Chapter 80: Atheism
It's been half a month, and Brandi has been in the cage for ten days, but to his surprise, there is still no rabbit man to deal with him.
Except for the daily delivery of food, and the butterfly who would come and talk to him, the rest of the orcs were like they couldn't see him, as if they had never caught a human, as if the cage was empty.
This result caught Brandi a little off guard, and he thought of countless possibilities, maybe the orcs would torture him, maybe the orcs would treat him as a slave, or even directly execute him publicly.
Can...... What is it to ignore him?
On this day, Brandi sat in the cage as usual, carefully observing the situation of the orc tribe.
As a prince, he knew that there were more people than ordinary people, and that the poor people or the nobles with two gold coins were always fond of describing the savagery of the orcs, saying that they were just a bunch of talking beasts, living in dark caves or overgrown mountain cols.
Of course, this is inseparable from the hints that the royal family has always hinted at, but in fact? No, the orcs also have tribes, tribes with cities.
Although they are the same as humans, they do not have a king who unifies the race, but in the face of the unity of different races, human beings cannot compare with anything.
In the mouths of those rangers, the first contact between humans and orcs was stopped by the intervention of the dwarves.
But in the royal family's classics, it was because of the mutual defense of Honoris and Kaiadir, neither dared to leave the back to the other, which finally led to the defeat of the coalition army, and the main force of the orcs had not yet rushed from the south to the north at that time.
This is a secret that the royal families of the two countries are hiding to the death, and they dare not make this matter public, otherwise no one will bear the consequences.
But even so, the royal family's grasp of the information about the orcs is only a comprehensive and general stage, because no one knows what the specific situation of the orcs is.
And the ranger adventurers? The versions in their mouths could write ten books together.
"Judging by the observations of these days, whether in all aspects of life or force, the orcs are no less developed than humans. ”
"It's just their way of life and racial habits that lead to the existence of tribes, not to become a country, but in fact, they are tribes, but they are actually similar to a human town. ”
According to their conversation, the orcs also have cities, but they are relatively powerful places, and strength and honor are the class standards that the orcs value, not human blood and gold coins. ”
"But even such rabbit warriors have the strength of human warriors that are not weaker than human warriors, what about those tiger people, werewolves, and bear people?"
Brandi thought to himself and shook his head.
"The strength of orcs is only stronger than that of humans, but it is too scattered, and there are big problems in governance, if they can accept unified management like humans......"
Brandi suddenly stopped thinking, because he was a little afraid to think about it, but after being stunned for a long time, he still clenched his fists, he came here, and he had to be worthy of his legs.
But now the question is how to contact them, Brandi has 10,000 ways to save his life, but ...... The other party ignored him completely.
A wooden disc was placed on the ground, and a pair of cowhide boots came into Brandy's sight, followed by a tuft of dark green hair.
"I haven't noticed for so long, your hair is so long. ”
Butterfly ignored him, crouched down and stuffed the two bowls into the cage.
"Eat, I'll give you some more today. ”
"Actually, you don't have to do this, I've known Ira for a while, follow me, you can't find him. ”
"Brandi, I really can't read you. ”
Brandi smiled, picked up a bowl of greens, and ate it in a big gulp.
"How's that, are you still used to it?"
"Luckily, I still like the feeling of being at sea. ”
"That's a good thing, at least you still have someone you miss, you know? Hiccup...... My father, my eldest brother, are all dead, and my younger brother ......"
"Brandi, is this the real you at this time?"
The corners of Brandi's mouth curled slightly: "It's only been about a year since you left, and you're a lot older than you were on the ship." ”
Butterfly didn't speak, and turned to leave the place, but was stopped by Brandi when she got up.
"Wait, Butterfly, do you know why they didn't deal with me?"
"You're really crazy Brandi...... Butterfly shook her head, "it's the tribal shaman, and he's very sick, so they don't have time to come." ”
Brandi nodded and didn't speak, while picking up the rice, he watched Die'er leave, suddenly, Brandi was stunned, he slowly cut the green vegetables in the bowl, two pieces of cooked meat, and were lying quietly at the bottom of the bowl.
"Die'er, if you are so kind, you will suffer a lot in the future. ”
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In the middle of the night, a rabbit man walked into Die'er's room, his face full of excitement and anticipation.
During this time, Butterfly has been trying to integrate into the life of the orcs, and naturally it is inevitable that people will be asked about her origin and Brandy's relationship.
However, Die'er doesn't know anything about Nanriku, so she can only tell her life on the ship, but hide her father, and Brandi becomes the benefactor who rescues her.
Die'er was worried about this, and she didn't know if she could hide it, and the rabbit man who walked into her room was a little happy in her heart.
I've always lived on a ship, I've never been on land, I've never been in contact with any orcs, isn't this a ready-made companion?
"Butterfly, have you slept?"
"Not yet, Sister Bella. ”
Rabe smiled and pushed the door open and walked in, sitting directly on the edge of the bed.
"Die'er, how is it, are you still used to living here?"
"Very good, Sister Bella. ”
Bella nodded: "Butterfly, you...... Do you know the beast god?"
Die'er was stunned, of course she knew that the first time she heard about it was told to her by the sailors on the previous ship, but for so many years, she only believed in the sea god.
It's not that she is disgusted with other beliefs, but the influence from childhood to adulthood, which makes it difficult for her to change.
Die'er shook her head: "I know, but ......"
"But you don't identify with the beast god, do you?"
Butterfly agreed with silence, but did not mention anything about the sea god.
"Good boy, this is normal, but have you ever wondered why the beast god would let you wander alone at sea for so many years if the beast god was really taking care of its children?"
Die'er subconsciously hummed, and then raised her head suddenly, with a hint of incredulity in her eyes, how is this different from what she thought?
"Kids. Bella touched her forehead, "Would you like to know the real world?"
Butterfly blinked, looking stunned, in fact she didn't know how to answer the question, but Bella thought that her 'masterful' words attracted her.
Bella got up and took Die'er's hand, "Follow me, Die'er, I'll show you the truth about this world." ”
Seeing that Bella had already grabbed her hand, Butterfly, who was full of doubts, had to follow her out of the room.
Just as she replied to Brandy, she still felt that life at sea was more accustomed, and even for plant fruits, she preferred the fish that were not the same every day.
So Die'er didn't resist at the first time, because she didn't know what the result would be if she refused here.
The child who grew up on the ship was like that, who made her born when the ships of the two human empires were fighting each other.
In the darkness of the night, the two men dodged the oil lamps and torches of the tribe and walked to a room in the corner.
There was no light or fire in the room, so Bella let Butterfly wait while she fumbled around the wall.
With a sound of mechanism, a dark passage appeared in the corner of the room, and light shone out from it.
Bella beckoned to Butterfly, then pulled her inside.
Behind the passage is a staircase, and with the skill of a butterfly counting fish scales in the bilge, it is estimated that there are more than twenty steps.
After walking down the stairs, there is a corridor, and a few more steps around the corner is an underground hall.
There was a stone platform in the center of the hall, on which stood an old rabbit man, surrounded by orcs, who were sitting on a stone chair waiting for something.
After Bella walked into the hall with Butterfly, she arranged her on a bench.
Beside her, there were four rabbits who looked smaller than her, and just when she was confused, the old rabbit man on the stage spoke.
"Companions, we will welcome five new companions today, who will be guided to understand the truth of this world and puncture the dreams of those ignorant orcs. ”
Then, the old rabbit man looked at the butterflies.
"Since ancient times, the orcs have believed in the beast god and sacrificed to him the most abundant grains that we have worked so hard to come by. ”
"Blood was its favorite sacrifice during ceremonies, and its soul was its unique collection. ”
"But has it ever helped us? No! never! Why? Doesn't God really look down at his children?"
"If you think about it, for thousands of years, how have we ever heard of a miracle? What we have experienced is nothing but blood sacrifice again and again!"
"Why?!Because it's not a beast god in the first place! It's just an executioner! An evil god born in the prayers of our ignorant race, who gave a little profit but exchanged countless souls!"
The old rabbit man was hoarse, and his old hand kept slapping the table on the stone platform.
"Yes...... But the mural ......," said a little rabbit man.
"On the mural?!We orcs only have thirteen races, when have you seen it in its true face? That's because it was born from our prayers and thoughts, it's a monster! ”
"If you still don't believe that, then you go and see the shaman of the tribe, a month ago, he used the ritual handed down by the so-called beast god, and now what about you?"
"Do you know why? because it is afraid, because the more orcs who know it for what it is, the more orcs who do not believe in it, without prayer, without our thoughts, he will become weak and even disappear!"
The old rabbit man was emotional, and the rabbit people around him were also excited, and even the four children became a little eccentric.
Only Die'er, looking at everything around her blankly, thought to herself: "The sea god has not asked us for anything......"