Chapter 7 In the Name of Food
Chapter 7 In the name of food ()
No one answered that their bodies were much stronger and stronger than humans. The orcs' tilted foreheads, prominent jaws, obvious teeth and rough skin clearly showed their bloodline to everyone. The rough body and simple wooden sticks were their only reliance, and their scarlet eyes and gasping nostrils showed their hatred and greed nature.
Only the heavy breathing of the orcs and the heartbeat of the human warriors were left in the forest. Griffili exchanged glances with Kate, quietly waved his hand to order his subordinates to retreat ten meters, leaving a buffer zone between the two sides. Whether it was escaping or fighting, this distance could at least give him some time.
"Humans, this is not a place you can get involved, leave here." Perhaps seeing the human warrior at the bottom of the valley retreated for only a dozen steps and stopped. A rough voice came from the top of the cliff. As the orc warriors who were closely surrounding Griffili and others made a step apart, a half-orc, who was obviously much more burly than other orcs, walked down from the hillside in the south.
I saw him wearing a crest of bird feathers woven, and his naked upper body bulged, making the thick body hair look like a foil. It is easy to remind people of how terrifying the power hidden below. He casually surrounded his waist with a short woven skirt, and three javelins were left behind. A huge mace was resistant to his shoulders. He held the handle tightly with his right hand as easily as he was holding a toothpick.
But Griffili did not always keep his eyes on the orc chief. He, Kate, and Kang Duo who caught up from behind, and even the four high-level family guards behind Griffili, all kept their eyes on a half-orc warrior who was half-step behind the orc chief. Of course, the others rely on their strength to see at a glance that the orc is strong, and Griffili was completely based on intuition.
This orc is not much different in size from other orc warriors, and is even shorter than the orc chief. However, he wears more armor than other naked orcs. This is a rectangular mat with unknown vines woven, covered with grease, and the light spots shine on it to diffract a faint rhyme. It digs a hole in the middle of the mat, puts it on its body and stretches its head out of the hole. This is called armor. His hand is not holding the simple iron sword of the wooden stick, like other orcs, like other orcs, but a big scary giant axe, which is two meters long, and the entire axe face is the size of a millstone disc. The axe face is shiny, the axe sharp edge is dark, and its sharpness is daunting.
This is an orc warrior who knows how to arm himself, or he has traveled in the kingdom of mankind.
"Strong, respected orc chief!" Not surprisingly, someone in this orc tribe could understand the common language in the mainland. Griffili was happy. He stepped out of the line and stopped his family guards and Kate with his eyes. He walked less than five meters away from the orc chief and pulled out the sword from his waist and threw it on the ground. He put his right hand in his heart like the orc chief bent down to salute, and said again: "The noble orc chief and all the great orc warriors, we have no malice. On the contrary, we are here to seek asylum or trade."
The orcs have always been synonymous with lowliness in the human kingdom, but at this time they were flattered by Griffili to become noble and great. The warriors behind him, including Kang Duo, could no longer bear it and looked at them.
"Assading? Transaction? Cunning humans, although I admire your courage, don't perform these tricks in front of me. We don't need any transactions. As for protection, go find the weapons in your hands to seek protection!"
This is a half-orc tribe closest to the human kingdom in the Dark Land. They have been deceived and deceived by humans for generations, so the half-orc chief naturally would not easily believe the human in front of him.
Griffili was not discouraged. In fact, if the orc agreed at once, it would make him feel uneasy. After all, suspicion between different races is certain, and the hatred between humans and the dark race has lasted for thousands of years.
"Look, what is this?" Griffili took out his purse from his waist and shook it to make the gold coins inside jingle, "I can give you gold coins, yes golden coins." Griffili said as he poured out the gold coins, letting them scatter on the ground in a mess, emitting a charming golden light.
But the halfling warriors around him just looked at him with contempt and stopped looking. The half-orc chief laughed "Haha" and said, "Human, don't show off these useless vulgar things in front of my noble warriors, gold? I can tell you that there is a large underground gold mine at the place where we gather."
"Yes, respected chief, please forgive my superficiality." In Griffili's world, everything can be discussed. As long as there is a dialogue, then there will be no unanimous deals. Now this opportunity is right in front of him, and of course he will not give up easily.
"Then," Griffili glanced at the weapons in the hands of the orc warriors and pointed to the swords on the ground. "As you can see, I can provide you with weapons, you see, these can arm your tribes and turn them into the strongest warriors in the entire continent."
After saying that, Griffili shook his subordinates behind him, so under Kate's leadership, knight guns and exquisitely crafted crossbow feather arrows instantly piled up a hill behind Griffili. Except for the sword on his body, the group of defeated soldiers almost threw out all the weapons that could create threats. What's funny is that this includes a warrior who was a prisoner and threw out several bricks... This made Griffili feel quite touched, and his thoughts unconsciously drifted back to the years of watching the streets and fighting and killing in the past life.
Seeing the mountains of weapons piled up behind Griffili in an instant, for the orc warrior who always boasts of themselves as warriors, this is undoubtedly full of fatal temptation. From their eyes that instantly emit red light, they are so eager to get a favorable weapon instead of the wooden stick in their hands.
Even the orc chief had a clear roll at this time. If it weren't for the opponent's body, he would have almost rioted in the name of a weapon and killed all the weak humans in front of him.
The orc chief turned his head and looked at the orc warrior wearing "armor" behind him, holding a giant axe. It was obvious that the other party had a high status in the tribe. However, the orc looked at his head coldly, and seemed indifferent to everything around him.
"Well, smart human, I admit that your sincerity touched me. Yes, it aroused my interest a little, but that's not enough. These weapons alone will ask us to help you resist unknown enemies. These weapons are far from enough. You understand what I mean!" The orc chief stared at the weapons behind Griffili with his eyes greedily, his eyes frenzied like he staring at his first love.
Griffili made an exaggerated move to wipe her sweat. In fact, he didn't care about the orc's price at all. With the pitiful IQ of the orc chief, they should pray that Griffili was not here to abduct them.
All the soldiers behind Griffili were obviously relieved, and their hands that had been holding the sword tightly, were subconsciously letting go, and even Kang Duo quietly breathed out. Somehow, she had an inexplicable trust in the slutty Griffili from the beginning.
"Dear orc chief, as you can see, we are a group of deserters, and we have nothing but these weapons, and the enemies of the Oshu Empire have entered our homeland, and they have stolen our cattle and sheep and all our food, and have killed all our loved ones, including the elderly and women and children. We fight to the death and still have heavy casualties and have to retreat to the dark land to seek shelter. We are not cowards. One day, we will use our sword in our hands to get back our dignity trampled by our enemies, I swear."
Griffili said that he squeezed his thigh hard and finally squeezed a few tears in pain. His sensational words made many local warriors from Doras cry, and even Kang Duo's eyes were slightly red. However, when he finally remembered his nonsense, he couldn't help but roll his eyes behind him.
As the saying goes, "Sit up and pay the money on the spot." Griffili did not expect the Orc Chief to be moved by his words. Although he really couldn't come up with any items that impressed the Orcs now, don't forget that there is something in this world that can arouse people's expectations more than real objects. This thing is called promise.
"Dear orc chief, if you help us eliminate the pursuers, I swear in the name of Ares, the god of war, that when we return to the kingdom of mankind, we will send you enough food and wine for a year to eat and drink."
Griffili's unintentional oath suddenly hit the pain of the orc chief. Their tribe migrated from the northern plateau to this point, and had been lacking in food for generations. They have been relying on hunting and picking wild fruits to make a living. For this reason, at least half of the new orcs in the tribe are starved to death every year. Food is undoubtedly what they want more than weapons. The orc chief hurriedly said: "No, it will take at least three years of food, huh... and fine wine!"
"Trade!" Griffili was afraid that the orc chief would repent, so he agreed as quickly as possible, "When we go out, we will be transported here as fast as possible."
"But, cunning humans, why should I believe your promise? You humans are second only to the underground Zoer." As it turns out, any person in power has a certain wisdom, even a half-civilized orc who has not yet been fully civilized.
However, this still did not make Griffili. In fact, he did not intend to let his family bear the huge amount of rewards. He turned around and waved to Kang Duo behind him.
Kang Duo walked to Griffili in confusion and frowned a pair of eyebrows. In fact, she hated standing with Griffili to attract the attention of everyone. The occasional trust and dependence do not mean that she likes to appreciate it.
But Griffili ignored this. He grabbed Kang Duo's little hand and had no time to get rid of the slightest smoothness. He quickly thought about the orc chief and said, "Look, this is my beautiful wife. To show my sincerity, after the battle, I will keep her in your tribe for the time being until we send you a reward."
Yes, Griffili's abacus was very smart. That damn reward. God knows how much the orcs can eat. Let the thousand-killed Ursa redeem his daughter!
Kang Duo also knew that Griffili was acting, but it was the first time she was held by a man like this. Although she knew that Griffili was selling herself like this, she finally knew that the negotiations had reached the most critical moment. Regardless of whether the orc could kill Blood Rose Gao Sa, it was certain that it would be a serious blow to the blood Rose. This was equivalent to reducing the pressure on her father who was on the main battlefield. So she just blushed and struggled slightly, letting Griffili hold it. At the same time, she secretly swears in her heart that when the war ends, she will have to cut off his dog's paws, um... and his tongue.
Their kissing actions made the soldiers behind them stunned. If Everton had not taken into account the pursuers behind him, he would have wanted to kill people suddenly.
The orc chief looked at Kang Duo suspiciously, his eyes full of contempt, and his eyes were full of sympathy when he looked at Griffili. Obviously, Kang Duo, who was relatively petite, was an ugly monster in the eyes of the orc, and his purely different aesthetic views.
"Okay, humans, as you said, the deal was reached." The Orc Chief waved his hand, and the soldiers around him ran down the hillside in an instant, and "screamed" his mouth and rushed towards the weapons behind Griffili. He himself strode to Griffili, stretched out his big hands at Griffili, and showed a friendly smile on his face, "Welcome to the Gari Orc Tribe, my name is Gari."
A very twisted but unremarkable name. Griffili reluctantly let go of Kang Duo's little hand and held the furry giant hands of the orc chief. In an instant, a piercing tingling pain spread from the palm of his hand. He even suspected that the bones of his hand had cracked.
Seeing his pain, all the orcs burst into laughter. Humans were indeed as weak as the rumors were.
"Today is a day worth celebrating, let's have a drink for the transaction." Gali took two wooden wine glasses from behind. Of course, in Griffili's eyes, this extra-large wine glass was considered a barrel. When he thought of the fine wine and food he had owed for three years, he became increasingly determined to keep Condo here.
Griffili took a glass and touched Gali for a while before he could see clearly that it was filled with green chaotic liquid, emitting a strong fruity aroma. Is this fruit wine? Griffili held the wine glass with anticipation and took a sip. A strong sour smell made him almost vomit. If it weren't for the relish of Gali's drinking and the envious eyes of the orcs around him, Griffili almost thought this was poison.
No matter what, for the sake of transactions and to live, Griffili had to feel aggrieved his stomach.
Chapter completed!