Chapter 6: The Road Ahead
The display of the gnoll's talent reminded Yang Xiu of the human castle that Lange had told him before, if he could take that place, the strength of the Black Iron Tribe that obtained the source of iron ore would have a qualitative change. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Jemry, bring these new gnolls back to the tribe first, Duronda and I are going to check on a place" Yang Xiu gave an order, now that there are so many new people in the tribe, these gnolls must be settled down in order to continue to develop.
"Chief, where are you going?" asked Jamrey curiously.
"A place where you can be strong......"
After more than fifty gnolls walked back in the direction of the tribe, Yang Xiu immediately asked Duronda to take Lange and ordered him to lead his group to see the human castle he was talking about.
"Chief, you have to abide by the agreement, and when the situation is confirmed, let me go" Lange walked at the front of the team, and looked back at Yang Xiu from time to time.
"Don't worry, I'll ask you how far that place is" Yang Xiu replied impatiently, this guy had asked this question no less than twenty times along the way. The crowd had been walking in the direction Langer had mentioned, and due to the many hills on the Deserted Plains, and in some places there were faults in the earth, the castle that was said to be able to produce iron had not yet been seen by everyone.
"Chief, it's almost there," Langer pointed a short distance ahead.
A geodetic fault is a part of a flat land that inexplicably descends, thus forming an uneven terrain, and a fault with a large difference in elevation will form between the two places. A hundred steps away, there was a fault that sank into the ground, Yang Xiu and the orcs leaned down and secretly climbed to the edge of the fault, and in the basin that sank below, there was indeed a tall castle standing in the center of the basin, relying on the advantage of the high terrain, Yang Xiu could also see the situation inside the castle, including those chimney buildings that were emitting black smoke.
"Chief, look, I didn't lie to you, there really is an iron mining factory here," Lange said excitedly, looking at the continuous mining carts in the castle to transport iron ore out of the caves.
As soon as the iron ore was dug up, the human workers in the castle were sent into the nearby factory, and the entire castle was heavily guarded, and there were countless guards in armor standing on the outer wall looking around vigilantly. Yang Xiu silently took his head back from the fault, although the iron here was attractive, it didn't seem to be something that the current Black Iron Tribe could snoop on, just fifteen orcs and fifty or so gnolls with all bone weapons, it was obvious that they were not the opponents of those well-equipped human guards.
"Forget it, let's go back first, and come back when the strength is enough in the future," Yang Xiu said with a little pity. According to the rules, the orcs released Lange, the leader of the gnolls who had more than forty men under his command, and set out alone on a journey to wander alone in the wasteland.
The Black Iron Tribe officially settled in this land with a mixed mode of biracialism, and with the continuous hunting of jackals and orcs, the Black Iron Tribe was still known to Baner, the chief of the Bull Tribe.
"Chief, a new tribe has emerged near our tribe" The returning sentinel reported what he had found to Ban'er.
"How many people are there in the new tribe" Originally, the area where the Bull Tribe was located already had the tricky opponent of the Rock Tribe, and there were many fights caused by grabbing food resources on weekdays, and suddenly there was another tribe that didn't know where it came from, and Ban'er's face suddenly became worried.
"I don't know, they built the tribe on a hill, and too much of the situation inside was covered by huge stones on the hillside, I can't see how many people there are, but this tribe often has jackals in and out, and I see that they sometimes cooperate to hunt wild beasts"
"Gnolls?" Ban Er was stunned, the four races on the Deserted Plains, orcs, bearmen, goblins, and gnolls have always looked down on each other, and sometimes in order to fight for territory, it will lead to racial wars, who would have thought that orcs would live with gnolls.
"This tribe is not simple, you should bring more people to have a look, and it is better to investigate the name and number of their tribe," Ban Er said.
Yang Xiu was sitting in the tent at the moment, thinking about the future development plan of the Black Iron Tribe, and he didn't expect that the Black Iron Tribe's in-situ roots had been noticed by others in the past few days.
"It's so tangled, that castle can't be defeated, I can't rely on the fifteen orcs of the Black Iron Tribe to conquer other orc tribes, the gnolls can't exert their combat power without iron spears, and the fifty or so gnolls together are not the opponents of a few orcs, what should I do now......" Yang Xiu lay down on the ground helplessly, before he crossed over, he was just a ruined house that played games every day, read novels, and didn't know anything, this suddenly became a human chief with a little strength under his hands, and the contrast between before and after was really exaggerated.
"If you follow the idea in the game, such as the orc tribe in War3, if you want to be strong, you need to mine gold, cut wood, and make orc soldiers...... But my Black Iron Tribe has nothing" Qiao Woman is difficult to cook without rice, the current situation of the Black Iron Tribe is a mess, no technology, no resources, no weapons, and even the population is pitiful only fifteen orc warriors. The more than fifty gnolls recruited by Yang Xiu were of no use at all at this stage.
"Chief, it's time to eat!" Duronda shouted outside the tent, today's lunch was antelope meat, and those who went out hunting in the morning were lucky, and happened to meet a herd of passing antelopes, and they were able to stop a few of them by relying on the strength of the orcs.
"Chief, there have been a few orcs roaming around our tribe lately, and when we went to get close to them, they disappeared," the sentry reported.
"Is it an orc from another tribe?" Yang Xiu asked.
"It should be, there are very few wandering orcs on the deserted plains"
"Looks like we're being targeted, you told me last time that there are two tribes in our vicinity, Duronda," Yang Xiu took the antelope leg from Jamry's hand.
"Well, one is called a bull and the other is called a rock, and both are twice as many as us," Duronda replied.
"Then you pay attention, if there are such sentinels in the future, don't pay attention to them, it's not too late to trouble when we have enough strength, by the way, what happened to the last time you exchanged the horned horns for tents, is there still a place like a market on the deserted plain?"
"I got it from a nearby medium tribe, usually the middle tribe will have a market to exchange things with other tribes, this is normal, the larger the tribe market is bigger, there are more things, such as Iron Song, Tomahawk, Roar, the three largest tribes have the largest market, but they are too far away from our place" Duronda said casually.
"Tell me carefully, I don't know there are these things yet, you talk carefully, I need to know about things related to orcs" Yang Xiu sat upright and didn't even eat antelope legs.
"Uh......" Seeing that Yang Xiu hadn't eaten, Durunda had to put down the food in his hand and explained to him first: "After the orcs migrated in, the Deserted Plains were divided into four areas by us: Oasis, Coastal Plain, Wasteland, Battlefield Canyon, Oasis There is only place on the Deserted Plains where there are green plants and fresh water, occupied by the three largest tribes of orcs, and the water we usually drink flows from the oasis. The coast is the westernmost part of the Deserted Plains, where the sea is close by, and the orcs who live there rely on fish and sea creatures to exchange things with the tribes outside, and the wasteland is the area where we are now, all hills and wasteland, no water, no plants, and food comes from wandering animals. There are no orcs living there in the Battlefield Canyon, because it used to be a steel fortress built by humans, and the previous four wars of resistance began there."
"Then the three largest tribes of orcs are the Iron Song, the Battle Axe, and the Roar you just mentioned?" Yang Xiu asked.
"Yes, the orc tribes are now divided into four sizes, and the number of people less than fifty is small. If there are two hundred orc warriors and orc priests in the tribe, it can be called a medium tribe, if there are female orcs and the number of people is more than a thousand, it is a large tribe, if there are more than 10,000 people, there are five priests and a thousand female orcs are super large tribes that can move into the oasis, and the medium tribe can start to establish a market to exchange things with other tribes" Duronda thought for a moment and made sure that there was nothing to add, so he took a big gulp.
"Interesting" Yang Xiu nodded, these things that Duronda said once again enriched his knowledge, he didn't expect that there were still these Dao in the orc tribe.
"By the way, what is that orc priest, can't you become a middle tribe without this?"
"Well, you don't have to worry too much about the chief, those orc priests are all weird guys, they wear a cloak and a wooden staff all day long, they dance when they have nothing to do, you can just find an orc to pretend," Jamurry said with a smile.
"Well, have you seen an orc priest?" Yang Xiu asked.
"Don't talk nonsense, the power of the orc priest is not at all what you can imagine, every priest has the ability to communicate with the gods, he can heal the wounds of the sick orc warrior, can make the sick orc regain his health, can give instructions when the orc tribe is confused, the orc priest is the object of respect in every orc's heart" Duronda looked at Jamrey and said solemnly.