In the heart of the Gravel Wasteland, far from the human realm, everything is based on strength. Even the lowly orcs in the eyes of humans, when they have enough power to inflict heavy damage or even destruction, even the most arrogant knights have to see the reality clearly.

The knight leader instantly compared the strength of the two sides, and found that his side was completely at a disadvantage, and he had to seriously consider Baroque's words.

"Orc, tell me your purpose, how did you know that Lord Duke was in the Gravel Wasteland, could it be that the outside human world has already spread?" On the way to escape, he gathered some of his henchmen who had fled from the city of Padea, and the Duke of Lind also knew everything that was happening in the royal city. Because of the death of Prince Alvin, the Odria Empire will definitely not be able to return, otherwise it will definitely be angered by the emperor. In desperation, he had no choice but to lead his remaining loyal men into the gravel wasteland. If the people of the Kingdom of Paddington knew, King Corek would never let his sworn enemies go unpunished.

"Oh, you're overthinking. Baroque saw the knight leader's confusion and explained with a smile: "You know, in the depths of the wasteland, as long as you give the lizardmen a little favor, they will tell you everything they want to know. And it's clear that Duke Linde isn't low-key here, so it's not hard to know him. As for my purpose, I'm sorry, I can only talk to the Duke of Linde. The implication is that he is not qualified enough.

The knight leader retreated, discussed and exchanged ideas with the other knights, and soon reached an agreement. They put away their swords, which was an expression of attitude. Baroque also told his people to put away their tomahawks, and the blades of ice around Rak's body melted, flicking his tail and continuing to roam the surrounding dunes.

The young and handsome orc in front of him felt unfathomable, and the indifference and depth he showed made the knight leader unable to raise any contempt, and besides, Duke Linde's situation was already extremely difficult, and there was no need to provoke any more resentment. Jumping off the camel beast, lifting the steel helmet mask, he came to Baroque's side, and made a rare knightly salute by beating his chest: Torrea salutes you, but I'm sorry, I have to know your identity before I can decide whether to take you to your lordship. It is not only for the safety of the Duke, but also to avoid unnecessary trouble. ”

"Of course, I understand. Baroque nodded and said, "I am the patriarch of the blue wolf tribe, the shaman sacrifice of the orcs, Baroque. Not so long ago, my people and I were slaves in the city of Padya, in the kingdom of Paddington. Now we are a free race, and all of this is thanks to the Duke of Lindh for what he has done. Although it is a pity that he did not succeed, it should not be the fault of Duke Linde. ”

Torrea looked surprised: "You orc slaves who escaped from Padea City?, oh, I've heard your name, Orc Baroque, aren't you ......!" Baroque's brutality in the Colosseum really made many people remember his name.

"Yes, in front of you are the gladiators of the Tomahawk and Lion Gladiatorial Arena. We escaped by the turmoil in the royal capital, so you see, we were unintentionally aided by the Duke of Lind, and we had a grudge against King Corek's men. We have common aspirations, and I think the Duke of Lind would be willing to meet with me. ”

The knight Torrea was already moved, he was an earth knight, and he could see the faint fighting aura of the six warriors around the Baroque, not to mention the terrifying monster wolf wandering around, and even the strength of the Baroque itself could not be seen, but even Torrea himself was deeply afraid, and he didn't know how many of the orcs there were, and it was better not to be hostile to them.

"Baroque priest, I'm just a subordinate of the Duke, I need to ask him for instructions before I can decide whether to take you to him according to his wishes, I'm sorry you have to wait. Torrea decided to go back and ask Duke Lindh to decide whether or not to meet the orcs.

"Of course, it's a matter of course. We'll stop at an oasis around where you can go back and ask for instructions. Baroque replied, and at the same time pointed to Wald, who was silent on the side, and said with a smile: "This Mr. Wald is a contract merchant of the royal family of Paddington, although he is only a small merchant, he should know some things that the Duke of Lind is interested in, so let him go back with you! Of course, I promised Mr. Wald that I would keep him safe, and I asked you to bring him back in good condition." Wald, who had just turned pale with fright, finally felt better after listening to Baroque's last words, and knew that he should not die, so he simply resigned himself to his fate!

Torrea's eyes lit up, they really needed to know some of the royal family's actions at this time, and they were busy thanking Baroque for his generosity. It was getting dark, so Torrea took his leave, and at the same time pointed in a direction, and said to Baroque: "Three or five miles further to that side, there is a water source where you can take refuge, and I will soon come back to convey the Duke's decision." ”

The cavalry departed with Wald, and soon disappeared into the long sandy sky. Baroque led his people and drove thirty camels to the water source. The clansmen endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak. Muru asked confusedly, "Baroque Patriarch, we are here to look for the ruins of the ancestors, why do we have to meet with that human duke?"

"Muru, are we going to take revenge?" Baroque asked abruptly.

"Of course. Mu Lu nodded without hesitation, his eyes full of hatred: "When we were sold to the gladiatorial arena, there were still more than a hundred people. It was the cruel humans who killed the sick and weak people alive and threw them into the wilderness outside the city for the wild beasts to devour. Even the so-called benevolent King of Paddington, Craik, only showed mercy to his subjects, and as for the orcs, they were no different from livestock. Our enemies are all humans, and if I could, I would hate to kill anyone who saw it. ”

Several of the other orcs echoed Muru's words, and even the cowardly Barrotan was filled with grief and indignation. Baroque was secretly worried............ Under his long-term incessant hints and indoctrination, although the tribesmen gradually regained their blood and self-confidence, they were a little too much. I'm really worried that when the power grows in the future, the people will turn around and slaughter the human race.

The background of human beings is far beyond that of orcs, and it would be bad if they angered those ancient and terrible forces and caused annihilation on them.

But at this time, this kind of sign must not be attacked, otherwise it will hurt the self-confidence of the clansmen. Baroque said noncommittally: "We killed the people of the Sand Scorpion mercenary group, but this revenge is only half avenged. King Korek, who has rebelled, and the humans who have persecuted us in the past need to be punished, and if we provoke humanity with our strength alone, we will inevitably be crushed by the elite army of humanity. So why not erect a formidable enemy for King Corek? Duke Lind, though he failed this time, was definitely not to be underestimated. Judging from the fact that he was almost about to storm the palace of Padeya, and that there was hardly a single nobleman in the royal capital to rescue the king, there were many people who supported Linde. What we have to do is for Duke Linde to continue to provoke his subordinates to start a civil strife, and fight with Korek, so that we can develop our power in peace. Even if we were to move away from here and back to the northern tundra, we would be able to avoid the obstacles of the Kingdom of Paddington on the way. As for the ancestral relics...... It's there, it's not going to disappear, and we can look for it calmly. ”

The orcs really didn't think about it so much, and after listening to Baroque's explanation, they couldn't help but be cheerful. As long as it makes humans uncomfortable, even cannibalistic, they are willing to do anything.

When the sky was dark and the wind and sand had subsided a little, the orcs also found the water source. Dozens of sand date trees are standing, and they actually bear a lot of fruit on them, and they are ripe. Just one glance at the small pond made Baroque understand, and at the same time he couldn't help but resent these cunning and shameless lizardmen.................. Lulusa and his new people have fled here, and when they saw the Baroque coming here, Lulusa, who hardly knew what shame was, greeted the orcs warmly: "Baroque, my dear orc brother. I know you're going to be fine, so you see I've been waiting for you at this water source in advance, come on, we've picked sweet dates for you to ......!"

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Duke Lind had gradually recovered from the frustration of a failed rebellion, and his exile had almost only one purpose...... Running to reclaim the throne that belongs to you. This time he failed, his loyal subordinates did not break their bones, and gathered around one after another, as long as there are people, they can continue to plan the next rebellion, and the only thing that bothers him may be money!

In any case, he did not expect that Prince Alvin would die in Paddington, disrupting all plans. No matter how he argued, the people of the Adria Empire would not listen to his explanation at all, and if Linde stepped into the Adria territory for half a step, I believe that the emperor would inevitably kill him to vent his anger. The vast amount of wealth that he had accumulated in Odria had naturally come to naught, and Linde needed to regain the funds to support his next move.

When there was nothing else to do, Torrea, the captain of his cavalry, made a suggestion............ Torrea, who had been an adventurer for many years in the Gravel Wasteland and was familiar with the inner workings of the wasteland, proposed that the Duke organize a caravan that would only need to take ordinary cheap salt, iron pots, and low-quality ale wine into the wasteland to buy desert black stone from the lizardmen, and then refine kyanite gold and sell it, and then resell it for hundreds of times the profit.

Duke Lind listened to Torrea's advice, and in order to avoid the pursuit of Paddington's elite troops who searched for his traces, he took everyone with him, sacked a small town, and gathered enough goods to enter the wasteland. Under Torrea's lead, Linde successfully came into contact with the White Lizardmen tribe of the Crescent Oasis...... Or collusion. In exchange for a large number of desert black stones, those greedy white lizardmen began to raid and plunder those small tribes of lizardmen in order to obtain human goods, after exchanging their own desert black stones, so that Linde and his men only need to stay in the crescent moon oasis to have a steady stream of desert black stones flowing into their hands.

After all, the Gravel Wasteland is a sensitive place where the borders of the four countries meet, and Duke Linde's wanton actions will soon attract interference, or even extermination. So he planned to leave in a few days with a large amount of desert black stones from his harvest, and as for the remaining salt and iron pots, he would give them to the greedy lizardmen.

Lying on the beach on the shore of the rippling lake in the Crescent Oasis, Duke Linde closed his eyes and rested, when suddenly the guard beside him reported: "My lord, Captain Torrea has returned from his inspection, and he wants to see you." ”