17. Chapter 17 Spoils of War and Historical Events(1/2)
Of course, the aesthetics of orcs are different from humans. It can even be said that the culture and philosophy of this race are completely different from humans. The good things in their eyes may not have much value in the eyes of humans, but they have rich experience in the game "Split Earth"
Roddy naturally had enough eyesight to identify these items - the items in the box were not affected by the fire.
Damaged by fire, there was a leather bag, a bone emblem, a palm-sized metal ingot, and some strange-tasting air-dried bacon. Rody suspected that this might be human meat, because orcs have never been taboo about eating anything that moves.
Creatures, and human meat is regarded by them as one of the higher foods, and only orcs with high status can eat it.
Ignoring the frowned upon bacon, Rody picked up the remaining items and called everyone to evacuate the burning camp - before leaving, he did not forget to ask Carter to bring the food supplies for the orcs in the camp.
thrown into the fire.
On the dark grassland, the burning camp looked like a huge bonfire in the distance. With this light, Roddy and his team calmly climbed over the grass slope and bandaged the three slightly injured scouts.
He found the horses and headed straight back to Nolan Village.
The midnight air seemed a bit cold and damp, and when it blew on their faces, most of the soldiers still had an unreal feeling. No one spoke along the way, and the sound of horse hooves on the silent grassland made everything feel like a dream. When breathing heavily,
, it seems that you can still smell the unique stench in the orc camp.
However, Rody understood that the seeds known as "confidence" had been quietly buried in the hearts of these soldiers.
The horses were not moving very fast. It only took more than an hour to travel here, but they wandered for nearly two hours on the way back. It was not until they saw the sign at the entrance of Nolan Village by the light of the torch that they collectively realized
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, the uncontrollable joy and excitement in my heart quietly spread.
"Is this victory?"
"Won...?"
"We...succeeded."
"We won!"
It was just a whisper at first, but as the emotions were vented, the excited soldiers actually shouted passionately. Carter sat on the horse with a grin on his face and encouraged the heroic scouts loudly, while Ruger looked at them silently.
Everything, when no one is paying attention, quietly wipes the corners of the eyes.
Everyone has his or her own mood, but victory is ultimately satisfying.
Rody did not stop these soldiers from venting their emotions in the middle of the night. He actually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - this battle basically did not deviate from the original plan. It also achieved the expected goal. For Rody,
That's enough.
While the soldiers were cheering for joy, Luger was the first to break away from this emotion. The veterans were indeed more sober than these young people, and now, Luger no longer doubts Roddy's ability. He
Easily killing three orcs in the battle, this unprecedented feeling of dual-player gave him more expectations, so much so that now he even wanted to find another group of orcs to fight, even if he died in the battle.
There are no regrets on the battlefield.
At this time, he walked up to Rody and asked with some anticipation: "Captain Rody, what are you going to do next?"
The originally excited soldiers immediately looked at Roddy, who dismounted and replied: "Rest and wait for the next opportunity to take action. If Soldin cannot bring reinforcements, there may be only so much we can do."
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His words were like a splash of cold water on the head. The grinning expressions of the soldiers gradually solidified, and finally fell silent one after another. Just like when Carter and his party returned here yesterday, they also realized the pressure on their chests.
There is an unavoidable fact: the two teams combined have a total of fifteen scouts, and after all, they cannot make any big waves.
"Will there be more fighting?"
Carter asked aloud from the side. His question seemed to be the question of all the soldiers, so that the originally lively team suddenly fell silent.
Roddy raised his head, intending to say those more cruel words, but when he saw the fighting eyes, he was stunned——
The long-lasting peace had originally caused these scouts to lose their will to fight and resist. They were occupied by orcs, annexed by neighboring countries, and disintegrated by civil strife. These things that would happen in Rody's memory all show that a man who has lost his sense of struggle has
There is absolutely no hope for nations and countries.
But today, their passion, which was originally covered by comfort and laziness, seemed to be completely inspired by this battle...
Rody suddenly saw hope.
He clenched his fists and said aloud: "There will be battles, and there will be more and more."
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After the team disbanded, Rody returned to the room where he was staying tiredly. While the soldiers were looking for food to satisfy their hunger, he went to his bed alone and took out the "trophies".
The first thing that caught his eye was the emblem made of bones. Rody knew that this was the mark of the clan in the orc kingdom, similar to the noble emblem among humans, used to identify the identity and name of the tribe. He frowned and looked at it.
On this emblem is a "earth-splitting" symbol that is familiar to human players: Warhammer.
This means that the orc camp he attacked belongs to the "Hammer of Rohar", his destined enemy!
This tribe is officially famous on the mainland entirely because of their crazy plundering of the Karen Kingdom. The orcs with no moral limits have brought great suffering to the Karen Kingdom. Roddy does not even want to recall it. At this time, he is holding the emblem on his finger.
Trembling.
"Sure enough, history is still like this."
Putting the emblem aside, he picked up the palm-sized metal ingot and weighed it. Rody, who had rich forging experience, took out his scimitar and lightly scratched it with the blade. Then he looked at it for a moment against the dim candlelight in the room, and slowly
He exhaled slowly: "It turned out to be a piece of blood ore."
"Blood Ore" is a common name given by players in the game to "Rich Iron Ore Derivatives". It is an ore containing iron, but it contains some energy bodies that allow blacksmiths to create powerful weapons. Of course, "Powerful Ore"
"It's just that compared to the whiteboard equipment, it can't add powerful magic effects like "scorching" or "cold" to the weapon, but it can make the hardness and sharpness of the weapon a lot higher. For Rody, it's a big deal.
A nice additional item for phased weapon forging.
This harvest already made Roddy feel that his trip was worthwhile. Then he opened the smelly leather bag and poured the contents in front of him - a piece of straw sandpaper with crooked writing and a set of bones, shells and
Voodoo dice made of stones.
"Display properties."
He called up his attribute panel and equipment panel, and at the same time turned his attention to the attributes of the set of voodoo dice among the messy data in front of him——
The humble voodoo dice
Demand level 3
carry
Spirit +1
Intelligence +1
"Witch doctors never tire of buying and selling voodoo dice."
Obviously this is a useless item. Rody, a legionnaire, has no need for items that increase intelligence and spirit, because intelligence is not linked to IQ and only affects a person's mana recovery speed and spell attack added value.
It didn't surprise Rody that the witch doctors' belongings became the private collection of the orc leader, because he was familiar with all the details of orc culture, so he concluded that this orc must be a witch doctor related to the "Hammer of Rohar"
There is a direct subordinate relationship. Under normal circumstances, possessing these divination tools that have been eliminated by witch doctors means that the holder's status is much higher than that of ordinary orcs.
"The hammer of Rohar, the witch doctor, Sarota..."
Several keywords came to Roddy's mind. The "Hammer of Rohar" was the tribe that benefited the most from the orcs who later invaded the Karen Kingdom. Therefore, they also suffered the jealousy of many other tribes, which even led to
They fought against each other. But the three chiefs of this tribe were more cunning and cruel than the last in the war.
Among them, Sarota, who was just a tribal witch doctor at this time, should be the third and most powerful chief in later generations. Under his leadership, the Rohar Hammer tribe has grown unprecedentedly, and even has enough
He used his capital to passively wait for orders, and even resisted the orders of the "King of Thousand Axes" of the Orc Kingdom.
Sarota is a witch doctor who came from the "lower class". When the Kingdom of Karen completely became a tragedy and scholars from other countries began to study the history of the "Hammer of Rohar", they concluded such a pattern: This is
A witch doctor is never as stingy as other witch doctors
He is stingy and often gives discarded items to his subordinates who he thinks have development potential for making friends - this method is very common among humans, but it is rarely done among orcs, and this also paved the way for his future.
A path to strength far beyond that of other orcs.
This passage is the basis for Rody's current judgment.
Because of his camp affiliation, the technical geek Roddy had naturally read these research documents on Sarota, but when he recalled these contents, he suddenly felt that something big was about to happen at this point in time.
Frowning, Roddy couldn't remember the specific content. After all, he had never experienced any events before the launch of the game. Those clues only came from some books and fragments of missions. If he wanted to completely
It was unrealistic to remember. But when he thought of facing the most aggressive chief and his men in the history of the Orc Empire, he still felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.
Roddy, who knew that he would meet this witch doctor sooner or later, never thought that he would come into contact with him so early. He calmed down, reached out and opened the grass sandpaper unique to the Orc Empire, and read it
The content of "His behavior is tantamount to asking for trouble in the eyes of others, because most civilians in the Karen Kingdom generally believe that orcs are not worthy of having written inheritance. Even if there is written evidence, most people think that it is the most primitive
Hieroglyphics.
But no one would have thought that Ranger Roddy, who had experienced countless battles and intelligence interceptions before his rebirth, was a guy who was proficient in orc language and writing, so even if these were written in orc Sabine, he could still read them.
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This piece of straw sandpaper was a little torn, which should be traces left by the communication between birds. Rody tried hard to identify the handwriting, and his newly relaxed brows gradually wrinkled.
Some of the writing could not be read clearly, but he could only roughly make out a few words: "Assemble the Squadron," "Four Days Later," and "Raid."
Rody glanced at the date mentioned in the letter and the vague signature, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
He rubbed his temples vigorously, flattened the paper with trembling fingers and reconfirmed what he had seen. These contents gave his vague memory a clearer direction - Saron, the Hammer of Rohar, plus
Today’s date: April 588 in the Elon calendar…
To be continued...