When the night was still dark in the village of Berg in the kingdom of Karen, after crossing the huge mountain range separating the kingdom of Karen more than two thousand kilometers to the northwest, the orc chief Sauron, who was lying on a luxurious bed, suddenly woke up from his dream.

He sat up in a cold sweat, and subconsciously touched his right hand to the side, and only after holding the heavy chain hammer could he be considered to have calmed down.

But the pictures and information in the dream made Zoro not come back to his senses for a long time, he stared at the oil paintings with religious themes on the wall in front of him in a daze for a long time, and finally took a deep breath and stood up.

This is the territory of the "Cassat" in the eastern kingdoms of the Karen Kingdom, and the castle where Sauron was located originally belonged to Count Lynch, but the latter's family had a total of sixteen people in three generations, and the corpses were all hung on the outside of the city walls, shocking the surviving citizens of the outer city.

This is the northern core of the Cassatt country, "Les Fortress", which is the city that Roddy saw in the "Cullen Times" that was captured by the orcs in half a day.

According to the style of the orcs, the only way to take a human town is to grab the food and supplies, kill all the people, and then burn them down.

Because they have become accustomed to the nomadic life of no fixed home, in the human world where everyone shouts and fights, finding a fixed place is equivalent to erecting a target and waiting for others to fight...

But now, Sauron has let the remaining more than 2,000 orcs really set up camp here, and even has a strong posture based on it.

He did not carry out massacres or purges, and the entire "fortress of Les" died of the nobility of the ruling class. The common people survived—but instead of being merciful enough to continue their commercial activities, Sauron beheaded the disobedient, and all that remained was controlled and enslaved, and all the rest were sent outside the city to dig deep moats, fortify the walls, and serve them as servants, helping to hoard supplies and food.

The reason for this is that Zoro realizes that if he takes his people to hide in the mountains and forests, he will only suffer unimaginable losses when winter comes.

The military strength of the eastern kingdoms was much weaker than that of the Karen Kingdom, and after several tentative attacks, he completely changed his strategic objectives and chose to take the initiative.

"Chief!"

Seeing Zoro walk out of the bedroom, the guard at the door stood up straight and shouted in a rumbling voice.

Zoro nodded, and continued walking, arriving at the restaurant on the first floor, where the terrified human maid had already laid out the roast chicken, milk, and a large plate of bread.

In addition to the orc guards, seven or eight meters away from the table, there was a middle-aged human with a flattering expression bowing down to say hello, Zoro was accustomed to this, and did not speak, went directly to the table, and began to eat on the wide chair alone, until he ate half a roast chicken, he raised his eyelids, and asked the middle-aged man who bowed until his legs trembled: "Is the news investigation clear?"

"Yes! We've done a lot of research, and we can be sure that the magic tower in Florence City is what you said it is..."

When answering the question, the bowed head was almost touching the ground.

This is also the norm for the humans who are now alive in the city - either to become a fearful slave like a maid, or to use their talents in the service of the orcs.

Originally, most people were reluctant to bow to the stinky orcs, but Sauron's countermeasures were very simple: cut off the heads directly if they resisted the fiercest, and ignore them for the time being. He did not rely solely on massacres to intimidate the remaining group of people, but held the city, and after the three groups of troops who came to the rescue were pushed flat with a strong wind, these people in the city basically gave up their original insistence...

The backbone of the people has been killed, and the remaining people are in order to survive, and serving the orcs is obviously not something they can't accept.

And at this time, Sauron showed mercy: for the first humans who were willing to stand up and serve him, such as the low-level mage in front of him, he did not hesitate to reward him with large sums of money, and even let him choose women to enjoy at will, and gave him various privileges.

As they came and went, these guys no longer had any psychological barriers to doing things, working hard for Sauron every day, and returning at night to lash out at women who were previously unattainable, or using their privileges to satisfy their inner evil fetishes.

By now, Sauron's rule in the city was basically solid, and even if the number of orcs was not large, he had gained control over the city and its nearby villagers because he controlled enough humans.

However, all of this is based on the fact that "orcs have super combat effectiveness".

In the past, orcs were much stronger than humans in terms of strength alone, but on the whole, there was a limit to their strength, and once applied to the battle array, that difference was easily erased by equipment and military literacy.

But now the orcs have changed dramatically.

Since being affected by the fluctuation before the Demon Gate closed on the battlefield of the Karen Kingdom, the strength of Zoro and the orcs in the clan has increased dramatically: the strength of ordinary orcs has increased greatly, and the guys who were originally a little thin have turned into muscle sticks after they have plenty of food- This level of strength is obviously beyond common sense, after all, the orcs on the way to escape have no time to exercise, nor do they fight often, according to the normal adjustment function of the body, the long-term march will make their muscles softer and their bodies thinner.

But after crossing the mountains and coming to the Eastern Kingdom, the orc soldiers who had been following Sauron swelled up almost like balloons, and even their height was on average more than ten centimeters taller.

As the most powerful "witch doctor" in the tribe, Sauron himself has not only become the strongest among them, but has also advanced by leaps and bounds in witchcraft: the orc warriors and wolf cavalry who have been blessed by his witchcraft are now the same in impact and combat power as before.

The lowest part of the wall of the "Fortress of Les" where Sauron is currently located is five meters, but in front of the orc warriors who have been blessed with witchcraft, the wall is like a hurdle, and they can climb it without hindrance.

When they carried out the assault before, they didn't even borrow siege equipment, and the two squads that simply attacked took control of the city wall!

This change gave Sauron a lot of confidence and was the main reason why he dared to defend the city.

However, after breakfast, the subordinates of several tribes who came to participate in the "military and political discussion" were obviously not as calm as Sauron-

"Chief, if we don't attack again, I'm afraid the fourth group of humans will be gathered and come over!"

"Otherwise, now we take the initiative, those guys won't be vulnerable at all!"

The Overseers who spoke were tall, each over two meters, shoulder-width like a wall. When they talk excitedly, they will also bang their fists on the table, resulting in many cracks on the wooden table in front of them.

Sauron didn't argue, he just waved his hand, and the four Overseers fell silent.

Obviously, Sauron's status and prestige were so high that none of the four beastly Overseers dared to be presumptuous in front of him.

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