Chapter 204: Dilemma and Hope

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What is the saying?

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Although it feels good to be in power after being promoted to the 'Great Chief', the big troubles that come with it are always so troublesome. A barren tribe with little food and clothing, and no place to live, is this the men I will lead for the rest of this time?

Seriously, it's a very difficult task!

Before I came, the orcs lived in the leeward part of the Gobi. They simply built their shacks on the site and relied entirely on their own strong physique to resist the invasion of the natural environment. Although the orcs have developed a strong and perverted physique under this circumstance, many old and weak women and children are still frozen to death and starved to death every year. The orcs have not developed and grown after taking root in Edwinsen for thousands of years, and this harsh living environment is their biggest problem and tribulation, which has always restricted all the development possibilities of the orcs.

That way, what I'm going to do is pretty simple. In this world where there are no enemies and no opponents, all I have to face is nature.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, the four most simple things. As long as I can fix these four things, there will be no more problems with the development of orcs.

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do.

The absence of enemies and opponents also means that the orcs have no other possibility to obtain prey. There's nothing but poisonous scorpions and poisonous centipedes in the damn desert, and birds won't even fly over this damn place! If you want to hunt meat here to satisfy your hunger, unless the orcs eat themselves. And as intelligent beings, orcs have not yet fallen to this point. As a result, they can only feed on plant roots and stems like pixel-eating animals. But...... How many plants can there be in a desert? What kind of grass can grow in the stone Gobi? It's not a drop in the bucket!

Food aside, water is just as difficult. The nearest known oasis is in the desert ten kilometers away. Pumping water every day is a huge undertaking. In the desert at night, you can freeze all the stones into ice, and running to camp next to the oasis is completely self-defeating.

Other words...... Food and water. Now they are helpless.

Now that there is still more than a month before winter, the house or something can be put down for the time being. Anyway, with the constitution of the orcs, they can't freeze to death for a while, and now the food stored in the tribe is not enough for all the orcs to eat for a month. The failed plundering brought them a serious crisis.

"Take me to your people first!" I decided to take a closer look at the orcs, especially the children who represent the future. According to Charlene, the mortality rate of orc children is about fifty percent every year, and the lethality of the terrible winter to the children is too terrible. Today, food is so scarce that perhaps all the children will not be able to survive this desperate winter.

This kind of thing is completely unacceptable!

He gave me a blank look. Although Charlene was reluctant, she obeyed the order and led me to the place where the orc women and children were hiding.

It was a small col hidden in the Gobi, surrounded by straight mountain walls. The gourd-shaped col has only one exit, and the smooth, fragile weathered rocks on both sides prevent all climbing. Once the exit of such a place is blocked, it is an absolutely solid fortress, and I don't know how the orcs found such a good place. But...... Who are they guarding against?

Entering the col, I was surprised to see many orcs, old and young. These dirty, ragged female orcs stared at me with surprised and even wary eyes, not letting their guard down even after Charlene introduced me to me. Even most orc mothers hastily pull their children behind them and hide them as if I were going to eat them.

I walked past them and noticed that the orcs were all hurrying to deal with a strange greenery. It was a stick about the thickness of my arm, and the purpose of these men was to beat and crush the hard wood. Soften them and store them as food. I saw a female orc rubbing a wooden stick the length of chopsticks with all her might, trying to soften the fibers in the stick. After this painstaking process, the rotten wood-like thing is placed in a jar of water in an attempt to ferment it until it is ready to eat...... During this period. The smell of this wood almost made me vomit.

In the absence of food, have the orcs reached the point where they have to gnaw wood?

For the first time, I knew what the harsh environment the orcs were going through. Being able to survive such terrible conditions, I admire the perseverance and vitality of the orcs.

If only they could get rid of the bad habit of plundering. Then the orcs can undoubtedly be said to be the strongest and most powerful warriors in this world. If only I could help the orcs solve their survival problems and continue to lead them afterward. Then I'll get one of the strongest teams!

This seems to be very exciting.

I don't know how Hades will test me next. I don't know what else I'll encounter in the future; But if I can have such a strong and resolute team under my command, then I will not be afraid of even the most severe tests. In the past, I have been fighting alone, but in the future, I can lead a thousand armies!

Hey......

Imagine it, and I smiled contentedly. However, Charlene's perverted gaze embarrassed me, and I quickly coughed and said, "Is it already so difficult in the tribe?" Isn't there any other edible plant for Ed Vinson besides this wood? ”

"The Momo tree is Edwinson's most numerous, and no other grass has reached its numbers. If you abandon the Momo tree in favor of other plants such as Anlan grass, then those plants will definitely be eaten up in a few days. So, what should we eat when we are hungrier in the future? Looking at me dissatisfied, Charlene said, "Although the Momo tree is difficult to eat, for the sake of the continuation and future of the orcs, we can only choose it. For now, as long as you don't starve to death, the smell and everything must be tolerated. ”

"Really?" Rubbing my hair sadly, I was speechless.

Remembering to make reserves for the future under such harsh conditions, it is not without reason that orcs can survive in such an environment.

And I was particularly uncomfortable when I saw a small, seemingly less than a year old, an orc baby struggling to gnaw there with a momo tree scum.

Determined to help the orcs improve the situation no matter what.

"Haven't you thought about planting something?" Looking at Charlene curiously, I was a little puzzled: "It is said that you have also been to the Shadow Forest so many times, haven't you thought about getting some food seeds back once?" No matter how desolate the Gobi and the desert are, it doesn't necessarily mean that it can't grow any plants, right? As long as even one can be found to survive, it will definitely not be like this. ”

Looking at me in surprise, Charlene didn't seem to expect me to understand this. However, she still shook her head and said with a slightly better attitude: "No! We certainly know the importance of seeds, but Ed Vincent doesn't have the conditions to grow them. Hurricanes blow every other month in this terrible place, and no plant that has been planted for just one month can withstand the sand and dust hurricanes. They have no chance to grow at all, and their hard work can only end up in despair. So...... It's not that we don't do it, it's that we can't do it at all. ”

Forehead...... And hurricanes? This hellish place, which two hundred and five orcs decided to settle here!

With black lines on my head, I really don't have anything to say about the idiotic choices of the orc ancestors.

Of course, it wasn't until later that I realized that orcs weren't the indigenous race of the realm. They had fled here for some reason, and they had come to Edvinson unexpectedly. The horrific environment trapped the orc ancestors here, and they had no choice but to settle and fight against the brutal environment. It's not that they can't do it, but they can't, and if there is a possibility of leaving, of course the orcs can't go away.

In short, it doesn't make sense to say anything! These orcs seem to have been set up here by Hades on purpose to give me a problem, and they have no choice at all.

Of course, I didn't have a choice.

I don't even have time to gather all the orcs to declare my existence, and every second of the orcs has to fight for the future. They had to stock up on everything before winter came, and there was absolutely no time to waste in the space of conversation with me, the Great Chief. They were in a hurry to cut down the Momo trees and gather food and water, and they didn't care about anything else.

These idiots don't know what it means to sharpen knives and chop wood.

Come to think of it, I decided to delay them and gather them first. There is no point in blind hard work, we should think of a better way first.

And in the process of talking to Charlene, I finally made a discovery worth gratifying.

If I can accomplish what I expected, then I should be able to accomplish my purpose of helping the orcs and gain a foothold here. As long as things go my way and nothing goes wrong, it's not like orcs can't find a solid hope and future.

Of course, the premise is that they are willing to follow me on the adventure.

"Charlene, go and gather all the orcs. Get all of them to come to this col, and I'll help you get enough food. Believe me, under my leadership, you will definitely survive this winter! I said in a firm tone, with a confident expression. (To be continued......)