Ignoring the two tundra wolfbeasts screaming at him, Loki stood up and patted the mud and grass clippings on his body.

He looked at the three strong orcs with a pair of gray eyes, and said, "I think the orc scouts can understand the lingua franca, they must not let us go because the slaves are pitiful, right?"

Ruby wondered, "Why do you say that?"

Loki said, "They are all scouts of the Orc Empire's army, and their strength is stronger than that of ordinary first-order professionals. And you are only a member of the clan of cats and orcs, and Aina and I are also considered slaves of non-orcs. ”

"There is such a big difference in status, and they don't have a reason to be so friendly. ”

The leading orc scout suddenly said, "What you said is not wrong, half-elf boy. ”

He patted his chest again, and said without refusal, "I'm Beloc Whitepaw, the head of the Frostwolf Scout Squad. ”

"I've heard that you're working as a guide for this fugitive squad, because of this, the soldiers of our empire need you, half-elf boy. ”

Loki shook his head and said, "Excuse me!"

He said slowly, "I became a temporary guide only because I had a map. You've seen it all, and the map is in your hand. ”

A strong orc next to him thought he was shirking, and began to look at the half-elf boy with unkind eyes.

"Half-elf cub, you dare to refuse what we asked you to do?"

Loki was not to be outdone, things weren't going to get any worse, anyway, he had enough of the feeling of having his life in the palm of someone else's hands.

His emaciated back straightened, and with his mutilated left hand, he pointed at the two companions, the cat orc and Aina, and said as if he was angry.

"Refusal, soldier, do you know what we've been through? We walked all the way over the corpse. ”

"Twenty-five, that's the number of my companions who fled with me to the Fog Tower camp, I remember the names of each of them, I remember their faces and accents. Along the way, I watched each and every one of them die, even my closest companion, the Ram, to save me. ”

Aina was in a state of her own and muttered, "Male, ram, yes, I seem to see how it died." ”

Suddenly Loki cried out, "Twenty-five, twenty-five! ”

"Yesterday one of my half-elf fellow died in my arms, and he didn't even have time to explain the aftermath to me, I'm fed up with the death of my companion!"

After a moment of silence, a few tears flowed from the half-elf boy's eyes, which were clearly seen by the three strong orc scouts.

He patted his chest again and said, "Guide, if I hadn't been a guide, maybe my companion wouldn't have died, Panya, Allen, Moore, Kom, ......."

"And the best half-elf kindred, Headwind, how can I explain to my relatives against Windwind?"

Loki's voice choked a little, and he suddenly snatched the map and was about to tear it apart. Fortunately, the strong orc White Claw reacted in time to stop his movements.

The orc carefully folded the map, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Although you are not a qualified guide, your affection for your companions is worthy of admiration. ”

"And it's not the map's fault, you can give me the map if you don't want it. ”

Loki felt that the acting was a bit close, wiped the tears and snot from his face, and said, "I followed the map at the time, and it became what it is today, and I think this map may harm you." ”

The strong orc whiteclaw shook his head and said, "This map is still useful to us, don't think about it, we will leave today and return to our station, and the three of you can leave with us." ”

Ruby the Cat Orc agrees with this proposal, she is originally an orc, although she is not a citizen of the Orc Empire, she will not be treated harshly by these strong orc soldiers.

Aina hesitated, she escaped from the slave traders, freed herself, and went to follow the orcs away, I don't know what fate she would go through?

It's better to be alive than dead, she sighed, and finally chose to leave with the orcs.

Loki shook his head and said, "Ruby and Aina are also my companions, and I will be relieved to be with your elite scout troops." ”

"But my dead companion is still in the wilderness, remember what I said about the headwind, I'm going to take his ashes away. ”

One of the strong orc scouts was affected by his emotions and blurted out, "We can wait for you, and we can also provide some help." ”

Loki glanced at the orc whiteclaw, and then pretended to be happy, "That's great. ”

"But it's not just the headwind, there are other companions who need to be retained, and I'll find them the way they came, and even if they only have a dry bone and a little finger left, I'll bring them back. ”

The strong orc White Fang waved his hand to stop the scout's subordinates who wanted to continue talking, and said to the half-elf boy.

"I'm sorry, half-elf boy, since you choose to stay, we'll give you some food and water, and I wish you all the best. ”

Loki sighed, his strength had no room for resistance, and this was already the best result.

With the exception of the map and a new copy of the basic tracking notes, all other weapons and equipment were returned, including the tokens that the dwarves had given him to keep personally.

Finally, with a little wistful look in the eyes of Ruby and Aina, the cat orcs, Loki hugged them goodbye.

He had returned to the jungle the way he had come, to the north, deep in the Forest of Secret Words.

In the dense forest, which is as dangerous as a sea of green forests, Loki is left alone.

He held the dog-legged knife he had long been accustomed to, and from time to time he chopped through the thorns that stood in his way.

Although the road to the west is more dangerous than choosing the path with the orc scouts, Loki still stubbornly chooses the danger.

In the mouth of humans, orcs have always been barbaric and ferocious, and the orc empire is in the desert at the other end of the north wall mountain range, and there are several kilometers above sea level between the Oder Empire and the city lord alliance in the south, and the north wall and west wall mountain range are blocked, but even so, there will be some orc scouts to harass the human caravan in the north for a long time.

Of course, Loki would not trust a few strong orcs, let alone pin his fate on others.

It can be said that going to their military camp with the orcs is equivalent to jumping from the wolf's den of Fog Castle City to another tiger's mouth, there is no essential difference, he would rather control his fate to choose, rather than put the choice in the hands of others.

Walking alone through the jungle, he was walking faster than the previous three people together.

Mainly because Loki was young and agile, and his thinner and more agile body made it easy to move through the dense forest, and he didn't have to struggle to chop down the branches and thorns that stood in his way unless the vegetation was particularly dense.

The green canopy obscured the sky, and before evening, the surroundings had begun to grow dark, and Loki used his consciousness to adjust the shimmering night vision, and he tried to be as careful as possible to avoid these possible dangers.

There was a 'sand, sand' sound in the canopy, and it was a nocturnal predator that was beginning to move, and he could clearly see that it was a small creature with patterns and vertical spines on its back, similar to a lizard.

And in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the half-elf boy didn't even raise the fire.

Eventually, he found a large, dead dead tree, with a large hole in the middle of the tree that had been dug out by an unknown animal.

The good news is that there are no creatures entrenched in the hollow right now, and it looks relatively dry inside, so there shouldn't be some poisonous insects hiding in it.