Pale Emblem

Chapter 155 The Orcs' Plot

Victor has grown up very fast these days, especially after Christine successfully seduced him. He suddenly realized that he is no longer the boy who needs Aunt Sarah's protection, but a man who must take responsibility.

Now, he needs to take on the responsibility as a lord.

Harvey and Maddie have always regarded Victor as the lord. Stephanie, Kent, Christine, the seven alchemists who joined later, and Ruth and Jessica who just regained their sanity also acknowledged Victor's status as the lord.

Since he is the lord, he must first clarify the duties and status of his servants in the team to avoid confusion and unnecessary infighting.

Victor was used to having Harvey, the shield guard, protecting him and Maddie, the dark hunter, giving him advice, but recently many people joined the team. Their abilities were generally better than Harvey and Maddie. Especially Christine, who was very smart.

  Victor even suspected that she was hiding some secrets from him, otherwise how could she inexplicably allow Ruth and Jessica to become sixth-level rangers?

But Christine denied it flatly, saying that it was all a coincidence and not her plan.

Because of the alchemical snake tentacles, Victor finally believed in this charming vampire, but it could not be an unconditional trust.

Victor has to be reserved with all his servants because he is the one who makes the final decision and needs to fully listen to everyone's opinions instead of just listening to one person, even if she has outstanding abilities.

Today, under Victor's questioning, Christine finally made clear her conditions: she would serve her master, but she needed to be favored by him.

The so-called favor is just a way of saying it, and its essence is still the secret ritual of the half-elf Disa's companionship.

You know, the Hemer female warriors are willing to risk their lives to win the best mate in the life sacrifice.

The companion secret ritual that evolved from the life sacrifice also emphasizes the spouse with excellent talents.

There is no doubt that Victor is an excellent candidate for the Companion Mystery, and in the eyes of some people he is a priceless treasure.

From this perspective, it is reasonable for Christine to put forward such conditions based on her own abilities.

To be honest, Victor felt relieved when Christine put forward the conditions. Otherwise, he would always suspect that the other party had some ulterior motive.

In fact, everyone got together for various reasons, but everyone had their own needs. For example, the Ranger sisters were very happy to stay with Victor as private slaves, and their actual needs were basically the same as Christine's.

  Now, all three women have chosen to be his private slaves, and Victor has no reason to refuse. Otherwise, where should he put the demon half-elf and the ranger great venerable?

They can become stronger with Victor, and Victor can also get more help. With the same interests, the relationship between the private female slave and the male master will be stable.

Victor accepted Christine's identity request and no longer had to worry about her and the ranger sisters.

As for the seven alchemists, Victor discovered a strange phenomenon. They usually behaved normally, had different personalities, and would joke with each other. But when it was their turn to discuss a problem together, the alchemists never took the initiative to express their opinions. Unless Victor called them out, they would offer suggestions for reference.

Well, they are alchemical creatures, and although they look no different from Disa half-elves, their souls are actually reconstructed by the Alchemical Tower.

Victor doesn't need to consider the needs of the seven alchemist demons, nor does he need to give them status, power and wealth. He just needs to order them around.

The gladiator slaves Kent and Stephanie have a low presence and little influence, and they are mainly responsible for daily chores. Victor will not make any other arrangements for them for the time being, and will continue to observe and see what kind of responsibilities they can take on in the future.

After confirming Christine's identity as his favorite slave girl, Victor also straightened out the relationships within the team. He still relied on Harvey and Maddie and was ready to give them higher authority. Only in this way could he gather the survivors of Brown Town and rely on them to build the initial team.

As Victor's private slaves, Christine and the Ranger sisters are unable to challenge Harvey and Maddie's authority, thus preventing them from forming cliques and causing the team to split from within just as it expands.

Next, Victor will concentrate all his efforts to start dealing with the external situation.

He spent three days, using the evolutionary power of his mind and dreams, to thoroughly investigate the entire Jinsha Town. It can be said that this town no longer had any secrets for him.

Christine and others also collected a lot of intelligence information through their own means.

On the fifth day of entering Jinsha Town, the ranger sisters returned to Victor with their recruited animal companions.

Victor immediately gathered a group of followers to summarize and analyze intelligence information from all aspects, and then formulate a subsequent action plan.

The old scout Maddie first explained to everyone: "The eastern side of the Godore Forest has steep and rugged terrain. The pass that is convenient for the army to pass through is the Godore Fortress and five small military towns, namely Iron Helmet Town, Stone Shield Town, Cold Arrow Town, Wolf Tail Town, and Echo Town."

"For a long time, the Godore Fortress has been guarded by the Flame Tiger Legion led by General Bartru. The legion has about 6000 regular soldiers."

"In the past, we in Braun Town had some connections with General Bartulu, and we were able to purchase 'obsolete' armaments from the Flame Legion at low prices... They were called obsolete, but in fact they were all sophisticated equipment, and the difference in the purchase price went into General Bartulu's pocket." "Of course, Bartulu won't take our money directly. His trusted servant Ragsil is responsible for contacting us... If we still want to ask General Bartulu for help, we can only go through Ragsil's relationship."

"This line from Baltru is unreliable!"

Christine suddenly interrupted Maddie. She used a knife to trim her nails while explaining, "Last winter, after the fall of Braun Town, a large number of refugees fled to Echo Town and did receive help from Mayor Ragsil... Your friendship with Ragsil ends here."

"I'm not saying that Ragsil is cold, selfish, and unsympathetic. In fact, I know very little about him... but Grasil was powerless to stop the changes that happened in Godore Fortress."

"This summer, General Clark of Fallen Leaf City led 30,000 troops to Godore Fortress and had a dispute with General Bartulu. After the two sides negotiated, it can be seen that Bartulu was at a disadvantage."

"The Flame Tiger Legion then began to withdraw its forces, and Clark successfully took over Wolf Tail Town in the rear, Stone Shield Town on the left wing, and Iron Helmet Town and Echo Town in the front."

"Mayor Ragsil had no choice but to hand over his own town, Echo Town, and the large number of survivors who had taken refuge there to Clark."

"This is Baltru's decision, and Ragsil must carry it out. He is powerless and cannot do anything for the refugees behind his master's back!"

"You should know that although Bartulu is at a disadvantage on the surface, he has not handed over Godore Fortress, which means that he will not assist Clark in the war... You can understand that the negotiations between the two sides have broken down and they have completely torn their relations. Bartulu just wants to see Clark lose this war!"

"It was only natural for Clark to mistreat the survivors of Braun as a way of undermining Baltru's prestige as a form of revenge."

"In Bartulu's opinion, Clark's revenge was weak and ridiculous, like an arrogant and stupid rooster pecking at a few bugs in front of him, as if he could show off his power to him?"

"Faced with Clark's ignorant provocation, Bartulu will never make any response for the survivors of Braun Town, otherwise he will lose to Clark!"

"Don't even think about asking Ragsil for help. Your previous relationship and friendship are meaningless now."

"You have to believe me. I understand the thoughts of these noble masters..."

After listening to Christine's opinion, Harvey and Maddie remained silent. They lost everything after losing once, and their friendship of more than ten years also vanished into thin air.

Victor knocked on the table and said, "We can only save the residents of Braun Town by ourselves now. Frankly speaking, this is very difficult..."

"First, Clark's army approached the border, and the orcs and barbarians fled. Clark recaptured the town of Bolan without bloodshed."

"But the orcs and barbarians demolished all the walls and fortifications of Braun Town. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was a trap, but Clark chose to step into it... Recapturing Braun Town is a great achievement, and he cannot give it up."

"So, Clark left his 7000 elite soldiers, plus the elite private soldiers supported by various noble families, a total of more than 8000 main forces in Ironhelm Town and Echo Town, and sent a small number of elite soldiers, 5000 new soldiers, and about 1200 adventurers to occupy Braun Town."

"The defenders of Bolang Town have now become Clark's bait, but the nearest town to Bolang, Echo Town, is three or four days away. This means that if the soldiers stationed in Bolang Town cannot hold on for three or four days, they will not be able to wait for the support of the main army. The coalition of orcs and barbarians does not give the defenders a chance to rebuild the wall."

"As long as they dare to build a wall, the orcs and barbarian elites will attack immediately and kill them all."

"Without the protection of the city walls, the defenders of Bolan Town may not be able to resist a mass charge from the Orc army. However, as long as they don't build fortifications, the Orcs will ignore them."

"The supplies for the several thousand defenders in Braun Town must be shipped from Echo Town and Ironhelm Town. Barbarians and orc fighters specifically attack Clark's transport convoys."

"Clark can only send adventurers and elite cavalry to deal with these small groups of enemies."

"The current war situation has turned into a contest between the half-elf adventure group and the barbarian raiders. The main forces of both sides have not made any moves."

"However, the Clark Legion consumes much more supplies every day than the Orcs. And the barbarian raiders intercepted the transport convoys in Braun Town and always managed to obtain some food supplies."

"If this continues, Fallen Leaf City must organize more civilians and slaves to continuously deliver large amounts of supplies to the defense line of Godore Fortress. Clark must also actively seek opportunities to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Orcs. Otherwise, if he continues to stalemate with the Orcs, he will definitely lose!"

Harvey shouted angrily, "Clark is an idiot, a fool, he only knows how to deal with the refugees in our Braun Town! The orcs are surrounding a point and attacking the reinforcements, can't he see such a simple strategy?"

Christine said calmly, "You are wrong. The nobles are worse than idiots and fools... They know that all this is a conspiracy of the orcs, but they just want to step into the trap. No one can persuade them."

Victor nodded, then shook his head and said, "Clark and his army are concentrated in Echo Town, and our people are also detained in Echo Town... Tell me, how can we rescue them?"