There is no such thing as a free lunch, and Duke Linde naturally understands this truth. Baroque was so devoted to his advice that it was impossible not to have his own appeals. Having made up his mind, Linde paid more and more attention to the Baroque...... And he was afraid. This orc is shrewd and insidious and terrifying, and if he regains the throne in the future, the first thing to be eliminated is him and everything around him. Of course, before that, you might as well give this orc some sweetness.

"Baroque shaman, your words have opened my mind, and I want to thank you for your wisdom and sincerity. With a warm smile on his face, Linde said, "So, is there anything you need my help with?" ”

"Duke Linde, I naturally have a small request, and of course, there is hardly any hindrance for you. And if you help me, even I will lead my people to fight for you. Baroque said with the same smile.

Linde's eyes lit up, the power under the Baroque should not be underestimated, although it could not face the elite army, it was still easy to break through some small towns. After Baroque's words, Linde is ready to stand up in the open, and this first requires him to seize a territory of his own, and the power of the orcs is very useful. "I'm listening," he said.

"The orcs of the kingdom of Paddington. Baroque made his own request: "I want all the orcs of the kingdom of Paddington." Seeing Linde's involuntary frown, Baroque added: "Of course, I won't force the orc slaves under the nobles who support you, but those nobles or wealthy merchants who are on the side of Korek, after you take back the throne, all their orc slaves need to be given freedom, and then handed over to me." ”

This is thousands of orc slaves, representing a sky-high fortune, but Linde immediately nodded and agreed without any hesitation, anyway, it was not his thing, and he was not distressed: "No problem, I agree to your request." And when I regain the throne, I will persuade all the nobles to free their orc slaves. ”

This is a blank check, so I have to cheat the ghost. Baroque, a freak with two souls, naturally didn't believe it, but he still thanked him with gratitude, and the two talked more and more enthusiastically, and Lindh asked Baroque intentionally or unconsciously how he planned to lead his people to help him fight.

"You have given me the authority to make me and my tribe a servant army of yours. As soon as you decide which great city to occupy in Paddington, we will come to you at once and shed blood and even die for you. ”

There was no better proposal, and the two of them came to an agreement, smiling at each other that only they understood.

This kind of thing is too important, even if Duke Linde makes up his mind, he has to discuss it with all his loyal subordinates, after all, these people still need to fight for their own loyalty, and there must be respect, Linde has done a good job at this point, otherwise there will not be so many people still following loyally.

The relationship between Baroque and Linde entered a honeymoon period, and under the special advice of the duke, no one neglected and despised the orcs. Baroque and his tribesmen were given a comfortable place to stay next to the Crescent Lake, and finally got rid of the long yellow sand of the wasteland outside the oasis, where the water and the green grass and flowers on the shore were so refreshing that they almost suspected that they were not in the depths of the desert.

Over the next few days, Duke Lind gathered all his important men, and people from outside the wasteland came to the Crescent Oasis to meet with the Duke to discuss the possibility of a plan. After convincing the majority and finally reaching a consensus, the question focused on the last point............ Which city should it occupy?

Obviously, this question hardly needs to be thought about, with Wald, a merchant who is familiar with everything in the city, [Duolun City] has become the best choice!

Duke Lind was so resolute that he halted his continued acquisition of the Underground Blackstone and recalled all his men scattered across the wasteland. When more than 300 elite warriors gathered, they quickly left the wasteland.

Baroque bids farewell to Duke Linde and promises to return immediately to gather his people and rush to the city of Duolun.

Seeing the figure of the last human cavalry disappear into the yellow sand sky, Baroque relaxed and turned back to the clansmen: "You see, all the humans have left, and now the center of the wasteland is the world of our orcs, and we can freely search for the relics of our ancestors." ”

In addition to creating turmoil in the kingdom of Paddington and collecting orc slaves by the way, the main purpose of the Baroque was to drive Lindh and his people away, and then find the ancestral ruins without being exposed. As for the lizardmen...... Baroque storage rings contain golden coins to buy them to help themselves.

Orcs are really not a race that is good at using their brains, they are all confused, and after thinking for a long time, they suddenly realized that Baroque and Duke Linde have been hypocritically dealing with it for several days, just to get all the humans away! Not to mention, the effect of this move is surprisingly good, and the humans have really left. It is impossible not for the orcs not to have more respect and admiration for the Baroque...... The wisdom of shamans is truly unfathomable.

In the past few days, under the introduction of Duke Linde, Baroque has already met the patriarch of the white lizardman, and only needs to give him a small bag of gold coins to get the warm treatment of the greedy old fellow. Baroque conversed a few times with the old lizard chief, who knew everything around him, and marked on the map, possibly the location of the ancestral ruins, finally settled on a few points. He used all the goods to get the maximum help of the old lizard chief, and carefully explored the periphery of several points around him.

These forbidden places are undoubtedly full of dangers, and they are often inhabited by powerful demonic beasts. Baroque took his clan to choose a forbidden oasis to explore, and encountered the eighth-level magical beast [Manticore] that can be called the overlord of the wasteland, if it weren't for the Hebrew wolf on his arm at the critical moment exuding the breath of a phantom beast, shocking the litter of three or five manticores, and letting Baroque escape with his clan in time, I'm afraid they would have to suffer a big loss. From this, you can imagine how bad the white lizardmen would have been in other forbidden places.

Two of the forbidden places are inhabited by demonic beasts as powerful as manticores, and more than a dozen lizardmen who entered died, and the others escaped by burrowing into the sandy bottom. There was only one forbidden place left, and after thirty white lizardmen entered, they never came out, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive. Baroque took Barrotan and they all came to this last forbidden place, Baroque performed shamanic magic, and released soul power to touch the surroundings, hoping to feel some totemic traces left by the ancestors, but strangely there was no response, and even the elemental power inside the forbidden place was much thinner than elsewhere. Baroque subconsciously realized that if the guess was correct, there should be a high probability that this place should be the remains of the ancestors.

It is a quicksand lake of hundreds of acres in size, covered in fine yellow sand, which looks very calm from the outside, but if you throw a slightly heavier stone into it, you will immediately sink into it as if you were falling into water. There may only be lizardmen in the wasteland, who can swim through such places as if they were swimming in water. And the white lizard people just dived into the quicksand, and then never came out, maybe the ancestral relics were buried under the quicksand.

What should I do if I can't see the real face of the quicksand lake? Baroque also felt a headache, Angel tried to get close to the quicksand, just took a step on the edge, and was immediately swept into the quicksand, if it wasn't for Barrotan quickly grabbing his hand and pulling him out, I'm afraid this guy would be bad, Rao was so shocked that he let out a cold sweat.

Baroque snorted, staring at the quicksand lake. Then he asked Barrotan to find some rocks and throw them into them. Throwing a dozen stones, Baroque breathed a sigh of relief, and he found that under the cover of the calm yellow sand on the surface, the sand under the quicksand lake was constantly flowing, like a whirlpool, and all animals that strayed into this place would be swept into the depths of the whirlpool. Baroque did another experiment, he tied a stone with a long enough rope and threw it on the outer edge of the quicksand lake, watched the stone sink in, and then the rope in his hand swooped into the quicksand, the rope became shorter and shorter, and Baroque had to continue to connect to another ...... After more than a hundred feet of loosening, the rope finally stopped sinking, as the Baroque had speculated, and began to circle around the quicksand lake.

The people were bewildered and did not know what this meant, but Baroque had a faint thought. Wald once said that the manuscript of the adventurer he had seen recorded that the remains of the orcs were full of stone carvings telling the story of orc hunting, sacrifice, or nomadism, but there were no carvings in this place, and they were probably all stuck under quicksand.

Baroque immediately approached the old white lizard patriarch and got the answer he wanted from him............ This quicksand lake has only been around for a short time, just over a decade, and it used to be an oasis lake with huge stones scattered around its shores, and I don't know what to do with it. In other words, it was a sudden change that caused the ancestral ruins to sink into the sand.

The ruins were down there, and they had to go inside. Baroque sat motionless and contemplative by the quicksand lake, and the tribesmen did not bother him, but also sat around the quicksand lake, thinking about any possibility. As it grew dark, the white lizards would not spend the night in such a dreaded place, and they all left, and soon only the orcs themselves and the frost wolf Rak, who roamed and guarded.

Suddenly, Baroque jumped up, shook the storage ring, took out the dark totem pole, and stood on the edge of the quicksand lake. He scattered the six clansmen around the quicksand lake, telling them to observe all the anomalies, and then slowly release the shaman's power. Lark also responds to Baroque's call and lies under the totem pole.

The spells that Norman shaman taught Baroque back then were the most common shamanic secret techniques, and Baroque learned more profound shamanic techniques from the large number of animal skin scrolls, and tried to chant under the totem pole, accompanied by the obscure and ancient incantations, the long-lost wolf-shaped light and shadow resurfaced from the totem pole. Rak stood up, fur blowing up, staring at the light and shadow, with an eager look in his eyes, gradually approach......ing! Longing to merge that light and shadow. A hunch tells it that if it is realized...... Its power will skyrocket!

Baroque did not notice Lac's actions, all his energy was attracted by the abnormal reaction of the quicksand lake―――――― five breaths that were exactly the same as the totem pole faintly emanated from under the quicksand, echoing the totem pole. The wolf-shaped light and shadow roared silently at the quicksand lake, as if calling for something ............!