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Chapter 52 The aftermath
The residents of the East Coast were too afraid to leave their homes because of the invasion of the centaur forces.

The residents only breathed a sigh of relief when the nobleman's knightly party appeared and successfully captured the centaur.

In the elven kingdom, their lives, though not as comfortable as those of the nobles, were at least passable.

But once it falls into the hands of the orc tribe, who knows what will happen to it.

Centaurs are not considered cruel.

But if it were any other orc race, being devoured alive would be perfectly normal.

Shortly after arriving on the east coast, Loren received intelligence.

The lord of the East Coast is dead, and the three elven insects who made a pact with him are in grave danger.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Loren immediately sought out the centaur centurion.

"Where are the lords of the East Coast?"

This centaur centurion was named Mali.

He looked arrogant and refused to answer.

Loren's eyes were icy. "I advise you to behave yourself, because your attitude will likely cause your centaurs to suffer an undeserved disaster."

Ma Li's expression changed, and he replied coldly, "That guy was dishonest, I've already killed him."

The high-ranking knight who had imprisoned the centurion's expression changed.

He is a knight from the East Coast, and his main purpose in returning this time is to rescue his lord.

Now, upon learning of the lord's death, he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.

He ended up in this situation simply because he lacked the strength to do so.

“Take me to his body,” Loren said.

The lord's body was in the castle, and Mali killed him without searching him.

The three elven insects were still on the corpse.

Loren found three jade boxes.

The spirit insect inside the box was acting erratically and was restless.

The death of the contractor had a great impact on them.

"Little ones, don't be nervous, you're safe now."

Loren took out the jade powder and fed it to the three spirit insects, and their condition immediately improved a lot.

He made no attempt to conceal his contract with the three sprite insects.

The knight standing to the side hesitated, but ultimately said nothing.

Logically, after a nobleman's death, the elven insects should be handed over to the elven queen by a knight loyal to the nobleman.

Loren's behavior was not in accordance with the regulations.

“It’s alright, you can report this to the Queen truthfully,” Loren said.

With the east coast lost, the knights responsible for guarding the territory must bear the responsibility.

Now that they have reclaimed the lost territory, they need to report the situation there to the Queen.

What puzzled Loren was why Mali hadn't taken the Fairy Bug.

As orcs, they should know this very well.

The Elf Kingdom's fighting strength mainly comes from knights and elves.

Nobles usually possess spirit insects, so why don't they search them?
Loren raised a question to Mali.

Ma Li's attitude was terrible, but I couldn't refuse to answer.

"Orcs cannot form contracts with elves, so the elf worms we found are useless."

More importantly, they were unwilling to harm such young creatures as the Fairy Insects.

Loren glanced at Ma Li and said with a smile, "Actually, we don't have much of a grudge, so you don't need to give me that black face."

Ma Li led his team to invade the East Coast, and may have killed some people, but those people had little to do with Loren.

It's normal for casualties to occur when two countries are at war.

At least these centaurs didn't indiscriminately kill innocent people, so Loren's impression of them wasn't too bad.

Loren did not kill any centaurs.

From this perspective, there is indeed no deep-seated hatred between them.

Ma Li coldly looked at Loren, "So what are you trying to say?"

"I want you to sign a contract with the knights under my command and become their mount."

Ma Li glared at him, as if he had been greatly humiliated, and said, "Don't even think about it!"

"So you'd rather watch them be executed?" "That would be a worthy death! Even if the centaurs are killed, they won't become your slaves!"

"How can you call them slaves? The contract is just to ensure that you will not betray us. Only by signing the contract can the knights treat you as comrades-in-arms."

Ma Li sneered, "And then join you in killing your fellow orc tribesmen?"

"Compatriots?" Loren laughed. "The compatriots you're talking about, you wouldn't happen to be those guys who imprisoned the centaurs and forced you to go to war, would you?"

Ma Li looked up abruptly, deeply shocked.

How does this guy know about Centaur Village?

Could there be a spy in the orc tribe?
Loren had originally planned to have Lilia help persuade Mali, but after learning about the centaur village, he immediately changed his mind.

In this situation, there's absolutely no need for Lilia to persuade them.

“I’ll give you two choices.

Either join the Elf Kingdom, sign a contract with the knights, become their comrade-in-arms, and I will lead you to reclaim Centaur Village.

They either die here, burying the last hope of the horse village.

You choose. "

Ma Li frowned, his eyes filled with pain and helplessness.

The birdman scouts have most likely already brought news of their defeat back to the horse village.

The villagers of Renma Village are likely to meet a tragic end.

Even if we recapture Centaur Village later, we won't be able to save those people.

but……

Loren's words gave him a glimmer of hope.

He certainly didn't want the future of the centaurs to be ruined by this.

Even if I can't save those dead clansmen, I will avenge them myself!

Horsepower is not an option.

“I will try to persuade them.”

Saying those words seemed to have exhausted all his energy.

Loren patted him on the shoulder. "Cheer up. What I need is that kind of fearless, headlong rushing forward."

If they could subdue the centaur, it would be equivalent to the knights having a contract with a mid-to-high-level magical beast.

Its strength far surpasses that of ordinary warhorses.

Moreover, the centaurs have a lot of room for improvement in strength.

According to the combat strength level of the orc tribe, the ranks are: orc barbarian, orc centurion, orc commander, orc general, orc commander-in-chief, and orc king.

Putting everything else aside, Ma Li at least has the potential to become the leader of the orcs.

As long as you have good enough synergy with a high-ranking knight.

They might even be able to put up a fight against a weaker Earth Knight.

The matter of signing a contract with the centaurs can only be resolved when we return.

There aren't that many contract scrolls now.

Furthermore, Loren also had to make a trip to the farmland on the east coast.

He had a high-ranking knight lead the way.

"Take me to see the cordyceps of these three fairy insects."

The centaurs did not come to the farm after their invasion, and the insects' cordyceps remained unharmed.

As long as the cordyceps is fine, the elf bug will be alright.

They are simply psychologically traumatized and find it difficult to accept the death of their host.

The problem was quickly resolved after the contract with Loren was renewed.

The three insect sprites are cucumber sprite, wheat sprite, and lemon sprite.

Sandstone Town does not grow wheat or lemons.

After transplanting the cordyceps back home, we can plant it another day.

The east coast has been retaken, and residents have resumed their normal lives.

To prevent the orcs from invading again, the Elf Queen may need to redeploy her knightly forces to defend the territory.

Prior to this, Loren relayed instructions to the Knights.

Led by Lori, a raid is launched on the centaur village of the orc tribe!
(End of this chapter)