Asa now felt a little admired for Lord Porugan.

Although judging from the results, he was not quite sure of what he had expected. The big-eared monsters didn't sell the looted goods, or they couldn't. The goods no longer belong to the Big-Eared Monsters, and the other orcs have confiscated them all. While it is true that the city-state is primarily inhabited by orcs, the core administrators are said to be humans.

As expected, it was indeed the same place as the human kingdom, with gold and silver currency in circulation, and there were also dwarven and human traders trading here. However, none of these merchants were from the Empire, all of them were from the countries of the western part of the Wild Highlands and the small countries in the southwest of the Empire.

And Lord Porugan also said that this should be a very orderly place. Asa didn't care what this 'order' meant at the time, and he didn't understand it until he entered the place.

It was indeed a place where orcs of all races gathered, and almost all of the buildings were made of huge stones stripped from the nearby mountains, with no style or decoration at all. But it does not show the slightest barbarism because of its architectural style, which is dozens of times rougher than Bracada's, and because its main inhabitants are orcs, but rather seems to be more disciplined and rule-oriented than human society. At the northern end of the periphery are several separate settlements for ogres, werewolves, and other orcs. It was the orcs of each tribe of their own independent territory, completely under their own management. And in the middle of these settlements is the heartland of this city-state called 'Oufu'.

In the square in the center of the city stands a huge stone tablet with three chopsticks, on which the laws of the city are inscribed simply and clearly. Even the worst of the eyesight dwarves can read it clearly from a distance. The strokes of the axe are very deep and not beautiful, but the neatness and meticulousness that the regulations should have are in place. The scope of this law is not large, it is only the central town of Oufu, and the content is quite similar to the human law, in many places it seems to be more loose, and the provisions are used to maintain order. The biggest difference and striking thing is that the wording is very simple, only what kind of behavior is strictly prohibited and not what punishment should be imposed, and the gallows next to it is the only explanation. There is only one punishment here, hanging.

Probably because of this shocking legal relationship, everything in Oufu City seems to be in order. Although there are orcs everywhere, there is no hint of violence and barbarism, and most of these subhumans are busy doing their own things.

It's a city in the truest sense of the word. In addition to casinos such as taverns and casinos, almost all human societies have found them here. The most surprising thing is the sense of civilization here. The orcs, with the exception of the lizardmen, all speak some simple human language, and some can read. Among them, the orcs are the most obvious, the close relatives of these big-eared monsters have similar intelligence to humans, and they don't find it difficult to contact them, and they take care of a lot of affairs in this city.

It's truly an amazing order. Orcs have been synonymous with barbarism and uncivility in the past, and what we see here seems to be a better fit for the more academic term, 'subhuman'.

In such good order, it seems that all the things that are traitors are difficult to carry out. This was very unexpected, and the old thief went to contact the big-eared monsters and learned that all the goods had been confiscated by the orcs, and it was said that they had been given a separate living area here. And the orcs don't seem to have any intention of reselling it to them. The news immediately blew up among the thieves. They've been stuck here for a few days now. The thieves are not willing to meet empty-handed, but they don't know what to do.

Asa himself wasn't very worried. He was not far from the book now, and he didn't think that the orcs would ever keep those goods for the rest of their lives, so they really couldn't just steal it. He wasn't nervous at all, or couldn't be nervous at all.

Xiao Yi is the most active and happiest in their group. It's just in response to her words that she started, to have fun. At first, he was careful to inquire only about the situation with other merchants and dwarves in the inn, but then he simply dragged Asa around the city with him. She carried a notebook and pen with her, and from time to time she took them out to jot down and draw strange things she saw. However, because of this, Asa also knew the basic situation of the city-state very well. Asa has always had a strong habit and ability, and Xiao Yi always pulls him around, so after staying here for a few days, he feels as if he is relaxing on a foreign trip. It's just a little troublesome, even if he always sleeps on the floor or chair, Xiaoyi still forces him to take a bath every day.

Today, the two of them went to see the construction work on the outskirts of the city. A group of ogres and werewolves are carrying materials to build houses and buildings, and their immense strength combined with various custom-made equipment makes them work amazingly, and the command is usually dwarven or human engineers. Asa was dumbfounded, and he had complete suspicion that he was dreaming, and the impression of the blood and carnage of the orcs half a year ago was not in any way compatible with this peaceful scene.

Not long after returning from outside, he was about to go to dinner, when the voice of the old thief Buddha Duoleng suddenly sounded outside the door. "Come out soon, something happened"

Asa and Xiaoyi walked out quickly, and saw that almost all the thieves were running out after Verdolen.

"What's going on?" said Asa, hurrying to catch up with Fodolen. Fodolen has been trying to negotiate with the orcs about the goods for the past few days, but there seems to be little progress.

"Last night the one-eyed dragon was going to steal something from the place where the goods were kept, and was caught. Fodoleng said. The One-Eyed Dragon is one of their gang of night thieves, quite agile, and is said to have been to steal from the palace. "I had warned him not to act rashly, but the guy somehow found out that there was a shipment of jewels in the goods, so he sneaked in there at night to steal some out, and the result was ..... In that large warehouse were two werewolves guarding. ”

"Werewolf?" Asa broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking of the life-and-death battle with that werewolf in the lizard swamp half a year ago, there is indeed no hunter more powerful than them, and the sharpness and combat effectiveness of their facial features are dozens of times stronger than ordinary humans. If you steal it recklessly, it probably won't end well.

"So the one-eyed dragon...."

"Hanged. Fodollen said the word with ease.

Next to the three huge stone monuments in the center of the city stood a special gallows of the same size. Strips of stone and wood are a mixture of tall and sturdy, and stand alongside the stone monuments carved with laws to show the majesty of death.

There were already quite a few orcs watching. Two werewolves grabbed the tied one-eyed dragon, and the leader was actually a human. The one-eyed dragon's eyes were covered with a black cloth, and his mouth was stuffed, but he could hear him shouting, and his bound hands and feet were still struggling, but in the hands of the two werewolves there was only a pitiful image of futile effort.

The human in the lead was a middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes. He stood in front of the gallows and began to loudly announce that the one-eyed dragon had attempted to steal and injure the guards the previous night, and that this fact had been confirmed by the notary, and then he turned to read the statute against theft on the stele. When he finished reading, he motioned for the two werewolves to carry the cyclops to the gallows, and put a rope the thickness of a man's arm around the cyclops' neck. The one-eyed dragon struggled in vain all the time, whining from its mouth.

The leader walked over to the gallows and pulled a mechanism, and the plank under the one-eyed dragon's feet cracked, and the man immediately fell.

Seeing that the rope was tightened, there was a slight 'pop' sound from the audience. When the two werewolves walked down and untied the cyclops, he was just a quiet corpse. The drop immediately ripped off the end of his cervical vertebrae, and contrary to his writhing struggle, he died cleanly.

The orcs around them did not have any special reaction, and were not even as excited as the spectators of human society who watched the execution of the prisoners, but they just walked away in a bustling manner.

Asa felt his arm tighten, and turned his head to see that Xiao Yi was holding his hand tightly, looking at the corpse of the one-eyed dragon that was being moved.

All the way back to the hotel room and sitting on the simple bed, Xiao Yi kept holding his hand and resting his head on his shoulder. Her face was a little pale, and her thin lower lip was bitten lightly, revealing a few white teeth. His brow was furrowed, and his slender eyes seemed to be looking at something all the time, but he showed a panicked look.

"The first time you've seen someone killed?" Asa asked softly.

"Nope. Xiao Yi shook her head, and Asa could feel the stiffness of her movements in her shoulder. "The first thing I saw was that someone I knew was killed. ”

The one-eyed dragon was the best relationship with the two of them in the gang of thieves, and would often come and chat with the two, and would tell Asa some weird jokes from time to time, and he would always let out a loud and smug laugh when Xiao Yi couldn't understand and asked a rhetorical question.

Asa also felt a little miserable in his heart, and unconsciously tilted his head and leaned his face on her head. Xiao Yi's body moved, but she still maintained her original limb posture.

Before he knew it, a strange smell permeated Asa's sense of smell. It's like a fragrance, but it doesn't seem to be fragrant when you look closely, but there is a very real feeling, not just the sense of smell, but also a sense of touch, which fills every gap in the body very full. The skin on her cheekbones clearly felt the fineness and smoothness of her hair, and this fineness and silkiness seemed to exude a mysterious and indescribable smell. Gradually, he indulged in this subtle sensual pleasure and thought nothing more.

"Ever since I was a child, I was afraid of seeing death. Xiao Yi spoke, and her hazy and low-key voice seemed to be talking to herself. "I don't want to see people or animals, they die. It's really scary to see that all of a sudden living things are gone, and they can never be recovered. ”

"I admired the law here the other day, so conspicuous and deterrent, and very well written. In troubled times, the deterrent effect of the laws of such a mixed city-state was important, so only the death penalty was specified. But today we saw a man we knew die below. I know he deserves to die, he deliberately violated the laws here, and in order to maintain the stability here, he must first uphold the laws here, so he must die..... But I don't really want to see him die. ”

"When people live, they always have to die. Asa replied, he was now a little dazed.

"I don't want to die. Xiao Yi also replied confusedly.

It seemed that because he had been immersed in this subtle feeling, after hearing these words, a heroic spirit suddenly burst out of his heart, and Asa straightened up and turned to look at her and said firmly: "I will never let you die." ”

"It's time to eat. "There was the voice of the old thief Ferdoleng outside.

For the first time in his life, Asa felt that eating was a nuisance.