When the escort set off again, it was already early afternoon.

After a noon of recuperation and resupply, the refreshed Han and his comrades stepped on the dividing line between the wilderness and the mountains and forests, and entered the Lanzhi Mountains, where the beastmen were very active. Unlike the valleys and wilderness of the previous five days' march, this mountainous road was not suitable for the deployment of large armies.

Looking at the baggage team that had been forced to extend the queue to prevent the road from clogging, Han was faintly worried.

"Look, it's the statue of the Great Emperor and the Virtuous King Lionel. ”

When Uruk's voice full of emotion came from the side, Han moved his eyes to the front and saw the two huge statues standing against the mountain at the entrance of the Grand Canyon that the old knight was looking at.

Those were two great leaders who brought peace to humans and orcs more than 200 years ago.

"There...... There seems to be an orc colony. ”

"You kid don't know. Looking at the other side of the woodland where there was still cooking smoke, Uruk folded his arms and sighed as if teaching life experience to future generations: "I think back then, outside this valley mouth, it was the second largest settlement of the Orc Empire, Fury Wind City. ”

At that time, the caravans coming and going and the flat wide avenue were the most beautiful scenery dotted with this verdant mountain forest.

"And now?"

"Now, it's just a small town where mercenaries and merchants pass through the Grand Canyon to rest and resupply. ”

The convoy continued to move forward, looking at the orc hunters, human traders, and subhuman inhabitants who passed them from time to time, and Han finally felt that they were back in the radiant range of civilized society.

Even beastmen are much easier to deal with than ogres.

"Should we say that things are not people? Looking at the corpse of an orc refugee appearing on the side of the road, Han stopped.

"Pretty much. Looking at the emaciated corpse, Uruk, who could basically judge the cause of its death, patted the young knight on the back with his hand, "The orc empire used to be very strong, but the victor is still us humans. ”

If the king loses the war, the orcs lose the identity and power of the leader.

Humanity will lament the eventual disintegration of the Orc Empire, but few will regret it, after all, there is a limit to the land that makes Kasumidama good. If it was the orcs who won at the beginning, I am afraid that it is the humans themselves who are now driven into the deep mountains and old forests to survive.

It is no wonder that the insatiable Vulture Empire in the west of the mountains would leave such a large area of land to the orcs for self-government—if they really wanted to include this region in their territory, the empire would probably spend more than ten times more money on the region's finances than the taxes it obtained.

Just as they looked at the corpses on the side of the road and talked with emotion, the commander of the escort vanguard had already reached a negotiation with the local orc leader, and the sergeants marched through the town in turn, heading towards the Grand Canyon. And next to the pass of the town, which the Beastmen were responsible for maintaining, two Dragon-led soldiers used their halberds to hold up a human peasant woman who was trying to charge at the nobleman's car.

Originally, what was waiting for her was supposed to be a scolding or a violent beating, but with a group of cavalry led by two nobles stopping at the pass, things took a turn for the better.

"Stop, what are you doing here?"

"Lady Lady, this peasant woman said she wanted to meet the lord, but the lord is not in the army, and we are just going to blow her away. ”

Looking at the soldiers performing their duties, and the peasant woman kneeling on the ground with her halberd, Aurora's eyes flashed with a hint of unbearability, but the sister who was nearby rode forward, showing that she wanted to deal with the matter, and she couldn't say anything more.

"We are not the army of the lords of this land, and if you want to ask for help, you should go to the lords here. "Unlike the slightly effeminate Aurora, the third daughter of the Dragon Lord of the Dragonclaw Peninsula, Lady Mielegi Lumai Burngun, dressed in a capable hussar uniform, with her long fiery red hair combed into braids behind her, she did not tell that she was the daughter of the lord's family.

Sitting on her side in the women's saddle, Mielligi let her brown-red pony round the two soldiers and stopped near the peasant woman.

"The ...... of the Lady"

Under the gaze of many eyes, Mierigi grabbed a handful of silver coins and copper plates from her coat pocket and threw them in front of the peasant woman, "We can't stop and help you, this is the fare, you can go to your lord." ”

"Please, do well, save one of our villages!"

When the peasant woman did not pick up the money, but bowed her head heavily to the baronesse, a group of children who had been hiding on the other side of the town's pass ran over and knelt down outside the guard range of the baroness's guards.

"My lord, please save our village!"

Seeing this scene, all the human beings, including the baronet, were taken aback.

The orcs who ruled the area did not kill or expel them, but instead gave them temporary shelter in the town, which was not only benevolent, but even merciful.

"Lord Lady, the Chinese army is about to pass, and we have to keep going. ”

When the knight of the guard rode his horse to the side and said this, Mielligi was silent. She is not without compassion, but Ben Longling herself is also in a bad situation, delaying important matters to help the weak......

He took out some more silver coins and threw them on the ground, but the lady did not linger any longer, rode forward, and led her retinue through the pass set by the orcs, and entered the town. Here, only a bunch of desperate refugee children are left crying.

"Aurora, let's go. ”

Garneau's voice came from the right, and Aurora shook her head, and without letting the attendants come to help, she turned over and dismounted.

Seeing the peasant woman crying bitterly as she hugged her child, the priest could not bear to let the soldier stand back, walked up to her, and helped him up, "Madam, please don't cry yet...... Can you tell me about your village?"