Heart of the Castle

Chapter 496 Following the ancient traditional way of negotiating the orcs
Compared with the failure of the first tentative attack, the blow of the second failure to the orc army was obviously much more serious: three mammoths, more than a dozen giant cavalry and nearly a hundred orc roaring warriors died in the fireball explosion, and more than 200 Four orc howling warriors died from being trampled and charged by the maddened mammoth.However, for the orc army, the loss in terms of strength is far less than in terms of morale. For these warlike green skins, incomprehensible magic is the most terrifying thing, and magicians are naturally the enemy they are least willing to deal with. up.

So when Donggulun Waka Okamos asked the tribal leaders to send troops to participate in the third attack, the answer was more than 20 heads shaking neatly.

"No, we don't shoot fireballs. We can shoot fragile human shrimps, even those with iron shells. But we don't shoot fireballs." The giant Roddy, the leader of the Juyuan tribe, announced in a rough voice.

"Yes, the fireball is hot, and the orcs will die!" Ironfoot, the leader of the Hardfoot tribe, muttered. The Hardfoot tribe lost fifty roaring warriors in the defeat just now, making this large tribe with thousands of warriors The leader also felt very heartbroken. "Don't make fireballs with hard feet, go fight other villages with hard feet. Villages are weak, have wine, and cattle."

"Yes, there is wine and cattle!"

"Drink, eat cattle! A mountain eagle wants it!" The noise was accompanied by the sound of knocking on the table, and many tribal leaders took the opportunity to vent their anger just now, shouting louder than one.

"Beat the stone tower first. If the stone tower is not broken, the village will not be occupied soon after it is broken." East Gulun Waka Okarmos's bloody roar sounded. His voice was not particularly loud, but the kind that seemed to be able to wear The power that pierces people's hearts makes even the noisiest tribal leaders shut their mouths. "The orcs want land, wine and cattle, and only if they have land can they have it. If they rob it, they can't eat it. If they rob it, it's all gone."

"It's gone, change to another place to grab it!" Dog Tooth, the leader of the Gouken tribe, suggested that his tribe is good at training wolf cavalry of wargs and half-orcs. Above the soldiers, the overall strength firmly occupies the top five of the Donggulun orc tribe. "The stone tower is not easy to hit. If you knock it down, the cannon fodder will be dead."

"The stone tower must be hit, it must be..." Kalmos had just said half a sentence, but was interrupted by a burst of chaotic footsteps, and then an orc patrol soldier with a flag on his back rushed into the tent, his face covered All incredible expressions. "Wakao, the biggest, strongest, and best!" He praised loudly, "An arrow is shot from the stone tower, and there is a letter on the arrow, the letter is for Wakao!"

"How do you know that the letter was sent to Wakao?" Karmos looked suspiciously at the patrolman. Most of the orcs are illiterate who can speak but not write. so it is.Karmos would never believe that an orc who could read a human letter would condescend to be a patrol soldier, even if the human wrote in orc language.

But when he took the roll of parchment from the patrolman, the doubts in his heart disappeared.Of course the orc patrols couldn't read, but the humans who wrote the letter were smart enough to not write on the parchment. Instead, they drew an unusually burly and strong orc with a small symbol representing Wakao's identity on his chest.

Kalmos took a rough look at the roll of parchment, then closed his eyes and thought for a few minutes, and then carefully read it word by word.This time he almost read with a smile, and by the time he read the last sentence, the smile had turned into a big laugh.

"The humans in the stone tower want to negotiate! Hahaha, negotiate with the orcs!" Carmos smiled, and handed the letter to Iron Foot, the leader of the Hardfoot tribe, who turned the parchment upside down several times in his hand , as if it would be able to understand the words on it, and then gave it to the dog to chew the tribe's canine teeth.The last letter was twirled in the hands of all the tribal chiefs, with a few folds and dirty handprints, but no one could read it like Kalmos Bloodscream.

"Human beings want to negotiate, what's your opinion?" Karmos asked in a low voice after seeing the letters circulating in the hands of all the tribal leaders.

"Humans come out and talk about it, orcs go in and don't talk about it." The canine leader of the Dog Chew tribe was the first to express his opinion.

"Come out, don't talk, fight, there is no stone tower, and the orcs win." A group of Mao leaders of the Zuoshandiao tribe narrowed their eyes sinisterly.

"There is no stone tower, but there are fireballs, orcs are scalded, and they are all dead." The iron foot leader of the Hardfoot tribe shook his head in disapproval, "Talk when you talk, fight when you fight, orcs are good and don't lie, humans are bad and lie. "

"We don't think you should talk to human shrimps, talk to fireballs." The leader of the Juyuan tribe, the giant Roddy, suggested, "Human shrimps are weak, and fireballs are hot. We don't talk to weak human shrimps."

"It seems that most leaders are inclined to negotiate with humans." After the last tribal leader finished expressing his opinion, Kalmos nodded with a bloody roar, and stood up from the seat covered with a whole piece of mammoth skin. "If they want to negotiate, we will negotiate, but it must be done in accordance with the ancient tradition of the orcs. Order, call the shaman, and write a reply letter to the humans in the stone tower!"

The bloody roaring reply from East Gulun Waka Okamos was sent by a half-orc wolf cavalry with a white flag to the base of Kaidar Fort. The coerced messenger originally thought that there would be a hole in his head. , When he saw Li Wei waving his hand to let him go, he almost shed tears of gratitude, and then he rode the wolf and turned around and ran away without a word.

"Karmos agreed to negotiate, but... there are still some things I can't understand."

Li Wei carefully read the reply letter from the orc shaman several times, and then roughly guessed the meaning he wanted to express from the wrong words, but at least half of them didn't understand.Obviously, if you just express your agreement to negotiate, you don't need to write a whole five long-haired cow's shoulder blades.Li Wei tried his best to read it one last time, and found that he was completely confused by the lingua franca of these orc grammar, so he handed the reply letter to Sir Bandara a little unwillingly.

After the old knight took the string of long-haired ox shoulder blades, he almost didn't look at it and threw it to the side, "The Common Tongue knows me, I don't know it, old Clement - that is, Maester Clement's father - once thought Taught me some tricks to read and write, but after a few days I pissed him off, and that was the end of it."

"There is no need to worry too much about the messy wording of this reply letter." Sir Rodriguez said suddenly, "Master Levy, you know, Butler Frederick once knew something about orcs. He said, The orcs are not barbaric tribes that cannot be dealt with at all, but if you want to negotiate with the orcs, you need to follow the ancient traditions of the orcs. The letter clearly describes these ancient traditions."

"The ancient traditions of the orcs?" Li Wei asked a little dumbly, "Do they also have ancient traditions?"

"As an intelligent race, the orcs have no shorter history than those ancient human kingdoms, so they naturally have some ancient traditions." Sir Rodriguez explained, his tone was slightly similar to that of Mr. Dish. Paraphrasing the words of an old magician. "However, most of these traditions disappeared with the fall of the orc empire, leaving only a few types, including the way of orc negotiation."

"Is the so-called negotiation of the orcs different from ours?" Li Wei continued to ask.

Before Sir Rodriguez could answer, Sir Bandara snorted coldly, and said to Levi with a serious expression, "Don't believe the so-called negotiations of the orc robbers. Those damn robbers just moved here half a year ago. At that time, my neighbor, Sir Bill, wanted to negotiate with them, and invited a master scholar who was proficient in orc language. As a result, Sir Bill had just left the city, and before the negotiation started, he was crushed by the orc army together with more than a dozen guards. In pieces, his lands are still occupied by orcs."

"The result obtained by this Sir is not unexpected, because he does not understand the way of orc negotiations at all, and it seems that the master scholar who is proficient in orc language also does not understand." Sir Rodriguez commented in a mocking tone "According to the ancient tradition of orc negotiations, it is required that the leader of the negotiating party must personally participate, and the entourage must not exceed ten people. They must rely on these people to break through the obstacles laid by the other party, and finally meet the leader of the other party. Negotiations can be regarded as a normal start.”

"Ten people, break through the barriers laid by the orcs?" Sir Bandara and Levi were all taken aback after hearing this, and Li Wei couldn't help but stuttered, "What's the difference between that and directly defeating the orc army?"

"There are still some differences. After all, this is just an obstacle to the negotiation. Those orcs who block the way will not fight to the death." Sir Rodriguez explained.

"Even so, if we need to be merciful, breaking through obstacles is nothing more than empty talk. But if we go all out, killing some orcs is inevitable. Wouldn't it cast a haze over the negotiations before they start?" Li Wei said hesitantly.

"There is no need to show mercy at all. In the language of the orcs, the weak, the coward, and to die are the same words. So in the process of breaking through the obstacles, no matter how many orcs are killed or injured, it will not affect the outcome of the negotiation. ...No, or in other words, if the orcs can be shocked in terms of strength, maybe the result will be better." After Sir Rodriguez finished speaking, he pulled half of the Star Iron Greatsword out of its scabbard, and then He sent it back heavily, and let out a loud sword cry. "We don't need a few people to participate in the negotiations. Butler Frederick and I must go. In addition to the black brick that has been carefully remodeled by the elves recently, it should have enough ability to break through the barriers of the orcs."

"If we directly descend from the sky with the help of the Griffin Troop, wouldn't it be considered as completing the ancient tradition of orc negotiations?" Li Wei thought of the Griffin Troop that had made great achievements several times, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"The method of landing in the air has created several victories, but this time it won't work." Sir Rodriguez sighed and said, "The Griffon army is certainly quite strong, and they are well-disciplined and good at cooperative operations. But single-handedly If you fight alone, it is weaker than those giant eagles domesticated by orcs. Perhaps only the king of griffins can draw with a giant eagle. Judging from the situation in the previous battle, there will be no less than two giant eagles. Ten, if the griffins are counted as the entourage, it is obvious that we are at an absolute disadvantage in the air."

"That's troublesome. The orc army is so huge that it's hard to break through with just ten people." Li Wei couldn't help but scratched his hair and said distressedly.

"That's why we adopted the most concise and powerful method - central breakthrough!" Sir Rodriguez announced in a sonorous tone.

"Central breakthrough?" Li Wei's eyes almost made a central breakthrough and fell out of the eye sockets, "The orcs put the most powerful fighters in the middle, not only including all the mammoth cavalry, most of the orc roaring warriors and several The Hundred Throwing Axeman, and there may even be other hidden powerful units that we haven't noticed."

"That's right, Master Levi, your observations and judgments are correct." Sir Rodriguez said in an appreciative tone, "The orcs may indeed have hidden some powerful power, and their sudden display may even change the situation of the battle."

"Then what's the breakthrough in the middle? Could it be that the little ghost bombers will open the way for us? Or is Mr. Dish going to show off his power and charge all the way with fireballs and lightning?" Li Wei shrugged his shoulders and asked back.

"Neither, as I said just now, I, the butler Frederick, plus the black brick that has been carefully remodeled by the little elves recently, should be enough."

"Black Brick?" Li Wei thought for a while, and thought that Black Brick might be the nickname given to the Alchemy Colossus by Sir Rodriguez or others. If it can restore all its strength, it may really be able to play a role in breaking through the orc formation. After all, when an obsidian giant with a height of nearly 20 meters and a weight of hundreds of tons rushes towards it, even a giant mammoth cannot resist it head-on.But now... Li Wei then expressed his concerns.

"Yan hasn't found his most critical crotch yet, right? The terrain here is relatively flat hills and valleys, and those methods of crushing through gravity are not practical. Could it be that with a broken alchemy colossus, Can you penetrate the line of the orc army in one fell swoop?" Li Wei frowned and said.

"Of course you can't rely on Yan himself alone. Although he is powerful, he is not a war colossus, but an alchemy colossus. He is not very good at fighting." Sir Rodriguez's mouth curled up, as if thinking of What made him couldn't help but smile, "It's different with the whimsy of the little spirit, Master Levi, you will be surprised."

Sir Rodriguez never liked to exaggerate, whether he was alive or after he became a death knight, so Levi made enough preparations for his psychological construction afterwards. The city government that should have.

However, when Jaehiko's huge body slowly emerged from the blue-white light of the portal, the Griffin Lord's eyes widened immediately, and he shook his head in disbelief, unable to believe that what he saw in front of him was real The presence.

To describe Yan's transformation as reborn is not enough.This alchemy colossus created by the god of craftsman Moti was originally a knight in full armor. The combination of obsidian armor and obsidian helmet protects the muscular body also carved from obsidian.Now he's a multi-armed, legless monster, with a distinctive spooky weapon in each arm, connected directly from his waist to a complex board of gears, levers, and other mechanisms. On the car, there is a huge rocker arm on the left and right that can be used to drive the cart forward.

Li Wei managed to find Yan's legs between the arms stretched out from the branches on his back. Since there is no crotch connected to the body, Yan's legs are currently useless and seem to be used as weapons up.

A high-spirited and familiar voice reached Li Wei's ears, "Your Excellency Lord Griffin, Si'er, Knight of Secret Rhythm, salutes you, salute!" Si'er, the leader of the little elves, stood on Yan's shoulders wearing a brand new full body armor, The surface of the silver-plated armor reflects the sunlight, which makes people even dare not look directly at it. "Your Excellency, what do you think of my armor? This is specially made for me by Mr. Dish in order to reward me and lead the little monsters to increase the peripheral equipment library for me!"

"It's quite exquisite." Li Wei admitted helplessly, "It's much better than your original set of iron pots and teapot lids. Four knights, what do you mean by adding peripheral equipment for Yan just now?"

"Of course it is to enhance the combat effectiveness of this big man, so that he can play a decisive role at critical moments." Si'er walked two steps on Yan's shoulder with his chest upright. "Hey, Yan, wake up, we are about to start work! Turn on the starting device of the firelight in the equipment peripheral library!"

"Negative, Mo Tishen will cry because of this!" Yan's voice sounded a little angry, but there was still a trace of imperceptible embarrassment.

"Oh, no problem! That is a high-end product of alchemy technology, Mo Tishen will only cheer for us! Don't worry about Sier's work, big black brick!"

"Negation, negation, negation! Negate everything from logic to reality! Also, don't call me a big black brick!" Yan's tone sounded very firm.

"Then do you have other ways to defeat those orcs? If you can't defeat the orcs, you can't negotiate. If you can't negotiate, you will be sad, Lord Griffon. It's your fault that Lord Lord is sad. If you are wrong, you have violated the oath you made! "The leader of the little elf spoke to Yan cracklingly, speaking so fast that the eyes of the Alchemy Colossus kept flashing red.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu> Come over, and let his back face the obstacles laid by the orcs. "Owner of the Castle Heart, this is an image sacrifice I made for you. You must remember that this is... an oath made for me!" Yan solemnly announced in his deep and roaring voice, and then stretched out his arms from behind. On the outstretched arm, he grabbed a dark barrel-shaped weapon, which looked like a self-made musket magnified hundreds of times.

"This is the invincible and deadly charge thunderbolt car!" When Zaiyan rushed out suddenly, the leader of Si'er, who had fallen from his shoulders, got up from the dust, patting the soil, and announced triumphantly.

There was a loud bang, and flames shot from the muzzle of the great musket, but otherwise, no pellets or anything else went out.When Li Wei was wondering what was going on, he heard a terrible groan from the scooter, and then, like a mad bull, it drove Yan towards the solid lineup of orcs, all the way on the rocky road. Cracked, the wooden fence collapsed, and the orcs fled, invincible!
(End of this chapter)