"It's a matter of time before you go out to fight, but there's no hurry now. ”

Sauron's voice was low, and compared to the four new Overseers, he was clearly not the emotional commander, and his eyes were unusually calm.

"But... Chief, if we don't fight and they gather forces to attack, it will be difficult to hold on to these people in the city alone. ”

"War depends on timing, it's harvest season, and continuing to wage war is not the best option for these countries - you may not know that the three human lords in the three directions have had conflicts with each other before, so they are not monolithic, understand?"

Sauron looked at the Overseer and asked, "Have you counted the food to be used by the troops?"

Several of the Overseers looked at each other, and one of them whispered back, "Chief, we... I'm not very good at calculating these things..."

"So it doesn't matter?"

Sauron's eyes narrowed, and the four Overseers' scalps tightened, and each one didn't even dare to raise his gaze.

"Remember, we're not the same as we were now. On the grassland, it's enough to count the flock, but here, if the grain calculation is wrong, it won't just be your subordinates who will starve to death, but everyone will suffer together!"

"It's... Chief!"

"If you can't figure it out, then find the humans who know how to do the math, and I still need to teach you that? Remember, if a human dares to play tricks, you know what to do. ”

The four Overseers promised to complete their tasks, but Sauron didn't say much, because he knew that it would be good to hold a meeting with these guys and say that the other party could do one of the three things, so he simply had a theme for each meeting, so that one thing could be firmly implemented and considered a success.

After all, the education level of the orcs is not high, and most of them have developed limbs and are simple-minded, which is something that Sauron can't change.

After today's regular meeting, Sauron put on his armor and burqa as usual, and walked out into the streets of the city where the orc tribes were housed—Sauron had a similar habit before, but then he was patrolling tents in the grasslands, and now he was patrolling the neighborhoods.

The chief's personal tour was not for show, but something that was done almost every day. Sauron was accompanied by only four guards, and the orcs on both sides of the street greeted him with great respect, and held the leader in high esteem.

But Sauron's expression was always solemn, he specially visited several orc families who had just given birth, told the newborn family that the food subsidy must be in place, and then returned to the inner city full of concern.

He now confirmed one thing: not only did the orcs become stronger, but they also had shorter reproductive cycles.

Originally, orc pregnant women were similar to humans, and it took eight months to give birth before they were pregnant, but since the orc's body began to change, several batches of mothers gave birth to fetuses nearly a month in advance, and these babies were strong, not at all premature babies were weak, and even lower than the previous neonatal mortality rate, more than ninety percent of them carried the initial dangerous period, and now they are beginning to thrive.

In the recent batches of pregnant women, the birth cycle is even less than six months. But the orcs were born without a problem - it sounded like a good thing to allow the orcs to multiply and expand their population, but for Sauron, it was clear that these sudden changes were not a gift from nature, but an ability from some kind of power.

The other orcs didn't know, but Sauron knew very well that the nightmares he had had over the past few days, the images of war that flashed back and forth, and the very directed whispers, proved that everything the orcs had gained so far had a price.

Some beings want to use orcs to achieve their goals.

In his dreams, he saw humanity destroyed by orcs, saw the tribes build a vast empire after taking over the world, and saw himself put on gorgeous armor and put on a blood-red crown.

But all this did not make Zoro intoxicated and happy.

He knew very well that in his life cycle, he would not see the moment when the orcs would bulldoze the human kingdom or even establish an empire. Even if the orcs now have a shortened reproductive cycle to half a year, they are not cockroaches, how can they compete with the huge base of humans in a few decades?

The city may still be stable at the moment, and if he were given half of the territory of the Karen Kingdom, Zoro would be sure that he would not be able to control it at all - he couldn't take care of the rebellion alone, where would he have the time to develop?

So the beautiful scenery in the dream didn't swell his ambitions, but instead made Zoro calm down and think...

He was an orc with an independent will, something that perhaps the one who influenced his dreams didn't realize.

Outside Elson, Talia, who had just boarded the train, was following Naifi with her luggage, staring at everything around her with wide eyes, unable to speak for a long time.

"The thirteenth row... Over here. Master Ethan, this is your place. Taria and I were right behind. ”

"Okay. ”

Mage Ethan, wearing a hat and black robes, looked at the double berth in front of him and nodded.

Nefi placed her luggage in the locker under the bed, and then pulled Lataria along, "We are in the opposite bunk, you can sit here." ”

"Huh... Good. ”

Tarya lifted the hem of her robe and sat inside. They sat in soft sleepers, much more spacious than the noisy hard-seat cars ahead. Although it was a bed, none of the bedding on it was a bargain, and the fluffy mattress made Taria raise her eyebrows.

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay... I just remembered the carriage at home, and I had to climb on top of it, but I fell and fell stupid..."Tariya obviously believed that this was what she had experienced, and sighed: "I remember waking up and not even being able to speak, and for a while, it was difficult to walk and pick up things. ”

"It's good that it's back now, don't think about it so much. ”

At this point, a whistle was heard in front of the train, and the carriage began to move slowly, and the scene outside the window receded, with only some slight but regular vibrations underfoot.

"It's... Amazing, isn't this magically driven? How long are we going to go?"

"I heard that it's a black stone or something... Anyway, it's really not driven by magic crystals. As for how long it will take, I just saw that it says on the platform that we will probably be in Hollier City tomorrow morning. Here's another note - haha, it's a menu for lunch and dinner, it's all free, and there will be a flight attendant to distribute it..."

Neffie whispered, "By the way, does your arm hurt?"

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt. ”

Tarya rubbed it, she was tied up all night, she did feel a little numb in her arms after waking up in the morning, but after a few movements, she completely recovered, looked around, she asked softly, "That... Did I react to anything else last night? I didn't say anything in my sleep, did I?"

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