Chapter 663: A Small Town in the North
The northern and southern geomorphological styles of Mordor vary greatly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are bare rocks and barren wasteland, sometimes mottled meadows, but there are also many gravels buried in the dirt that cannot be used as arable land. Apart from the orcs, there are only small herbivores such as rabbits and goats, and there are no birds, wolves, or even foxes.
All creatures that can snatch food from orcs are eaten by orcs, which is the status and means of orcs in nature. The closer you get to the Doomsday Volcano and the Tower of Darkness, the more the forces of nature are suppressed, and the stronger Sauron's magic becomes. Anyway, there is no need to grow crops here like in the south, so the sky is darker, the dark clouds are denser, and the orcs on the ground are more "comfortable", and the number increases.
Zhaomai Road passed through a number of settlements, which grew in size and had more permanent buildings. Before the dark forces of Sauron affected the area, humans used to open up wilderness and establish villages and towns here. Later, the orcs came here and began to engage humans in small battles, and walls, fortresses, and castles were built.
When Sauron arrived, both the fortress and the castle lost their meaning, and one by one they were conquered. Leaning on the mountains and catching turtles in the urns of Sauron, most of these humans became slaves of Mordor.
"Mighty orcs, come and see the rabbit skewers here, they are delicious!" a ragged, shaved human guards a barbecue stand, selling his belongings. "When you bite into it, it's crunchy, and the delicious juice is flowing!"
Zhao Mai looked at it curiously, what kind of rabbit meat was it, it looked like it was cut from some kind of mouse. He was not hungry in the first place, and Zhao Mai was not interested in anything that he did not eat when he stored food. This small bazaar is full of such "counterfeit" products, but the orcs seem to know about this situation and do not care about it.
A coin that is cast in iron and then fingerprinted with your thumb while it is hot is the currency here. This thumb coin has the symbol of the War Chieftain on one side, and it is easy to tell if it is an orc's fingerprint on the other. Such anti-counterfeiting measures were sufficient in the closed Mordor, and the thickness of the thumb skin, combined with the management of the mint, ensured that the coins would not be issued indiscriminately, so the value of the coins was still very strong. One thumb coin can be exchanged for five meat skewers, or two real rabbit meat skewers.
Seeing Zhao Mai coming, a half-orc hurriedly displayed his goods: "Come and see my rope, it's not much worse than the silk web of the demon spider!"
"Is this human hair?" Zhao Mai confirmed with a glance. No wonder most of the humans here have short hair, including women, and it turns out that their long hair is also a resource.
"It's already fireproof, you can use it with confidence!" the orc smirked.
Zhao Mai shook his head and left the booth quickly. He saw all sorts of stalls, mostly made by slaves, and powerful orcs who were only responsible for killing and fighting. No, in the core of the bazaar, a commander is recruiting his men, as long as the strongest and most combat-ready ones.
His six centurions were lined up, their burly and powerful figures showing great strength, and they were also inspectors to see if the orcs who signed up had the strength. A half-orc who wanted to get away with it was pulled out by them, slapped him in the face, kicked him in the ass, and sent him off with a shrill taunt.
Zhao Mai's banner is much higher than everyone else, and it is particularly conspicuous in this bazaar, so it will naturally be seen by the centurion and centurion. "Damn, where is this flag, which commander is under it?"
The name of the black foot was only known in Zhao Mai's own settlement, and other places didn't know it at all. What's more, this flag has not been made for a long time, even in the fortress of the Three Artillery Towers, there are many orcs who don't know it, let alone in the north of Mordor. "Ask him if he'd like to do it with me!"
The centurions looked at each other. Judging from Zhao Mai's solid muscles and confident eyes, it is by no means good. What's more, there is a strange big dog with a fierce god by his side, which is definitely not easy to deal with. Among the orcs, most of the goblins and goblin hybrids are good at breeding, they are smaller and more suitable to be riders, and they also need mounts to increase their abilities. Orcs prefer to improve their bodies and combat skills, so how can they have the extra energy to cultivate combat partners?
A thousand-commander can't have more than ten centurions, and "Az Clouds" is full, and one more is equivalent to eliminating one. Whoever goes up to say the solicitation is most likely to bear the brunt of the battle and face the opponent in his heyday. Azi Uyun likes to be clever, and most of his men do, so although the order is given, no one moves half a step for half a day.
"Bastard, thistle, you go!" Azi stomped his foot and named his men.
This scene all fell in Zhao Mai's eyes. He has the heart to be a thousand-commander, but he doesn't want to accept a group of half-hearted subordinates who are afraid of the weak and the hard. In particular, bullying the weak and fearing the hard is more useless than half-heartedness.
The centurion named Tribulus Terrestris pushed away the orcs who were surrounding to enlist and came to Zhao Mai. His eyes were always aimed at Zhao Mai's feet, as if he wanted to step on it. Maybe it was because of this method of fighting that he was accustomed to attacking the opponent's foot plate that he earned the nickname of Tribulus Terrestris? Zhao Mai looked at him, and without waiting for him to say nonsense, he directly punched him in the nose.
"Get out of the way, stupid!"
Tribulus fell straight up, not reacting at all, not even knowing what was going on. Zhao Mai shook his foot, kicked him to the side of the road, cleared the direction he was heading, and then continued to walk forward.
"It's too arrogant!" Tribulus has already fallen, which means that even if the recruitment is successful, this new guy will not affect his status, and when will he not show his loyalty at this time? Besides, Tribulus still has two good (like-minded) friends.
"It's a bit of a wasteful move just now, it's not very reasonable. Zhao Mai thought about it, saw the direction of the orc rushing over, snapped two whip legs, kicked the two orcs away, and fell to the side of the road unconscious. "Well, that way you don't have to do one more thing to clear the road. ”
Reserve snorted, sniffed, ran to the unconscious orcs, raised his claws and sliced off their wallets with a forceful swing. It held the loot in its mouth and ran two steps to keep up with Zhao Mai. The thumb coins in the wallet rattled.
Aziz Cloudy was silent. He immediately figured out the situation, if he provoked this orc who planted the flag, maybe he would also be beaten down, and the name of the commander would be lost. Where did the orcs come from, they are so strong, this is unreasonable!
Zhao Mai glanced at Azi.
Time seemed to stand still, especially for Azi. His fingers trembled, his mind racing, his thoughts flooding without any theme, and he was in complete confusion. Fortunately, Zhao Mai did not continue to set foot on the stone platform set up by Aziz to recruit troops, but bypassed and continued to the north.
A few orcs who were going to enlist thought about it and followed him north.
Az's heart finally fell.