Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Beast Emperor
The north of the continent. Bilmontburg.
The size of the orc city is far from comparable to that of humans, but the city is full of a primitive roughness, with huge stones and rough streets, all of which show a kind of wildness.
Castle Beamon takes its name from an ancient beast, Beamon, an extremely powerful beast that is said to be so powerful that it can tear a baby red dragon in half. In ancient times, even powerful dragons had to avoid their edges when they were on the ground, and even in order to protect their cubs from the attack of the Beamon Behemoth, flying dragons would usually breed their offspring on cliffs or islands hanging lonely.
Later, as humanity slowly rose to prominence, a huge number of humans began to challenge the dominance of the Elder Behemoths. Although the power of a single human is negligible to those of the Elder Behemoths, the greatest characteristic of a human being is his number and unity.
After thousands of years of killing, the number of Beamon Behemoths has greatly decreased, and this ancient Behemoth has slowly disappeared from the continent. Some say they have been slaughtered, others say they have a very small number left, hiding in the mountains that are inaccessible. Both of these theories have a large number of supporters, and they can all come up with all kinds of evidence to prove the correctness of their views, but in either case, there is a common understanding, that is, no one has ever seen any trace of them on the mainland.
Fort Bimon is built on a hill, and at its center is the high mountain where the palace of Andreas, the beast emperor who rules the entire orc tribe, lives.
The Beast Emperor Andreas and the Prophet Evan were in a modest room in the heavily guarded palace. Over the past few days, they have conspired with Senate, the leader of the human rebels, many times, and basically determined the steps and details of the entire plan. Now Senat has left Beamonburg according to their agreement, while the Beast Emperor and the Prophet discuss the future of the Orc Clan.
"Your Majesty the Beast Emperor!" said Prophet Evan, dressed in white bear fur, with a necklace made from an unknown skull around his neck, and a totem made of some kind of gigantic beast thigh bone carved into an abstract drawing of a roaring black bear and a large number of unrecognizable words. "The whole plan has been carefully crafted and is fully mature and ready to be implemented. ”
"Very well, Prophet Evan. The Beast Emperor's young face inevitably showed a hint of excitement: "The dream of the orcs for many years is about to come true. Do you think I can give the order for all-out war now?"
"No, my Beast Emperor, Your Majesty. Prophet Evan had a smile on his face: "Before you give the order for all-out war, you must do one thing!"
"Oh?" the Beast Emperor asked, hearing the Prophet Evan say this, "Isn't the whole plan perfect?"
Prophet Evan stretched out his shriveled right hand and stroked the totem in his hand, his old voice seemed to recall the tragedy of the clan war back then: "Fifty years ago, the Wild Wolf Clan attacked the Thor Fortress with all the strength of the clan, but suffered heavy losses, and only then was my Brute Bear Clan seized the opportunity. It was a terrible clan war, and both sides were the bravest warriors of my orc clan, but they fell to the weapons of their comrades...... Alas, time flies so fast, fifty years in the blink of an eye. ”
"Your Majesty the Beast Emperor, the tragic scene of that year has always lingered in my mind, if we can break through the Thor Fortress and step into the South Talon savannah with this attack, then the human race will no longer be able to stop us. But what if the Barbarian Bear Clan fails?"
The Beast Emperor said disapprerovingly: "If they all fail this time, then I'm afraid my orc clan will not have the strength to advance in a hundred years." But how could we have failed with such a well-thought-out plan?"
"Your Majesty, you are no longer a brave warrior now, your every move, every order affects the fate of the Barbarian Bear Clan, and even the entire orc, so ......"
"I was taught, Prophet Evan. Please go on. The Beast Emperor didn't care about the tone of Prophet Evan's lecture to him, and he nodded respectfully to Prophet Evan, indicating that he had recognized his mistake.
Prophet Evan nodded slowly, and he continued: "So before issuing the order for all-out war, we must first arrange the future of our Barbarian Bear Clan, there are two things here, one is to leave the seeds of our Barbarian Bear Clan and the power to protect these seeds, and the other is to eliminate the forces that may threaten the future of our clan. ”
The Beast Emperor nodded: "I understand what you mean, I will select three thousand warriors from the clan, and they will escort two thousand boys and five thousand girls to a safe place." If our army wins, there is no need to say anything more, and in case of defeat, with these ten thousand seeds, our Barbarian Bear Clan will rise again in twenty years. ”
"But......" The Beast Emperor's tone changed, and he said to the prophet: "I am afraid that there will be some trouble to eliminate the threat, and there are many people who are not satisfied with the rule of our Barbarian Bear Clan, if you start killing at this time, I am only afraid of ......"
A smile appeared on Prophet Evan's face, and he said to the Beast Emperor in an enlightening tone, "Sometimes, you don't have to do it yourself to get rid of your opponent. Your Majesty the Beast Emperor, didn't our human allies tell us about their own experiences?"
The Beast Emperor suddenly came to his senses, and he slapped his thigh hard, saying, "That's right! That man named Senat uses the power of our orcs to weaken its opposition in the human world, and in the same way, we can use the power of humans to remove the threat of our orc world." ”
Prophet Evan looked at the Beast Emperor with approving, and the latter became more and more excited, and even stood up from his chair: "Since my Barbarian Bear Clan took power, there has been no all-out war against humanity, and even if there is, it is only on a small scale. After many years of recuperation, the population of each tribe of the orcs has swelled dramatically, and it is usually quiet and quiet, and everyone is afraid of the rule of my Barbarian Bear Clan and does not dare to act rashly, but last year our Orc Clan experienced the most severe winter in history, and the various clans must have suffered heavy losses. ”
"Now that the population is large and the materials are low, if a foreign war is not launched, soon the clans will inevitably kill each other. However, at this time, we issued the order for all-out war, and the clans no longer had to bear the charge of cannibalism, and could take land and slaves from the human race by their own strength, as agreed in those days, 'whoever occupies the land will be owned'. ”
"With the vast savannah of the South Talon desert after the breakthrough of Thor's Fortress as the motivation for them to advance and fight, what are they unwilling to pay? Our army is still fighting for survival, and its morale is still at its peak, and with the assistance of our human allies, if such an opportunity cannot set foot on the South Talon grassland again, it may really be providential. ”
Prophet Evan added with a smile, "Regardless of whether the outcome of the war is won or lost, Your Majesty must use this war to weaken the strength of the other clans, and try to preserve the strength of our Barbarian Bear Clan. Trade the land you haven't gotten in the south for the lives of other clans, and let them fight to the death for what they haven't gotten yet. ”
The Beast Emperor nodded, and he said, "I will warn those clan leaders who want to preserve their strength when I issue the all-out war order, if they don't bring all the men in their clan who are taller than the height of the wheels of the 'Mammoth Chariot' to the Thor Fortress, they will be collaborators!
"Fight bravely to kill the enemy, the young and middle-aged are killed and wounded, maybe you will get the land in the south, so that the entire clan can survive, if you want to preserve your strength, vainly try to shake the rule of my Andreas......" Beast Emperor Andreas said expressionlessly: "Then wait for my Beast Emperor to destroy the clan first!"