Due to the withering of the development of the beast clan, there are not many little orcs who greet the coming-of-age ceremony this time, and there are only seven of the tiger clan, including Balil, plus other wolf clans, sheep clans, etc., there are only forty-one of them.

Xu Zheng's full light powder was too popular, and he didn't dare to leave Orson Manor to show his face outside, so he honestly stayed on the stilted building of Dori's house and guarded Balil.

Xu Zheng was accompanied by two little tigers, Aaron and Hank, and in the morning Nordin came to visit Balil once, and went out to get busy.

Xu Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, holding Balil in his arms, Aaron lying on his left leg, Hank lying on his right leg, and the two little tigers both put their heads on Xu Zheng's legs. Lulu and Mark are both downstairs, the former sleeping with his head tucked under his wings, and Mark sitting in front of him to block the wind for it, also studying to sleep.

I haven't seen him for a few months, and Balil has become a lot younger, and he used to be like a big kitten like Alan and Hank, but now his entire back is almost a meter long, and he looks like a big one in Xu Zheng's arms.

In terms of the age of the beast clan, Bali Tiger is almost a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, but the mental development and civilization of the beast boy are not as good as that of human teenagers.

Xu Zheng lowered his head to look at him, Balil looked very weak, even his breathing was very light, his eyes were half-closed and squinted, looking at the warm afternoon sun.

"Balil. Xu Zheng gently touched his back and asked, "What do you think?"

Balil replied in a lazy voice: "As usual, it's just that the whole body is weak, and nothing else." ”

Xu Zheng relieved his heart a little at this time. Because he cared about these little things, Xu Zheng did his homework seriously for this purpose, and asked the orcs of various branches about the evolution of the orc's coming-of-age ceremony. As far as he knew, the time of the orc's coming-of-age ceremony fluctuated greatly, from fourteen to sixteen years old. Every orc will complete the rite of passage during these two years. Grow into a full-fledged orc. The whole coming-of-age ceremony is divided into three stages, the first stage is the awakening period. This can be detected by the natural instinct of every little orc who is close to adulthood. The second stage is the weakening phase, where the orc's body is slowly changing in preparation for transformation. The third stage is the real coming-of-age ceremony, which is completed by the orc sacrifice to guide the transformation. As long as it succeeds once, the little orc will be considered to have successfully passed the coming-of-age ceremony. Towards the path of adult orcs.

Of the three stages, the first stage is nothing, but the second and third stages are completely dangerous. The orc coming-of-age ceremonies over the years will cause the orcs to attrition, because the little orcs in the weak period cannot protect themselves at all, and both feeding and acting must be taken care of by adult orcs. This greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the orcs, so often the battles between the human race and the orcs mostly occur at the time when a large number of small orcs hold coming-of-age ceremonies. If not, even the cunning and wisdom of human beings can make up for some deficiencies in combat effectiveness. When conducting large-scale group battles, there is still a big gap in strength with the orcs.

The key problem is that the coming-of-age ceremonies of the orcs are relatively fixed, mostly occurring in late winter. Because of the massive predation in autumn at this time, the orcs have abundant physical strength and can provide enough energy for the first transformation of the little orcs. The second is after the coming-of-age ceremony is completed. Soon ushered in the spring of the recovery of all things, and this time can replenish the consumption brought by the coming-of-age ceremony. The Terrans have a keen grasp of this law and are more adaptable. Most of the races with stronger reproductive ability launched wars against the orcs at this time, causing a large number of population of the orcs to plummet, and the once powerful races are withering day by day.

However, this problem is not a problem in Orson Manor, the friendly state of various races in Orson Manor will not bring any threat to the coming-of-age ceremony of the little orcs, and the good development will not cause a shortage of food, so the coming-of-age ceremony of this batch of little orcs is really safe. The danger of the second stage is completely non-existent. Even so, orcs who have lived in an uncertain environment for a long time have developed an instinct and will subconsciously guard against the safety situation during this extraordinary period of coming-of-age ceremonies. This kind of behavior is put in the Orson Manor, that is, the orc members of the entire defender army are all very nervous, and even their Terran partners are nervous, and everyone who enters and leaves the Orsen Manor is strictly checked, for fear of what happened before.

Xu Zheng's expectation that the tension between the human race and the orc race did not happen, after a battle of life and death, the entire manor was united, the orc defenders would not be suspicious of their human partners, and the defenders of the human race also put the requirements of their partners first, and this extraordinary period was centered on the needs of their partners. Like the pair of humans and beasts like Asangren and Bales, because there are also a few little orcs in the wolf clan who are about to usher in the coming-of-age ceremony, Bells disobeys the rules and changes the way to make Athan Gren not come to stand guard, and also goes to break up another pair of werewolves and human combinations, and drags the human protector warrior to fill the number in place of Asangren.

Managers like Hawke have seen these things, but of course everyone has not seen it, the system must be standardized, but it can also be humanized, the five-layer three-dimensional defense system of Orson Manor can not be said to be strict, and there is no need to worry about these trivial things, as long as they are not too excessive.

Xu Zheng has no objection to this, just this one thing can be seen that kind of mutual care of comrades, a kind of strong warmth spread in the whole manor, what's wrong? If everyone does things with one nail and one eye, there is no room for the same rotation, and they are as indifferent and ruthless as the outside world, then it will really make people worry. So although the worries of these guys whose brains are not as developed as human beings are purely superfluous, no one has come out to laugh, but they have taken over the work of their companions as a matter of course, and are more vigilant in defending their homes.

This is the case with Orson Manor, although the temperature is getting colder and colder, the interior of the manor is warm and harmonious like spring. There is true love in the world, and of course, the spring breeze and rain warm people's hearts. This one, the smell of home is getting stronger and stronger, and it is really intoxicating.

Later, Hawke saw that these orc protectors were getting more and more nervous, and they were all restless when they worked, so he simply let these orcs go on vacation and temporarily recruited other clans to expand their work yesterday. As a result, there was a very peculiar scene in Orson Manor, most of the defenders of the orcs were removed, and only a few who liked to work were still working. The number of orcs in the factory has decreased, and the number of other races has increased, and you can still see the elves carrying bows, the gnomes carrying muskets, and the dwarves carrying large axes all over the village...... The demons came out at night, and their tricks were really bright at night, making the whole manor ghostly and adding a lot of weird legends.

In fact, these are completely unnecessary, Sauron's golden dragon is still lying in the central square. He alone can confront a small army head-on, who dares to come to find trouble? Especially now that he is still drunk and in a bad mood, who dares to touch his moldy head at this time, it is the old birthday star hanged himself, and he is tired of life.

As it stands, the real trouble is the third stage. Xu Zheng went to ask the elders of the various branches of the orc, and they all mentioned that the transformation of the orc clan has a dead spot, it has no effect on the adult orcs who have become proficient in transformation, but it has a great impact on the little orcs who have experienced the transformation of orcs for the first time. It is a severe test when it crosses this dead center, it is not only the fulcrum of the force of a certain form of transition, but also a huge obstacle. If you are stuck there, you can't retreat, you can't enter, you can't move at both ends, and your life is in danger. There are vivid examples of the little orcs who have encountered such a dilemma at past orc rites of passage, most of them have lost their lives, and a few have become crippled after saving their lives. To some extent, there are both abilities and risks, and although the unique evolution method of the Aris species gives the orcs more powerful fighting power, it also gives them a more demanding evolutionary test, which is the case with this dead end.

Knowing this, Xu Zheng was also afraid when he thought of this, and subconsciously hugged Balil tightly, and said: "Balil, you have to fight for Brother Xu Zheng, don't get stuck in the dead spot of the transformation." I like you to be healthy and healthy, but I don't like to have to run to the Hall of Heroes to visit you in the future. ”

"Hmm. Balil whispered yes, and said softly, "I'll try!"

Seeing that Balil didn't seem to care too much, Xu Zheng himself was a little bit of the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry, so he was immediately slightly annoyed, and said: "It's useless to say that your mouth is useless, take some practical action." ”

Balil arched his head in Xu Zheng's arms and whispered: "Don't worry, I'm working hard, I haven't been going anywhere for a while, I've been trying my best to accumulate strength, just to pass in one breath and transform successfully." I don't want to be everyone, I don't want to die, and I don't want to be crippled. ”

This is still like words, Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but kiss Balil on the forehead, and said with a smile: "This is my good Balil!"

Balil squinted happily, grinned, and reached out to lick the hair on his little paws. Aaron and Hank also laughed and snuggled into Xu Zheng's arms.

It was cold, a cold wind blew, and a chill suddenly surged on the stilts that were unobstructed on all sides. Aaron and Hank simply jumped on Xu Zheng and whispered, "Cold." ”

Baril's paw licking stopped, and he saw something white drifting down the wind onto his paw.

"Huh?"

Hank jumped up and stretched out his claws to catch it, and shouted happily, "Ha, it's snowing!"

Xu Zheng and Balil looked up at the sky at the same time, the goose-featherlike snow was falling slowly, and the day of snow had truly arrived.

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