In the snow forest, a group of barbarian warriors began to cut down pine trees and build a ballista fort that could be lifted and moved by manpower. There were also a dozen barbarians trying to play with the ballista. By the time they get all six ballistas ready, it's almost time to start the war.
Bottom stood on the city tower, his face as dark as water, and he said bitterly: "These damn barbarians, the army of Luoye City will kill them all!"
Rhodes next to him said: "The barbarians are very smart. I hope they can make a wise choice this time."
Bottom turned to look at Dr. Cole and asked with concern: "How's it going? Are you ready?"
Dr. Cole nodded expressionlessly and said in an indifferent tone: "I brought all the barbarian female slaves from the pharmacy here, and I also explained to them carefully what to do."
Rhodes smiled and said to him: "Mr. Doctor, as long as you can get through this difficulty, I will double the compensation for the loss of the barbarian slave girl. I promise to find you a more beautiful barbarian slave girl."
Cole sighed, glanced regretfully at the shivering barbarian female slaves who were hugging each other, shook his head and said: "I have put a lot of effort into cultivating them...forget it, you can just pick them up and use them, you don't need to compensate me. .”
These barbarian female slaves in the pharmacy are all of good quality. In terms of figure and appearance, they are top-quality goods that can be regarded as personal pets, and the market price will never be less than 300 gold pagodas. Moreover, these barbarian slaves have been carefully trained by Dr. Cole and have the level of medicine practice of junior pharmacists, which doubles their worth, and each can be sold for a sky-high price of 1,000 gold pagodas.
Rhodes has been trading slaves for many years, and he also feels that it is a pity to abandon these barbarian female slaves. However, the current situation is urgent. If Braun Town is attacked by the enemy, the fate of these barbarian female slaves is unknown, but they will certainly not be able to retain them.
He reached out and randomly picked out one of the barbarian female slaves. Several adventurers forcibly dragged her out from among her companions, tied her with ropes, tied a slip knot, and hung her from the city wall.
The barbarian female slave was obviously frightened. She fell along the city wall to the snow without untying the rope buckle. She cried and begged Master Cole to pull her back.
Dr. Cole shouted to her condescendingly: "Wendy, be obedient and go find the barbarians on the other side and convey my words to them. You can come back regardless of whether they agree or not."
After hearing the master's order, the barbarian female slave had no choice but to unbuckle the rope and slowly walked towards the barbarian position on the opposite side of the city wall.
Rhodes' idea was to send a barbarian female slave to negotiate with the barbarians on behalf of Braun Town, and ask them why they wanted to attack Braun Town in the Disa Alliance? By doing this, aren't they afraid of the Alliance Legion's revenge? Can conditions be put in place to avoid this bloody conflict?
This slave trader knew the barbarians on the other side of the lake very well. They were oppressed by the Blackfire Tribe and struggled to survive between the Blackfire Orcs and Fallen Leaf City. They should not be willing to attack Braun Town. Rhodes believed that the alliance between the Barbarians of Lake Braun and the Orcs of Outland was coerced by the other party.
His reason was that there were more than 3,000 orcs in the outer land opposite. After deducting half of the coolies, there were less than 2,000 combat-effective fighters and butchers, while there were more than 900 barbarian warriors. In terms of force comparison, the orcs present did not have the absolute advantage of being able to crush the 900 barbarian warriors. However, the orc leader dared to hand over the crossbow to the barbarians for use, which showed that the orcs in the outer lands were not afraid of the barbarians' backlash. Their main force suppressed the barbarian tribes from the rear and took the women and children of the tribes as hostages.
The coerced barbarian warriors and orcs cannot be of the same mind.
Since force alone was not enough to defeat his opponent, Rhodes wanted to use a strategy to win a chance for the half-elves in Braun Town. He proposed that the town of Braun would only negotiate with the barbarians on the opposite side, which might make the orcs in the outside world wary of the barbarians and achieve the purpose of dividing and disintegrating them. At the worst, you can delay time through negotiation and continue to consume the food of the orcs and barbarians. The longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be to Braun Town.
Having said that, everyone still has expectations for the outcome of the negotiations. After a short discussion, Bottom said that as long as the orcs and barbarians allowed the residents of Braun Town to evacuate in batches within two days, they could leave Braun Town and the supplies and food inside to each other.
Wiltok listened in on the whole process, and the "Knowledge Puzzle" had not yet completed its analysis, but he felt that Rhodes' idea could be tried.
The barbarian female slave walking alone in the snow didn't know that she carried everyone's hope. She walked very slowly, almost turning back after three steps, hoping to see Dr. Cole waving to her and calling her back.
At this time, a sharp arrow flew out of the city wall, with an ear-piercing scream, and hit the snow at the feet of the barbarian slave girl, narrowly missing her calf. The barbarian female slave turned around and found that there was a professional next to Master Cole, who was pointing a bow and arrow at her. Master Cole's eyes were indifferent. She understood instantly, so she staggered and quickened her pace, trying to get out of the range of the bow and arrow as soon as possible. .
The barbarian female slave ran faster and faster, and in the end she was literally running across the snow. She looked like she had regained her freedom and was eager to be reunited with her tribe, and she quickly ran towards the barbarian warriors on the opposite side.
Seeing this scene, Rhodes said with a faint smile: "No matter how docile the barbarian slaves are, they are still barbarians. At the moment of life and death, they will reveal their true nature. Therefore, we never have to expect the barbarian slaves to fight for the alliance." He paused, Turning to Cole, he said: "If this barbarian female slave is unwilling to come back to report the news, I will send another barbarian female slave to continue delivering the news for us, but this time, I'm afraid I will use her best sister as a hostage. After a while, , please also ask the doctor to help me identify the barbarian slave girl who serves as the messenger and hostage."
Seeing the barbarian slave Wendy running so happily, Cole's face didn't look very good and he simply said: "Okay!"
Rhodes and Cole were about to raise their butcher knives against the barbarian slave girl in the pharmacy. Wiltok didn't know why. His attention was focused on the barbarian slave Wendy. He saw her running towards the barbarian camp. Several barbarian warriors blocked her outside, but did not harm her.
After a while, an exceptionally tall and muscular barbarian warrior walked up to Wendy, and the two began to talk.
They were relatively far away from the city wall, and they spoke a barbarian language. Wiltok could hear their chatter, but couldn't understand what they were saying.
Suddenly, a tall, fat butcher rushed out of the orc camp and rushed towards the barbarian female slave. It spanned more than ten meters in one step, and when it landed heavily, the snow cracked and flew, like a giant elephant opening a path; when it was in the air, it was light and nimble, like an eagle gliding against the snow.
The Orc Butcher's movements are full of unique rhythm, perfectly blending heaviness and lightness, strength and dexterity, without appearing obtrusive. It made several consecutive leaps and came to the barbarian camp. It easily knocked away several barbarian warriors who tried to intercept it. While Wendy turned to watch, in front of the barbarian leader, it used a huge stone ax to kill the barbarian slave girl. The head was cut off.
Wiltok closed his eyes suddenly. The head of the barbarian slave Wendy was separated, and the blood in her neck was gushing out like a fountain. However, the tragic scene of the headless corpse slowly kneeling could not be removed from his mind.
For the first time since waking up, he saw ruthless killings. Even though the one who was killed was Wendy, a barbarian slave girl. She had not even spoken to Vertok, but the helplessness and despair on Wendy's face when she was beheaded by the butcher made Vertok Ke couldn't bear to look directly, but the ruthlessness of the orcs wielding their axes revealed another side of the world to him.
The golden light group in the world of consciousness instantly releases a large amount of information, which has nothing to do with memory, but a kind of cognition from the will. Wiltok could not open his eyes, but the "Knowledge Puzzle" gained these cognitions and quickly helped him figure out many things.
Most half-elves didn't notice anything strange about Wiltok. The half-orc butcher flew and killed the barbarian slave girl, fully demonstrating its terrifying strength. Everyone watched helplessly as it lifted Wendy's head from the snow and walked towards the city wall step by step.
It is 2.3 meters tall, fat, ugly, and ferocious, but its lower jaw does not have the common exposed fangs of orc fighters, and a pair of pointed ears seems to have been torn off by something. The bald head looks a bit funny. The half-elf guards on the city wall watched it enter the range of the ballista. When they walked under the city wall, no one dared to shoot sharp arrows or throw javelins at the butcher.
The half-orc butcher's scarlet eyes contained cruel and crazy killing intent. He glanced at the half-elves on the wall with contempt, then raised his hand and threw Wendy's head onto the tower.
Annie, the archer of Qin and the Whistle Adventure Group, couldn't help it anymore and aimed at the Orc Butcher forty meters away with a burst of rapid fire. As if they got the signal, the guards rained arrows and crossbows on the Orc Butcher.
The butcher swung his giant ax and moved his body, causing most of the feathered arrows and the crossbow to miss. A few of the feathered arrows shot at it were directly deflected, with no effect.
"There is no need to waste arrows and crossbows. This butcher has mastered the heart of the mirror and has combat intuition. Coupled with the defense provided by the blood rage talent, ordinary crossbows are ineffective against him, and it is difficult for a crossbow to hit it." Bottom Put a stop to the half-elves' futile shooting.
The atmosphere on the city wall began to become bleak. The half-elf guards stopped their actions one after another, and their morale was inevitably low. When the butcher saw that no one was shooting at him anymore, he picked up his ax and walked back in a big way.
Wiltok grabbed a war bow and two feather arrows from the half-elf beside him, and shot continuously at the half-orc butcher.
Two feather arrows passed through the wind and snow, stuck to the half-beast's ears, and brushed against its left and right cheeks. The half-orc butcher froze on the spot for an instant. Its ears were mutilated and its keen intuition had no effect on these two cold arrows. Although the feather arrow did not hurt it, it suffered a critical blow to its soul.
The Orc Butcher will never forget the scene when that monster, as tall as itself, with a pair of round ears, punched the most powerful Butcher Chief in the tribe, who was also his father, to pieces. The butcher roared and rushed towards the monster, seeking revenge for his chief father. However, it was as weak as a female deer in front of the round-eared monster. It was captured alive, its fangs were pulled out, and finally a pair of ears were cut off before the round-eared monster released it back to the tribe.
This is the greatest shame in the Orc Butcher's life. Now, the half-elf on the city wall actually shot it in the ear with a bow and arrow? !
The Butcher's anger reached its peak in an instant, and it turned around suddenly, staring at Wiltok on the city wall with its bloody eyes. When it saw Steel Rock wearing a bear helmet and animal skin appearing next to Wiltok, it snorted again, turned around and ran quickly towards the orc camp.
"...runs like a rabbit, but unfortunately has no ears." Wiltok curled his lips and said. There was a sudden roar of laughter on the tower.
Slave trader Rhodes said with a smile: "If you shoot well, you kill better...I will send two more barbarian female slaves to be killed by the orcs, and next time there will be four...until the orc butcher kills him in front of the barbarian warriors. Kill all the barbarian female slaves.”
Wiltok has figured it out by now. Rhodes expected that the half-orcs in the outer realm would not let the barbarian slave girl negotiate with the local barbarians on behalf of the half-elves, so he deliberately sent the barbarian slave girl to die. It would be best if they could negotiate. If the orcs killed the barbarian female slaves in front of the barbarian warriors, they could also provoke a conflict between the two parties and achieve the purpose of differentiation.
Dozens of barbarian female slaves held Wendy's head and cried, but no half-elf sympathized with them. Because they are slaves and barbarians. The barbarian slaves in the plantation helped the enemy dismantle the ballistae, which caused the situation in Braun Town to take a turn for the worse and made the half-elves hate the barbarian slaves.
Several professionals dragged out two more barbarian female slaves, tied ropes on them, and prepared to send them down the city wall.
"enough!"
Vertok used his battle breathing method and let out a thunderous roar from his chest. The powerful sound hit the turret, causing waves of echoes, and the snow on the top of the wall also fell.
"The enemy killed the envoy we sent to negotiate in front of us and chopped off her head. Are you happy?!"
"You all listen up, the most precious meaning of fighting is to survive, not anything else! To wield a knife against the stronger is courage, and to wield a knife against the weaker is nature. Do you really think that the orcs will kill all our barbarian female slaves? , will the barbarians on the opposite side resist the orc army?"
"No! They will only follow the instinct of swinging swords at the weaker ones in order to survive, just like water flowing to lower places, and pour their anger on us! And should we vent our resentment on these barbarian female slaves? Swinging the butcher's knife at the weaker ones? This will only make us lose the courage to fight for survival and swing the knife at the stronger ones!"
"My answer is, never!" Vertok stood on the parapet, drew his long sword, pointed the blade at the enemy opposite, and shouted to everyone: "Today, there is only a bloody battle!"
The sonorous and powerful voice echoed passionately in the ears of the half-elf. After a brief silence, an even louder echo erupted from the city wall. It was the clanking sound of swords being unsheathed, and the roars of "bloody battle".
Bottom noticed the enemy's movement and immediately shouted loudly:
"The enemy has moved, be prepared and defend the city wall!"
"The ballistae aimed at the ballistas on the opposite side... and tried to destroy them."
"The crossbowmen listen to my orders before releasing arrows, and give priority to shooting the orc coolies."
The half-elves on the city wall were busy and entered combat positions, preparing to face the coalition of orcs and barbarians. At this time, Gang Yan, who had been silent, said to Wiltok: "Vell, you are very good."
Wiltok nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Yes, I think so too."
Gang Yan smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the Orc camp, pointed out the positions of the ten Orc butchers, and said: "Among the enemies on the opposite side, only these ten butchers make me feel dangerous. They are stronger than my tribe, and those That butcher next to me, I’m not even sure I can defeat it. You have to be especially careful.”
Vertok's eyes followed Gang Yan's fingers and turned to the barbarian camp, where he saw an orc butcher standing with the barbarian leader.
