- Orcs?

-- You wouldn't think that the orcs who wandered around Sharp Jaw Harbor and Grey Ridge grew out of the ground like potatoes, the lich said, and they also crawled out of their mother's belly with a body of blood, and they had their homeland, and they had gods and priests of faith, and they had armies, and they had rulers, but they didn't have kings, but maybe soon, in that accident...... He glanced at the souls of the other world, and before it happened, a soul brought me news that among the thousands of tribes, the most powerful of the dozens of clans were preparing to unite and establish a nation like humans, and that the only reason why this thing has continued to this day is that they are fighting for the throne that must have only one hand.

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- The Orcs are located on the northern side of the Dragons' Mountains, covering the entire mountain, but the largest and most numerous tribes mostly roam the Screaming Plains at the foot of the Dragon's Back Mountains, accustomed to invading the south before the broad-leaved trees lose all their leaves, filling their stomachs with the wealth and flesh of the aliens, and feeding their people to survive the harsh and long winters of the Screaming Plains...... If Auluel, the goddess of winter, was willing to show mercy to humanity, she would have enveloped the dragon's spine with blizzards, winds, and cold temperatures that could freeze steel and crack steel, as she had done every time, or even the dragon's belly pass where Thundercastle was located—blizzards would bury roads and pits, obscure cliffs, and obscure vision, winds would push unsteady feet and hooves, swaying bodies and crunchy snow and ice to make them unable to walk, and terrible temperatures would freeze entire armies overnight - The orcs hadn't crossed the Dragon's Belly Pass for ten years, and if they had gotten a warm winter as the elf had predicted, the humans of Thundercastle might have been forced to face a raging tide of hungry and frenzied orcs.

So they came to ask the elves for help?

- Just give them a reason, the elves are always not afraid to stretch out their claws, the former undead mocked, the area covered by the Silvercrown Forest even crossed the Dragon's Spine Mountains, although the dense forest at the other end of the mountain range has long been cut down by the orcs, but that does not mean that they are willing to watch the dense vegetation and do their duty, they burn the dense forest to obtain the precious Mithril from the Silvercrown Tree, invade the elves' palaces and plunder the riches, and the elves, as they did with the humans, no, they hate the elves more than the humans, and the human males still have the opportunity to be used as slavesHuman females are also left alive as instruments of reproduction, and only those who are old and wounded and useless are slashed and boiled and roasted for the army—but all elves, no matter how noble your status or how beautiful your appearance, are used by their priests to sacrifice to the gods of the orcs...... And before the sacrifice, the sacrifice was bound to be humiliated and tortured for a long and cruel time, and the orcs believed that the clearer and higher the screams and wails of the sacrifice, the more they would be favored by their gods, and at the end they cut off the hands and feet of the sacrifice, dug out the internal organs and features except the heart, stripped the skin of the whole body, drained its blood, and imprisoned its soul in the blood chalcedony before it lost its last trace of warmth - your expression disgusted me, fool, what are you thinking?

- Uh...... I was just thinking, well, you're talking about that...... Always look ...... Extraordinarily excited?The soul of the other world commented with restraint.

- Because this is what I love the most, said the lich, with a vicious and irascible glance, of course, you can't understand it, it's normal - well, in that case, we don't have to waste each other's time, you just need to know that on the south side of the dragon's belly pass, in addition to the human city, there is also the elven city, which they never allow non-elves to enter (here the souls of the other world hear the gloating that is about to overflow), so the elves have a covenant with the king to whom the knight of Tyre swore allegiance- The owners of Thundercastle did not come to ask for help, but to ask them to fulfill their promise.

- War?

-- War.

And when the discussion in Zhihai came to an end, the conversation of Zhihai had also come to an end, Birdwin and Carey were both sparse and bold people, although to a certain extent, rangers and knights can be regarded as people in high positions, but they did not feel that this would affect their own life, so the conversation between the two was short and clear, neither insincere nor prevaricating- However, it also has to do with the fact that they are not the final decision-makers, and their role is to bring back everything they know and bring it to the people they have sworn allegiance to.

"Have you ever seen a more lavish wedding?" asked the knight, but apparently he did not need an answer: "I would believe in a duke or a king's wedding—a jousting tournament of five hundred knights that lasted for nearly forty years, hundreds of bards, harlequins, and bear-and-monkey entertainers, priests and prostitutes of Frow, flowers and brocades everywhere, clothes given to the guests, free light wine and bread...... The price is as low as a gift of ice ...... Whether it's dwarven saltpeter or mage's spells, the cost of making them is not too low. ”

"Mage," Kerriben said, "Dermon is a mage, and he has recently recruited more mages for the White Tower. ”

"I hate mages," said Baldwin, holding the golden cup, thoughtfully, "I don't like Demon either, and I think what happened to him was too coincidental - look, his father fell off the wall in that man-made riot, his little brother went mad and killed his brother, and he, he put an end to the riot, cured the people of madness, gained the trust and love of everyone in the White Tower, and took the whole city in his hands as a matter of course. He took a sip of the spicy, sweet liquid, "Do you think he would be a good ruler? You know, I've heard his name even though I'm thousands of miles away, and even among the mages he's famous for his gloom and eccentricity—and he doesn't like elves, he doesn't care to show them, and he even hates you." ”

"So what," said Careyben indifferently, "he doesn't dare to do anything, and he can't do anything more." ”

"I think here in the White Tower," Berdwin said bluntly, "your decision was wrong from the start—you should not have involved people in the management of the White Tower, and you should not have agreed to the previous lord's offer to make his daughter, a half-elf, lord in exchange for his brother's lifelong and inheritable dominion over the White Tower—a woman!" he shook his head, "What a mistake, a woman with a scepter is as bad as a man who can give birth." He sighed, and said sincerely: "See, they are always bewitched by jewels and sweet words, and then easily give away themselves and all that they have—the army, the land, and the people are no more beleasing to them than a little flower with dew." They themselves are a little flower, and you can pamper them and protect them, but you must not give them rights, even the right to dispose of them, because they can always get things out of control, and you can never imagine that a knight will not put the tip of his sword to his heart, but they can dig out their heart and give it to others to trample on!"

"That's her choice. ”

"Wrong choice," said Berdwin, categorically, "I can see the end of her, Demont will soon get rid of her, and after he has so much power, do you know that he is reviewing the documents of Partridge Hill on his behalf? If Demon wants to maintain some degree of contact with you, she will die after giving birth to one or two children, and if Demon does not want to maintain contact with the elves, then neither she nor her children will be spared. ”

That's her choice, too. ”

Baldwin smiled, his gray eyes sparkling and beautiful, "Elves are incomprehensible creatures," he said, raising his glass and "forgive me," he said, "People sometimes say you're forgiving, but I don't think you're being tolerant, it's harsh in another way - especially for half of your kind," he glanced at the dark-haired child. It's hard to get a good out of your trials, especially if you don't even want to explain the rules. ”

"But it's not impossible," Kerry said, looking as usual, "isn't it, Cremar?"

"Huh?"

Baldwin laughed, cute little lines gathered at the end of his eyes, "I like this little one!" he said, "really." ”

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