Chapter 7: The Wild Horse Valley
As the sun rises and sets, the biting cold air is like a ghost hidden deep underground, and as the sun disappears, it suddenly emerges without warning.
Xia Zuo tightened the cloak on his body, and his body, which was originally sweating like rain, couldn't help but shiver slightly in this rapidly turning temperature.
The arduous journey of a day and a night, with the scarce food and water sources, Xia Zuo was a little unbearable, not to mention the Munk orcs with heavy shackles and limited mobility.
The young captive had woken up before dawn, and naturally there was a roar of rage, but after Xia Zuo had been whipped down a few times, he was now obediently walking in front of the queue.
Every Munk orc in the Gravel Wasteland is the best hunter, and under their teaching, Xia Zuo absorbs like a dry sponge the knowledge that these orcs have passed down for countless generations to allow them to thrive here.
And it seems to deal with the traces left by their walking, although the huge footprints of a dozen orcs are difficult to clean up, but under Xia Zuo's more and more refined methods, at least it can slow down the speed at which Gray and them catch up.
Things went far more smoothly than Xia Zuo expected, perhaps it was really the blessing of the god Campas, who did not encounter the moorland beasts, after a day and a night of trekking, when night gradually fell again, a river ditch across the gravel wasteland finally appeared in front of everyone.
All the orcs, including Xia Zuo, breathed a deep sigh of relief in their hearts at the same time.
"Rest here for a while, ready to cross the Bison River Valley" Xia Zuo first ran to the ditch to investigate the situation, and then looked at the tired orcs behind him, and sighed in his heart and made a decision.
Every year during the rainy season, the rainwater left over from the Campas plateau collects and flows towards the gravel wasteland on the edge of the plateau.
Countless years have washed away, leaving a ditch that divides the gravel wasteland in two, named after the herds of bison that often drink and run here under the ditch.
The dry season is not yet complete, and the Bison River under the ditch is only about two meters, and the water is almost four or five meters wide, so even a child who knows water can easily swim through.
But during the rainy season, the amount of water here multiplies exponentially and even silts out of the ditches and spreads out in all directions, nourishing every living creature in the gravel wasteland, which is also the short season when the water is abundant, which is rare in the gravel wasteland.
After the orcs were driven back to the Campas Plateau by the Human Alliance, the ravine became a natural border, splitting the gravel wasteland in two, beyond which was the land of the Tempus Empire.
The cliffs on both sides of the ditch are more than ten meters high, and the cliffs of the river valley that are six or seven meters high are almost completely ninety degrees, and there are only a small number of climbing objects on both sides.
If they were forced to cross it, with the current tired bodies of the Munk orcs, coupled with the heavy and inconvenient shackles, I was afraid that it would cause unnecessary losses.
Deftly jumped off the cliff, Xia Zuo gulped the cold river water, filled several cowhide water bags, and Xia Zuo climbed back.
"Bigu, how long will it be before we can walk back to the tribe after the Bison River Valley. Returning the water bag to Bigu, Xia Zuo asked as he wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth.
Along the way, he already knew that the twelve orcs belonged to the same small tribe of Munk in the Gravel Wasteland, and they had encountered a group of hounds mercenaries when they were out hunting.
In Bigu's words, although these humans can be regarded as warriors, they are not opponents of the powerful Campas orcs at all, and with the same number of people, humans cannot be the opponents of individually powerful orcs, and even orc warriors can fight four or five warriors of the same rank alone, but the problem lies with Gray.
In Bigu's words, Gray is a true warrior who has comprehended strength, so strong that the twelve of them together are no match for each other, and it is because of Gray's strength that they are disgracefully taken prisoner.
As for what kind of power it is, Bigu is just an ordinary orc at the very edge and bottom of the Campas Empire, and he can't give Xia Zuo an answer, but it has already made Xia Zuo's heart smack, how much power do the twelve Munk orcs have?
It's not even as good as that ordinary regimental leader?
What kind of power does that man have?
"In half a day, we will be able to return to the tribe" poured a sip of rare water, passed the water bag to the orcs behind him, and said that a trace of tenderness appeared on Vic's rough face when he said that he was going home.
"Filthy monkeys, you can never return to the tribe, you filthy monkeys, especially you despicable monkeys" Phil's voice interjected inappropriately, a pair of hateful eyes staring straight at Natsuzo.
"Captain Gray will catch up and kill you monkeys, peel off your filthy skins to make leather coats, and feed your foul body to the wolves in the wasteland, hehe" After gritting his teeth, Phil laughed viciously, as if he had seen the tragic death of everyone.
"What do you say, despicable and greedy humans" The vicious curse, especially touching the fur that orcs are most taboo in it, Vic immediately roared in rage, and his hands were inconvenient, but he still punched Phil in the face.
Clothes made of orc fur are the rarest luxury in the human empire, and at the same time, they are also the most taboo point for orcs, and any intelligent creature will not allow this kind of thing to happen.
Fortunately, if it were the Wolf Werewolf or the Ursar Bear, who were the most sought after by humans, Phil would have been torn to shreds or beaten to pulp.
There was a crisp click, Phil's handsome face was immediately deformed, half of his cheeks collapsed, and his chin hung down weakly, obviously Bigu's angry punch had shattered his forehead and jaw.
"Woo hehe" Although his forehead bone was shattered by Higu's punch, saliva and blood mixed with broken teeth and bones left from the corners of his mouth, Phil seemed to be completely unaware of the pain, smiling and muttering a curse that only he knew.
"Damn Humans"
Bigu was about to fight again, and Xia Zuo naturally couldn't allow this human being, who might have become a life-preserver, to die so worthlessly, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it.
"Enough, Bigu"
The slender palm calmly clenched Bigushuo's fist, and the slender arm did not tremble at the slightest under Bigu's great force.
Bigu knew how powerful his punch was, but the slender palm on the fist made him feel like he had hit an iron wall, and it shook his arm slightly, and he even forgot his anger for a while.
Xia Zuo ignored Bigu's shock, he had already noticed that he was different, in just a few days, his strength had surpassed that of these adult strong orcs.
The same cursed object, naturally the same cruel smile that was not used to Phil's mockery, stepped forward and casually plucked the cowhide boots from his feet, crumpled them into strips and stuffed them into his weak mouth.
As for the smell of dirt, sweat, athlete's foot, or shoes that had stepped on something unknown, it had nothing to do with Xia Zuo, but judging by Phil's retching expression and pained eyes, it was clear that the smell of the thing was not very good.
"Guys, are you ready to go home?" Natsuzo shouted after resting for about a quarter of an hour, after a group of recovered tired orcs began to talk in a low voice.
"Ready"
"Coming Home"
"Camppass"
The twelve recovered Munk orcs shook their shackles with a rattling sound, pounding their chests and letting out a wild roar characteristic of orcs.
"Despicable orcs, are you ready to meet Campas?" an angry roar scurried in from afar, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on Phil's face as he looked uncomfortable, and a muffled cry of "woo" came out of his mouth.
"What the hell am I fucking?" Xia Zuo was shocked, and subconsciously looked at the voice, but this glance completely subverted his cognition, and subconsciously burst out with a foul language.
Gray, who glowed like a large light bulb in the darkness, quickly approached with a silver streamer.
Originally, Xia Zuo always thought that the power that Bigu said was a technique to exert his strength or just like those madmen who frantically honed their bodies in their previous lives, after all, although there were only orcs in the book standing in front of him, Bigu and the others did not show anything strange except for their strength.
But the scene in front of him completely subverted Xia Zuo's cognition, the light wrapped in Gray's body, exuding a dangerous aura, made Xia Zuo's hair piercing all over his body, obviously that thing was definitely not used to light the way.
Douqi, as the soul of an earthling from the information age, these two words flashed in Xia Zuo's head in an instant, and almost subconsciously scooped up Phil next to him and blocked him.
The team member who thought he was dead appeared in front of him again, and this surprise made Gray involuntarily stop.
And Xia Zuo's movements made the stunned look in Gray's eyes flash, and his face was full of stunned.
He really couldn't imagine that the orcs, who believed in heroic fighting and fair fighting, would make such a means as a threat to kidnap hostages, and even if he went back and said it, he was afraid that no one would believe this scene.
"Despicable monkey, how can there be a believer like you in Kampas, you are not worthy of being a warrior at all, if you still consider yourself a heroic Munk orc, let him go and settle everything in the way of a warrior, you and I will fight a fair duel"
Scattering the light on his body, Gray's armor was very messy, and there were even patches of blood and scratches, obviously as a human on the way to chase, he was not blessed by the god Kampas like Xia Zuo.
"Xia Zuo" hesitated slightly than Gu, and finally spoke, this kind of despicable means has never been used by human beings, if it weren't for Xia Zuo who had already upgraded to reverence in their hearts, they would have been despised by everyone!
"Shut up, Bigu" shouted at the pedantic orcs, and Xia Zuo sneered and said to Gray: "A fair fight? A duel between a warrior who has comprehended the fighting spirit and a minor orc is called fairness, and humans are really despicable creatures!"
Mocking and sneering, Xia Zuo apparently forgot that not so long ago, he himself was one of the despicable creatures in his own mouth.
"Do you know the fighting spirit?" Gray was slightly stunned, and then turned into a sneer, "That's right, a high-level orc like you definitely has an unusual background, how can you not know the fighting spirit"
"Trouble!!" Xia Zuo didn't want to guess correctly at all, but Gray's words had obviously proved his guess, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sigh in his heart.
Xia Zuo pinched the neck of Phil, who was constantly struggling, "Captain Gray, we just want to go home, if you don't want your poor group member to return to God's arms at a young age, then please stand still, otherwise I'm not sure what I'll do when I'm nervous!"
"What if I didn't?" so many old fellows had died because of this despicable monkey in front of him, how could Gray let the other party go so easily.
"Woo woo woo" Phil said something loudly with a resolute face, but the shattered jaw and the shoes in his mouth made his screams turn into gibberish that only he could understand.
"You can try" suppressed Phil's struggle, Xia Zuo only exerted force slightly, Phil's breath was immediately unsmooth, his face was flushed, and there was a slight sound in his neck.
The three equally embarrassed figures of the "Commander" shouted to hurry up from the darkness, and it was this sound that made Gray stop his steps.
If he was alone, he could not care about Phil's life and death, but if he didn't say it in front of the remnants of the guys, it would break their hearts.
"Okay, I promise you!" said Gray with a cold face.
"Little Phil, are you still alive?." The three of them immediately shouted in surprise when they saw Phil in Xia Zuo's hand, but they immediately understood what was happening, and while being shocked by Xia Zuo's strange orc, they shouted loudly, "Commander, no, you must not let them go"
"You are really a loving leader, this kid is so lucky!" Xia Zuo smiled slightly, slightly relaxed his palms, and whispered to Bigu and the others beside him while Phil gasped for breath, "You go over first, I'll wait to chase you!"
"No" Bigu immediately refused harshly, and even all the orcs shook their heads firmly at the same time, from the time they were rescued by Xia Zuo, they were brothers who depended on each other in life and death, the warriors of Campas, and they would never abandon their brothers on the battlefield.
"Listen to me, you go first, only if you get out, I can get out, believe me or no one will be able to leave!" The orc's firm attitude immediately warmed Xia Zuo's heart, and he had already forgotten what it was like to live and die together after seeing the cold worship of money in his previous life!
Looking into Bigu's eyes, Xia Zuo said sincerely.
Bigu also knew that staying here with limited mobility was just a burden for Xia Zuo, and the steely palm just now also made him somewhat believe in Xia Zuo's words.
With a face full of humiliation, Bigu gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, just shouted loudly, "Brothers, listen to Xia Zuo, let's cross the river"
"Big Brother Bigu"
"Shut up and cross the river" The orcs immediately retorted, but before they could exit, they were stopped by Bigu's angry roar, and the silent orcs, with the same humiliation on their faces, slowly walked down the river valley.
For the warriors of Campas, to abandon their brothers on the battlefield is to abandon the honor of their warriors, which is far more shameful than the shame of dying in honor.
The smiling Natsuzo and the cold-faced Gray confronted each other in the evening breeze, the crisp sound of chains clashing faded away, and to Gray, although those monkeys were valuable, he didn't care.
All he cared about now was the vile monkey in front of him, who had sworn to God that he would make leather boots from his own hands and wear them at his feet, that he would make him suffer eternal humiliation and avenge the death of his old fellows.
When the sound of chains stopped on the other side, Xia Zuo didn't look back, just looked at Gray and shouted loudly, "Keep walking, don't look back"
The sound reached the other side, and there was a dead silence for a quarter of an hour, before the crunch of the chains sounded again, and gradually disappeared into the dark night on the other side.
"Now, you clever orc, how are you going to escape from me?" Gray's gloomy face sneered as the Munch orcs faded away on the other side.
This is also the first time that Xia Zuo has not been called an animal, in his opinion, although Xia Zuo is despicable, but he sacrificed for his companions, just by virtue of this, he has been able to win some of his respect, but it will definitely not be a reason for him to be soft.
"Me?" Natsuzo shrugged his shoulders and smiled helplessly, "Like you said, as a heroic Campas orc, I'm ready to fight you fairly!"
Gray didn't believe this at all, but at the same time as the corners of his mouth pulled out a mocking sneer, Xia Zuo suddenly moved, and his slender but powerful arm waved, throwing the tall Phil, who was one hundred and sixty or seventy pounds, out like a sandbag.
The arc away from the ground, no one doubted, if it smashed to the ground like this, even a strong orc would be smashed into a puddle of flesh and blood.
At the same time as throwing out Phil, Xia Zuo's legs kicked suddenly, and his emaciated body popped out like bullets, flying towards the Bison River Gully, and pulled out the scimitar belonging to Phil at his waist in the air, and threw it out like a force mark.
It's just that the direction of the whistling is not Gray or Phil, but to the old Gree trio who have been standing silently next to him.
Gray wasn't surprised that such a little trick would be done with this damn mean monkey, and even after all that he had gone through, he would have felt strange if this mean monkey had fought him a fair duel.
The whistling scimitar blocked the way for the rescue of Old Gree and several people, even if he knew that Xia Zuo was going to take the opportunity to escape, Gray couldn't leave Phil alone.
With a silver fighting aura bubbling up from his body, Gray finally chose to rush towards Phil, who drew a round parabola in the air.
A smile appeared on the corner of Xia Zuo's mouth, and his body quickly fell into the buffalo river, and by the time Gray rescued Fin, he had already fallen into the water.
Although the water level of the Bison River is not high now, it is enough for him to use the current to hide his body and take the opportunity to leave.
It's just that Xia Zuo miscalculated the degree of Gray's resentment towards himself, and he also miscalculated the strength of the fighting spirit, and between the lightning and flint, Xia Zuo's body has not yet fallen into the water.
Gray, who had borrowed Phil like a flicker, had already dragged the brilliant silver light down from the river valley, and even under the effect of the fighting spirit, the speed was far faster than the speed at which Xia Zuo fell.
"Damn" Xia Zuo scolded secretly, hurriedly clumped his body into a clump, and rushed into the water as small as possible, if he could get into the water first, it wouldn't take too much time for him to distance himself from the damn light bulb in the back.
It's just that Xia Zuo has obviously forgotten his current non-human identity, and behind his bare ass under the cloak, a fluffy tail swayes straight with his body.
Gray, who was falling rapidly, immediately sneered, and his powerful palm suddenly poked out, grabbing the closest flaw to him.
"Jumping" The fluffy tail suddenly straightened.
Xia Zuo, who was falling rapidly, immediately stopped, and the sharp pain of the tail behind his buttocks was almost torn off by the huge force, spreading along the spinal nerves to the top of his head, and his mouth subconsciously let out a miserable scream.
In severe pain, he wanted to break free, but he didn't know what method Gray used, but his tail was caught, and Xia Zuo was so sore that he couldn't exert any strength, and even his consciousness began to be a little confused.
The corners of his mouth hooked a cruel smile, grabbing Gray who had fallen to the bottom of the river from Xia Zuo, and the fighting spirit suddenly erupted from under his feet, and his sturdy body rushed up the river valley like a cannonball.
"Damn monkey ready to pay for your dastardly crimes" Grabbing Nazzo's tail, Gray slammed him to the ground, a cowhide boot full of mud making close contact with Natsuzo's cheek.
"Woo" eyes were red, even if he pulled out the shoes in his mouth, Phil's shattered jaw still made him unable to speak clearly, and his mouth whined angrily, and he rushed forward quickly, and whipped wildly on Xia Zuo's body with a whip.
The cloak shattered, and hideous blood streaks appeared on the emaciated body.
"Alright, little Phil" Gray frowned slightly as he watched Phil's condition, the latter's serious injury did not allow him to be so excited now.
After allowing little Phil to whip him a dozen times, Gray slightly fit the old Gree to pull him away.
"Despicable little monkey, for the sake of your daring to sacrifice for your fellow soldiers, I allow you to leave your last words!" Lifting Xia Zuo on his back to the sky, Gray put his foot on Xia Zuo's neck.
In this position, as long as Xia Zuo has the slightest movement, the fighting energy in his body will explode, crushing Xia Zuo's entire neck bone.
Gray didn't wait for the answer he wanted, and Xia Zuo, who was facing the sky, stared blankly at the sky, as if he had seen something extremely beautiful, and even put life and death aside from it.
At the same time, his complexion suddenly changed, and a terrifying fierce and tyrannical aura rose rapidly from the thin body under his feet.
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