Chapter 16: The Gold Chaser
Standing on top of a tall building in the center of the camp, Gigisa watched indifferently as another group of wolf-riding hunters slowly entered the camp surrounded by cheers. The wolf knights returning from the safari saluted themselves respectfully and showed off their captured aliens and booty, a scene that would repeat itself every few moments, and within a month, the few remaining iron cages were filled with all kinds of captured human captives.
Every time he saw the sturdy cages in the dungeon full of captured alien captives, and whenever he looked at the dull and blank eyes of the unkempt captives, Gigisa couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, I really don't know why those lowly gold chasers made such strange demands during this time, these weak guys should have been transported to the Boulder Fortress in exchange for a rich ransom, instead of being imprisoned here like the captive blackhorn sheep.
Yes, for Gigiza, all gold seekers are lowly, and this is probably the sentiment of most orcs, even if the green-skinned dwarfs who always hide their bodies in thick burqas were introduced by the noble temple listeners.
But it is undeniable that it is these lowly creatures who have brought a steady stream of scarce items to the orcs of this barren land that were previously only available in dreams, such as sharp metal weapons, sturdy armor, all kinds of spices that exude wonderful smells, and even all kinds of luxuries that only a few privileged people in the human and elven kingdoms can enjoy.
Putting aside their greedy nature, in fact, in essence, those lowly gold chasers are already an indispensable factor in the daily life of the current orcs, especially for a class like Gigisa who has certain privileges among the orcs, not to mention the special orcs like Gigiza, who still have unknown lofty ambitions in their hearts, and they rely more on these guys they despise from the bottom of their hearts.
Gold Chasers is the collective name given to the alien traders and adventurers who flock to orc territory like beasts and flies to pan for gold.
Most of the orcs don't have much affection for the various merchants and adventurers who flock to chase gold. It's no wonder that businessmen are a profit-seeking group.
Before the discovery and excavation of gold in the Sunset Desert, few merchant groups came to this barren land in people's impressions. But when the gold mine in the Sunset Desert was discovered, the situation was suddenly reversed, and countless merchants and adventurers flocked to it.
In addition to ingesting gold, they were also pleasantly surprised to find that the barren land in their original impression contained many previously undiscovered treasures.
As a result, some items that were considered extremely cheap by other races, such as inferior cloth with bright patterns, simply processed spices, and coarsely fired porcelain, could be exchanged for a small amount from the dirty and ignorant orcs clad in tattered fur and with humble smiles, for a large number of precious medicinal herbs and minerals from the depths of the steppe.
At the beginning, those simple orcs who had never left the territory of the tribe used the medicinal materials they had worked hard to collect for a season, and perhaps they would be ecstatic to exchange a cheap ornament from the hands of those merchants who came from afar. But with the influx of more and more merchant groups and adventurers, some bad quality merchant groups are also deceived and deceived in the face of these simple-minded orcs, and gradually these simple orcs also recognize their faces, so in order to express the anger in their hearts, they disdainfully call these outsiders gold chasers.
Although he despises the character of these despicable merchants, because of the reality of his own lack of materials, he is inseparable from these profit-seeking aliens. And some powerful merchant organizations are also inextricably linked with some powerful tribal leaders in the orc clan, and directly carry out large secret transactions.
The blackback tribe has hundreds of thousands of members of the Wolf Warrior Clan, and if you add the attached kobolds and fox clans, the members of the entire tribal group will be close to two million, and they are also one of the three largest tribes of the Wolf Warrior Clan now.
The territory of the Blackback Tribe is located in the easternmost part of the Orc Territory, and it is also the front line of the Orc's defense against human invasions.
The orc armies are set up in a distinct way from the human kingdom, and they are based on tribes.
Orcs do not have a unified kingdom, even in the history of the orcs for generations, the greatest orc hero, born from the oldest and most noble surname of the Howling Hoof tribe of Beamon Frost, failed to successfully integrate the various tribes of the orcs into a complete country, and the tragedy is that in that era of heroes, he met his lifelong opponent, the greatest human king in human history, Shenghui Link, and finally fell under the sword of his opponent.
Later historians have undoubted that if it had not been for the appearance of Link the Great during that period, Beamon-Frost would have finally suppressed the various tribes and established a unified orc kingdom.
But history does not make assumptions. Therefore, the orcs have always followed their ancient traditions, and although they have a nominally common alliance, each has its own tribe's armed forces, and does not interfere with each other.
But this is in addition to the holy places they worship and venerate, which is an exception. In Sunset City, the titular royal city of the Alliance, the sacred Beast God Temple has an army of Temple Guardians composed of fanatics, and the members of the legion come from different tribes of various ethnic groups, following the glory of the Beast God, and willingly guarding the Holy Land for the fanatical faith in their hearts. They do not belong to any tribal power, they only obey one voice, that is, the will of the beast god, for the sake of faith in their hearts, they can not hesitate to hit the war hammer in their hands against any enemy who dares to ignore the will of the beast god.
The so-called alliance has no direct force at all, and when it is necessary to launch a conquest and deterrence by force in the name of the orc alliance, it is still necessary to gather the tribal forces to which each tribe belongs.
The orcs who live from nomadism and hunting are warriors who are ready to go out at any time, so the Blackback tribe near the first line of the Frozen Mountains, although the total number of tribal members is not superior to the humans on the other side, the number of warriors is not inferior.
The Blackback Tribe has more than 100,000 wolf knights and several times the number of kobolds and fox servants, as one of the three major tribes of the Wolf Warrior Clan, as the tribe at the forefront of defending against human invasions, according to the consultation in the alliance, the Blackback tribe defending the border can obtain a large amount of gold every year from the gold mines found in the territory of the Lizard Clan.
Moreover, the Blackback tribe controls the entrance to the main trade routes into the depths of the orc territory, and they have secret transactions with many merchant groups that are not known to outsiders, and the orc hunters active in this area are actually composed of the most elite warriors of the Blackback tribe, which is also an open secret.
They had set up a number of secret camps in the secluded places on the edge of the vast grasslands, storing large quantities of supplies and hiding secrets that could not be known, and the camp where Gigiza was located was one of the larger, and Gigiza himself was the leader of these fierce hunters.
Standing at the door of the tent, frowning at the bleak grassland shrouded in the remnants of the winter sun, the slightest cold wind mixed with a breath of impending winter snow, Gigisa muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear...... The goods are almost ready......"