Chapter 853: Intelligence (Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a subscription, ask for a recommendation)
Solam's ability to speak orc language is not mentioned for the time being, but the information given by this black orc really shocked everyone. It turned out that the monster movement in the Cloud Mist Mountains during this time was diagnosed by the mastermind behind the scenes.
Red Dragon - "Old Scar" Klaus
This red dragon is not well-known in the mainland, at least Solam has never heard of this name, which is very incompatible with the style of the red dragon family. The red dragon is the most powerful of the evil five-colored dragons,
Red dragons are large in size, their powerful claws and teeth are a nightmare for adventurers, they often use spit attacks or other special physical attacks, as well as magic that they have mastered since ancient times, and they are known among dragons for their irascible and murderous nature!
Every red dragon has a well-known reputation in the mainland, and basically the first pot of gold of each red dragon is obtained by robbing various towns and villages, so as long as it is a red dragon, it will more or less leave some reputation on the mainland.
(After the red dragon becomes an adult, he generally won't rob intelligent creatures anymore, because by that time, they no longer look down on the wealth of those small towns, and the larger cities, they don't dare to rob them blatantly, after all, there are really not too many people in the Faren Continent who want to be dragon slayer warriors.) Therefore, when the red dragon becomes an adult, he will put the target of robbery on his own kind and rob other dragons! )
But "Old Scar" Klaus, this name has never been heard of by either Solam or anyone else.
According to the Black Orc, "Old Scar" Klaus is a middle-aged red dragon who is said to have the bloodline of the "Mad Tyrant", Balagath's Flying Flame. This red dragon has the evil and brutality that all red dragons possess, but unlike the other red dragons, it seems to have little interest in robbing the continent, preferring to be the ruler.
"Old Scar" Klaus has conquered all the ogres, orcs, gnolls, goblins, kobolds, and giant tribes in the southeast of the Cloud Mountains, and it has made those monsters loyal to it, and at the same time, every once in a while, it will also make all the monsters loyal to him and some tribes of intelligent creatures living in the mountains "tax". (mostly treasure, small part food) and anyone who dares to disobey it will pay a heavy price.
"Old Scar" Klaus has been ruling the land of Immanuel for almost one hundred and thirty years, but he rarely leaves here, and even he does not allow too many monsters to leave here to harass humans, but recently, I don't know what happened, "Old Scar" Klaus suddenly let all the monsters start to attack Am, helping it plunder all the wealth.
Originally, the monsters under its command thought that it was just a whim and wanted to make a profit, but as time went by, even the brainless guys like the black orcs felt that something was wrong. "Old Scar" Klaus did not intend to make a fortune and give up, but instead used some strange magic to recruit monsters from the Cloud Mountains to join his monster army, and continued to push deeper into Am.
It doesn't intend to retract after a robbery, it intends to occupy the areas that have already been captured! According to the black orc, "Old Scar" Klaus seems to be intent on building an empire ruled by it!
It has now ordered the complete relocation of some of the monsters to their original human towns
"A red dragon planning to build a country?" This statement made everyone look at each other. It's not that they're surprised that red dragons have such ambitions, in fact, many red dragons like this tune, and their greedy nature makes them very obsessed with power. Among all the dragons, the red dragon is the most fond of recruiting younger brothers, and in the general red dragon lair, there are often many ogres, orcs, gnolls, goblins, kobolds and other monsters as minions and slaves. They love the feeling of manipulating other people's lives and deaths.
But the chaotic nature of the red dragons makes it impossible for them to establish a so-called country, so most of the red dragons also laugh at themselves in their own nests, and as for the actual action, there are few left.
Even the so-called founding of the legendary dragon Balagas 'Flying Flame' is just a place to enclose and then come out to rob from time to time, and it is impossible to really say that he wants to build an empire, with the chaotic nature of the red dragon.
But now, it seems that this "old scar" Klaus really intends to do so, and he has sent his monsters out to settle down!
Of course, this is not the real point, after all, what the founding of the country is, it is a matter of the future, whether it will be successful or not. The real point is that now "Old Scar" Klaus is constantly using spells to recruit monsters from the Cloud Mountains to join his command, and that's the big problem!
How many monsters are there in the Cloud Mountains, this question is not answered even by the most knowledgeable scholars, after all, the Cloud Mountains are not small, and the terrain is complex, God knows how many monsters are hidden inside? If that "old scar" Klaus can really use spells to recruit monsters without limit, then the whole of Amm will be in danger.
"Do you know how it summons those monsters?" Solam asked in orc language.
"I don't know, I just know that the master often locks himself in a tower made of black stone, but every once in a while, it will fly to the depths of the Rain and Fog Mountains, and then there will be a steady stream of troops gathered under the master's command."
The black orc honestly answered all of Solam's questions, orcs are like this, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, since he agreed to Solam's challenge, he will definitely admit it. This is also the cuteness of orcs, in fact, most orcs are actually quite easy to get along with if they are not too vicious, because they don't have any fancy intestines. Of course, this point of view is difficult for ordinary people to accept.
But the description of the black orc is too simple, and Solam can't figure out how the red dragon summoned the monster. A tower made of black stone? Could it be the Mage Tower? Because most mage towers are built of obsidian, isn't obsidian black? As for the fact that the red dragon flew into the Cloud Mountains every once in a while, Soram couldn't guess if it had anything to do with summoning monsters.
"And where is your lair? What about the deployment of troops there? Since he couldn't figure it out for a while, Soram decided to put this aside for a while, and then asked for other information.
When the black orc heard this, his eyes were suddenly dazed, and he didn't understand it at all. To be precise, he understood the first half of the sentence, but he didn't understand what the second half of the sentence meant by the troop arrangement?
Seeing this scene, Soram could only sigh. Orcs are also intelligent races, but looking at the orc in front of him, his vocabulary is estimated to be not much stronger than that of a goblin. It's no wonder that others would directly classify orcs among monsters.
"I mean, who's in your lair?"
Now the black orc understood.
But what he said next made everyone stunned.
"Our lair is in the Dark Keep, but I don't know what is going on inside, the master does not allow us orcs to enter the Dark Keep, there are only horned red-skinned bastards and short stone heads. The hosts are responsible for everything. ”
"Horned red-skinned bastard? Short stone head? ”
Some of the words he says are very simple, and they are even more confusing when put together. In the end, it was the black orc's gesture and description that made Soram understand what the horned red-skinned bastard and the short stone head were.
According to the Black Orc's description, the red-skinned bastard with horns should be Tiefling. Tiefling's bloodline is tainted by demons, so there are obvious demonic features on his body, of which long horns and red skin are the most common features.
As for the short stone head, it is easy to understand, it must be a dwarf, and as for which branch of the dwarf it is, Soram is not sure. (There are many types of dwarves, including shield dwarves, golden dwarves, mountain dwarves, gray dwarves, Dilo dwarves, mountain dwarves, valley dwarves, and fire dwarves)
A red dragon actually controls a city, and the city is inhabited by dwarves and tiflins?
This information made everyone stunned, Immanuel has always been a wasteland, and Amm has never cared about this land for thousands of years, so how can there be a city on it? Who built the city?
But the black orc said that he didn't know, anyway, the city was already there, and they had never explored it, and the black orc didn't have the leisure to worry about what was there or not. As for Tieflin and the dwarves, it's even more confusing. It has always been a wasteland, there are no intelligent creatures at all, and dwarves are acceptable, after all, they are originally a race that likes to live in the mountains, and some dwarven populations do like to stay away from human civilization.
Ketieflin? As a demon descendant, Tieflin is not a hidden race that likes to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and the evil nature in the bloodline makes them yearn for a depraved and exciting life even more. But Solam and they didn't expect that in such a poor and remote place, there would be Tieflin to survive.
The status of the black orc is obviously not too high under the red dragon "Old Scar" Klaus, and there is no useful information after asking for a long time. Soram simply used a spell to erase his amnesics, and then knocked him unconscious and threw it aside. As for whether he will become an idiot when he wakes up (a spell to erase memories is dangerous, a bad one, it is very likely to turn a person into an idiot), or simply turn into carnivore feces, it all depends on his luck.
After cleaning up the black orcs, the group headed north, and after several days of traveling, they finally passed through a coniferous forest. The bare stones in front of him and the sound of a gust of mountain wind blowing in front of him indicate that the peak of the dark castle that the black orcs said was not far away.