A strange world

Chapter 962 Section 193. Unexpected Development

Taking a few volunteer miners - now it should be said that the Free Blade members, Xiao Smo went east along the river.

The orc totem is easy to find because it always stands in an open space. But it is difficult to find because the open space is in the forest.

The miners should have gone up along the river, so that they would not get lost and could walk a long way. It was almost afternoon when Xiao Smo and his team arrived at the place where the totem was found.

This piece of wood totem was hammered into the ground, and the pattern was a standing giant bear. Xiao Smo couldn't understand it, so he could only try to remember the details in his mind and then continue forward.

Crossing the totem means that you have stepped into the territory of the orc tribe.

They walked forward carefully, listening carefully to any sound in the forest except the sound of water and wind.

Crack--

The dead branches they accidentally stepped on made them stop at the same time.

"Boss, look there..."

The person next to him pointed to a pile of weeds in front, where there was a pool of feces that was much larger than that of humans. The most important thing is that it is fresh.

Scanning some footprints around, Little Smo whispered: "Let's go back..."

It is enough to confirm that the orcs are still there. If we go further, we may be discovered by the orcs.

It took them two hours to come here, and only one hour to go back.

"Bad news?" Lame Babu looked at Little Smo and others who ran back.

"Well... the orcs are still there."

"Are we leaving again?"

Lame Babu's wrinkled face showed worry.

The members of the Free Blade just regarded this place as their home. They consumed too much energy on the way here. If they ran again in a short time, there would not be only more than 30 people falling down...

"We won't leave yet, but we must be prepared." Little Smo also knew that this was not a good time, "Please let them rest assured first."

"Leave it to me."

Lame Babu walked out of the wooden house and told everyone that they did find traces of orcs, but their range of activities was in the east and would not be close to the shelter.

Everyone felt a little relieved, but it was obviously difficult to accept being neighbors with a group of man-eating orcs. They put the construction of the cabin on hold and began to erect wooden walls outside the shelter.

It wouldn't kill anyone to squeeze in, and it might even be warmer, but letting orcs break into the camp... is no different from a pack of wolves breaking into a sheepfold.

A member who had worked as a carpenter for a few months even made a few rafts and placed them on the north bank to facilitate escape when the orcs attacked.

People who went out to collect also carefully avoided the direction of the orc tribe, and even had to explore the Ize Bay.

Fortunately, with the coming of winter, ordinary hunters and woodcutters would not run so far, and this place was not a trade route, and almost no one was seen.

But orcs could be seen.

Little Smo thought they were hidden enough, and even their lives were only made in the fireplace and fire pit after dark at night, but they were still discovered by the orc tribe.

It's just that their contact was a little... special.

The orc tribe sent a war eagle to deliver a letter to the humans who were facing a great enemy.

The illiterate Little Smo handed the letter to Lame Babu. After he opened it, he saw a few lines of crooked words written on the letter paper:

[We orcs need things, we like to rob you one by one, you are poor, it is troublesome to rob you, so you can just give us the things directly, so that we don’t have to crush you first--Big Geer, Chief of the Grizzly Tribe]

"What did they say?" Little Smo asked.

"Well... they are robbing, and they want us to hand over our property voluntarily."

"That's impossible! We have to keep the money--"

"They also said that they will let us go after we hand it over."

"--It seems that it is not impossible."

It's no wonder that Little Smo hesitated, that's the orcs... even human soldiers can't face monsters head-on.

"But how can we be sure that they won't go back on their word?"

"That's the key to the problem..." Lame Babu sighed: "We can think: they have the power to destroy us at any time, but they didn't do it, maybe it's true?"

"I'll try to communicate with them..."

"No, you can't take risks anymore." Little Smo objected.

"Don't worry, since they sent this letter, it means they are willing to communicate with us." Lame Babu smiled, "It's worth the risk."

Small Small suddenly made a bold guess: "Do you want to cooperate with them?"

"Why not?" Lame Babu did not deny, "Is there anything more in line with the style of Free City than this?"

Finally, Small agreed to Lame Babu's going to the orc tribe, but he had to take himself with him.

"Anyway, if they get wild, we can hardly escape."

On the afternoon of the day they received the letter, Small Small, Lame Babu and two members who were willing to follow came to the territory of the Grizzly Bear Tribe.

Before leaving, they told the people in the shelter that if they didn't come back at night, they would flee to the other side of the river and wait for people from Free City.

Two brown-skinned orcs appeared, with ferocious fangs sticking out of their mouths. They had never seen orcs before, but the orcs in front of them at this moment were exactly the same as their imagination.

Lame Babu held up the letter: "We are here at the invitation of Chief Bi Gel."

The two orc warriors did not understand the common language, but they recognized the letter and led them to the orc tribe, which was built of wood and thatch, with animal skins and dried meat hanging everywhere.

They saw Chief Bi Gel - the tallest orc holding a blood-marked battle axe.

He stood with an orc shaman wearing animal skins.

"Hello, chief and wise man of the orc tribe, I am the... guide of the Blade of Freedom." Lame Babu said.

"thing?"

Chief Bi Geer said bluntly, directly and rudely.

"It's all here." Little Small raised the money bag in his hand, "I hope you will keep your word and let us stay here for a while."

Chief Bi Geer said with a ferocious smile: "You guys, the food is alive and delicious."

Everyone's heart sank to the bottom.

Lame Babu looked at the chief who was always silent and said calmly: "We don't want to be enemies with you. We are willing to use money in exchange for peace."

"These are not enough." Chief Bi Geer said.

Lame Babu had no choice, they didn't even have the courage to resist.

"Have you ever heard of Liberty City?" He could only try his luck.

"Free City?" The orc shaman spoke for the first time.

It seems it knows.

"We work for Lord Annan," Lame Babu said.

The orc shaman said something in the orc language. Chief Bi Geer raised his head and shouted a short syllable, and then an orc covered with scars came over.

The three orcs chatted for a few words, and the scarred orc stared at the lame Babu: "Are you from Liberty City?"

"No, we have never been there, they just absorbed us into the Freedom Blade to rescue the Kingdom people in the mire."

"That is indeed what Annan would do..." the orc said to himself.

Lame Babu was a little surprised: "Do you know Mr. Annan?"

"I'm just like you," Howler said.