Chapter 513 Another Enemy
“How terrifying can the orcs be?”
Both Aldrich and Alvi were somewhat confused about MacDonald’s discussion.
For people living in the center of human civilization, they are both afraid and despised of orcs. The fear is due to their image in public perception - a strange appearance that is very different from human beings, and infinite strength. Their strong body, unreasonable and cruel character, and predatory bandit culture, the latter two are also the reasons why humans despise them.
In addition, although the orcs are individually powerful, their race is fragmented. It is very common for tribes on the prairie to divide and merge. When the last old chief dies, it is often him. When the tribe falls apart. This resulted in the orcs being able to organize small and capable teams to rush into human territory to burn, kill and loot, but when faced with the human army coming to conquer them, they could only choose to flee.
Moreover, their weapon making technology is quite backward. Ordinary orcs can only use weapons made of bones, wood, and stones. If they are lucky enough to grab a metal weapon or armor, it can be used as a family heirloom. In large-scale army operations, they often need to pay It would take three to five orc soldiers' lives to take out a well-equipped human soldier - and here we mean real soldiers, not militiamen who just laid down their hoes.
However, in the thousands of years of disputes between humans and orcs, these alien races did pose a major threat to humans on several occasions. When a king with strong appeal appeared among them, the people who were originally fighting each other Tribes will form alliances, they will plunder human craftsmen as slaves to make up for their own technical deficiencies, and they will also imitate human countries and build large armies. When they were strong, the power of the orcs even penetrated into the current human territory.
But once they are beaten back to the prairie, they will immediately degenerate into what they were before they were strong. The original tribal alliance fell apart and fought with each other to compete for the few survival resources on the prairie.
The decline of a human country often takes from a century to a few decades, while the decline of the orcs often falls from the peak to the trough in less than ten years.
In general, the orcs have been at a disadvantage in the thousands of years of struggle with humans, with only a few bright moments occasionally.
This is also the reason why the two maesters, Aldrich and Alvi, did not connect the prophecy with the orcs.
But Macdonald, who is a senior member of the imperial army, will not be like this. Compared to the two bachelors who like occult knowledge, he pays more attention to reality and the present.
“The caravan that went to the grassland brought us back some information.”
Now MacDonald became the expounder, while the two White Tower maesters became the listeners.
“As I just said, the Zarge clan has established a new royal tent. This time they not only plundered human craftsmen, but also did some incredible things.”
"An incredible thing?"
"The orcs are creating their own writing. Not only that, they seem to be imitating human countries in setting up various palace offices."
Hearing Macdonald's words As the story unfolded, Aldrich and Alvi looked at each other, then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! This...this is really unheard of."
Seeing the two bachelors so contemptuous of the orcs he thought should be treated with caution, Macdonald couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
He stretched out his right hand and banged the table in front of him with the knuckle of his index finger. "You two, you have to pay a price for underestimating your opponent, let alone an opponent who has posed a major threat to mankind. Compared with the word-of-mouth war between humans and demons that is difficult to verify, the invasion of the orcs is truly written in the history books. Enter."
"We are sorry, Lord Macdonald."
The two bachelors tried hard to hold back their laughter, and one of them, bachelor Alvi, said: " It’s just that when I think of a group of orc men wrapped in animal furs and learning arithmetic with their fingers, it feels particularly funny.”
“Okay, that is indeed a very funny scene, but don’t. Forgot that our human ancestors also started out wrapped in animal skins. As bachelors, you should know this better than me.”
MacDonald said displeasedly: "The reality is that the Watcher Legion of the Aldo Kingdom, which once suppressed the orcs for hundreds of years, has not been to the grasslands to burn the orcs' pasture for several years. They can only huddle in the Narodan Valley and watch the orcs. Cattle and horses gallop freely on the grasslands. It is said that the oasis countries in the desert have begun to pay more and more attention to the opinions from the prairie, and the influence of the royal tent is no longer limited to the traditional territory of the orcs."
" Uh-huh!" After hearing MacDonald's story about the orcs, Aldrich frowned and touched his beard, feeling that he had indeed been too dismissive just now.
"Prairie's... opinion? Did I hear it correctly?"
The old marshal frowned and said: "You heard it right. In fact, the king's account of this generation is based on the surface. Look, they are not as warlike as before. The king's account will send envoys to the human countries near the grassland to discuss trade matters, instead of directly knocking on the door to rob them like before. Even if they want to attack and plunder human territory, they will move out. There are a lot of high-sounding reasons, such as the envoy being humiliated and robbed, etc. The orcs sometimes actually declare a challenge to the target of the attack, which is incredible when you think about it. Moreover, the human caravans entering the grassland are well protected. , there is no need to worry about being robbed as before. According to the merchants, they also met human officials in important positions in the king's tent. Of course, they were working for the orcs, and they must be like you two. Great scholars have never seen such a strange sight in books, right?"
"Over time, the rulers of the oasis countries actually began to think that orcs were people they could communicate with. It was really naive and naive. , they are too ignorant to see through the disguise of these prairie barbarians.”
McDonald spoke in one breath.
"It's really incredible. Why is it becoming more and more like a human country?"
Aldrich touched his beard and was very surprised.
"Indeed." His junior student Yarvi said: "Such orcs also have the potential to become the formidable enemy of mankind in the prophecy. These barbarians can grow out of the grassland in more than ten years and kill They are endless and endless. Their living habits on the grasslands make them natural cavalry and hunters. If they gain the organizational capabilities of human countries, it will be a huge disaster."
" I suddenly thought of a worse possibility."
The expression on Aldridge's face was extremely ugly.
"What's possible?" Yalvi and Macdonald looked at him at the same time.
"What if the demons and orcs come together?"
A bitter smile appeared on Aldrich's face.
(End of this chapter)