Chapter 739 Decisive Killing
They are now a thing of the past. The main body was completely defeated by the army of conquerors. Although some of them escaped into the Giant Plains, they could no longer be successful and could only become vassals and thugs of other monster tribes. .
Second only to the Troll Kingdom is the Hobgoblin tribe. Their organized warlord characteristics make them very competitive in the wilderness, and the Giant Plains is no exception.
It’s just that they are the priority targets of the goblins in Blood Gorge City for annexation.
Except for the goblins of Blood Gorge City, no other large-scale and organized goblin tribes can be seen in the Giant Plains.
They have either become part of Blood Gap City, or they have escaped into the Giant's Run Mountains or the Troll Mountains to hide.
After the two head races were knocked off, the race that was originally suppressed by them naturally came up from behind, and they were those dirty orcs.
In Faerun, orcs are synonymous with barbarism and destruction.
They rarely engage in production. The living materials they need are either provided by enslaving other races or plundered through war. They will not only target the intelligent races, but also the monster races. .
They are everywhere in the wilderness. Whether they are intelligent races or monster races, they hate them deeply and maintain a high-pressure war state.
But they were never able to exterminate them. On the contrary, many towns of intelligent creatures were occupied and destroyed by them, and many monster tribes were wiped out by them.
This is mainly related to two aspects.
On the one hand, it is naturally their strong fighting power. This kind of humanoid creature has a pig-like face, with huge fangs protruding from the outside of its lips. It has a rickety body like a gorilla, dragging a pair of thick and outrageous hands. His arms are as strong as those of a hobgoblin.
If fighting alone, at the same level, it is difficult for the hobgoblins to be the opponents of the orcs. They are natural barbarians, and most of them have bloodthirsty and violent characteristics and an uncontrollable desire to kill.
But if it is a group battle, the well-disciplined hobgoblins often have the advantage.
For intelligent creatures headed by humans, hobgoblins and orcs are synonymous with devils and demons in the world.
If you encounter a hobgoblin war group, you can also use a series of means such as negotiation and trading to temporarily appease them with huge benefits like drinking poison to quench their thirst - after they have eaten up the benefits, they will bring more A powerful force returns.
If you are facing surging orcs, be prepared for a fight to the death. Either keep them away, or after they capture them, the men will be reduced to slaves or food rations, and the women will To face a more tragic situation, it is trivial to express their animal nature, and they will often become the reproductive tools of the orcs.
Here we have to mention another extraordinary ability of the orcs. They have received the blessings and gifts of Ruseko, the wife of the orc god Gruumsh, and the orc fertility goddess, which allows them to reproduce blindly and frequently. Descendants give them a more powerful reproductive capacity than all humanoid races, even inferior to goblins and kobolds.
Twins, or even multiple births, are a common phenomenon among orcs. Eight out of ten are born. Moreover, they have a faster growth rate than ordinary humanoids. Their fertility is between seven and eight. He matures at the age of eleven and enters adulthood at the age of eleven or twelve.
Theoretically, their lifespan can reach sixty or seventy years. Their average age in Faerûn is no more than twenty, and they are very rare who can live over forty.
The most evil thing about this reproductive blessing is that it makes it easier for orcs to break reproductive isolation and produce hybrid offspring with other races. When humanoids of similar size (such as humans, dwarves or hobgoblins) When combined with an orc, the offspring will only be orcs or half-orcs.
The combination of orcs and ogres or trolls results in half-animal ogres or half-animal trolls with amazing physical strength and brutal characteristics.
There will even be half-beast giants, but this possibility is very slim. In front of the giants, the orcs are more like cannon fodder or slaves.
There is also a rare situation where the beastly orcs focus on those animals, and more twisted, deformed, half-human and half-beast Warcraft will be born.
They are not lycanthropes, they have no ability to transform and contract lycanthropy, they are just monsters cursed and resisted by the gods.
So, when most intelligent races know that the enemy they face this time is the orcs and they cannot defend it, they would rather kill their wives and daughters than let them fall into the hands of the orcs. Accept inhuman treatment and torture, give birth to filthy blood, and bring disaster to others.
The number of orcs in Faerûn is much greater than what the world imagines. Their reputation is extremely bad, and they are not discriminated against and targeted in only a few places.
They not only have the strong physique of their fathers, but also the intelligence of their mothers. Those half-orcs who find their place in the orc tribe usually do not have a low position.
What really limits the development of the orc population is not the situation of being surrounded by enemies, but food.
As long as they have enough food, they will spread like cancer cells on the earth.
In short, they are humanoid locusts, and they will gather together from time to time to erupt into greater orc disasters.
Orc disasters are more frequent in West Heartland than in other places, because there are two huge orc habitats, the High Wasteland and the Eternal Wasteland.
The orcs produced by the former threaten the safety of Waterdeep City to the north, and invade Baldur's Gate to the south.
The orcs produced by the latter swarmed out more than ten years later, under the leadership of a tribe called the Arrows, and established an orc kingdom called Dark Arrow near the Silver Moon Alliance. The Silver Moon Alliance is regarded as the biggest threat.
Just like devils and demons will start fighting when they meet, hobgoblins and orcs are both monster races in the wilderness. The possibility of peaceful coexistence is very slim. They are more about competing for survival resources, enslaving each other or driving them to extinction.
It is this characteristic that allows them to inhibit each other and slow down their development in the wilderness.
Usually, these orcs squeeze others and make them pay tribute to them and pray for peace. Now the hobgoblins in Blood Gap City are trying to extract benefits from them. They are all filled with righteous indignation. If the other party hadn't already proved themselves with swords. Not being good at it, they had already charged forward with the giant ax in their hands.
These orc tribes are vaguely headed by a half-beast troll named Urkruna. This guy is like stacking BUFFs, with many unique advantages superimposed on him. He possesses the troll His bloodline gave him powerful regeneration ability, and he was still huge. In terms of size, he was comparable to those noble trolls, starting at six meters.
In terms of body shape, he is more like an orc, with explosive muscles and a pair of exposed tusks, like a pair of small tusks. Even if he is sitting there, he has the ability to overlook the entire scene.
The mixed blood flowing in his body gave him not only charisma among the orcs, but also the right to rule among the trolls. After the collapse of the troll kingdom, most of the areas that collapsed on the Giant Plains were annexed by him, especially There are no less than ten noble trolls.
Although this guy is the product of the combination of two races that are not known for their intelligence, his own intelligence is very good.
When Blood Gorge City showed an unstoppable rise with the support of the army of conquerors, they immediately moved their tribe to the Giant's Run Mountains, where they held high the banner of resistance against Blood Gorge City. The flag is used to gather those forces that were defeated or harmed by Blood Gorge City and use them to strengthen themselves.
After the conqueror's army stirred up trouble on the Dragon Coast, he immediately made peace with the Eight Cities Alliance and directly took a lot of benefits from them.
The reason is simple. The Trollocs tribe he leads will help the Eight Cities Alliance to contain the Blood Gap City on the Giant Plains, so that they will not continue to grow here.
For this alone, the Eight Cities Alliance has no way to refuse.
To fully turn an unfavorable situation into a favorable situation for one's own rise, this is not something ordinary people can do.
“If you want war, I will give you war. Chief Urkluna, believe it or not, as long as I give the order, your beast demon tribe will be buried in the dust of history in less than three days.
Don’t think you are hiding. We can't do anything to you in the Giant's Run Mountains. Are you sure that the cave you are hiding in is strong enough to withstand the large-scale explosion of the kobold flutter bomb?"
The Blood Claw knows how to shoot first. Ma, you have to hit someone with the head first. Now that the resistance forces on the Giant Plains are headed by Urcluna, there is no need to worry about anything else, just keep an eye on him. As long as he nods in submission, the rest will be simple.
How do you know our tribe is hiding in the cave?
The half-beast troll Urkruna forcefully swallowed this stupid question back into his stomach. It is impossible for the other party not to know the little tricks he made on the Giant Plains and the Dragon Coast. , must have conducted reconnaissance on his tribe, and even placed spy posts in his tribe.
With the large-scale development of the Conqueror's Road, the flutter bombs of those humble little kobolds have become well known.
This thing is a sharp tool for breaking mountains and rocks, especially in narrow caves. It has extraordinary power. Once it causes a large-scale landslide, even if it does not crush the people inside, it will trap them alive. die.
From now on, those dark caves are no longer safe places.
"If you have the ability, try it. Will you send my tribe into history, or will I make it impossible for you to come back?" Urcluna was not scared. If it was a threat, As soon as he shouted, he bowed his head and obeyed. He, the leader of the Troll Demon tribe, no longer had to do anything. He could just be a slave to the hobgoblins in Blood Gorge City, leading horses and herding cattle.
"Two patriarchs, please calm down. We are sitting here today just to look for opportunities for peaceful development. The cold winter is coming. If the war continues, life will be difficult for both sides. How about we each take a step back and just maintain The current structure and model, each develops its own, how can it not be at war with each other? ?”
“What Chief Haru said is right. If we continue to fight, it will not be beneficial to all of us. On the contrary, the humans in the north are likely to take advantage of it. They have now formed an alliance. , are forming their own regular army on a large scale. Although they are fighting against the conquerors, The name of the army, but as their closest neighbor, we in the Giant Plains will become the target of their expansion if we are not careful, especially with the convenience brought by the Conqueror's Road."
" I think the Conqueror's Road is the source of harm to our Plains of Giants, Plains of Giants It has been in our hands for thousands of years because there were no commercial routes belonging to humans passing through here before. Now that there is it, the wealth that originally belonged to the various tribes in our Giant Plains is being lost rapidly, and this place will gradually fall into the hands of those who claim to be The civilized race is under control.
General Bloodclaw, are you willing to be a human servant and lackey?
Now that the conqueror army has left the Dragon Coast, it is blocked by the human coalition forces themselves. We only need to destroy this road now so that they will not be able to go south...ah...how dare you... ...kill people here...the dog demon...why is there a demon here...ah..."
"General Bloodclaw, how dare you arrange killers here..."
" General Bloodclaw, what do you mean? "
"This is a trap! ”
"Explode."
"Boom!"
"No one is allowed to move. Kobold flutter bombs are buried in the ground here. There are enough to blow you and me into the sky. Go, if any of you dares to act rashly, we will die together. I have prepared enough revenge over there. Living spells and materials, are you sure you are ready?"
"Damn, all plane spells here are banned, the other party is plotting against us."
"Blood Claw, You didn’t keep your word, we came here believing you, but you actually engaged in conspiracy.”
"Believe me? Hey, don't think I don't know. You sent out the entire elite of your tribe, less than ten kilometers behind you. There is no trust between us at all. During the meeting, I It has been made very clear
The Conqueror's Road is absolutely indestructible. Anyone who dares to destroy this road, even if he has the idea of starting this road, will be in trouble with our entire Blood Gorge City. The enemy, we will eradicate it at all costs, no matter who or what the force is.
He dares to sow discord between me and the Conqueror here. Do you think he should die? < br>
I don’t want any of his tribe’s population, territory, or livestock. You can divide it among yourselves.”
Blood Claw used his actual actions to explain what it means to kill decisively.
Before the chief of the Gnoll tribe who suggested destroying the road to conquerors could finish his words, the giant wolf that had been sleeping in front of Bloodclaw suddenly stood up and appeared in front of him like a ghost, accompanied by With a wolf howl, its size doubled, and its already terrifying size became even more terrifying, reaching its peak of super size.
With a body length of nearly ten meters and a height of more than four meters, he faced the chief of the Gnoll tribe with a frantic claw claw claw, which was longer and sharper than an ordinary sword. He cut it into pieces and removed both arms on the spot.
Then the big mouth, which was flatter and larger than the ordinary giant wolf, opened, and with a click, the head of the chief of the Jackal tribe was violently twisted off. Along with the sound of chewing, a huge A strong suction force emerged from the giant wolf's mouth, sucking a bloody shadow out of the body of the Jackal tribe chief, and swallowed it into his stomach along with the skull fragments.
Gnaw!
Soul gnawing!
The opponent is not an ordinary giant wolf mount at all.
But a devil, a dog demon from the Shura field.
This dog demon is not only astonishingly large in size, but also a bit unbelievable in speed. Even those creatures known for their agility cannot possess this agility and speed. It is obviously blessed by powerful magic and is wrapped around its body. With terrifying magic power, this dog demon has an extraordinary body. Even if it does not have legendary life dice, it has at least 19, making it a high-level demon.
He is definitely a high-level assassin who comes and goes without a trace on the battlefield. Few people can resist his crazy output by themselves. Once they fall into his mouth, they will lose their chance of resurrection. are significantly reduced.
This dog demon is none other than the powerful evil general who first followed Gavin.
Recently, he has been here in the Giant Plains, both as Bloodclaw's mount and as his senior staff officer. When necessary, he will also act as his tool of intimidation like he does now.
To deal with those monsters, the dog demon's method of killing people on the spot, eating their souls, and preventing their resurrection is very effective.
After doing this, the dog demon reduced himself to a large size that was not very eye-catching, and walked back to the blood claw slowly, and continued to lie down and close his eyes to rest, as if I was a mount, Looks harmless to humans and animals.
But no one dares to despise it as before.
Killing people at this kind of alliance meeting would have easily aroused public anger and provoked group attacks.
However, following Xue Claw's order, the ground not far away shook violently, and the scene of countless earth and rocks bursting and splashing directly restrained them, and they did not dare to act rashly.
What really makes them fearful is not Blood Claw and his Blood Gorge City, but their own tribe.
Once they and the elite cronies they led suffered heavy casualties in the process, their dominance in the tribe would be in jeopardy.
After all, they are different from Blood Gorge City. There is a more powerful conqueror standing behind him who will resurrect him. Their method of maintaining governance is the high-pressure rule brought by their own powerful force.
The more powerful the tribe, the more serious this situation will be.
When they came here before, they had not considered traps, and had sent spell casters from the tribe to conduct repeated inspections to make sure that no powerful magic was being used here. Only then did they dare to attend the meeting with confidence. Many of them went out as a whole family.
Unexpectedly, he still fell into Blood Claw's trap. He actually arranged the entire venue on the flutter bomb pile, and he and the elite hobgoblins he led were the bait above. They are now following It's like sitting on a volcano that will erupt at any time, and this button is in Bloodclaw's hand.
The Blood Claw typically gave a stick to a jujube, directly throwing out the interests of the jackal tribe and letting the other tribes present divide it. The tribal leaders looked at each other for a while, as if they could see The greed in the other person's eyes.
No one here is a good person, they are all predatory. They only make sure that they are not the target of being robbed, but they are full of interest in plundering other people.
(End of this chapter)