I'm not that kind of orc

His expression began to contort in pain, and he repeated: "I identified her and chose to let her die."

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I couldn't speak, I couldn't even breathe, and I think other people reacted the same way.

The story is so heavy that it makes one feel restless just listening to it.

"The scene that unfolded in front of my eyes haunted me for most of my life after that—when my fingers touched the face of that elf girl, she finally couldn't control herself and cried out. The hopeless look in her eyes made me cry. I will never forget it. But she didn’t even cry for a long time. The moment I raised my finger to point into the cabinet, the chief rushed over with an ax and pushed me away, and then swung the ax in. The crying stopped immediately Pushed to the back, I just caught a glimpse of the dead child from between the chief's arms and body, and immediately lay on the ground and retched. That's weird, I've witnessed this kind of massacre many times Now, and at that time, as weapons for consumption, our life was far more difficult than it is now, and we would eat raw meat when we couldn't make a fire... I should have gotten used to the blood, but the picture was still abnormally disturbed It made me sick to my stomach. I didn't vomit anything till the end because we had so little food at that time that we most useless boy soldiers couldn't get food and I hadn't eaten for a while. The chief put I kicked to the side lying on the ground, and left without giving me any other orders."

The old chief's face was tangled up as if he felt a bone-piercing pain, and his body trembled slightly, as if he would be unable to support himself any time and knelt down, but he still insisted on squeezing out words from his throat.

"This is the biggest sin of my life, Brock. I was curled up on the ground, trying to save my spirit from breaking down. I said to myself, that child is doomed, and the chief should have died long ago." He found something strange, he was just testing me, even if I said I didn't see anything, the chief would come and kill her - but these excuses are all useless, no matter whether the child is destined to die or not, it can't change me for myself I did not kill her with my own hands, but I did choose to let her die."

"Everyone in the army was given food that night. I have been hungry for a long time, but I just can't eat anything. The image of that elf child's death has been lingering in front of my eyes, as if branded in my eyes I couldn't bear this torture, so I decided to run away at night without thinking much about it. I didn't even think about how to run away, and where to go after running away... I just wanted to leave this army of demons, because I knew what to do next. There will be more things like this going on. I didn't have any plan, I just wanted to get out of the camp in the dark. Of course, I was finally caught by the sentry and handed over to the chief. The chief recognized it at a glance. Me, I saw right away what was going on. He beat me up and called me a coward. He ordered to call everyone in the camp together, drag me by the feet and drag me out in front of the crowd, According to the military law, deserters were to be executed in public. At that time, I was devastated, but at the same time, I felt a sense of relief. Just when the old chief was about to strike with a tomahawk, a young captain stood out from the assembled crowd stopped him."

The old chief seemed a little more relaxed when he said this, and took a deep breath.

"What you said is..." I vaguely guessed the next development.

The old chief nodded: "That's right, that person is your great-grandfather, Azak. The chief couldn't stand someone challenging his authority, so he ordered someone to arrest the captain, but at this time the assembled team suddenly A riot broke out. Azak had already planned to seize his chieftainship and rebel against the enslavement of the demon king. He privately gathered those warriors who also had doubts about this war without honor. They Originally prepared to wait for a more suitable time, but whether it was the massacre of the elf village or the public execution of the young soldiers, they could no longer bear it. The army was completely divided into two factions. At the end of the civil strife, Azak proposed a duel to the chief, and the chief Agreed. In the end, Azak killed his opponent in a fair duel and won the position of chief. The first thing he did after becoming chief was to announce that the tribe would no longer be loyal to the devil. On that day, we finally gained real freedom... You should have heard the following story a thousand times. The independence of the Bloodaxe clan is like a fire that ignites the orcs' desire for freedom, and many clans have followed suit. We left the south where the devil ordered us to invade, and turned to attack the devil This action enraged the demon king and caused us to be chased and killed by demons. Many clans were destroyed, and we were almost wiped out, but it was the sacrifice at that time that brought us our freedom today. The rebellion of the orcs turned the battle situation upside down Over here, the originally suppressed Confederate Alliance was able to revive and expel the invading demons, and in the end they were able to assemble a large army to go to the Demon Realm, where they finally killed the Demon King."

The ending of this story has made my heart surge countless times in the past, but now I only feel that the previous story is like a stone weighing on my heart, which is extremely heavy.

"The devil is dead, we are free, this is something to be happy about... But after the war, I and many people felt confused. Following Azak to fight against the devil cannot wash away the sins and stains we have committed before. No amount of glorious battles can wash it away, it's destined to torture us to our graves. That's what wars without glory have brought us, Brock."

The old chief looked at me sadly, and I silently followed his gaze.

"Now, those tribes who are in urgent need of land are preparing to attack this country again. Some of them regard Saidian as the real culprit who invaded their land, and some have reservations, but in the final analysis, they all need land too much to continue the tribe. We chose to do this for our own survival. Now we are different from the past, maybe we will not commit the same brutal acts as in the past. But if Saidian has nothing to do with that incident, nothing can change the fact that this war is a It is a fact of outright aggression. Participating in such a war, no one can guarantee that they are clean, and no one can guarantee that such a tragedy will never happen again. I think some of the chiefs of other clans should have done this well. They feel that sometimes every leader has to make a difficult choice for his tribe, but they probably don't understand how heavy this mistake is. Just like being The sheikh that Azak killed — after all these years as a sheikh myself I kind of understand what he did."

Speaking of which, the old chief smiled self-deprecatingly.

"He faithfully carried out the massacre order of the Demon King not to leave anyone alive, and ruled us with brutal military discipline to promote the war, but what he has to deny is that everything he did was for the survival of the tribe, because he knew the price of resisting the Demon King. At that time, he commanded the army to attack that village in order to compete for food before the residents there evacuated. As I said, our food was too low at that time, and young soldiers like me could not get food. Azak later Tell me, at that time someone proposed to abandon the wounded and children in the army, but the chief didn't agree, and chose to change the route to attack the village of the elves... But all of this can't change the fact that he committed a crime, if he won If it was he who fought the duel, we might still be enslaved."

The story ends here.

"These words, you can treat them as the broken words of an old man who was frightened by the war... But I still hope you can listen to my request." The old chief paused the long staff in his hand, solemnly He looked at me intently, "Brock, stop this dispute. If it's useful to my old bones, please don't hesitate to use me as much as you want."

"Old chief..." I looked at him, remained silent for a long time, and finally nodded solemnly to him, "I understand."

"Thank you, Brock...thank you." The old chief's voice became softer and softer, "I'm sorry, can I have a rest now?"

At the same time, his figure began to become blurred, and it seemed that the projection spell was reaching its limit.

"You've told us everything we need to know, so please leave it to us now." I nodded.

"Please keep that gem, as long as you pass it, we can contact you at any time," Roland said.

"I see." The old chief nodded, looked at Roland carefully for a while, and was suddenly moved, "Did we... meet somewhere?"

"I participated in the expeditionary force at the later stage of that war. I was single-handedly hunted down by demons in the north. It was Azak's troops who saved my life." Roland replied calmly.

"Ah, I remembered!" The old chief nodded suddenly, "You were the silver-haired elf who was so scared that he couldn't speak at that time. Chief Azak asked me to give you the food and water."

"Are you... the orc kid at that time?" Roland was also a little surprised.

The old chief suddenly smiled: "I really didn't expect to see you here." Leaning on a long stick, he looked at the faces of everyone in the scene one by one: "I never thought I would see such a scene—an orc , Elves and humans gathered together. Bullock..." He looked at me, "This is the result of your hard work, your ancestor... Azak will be proud of you."

"It's not just my efforts." I shook my head slightly.

"May the ancestors bless you, child," he said finally.

We said goodbye to the old chief one by one, watched him fade away, and sat down in our seats.

The old chief told us what we wanted to know, and now it's time to think about countermeasures.

There are only two days left before the final negotiation.

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After temporarily disconnecting from the old chief, we all sat down in our seats, and no one spoke for a while.

Although I finally got the information I wanted from the old chief, there was no way to do it like a toad in the grass that would jump out all at once.

In the quiet conference hall, Roland looked at me. I was a little impatient. I turned my head to avoid her sight and met Princess Alisa's eyes. He shifted his eyes to Arsena, who looked left and right, and finally looked at me.In the end, all three of them turned their eyes on me, and now I can only look at the ceiling without squinting and pretend not to notice their eyes.

No one has a clue.

"Let's sort it out a little bit." Roland, the most experienced, sighed, and assumed the responsibility of hosting, "First of all, let's start with the information we know so far. There are two main reasons why the tribal federation sent troops to Saidian. One is that someone deliberately recruited exiled elf sinners to provoke the relationship between orcs and elves, which made various tribes suspect that Saidian was involved in the invasion of their settlements. The other is that the five major tribes except the Bloodaxe clan are in urgent need of temporary resettlement soil of."

As expected of Roland, he became more organized when he said that.

"In other words, to stop this dispute, we must resolve these two issues, right?" Princess Alisa whispered.

"Resolve the misunderstanding between the two sides and let the orcs get resettlement land. If the orcs have no reason to send troops to Saidian, there is no need for Saidian to organize a war." Arsena also understood and nodded frequently.

"Although the purpose is clear, what should I do?" I scratched my head.

"Do you want to hear the teacher's opinion?" Roland took out a pair of glasses from somewhere and put them on to make himself look more intellectual, and pushed the eyepiece on the bridge of his nose.

"You say." I didn't comment on her action, and waved my hand helplessly.

"I think the focus should be to solve the resettlement land of the orcs. This is the core of the problem." Roland used the air as a writing board, wrote the word land with his fingers, and drew a circle. The glowing characters floated in the air, "Finding the real culprit who invaded the land of the orcs is not something that can be done immediately. We can only put this aside for now. After all, the most important thing right now is to stop the war between the two sides. Among the six major tribes, The Bloodaxe clan was simply involved, and not all of the other five major tribes firmly believed that Saidian invaded their land. The pressure is because they all need land. As long as the land issue is resolved, the Prudent faction has no reason to continue to cooperate with the Radical faction. In other words, at least they can successfully split the opinions among the tribes and alleviate some conflicts. Then the problem will be It's clear..."

"Where are we going to get these lands, right?" I thought for a while, "Shall I make a concession from Saidian? How about giving the land but not the hostages?"

"Well, the queen mother is afraid now..." Princess Alyssa showed embarrassment, her hands were on her knees, and the fingers of both hands were intertwined.

Roland also shook his head: "In the past, this kind of thing was still possible, but now the suspicion and conflicts between the two sides have spread too deeply. Now Her Majesty has leaned towards the idea of ​​the war faction, and she has also begun to doubt the orcs. The goal is to invade the entire Sidian, and she is unlikely to be willing to make such a concession now. Taking a step back, even if Her Majesty the Queen reluctantly agrees to try to give the land to temporarily house the orcs, the orcs move into Saidi Ann's territory... Do you think the relationship between the two parties can really ease in the future?"

"I'm afraid it won't work. If the fire of conflict still exists, letting the orcs settle in Saidian's territory may instead make both sides more tense." Arsena mused, "It's easy to be careless because What caused the conflict."

In other words, it is probably useless to ask Saidian to hand over the land to house the orcs now.

"Is there any unowned land in the south that can be used?" I scratched my head, "Actually, the orc tribe doesn't have very high requirements for land. The conditions of our settlement in the Wild of Giant Beasts are actually very poor. Every tribe is very good at this kind of thing.”

"But even wasteland has to be useful land. If it's just living, even if the ground is rocky, it's not a problem, but it's not the same to feed so many people. The land must have water and enough to grow fields. Fertile land with land and pastures, or enough hunting grounds. The key is that you need a lot of land, the emigrated population of five tribes—this is not just the size of a village. It may require thousands of hectares of land, listen It doesn't sound like much, but if you consider these requirements..." Roland shook his head, "It's probably not realistic to find such a piece of unoccupied land. The unoccupied land currently occupied by the Bloodaxe clan has already It is a very rare situation, because the surrounding country of this valley is only Saidian, and for us, the elves of Saidian, the only suitable land to live in is the forest. If it is a human country, this valuable valley It should have been occupied a long time ago. The countries in the south are basically human countries. I am afraid that there is no such land that has not been occupied by any country, not to mention that there is no guarantee that a large number of orcs will move into this land. Neighboring countries have new conflicts."

"Then isn't this a dead end?" I spread my hands, "Where in this world would any lord be willing to give such a piece of land out of thin air?"

"Not only do you have to own such a territory and you are willing to sell it, but you also have to accept a large group of orcs to move in." Roland added.

I sighed and shook my head: "Just kidding, where can I find such a fool—"

I was stunned before I finished speaking.

I suddenly looked up and looked at Roland, and found that she also had an expression of thinking of something.

I looked at Princess Alisa again, her eyes showed a little puzzlement, but as I slowly turned my eyes to a certain place in the conference hall, she seemed to gradually understand and turned her face to that side past.

We all focused our attention on Arthena.

Arsena looked at us blankly: "What do you see me doing?"

"Well, Arthena..." I moistened my throat and carefully thought about my words, "I have a request to talk to you..."

"Okay, no problem!" Arsena patted her chest before I finished speaking.

"You promised too soon!" I couldn't help being dumbfounded, "I haven't said anything yet!"

"I will agree to Mr. Bullock's request no matter what it is!" Arsena said firmly.

"Then..." I was about to speak.

"No!" At this time, the door of the conference hall was kicked open suddenly, and the loud bang from the door and the other party's shout interrupted our discussion.

We looked towards the door at the same time.

"Mr. Wikas?" Arsena's eyes widened in surprise.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude!" Wikas stood at attention at the door, looking at Alsena with a serious expression, "But I cannot agree to this kind of thing!"

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Wikas, who was originally on guard outside the conference hall, suddenly broke into the conference hall and interrupted our conversation.

"Mr. Wikas, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?" Arsena blinked her eyes twice.

"Your Highness, you are too thoughtless." Wikas walked over step by step with a tense expression, "'No matter what, I will agree' is not something you can say casually, you are already the crown prince, you should understand The weight of what you say!"

"Oh, Mr. Knight has been eavesdropping outside?" Roland smiled slightly.

"No!" Wikas denied, "I can hear your voices clearly with my ears just by standing outside."

I remembered that werewolves have very keen senses. Angelica had heard people approaching from a distance outside the room by their ears.

"Your Highness, you should consider things more carefully." Wikas stood behind Alsena's seat as usual and spoke to her.

"Of course I know this." Arsena glanced at her lips with some dissatisfaction, "Mr. Bullock not only saved my life, but also my entire life, and it is not too much for him to ask me anything !"

"I understand this..." Wikas sighed as if he was having a headache, "But you can't just say it so absolutely, you can't do anything, can you?"

"Of course I'm talking about what I can do." Arsena retorted.

"What I mean is that if some things are too much for you, you can't just agree to them. Let me use an analogy..." Wikas tempted her carefully, and suddenly raised his hand towards me, " If this man proposes to you, will you also agree to it?"

"Eh? Bu, Mr. Bullock proposed to me..." Alsena was taken aback for a while, and slowly shifted her gaze towards me.Two seconds later, her cheeks turned a ripe tomato color, "Eh, eh? This, this kind of thing..." She suddenly shrank her shoulders, and rubbed her hands uncomfortably between her knees. palm, eyes cast around, "If, if you don't discuss it with your father...isn't it good?"

I don't know how to respond to this reaction, this girl is like this, she is usually careless, but sometimes she will twitch in some places for no reason.

Wikas was dumbfounded for a while, then slapped his forehead and sighed: "I said it just as an example, not to make you seriously think about it! What I mean is that you can't just agree to any conditions." of!"

"Eh? Oh yes, it's just a hypothesis..." Arsena gradually recovered from her off-line thoughts, her face gradually returned to normal, and she muttered again, "But, Mr. Bullock won't mention anything It's hard to ask for..."

"Didn't you understand what they discussed just now? He hopes that you can use your territory to take in those orcs." Wikas looked at me, "Is that right, Your Excellency?"

"...Yes." I admitted frankly, "I am going to discuss this matter with Arsena."

Arsena thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Ah! That's right, as long as a part of my territory is allocated to accommodate those tribes, they don't need to fight with this country!"

"Your Highness!" Wikas said sternly, "It's a pity that I can't agree to this kind of thing. It's not as simple as talking! How could you let such a group of foreigners with combat effectiveness settle in your territory so easily? ?”

"It's not a long-term settlement, it's just renting part of the land to them. If Mr. Bullock promises, I'm willing to trust them." Arsena said without hesitation, "I can also help persuade the father... "

"I'm afraid he can't be sure that this kind of thing is really okay?" Wikas looked at me and shook his head. "It's impossible for His Majesty to agree easily."

"That's my own territory, and I still have the right to dispose of it on my own!" Arsena puffed up her face slightly.

"Okay, well, even if you have the right to dispose of your own territory, you should listen to me. As a lord, you should consider the cost and benefit more carefully, right?" Vikas raised his hand in front of his chest helplessly .

"What they want is wasteland that is worthy of reclamation. How much of this kind of land do I want in my territory? There are still people."

"That's not because your territory is very large, it's just because the population in your territory is relatively small. Because of this, you can't recruit many soldiers in your territory! The resources in your territory are not as you imagined So many! Your Highness, please forgive me, you have to carefully consider your position. You have just broken the convention and ascended to the position of crown prince. Although the people in the court who opposed you have been eliminated, it does not mean that other lords will not I am dissatisfied with you or plan to take the opportunity to plan something. There are no people who directly oppose you. I am afraid that they have taken into account the majesty of His Majesty. You have not yet gained a firm foothold, and you have very little military power in your hands. Among the top ten knights The only ones who officially pledge allegiance to you are my Knights. Those livable lands may also be very important to you in the future, and you don’t have so many resources to use for charity!”