Chapter 39: A New Beginning (3)
There are basically different opinions about the origin of the orcs. But so far, there are two generally accepted explanations: the theory of evolution and the theory of hybridization.
On the one hand, there are some authoritative scholars who believe that for a long time after the birth of this continent, there was no orc race in this world. There is a definite evidence of this. Because even in the catastrophe that destroyed the entire human race hundreds of thousands of years ago, there is no record of the orcs. The first record of orcs was only tens of thousands of years ago. So these scholars have come up with the explanation that the orcs are not an ancient species that lives on this road, but a very young race. It can be said that the orcs are the second youngest race after the undead. In contrast, other races can find a trace of clues from prehistoric records, and even elves can see traces in the ruins millions of years ago.
So, where did these orcs come from? These scholars believe that some animals that have acquired spirituality by chance have evolved over many years. This statement may sound a little unreliable, but there is a little bit of truth in it. Although there are no records of orcs on this continent, some books that have not yet been confirmed do have a legend about a type of monster called a monster. And these youkai also have many characteristics in common with the current orcs, such as although the appearance still has the characteristics of beasts, almost everything called a monster is kept in human form to facilitate their movements. And obviously, the orcs are like this. In addition, although it retains its human form, its previous wildness has not decreased much, and the wildness of some "youkai" has increased a lot after leaving the original category of animals. This is very similar to the orcs, because although the orc clan tribe is a large tribe, it is composed of dozens of tribes of different sizes. And the Jackals they have arrived with now are one of them. In the case of the Jackals, they look like standing jackals, and they are indistinguishable from the beast jackals other than to maintain their human form. Similarly, these Jackals are carnivorous and have a brutal and ferocious personality, which is very similar to their distant relatives. And the other orc tribes are basically like this.
Therefore, scholars have concluded such a result based on such characteristics. But for some human-supremacist scholars, such a theory is simply nonsense, how is it possible that a beast can evolve into a human-like thing? Even if this claim seems so plausible, these human-supremacist scholars are trying to disprove this theory by all means. Finally, after repeated arguments, they came up with a creepy claim. That is, although the current orc race has formed a scale and living habits, their birth is not due to the evolution of animals as those scholars say, but due to a very terrifying reason, that is: human-animal hybridization!
This is perhaps the most fanciful idea, human-animal hybridization? How is this possible? As soon as this idea came out, it was immediately opposed and protested by many human rights organizations, and the orcs were even more angry that these scholars who put forward such a statement would worry about their own survival every day of their lives. But as everyone knows, such a threat is doomed. After all, the human world has strict requirements for the entry of the orcs. So not to mention any terrorist attacks, it is lucky enough to have ten or eight orcs in a year to be able to reach the human world in the south through the Deloma Empire. Moreover, such a statement is still accepted by a small number of races, especially human beings. Just imagine, those orcs seem so stupid, if they can't walk upright and seem to have a little bit of brain, otherwise it's hard for others to tell if it's humanoid or animal-like.
Fortunately, however, there are only a handful of people who maintain such a bad prejudice against orcs, and many more of them still believe in the theory of evolution. And the orc clans and tribes also adopted such a statement, and it has been used until now.
However, although the orcs may have evolved from animals, the evolution rate of each tribe is slightly different from that of other tribes. For example, the tribe where the Sword Master of War is located is already a highly evolved orc tribe, not only does they look only a little different from humans, but they also have the highest degree of brain development in comparison. In addition to the War Swordmaster, some of his clansmen were even able to reach the level of a human world scholar. And those orcs are called the Heavens. But the jackal tribe in front of him looks much more backward. As has been said before, their wildness does not seem to differ from that of their distant animals, and although they have some intelligence, they are mostly governed by their wildness. The Jackals are violent towards non-friends and are eager to eat them alive. However, the relationship with the clan where the War Sword Master is located is very good.
The Juggernaut was adopted by a Jackal family and trained here. It also gave him speed and agility that his original race wouldn't have. And almost any of the Jackals here are very familiar with the War Juggernaut. So for the Juggernaut of War, this place is like his second home.
After instructing his soldiers to wait where they were and not to disturb the residents, the Blademaster of War walked to the door of a modest house a few hundred meters away with a delightful gaze. Qi Tianci felt that it looked quite interesting that the War Sword Saint could have such an expression, so he also followed behind, and when Qi Tianci had just arrived, the door of this hut had already opened. After glancing suspiciously at Qi Tianci, who was still grinning, the owner of the hut saw the excited War Sword Saint on the side, and immediately hugged him tightly.
"Come back, okay!" a somewhat rugged female voice sounded, shaking Qi Tianci a little overwhelmed. However, the War Juggernaut enjoyed such a voice. "Yes, Mom, I'm finally back again?"
Oh, it turns out that this female jackal is actually the mother of the Sword Saint of War, but it looks like she should be the adoptive mother. Although the War Sword Saint did not describe his family environment, and even now Qi Tianci didn't even know the name of the War Sword Saint, just by virtue of their appearance, it was obvious that these two were definitely not biological mother and son.
Just as Qi Tianci was observing these two people with great interest, the jackal's mother stretched out her claw-like hand, pointed straight at the stunned Qi Tianci and asked the War Sword Saint, "Food?"
"What, food?" The jackal's mother's thought suddenly made Qi Tianci feel creepy, what kind of situation is this, he has nothing to do but ran to see the excitement but was targeted by others as food, so he hurriedly shook his head and said: "How can it be food? Old lady, you can take a closer look, I am a person, a living person!"
"Aren't people just food?" the jackal's mother asked rhetorically, making Qi Tianci's urine almost scared out.
What kind of race is this, how can they treat people as food? Qi Tianci regretted a little why he had just come to this humble dwelling with the Sword Saint of War.
As if he could see that Qi Tianci was actually a little scared in his heart, he walked over and comforted Qi Tianci in a low voice: "Don't worry, my adoptive mother is probably just joking with you." Although the Jackals like to feed on humans, they are only used for food at best. Generally speaking, their staple food is other meats. ”
Hearing this, Qi Tianci swallowed his saliva unconsciously, if he had expressed doubts about this jackal cannibal before, then now that even the War Sword Saint has been determined, then this matter must be true. "Well, what, if there's nothing else, I'll go back, you see, I'm skinny, I don't have much flesh. Your adoptive mother certainly doesn't like to eat it. ”
"If you are thin, you will eat bones!"
"Mom!" Qi Tianci finally couldn't care about anything, and ran away without a trace, leaving a puzzled jackal mother pointing to Qi Tianci's back and asking the smiling war sword saint: "The food ran away, why don't you chase it?"
"Well, this, hahaha, he's not my food, he's my friend. Hahaha. ”
Qi Tianci ran back to the team in fear, and told Wei Lun and Lei Xi what he had just seen in horror. Like Qi Tianci, Wei Lun's heart was also furious, but Lei Xi chuckled. This made the two of them a little confused, so they asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Fun, isn't it?" Lei Xi said, "I'm not human, so it's funny to see you so scared." But you're all very powerful, why are you afraid of such a thing?"
"That's right!" Qi Tianci came back to his senses: "Lao Tzu is Qi Tianci, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that anyone can really eat me! Lao Tzu is Qi Tianci, Qi Tianci, Qi Tianci!" After such a psychological struggle, Qi Tianci's fear of this place was reduced a little. After the War Sword Master returned, Qi Tianci was no longer afraid of these cannibal jackals who liked to eat with humans.
But when the War Sword Saint came back, he unexpectedly didn't make a joke with Qi Tianci and the others just now, but his face looked a little dignified. "I have bad news for you. ”
Qi Tianci was stunned for a moment, could it be that those jackals really had to eat a person before letting them go. So he said with some righteousness: "Okay, just eat me." Anyway, your adoptive mother looks like I'm not going to eat it, you see that this kid Viren is obviously much thinner than me, and he will definitely not be able to tear off a few pieces of meat when the time comes. That is, I can barely let your adoptive mother have a full meal, but I have one request, that is, if I can fry it, try not to halal me. I don't want to be known who I am after I die~" After speaking, Qi Tianci closed his eyes, and at the same time raised his neck up, making a happy gesture to the War Sword Saint.
The War Sword Saint was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Qi Tianci had misunderstood what he meant, and slapped the back of Qi Tianci's head with a smile: "You think I'm talking about my adoptive mother who wants to eat people?
"As long as you don't eat people, any news is good news. Qi Tianci exhaled a long breath and muttered quietly. Then he asked, "What's the bad news about that?"
The War Sword Master smiled helplessly: "It seems that now our only friends are only my race and the Jackal race. The other orcs have already joined the opposing faction. ”
You must know that Qi Tianci did not bring so many people to the orc clan tribe to watch the excitement, but to find a place to fight, and now it is really a beautiful thing, except for the two clans, the other clans of the orc clan and tribe have all become enemies! Doesn't this give their Magellan royal guards a good opportunity to show their skills?
Just when everyone's expressions became very serious because of this incident, Qi Tianci, who had a wicked smile on his face, looked very abrupt. In this way, the back of his head was slapped by the War Sword Saint again: "Don't dream of your Spring and Autumn Festival, even if there are any differences between our orc clan, we will not use force to resolve the contradictions." Force is only the last resort for the incompetent to resist, and we are mighty orcs!"
"Cut, it's still a man-eating orc. Qi Tianci whispered back angrily, of course, this can't be heard by the War Sword Saint, otherwise if he takes a slap like this, Qi Tianci may become a mentally handicapped child, so he had to echo: "Yes, yes, we won't fight." So what are we going to do now? Do we move on or fix here, you see, it's already getting a little dark. ”
By this time, the sun had already sunk in the west. In their place were twinkling faint stars. It's a little different from Camp Magellan to the south. At least not like the faint stars that can only be seen in the camp.
"Let's take a day off. The War Sword Master sighed and said, "Wait until tomorrow, and then we will think about the way out." ”