Chapter 290: Orcs
East of Longxi Pass
The mortal enemies of mankind, where the orcs currently live, although this place seems to be a large area, not much smaller than the territory that Aragorn led the humans to grab in the first place, but in fact there is not much land that can be used.
This is a relatively barren land, and most places can't even raise a few weeds, let alone compared to the fertile soil of the Central Great Plains, and even compared to the Northland, which is considered an enclave by the kingdom, it is several notches behind.
In this vast and barren land, the orc kingdom has been licking its wounds, and has never given up for a moment the determination to break the Dragon's Breath Pass and regain the land that was once lost.
It's a pity that in previous years, let alone breaking the Dragon's Breath Pass, the human double-digit dragon knights could easily defeat the poor air power of the orcs, and then assist those weak but large armies to defeat the ground army of the orcs.
If it weren't for the fact that the territory of the orcs was indeed large enough, so that humans would never be able to maintain a large army for a long time to fight in depth, perhaps the hidden dangers of the orcs would not have been able to drag on today.
It wasn't until the last hundred years that the situation began to change, the human dragon knights became fewer and fewer, and the human attack became more and more weak, and finally it was suppressed by the orc kingdom that was lying on the back of the dragon's breath, forming a decades-long confrontation, but the new king of the orcs was no longer satisfied with this confrontation, he was trying to break this deadlock.
Orc royal capital, Monaya
This Xiongcheng, which was established only a hundred years ago, stands only 500 kilometers east of Longxi Pass.
Originally, the orc kings were still in the depths of the eastern plateau, but with the strategic contraction of human beings in the past hundred years, the orcs gradually limited the scope of human activities to the line of Longxi Pass, and the originally dangerous place became the rear.
Relatively speaking, the place closer to the Dragon's Breath Pass, the land is relatively fertile, and it can also support a larger population, so since the previous orc king, the orc royal capital has moved to Monaya.
Of course, the king of the orcs is not as prosperous as the human side in any case, the style of the whole city of Monaya is rough, and the resident orcs are about 200,000.
The only decent-looking building in the city sits in the center, and although the style is still rough, the exquisite paintings and hideous totems on the building, combined with the large floor space, make this building a bit wild and domineering.
There are a large number of orcs in iron armor standing outside the building, guarding the building without dead ends, although the eastern plateau occupied by the orcs is short of food, there is no shortage of iron ore, and the smelting level of the orcs is not low, so the equipment of the orcs is not much worse than that of humans.
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"Your Majesty Jordan, according to reliable information, the Commander of the Nuno Legion should have been wiped out."
Although the information of the orcs is somewhat delayed, after all, there are still some channels for so many years of feud with humans, and Richard has no intention of concealing it, but is still vigorously publicizing, and it is not difficult for orcs to obtain this information.
A tall orc in a blood-red cloak sat on a throne, listening to the following vassals report information about the elite expeditionary force that had preceded it.
Haldane?? Ryan, the contemporary king of the orc kingdom, is full of blonde hair, three-dimensional facial features reflect the noon sun, with a hint of god-like majesty, in stark contrast to ordinary green-skinned orcs, if it weren't for the fact that his tall body and claws on his palms are too different from normal humans, I'm afraid that no one will object to saying that he is a handsome blond man.
"Doesn't it mean that the human Northland has been hit hard by ogres, and there is no power to resist the elite of our race? The humans didn't even mobilize the dragon knights, so why did Nuno be wiped out? ”
"Your Majesty, our intelligence is wrong, although the Ranster family in the human northland has been severely damaged by ogres, the strength of the newly rising Hunter family is still above the Lancet family, and more importantly, in addition to the army, the Hunter family also has a red dragon, which is quite strong."
No matter how difficult it is for the orcs to get information on the human side, such a well-known thing as the Northland Hunter family owning a dragon can still be gathered.
"Red Dragon?"
"Have you found out the source? Could it be that humanity has some covenant with the red dragon? ”
"As far as we know, this red dragon should not be from the red dragon clan, it seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and the human kingdom doesn't know the source very well."
Hearing this, Haldane breathed a sigh of relief, compared to the total annihilation of the expeditionary force in the Northlands, it would be even worse news if the human race got the help of another dragon at this time.
After a moment's thought, Haldane spoke:
"Intelligence mistakes, it's not your problem, it's just a pity for General Nuno and so many warriors."
Haldan is not a king without common sense, but a rather wise monarch, and he knows how difficult it is to get intelligence on the human side, so he will not make too harsh demands.
"Your Majesty, is the plan to go ahead with the expedition to the Northlands?"
The Northland Expedition is definitely not only the vanguard of the thousand people of Nuno, there are tens of thousands of troops to arrive in batches in the future, and the thousand people are just exploring the way.
Detouring the snow field, even with the cooperation of the snow giant, is also a very risky thing, whether it is a big blizzard or encountering the white-haired wind, it will bury the army, and the risk of tens of thousands of troops being dispatched at the same time is too high, once this kind of natural disaster is encountered, the elite orc army can only be given in vain, at most a small number of masters will survive, it is not of much use.
"Stop for now."
Although this road was opened up by the orcs at a great cost, the current situation is that it is for nothing to continue to send people there, and the vanguard cannot stand, and the idea of temporarily stopping the attack on the Northland is a rational decision.
"Boom!"
Just as the orc monarchs and ministers continued to discuss how to put pressure on the human Dragon's Breath Pass and find a way to break through the Dragon's Breath Pass, a golden flame directly rushed through the roof of the main hall and landed on the aisle in the middle of the hall.
"Protect Your Majesty!"
After a moment of shock, the guards in the orc hall reacted quickly and stood in front of Haldan, staring closely at the smoke and dust smashed by the golden fireball.
Slightly
Out of the smoke and dust came a humanoid being, and if you look closely, it is actually a human being.
"Boom! Boom! …”
There are no rules in the orc kingdom that you can't wear weapons to enter the temple, whether it is the guards in the palace or the officials who were discussing in the main hall just now, they all pulled out their weapons and surrounded this sudden human group.
"Human! Look for death! ”
At this time, the orcs had already suffered from human PTSD symptoms, and the other party inexplicably broke into their own core generation, and they looked like humans, and it was difficult for the orcs to react without being excited.
"Humans? I'm not, it's pretty rude for you to treat me like that pathetic worm. ”
"You're not human?"
"Hmph, trespassing into the palace is also a capital crime, take it, and naturally everything will be clear."
"I have important information about the human race, about the dragon knights, and the Northlands, I can help you achieve your long-cherished wishes, are you sure you want to be so rude? Orcs! ”
"Bold!"
"Take him!"
"Wait a minute."
Sitting on the throne, the orc king Haldan, whose expression was always unwavering, stopped the eager orcs.
"If you say you're not human, and you say you can help us achieve our long-cherished wishes, why should we believe you? Or can you introduce yourself? ”
Haldane showed enough patience to ask for the identity of the other party.
"Me? I am the First Acolyte of the Great Lord of the Rising Sun, Adriro. ”
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