Chapter 8: The Dragon Chaser
It was a rainy night, and Baturu was on his knees in pain.
His father's voice and smile came to his mind, so real, so kind.
Ignorant, he once asked his father for a toy in the hand of a human child, and his father had to exchange the animal fur on his body with the man.
Baturu's father told him to stay where he was and wait for him, telling him not to wander around.
After a long time, his father did not return, and Baturu was a little scared alone, but he saw that everyone was walking in the direction of the square.
The humans seemed to be talking about something, and Baturu followed curiously.
There, Baturu saw his father, as well as a toy that had fallen on the ground.
Seeing Baturu's father tied with ropes and hung on the gallows, Baturu saw his father there and began to cry uncontrollably.
He tried to rush as hard as he could, but an old orc grabbed Baturu from behind.
No matter how much Baturu struggled, he was clung to by the old orc.
"Son, if you rush up now, you will die in vain. Remember the faces of these people, it was they who killed that orc. The old orc told Baturu
Baturu clutched in his hands the toys he had picked up from the ground, the toys his father had bought with his life.
"This is the end of the challenge to the law, this orc is now being hanged for theft. I saw that the lord himself was there to supervise the execution, and he also shouted to the onlookers and orcs.
Next, the human soldier pulled down the lever that had the plank open under Baturu's father's feet. Baturu watched his father die tragically in front of him, but he couldn't do anything about it. Baturu finally understood his weakness, and weakness can only be slaughtered by others.
Since then, the old orcs have adopted Baturu. Many years passed after his father's death, until one day, Baturu, who was the lord's guard, accidentally learned the truth of that day.
It turned out that one of the lord's friends had told him that an orc had a valuable wolf fang, and the two of them conspired together to frame the orc so that he could get his wolf fang.
And this orc is Baturu's father, who exchanged animal fur with a human for Baturu's animal fur, only to be targeted by greedy merchants for frostwolf wolf fangs.
Knowing the truth, Baturu no longer had to feel ashamed that his father was a thief, but his anger made him want to kill the lord all the time. But he couldn't do it because he was in love with the lord's daughter.
It was on that rainy night that Baturu saw the lord's daughter and the duke's son stealing the forbidden fruit in the back garden. At that moment, Baturu's heart was as cold as iron.
He rushed into the lord's bedroom with his moonblade axe, slashing off the lord's head with a single axe.
Faense was the first to rush in, and when he saw Baturu with the lord's head in his hand, he told Batulu to retreat first.
Farnes and Baturu grew up together, and Faens often saw Baturu waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night from nightmares.
At this moment, he can understand what Baturu is doing.
At this time, a passing servant found that the lord was dead, and in a panic, he shouted for help.
The rest of the guards rushed in, and they saw Faense with the lord's head in his hands. A group of people rushed towards Faenns, but none of them were any match for Faenns.
A few days later, the news of the lord's death sent a stir through the Moonblade Fortress. Even more surprisingly, it was his personal guard Faense who killed the lord.
As a result, Faennes became a wanted man.
Under the cover of Faenns, Baturu returned to Sagre, the home of the orcs. There, he met his long-lost brother, Balk.
Later, the lord's son succeeded him and became the current lord. The lord's daughter married the duke's son, and the strength of the Moonblade Fortress was further strengthened.
Desperate, Faense came to the Mercenary Guild and founded the Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment. The reason why it is called the Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment is because when he was a child, Baturu used to take Faens to the Frostwolf Tribe to find a giant wolf partner. It was on that day that Baturu said that the orcs would never saddle their wolf companions, because that would be an insult to their companions.
On a later mission, Faennes' giant wolf companion was killed in battle, and in honor of his old friend, he named his mercenary group Iron Wolf.
Every time Faennes thought back to these past events, his expression was so serious. Maybe there are some painful memories, but it's better to forget.
Eventually, we found the ogre's dwelling, a dilapidated cave.
Outside the cave was a mud pool, and to our surprise, we were looking for a Cyclops kid who was taller than the ogres.
The ogres were playing in the mud with the Cyclops' child, and had no intention of eating the Cyclops.
We breathed a sigh of relief, just when we wanted to take the Cyclops child.
The ogres were not happy, and they swung their sticks at us.
All of us were unceremonious, and in a few strokes we beat the group of ogres into submission, kneeling and begging for mercy.
And just like that, we brought the Cyclops' child back to his home.
As soon as Carmon saw that his child had returned safe and sound, he danced with joy. As a token of appreciation, he offered to join us. Cyclops are ready to fight for the rise of the orcs whenever they need to.
Saying goodbye to Carmon and them, we returned to Sagre.
We've got the news that the next Kuroshio is coming, and we need to contact the tribe of the Tigermen and the Harpy tribe as soon as possible.
However, the two tribes are now at war and they are said to be engaged in a duel for the territory.
Each side will have a warrior of their own clan, and they will face off one-on-one fairly, and whoever wins will have the final say.
Balk told us that if we sent a warrior to defeat them, they would naturally join us.
So who to send has become a question that bothers everyone.
At the moment, in order to resist the impending Kuroshio, the large army will definitely not be able to go, and even if it goes, it will be useless.
Therefore, only our Demon Hunter Blade and Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment are the most suitable.
At this time, Macarus, who had been silent in the corner, raised his head and said that he wanted to try.
Faense was shocked, but he agreed to let a child like Macarus go.
We don't understand, but we trust Faenns.
Faense tells us that Macarus was not a simple child, and that he had another name called the Dragon Chaser.
He also told us that when the time comes, we will naturally know the strength of Macarus.
So, our group came to the place where the Tiger Tribe and the Harpy Banshee Tribe meet.