Imperial Crown.

Chapter 521 Dog
The sky darkened with the approach of dusk, and heavy snow fell from the heavens.

In the Orc Empire, March, when winter should have ended long ago, was just the beginning of the deep winter season.

In such a cold and biting winter, what could be happier than a wife, children, and a warm bed? We can't have children, but we can certainly make a big pot of delicious stewed meat.

A man around 4 years old licked his chapped lips, his eyes gleaming with lust, and strode towards a slightly dirty-looking tent. With a "whoosh," he flung open the tent flap, sending up a gust of cold wind, and stepped inside.

The tent wasn't large. In the center was a hearth with a large black pot hanging above it, brimming with stewed meat, bones and all. The broth bubbled and simmered around the edge, turning a milky white and emitting an irresistible aroma. The remaining space contained two large, soft beds and a small, oddly shaped table. "Ugh," the man groaned, shivering with pleasure as he stepped into the warm tent.

"Lord Doug has arrived."

A female goblin hurried over, a fawning smile on her face.

Doug thoroughly enjoyed this feeling of being superior, and chuckled upon hearing this, "You little slut, why are you still wearing clothes?" With that, he ripped off the goblin's tattered clothes, causing the goblin to squeal and cry out.

The indiscriminate distinction between male and female is only in extreme cases; the goblin race actually possesses all the characteristics one would expect. Besides, those who dare to set up stalls are all relatively attractive and formidable figures among the orcs. With a little dressing up, they are all presentable, while those who are ugly don't have the confidence to show their faces.

"I had a bad day, only won 30 copper coins!" Doug said with a laugh. "Go! Get your sister too, all 30 copper coins are yours!"

Upon hearing this, the goblin's face showed embarrassment. To be honest, compared to the three major races—eagle-men, tiger-men, and werewolves—goblin women had no advantage. Boar-men were one thing, but humans were simply unacceptable. Even so, the competition in this line of work was fierce, so Siz had already set the price very low for survival: 17 copper coins per trip, which included a meal of meat. This price was quite cheap, even generous. But Doug still wanted to haggle. This wasn't his first time here, nor was it his first time trying to negotiate a lower price. He'd eaten quite a lot, and during the day, Siz and his sister even had to hunt wild animals in the freezing cold. "What a scoundrel!" Siz cursed inwardly, but showed no sign of it on his face, smiling and saying, "My sister is sick, it's inconvenient for her."

"Ok?"

The astute Doug instantly sensed something was wrong. Without a word, he slapped Siz across the face, sending the short, green goblin flying. "You motherfucker, you're out here selling yourself, and you're acting all coy with me! If your sister hadn't come today, I wouldn't have given you a single copper coin! I've just been having bad luck lately! I'll make it up to you as soon as I earn some money, it's only four copper coins!"

Sizi covered her cheek, tears of humiliation welling in her eyes, but Bloodstone Territory was human territory, and she dared not show anger. Even if she were angry, she would be no match for Doug. She could only lower her head and apologize to Doug repeatedly, then covered her cheek and went to find her younger sister.

Gold coins are a good thing; not only can you buy Angel's Tears from Earl Raven, but you can also buy better food, prettier clothes, and occasionally some cultivation resources. Back in the goblin clan, Siz and his sister Xiaoling were also among the bullied members of their race, constantly ravaged by the clan's stronger members, and never receiving a single copper coin. This humiliation meant nothing to Siz.

Soon, Siz returned with his younger sister, Xiaoling. Xiaoling was a goblin with human blood; her mother had been a human imprisoned by the goblin race. Although limited by goblin genes, she was only a little over half the height of an adult, but she was extremely beautiful. She conformed to human aesthetics and had pink hair, and like a normal human woman with two pointed ears. She was both beautiful and bizarre. Doug had long coveted her.

“Lingling, this is Lord Doug,” Sidzi introduced.

“I told you, I don’t take clients!” Lingling said, wrinkling her nose. In truth, she didn’t want her “sister” to take clients either, but her sister wouldn’t listen! However, she was also very clear that in unfamiliar human territory, besides this way of making a living, orcs had virtually no other work to do! Especially for women. Building the Bloodstone Wall required moving Bloodstone, which she and her sister couldn’t do! Plowing and hoeing were also physically demanding, and she and her sister Xiz simply couldn’t handle that kind of physical exertion. She heard that in a few months, Earl Raven would be building several factories and would need to hire female workers. Lingling was waiting for this opportunity.

From a young age, she was an outcast among the goblins, enduring countless humiliations and bullying. It was Siz who cared for her. Without Siz, she would have died long ago. "Lingling" was the name she gave herself. She never met her mother; her mother, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide after giving birth to her. Her way of thinking was also very different from that of goblins. Although she was highly intelligent, because of her appearance and being a woman, she was not well-regarded or valued within the goblin community.

This escape from the goblin cave was due to her insistence; otherwise, Xiz would never have dared to betray her tribe, and Xiz didn't trust humans at all! But after following Lingling to Bloodstone Territory, she discovered that everything here was exactly as Lingling had described. Earl Raven was indeed a good man! Otherwise, would the orcs still want to do business and make money here? They would probably have long since become playthings.

"Oh?" Doug remained unmoved by her words, instead grabbing Sisz's hair and lifting her into the air. "So, do you want to witness your own sister's gruesome death right before your eyes?"

Sizzle screamed in pain, struggling incessantly. Her sharp nails tore Doug's clothes off his forearm, even drawing blood, but Doug ignored her and stared at Lingling with lewd eyes.

"Aren't you afraid I'll go to Bloodstone Fortress and complain?!" Lingling said, her face filled with shock.

"Ha ha"

Doug threw his head back and laughed, "I've completed the task Raven assigned me, and he's already set me free. To tell you the truth, I'm leaving this place tonight. Do you think I want to stay in this godforsaken orc empire?!"

Hearing this, Siss felt utterly hopeless. Only now did she realize that she had been tricked by Doug! It turned out that Doug was planning to leave, which was why he came here tonight to do whatever he wanted! Even if he killed both of them, let alone just toyed with her and her sister, Raven probably wouldn't care after he escaped.

"Lingling! Run! Run!" Xizi's voice was filled with regret and fear as she shouted. She was prepared to risk her life to let Lingling escape.

"I promise you." Lingling looked at Xizi's miserable state and finally resigned herself to her fate. As she spoke, she began to take off her clothes one by one, tears silently dripping from the corners of her eyes onto the ground.

"Oh~" Doug exclaimed, "What a perfect body!" He threw Siz away and pounced on her like a hungry wolf, pinning the lamb-like Lingling down beneath him. He breathed heavily and his throat emitted a deep, beast-like growl!

"Let her go! You bastard!" Siz climbed up, crying and shouting, and pounded on Doug's back, but it didn't hurt. He could only plead, "I have money, I've saved up 26 gold coins, I'll give them all to you! Let my sister go!"

However, at this moment, Doug could no longer hear her insults or pleas. He was immersed in pleasure, thrusting again and again.

In the past, to protect Lingling, Sizi would tell her and her sister about the various times they were gang-raped within the goblin clan, since Lingling, as a goblin, behaved too abnormally! Did they really think he would like a female goblin?! All the deals with Sizi were for Lingling's sake!

And tonight! His wish has finally come true!
Sweating profusely, Doug got up and sat down by the fire pit, slowly eating the stew. Lingling silently dressed, walked barefoot out of the tent, and disappeared into the snowy night.

"Wait, didn't you say you had 26 gold coins to give me?" Just as Siz was about to chase after him, Doug frowned and shouted.

"You! You beast!" Worried about his sister's safety, Sidson dug out all the gold coins he had hidden and gave them to Doug without thinking, then chased after him.

"Haha," Doug was in a very pleasant mood. After eating and drinking his fill, he let out a satisfied burp, then dressed, stepped out of the tent, and quickly determined his direction. He wasn't heading towards the Bloodstone Wall, but rather towards Moonrock Keep in the Nightthroat Province! He planned to cross the Nightthroat Province and the Warsong Plains, leave the Orc Empire, and then travel through the Kingdom of Podomichre, the Kingdom of Lozeron, the Papal States… until he reached the Insa Empire! Doug didn't feel safe staying in these small countries; only the Insa Empire, which rivaled the Keynes Empire, was his best hiding place.

He never wanted to deal with Raven or the Hand of Death again in his entire life! No! Not even in his next life!

Looking back on the more than ten years he had been imprisoned, Doug felt no hatred for Raven, only a constant surge of fear.

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Doug continued walking through the dark, snowy night for over three hours. Perhaps he had wasted too much energy, for he was now quite tired, panting like a bull. He plopped down on the ground, grabbed a handful of snow, and stuffed it into his mouth. "Oh!" Doug exclaimed in surprise. The icy snow felt so refreshing, it seemed to awaken his very senses.

"tired?"

“Yeah!” Doug nodded. “If I had known it would be this tiring, I should have done that virgin a few more times!” Recalling the wonderful moments in the tent, Doug laughed as he finished speaking, only to suddenly realize something was wrong!

Who's talking in the middle of the night?

"Who?! Show yourself!" Doug rolled to his feet, his clothes covered in snow, and with a clang, he drew the stolen longsword and shouted!
However, the void was completely silent, so silent that Doug seemed to think that the sound he had just heard was just his hallucination!
No! That's impossible! Someone definitely spoke in his ear just now! "Swish, swish!" Doug slashed twice at the empty space beside him. "Come out if you dare, let's have a head-on battle!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he suddenly screamed "Ah!" because a thumb-sized hole had appeared on his arm, spurting blood everywhere!
He couldn't even hear the sound of the enemy launching an attack!

All he could hear was the biting wind howling and the snowflakes blinding him! The next moment, Doug cried out in alarm again. Another bloody hole appeared on his calf, and scalding blood kept flowing out, staining the snowflakes on the ground red and melting them.

"William! It's you?!" Only then did Doug suddenly realize something. His expression shifted from disbelief to utter despair as he roared menacingly at the void, "Raven promised to let me go!!!!! The Earl swore an oath! He said he would set me free!!!!"

"Tch." "You believe what he says?"

The speaker finally stopped hiding and slowly emerged from the void. It was William, dressed in fine clothes and wearing a cloak.

William followed Raven all the way to the Orc Empire, hiding in the shadows to protect him. Over the past year, he had absorbed a lot of Orc blood, which allowed his strength to advance by leaps and bounds, breaking through from Tier 4 0 Star to Tier 4 2 Star!
“What I mean is, sometimes you can believe everything your master says, and sometimes you can only believe half of it. For example, what he says to a beast.” Seemingly realizing the inappropriateness of his words, William hurriedly tried to justify himself. He was one of the participants in the siege of Gul'dan! He was well aware of Raven's terrifying and ruthless methods; he didn't even spare his brother-in-law, so how could he let Doug live?! And the foolish Doug still hadn't realized this! He was still stupidly believing Raven's words and oaths! It wasn't that he had completed the tasks Raven assigned him, but rather that Raven had squeezed out his last bit of cheap value! As the saying goes, once the birds are gone, the good bow is put away; once the cunning rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked. Having lost his value, Doug only had death as his only option! And in order not to expose his presence, William was unwilling to act in a crowded place. He had witnessed everything that happened inside the tent, and had held back until now before finally making his move.

A piece of trash like Doug could be crushed by William, a fourth-tier warrior, with one hand, but that would be too easy for that beast!
"I find it disgusting to drink your blood."

William slowly raised his right hand, and Doug on the ground involuntarily rose into the air.

"A Feast of Blood Mist!"

Ignoring Doug's desperate pleas, William uttered the name of his combat technique. As the technique was activated, Doug in mid-air instantly exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist! Bones, flesh, internal organs... all vanished.

"Damn it!" William suddenly frowned and exclaimed after finishing all this. "Master said he needs someone's head!" "Oh well, never mind, let's get down to business." After taking away all the valuables from Doug, William turned into a gust of wind and disappeared into the snowy night.

A few hours later, he found the goblin sisters weeping in each other's arms on the cold snow.

William threw all of Doug's money and valuables in front of the sisters and said slowly, "If you need, I can get you two factory jobs. I still have some influence with the master."

William's arrival naturally startled the goblin sisters, who stared in terror at him as he stood frozen in mid-air.

"I...I need..." Lingling, who had been completely despondent and silent, finally came to her senses and hurriedly said.

"Then you two come with me."

William took off his cloak and draped it over Lingling, then gently picked her up. At that moment, he was indeed as elegant as a gentleman.

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(End of this chapter)