Chapter 82: Funerals and Meetings
The remains of Krutu, the Grand Chief of the War Bear Clan, were covered in a black cloth and lay on a very large wooden stretcher, and eight of the most respected tribal chiefs and the bravest warriors were the spirit bearers as spirit bearers, walking towards the distant burial place. Protoya and all his brothers were almost completely sized, with only a piece of animal skin wrapped around their crotch. The female offspring were covered with an extra piece of animal skin on their chests, and they all looked sad and followed closely behind. This is a funeral custom unique to the beast tribes, and the descendants of the deceased are required to see off the deceased elder naked...... It is the deceased who has given them life, and they need to bid farewell to the deceased with their purest bodies!
Of course, this is only the case for the descendants of the deceased, and the rest of the clan does not have such a request, and they follow behind and pour out of the nest. Outsiders like Baroque were also able to follow closely behind the body stretcher because of their noble status.
Baroque nerves are tense, uncontrollably tense. At this point, he regretted letting Barrotan leave early with the livestock he had exchanged for from the Wolf Tooth Tribe. If he stays here, then at least he will have a little more strength to confront that pretender. And it was obviously too late to go to the blue wolf tribe to gather reinforcements. Because when the funeral is over, the orc council to elect the new High Chief will take place, and it will be next to the burial place in Krutu............ Although it seems weird and unkind, this is a custom of the beasts!
Baroque was secretly keeping an eye on the pretender of Quio Dolan............ Quio Dolan was one of the eight Spirit Bearers, and the guard was by his side. And it's not just Baroque who is paying attention to him, this guard pretender is obviously also vaguely watching Baroque. He seemed to know that he was being seen through, but he didn't worry too much, but he still looked calm, as if he was not afraid of Baroque exposing him in public.
This is also understandable, although the Baroque is a shamanic sacrifice, they have no right to decide on the internal affairs of the orc clan. Once the Baroque dares to interfere in the internal affairs of the clan, it will immediately be disgusted by all orcs. For the rude and straightforward orcs, once this kind of antipathy is formed. Even if the Baroque then exposed the pretender, all the orcs would not believe it as nonsense. It was Crutu's funeral, and Baroque would not have acted rudely, even out of respect for Plottoya and his family. Otherwise, even Plotoya would be angry because he was humiliated. When the funeral was over, there was no room for Baroque to intervene casually in the meeting that followed, and once the Great Chief was elected, Quio Dolan really got his wish to become the Great Chief of the War Bear Clan, and the authority was formed. Cover all the clan orcs, then any words of revelation from the Baroque will not be accepted.
It was clear that the pretender had thought all of this through, and this indirectly proved his identity! Because orcs never had such a mind, and only cunning humans could think through such things.
But there is one thing that the pretender may have neglected, he didn't know too much about the Baroque, and he didn't know that under the appearance of the orc in front of him, there were two special guys with the souls of two races, and they had a cunning mind that was not weaker than him, and even more so.
Before the funeral, Baroque and Protoya met in secret for a few minutes. Baroque for fear of being exposed by the rude, disguising Protoya. The truth is not told, but only that there is a hidden crisis and that all the help of Protoya is needed. Because of the old Crutu's instructions before his death, Protoya completely obeyed Baroque's orders and made some arrangements in advance, so Baroque still has some confidence in what will happen next.
Perhaps the pretender also had faith in his own scheme...... After all, he has been planning for so long, although there are some mistakes from time to time, but he finally succeeds in the end............ Once Quio Dolan becomes the Great Chief of the War Bear Clan, then the orcs of the War Bear Clan who have replaced more than 100,000 will invisibly fall under his control. Whether it is to provoke internal strife and division among the orcs, or to lead these hundreds of thousands of orcs astray and exterminate them all. It will allow him to gain higher rights and status in the Holy See! Therefore, even if he was vigilant to find that the young orc shaman saw his flaws, he did not stop or leaveββββββ and no one was willing to give up the low-hanging fruit at the last moment of success.
"Baroque. You're a little distracted, am I upsetting you?" Crutu's burial place was miles away, and they needed to walk for a while. Hilda, the daughter of Ortu, the Great Chief of the Frostwolf, followed Baroque in her tracks. The girl is a rare female orc with a gentle personality that Baroque has seen, but she has mustered up courage in dealing with Baroque. During a few days in the Berserk Horde, even the dumbest orcs could see that this beautiful girl was pursuing a Baroque shaman. And he doesn't care about being seen.
Baroque was thinking closely about calculating how sure he would be of catching the pretender if there was a big war nextββββββ Baroque never worried that he would be able to defeat the pretender, because at this point, the stinky silver wolf showed full fighting spirit. You must know that when he was weak and had no ability to protect himself, even in the face of low-level papal minions like the Wind Scout, the little wolf seemed very cautious and timid, but now in front of the papal manipulators who are several times stronger, the little wolf dares to show his fighting spirit, there is no doubt that he has at least the strength to fight, and he is not afraid of fighting. The key is not to overcome, but not to let that person escape. Because if the manipulators of the Holy See escaped, the power of the Baroque at this time would not be able to keep him at all.
Baroque's absent-mindedness gloomy Hilda, who felt as if Baroque didn't care about her. Just when he didn't know what to do, Baroque suddenly lowered his voice and said to her: "Hilda, you leave first after the funeral, don't attend their meeting to elect the Great Chief, stay away from me." β
"Why? Am I so annoying to you?" the girl clearly misunderstood something, and she was even a little angry, and her voice was raised a lot, so much so that it alarmed several people around her. Even the pretender who was a little far away had seen it.
Baroque hurriedly reached out and grabbed Hilda's waist and withdrew from the advancing group. Those orcs who sent the mourners naturally knew about the relationship between the two of them, and they only thought that there was some small unpleasantness, so they didn't care about it and moved on. Baroque let go of Hilda, who was struggling a little in his arms, and his expression was very serious: "Don't make trouble, I'm here for your good, there will be danger later." I don't want misfortune for the daughter of the Grand Chief of Ortu to befall me here. Remember, leave as soon as the funeral is over, the farther away the better!"
Hilda knew she had misunderstood, but she was more curious. I couldn't help but ask, "Why, what's the danger? Can't I help you?"
"Don't make a fuss, you'll know when it's over, now if you get close. It will only cause a burden. Baroque looked a little impatient. Although Hilda was very aggrieved, she still cowered a little in front of the angry Baroque, pouted and nodded.
Baroque patted her hand like a child, and walked back to the funeral procession without saying anything. Hilda paused and went back as well. But all her attention was on the Baroque.
Even if the orcs are the most noble chiefs, their burial places will not erect mausoleums, but only dig a deep pit in the tundra ground, bury the dead, and then trample on the horses, and there is no trace! The only difference with ordinary orcs is that it is the patriarchs and warriors of all the tribes of the War Bear Clan who mourn for Crutu, but when his body is buried in the ground, no matter how great the glory is, it will be gone!
The Krutu era of the War Bear Clan is over, and it's time to elect a new chief. It's time for the next chieftaincy!
The patriarchs and warriors of more than a dozen large tribes, and some of the patriarchs of small tribes with only a few hundred people, although they have almost no right to speak, are also here, and this is their right. But everyone knows that there are only two candidates for the new chieftain - Plotaya, the son of the Grand Chief of Crutu, and Quio Dolan, the patriarch of the Abomination Tribe!
More than a dozen large tribes had shamanic sacrifices stationed there, and they all came to observe the meeting. Because of their special status, although they also have the right to speak, they are all neutrals, have no voting rights, and do not have special favoritism. Of course. It's all. Shamans who have been in a certain tribe for a long time will naturally have different feelings for the tribe they belong to, and favoritism is inevitable. After all, even if the shamans do not have the right to vote, their words will still make many orcs take it seriously and make choices in their favor.
The reason why Baroque used very rough methods to teach the three Shamans of Gatun. Banish them from the Berserk Horde. It is because the three shamans have almost openly shown their indifference to Plottoya and their affection for the hateful tribe of Quio Dolan. It's already merciful that this kind of guy who is almost inside and outside eats the inside and out, and he didn't kill them.
More than a dozen patriarchs of large tribes are in the inner circle, and next to them are the most powerful warriors of each tribe, and then more than twenty shamans are on the periphery to observe, as for the patriarchs of those small tribes, they can only be in the outer circle. No way. Orcs have always been respected for strength, and they don't complain much.
The meeting was tense from the start. The first to preside over the meeting was supposed to be the shaman sacrifice of the Berserk Tribe, but the three Gatun were expelled by the Baroque, so naturally he presided over it. It is clear that the young and surprisingly young Baroque is not trusted by the proud and rude orc chiefs or warriors. There was even a certain orc warrior who directly questioned: "Young man, are you a shaman? Where are the three Shamans of Gatun? Don't tell me that the Berserk Tribe has lost the protection of the shaman, and can only find a guy to impersonate, haha!"
The guy was clearly supporting Quio Dolan, and Plotto Adam was furious and about to get angry, when Baroque waved his hand at him and asked him to sit back. If Protoya wants to become the Great Chief, he can't do anything irrational at this time, in case some orc chiefs who originally had a crush on him change their minds, it will be more than worth the loss.
Of course, Plotoya had to be patient, and Baroque had no scruples about that. His approach to solving problems was succinct and messy.
In front of all the tribal chiefs of the War Bear Clan, Baroque smiled and said to the orc, "Are you insulting me?
"Hey, I'm just telling the truth, the orcs haven't had a shaman sacrifice as young as you for thousands of years!"
Baroque nodded and said lightly: "It's very simple, I'll prove it to you." The next moment he burst out like a gust of wind, and his fierce fist smashed it away before the orc warrior had time to react, and with the sound of bones breaking, the orc plummeted more than ten meters and fell to the ground vomiting blood. This is not over, at some point, thirty-six basin-sized ice blades suddenly appeared around Baroque's body, spinning wildly and cutting towards the orc!
After a scream, the orc was covered in bruises, almost all of his outer skin muscles were cut by the ice blade, and the blood almost submerged him. And after doing all this, the orc warrior didn't have a single fatal wound on his body...... The Baroque manipulates shamanic spells with surgical precision!
"Are you still doubting my shamanic identity?" The scene was silent, all of them were shocked by Baroque's violent methods, and after a while, Baroque asked lightly. (To be continued.) )