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It was not so simple, and the Baroque did not reply to Ziad. Instead, he asked Wald: "The Gravel Wastes are notoriously barren, and I don't know anything that would require the royal family of Paddington, so I sent a caravan to venture into the depths to trade with the lizardmen." Aren't you afraid that the greedy and cunning lizardmen will kill you all and plunder all your goods?"

"That's why I hired a mercenary group that was familiar with the Gravel Wasteland. Wald smiled helplessly: "But I didn't expect them to be slaughtered by you, oh, of course, I didn't mean to complain about you." I just hated myself for being blind to go and find this kind of damn guy to guard the caravan. "He had reason to hate it, at least being discarded by the mercenaries who were supposed to keep him safe, and anyone would resent it. But now there is no more anger...... What can you complain about a group of dead people?

"I am a contractor to the Paddington royal family, serving the royal family and procuring supplies for them everywhere. This time I entered the gravel wasteland in order to buy a special metal ore [kyanite gold] from the lizardmen, because the royal family was very urgent, so I rushed into the wasteland, and now everything I have is in the hands of you, the venerable Baroque patriarch, and you have all the control irrefutably, including the lives of me and my companions. Wald said very happily, he was telling the truth, for the shrewd instincts of the merchant had told him that it was best not to lie in front of an orc shaman, which was ridiculous!

Aquamarine Baroque's heart moved, he knew this metal, because he had it in his hands...... The blue metal belt of Prince Alvin was still known from the message sent to him by the old Hebrewonian wolf. Aquamarine gold is known as one of the strongest metals, only slightly inferior to [Adamantite Gold], but its plasticity and ductility are incomparable to Pure Gold.

Adamantite can only be mixed with certain other metals, such as iron or copper, to greatly increase its strength and sharpness, but it cannot be made into any utensils on its own. Aquamarine gold not only has the same properties as adamantite gold, but what is particularly peculiar is that after forging, aquamarine gold is like the softest rubber band, with excellent tensile toughness. There was once an experiment by a magician, stretching a one-foot-long, thumb-thick azumarine gold metal bar in the opposite direction, and after the metal bar was about three meters long, the metal bar immediately bounced back, returning to its original one-foot-long appearance, with almost no changes, this special performance is simply prepared for the magic array.

Although the magic circle has magical power and is extremely versatile, it is also very fragile. From a warning array with hundreds of veins to an urban defense array with tens or millions of veins, any one of them is damaged, which will affect the effect of the entire array. And we know that the terrain of the circle will sometimes change due to enemies or natural factors, which is uncontrollable. But if those magic veins are mixed with aquamarine gold, not only will the magic array be extremely strong, even if the earth cracks and the enemy bombards, the magic array itself will be because of the aquamarine gold, even if it is twisted, it can maintain the maximum strength integrity, and even after that, it will slowly return to its original state.

Therefore, aquamarine metal is a strategic-grade metal mine. The known mineral deposits of the entire continent are in the hands of the Magician Association, and even those big empires cannot shake the core interests of magicians. Even if you need to use it, you must purchase it from the Wizards' Guild.

Of course, this has no effect on the orcs, after all, they are not magicians, and they can't build magic arrays. Even if the totem poles of the shamans had patterns that looked like magic arrays, Baroque did not find any traces of metal on the totem poles!

Baroque was fascinated by aquamarine gold because he knew how attractive the metal was to human nations. The reason why the Kingdom of Paddington itself is a small and poor country, but it has been able to stand for hundreds of years surrounded by powerful enemies, is because the King of Padja has been stained with the light of the Academy, and the city's defense is based on the Azure Crystal Gold Magic Defense Array.

If you can master a large amount of kyanite gold ore, Baroque is confident that she can bargain with some small kingdoms or principalities around them, and exchange them for all the slave orcs, so that you can quickly grow your tribe!

Of course, things will not be so easy, even if they have a large amount of aquamarine gold ore, I believe that after humans know about it, they would rather come and rob it than like to be blackmailed by orcs, so Baroque still needs to think more about it. Of course, it's too early to say that the aquamarine gold ore is found first.

"Wald, if the Kingdom of Paddington knows that the lizardmen of the Gravel Wastes have Aquamarine Gold ore in their hands, why did you not come to trade with them until now, instead of stockpiling this strategic-grade ore in advance?" Baroque asked.

"A destitute man can sleep soundly, but a man who suddenly gets a bag of gold coins must be afraid of the covetousness of those around him. Wald replied with a wry smile: "The Gravel Wastes are bordered by a total of four kingdoms, namely the Duchy of Hanseas, the Kingdom of Loren, our Kingdom of Paddington, and the [Dominion of Prince Gustav] of the Samoan Empire. The four nations were all staring at this metal mine, and if any kingdom dared to occupy it alone, it would immediately be attacked by several other nations. Two of the four countries are mortal enemies, and we will never be able to cooperate in mining. Moreover...... Magicians have long invited dwarves to explore the reserves of aquamarine gold in this place, which are very rare and have almost no mining value. Therefore, several countries have no choice but to secretly send small caravans into the wasteland to trade with the indigenous lizardmen there, and exchange a small amount of kyanite gold from them. ”

Baroque chuckled in his heart and cursed to the damn of it! He had never known anything about the situation around the Gravel Wasteland, but now it seemed that this was not a paradise at all, but a place of four fucking wars. Originally, he had planned to use it as a base to grow his own tribe, but now the plan has been completely disrupted. Once the blue wolf tribe shows a little bit of strength, needless to say, it will definitely be wiped out by humans!

There is no way, Baroque thinks that he does not have enough time to accumulate strength, let alone confront four countries, even if a single kingdom of Paddington sends an elite thousand-man team, he can destroy himself!

"Is the royal family of Paddington going to build a magic circle?" Baroque suddenly asked, wondering if it was the explosion that destroyed the defense circle of Padya?

"I don't know, maybe it is!" Wald shook his head, thought for a moment and said, "The list that the royal family gave me is not only aquamarine gold, but also some Wasteland Warcraft cores. However, the royal family did not hope that I would be able to exchange it from the lizardmen, but only let me keep an eye on it. ”

Wald knew all he had said, and Baroque pondered. His face was a little unsightly, so much so that the clansmen who were still excited just now were a little worried. After a long time, when Baroque looked up, he was stunned to find that all the people were staring at him.

Shaking his head, he couldn't help but laugh! What is there to worry about? I was originally a slave of mankind, but I am lucky to be free at this time. Even if you can't develop in the Gravel Wasteland, then what? It's a big deal to migrate back to your ancestors' homeland [Northern Tundra], where there are still tribes of the same bloodline [Frostwolf Clan]!

Yes, Baroque's heart suddenly lit up! He should take his people back to the ancestral land of his ancestors [North Wind Tundra], only in that land that belongs entirely to orcs, can it be possible to develop and grow his tribe! Only when he is threatened by humans, can he get the help of his kind!

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and Baroque couldn't help but tell his people his physiognomy. The reactions of the clansmen were mixed, and the young people naturally obeyed Baroque's words, even if they went to attack the royal city of the human race at this moment, they would not hesitate. But some of the old orcs couldn't help but hesitate, the inseparability of their homeland was one thing, and on the other hand, Baroque did not know about it!

Ziad smiled bitterly and told Baroque about the concerns of the old orcs: "Baroque, we orcs are far from being as united as you think! Even in the relatively distant kingdom of Paddington to the west, we have heard of the battle between the orc tribes on the north wind tundra. Not to mention the tens of thousands of miles of journey from here to the northwind tundra, even if we go back to the homeland of our ancestors, it is still unknown whether we will be welcomed by the orcs there. ”

The orc Cecil also sighed, "Even if we are lucky enough to find those tribes of the Frostwolf Clan, they will not even recognize our identity at all. After all, it has been a thousand years since our ancestors left the north wind tundra, and apart from the hair on our bodies, what can we use to prove our bloodline? For orcs, sometimes bloodline represents everything!" Hearing the words of the old orc, the young people were worried, they didn't want to go back to their ancestors' homeland with all the hard work, but in the end they ended up unrecognized!

Baroque was not disappointed, but pointed at Wald with a smile and said to the orcs: "That's why I'm going to go with Mr. Wald to the depths of the Gravel Wasteland to explore the ruins of our ancestors, and maybe find evidence that can prove the identity of our bloodline." ”

"Let's go ...... too. The young orcs shouted with eagerness.

"Do you think the depths of the Gravel Wasteland are as safe as your own home?" Ziad scolded the young man angrily, "There are dangers everywhere, and there is always the danger of encountering Warcraft, if you have the strength of the Baroque, we old fellows will not object." If not, be honest with me as soon as possible!"

Baroque also shook his head with a smile and said, "You don't need so many people, just find five or six to follow me." Once we find the ruins and get what we want, we'll be back soon. ”

There was no need to choose, the four of Angore, Muru, Zainzu and Barrotan were bound to go with the Baroque, and two of the other young men were lucky enough to be picked by the Baroque. Lorne Khan and Tulayan, these are the names of the two young orcs. The reason why they were chosen was entirely because Baroque had recently been learning the shamanic spell [Soul Eagle Eye] that he was cultivating. This kind of spell can detect the talents of the clansmen, and it is the secret method used by the orc shamans in the past when selecting warriors who can cultivate the beast's battle qi.

The Soul Eagle Eye's secret method is still very unskilled, but it will be effective once in a while, at least he found that among all the clansmen, except for the four of them who really have the talent to cultivate the beast's battle qi, only Lorne Khan and Tulayan have this potential!

Shamans are born with a mysterious sense of the spirits of the ancestors, and the Baroque has a premonition that entering the ruins may have an unexpected gain, which is related to the power of the orcs!