Chapter 438: Young Man
The icy wind and snow continued to blow horizontally, and everyone's face felt as if they had been cut by ice blades, but for the Orkhs who had lived in the land for thousands of years, the weather was mild enough, and the thick hair and beard helped them to protect themselves from the wind and snow, and the fur cut by mammoths could also withstand the cold.
Compared to the bitter cold and harsh weather in nature, the Orks are now colder than another.
The leader of their tribe is dying!
That's a big deal.
Before the leader could identify the next leader, he was seriously injured and unconscious, and in such a situation, it was bound to cause a battle. In the past, this was nothing, the Orks were not afraid of challenges, and the position of leader itself came from the competition between warriors within the tribe.
However, even the most reckless Orks know at this moment that this point in time is not suitable for internal friction.
The Ork tribe has gradually become stronger, which has caused unease among the surrounding tribes, and the news has arrived, and the other tribes have joined together and are preparing to launch an attack against the Ork tribe. If the leader is still safe and sound, everyone will only be excited about the next great battle, and will not be afraid, because they firmly believe that under the brave leadership of the leader, the final victory of the war will be achieved.
Now it's troublesome, but at the critical moment, the leader was seriously injured!
It's all that damn Aquaman!
At the thought of this, even the most courageous warriors in the tribe were afraid of the Sea King.
The Sea King is a huge sea beast that lives in the open ocean, and somehow, a Sea King suddenly came to the nearby waters and began to harass the fishing operations of the Ork tribe, and from time to time devoured a few lone Ork fishermen.
On land, the Orks can charge with a roar, but within the sea, they are inferior to the most vulnerable children.
In the face of this sea beast that has become addicted to devouring humans, the Ork tribe is going crazy, and the tribe will consume a large number of fish every day, if this sea beast continues to harass them, the fish caught by the entire tribe will drop significantly, causing many people in the tribe to starve to death.
What frightened the Ork tribe was that they gradually discovered that this sea beast not only devoured humans, but also ate an alarming amount of ordinary fish, and the variety of fish they caught was obviously declining significantly.
They understood that if they didn't get rid of this sea king, the Ork tribe would collapse on their own in advance without waiting for others to attack.
The leader organized a group of warriors to go to sea, and everyone was excited to think that the Sea King would be eliminated...... What no one expected was that the Sea King did not get rid of it, not to mention, the leader was seriously injured, and even the hundred warriors who went out, only about 20 people came back.
Now, the leader is unconscious and on the verge of death, there are enemy tribes waiting for an opportunity to besiege him, there is the possibility of internal friction inside, and there is also the threat of the Sea King......
No matter how big the Orks are, they can't be happy at all.
Dirac stared blankly at the frozen lake in the distance, and after a moment, he sighed heavily.
But then, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and knelt on the ground fiercely and slammed his fists on the ground.
He was very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. His favorite girl is a person from the enemy tribe, no matter how much the two like each other, it is impossible to be together, and in today's secret meeting, he obtained an extremely frustrating thing for himself.
The girl he likes is about to be married off by the warriors of the tribe.
With bitterness in his mouth and angina, Dirac thought of many ways, but to no avail. He was just an ordinary young man, not even a tribal warrior, so why should he marry that girl? Even if he was a chief, when they were hostile to each other, they would not be able to help him get that girl.
"Young man, what are you suffering?"
Just as Dirac was in great pain, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Dirac looked back in astonishment, stunned.
Someone he's never met...... An old man in a gray robe with a wrinkled face stood behind him with a wooden staff.
Old man?
The tribe is not without old people, but it is extremely rare, let the Orks be strong when they are young, not afraid of the cold, but when they are old, the dark injuries and illnesses they suffered when they are young will come up, and few people in the northern tribes can live healthily past the age of fifty.
There are too few old people in the Ork tribe, they usually hide in tents, they don't come out easily, and the tribe doesn't allow them to run around.
And the old man in front of him looked even older than the oldest old man in their tribe, and he didn't have the totem of the tribe painted on his face, he was ...... An outsider?
Dirac was instantly alert and stood up suddenly, "Who are you?"
"Don't worry, young man...... Ahem, I'm just an old man with no hands on my hands. β
The old man coughed, and his weak appearance did not make people feel threatened.
"Call me Gandalf if you want. β
The old man smiled slightly: "I am a mage who wanders around the world in search of truth. β
"Gandalf, Mage?"
Dirac was a little dazed, he didn't understand what a mage was.
"What are you doing here?"
Dirac didn't let his guard down: "What do you want to do?"
"Haha, what a vigilant young man. β
The old man coughed, "I just saw that you seemed to have something on your mind. β
The old man's gaze collided with Dirac's gaze, but for a moment, Dirac's mind was in a trance, and he suddenly felt that the old man in front of him was unprecedentedly close.
"I ......"
As if he had seen his mother, who had long since died, Dirac couldn't help but cry down, and he knelt on the ground and told the cause and effect.
"Poor child. β
The old man touched Dirac's head, "But do you know what? β
"What?"
Dirac was taken aback, then thought of something, and retorted: "No, no, there are many warriors in our tribe. β
"Haha, is it the group of warriors who don't dare to avenge the leader?"
The old man laughed, his eyes were like torches, so that Dirac, who looked up, did not dare to look directly.
"Their hearts have been obscured by greed, their wisdom is gone, their courage is in the wrong direction, they only know how to stretch out their swords to their kindred, and if this continues, your Ork tribe is close to destruction. β
"So, what should I do?"
For some reason, Dirac felt more and more that the wisdom of the old man in front of him was unfathomable, and at the same time, people could not resist him, but would only get close to him, respect him, admire him, and obey him without restrictions...... Thisβthis is wisdom that he has never experienced in a leader.
"There's only one way for you!"