Chapter 248: The Threat of the Wolves
The Lizardmen tribe was given a chance to survive, but at the cost of losing four-fifths of the tribal warriors, the entire tribe's combat effectiveness was almost completely destroyed.
Almost at the same time as the lizardmen retreated, a half-orc army raided the tribal stronghold, bringing with them a large amount of food, herbs and other supplies.
This tribe is no longer qualified to continue to exist, and there is only one path in front of them:
Migrate away and join other lizardfolk tribes!
In two battles, a total of nearly 1,000 lizardmen were eliminated, but in return, more than 160 orc warriors sacrificed themselves for the rise of the clan.
The bodies of the fallen soldiers were gathered, and a brief mourning ceremony was held.
The bones will be piled up separately and burned to ashes, the shaman will sing the song of ancient desolation, and a mysterious power will appear in the darkness to guide the dead souls back to the arms of the gods.
The Oak Domain also has a spirit realm that serves as a transit point for the material plane. Wherever the Styx is connected, a fleet of the Reaper will enter, returning to the underworld with dead souls.
There are planes where gods exist, and the god of death must make a deal with them, and the souls of the devout are handed over to the servants of the gods to bring back to the kingdom of God, and the other souls belong to the god of death.
The god of the orcs is in a very strange state that mortals cannot fathom.
In other words, this deity is in the final stage of canonization, and the power of faith from the believers can be transformed into divine power to speed up the process.
Although the Underworld God System is powerful, it will not provoke an existence that is about to become a god for no reason.
Under the guidance of the shaman, the souls of these dead warriors will be placed in the spirit realm, where the power of the orc gods has accumulated to this day will be answered.
As long as we wait for God to come, the work of building God's kingdom can also be carried out at the same time.
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Without the threat of the lizardmen tribe, the clan was able to set up a simple mining plant on the open pit, and miners collected iron ore, which was then escorted back to the base by warriors.
The reason why the iron furnace was not placed directly near the mine was also due to security needs, and the Indomitable Blade was still in an awkward situation as an outsider, and a second wave of attacks from the natives could occur at any time.
As a result, the forging speed of the equipment had to be lowered in order to be robust.
After a series of infrastructure facilities such as mining plants, lumber yards, smelters, and mills were completed one after another, the clan ushered in a new problem, namely-
Understaffing.
All the old and young women and children played, and even some male adult warriors joined in, and the number of clan standing armies remained at around 400, which was the lowest acceptable bottom line.
Although the half-orc reproduction rate is fast, the number of half-orc cubs born during this period is nearly a hundred, but it also takes several years to grow, which is completely unable to make up for the lack of manpower.
In the final analysis, the population base of the clan is not high.
Then, there is only one option left: capture as many slaves as possible!
Cold-blooded intelligent creatures with reptile characteristics such as lizardmen, crocodile people, and snake people are difficult to domesticate, and dinosaurs are not intelligent enough, and hill giants and two-headed giants are good choices, but these big guys are almost stupid and stupid, and they are too wasteful to be laborers, and their value should be reflected on the battlefield.
Over and over again, the most suitable slave is the goblin race.
These green-skinned dwarfs are fierce enough and smart enough to obey the strong, and as long as they are fed, they will be the most loyal slaves.
And if the goblin armament is sent to the battlefield, it is also a good batch of cannon fodder.
The number of the smallest goblin tribes is also more than five hundred, and the big tribes of 10,000 people have begun to appear goblin sorcerers, inherited from the bloodline descendants of the goblin enslaver and the demon toad king Stuzawa, and the ancient bloodline allows goblin sorcerers to release mysterious powers that make their fellow clans reverberate and fear.
Warlocks are professionals who rely on bloodlines to cast spells, and goblin warlocks have a certain degree of danger and should not be careless.
However, in order to capture the goblin, you need to cross the wolf's skull gate and truly enter the vast jungle depths of the Eastern Continent.
Deep into the jungle is a strategic goal for the clan in the future, but entering the brutal jungle comes with a series of challenges, and the powerful natives are more powerful and ferocious than the Wolf's Skull Gate.
And there is another important reason, the orcs are an alien race after all, and the harsh jungle environment is inhabited by countless viruses, once infected, the orcs without any antibodies will be powerless, and may even cause the extinction of the entire clan chain.
Therefore, Cangye needs time to strengthen the combat effectiveness and resistance of the entire clan, and for this reason, some sentinels and witch doctors have gone deep into the jungle in order to find the ideal place to live in Cangye's planning, and to step on various herbs for research.
At the same time, several Candleflame Guardians also entered the depths of the jungle to contact the Blazing Blade Church.
The Church of the Orc God entered here more than a thousand years in advance, and must have developed into a large tribe deep in the jungle.
The fundamental purpose of the slaves was to make up for the lack of manpower in the clan, and for this purpose, there was a feasible solution.
The orc clans living on the Wolf Plains each have a lot of slaves that can be plundered directly from them, and some half-orc compatriots can also be included in the clan system.
In the future, the clan can be divided into two lines to expand, one of which continues to go deep into the jungle and establish a base camp; On the other hand, they fought in the Wolf Plains, the Thousand Thorns Wasteland, and the Wolf Skull Gate, and the Eastern Continent had enough territory and resources for the orcs to expand.
In fact, just as the night locked its gaze on the Wild Wolf Plains, some eyes full of wild ferocity also reached out to them.
Since the defeat of the Seddy Lizardfolk tribe, a second wave of attacks from the natives has also arrived.
This time, though, it's a threat from the wolves.
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Wolves are territorial creatures, especially highly intelligent wolves like the wolf, and the orc clans are the same predators for them, as long as there are enough of them, they will compete with them for food.
Herbivores such as buffalo, bison, wild boar, and goats are on the list of wolf pack recipes. The orc clan migrated and began to hunt and store food for the clan.
The trade-off must be a threat to the survival of the wolves.
Therefore, these ferocious species, led by several wolf kings, decided to give this group of outsiders who don't know what to do.
Since three days ago, Bloodaxe has received reports of more than a dozen wolf attacks.
Livestock farms were attacked, livestock were taken away, and herders died tragically;
The mine was attacked, and the miners were killed and injured;
The mill was attacked, and the gathering team was attacked......
Every orc who died was a heavy blow to the clan, and Bloodaxe had to start to re-confront the cunning beasts.
And Cangye started to act against the wolves on a large scale one step earlier, but not for prevention, but to start the idea of the wolves.
With the permission of the Blood Axe, a hundred warriors were seconded to the Blood Axe a day ago under the pretext of 'contacting allies'.
Although he didn't know where the so-called allies came from, in the spirit of trusting the night, the blood axe agreed to him.
Nightnight led the group of orcs to ambush around the pasture.
Every time the ranch was attacked, the livestock were driven into the huts, and the herders were hiding in their houses and did not dare to go out, which had a serious impact on the development of animal husbandry.
In less than a few hours, a group of ghostly figures quietly sneaked into the ranch.