Chapter 121: Half-Orc
"Your Highness!"
Many people, including Katya, exclaimed, and Audrey, who didn't know that he was hiding there, suddenly jumped out, and the knights around him began to move closer to him.
"Look, you're in a hurry. Rafa smiled at Audrey, and looked at her burning delight, so she had to rub her head as a sign of comfort.
"What the hell is going on?" he asked in a loud voice.
"Your Highness, it's like this," a young man who looked like an official approached slightly, "This group of orcs entered the city yesterday, saying that they came to make a living, but not long after entering the city, someone complained to the city lord's mansion that the orcs had violated women, stolen finances, and caused a lot of riots, so we had to ...... them first He was imprisoned, but judging by the results of the search by Lord Helmut and the knights, it was clearly a false accusation. β
"It's not just that! That guy wanted to take my daughter, but he didn't succeed, not only slashed my daughter, but also sued the wicked first!"
The conversation between the two was so loud that the orcs in the room should be able to hear it, and a woman holding the injured girl cried out in the impure Aura language.
Rafa frowned slightly, and said to the officials beside him, "Take her to the City Lord's Mansion for treatment first." β
"Yes. β
The official stubbornly led the two knights towards the orcs, and as expected, the tall orcs guarding outside immediately became vigilant and looked fierce, but what an old orc inside said, they obediently gave way and let the woman carry the girl and follow the official.
"Who's that guy who is suing?" Rafa asked again in a loud voice, and in the rolling thunderous voice, everyone could feel his anger, and most of them felt slightly startled, and looked at him with a slight avoidance, as if they were afraid to think of himself as the guy.
In the somewhat stunned crowd, a slightly retreating figure was very conspicuous, he was the guy who had just shouted to kill the orcs.
"Catch him!"
Rafa gave the order, and the knights rushed up and pressed the rather stout fellow to the ground, perhaps knowing that he would have no good fruit to eat if he was caught, so he struggled very hard, and the knights without heavy armor still couldn't hold him down.
"Let him go. β
Rafa moved closer to him, only to notice that he had several more claw marks on his face, apparently from the claws of the orcs.
The knights surrounded him in the middle and pointed their guns at him.
"Phew, a bunch of garbage orcs. The man got up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of bloody spit.
"What's your name?" asked Rafa.
"Rig. The man broke the jar and broke it, and his attitude was very arrogant, not realizing that the lord in front of him was giving him food and shelter, and paying him a salary.
"What they just said is true, right? You want to assault that girl. β
Rig showed a look of disdain, "It's just a lowly orc, what's wrong with it?
"Roar!"
As soon as he said this, the orcs on the side roared angrily, and if the knights hadn't rushed to surround them, they would have rushed over and tore Rig to pieces.
"Very well," Rafa nodded, turning to Katya on the stage and shouting, "Your Excellency, have you heard me? He has already admitted what he has done, so according to the laws of Icefield City, what kind of punishment should be imposed for attempted rape of a girl?"
He wanted to cut him down with a single sword, but in full view of everyone, if he didn't set an example of abiding by the law, then what was the point of the law?
Katya was also a little stunned, all the laws of Icefield City were written by her alone, and Rafa was instructed to write the industrial and commercial law first in the days when she left, so there were still many aspects that she had not had time to dabble in, and now the crime raised by Rafa has not been recorded in the legal code.
There was no way, so many people were waiting for her answer, so she had to make up a sentence improvly, "Attempted rape of a woman, deprivation of her qualifications to work in Icefield City, confiscation of all personal property, and sentence to ...... Death penalty. β
Although it is a bit inappropriate to leave all the codes to be written by one person, Rafa and Felihill don't have that much energy to help her correct her mistakes together, so when she thinks about the punishment, the punishment for some heinous crimes is extremely severe, especially some punishments involving women, such cases may only give simple whipping or fines in other cities, she thinks that this is too unfair, the punishment for criminals is almost minimal, but the impact on women is lifelong, and now that such a guy has fallen into her hands, she will never give these prisoners a second chance to commit crimesγ
"Good. Rafa nodded, turning to look at Rig.
At this time, Rig's face was already pale, he couldn't believe that he just wanted to play with that lowly orc, how could he be sentenced to death? You must know that he had raped a female beggar when he was an outcast, and he only gave the sheriff ten silver coins to release him, let alone a lowly orc?
"I don't accept it! What are you? Why do you want my life?"
Enraged, Rig's eyes widened, and he rushed towards Rafa with a vicious look, and his flesh trembled, and the knights around him couldn't stop it.
"Just because Your Excellency has sentenced you to death. β
It was not Rafa who spoke, but Helmut, who had long been itching, and she had been standing on the stage all along, and now Rig rushed towards Rafa, and she did not hesitate to pull the trigger.
"Bang!"
With a loud gunshot, Rig's sturdy body was still rushing forward, but his head was lifted backwards by the force of the bullet, and he fell to the ground suddenly, his eyes widened blankly, and there was a huge bloody hole in his forehead.
Standing next to Rig's corpse, Rafa turned to the crowd and shouted, "In Icefield, everyone who transgresses the law, including me, will be punished, and we treat everyone equally, whether it's an orc or a witch, as long as you are willing to contribute to the future of Iceborne, we welcome them all!"
It was the first time he had spoken openly about the witch, and he had been afraid that the crowd would make questioning remarks and cause panic, but his concern proved unnecessary, and the crowd cheered in unison.
"God bless His Highness Rafah!
Maybe it's because the treatment of Icefield City is too good, everyone is unwilling to destroy the current favorable environment, and no one questions the witch's matter at all, and even if there is a question, the people around him will remind him not to talk about this kind of thing, so now, compared to other cities where there are not many witches but there are rumors, there are many witches in Icefield City, but there are not many rumors.
"Syphus, give them a place to work and a place to live. β
Rafa turned his head and found an old fellow in the costume of a high-ranking official hurrying over, and in Icefield City, the only people who could walk around in this outfit every day were Sieverus and Bernice.
"Yes, my Highness. β
Sieverus was really afraid that Rafa would not be able to come back if he went to Byron, and now seeing him again, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
Perhaps knowing that Rafa was a just lord, the orcs were not so fierce, and obediently led the old man and child to follow Sipheus, but their faces were all frightened and worried, and it was obvious that they did not fully trust this strange city.
Rafa was also very interested in this group of orcs, but he was not good at asking them in this noisy place, and it happened that there were two orcs in the city lord's mansion, and it was the same to go back and ask them.
led Audair and Felihill back to the City Lord's Mansion, and the whole house greeted him respectfully, and many people saw the City Lord's wife for the first time, and couldn't help but sigh that Byron's pearl really deserved its name.
Smiling and greeting the witches, Rafa had a long-lost cheerful feeling, and I don't know if it was the reason why the witches were all beautiful and moving, he actually developed a strong desire to protect, as if these witches were his personal property.
Entering a large room, Shirley greeted her in surprise, "Lafago, Sister Fili." β
"How's it going, is that little sister's wound healed?" Rafa rubbed her head, and she ran into Felihill's arms again.
"Thanks to the Celestial Maiden, Ah Xue's injuries have completely healed. The fox girl sitting on the edge of the bed replied, saying that it was a fox girl, but in fact, they could only be distinguished from her ears and tail that they were orcs, and the rest of the place was exactly the same as an ordinary woman, the only difference was that the fox girl was taller and looked very athletic.
"It's not a little sister, it's a big sister. Shirley came over and reminded.
"Really?" Rafa looked at the fox girl lying on the bed, she had two fluffy white animal ears, and black hair, she looked very coordinated and beautiful, and she really didn't look like a little girl, how could she be nineteen or twenty years old, he looked at the fox girl again, "The goddess you just said... What does that mean?"
"The Heavenly Maiden is the woman who has been blessed by God, isn't Lord Shirley the Heavenly Maiden, speaking of which...... There are so many goddesses here. The fox girl looked out the window, and Cole was leading Shina down a huge vine towards the room.
"I understand, the so-called celestial maiden should be a witch, right?"
"I don't know, my Aura was learned from a celestial maiden who came to the north, and she never mentioned the word witch. β
"That's right...... So where did you come from, and why did you choose Icefield City?"
"We were forced into the Orr Mountains by the crazy beasts in the north, we have been hiding in the mountains for more than two months, and we only have a chance to leave after all the beasts have retreated, we saw the Ice Plains City as soon as we got out of the Orr Mountains, we didn't want to enter the territory of humans, but many of our tribes are dying of hunger, and there are very few prey in the mountains today, so we have no way to ......"
"I see," Rafa nodded, "don't worry, that bastard has been executed, and I welcome you on behalf of Icefield City, and you can live here well." β
"Thank you, merciful sir. The fox girl took Rafa's palm with her slender hands and placed her forehead on the back of his hand, Rafa didn't know what it meant, but she thought it meant trust and gratitude.
"By the way, I saw the claw marks on that guy's face just now, but your hand ...... How is it the same as a human?" Rafa finally couldn't help but ask, even though he knew it might be rude.
"My lord, the limbs of our orcs can change into the form of beasts at will. As she spoke, the fox girl spread out her hand, and her slender fingers gradually became covered with animal hair, and finally became a claw with a fleshy pad.
Seeing this, Rafa realized that they were not fox girls at all, but wolf girls, because this paw was obviously a wolf claw.
And Felihill also took out the notebook and began to ask as he took notes, "What is the difference between an orc and an orc?"
"We orcs are more like humans than orcs, and pure orcs are more like beasts, and they are much stronger than us, which is why we are so humiliated by them. β
"Icefield has been attacked by wolf cavalry before, and those werewolves ride giant wolves and are quite tall. Rafa said.
"The orcs and wolves regard us half-wolf clan as mortal enemies, and we were forced into the mountains by them, but the evil forces in the Orr Mountains attacked, and these orcs all went berserk, and now the northern barbarians have been torn apart. β
"Evil power, what's that?" asked Felihill.
"I don't know, but as long as you are infected by evil powers, whether it is a beast or an orc, it will all go berserk, and it can even keep dead corpses moving. β
Rafa and Felicille looked at each other, "It's all evil spirits." β
At this time, Kina and Cole also came in, and Kina couldn't help but relax when she saw Philisir return safely, and Philistine also looked at her suspiciously, always feeling as if she had some kind of connection with Kina.
After a while, the wolf girl named Ah Xue also woke up, hugged her mother and cried for a while, and was led by the maid to find their tribe, their tribe is also very strange, among them are not only half-werewolves and half-cows, but also some unnamed orcs, it seems that in the north, the half-orcs have been squeezed and have to cross the interval of the population, huddle to survive. 2k reading web