Volume 4 Chapter 1 Consolidating Territory and Hiding from Tranquility
It's been eight months since the battle between the Orcs and the Holy See Expeditionary Army ended!
Unexpectedly, the human army of two million, which was several times stronger than the orcs, was completely defeated in the hands of the orcs with the result of almost total annihilation. The lost territory of the Adria Empire, which had been regained from the orcs, changed hands once again. The beast clan not only completely stabilized its occupation of the grassland of the horse farm, but also firmly controlled the three major northern provinces and the strategic place [Blizzard City], known as the giant gate of Kundu. Coupled with the orc puppet Prince Bukred recovering his territory again, the entire northern land of Odria has fallen, and the entire Great Plains of Central Odria is completely exposed to the direct threat of the enemy.
The Holy See no longer has any idea of helping the Odria Empire, and at this time, the Odria Empire, let alone regaining the lost territory, is even struggling to defend itself, and it can't find enough elite troops at all. After all, the loss of two million elites, even for this great empire, is a heavy blow to the muscles and bones!
Evangeline was recalled by the Pope to the Bright Mountain, along with all of the Saint's henchmen, including the ten new legions she had instructed Roxana to command in Odrya. This is the capital in Evangeline's hands, even if she returns to Guangming Mountain, she must take it away, otherwise she will only be despised by the group of rotten old things in the Senate when she goes back alone!
Poor Empress Vitasia, who endured the merciless abandonment of the Holy Maiden Evangeline, had nothing in her hands. The entire Imperial Court of the Adria Empire immediately became the world of those powerful ministers and nobles. From the beginning to the end, they were only afraid of the Holy See Saintess, and they did not have the slightest respect for the Empress Vitasia. At this time, she was a puppet, and many of the great nobles in the empire were divided into several power factions, and they fought with each other, secretly fighting for power and profit, and no one cared about the large swath of lost territory in the north. It's as if it's not a pity that it's all swallowed up by the orcs.
The reality is so ridiculous and ridiculous, Vitasya, who has been abandoned and forgotten and ignored by many parties, has actually found a moment of peace that has not been seen for a long time. Rather than participating in the complicated affairs of the government, she prefers a quiet life. When he found out that the ministers were holding a court meeting, they simply ignored her. She simply stopped participating in the court discussions, completely left it alone, and let those people go to make trouble, she hid in the palace!
In this way, an irresponsible empress and a group of ministers and nobles who compete for power and profit and ignore external threats have made the entire empire miserable. Coupled with the sudden withdrawal of all the forces of the Holy See, it also gave the northern beasts ample time to completely control the territory they occupied.
After the Great War. The orcs also suffered heavy casualties, and finally died on the spot and were seriously wounded, and 200,000 young and strong orcs lost their lives. In terms of the orc population, they have been hit much harder than humans. Every orc knows that they will never be able to withstand any more war in a short period of time. If the Holy See sent even a much smaller army to attack, the Baroque would be forced to spit out all the annexed northern provinces and hide in the northern tundra to lick their wounds.
Fortunately, the beast god blessed it, the Holy See withered for some reason, and Odria left because of the saint. Empress Vitasia was set aside, and the ministers were also caught in infighting, and they were in no mood to take care of the beasts. This gave the Baroque a rare opportunity. Regroup the orcs and consolidate the occupied territories.
The death of 200,000 orcs in the battle is not only harmful!
Although this is a bit cold-blooded and dark, there is actually some snickering in the heart of Baroque. Because the time for the unification of the beast race was too short, he had formed an army of 500,000 to resist the invasion of humans, and it was impossible for him to really fully control it. After all, the army belonging to the Frostwolf Clan was only more than 100,000, accounting for less than a quarter. More than half of the soldiers were from other tribes, the original chiefs and elders of those tribes. Have a huge influence on them. Who knows if this will be a bargaining chip for some careerists in the future? The orc leaders who have lost most of their power due to the unification of the tribe will definitely not be as willing as they seem.
But after this war. The Baroque was much less apprehensive about this. Because those who can survive on the battlefield are undoubtedly the most elite and powerful. And a warrior who has undergone harsh training. It is often those who die who are undertrained. Among the 200,000 orcs killed in the battle, almost all of them were from other tribes, and the losses of the frost wolf's soldiers were very slight, which made the orc generals who were completely loyal to the Baroque really control the current orc army. Later, with time, the Baroque had 10,000 ways to eliminate unstable factors and completely control the entire beast race. At that time, his idea of statehood could be put into practice. But now, it's only a secret that a very few henchmen know.
Ironically, although the orcs finally possess the coveted fertile land, it will take a long time for Cillardo and a group of orcs selected by the Baroque to learn from human officials because of the lack of enough good people to manage itββββ. Well, it's not that it's lacking, it's that there aren't a few orcs who have such abilities at all, so they can only choose officials from among humans to govern.
Military power will always be in the hands of the orcs, especially the loyal brothers of the Baroque. The biggest gain of this war is that the old brothers' commanding ability has been trained to the greatest extent, and the Baroque is relieved to let them all out to take charge of themselves. Whether it was Tulayan, Angore, Soto, Lorne Khan, etc., they all led a single army and stationed in several large cities in several strategic points in the northern provinces occupied by the orcs. There are so many Terran civilians, and they always need to select humans to form some army supplements, and these also need to be controlled by the orcs. Even if some excellent human beings are selected to serve as generals, they must be repeatedly reviewed by Dennis's intelligence department to confirm that they are safe before they can pass the test. Only the soldiers in charge of security in the city will loosen their control, but among them, Baroque has arranged a large number of orc veterans who are disabled and withdraw from the main army.
Savatzi, Pahomi, and Majaro, along with the group of magicians who had been trusted by the Baroque for their performance in that war, were entrusted with important tasks. In addition, the human nobles who have not turned their backs on the orcs in Xuetun City have formed a sound and complete ruling team, and they have actually governed the three northern provinces in an orderly manner. And these humans are undoubtedly loyal to Baroque alone, he is equivalent to invisibly emptying the rights of the orc shaman and the council, so that those old things can only honestly stay in the grassland of the horse breeding land to build a beast temple, or take human slaves to graze livestock!
After returning from the elven misty forest, Baroque had a great dislike for the Beast Temple, and although he did not show it, he never set foot on the construction site of the Beast Temple in the steppe of the horse farm for eight months. Even he stopped teaching Tahir about the shamanic lineage, and only let him practice the power of the witch doctor first.
There are some things that he hasn't fully figured out yet, but since he already knows that the beast clan once had its own god [beast god] in the past, and the power of faith that has been lost recently can almost be confirmed to have been seized by the beast god who has been affirmed by the oracle of the elven goddess, how can Baroque continue to be idiotic in cultivating believers for others? Although he didn't know what happened to the beast god, he would disappear for tens of thousands of years, and even caused his believer beast clan to lose the right to rule the continent, not to mention, he was cursed by the god of light, and forgot everything about the beast god. But it was nothing more than the internal struggle of the gods of the sky, and the beast god was defeated by the god of light and deprived of all rights!
Now that the beast god has spoken through the elven goddess, it seems that the god of light, the king of the gods of the sky, has planned to reappear the failed beast god and regain the faith of the beast clan in order to restore his divine power, so that he can cause the re-rise of the abyss demon. Baroque didn't know if his existence was known to the gods, but he was like a fool and was robbed of his hard-earned power, and he was not reconciled.
Leaving all the affairs to his subordinates, Baroque has been doing nothing lately, just accompanying his son and woman. The only happy thing is that Hilda is pregnant, and everyone knows that due to Celine's human identity, she and Baroque's children have no inheritance. The only thing that can inherit the future rights of the Baroque is pure orc blood. Baroque could not change this, because even his best brothers did not hesitate to insist that Baroque could never be opposed to the whole race.
Norrero and Nuel, the two little ones are three years old, but they are as strong as five-year-old children, they have completely inherited their father's excellent genes, smart, witty, beautiful, except for the black hair and night-like eyes, and the yellow complexion that is very different from the white skin of humans in the Sauron Continent, which always makes others look weird, everything is so perfect. In order to protect the children, he has let the two wolves, Yanri and Aurora, follow the little one. Sure enough, with the children in possession of his bloodline, the Don Wolf can easily merge with Noreiro and Nuel, usually just two tattoos on the children's bodies, but in case of danger, the Don Wolf can immediately appear to protect them from harm.
Baroque knew the wonderful things that had happened to his two children, because that was the color and appearance of the soul he had come from the earth. Although he is extremely puzzled as to why it is just a soul crossing, but his descendants have inherited the bloodline of the past, since even such a thing as crossing can happen...... Even inexplicably brought the purple thunder and lightning that split himself in his mind, so there is no need to be surprised if anything happens!
In addition to accompanying his wife and children, Baroque is also urging the purple electric dragon of the soul sea to speed up the process of devouring the [Godhead Fragment] of the King of Maoton, and he knows that only by completely devouring the Godhead Fragment can he have some understanding of the gods of this world and have a way to deal with it. ββββββ he has never been a person who sits idly by, even if he is a so-called god, don't think that he can crush and look down on him wantonly.
The days of Baroque seclusion soon came to an end, and in eight months he had his first guests, but they were still unexpected, but reasonable!
Someone from the Holy See wants to talk to the orcs about ransom the captives of the captivesββββ especially Davenport, the master, and the magicians! )