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"Look, look," the man said, "Who have we captured? The Orc Overlord who has never been seen before or since in the Orc Tribe!"
Asule said calmly: "I am no longer."
"Yes, we know." The man with the pointed hat said, "As a human, it is difficult for me to make a decision now. You are such a powerful orc overlord who poses such a great threat. I should kill you here. But the human casualties of your invasion this time are much less than before, almost only the leader in the past."
The man shook his head slightly.
At this time, Asule said: "I guessed your identity. You are the leader of the Shadow Thieves."
"Yes, it's me. The one who gave you the mission content of the Savior Team was me."
Asule: "Stop talking nonsense. You are a rogue master, which means you are an expert with daggers and short swords, and so am I. Come, let's have a fight..."
"Don't be impatient." The leader said, "Killing you is easy. We won't use a one-on-one duel. After all, we are not warriors, we are wanderers. However, after killing you, the orcs will have another civil war. It all depends on luck when the next overlord emerges. In fact, in the historical records of Monrovia, the shortest interval between two orc invasions is 4 years."
Asule did not answer, but waited quietly for the other party to continue speaking.
Shadow Thief Leader: "The next time the orcs invade, there will be no overlord who wants to speed up their advance to restrain them. They will burn and kill people along the way, and there will be widespread grief.
"Yes, that will definitely happen. But if I let you go back, you will need to keep fighting to regain your position as the overlord. And because of your existence, the orcs who want to become the new overlord will never be able to win the support of the crowd unless they challenge you.
"Well, how long do you think it will take you to unify the orc world?"
Asule: "Three years. It only takes me three years to unify the orc world."
The shadow thief leader laughed loudly, and all his men laughed too.
The heavy rain made the laughter sound comical.
Finally, the laughter stopped, and the chief took off his pointed hat and silk scarf, and looked at Asule: "It's really admirable. I want to see if this boast can be realized.
"Three years. If you don't become the leader of the orcs in three years, I will go to the wasteland to take your head myself.
"If you are the orc leader in three years, I will go to the wasteland to take your head myself. It is too scary for a half-orc to become the orc leader in just three years. If I let you go today, it will be the most fatal negligence in my life."
After saying that, the leader took a step back to make way.
Asule: "Three years later, in the tent of the orc leader, I will wait for you to kill me."
After saying this, he patted the wolf's back, and the giant wolf jumped out, went out the door and left.
The chief stood in the rain, looking in the direction Asule left: "Three years... Hum, is the time finally coming for the orcs to transform from a tribe into a nation?"
**
At this moment, in the air.
Xiaobai turned back into a crow and cackled beside the dragon: "What should I do? I can't finish the fight! How many have you killed?"
Dragon: "41."
Xiaobai: "I killed 42! There are still more than to go, almost ! How long will it take for you to transform?"
"I don't know, it should be almost over!" the dragon replied, with distress in his tone.
Xiaobai: "Okay, the good news is that they javelin..."
The dragon suddenly interrupted Xiaobai and said, "Wait a minute! Griffins! Griffins are coming!"
Just at this moment, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and in the light of the lightning, the figure of the Griffin Knight appeared!
Fifty Griffin Knights, make their debut!
The leading knight used amplification magic and shouted to the dragon and Xiaobai: "By order of the Emperor of Monrovia! The Griffin Knights are ordered to help in the battle!"
Xiaobai was overjoyed: "The flying dragon didn't throw the spear anymore, the melee griffin is good! We won!"
The griffin rider charged towards a group of dragons that was three times his size; the screams of the griffins and the screams of the dragons blended together.
A large amount of blood immediately mixed with the heavy rain.
Xiaobai let out a strange cry and joined the hunting.
The dragon, whose time was almost up, turned around and landed on the ground.
--Wait a moment!
For the first time, the dragon looked at the ground.
Why are the cavalry in the main camp? There are basically no lights in other tents?
What the hell?
The moment the dragon landed, the transformation time was up, and the giant creature shrank back into the wizard holding the dragon head's scepter.
The wizard staggered and was about to fall to the ground, but the pointy-eared girl suddenly appeared and hugged him.
Of course, the mage's face managed to achieve a soft landing.
Chapter 137 The teacher returns to the court
After Wang stood firm, he tore off his head
Wang pressed it with his hand and muttered, "It's really magical."
At this time, a group of cavalry ran towards this side. Among them were riders with flags, who should be the commanders of the cavalry - the two princes.
Wang stopped his little study and turned to the group.
Nini didn't know whether it was intentional or not, but she took up the position of a follower behind the king.
The cavalry stopped in front of him, and the leading knight pushed open his mask. It was Eowyn, the crown prince of Monrovia: "Sir! We violated your orders and directly raided the orc camp. We believe that as long as we eliminate the orc leader, we can completely resolve this orc invasion, and then the Knights and Lancelot's Order can easily deal with the necromancer problem."
The third prince Audi beside him also took off his mask and said, "Master, are we doing it right?"
King: "Have you captured the orc overlord?"
Éowyn: "He is dead, beneath that drum."
King: "Killed in battle? Are you sure it was the Orc Overlord? He was an orc as tall as me."
The two princes looked at each other.
The eldest prince: "Isn't that right? It's a big orc wearing black armor, very big and green."
"No, no, no, it's a half-orc who is not too green, about the same height as me, and stronger than me. You are wrong, he is not dead. Hurry up..." The king suddenly stopped, touched his chin and thought.
The two princes looked at each other again, as if they wanted to ask what happened but didn't dare to disturb the master's thoughts.
At this time, Wang's rain-proof spell was still in effect, so the heavy rain barely wet his robe. The only wet mark was from when he rubbed against Nini's body when he landed softly just now.
But the two princes were actually getting caught in the rain, and the water gathered into large and small waterfalls on the edges of their armor, flowing down with a loud noise.
Finally, Wang slapped his thigh and said, "No need to chase the Overlord. Even though the main camp has made such a big fuss, no orcs from other camps have come to help. This shows that the orcs think that the Overlord who can't handle the sudden attack of humans is not qualified to be the Overlord.
"Historically, the orc overlords basically only gained the loyalty of the tribes that were closest to their own tribe, and the remaining tribes only offered their loyalty temporarily."
The orcs only recognize the strong, and at the same time, they also believe that the strong are only temporary and they will be able to replace them one day.
The king continued, "We should let the other camps know about the Overlord's defeat as soon as possible. You should quickly get the body of the black-armored orc, and look for the body of the orc leader. When the griffins have finished fighting, let them throw them into the camps."
Éowyn glanced at the man next to him, and he immediately turned his horse around and rode away.
"Master, what else do we need to do?" the eldest prince asked eagerly.
Just then, Rhett Butler came with a large group of people, including Gotrek and Flint.
Flint exclaimed, "Long ears! You are here! I was thinking of going to look for you with Gotrek. The wizard gave you to us, but we lost you. This cannot be good!"
Nini: "I went to open the door and let the cavalry in."
Éowyn was shocked: "Did you actually let it in? The master must have planned it all along!"
The king was very embarrassed, but it was raining heavily, and he was holding the dragon head scepter in his hand, so the light of the dragon head scepter overwhelmed the light of magic and alchemical flames that filled the camp, resulting in only a light from the side shining on his face.
Therefore, the embarrassed expression has a completely different meaning to outsiders and becomes extremely mysterious.
The king was about to make some excuses, but the eldest prince continued respectfully, "Hey, I was wondering if the master would be angry if we acted on our own, but we ended up dancing in the master's palm!"
king:……
Wang: "Humph, you found out. It's just simple logical reasoning."
Rhett Butler: "By the way, Your Highness, I found letters from nobles who had secret dealings with the orcs in the orc leader's tent. After this incident is over, if your father - or you want to purge these corrupt nobles, we can work together."
In the past two hundred years, Monrovia has been extremely prosperous in commerce, and a whole new class has long been formed. However, when Monrovia was founded, the nobility was awarded for military merit, and this tradition has been maintained.
If merchants wanted to be granted a title, they had to either marry the daughter of a noble or train their sons to be strong warriors and try to be granted a title through military exploits.
Now, if we can clear out these nobles who have been granted titles since the founding of Monrovia, the vacant positions will most likely be replaced by businessmen.
Éowyn stared at Rhett Butler for a few seconds and then smiled.
The latter also smiled knowingly, and the two of them laughed in the heavy rain.
The king looked back and forth between the two of them.
Flint walked up to him and asked, "Do you understand what they are laughing at?"
Wang: "I can see that they have reached some kind of agreement, but the phenomenon of reaching an agreement with just eye contact is beyond my understanding. I have also seen such a situation in the Mage Tower, but at that time I assumed that the brothers and sisters used telepathy."
Flint: "That's not telepathy, that's tacit understanding."
At this moment, the knight who had just left came running over with several other knights, and the knights who followed him were carrying the bodies of the orcs.
The knight slapped his hand on his breastplate. "According to the order, we conducted a preliminary search and found three orc leaders who met the requirements, including the black-armored orc who was mistaken for the orc overlord."
Eowyn nodded and said, "Very good. When the Griffin Knights finish the battle, let them throw these orcs to other camps."
Wang: "Wait a minute! Do they have any magic items?"
Everyone looked at the mage whose desire for magic equipment surpassed his desire for victory.
The third prince Audi touched his face and said, "No. The orcs are not known for their good equipment. In fact, their equipment - uh, is reinforced with iron sheets from who knows where, which is quite common. As long as there is a normal supply of equipment, no one should want to use the orcs' equipment."
Wang: "You have a point. But the orcs... don't they have anything that can prove their status as the Overlord? Something that, as soon as you see the equipment, you know 'this person is the Orc Overlord'.
"I just mistook the orc overlord for the overlord's half-orc slave. It's quite embarrassing."
As the two princes looked at each other, Rhett Butler stepped forward and said, "You might be talking about this. This is a banner made of animal skins hanging in the orc tent. The symbol painted on it does not belong to any orc tribe."
As he spoke, he handed over a scroll tube made of cowhide, which was obviously waterproof and the mouth of the tube was sealed with wax.
The king took the scroll and studied it carefully. He did not open it, but asked, "Is this flag recorded in previous orc invasions?"
Rhett Butler: "No. But in the past, when we defeated the orc invasion, we used the Minoan city defenses to defeat the orcs until they could no longer fight us, and then we went out of the city to clean up. At that time, the orcs had withdrawn their camp. This is the first time in Monrovia's history that an orc camp has been captured."