My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

Orson thought so and sighed.

Why are family affairs always so bad?

……

Desert, Baru tribe.

Baru has been in a bad mood recently. Although he has been conquering nearby orc tribes and bringing them under his command with his own abilities, the casualties suffered in the civil war have reduced the strength of the orcs as a whole by more than half.

Before the war, the number of orc warriors was 300,000. Up to now, the number of orcs under Baru is about 10,000, and the number of other tribes added together is also around 10,000.

Only one in ten orcs are left.

Although the orcs have a fast reproduction rate and it will only take a few decades for them to return to their pre-war size, these decades are the weakest period for the orcs.

If there was a race that could ignore the invasion of wind and sand and attack itself, the orcs would really be wiped out.

But the sandstorm weather seemed to have disappeared recently, which made Baru even more worried.

He looked at the old orc who had become his military advisor, who was now drinking cold water leisurely.

"Senior, I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling recently?"

"Oh?" Hearing this, the old orc looked at Baru. "Chief Baru, what are you worried about? Why don't you tell me?"

"In the past few days, there seems to be no sandstorms in the desert."

"This is normal," the old orc said, not caring about Baru's worries. "In the desert, this kind of thing happens from time to time. It's not like there will always be sandstorms. And we are currently at the outskirts of the desert. The deeper we go into the desert, the more frequent the sandstorms will be."

"I hope so." Baru nodded. "Now our tribe is the strongest among all the orcs. Basically, we can persuade the remaining tribes to surrender as long as we have time."

"When the time comes, we will follow your ideas and imitate the human system to carry out reforms. This is the way out for the orcs, right?"

"Yes." The old orc nodded.

"Alas, I hope the sacrifices of so many of our compatriots are meaningful." Baru said this and sighed.

"Chief Baru, you don't have to feel sad about their passing. Think about it, maybe not long ago, they were hoping you would die."

"They are just stumbling blocks on the road to the orcs' revival. Besides, you have confessed before the King of Beasts, so there is no need to feel guilty." The old orc comforted Baru.

"Yeah." Baru nodded after hearing that.

Then, suddenly an orc warrior ran in.

“Something bad has happened!

"Chief Baru! Humans, so many humans! They are coming towards us!" The orc warrior said this, panting and looking very embarrassed.

"What? Why would humans come to us?" Baru said this, looking at the orc warrior in disbelief, and then turned to look at the old orc.

"Senior, what should we do in this situation?"

"This..." The old orc thought for a moment, and then said, "Maybe there really is no wind and sand outside these days. Why don't we retreat into the depths of the desert first?"

"It seems that this is the only solution for now." Upon hearing this, Baru nodded in agreement.

Anyway, as long as they go deep into the desert, they will definitely be protected by wind and sand. If humans still dare to pursue them, they will be sick and die from various diseases without the orcs' help. At that time, they will leave a large amount of food for the orcs.

Afterwards, Baru ordered the tribe to set out overnight.

After that, they marched for three days, but Baru's mood still didn't improve.

During these three days, they had been marching deeper into the desert, but they did not encounter the sandstorm weather they had imagined.

And human soldiers were chasing after them relentlessly.

He only had 10,000 soldiers, while the humans had a full 100,000.

Although the imperial elite such as the Royal Knights are no longer there, local elites such as the Black Army are still in this army.

It wasn't just Baru's army. Other orc tribes in the desert were also attacked by human armies. They would never have thought that humans, who had not dared to go deep into the desert for thousands of years, could go deep into the desert this time and nothing happened.

Late at night, Baru was sitting in the makeshift military camp. He looked at the old orc sitting next to him.

The old orc's expression wasn't looking very good at the moment.

"Senior, tell me, could it be that because of our brothers killing each other, the King of Beasts will no longer bless us..."

"That's impossible." The old orc shook his head firmly. "The King of Beasts will never abandon his creation..."

"Then why, why is there no wind..."

"This..." The old orc was silent for a while after hearing this, and didn't know what to say.

"How about that?" At this time, Baru suddenly said, "How about we fight this human army? If we retreat further, we will have to retreat to the temple. We don't want to see the land of the King of Beasts being trampled by outsiders..."

"That's fine." The old orc nodded. "Besides, we are not sure whether the humans have encountered sandstorms before. What if this group of human troops encountered sandstorms when they first entered the desert? Now they are actually facing us with illness..."

"Well, that's the only way." Baru said this and made up his mind.

The next morning, Baru gathered all the warriors in the tribe, distributed food, and finished their last meal. Then, he led the warriors to rush towards the human army.

As the warriors charged, the women and children continued to retreat to the rear under the leadership of the old orc.

Baru led the charge into the human army, hacking and slashing.

These orcs, with the mentality of killing one to make back their investment and killing two to make a profit, have almost lost their discipline.

The human army was not sick as Baru and the old orc had imagined. Instead, they were very vigorous and fought better than the average orc.

The result of the war was obvious. The humans won a great victory, while the orcs were completely wiped out.

Humans have no habit of taking prisoners, and when pursued by cavalry, no matter how strong the orcs' two legs are, they cannot outrun the cavalry's four legs.

After several days, the human army finally caught up with the elderly, the weak, women and children of the Baru tribe.

Faced with the pursuing human army, the elders and women of the tribe took up weapons first, followed by the young children.

As for the babies in swaddling clothes, most of them would have died under such harsh conditions, and the remaining babies would not survive more than a few days without anyone to take care of them.

The first phase of the clearing mission took half a month, and a thorough carpet search to eliminate the orcs would still require a lot of time, but the manpower and material resources invested in it were still much less than in the first phase.

On the other hand, Orson thought of a good strategy. He gave the city of Karls, which was originally planned to be an immigration city, to the orcs as their city.

When he collected intelligence on the orcs, Orson was surprised to find that the total number of orcs was only over 30,000.

You know, even if the orcs killed each other to that extent, they still had 20,000 warriors and about 50,000 ordinary people, a total of about 70,000, and this was the number of orcs in decades.

When the number is lowest.

At its peak, the number of orcs once exceeded one million.

The number of orcs, however, remains fairly stable.

Originally, Orson thought that the development of the orcs would require the occupation of a lot of land in the eastern region, but now it seems that one city of Kars is enough to accommodate all the orc groups.

Of course, these are only the orcs in the desert. In the human empire, there are still many orcs serving as slaves or free men in various cities, but their total number would not exceed 100,000.

The number of humans is hundreds of times that of orcs.

If you think about it this way, the orcs can actually adopt a city-state development model. As long as the city of Kars is well developed, the orcs can live a very good life.

With the recommendation of the orc leaders, Arati, who had a good relationship with Orson, was elected as the temporary lord of Kars City and became the leader of the orc group.

Everything is developing prosperously.

Before all this, things were not so good in the Duchy of Antica.

When Litt received the news that Emperor Odysseus was about to visit the Dukedom of Antica, he was stunned at first, and then felt embarrassed.

If Odysseus comes, Lucius will have to come out to meet him, right?

Even if he stayed indoors on the pretext of illness, what would he do if Odysseus asked to come into the house to visit Lucius?

It would be fine if Lucius didn't fall ill during the visit, but what if Lucius suddenly fell ill?

It is very likely that a patient with this disease will suddenly say something or do something stupid. But if that becomes disrespectful to the emperor, even if Odysseus can forgive Lucius and escape the blame, the family's reputation will be damaged.

Just think about it, a family with a dementia-ridden head would be laughed at if anyone told others about it.

But after all, it was a letter sent by the emperor himself, and he had to reply. In desperation, Lit could only reply on his behalf.

In the letter, Litt implicitly expressed that Lucius was ill and might not be able to pay his respects to the emperor. After receiving the letter, Odysseus wanted to see Lucius even more.

No matter what, Lucius is also a close confidant of the emperor and has made great military achievements for the empire. Now he is injured. As the emperor, he has to come and take a look, either to take care of the feelings of his subjects or to achieve his own political goals.

After receiving the reply, Li Te felt even more overwhelmed. Helplessly, he could only take things one step at a time.

The invitations have been sent out and the dignitaries have begun to set off.

And some people are probably already waiting to see the Stranik family make a fool of themselves.

Just at this time, Mary took the test and challenged Leete again.

"Leet, are you sure you haven't found Randall in the past few days?"

"Yeah." Lit rubbed his forehead and nodded helplessly. "I'm sorry, mother, we searched the entire Dukedom of Antica and couldn't find any trace of Mr. Randall. I suspect he might have been kidnapped."

"Kidnapped?!" Mary said this with a suspicious expression.

"Leet, let me be frank." After saying this, she took a deep breath and then said, "I already know about the master's affairs. He has a poor memory and always treats me as his ex-wife."

"Why did you and Orson hide such a serious matter from me? Why did I have to go and see it in person to find out? Just because you are the master's children, am I not the master's wife?!" She questioned Litt loudly, making Litt feel ashamed.

"I'm sorry, mother, this matter...is mainly out of consideration for father's reputation..."

"Face, what face do we have as a family?" Mary said this, and then laughed in anger. "I think you don't even consider me as your mother. As soon as the master forgot about something, you started to undermine his power, and now you are kidnapping my confidants. Are you going to do something to me next!?"

Faced with the aggressive Mary, Orson could only make verbal concessions.

"I'm sorry, mother, but Mr. Randall's disappearance has nothing to do with us. We are also trying hard to find him..."

"Oh, trying hard to look for it? Putting up a few notices counts as trying hard to look for it? Why don't you look for the properties under your and Orson's names? See if there are any Tibetans there?!"

"Mother, please believe us..."

"Leet," Mary said, walking to the door. "Let me be frank with you. If you don't consider me a family member, don't blame me for being heartless and ungrateful."

Having said this, Mary slammed the door shut.

Looking at the closed door, Li Te sighed helplessly.

This wave of pressure has been withstood, but what should we do next when the emperor arrives?

If Mary completely broke off relations with her family and filed a complaint in front of the emperor, how would this matter be handled?

It would be fine if Marie had no power, but she was the sister of the Duke of Orleans. Although she did not have a high status in the family and was married only as a tool for political marriage, there was no doubt that if necessary, the Duke of Orleans would definitely stand on Marie's side.

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Chapter 24: Why are you looking at me?

The time finally came for the celebration banquet.

This morning, the emperor's sedan chair has arrived in Antica. This is the first time Odysseus has come to Antica since he ascended the throne, except for the war eighteen years ago.

"Your Majesty, please look, this is the new city area of ​​Antica." In front of Odysseus, Litt, the temporary head of the Dukedom of Antica, was describing the changes in Antica to him.

The two were now standing on the tower of the church in the old town of Antica. From here, they could overlook the entire city of Antica, especially the new town area which accounted for almost half of the current city of Antica.

Different from the messy and dilapidated old city, the new city has been clearly planned after various functional areas are clearly arranged, and the buildings are solid and beautiful. It can be said that in many places, it is better than Saint Laurent City.

"Very good." Odysseus looked at the new city area of ​​Antica and nodded with satisfaction.

Eighteen years ago, although Antica was a large city in the eastern part of the empire and was still quite large, it had already suffered from urban diseases and looked far worse than it does today.

Although the planning of the new urban area has made Antica lose a lot of its urban atmosphere, as a city, Antica's current appearance is already among the best in the empire.

"I heard that Orson was responsible for all the initial planning, right?"

Odysseus said this and turned to look at Lit.

"Yes, most of the planning of the new city was handled by my brother. There is also Miss Chelinina, the current president of the Lison Chamber of Commerce. She participated in the construction of the new city throughout the whole process and completed the planning of the new city with the highest quality and the fastest speed." Litt stood beside Odysseus, and did not panic. Instead, he reported the work of the Dukedom to Odysseus in a calm tone.

"Well, Litt, let me ask you, in your opinion, will cities continue to expand in the end?" Odysseus suddenly wanted to test the child in front of him, so he thought of a more difficult question.

"Hmm..." Litt thought about it, then nodded. She said, "Yes, in my opinion, at least the current trend is like this. The city will serve as an economic center, providing a distribution and market supply function for the surrounding villages and towns."

"The highest level city is Saint Laurent City of the Empire. As the center of the entire empire, the future development of Saint Laurent City should be to turn other local cities into so-called 'villages and towns' of Saint Laurent City, injecting economic vitality into Saint Laurent City."