Chapter 82 Oasis
Two days later, in the early morning, Richard's team left Bloodstone Camp and rushed to the Blue Water Oasis with the coolness of the morning that had not yet dissipated. &&It's also an oasis in the closest outskirts of the Bloodstained Lands.
By the time he left, Richard had dozens of horses, a few wagons, and thirty orc warriors in his ranks. The extra orc warriors are the price of Richard and Thunderhammer's fight for wine, as well as the price of the Quicksand Divine Scroll. The unexpected development of his relationship with the Bloodstone Tribe also changed Richard's opinion of this group of orc warriors. He decided to take this group of fighters with him and treat them as a core combat unit, rather than as cannon fodder.
As for the big man Sam and Mark's original men, they were left by Richard in the Bloodstone camp to manage the spring and a qiē-related business for him.
Before leaving, Richard only smiled at Sam and said, "I have always given my subordinates the greatest trust." ”
Bloodstone Camp is located about eighty kilometers from the Blue Water Oasis. It may seem like a short journey, but it's dangerous. Many caravans used the Blue Water Oasis as an important supply and transit point. As soon as there were many caravans, it naturally attracted thieves and horse bandits from all walks of life. And many of the ranks of the big slave traders, when the time is right, don't mind making a cameo as a robber or murderer.
Richard's team was a modest size, and although there were a few wagons, it was clearly carrying luggage, not wagons. In the eyes of professional thieves, oil and water are inevitably a little insufficient. Moreover, the composition of Richard's team is very peculiar, with two heavily armed ogres, thirty strong half-orc warriors, and more than a dozen wind fangs following the team, giving this team a strong tribal color.
Many tribal races believe in ancestor worship and have a deep concept of blood feud, and once they are enmity, it is often several generations of immortality. Therefore, the bandits who have lived in the bloodstained land all year round are reluctant to provoke the orcs of the tribe unless they are sure to destroy their entire tribe. But there is actually no benefit to this, the orcs who use the tribe as the survival unit are still in a relatively primitive stage, and the adult orcs and half-orcs are all warriors. Exterminating a small tribe would also cost a lot of money, but there would be little benefit. Such a loss-making business is naturally rarely done.
The half-orc tribe of the Bloodstone Camp was an exception, they had the appearance of Sanctuary powerhouses for several generations in a row, so they firmly controlled the Bloodstone Camp. Although the Thunder Hammer generation has not produced the strongest in the Holy Domain, the number of half-orc warriors has increased greatly compared to the previous generation, and the Bloodstone Tribe pursues limited openness and order, and it is not completely excluded from the status of foreign powerhouses in the camp, so there are Huo Wen, Hu Li and others. Because of this, they can also be a powerful help when the Bloodstone Camp faces an external enemy.
However, more than half of the wealth accumulated by the Bloodstone Tribe over the past hundred years has entered Richard's pocket, and most of it has been transformed into the dark breath of the water splash body. Richard only had enough magic materials left on hand to make two builds, and there were very strict restrictions.
Riding on his warhorse, Richard squinted his eyes and looked around the stone forests and red earth of the Bloodstained Lands, the sunlight casting down unobstructed, and the rising heat often distorted the distant scenery. It is in such a harsh land that the various intelligent races are tenaciously surviving, and they are still living a wonderful life. Because no one knows if they will die tomorrow, what they can do today becomes crazy. Bloodlust, killing, females, slaves, and drugs, every imaginable evil can be found in this land.
In the ultimate harsh environment, there is also the ultimate vitality, and there is unlimited freedom, which is the charm of the bloodstained land. Although under unlimited freedom, the situation of the weak will only get worse. But the strong are completely unfettered in this land.
Staring at this blood-red land, Richard suddenly had some vague inspiration in his heart. In the 'Deep Savage' series, all the inspiration has been temporarily exhausted in the dark breath. But seeing this land, seeing the people struggling to survive in this land, Richard had a new touch. Maybe he's just waiting for an opportunity to have a new series of magic pattern constructs born in his hands. And now Richard doesn't realize what it means to really be able to create two complete construction series.
And the long, hard, painful and joyful battle with Quicksand also gave him a deeper understanding of this god-favored girl. This understanding may mean the future of the build set. And Richard has come close to capturing the soul of this build series, and even has the name in mind.
'Secret Radiance', Richard believes, in time, will be no less than 'Dark Savage' Constructed Series.
I thought all the way until the blue water oasis was in sight, and it was all safe and sound.
The Blue Water Oasis is known as an oasis, but it is actually very large, covering hundreds of square kilometers. There is a huge freshwater lake in the middle of the oasis, which does not dry up all year round because of the underground springs, which supports such a large oasis on the plateau. However, the freshwater-fed creatures are not just humans or humanoids, the cities they live in are only the corners of the lake, and in addition to the sizable and unpredictable plant communities, there may be terrifying existences in the depths of the clear clear water.
The Blue Water Oasis is only a little more than two hundred kilometers away from the Sequoia Kingdom, which is a few days' journey, so food and other necessities can be transported from the human kingdom by caravans. Due to its proximity to the human kingdom, it was also one of the largest slave trading and staging points in the Bloodstained Lands.
Due to the huge interests involved, no single force can control the Blue Water Oasis alone. Here, the Redwood Kingdom, the great slave traders, and even the largest bandits in the Bloodstained Lands have a place, and in the long run, a delicate balance has been formed.
On the edge of the bluewater lake, there is a chaotic city, which is the heart of the bluewater oasis. The city has no walls, the result of years of war and compromise between various forces trying to control the Blue Water Oasis. Around the city, there are scattered camps of all sizes. Most of the caravans from outside the city camped outside the city and then entered the city for trading and supplies. A large number of slaves were kept in captivity in specialized slave camps outside the city. These slave camps were well-walled and heavily guarded, and could be distinguished from afar. Just look at the hundreds of slave camps in the oasis to get an idea of how large the number of slaves really was.
Richard's procession slowly passed through the slave camp without much attention. Every day, more than a dozen teams like this will arrive at the Blue Water Oasis, and more than a dozen teams will leave.