Part Two: The Human World Chapter Thirteen: People are always going to die
Asa now feels a little admired by Lord Polugan.
Although judging from the results, his previous predictions were not quite accurate. The big-eared monsters did not sell the looted goods, or they could not. These goods no longer belong to the big-eared monsters, and other orcs have already sold them.
All were confiscated. Although the main residents of this city-state are indeed orcs, the core managers are said to be some humans.
As expected, there is indeed gold and silver currency circulating here just like the human country, and there are dwarf and human merchants trading here. However, none of these merchants are from the empire, they are all from countries in the wild highlands and the west.
A small country in the southwest of the empire.
Lord Borugan also said that this should be a very orderly place. At that time, Asa didn't care what this order meant, and he didn't understand it until he entered here.
This is indeed a place where orcs of all races gather and live. Almost all the buildings are built with huge stones peeled off the nearby mountains. There is no style or decoration at all. But this is not because it is thicker than Bracada.
The architectural style is dozens of times longer and the main residents are orcs, which shows the slightest bit of barbarism. On the contrary, it seems to pay more attention to discipline and rules than human society. Its northern end is surrounded by several separate independent residential areas, each for cannibalism.
Orcs of various races such as demons and werewolves live there. There are independent territories for the orcs of each race, which are completely managed by themselves. And in the middle of these residential areas is the center of the city-state called Ouf.
In the square in the center of Euforth City stands the huge stone tablet of Three Chopsticks, which is engraved with the laws of the city very simply and clearly. Even the dwarves with the poorest eyesight can see the large characters clearly from a long distance. The axe
The chiseling strokes are very deep and not beautiful enough, but the neatness and meticulousness that the regulations should have are shown well. The scope of this regulation is not large, it is only the central town of Eufu, and the content is quite similar to human regulations.
There are similarities, but they seem to be looser in many places. The clauses are all used to maintain order. The biggest difference and surprising thing is that the wording above is very concise. It only states what kind of behavior is strictly prohibited without writing
The gallows next to you is the only explanation of what punishment you should receive. There is only one punishment here, hanging.
Probably because of such a shocking law, everything in the city of Orfor seemed to be in order. Although orcs were everywhere, there was no hint of violence and barbarism. Most of these subhumans were busy doing their own things.
This is a city in the true sense. In addition to entertainment venues such as taverns and casinos, almost all human societies can be found here. The most surprising thing is the civilized atmosphere here. The orcs except the lizard people
They can actually speak some simple human languages, and some can even read. Among them, the orcs are the most obvious. The intelligence of these close relatives of the big-eared monsters is almost the same as that of humans. It is not difficult to contact them. There are many in this city.
They are also taking care of everything.
This is indeed an amazing order. In past experience, orcs are completely synonymous with barbarism and uncivilization, but everything seen here makes people feel that they are more suitable to be called using the more academic term, subhumans.
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Under such a good order, it seems that all crimes are difficult to carry out. This is very unexpected. After the old thief contacted the big-eared monsters, he learned that all the goods had been confiscated by the orcs.
It is said that the big-eared monsters were given the right to live in a separate living area here. And the orcs did not seem to intend to sell it to them. This news immediately exploded among the thieves. They have been trapped here for several days now.
The thieves were not willing to meet empty-handed, but they didn't know what to do.
Asa himself is not very worried. He is not far away from the book now. I think the orcs will never keep those goods for a lifetime. If it is not possible, just steal them. He is not nervous at all now, or
He said he couldn't be nervous at all.
Xiaoyi was the most active and cheerful one among the group. He just came to have fun in response to her initial words. At first, he was very cautious and only inquired about the situation with other businessmen and dwarves in the hotel. Later, he simply
She dragged Asa around the city with her. She carried a notebook and pen with her, and from time to time she took them out to write down and draw the strange things she saw. But because of this, Asa also became obsessed with this.
I understand the basic situation of the city-state very well. Asa's habituation ability has always been very strong, and Xiaoyi always drags him around. After staying here for a few days, he feels as peaceful as traveling to a foreign land to relax. There are just a few
The trouble is that even though he always sleeps on the floor or a chair, Xiaoyi still has to force him to take a bath every day.
Today, the two of them went to see the construction projects outside the city. A group of ogres and werewolves were carrying materials to build houses and various buildings. Their huge strength combined with various equipment customized for them made the work efficiency amazing, and the responsible person
The commanders were usually dwarves or human engineers. Asa was stunned by what he saw. He completely suspected that he was dreaming. The impression of the blood and killings of the orcs half a year ago was in no way compatible with this peaceful scene.
Not long after I came back from outside, I was about to go to eat when the old thief Foduoleng's voice suddenly sounded outside the door. "Come out quickly, something happened."
Asa and Xiaoyi walked out quickly and saw that almost all the thieves were running out following Foduoleng.
"What's going on?" Asa quickly followed Fodoreng. Fodoreng had been working hard to negotiate with the orcs about the goods these days, but there seemed to be no progress.
"Last night, Cyclops planned to go to the place where the goods were stored to steal something, but he was caught." Fodoleng said. Cyclops is a night thief in their group. He is very agile. It is said that he once went to the palace to steal something.
"I've warned him not to act rashly, but the guy didn't know where he learned that there was a batch of jewelry in the goods, so he sneaked in at night and prepared to steal some, but... that big warehouse
There are two werewolves guarding it."
"Werewolf?" Asa broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking of the life-and-death struggle with the werewolf in the Lizard Swamp half a year ago, there was indeed no hunter more powerful than them. The sharpness of his facial features and combat effectiveness were dozens of times stronger than that of ordinary humans.
If you steal recklessly, you probably won't end up well...
"Then one-eyed dragon..."
"Hanged." Fodoleng said the word very easily.
Next to the three huge stone monuments in the center of the city, there is an equally huge special-made gallows. It is made of a mixture of strips of stone and wood. It is tall and strong. It stands together with the stone tablets engraved with laws and regulations to show the majesty of death.
There were already a lot of orcs watching. Two werewolves were grabbing the tied Cyclops, and the leader was actually a human. The Cyclops's eyes were covered with a black cloth, and something was stuffed in its mouth, but he could be heard.
He was shouting, and his bound hands and feet were still struggling, but in the hands of the two werewolves, they only showed a pitiful look of futility.
The leading human was a middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes. He stood in front of the gallows and began to loudly announce that the Cyclops tried to steal and hurt the guards last night, and said that this fact had been confirmed by the notary, and then he turned around
He went to read the laws and regulations prohibiting theft on the stone tablet. After reading, he signaled the two werewolves to carry the Cyclops to the gallows, and put a rope thick as a human arm around the Cyclops's neck. During this process, the Cyclops was always there.
He struggled in vain, making a whining sound from his mouth.
The leader walked to the gallows and pulled a mechanism. The wooden board under the Cyclops' feet cracked and the man fell immediately.
As the rope tightened, a slight thumping sound came from the audience. When the two werewolves walked down and untied the Cyclops and lifted him up, he was just a silent corpse. This drop immediately caused him to
The end of his cervical vertebra was torn off. Contrary to his nervous struggle, he died very cleanly.
The orcs watching around did not have any special reaction, and were not even as excited as the audience watching the execution of prisoners in human society. They just talked among themselves and left in a hurry.
Asa felt his arm tighten and turned around to see Xiaoyi holding his hand tightly, looking at the body of the cyclops being moved with a pale face.
Xiaoyi kept holding his hand and resting her head on his shoulder until she returned to the hotel room and sat on the simple bed. Her face was a little pale, her thin lower lip was lightly bitten, and she smiled slightly.
A few white teeth were exposed. His brows were furrowed, and his slender eyes seemed to be looking hard at something, but they looked confused and panicked.
"Is this the first time you've seen someone being killed?" Asa asked softly.
"No." Xiao Yi shook his head, and Asa could feel the stiffness of her movements on his shoulders. "It was the first time I saw someone I knew being killed."
Cyclops was the one with the best relationship among the thieves. He would often come over to chat with the two of them, and would tell Asa some weird jokes from time to time. When Xiao Yi didn't understand and asked questions, he would
Let out a loud and proud laugh.
Asa also felt a little miserable in her heart. She tilted her head unconsciously and leaned her face on her head. Xiaoyi moved his body, but still maintained his original posture.
Unknowingly, a strange smell permeated Asa's sense of smell. It seemed to be a kind of fragrance, but if you look closely, it didn't seem to be fragrant, but there was a very real feeling, not just a smell, but also a sense of smell.
A kind of touch that filled every gap in the body. The skin on the cheekbones could clearly feel the fineness and smoothness of her hair, and this fineness and smoothness seemed to exude a mysterious and indescribable smell. He gradually
I was so immersed in this subtle sensory enjoyment that I didn't think about anything else.
"I have been afraid of seeing death since I was a child." Xiaoyi said, her hazy and low-key voice seemed to be talking to herself. "Whether they are people or animals, I don't want to see them die. Every living thing suddenly disappears.
, it can never be undone, it’s really scary.”
"A few days ago, I admired the laws here. They are so conspicuous, so deterrent, and well written. In troubled times, the deterrent effect of the laws of a city-state where various races are mixed is very important, so only the death penalty is designated.
But today I saw someone we know die down there. I know he deserves to die. He deliberately violated the law here. In order to maintain the stability here, we must first uphold the law here, so he must die.
...But I actually don’t want to see him die.”
"People must die when they are alive." Asa replied, he was a little confused now.
"I don't want to die." Xiaoyi answered confusedly.
It seemed that he had been immersed in this subtle feeling. After hearing this sentence, a heroic spirit was suddenly aroused from his heart. Asa straightened up, turned to look at her and said firmly: "I
I will never let you die."
"It's time to eat." The old thief Fu Duoleng's voice came from outside.
For the first time in his life, Asa felt that eating was a disgusting thing.