Once upon a time, the Selida Forest south of Michael was the southern border of the Principality. Although it was a legal border, in fact, before the Principality came here, humans had never actually occupied this rich and vast land.

forest.

When the principality was first established, Arubag once sent a pioneer team to establish a pioneer village outside the forest, but the actual effect was like the long-abandoned building ruins that Erica encountered when she first came to this world. The principality

The pioneer village that had just been built with a lot of manpower and material resources did not last long before it was abandoned. Only some public facilities such as stone roads and stone bridges that were not completely abandoned still remained in the forest.

The main reasons for the failure of development are indeed some factors inherent in the Selida Forest itself, such as monsters such as beasts or fire badgers, as well as local people's concerns about the Selida Forest and the Sleepy Valley in the center where a giant dragon sleeps.

After all, it is just a development village, and its own defense force is insufficient. Coupled with the harassment of various beasts and monsters, it is natural that it cannot last long.

But these factors are only the reasons that are disclosed to the public. The factor that really caused the principality's pioneer village there to be completely abandoned was actually that the location of the pioneer village was really not very good, because after the pioneer village was established, people discovered that it was originally in Selida.

In the south of the forest, there is a group of orcs who are also camping inside the forest. They seem to have the idea of ​​​​developing the forest, and later they fought with the scouts sent by the orcs in the pioneer village. In the end, they were unable to do so due to limited resources.

Supporting the development of villages is why the principality gave up its plan to develop Selida Forest.

But coincidentally, since then, the hunters who occasionally entered the forest alone have never seen traces of the group of orcs. It seems that they also chose to abandon this dangerous place after fighting against humans. After all, although

It is said that all the orcs in the Varanato region are squeezed into the coastal area in the south of the principality, but in fact the number of orcs in this area is only about a few hundred thousand. Therefore, on the large coastline south of Selida Forest

It is also enough to accommodate these orcs and some other things.

However, although the orcs were originally dispersed to various parts of the continent due to their failure to compete with humans for living space and lived a wandering life with nowhere to rest, it does not mean that the orcs have lagged behind like wild beasts since then.

It's just a display of the arrogance of self-righteous humans. In fact, the civilization of the orcs in the southern part of the continent was quite brilliant. Even after they unfortunately lost to the despicable humans, they were reduced to a group of primitive barbarians. After all, the orcs

The cultural heritage of China is still rich, and the accumulation of various knowledge has not been completely destroyed.

Not to mention technologies such as metallurgy, textiles, pottery, farming, animal husbandry, etc., but the writing and language of the orcs have also deeply affected humans, because the Anno language itself, which is about to become the lingua franca of mankind, is

It was written by a group of knowledgeable orc scholars. Although these scholars and their tribe died in the war with humans after teaching humans, the Anno language and other cultural essences they compiled and improved are

It has been deeply rooted in the resurgent human civilization. Even some of the literary and artistic works in human society more than a hundred years ago were actually products learned from the orcs at that time. It is said that they are still there today.

In the Kingdom of Hamara, Chinese court dramas and rituals were also scripted and used by the orc rulers of this land at that time.

The Principality of Michael is the same as other human countries. Even after the decline of the orcs, they are still very afraid of this group of aliens who are stronger than themselves in terms of strength and culture. In fact, humans also use the same eyes to fear the Iskh in the north.

Card elves, but today's human rulers are still sober. They know that even if they tie all the seven human kingdoms together, they may not be their opponents. For this reason, the friction between humans and the elves is always controlled to a certain extent.

within the range.

But it is different for the orcs. At least people today already think that they have surpassed them, but they also know that if the orcs continue to develop peacefully, they will eventually revive. For example, in Kavor in the southwest of the mainland

The orc kingdom of Goncharod in the area is the same. Although it was only founded 50 years ago and is full of

There are internal and external troubles, but no matter what, they can't stop this new orc country located in a corner of the continent with a population of millions. And their whole country is also aiming to "attack the human countries in the southern part of the continent and regain the territory and glory of their ancestors".

With faith as the slogan, from time to time it would launch some wars with low intensity against the southern countries.

The reason why they have never succeeded in the past few decades is not because of how strong the resistance on the human side is. The real situation is that the internal conflicts in the Goncharod Kingdom so far are too serious. It seems that the orcs have been used to wild things in the past.

As a result, a large group of careerists inexplicably emerged and started a warlord regime. The so-called Eastern Expedition was actually just a cover for internal fighting.

But this does not mean that the seven human kingdoms will feel at ease with this orc country. After all, no one can say which day a powerful and tough leader will come out and twist the scattered orcs together. If this thing is true,

If it happens, it will be a nightmare for the human countries in the south.

The same concerns actually exist in the Principality of Michael. After all, although the group of orcs in the south of the principality are not local residents, they are also a group that migrated here by sea from the southwest after the demise of the ancient orc kingdom.

Even some ethnic groups once lived in the southern coastal areas of the Kingdom of Venetia. More than 30 years ago, when the Kingdom of Venetia completely occupied the southern coastal areas,

After fighting with them, both sides suffered heavy losses, but the population of the orcs was still too small after all, so they had to separate some old and weak people to cross the sea along the Dayu Bay to the eastern boundary. At this time, the principality had just arrived.

It was founded not long ago, and although it has conquered various parts of the south, it still does not dare to follow the example of the Kingdom of Venetia and engage in a life-and-death bloody battle with the orcs living in the southern coastal areas.

The Principality of Michael cannot afford to fight such a war, nor can it afford to lose. Therefore, it is precisely for this reason that when the Principality opened up the Selida Forest, it quickly stopped when it encountered the Orcs. Even people are speculating that the Orcs were originally

Perhaps the reason why the tribe tried to develop northward was that there were too many orcs fleeing from Venetia at that time, and the area known as the Fang Coast where they were located could no longer accommodate so many orcs.

However, these are just speculations. After all, the principality has not dared to send spies or envoys across the border to the southern orc territory to inquire about information. Alubeg’s only source of information about the orcs is actually the black market system that is parasitic within the principality.

After all, the orcs also need to do business with other races. Although they refuse to interact with humans, it does not mean that all orcs will abide by this unwritten rule.

The orcs are different from the elves. They do not have nearly the same unified thoughts. In many aspects, they are full of class conflicts or personality differences just like humans. For this reason, the orcs have ordinary tribes that live honestly, and there are also tribes that specialize in murder and arson.

Such predator groups, and the latter will naturally join the human black market system silently in order to expand business. While they bring legal or illegal Orc products, they also naturally bring information about the Orcs.

Scarce information, and this is the only way for the Principality of Michael to understand the orcs.

Although there are half-orcs in the principality, this ethnic group has already been clearly distinguished from the orcs. The half-orcs have now almost formed an independent racial existence, and the relationship between them and the orcs is actually better than that between the orcs and humans.

The relationship is not much better.

In the past, Alubeg's response to the orcs was to keep a distance and ignore it. After all, the problems within the principality itself were more serious at that time. But later, because of the emergence of Erica, an extremely special chosen one.

, the principality learned more about the orcs on the Fang Coast in the south through her special channels, many of which made the principality very worried and shocked.

The orcs on the Fang Coast had stabilized more than ten years ago, and they were divided into three major tribal groups based on their origins and ethnic characteristics and lived a stable life. The horned hoofed tribe was the first to immigrate here.

The group formed a new Black Hoof tribe, specializing in farming and animal husbandry; those reptilian orcs with different appearances formed the amphibious Suowa tribe, which specializes in fishing and hunting. In addition to fishing and hunting, they also have quite good navigation skills.

, and even have a very good relationship with the aquatic tribe over the South China Sea; finally, there is the fighting branch of the orc tribe, the Zaura tribe, which has the physical fitness and habits of beasts, and they are the strongest among the entire orc tribe.

A large group of people who are brave and good at fighting, and they are also the biggest threat to the Principality of Michael in the south.

It is well known that the orc tribe hates humans extremely, but there is actually a category for hating humans. Take the group of orcs on the Fang Coast as an example. If someone accidentally breaks into the territory of the Black Hoof tribe, maybe the other person will

They will directly send people to drive them out. If they mistakenly enter the territory of the Sowa tribe, they may detain or imprison them, either doing hard work for the orcs or selling them as slaves to the human black market. But if

If someone mistakenly enters the territory of the Zaula tribe, then this person basically no longer exists, because the person who mistakenly enters there may either be lucky enough to find the remaining bones on the border of the other tribe's territory, or there may be no bones left.

There was no sound at all.

Although the Zaura tribe resembles ferocious beasts, the orc tribe does not actually eat humans. It’s just that the Zaura tribe’s hatred of humans is too deep. Therefore, most of the humans who fall into their hands will be killed by them or simply fed to war animals, which is always basically the case.

No one will be left alive. This is why the Principality of Michael is most afraid of this group of orcs, because no one has ever left or come out of the territory of the Zaula tribe. The most direct evidence is that the Principality also

Envoys were sent to these three orc tribes, but as mentioned before, one was thrown out without a word, the other was thrown into the black market, and the last one's body was not found, just in the

The bloody remains of the envoy flag of the Principality of Michael were found on the border of the Zaura tribe.

The Principality of Michael was once very nervous about whether this group of orcs would invade the territory of the Principality, so when Aledo attacked the Principality and the monster disaster in the central region, it also deployed a part of its army to ambush along the southern area to prepare, even if the situation was

No matter how bad it was, these troops were not withdrawn for emergency relief. But later, through his daughter Chris, Arubag learned something ironic from the Chosen One, which was actually the truth.

The Orcs of the Fang Coast are not as terrifying and extremely xenophobic as people thought before.

It is a fact that Black Hooves does not like to interact with people, and the trade of human slaves by Sowa is just a group of people who did some evil deeds in their territory and were sold as slaves as punishment. Finally, there is the Zaula tribe, they are very

They are xenophobic but will not actively attack humans. In fact, the envoys sent there by the principality did not die at the hands of the Zaura orc tribe, but another group of monsters very similar to orcs.

In other words, the orc tribe on the Fang Coast is actually not living in peace. They also have some very troublesome enemies there, and the orcs there have similar ideas to the principality. When they fight against these enemies,

They were very worried that the greedy and cunning humans would take the opportunity to attack their rear. For this reason, it can be said that the principality's sending of people to the orcs was really just the result of an inappropriate timing.

In essence, the orcs have become very loose when they wander around. However, on the Fang Coast, there is an unexpected orc hero with great appeal to unite them. A hero rather than a leader, because this man named Ah

Zmat's orc heroes are actually Severna's chosen ones just like Diana. Because of this relationship, the flow of intelligence on the orc side is not completely sealed, at least for Argas.

From time to time, the Fort will send the orc tribe's chosen one information about recent places through certain channels. This was only learned when Alubeg met with the delegation from Algasburg.

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Under the leadership of this orc hero, the orcs on the Fang Coast can actually be regarded as the most harmonious group of orcs in the entire world, but even this does not mean that their fangs and claws are not as legendary as

It's so sharp and dangerous, but the enemies they usually have to deal with are also not fuel-efficient lamps.

The terrain of the southern coastal area of ​​the principality is somewhat diverse. Beyond the fertile Fang Coast, the terrain to the east is an unharmonious highland, and there is also a notorious pirate fjord.

The residents there are not only humans, but also some monster groups with intelligence that is no less than that of humans. Usually those facing the land are robbers and bandits, while those living in the fjords are naturally waving bottles and wandering around corners.

Bloodthirsty pirates on the sea.

The principalities on the land had little contact with them, because the only people in conflict with them in that area were actually the nomadic tribes of the Kingdom of Iles on the eastern grasslands. The Principality of Michael was lucky enough not to be involved due to the terrain.

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But the principality also has several port cities in Dayu Bay, so it still has some superficial understanding of the pirate problem there. At least the principality knows that this seemingly ragtag group of pirates does pose a considerable threat, and

Fortunately, the Orcish Principality on the Fang Coast blocked the pirates' westward sphere of influence. Otherwise, the only coastal development on the Principality's side would have been completely destroyed by them.

Alubeg didn't know how powerful those pirates were, but he did know how powerful Diana, who was also the Chosen One, was. Although Diana rarely took action, Raven Castle and the Alchemist Association passed it.

Through some means, I learned how terrifying this elf lady's magic power is.

There is currently no unified concept about the detection methods of magic power, but everyone knows that almost all the people in Algasburg are extraordinary people, and Diana's magic power reserve is multiple times that of that group of people.

Even in order to quietly measure Diana's magic power multiple times, many experimental instruments were broken. This was the first big man since the advent of this technology that was powerful enough to directly cause the measuring device to exceed the limit of damage, and Rui

Wen Castle said that this incomprehensible magic power is attributed to Diana's status as the Chosen One. After all, people have included things beyond their understanding into the sphere of influence of gods since ancient times. Although their

This idea is not completely wrong.

The effect of Erica's natural detection was completely opposite. The group of people could not detect any trace of magic power on Erica's side. Later, the association even planned to ask Mrs. Vermeilen to try to communicate with Erica.

Get in touch with her and see if she has any ability to hide her clumsiness.

Of course, this matter is still unclear, but it does not affect everyone's view of the special nature of the God's Chosen One.

According to Erica and the news about Olaf Thunder Axe, who also established an inexplicable principality in the west, the principality came to the conclusion that those who are the chosen ones may be powerful enough to make mortals

It is an incomprehensible power, so it is conceivable that Alubeg almost broke out in a cold sweat after learning that there was also a Chosen One of the Orcs in the south.
To be continued...