"No way, orcs never succumb to anyone's power. ”

Without even thinking about it, Mondo smiled and repudiated Leo's claim.

Orcs have a far greater sense of glory than other races, and they would rather die than be disabled, let alone slaves.

It is also because of this that in the War of the Five Races, the battle loss rate of the orcs is much higher than that of other races, and of course, this is also the only place where the orcs, who are known as savage and brutal, are feared by other races.

So when Mondo heard the word, his first reaction was that Leo had said the wrong thing.

"But that's what it is, Chief. Orcs will not succumb to power, but they will succumb to the bread of their families. ”

Leo looked at Mondo's gray and rough face and said bluntly: "My lord, times have changed, since the loss of that unique leader, the orcs no longer have a big rear for them to feel at ease. ”

Mondo has led the orcs to fight for many years, and his control of the current situation is top-notch, but just now he lacks understanding of the changes in the world, and his judgment is a little wrong.

At this time, after Leo's point, the frozen world in Mondo's memory began to thaw little by little, flowing towards the end point that Leo said.

Four hundred years ago, the five great races lived in different parts of the world according to their own habits, the elves lived in the forests, the barbarians retreated to the desert oases, the dwarves dug into the mountains and holes, and the humans occupied the plains and did not produce, and the orcs who lived everywhere crowded the rest of the world.

The world at that time seemed to Mondo to be a palette of distinct colors.

As Mondo deduced the general trend of the world, the color palette in his mind became concrete and vivid.

When he was sealed by the God King, the orcs who had lost the command of the Holy Land must have been defeated in the frontal battle, with the temper and insight of the remaining commanders, how could they be Wille's opponents. Within three battles, the main force of the orcs will definitely be wiped out.

For the orcs who live by hunting, the loss of the main force is equivalent to the loss of all the good hunters.

The remaining small forces will inevitably choose to raid human villages for the survival of the old and weak orcs, and Wilrell will not let the weak humans be harmed either.

With the God-King suggesting and the Wisdom Goddess Metis making a plan, in less than fifteen days, all the orc settlements will be reduced to pieces of ruins under the stormy attack of Metis.

As for the captured orcs, with Willele's cunning and hypocrisy, he would certainly not use such obscene means as threats, on the contrary, he would give these orcs exactly enough food for half of them not to starve, and in terms of the unity of the orcs, the hungry must be those healthy and strong orcs.

Ten days and a half later, while all the orcs were teetering on the brink of starvation, Willell would tell them again that so far, it was humans who were obliging, and if they wanted more food, they would work for them.

At this point, all orcs will work for humans.

Under the perennial subtle influence, a little bit of compromise, it is not surprising that the orcs, who once regarded freedom and death as glory, have gradually become coolie slaves.

The expression on the faces of the gray-skinned orcs will change from anger and grief to endurance and humiliation, and then to numbness in the long four hundred years.

Mondo sighed, his already thin figure bent a little more.

The fate of the orc race, which the Great Chief had guessed in his heart, seemed to have reached Nana's mind. She held Leo in her arms, one hand to her chest.

Leo hurriedly turned sideways and let Nana lean against him.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I don't know, but I feel guilty inexplicably, as if I did something wrong. ”

Mondo was slightly stunned, because the feelings that Nana said were exactly the emotions in his heart at this time.

If he hadn't been bent on fighting Willell at that time, he wouldn't have been sealed here by strange means, and the orcs with his support would have been able to find a place far away from humans like elves anyway. That's why he felt guilty for betraying the name of the Great Chieftain back then.

Mondo collected his emotions and said, "I'm sorry, I think it's because of me. This child has a strong sense of empathy, and my mood accidentally affected her. ”

"Empathy?" was the first time Nana had shown something out of the ordinary.

No.

Leo remembered that Nana's peculiarity had already been evident when the team was formed, and only she could see Arandor behind Ente.

"Yes, being able to perceive the thoughts and emotions of other beings and reflect them in one's own heart. This ability and strength have nothing to do with it, and only the purest and kindest people can possess this rare gift. ”

At this time, there was a sudden experience of great joy and sorrow in his heart, and there was nowhere to vent his contradictory emotions, and at this time, someone suddenly could empathize with him, and he inevitably had a little more affection for Nana in his heart.

Leo looked at Mondo, who had relaxed, and the sense of oppression and threat of death that came from him seemed to be much less.

"You don't seem to be as cruel and tyrannical as you say. ”

"Rumors?" Mondo asked, "What do the rumors say about me?"

"They say that you are cruel and murderous, slaughtering villages and cities at every turn, leaving no one alive, and that you are the most brutal of the kings of the five races. Leo thought for a moment, put down his sword, and continued, "But I think you're still a little kind. It would be better if you were willing to brush your two fangs clean. ”

Mondo smiled softly, like an ordinary old man.

"They were right, but that's just what I was like as a chief. If you also lead a faction in the future, then you will understand that the image of a king is not always easy to shape as you think. ”

"Are you a king or an old man now?"

Mondo pointed to the orcs around him and said, "An old chief with a little remorse. ”

Leo suddenly smiled bitterly.

This Mondo didn't seem to have any intention of letting them go.

"Since you don't want to kill us yet, why don't you tell us about this forbidden land, so that we can know where we died. ”

"It's a gesture. ”

Mondo placed one hand flat in the air, and a little stream of water gradually gathered in his palm.

"Water?" Leo was surprised and opened the kettle at his waist.

As soon as the water in the kettle touched the air, it was invisibly pulled and flew into the palm of Mondo's hand.

"Isn't this a water Jedi?"

"That's because I took all the water from this sealed land and used it to fight the seal. Water is the source of life and the source of power, and the energy contained in it is also the easiest to use. ”

"Back then, I fought with Willehr, and I lost one move, and he sealed it here. The seal Willell used was very ingenious, he used some kind of rule to make the orc sanctuary a singularity with a dual attraction to energy and matter, so that the seal was being strengthened all the time, and even one day foreseeably, when the matter and energy absorbed by the seal reached a critical point, the seal would collapse inward, pressing everything inside the seal into a solid ball. ”

"It's really a genius idea, this method invisibly bypasses the traditional sealing method, which weakens over time, and this hand is enough to make all the spellcasters at that time feel ashamed, even now, I don't have a way to crack it. ”

"Fortunately, this is not an unsolvable dead end. ”

"Four hundred years ago, while Willell was one step into the individual power of gods and legends, the other four races were not slow, and they all mastered it after only a year or two. And the biggest advantage of stepping into the realm of the gods is not an overwhelming advantage over ordinary people, but the ability to make a deal with dragons. ”

After saying that, the water in Mondo's hand glowed with a black light.

"Dark energy. This is the power that dragons can bestow on other races, but they can't use themselves. ”

"We had made a pact with a dragon before this encounter, so the little guy named Grinich always stubbornly thought he was the master of the orcs. But orcs never give in to anyone, we just take advantage of it. ”

"With this otherworldly energy, we decomposed energy from the water source and successfully resisted the contraction of the seal. But the water in the Sealed Lands is always limited, and twenty years ago, we were a little overwhelmed, and three years ago, our escape plan was fatally dealt by an unexpected legend. ”

Twenty years ago, three years ago.

Leo frowned.

"Fortunately, a year ago, this unfortunate dragon was pulled by the remnants of the dragon's breath in the Holy Land and fell into the seal, and we relied on his ability to attract water vapor to reopen the original escape plan, and used his energetic body to briefly break the seal and send the High Priest and Yugri away. ”

"Now, they should have access to the seal key outside, right?"

As soon as Mondo finished speaking, the entire sealed place began to shake violently, and the bright night sky dimmed, and several traces of mirror cracks appeared in the sky.

Mundo looked at the precursor of the crack of the seal in the air, and laughed loudly: "Willele! Our orc ancestors are finally returning to the present world!"