Chapter Ninety-Six: The Human Caravan
Xia Zuo, who left the orc tribe, rode the fierce beast and galloped on the wasteland, and the little half-orc, who was covered with scars behind him, jumped and jumped on the gravel wasteland and ran excitedly, with happy "woo" cries from his mouth from time to time.
Except for the green skin and the fangs that gradually emerged from the mouth, the appearance of the little orc did not match the characteristics of the half-orc, especially the ears were not at all as sharp as the wolf ears of the half-orc, but somewhat similar to the ears of humans.
Very similar to the ogre that made Xia Zuo remember, according to the ogre's habits, Xia Zuo easily guessed the origin of this little orc.
Ogres are a strange race, and the ogres that appear today are all males without exception, but their strong reproductive ability allows them to mate with any humanoid female or even a large female wild **, and the offspring born are definitely male ogres.
Although not as feminine and delicious as humans, female orcs with strong bodies are indeed a good channel for ogres to reproduce.
Under the strong genetic inheritance of the ogre, this little half-orc named Ruby even inherited some half-orc specialties, which had to make Xia Zuo sigh at the strength of the half-orc physique.
Mixing the traits of two powerful races, little Ruby has a strong vitality and a potential to be strong beyond his parents, and if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have survived in the very xenophobic orc tribe.
As early as when he rescued Mira from the goblin, Xia Zuo had seen the terrifying power of the ogre**, if it weren't for the fact that the ogre's intelligence was not much stronger than that of the beast, so that they could not cultivate their fighting spirit, Xia Zuo would definitely not win the battle that day so easily.
Little Ruby, on the other hand, has a better physique than ordinary ogres, and the wisdom inherited from his half-orc mother, although not high, is enough for him to learn to fight.
Take little Ruby away from the rift valley with the meat-eating **, as for the remaining orc mothers and sons, it is no longer within the scope of Xia Zuo's concern, after they leave, the hungry beast tide after losing the suppression of the fierce beast breath will completely turn it into a dead place.
"Roar" Suddenly, the two fierce beasts at the gallop paused, and Gollum roared into the darkness in the distance.
"Humans?" Xia Zuo looked in the direction of the grunt, and in the dark wilderness in the distance, he could vaguely see a row of sporadic sparks like long snakes, the night could not interfere with the powerful vision of the Campas orcs, and even the orcs in the dark were far more terrifying than the day, only humans would swagger through the city with bright torches in the dark night.
Xia Zuo frowned suspiciously, this belongs to the hinterland of the gravel wasteland, and the closest camp stronghold to humans is also about twenty days away, it is rare for humans to go so deep into the wasteland, and it is still in the middle of the night in winter, this season when even the Campas orcs must be infested in groups.
"Is it a human?" Mira asked with some ugly puzzled face, after all, she was still a human being, and Mira was really worried that the murderous Xia Zuo would sweep away her people by the way.
"Don't worry! I won't treat these humans the same as orcs!" Xia Zuo saw Mira's concern, and a faint smile appeared on his face, after all, he still needed a human caravan to make his territory more prosperous, and he still treated merchants with courtesy, just as he sent someone back to Jennings on the border of Sarnia.
"Let's go, let's go see what these daring humans are doing in the wasteland!" Natsuzo patted Gollum, who immediately jumped and sprang in the direction of the human.
Mira, who was relieved in the back, did not see a trace of cruelty in the depths of Xia Zuo's eyes, the courtesy of the Campas people is really only for serious businessmen, if these bold humans do something that the Campas people are taboo, then Xia Zuo will definitely not have the slightest softness.
The two fierce beasts were running so fast that they could already see the torches of the human horse team from a distance, and the team of more than seventy people, each riding a war horse, was also well-equipped.
Soon, the human team seemed to hear something, and the war horses were also agitated under the breath of the two fierce beasts, and they were unwilling to continue to move forward, and they could not even stand without thorough training.
The human team that felt something was wrong quickly responded, forming a circular defensive formation, skillful movements and tacit cooperation, it could be seen that they were some quite experienced warriors, and it was no wonder that they dared to rush in the cold winter gravel wasteland.
A knight left the brigade and rode forward, and asked loudly, "Who is the person in front?" Indicate your identity, or we will be polite!" The tone was very tough, and his hand had been quietly smeared with the hilt of the sword, calm enough to face any sudden changes.
The tough tone made Xia Zuo very unhappy, and patted Gollum's neck, and the fierce beast standing in the distance of the human horse team rushed to the close range of the horse team in a few leaps.
There was no need to roar and roar, but the darkness on the edge of the torch light gradually revealed its huge and ferocious body, which immediately caused chaos in the human horse team.
The war horse neighed, and its limbs trembled and fell backwards, struggling with the reins in the master's hand.
"Damn!
"O God!
The knights, who were waiting solemnly, gasped one after another, and nervously picked up their weapons and crossbow arrows.
The most unfortunate thing in the wasteland is nothing more than this, but the number of fierce beasts is scarce, such a lucky thing, it was actually encountered by them, fortunately, they are all well-trained warriors, although their faces are involuntarily pale, but they are still vigilant to maintain a defensive circle, but the palm of the gun and sword is white for a while due to the tension of too much.
If these nervous humans were able to feign composure under the pressure of Gollum, when Alice's figure silently appeared from behind the horse team to cut off the retreat, the expression on the faces of the human knights was only despair.
No one had ever said that two beasts in the gravel wasteland would appear together, and in despair they even began to wonder if they had done something blasphemous that would cause God to punish them in such a way.
"Humans, who are you?" asked Natsuzo in a deep voice as Gollum's appearance made Natsuzo very satisfied.
The expressions on the faces of the human knights were wonderful for a while, and the wide open mouth was enough to stuff the hooves of a whole pig beast.
"This is Mr. Aino Morrison's caravan, and I am the leader of the horse team, Bergea" The leader of the team, a knight in a gray cloak with a low brim, drove his horse forward, "Mighty warrior, please report your name!"
And stretched out his hand to signal the knights behind him to put down their weapons, although the cavalry put down their crossbows and retracted their swords and spears, but their hands were still vigilantly placed next to their weapons, so as to respond to changes as soon as possible.
This leader really surprised Xia Zuo, under the pressure of the two fierce beasts, he could still find two inconspicuous figures on the back of the fierce beasts in such a short period of time.
As soon as Bergea shouted, the nervous knights of the horse team went to the back of the beast one after another, staring at the blurred figure in the darkness in fear, someone was able to tame the powerful beast, and the terrifying strength of the people on it was not relaxed for a while, but became more nervous and guarded.
"Caravan?" Xia Zuo's face slowly appeared on the edge of the firelight, with a sneer of disdain on his face, "I am the Tempus Empire, the lord of the Gravel Wasteland, Xia Zor Saiya, the leader of Bergeria, can you tell me why your caravan does not have any goods?"
There is usually only one explanation for such a team, and that is the slave catcher, and although the Kampas welcome human caravans who bring their own needs, the attitude of the Kampas towards the slave catchers will definitely be as cold and ruthless as winter.
Xia Zuo's slightly angry and displeased tone made the cavalry suddenly tense again, and they quickly raised their weapons again.
"Bastard, put all your weapons down!" Bergeria roared slightly angrily, stopping this grossly provocative action, these damn idiots, are they trying to kill everyone?
Reaching out and lifting the hood, below was a thin man with gray hair, bowed slightly on the horse, and said in a very respectful tone, "Powerful Lord Xiazuo, please don't get me wrong, although we are a team that hunts slaves, we will definitely not provoke the people of the god of war, but recently someone in Sarnia has bought a large number of orc coolies, so we came to the wasteland to find the orc tribe to try our luck." ”
"A horse team that specializes in capturing half-orcs?" Although Bergeria's tone was very sincere, a trace of suspicion still rose on Xia Zuo's face, the value of half-orc slaves was far less high than that of Kampas orc slaves, even the most ordinary orcs could sell more than a hundred gold coins, and a strong half-orc slave could only buy ten gold coins at most.
"Rodman seems to have some big man buying the orcs, so the price of the orc slaves has risen very quickly recently, and the orcs are undoubtedly easier to catch compared to the great God of War people!" Bergea told the truth, complimenting this powerful lord who had never heard of before.
Unless they meet a lone orc in the wasteland, there is not enough numerical advantage, and the human mercenaries will never dare to make a move against the orc tribe easily.
"I see!" Xia Zuo nodded slightly, although it was still strange how someone could buy such a thing as a half-orc in large quantities, but he still believed Bergea's words, "If you want to go to the half-orc tribe in front, then you are already late, we have already swept that tribe not long ago!"
"I wonder if the adults have caught some work?" Bergea finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked urgently, "If so, can you transfer some to me, I am willing to pay the price of forty gold coins per orc!"
"The warriors of Kampas never leave behind the lowly lives of orcs!" Xia Zuo's cold reply suddenly broke the light in front of Bergea's eyes, and the half-orc tribe that was rarely tracked down was gone.
But he didn't know, Xia Zuo, who replied coldly, was now in a twitching distress in his heart, just now he didn't hesitate to kill nearly seven hundred and a half orcs, if they were all sold to Bergeria at the price of forty gold coins each, it would be more than twenty thousand gold coins.
But now that it's nearly 30,000 gold coins, let him accidentally kill it like this!
ps: Because of the book review, it's very messy today, and in addition to the problem on the Internet, I uploaded the wrong chapter!