-year-old tiger orc. He used to be the personal bodyguard of the Brutus orc queen. Because of the king's order, they stayed in Rocky Mountain to guard the treasure.

"Then Yami-sama should eat some too." Bren said worriedly, he obviously saw that Yami-sama had also lost a lot of weight.

"By the way, no one will follow you when you come back this time?" Yami shook her head ~ asked.

"No, we are very cautious every time we go out, as for..." Bren scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

Because he saw that Yami was looking at those beast jerky, and the number was obviously less than _ before.

"Is the hunting not going well? The food is getting less and less every time." Yami turned her head and stared at Brun and said.

"No, we were not hindered, but we didn't dare to go far, fearing that the delay would be too long. The places where we often go hunting, there are not many prey." Bren said shamefully.

"It seems that you should eat less, or you won't be able to last when you come back next time." Yamei looked a little serious after watching it.

"This..." Bren looked at Yami hesitantly.

"It's okay, let's talk." Yami saw Brun's appearance and guessed what he was going to say.

"Master Yami, we have been waiting for the eldest princess and the little princess for six years, and we don't know when they will come. From the original two hundred people to the current number of twenty people."

"I really don't know how long we can last. If there is no food in the Rocky Mountains, we will starve to death in a short time, or..." Bren's eyes were moist after he finished speaking.

"Okay." Yami directly interrupted what Brun was going to say, sighed, and said stubbornly, "Yes, we have been waiting for a long time, but this is the order of the old king, and we must wait."

"I know the prey is hard to hunt now, but we have to persevere, we have to wait until the arrival of the eldest princess and the little princess."

After Yami finished speaking, she glanced at the orcs who were adding firewood and sharing food, and a trace of worry flashed in their eyes.

In fact, she doesn't know when it will be the end. Maybe the eldest princess and the others will not come back, but she can't say it. She is the backbone, and she must insist.

"I don't know where the eldest princess and the little princess are now, and whether they are safe." Brun thought that the two princesses had been away for a long time, and he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"It's okay, there should be no big problem. What we need to solve now is our food problem." Yami picked up the topic.

"Although there are a lot of wild fruits in this season, I'm afraid that when the confinement mountain range is covered by snow in winter, our life will be even more difficult." Bren said distressedly.

"Then pick some more wild fruits, store them in the ice and snow, and then slowly transport them over. It's not a big problem if you don't have meat to eat, as long as you don't starve to death." Yami sighed helplessly and said .

"That's the only way to go." Bren said bitterly. There is no meat to eat in winter, but it won't be long.

"By the way, have you encountered other orcs in the Confinement Mountains these few times?" Yami asked, and she suddenly thought that all the orcs who escaped because of the "Ice Queen's Wrath" would pass through the Confinement Mountains, maybe Some people settled in the imprisoned mountains.

"Yes, there are several small orc tribes, all of which escaped from the Brutus orc kingdom before." Brunn replied in a deep voice.

It was because of those small tribes that there were fewer wild animals on the outskirts of the confinement mountains, and the difficulty of hunting increased a lot.

"Then how are they living?" Yami was a little curious.

"It's not too bad. After all, in the confinement mountain range, picking wild fruits and hunting are more convenient than us. What's more, they also reclaimed some fields to plant some wheat seeds they took away before, and kept them for the winter." Brun said what he knew.