Tisilan Mountains, southern forests.

A group of rabbits are busy reinforcing the wooden fence on the edge of the village, saying that they are rabbits, but in fact they look basically the same as humans, except for the pair of rabbit ears on their heads.

The trees around the village are sparse and can be seen to have been cut down, and the hillsides are dotted with simple crops such as greens, beans and some brown mushrooms, but they are not growing well.

There are about 200 rabbit-eared people in the village, and they all live in tall mushrooms.

That's right, these mushrooms are taller than people, the interior is hollowed out to make just one room, and the top of the mushroom is also very colorful, with orange-yellow, bright red, light blue, and a small amount of light green. It looks amazing and beautiful.

The large and small mushroom houses are gathered together, which is quite fairytale-like.

The men, women, and children in the village seemed to be busy, and they hurried to and fro, constantly bringing in stones, adding wooden fences, and sharpening the upper part of the wooden wall to increase the lethality.

Unfortunately, they had limited iron tools and few weapons, most of which were sharpened with wooden poles, and only a few spears had iron tips on them.

And those gun heads are also full of small chips, which should have been used for a long time, but they are very bright, there is no rust, and they should be very well maintained.

Lorain Hill quietly observed this particular group of races on the opposite hill.

The Rabbit Ears are an offshoot of the Orc family. In the First Age, the orcs were also widely distributed in all corners of the continent, and also had their own country, and were the most powerful race after the elves at that time. They have their own unique culture, writing, and customs.

But there are also huge differences between orcs, some are very murderous and ferocious, and some are very gentle and weak, and they cannot be generalized.

And the group of rabbits in front of them belongs to the kind of relatively weak people, in the historical records, even when the orc empire was at its peak, they were often used as farmers and auxiliary work, the only time they participated in the war, and the records left behind were not good-looking.

The girl is not very clear about the current outside situation, but she can probably guess that this group of rabbits should have a very bad life. Most of them were thin, poorly dressed, with a lot of patches, and they were very thin.

In the early morning of autumn, there is a chill in the mountains, and some young rabbits are shivering with cold, but it is much better when the sun rises.

The only thing that is commendable is that they love cleanliness and are relatively united.

Although the clothes are worn, they are white after washing, and there are not many stains to be seen. The cooperation is very good, and if one rabbit can't do it alone, everyone else is happy to help, and at the same time it can be seen that he is very diligent. Everyone works together, no one is lazy, even a little rabbit will do something simple as he can.

"Kanda.... How's the village preparing now? ”

An old man, with a pair of gray rabbit ears on his head, asked a sturdy young man in front of him with a cane, who also had a pair of rabbit ears on his head, but they were black.

"Father, we've renovated the walls around the village, put stones in the back to reinforce them, and we're almost done."

"Well... Good... Have all the people in the village gathered, and are there any people who have not come back outside? ”

"Almost all of them have returned, only Eden has not returned, and he said that he will go to the other villages for help."

"Other villages, alas..... Don't embarrass people, there are a few rabbit-eared villages around. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that if they are not surviving in hardship, they will have the strength to help us. ”

"When I was young, there were more than a dozen villages in this forest, large and small, and they could still support each other, communicate with each other, and even get some iron products at that time. And now, there are only 5 villages left, and I'm afraid it won't be long before there are only 4, alas...."

"Father, can't we leave this dangerous forest?"

The young man with black rabbit ears was a little puzzled and excited.

"Leave? Where can you go if you leave here? ”

The old man sighed and touched a hair ornament hanging from the cane, the main body of this ornament was a ball, and below it was a bronze nameplate with several strings entwined, and the nameplate was engraved with two words. If you are familiar with the orc language, you will know that the two words on the above two sides mean "white water".

"The Wild Fang Empire, once a powerful country, has been dissipated for thousands of years. Now, it's the world of human beings, isn't it the same where to go, in this mountain forest, at least there can be freedom, and after you go out, you can only be a slave. ”

"However, I've heard that there are still a large number of orc tribes in the Gufia steppe, and we can go there."

"No.... Silly children, in a foreign land, the same kind can sometimes be even more terrible than humans. ”

"Humans will take us into slavery, but at least we can survive. When we encounter our own kind, we rabbit-eared people may be used as food. Don't think this is alarmist, this kind of thing has happened a lot in the first place. ”

The rabbit-eared old man shook his head, looked at the busy clansmen at the bottom of the hillside, and was silent for a while before speaking.

"If you can't resist it, you can take this nameplate and take the remaining young people and children who can still walk to other villages."

"This is the clan card given to our rabbit-eared clan when the Crazy Tooth Empire was still there, and the entire rabbit-eared clan only got three nameplates, namely Heijing, Baijing, and Gray."

"Thousands of years ago, with this nameplate, it was possible to have the qualification to grow grain south of the Gaudan Plain, under the protection of the Imperial Rangers. And as an obligation, the three tribes of Rabbit Ears had to pay a sufficient amount of grain to the empire every year to maintain this relationship. ”

"It is said that the first years were fine, but later, as the number of our clan continued to rise, the empire sent young men and women to fight or work in order to control the numbers."

"It's said to be a war, but in fact, it's using our rabbit-eared clan as cannon fodder, or even rations for marching."

"However, our clan is too weak to resist, so we can only let it go. So, you don't have to be nostalgic for the Tempest Empire, and you'll have to be more careful when you see other carnivorous orc tribes. ”

The black-eared youth had some difficulty accepting this fact, he had not learned about these dusty histories for thousands of years before, and he only heard about them for the first time today.

"I see, father."

The young man's tone was a little heavy, and then he continued to ask.

"Aren't you leaving?"

"I'm old, I can't walk fast, I can't work, I just waste food."

"You've grown up, and I've taught you everything you need to teach." The old man touched the young man's head with his withered yellow palm, and smiled with satisfaction.

"When people meet, there will be a day of separation, so don't be sad, besides, isn't there still a possibility of victory? Are you a young man, not as ambitious as me? ”