Chapter 05 Hua Ores
The Orlando Mountains in the night are full of dangers, and the faint light flashing in the dark is the eyes of wild beasts, and the shrill bird calls that sound from time to time are creepy.
The Blue Ape Mercenary Group did not ignite the torch. The mercenaries carried large bags of trophy and were still escorting a group of young beasts, moving forward in the mountains in the dark.
The mercenary group was very difficult to move forward. On the rugged roads in the dark, mercenaries fell from time to time, and large beasts that didn't know how to die would suddenly rush over.
However, before the beasts attacking the team approached the mercenary group, they would be dealt with by sharp arrows shot out of the darkness. Occasionally, those who rushed to the front of the team were instantly engulfed by Adeline's flames.
I walked all the way for nearly a night, and when the dawn appeared, the mercenary group stopped for the first time to rest.
Even so, the mercenary group was forced to stop, because no matter how the mercenaries waved their whip, the captured young orcs could no longer walk.
All the orcs were already sank on the ground, and the mercenaries simply arranged warnings before they began to take turns to rest.
Arthur kept silently watching the mercenaries' actions along the way. He could not even understand some of the actions, but he still remembered them.
The fatigue of fighting and nightly marching made the mercenaries fall asleep quickly, and even the mercenaries responsible for performing the alert mission couldn't help but doze. Because it was dawn and the danger was over.
I don’t know how long I slept, but the mercenaries were awakened by a scream. All the mercenaries instantly picked up the weapons at hand and prepared for battle.
"Tony, what's your fucking howl?" Cairns sat up as he yawned.
"Boss, that little lion ran away!"
"How did you run? Didn't I ask you to tie it tightly?"
"Look at the cut cut on the rope with a knife. He was rescued by someone!" Tony took two neatly cut ropes to Cairns.
Cairns frowned slightly, "Are other cubs running?"
"No, I ran away from the little lion."
"Forget it, just run away. Let's take a break and continue to set off to leave early to avoid the nights and dreams."
"Ah!" Tony was so shocked that his chin almost fell off, "Boss, how could he just let it go? That little lion was our biggest gain this time! And I suspect there was an insider in the team, so it was impossible for others to bypass our alert so easily." Tony said as his eyes turned to Arthur.
Keynes waved his hand, "No need to check it, it's a good thing that the little lion ran away."
"Good thing?" Tony scratched his head in confusion.
"Didn't you pay attention to the color of his fighting spirit? It's the top fighting spirit of the Golden Lion family, and only family members with heir qualifications can practice. The Golden Lion is one of the three most powerful families of orcs, and even in the realm of our human race, their eyes are everywhere. What do you think they will do if they know that their heirs have been sold as human slaves?" Keynes's seemingly plain tone was heavy.
Tony, Angus and the mercenaries around all gasped, which meant another war between humans and beasts.
Keynes blinked at Arthur meaningfully, in return for Arthur a polite smile.
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Three days later, the Blue Ape Mercenary Corps walked out of the Orlando Mountains, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Arthur suddenly found that there was one more person in the team. He was a slim and handsome man with a large bow wrapped in green vines and carved with beautiful patterns. His pointed ears exposed between his long golden hair showed his elf identity.
He is the archer who has been hiding in the dark.
Although the human race and the elves are not in a hostile relationship like they are orcs, elves rarely appear in human countries, and they are not allowed to enter the elves. Arthur is very curious about how this elves called Ilaya became a member of the Blue Ape Mercenary.
Seeing Arthur staring at him, the elf Ilaya nodded slightly at him and smiled. His every move fully demonstrated the elf's politeness and elegance.
Two days later, a tall city appeared before everyone.
The city wall made of gray basalt is twenty meters high, with seven or eight meters high mail towers erected on the city wall. Huge crossbows are set up between the battlements of the city wall, and soldiers holding weapons patrol the city wall back and forth.
The suspension bridge of the city gate was laid on the ground, and people waiting to enter and exit the city lined up in a long queue at the huge arched city gate, and a team of soldiers were carefully inspecting the crowd entering and leaving the city.
This is the headquarters of the Blue Ape Mercenary Group, Huaores City, a small city on the border of the Isaac Kingdom of Humanity.
Huaores is also the first line of defense for humans to resist orc attacks. In history, Huaores City has fallen several times and has been recaptured several times. The bricks covered with swords and axes and the black and brown blood on the surface of the city wall are the best historical proof. Therefore, even in peacetime, the guard forces here have never relaxed for a moment, and a reinforced guard regiment of 5,000 people has been stationed in the city.
Arthur looked at the giant city in front of him in a daze, from the small village where he was born to the orc's ragged camp, this was the first time Arthur had seen such a tall and majestic building.
The mercenary group did not line up and walked straight to the city gate under the leadership of Cairns.
"Captain Keynes, did you get a good harvest this time?" The captain who was guarding the goal was obviously very familiar with Cairns. Not only did he not check, he greeted him enthusiastically.
"I'm lucky. I caught a few orc cubs and asked my brothers to drink." Cairns threw a few gold coins to the leader in exchange for a compliment from the goalkeepers.
Mercenaries have the only status of nobles and merchants in various human kingdoms. Because mercenaries have the obligation to assist city guards during wartime, all cities welcome the entry of mercenaries, especially large mercenaries, and the strength of a level A mercenary group is even better than that of a division of the human army.
As the largest city on the border, Huaores City was very prosperous during the non-war period. The Orlando Mountains are rich in resources, from rare ores to precious herbs, and large quantities of warcraft materials, and even some commodities smuggled from the orc wasteland can be obtained in large quantities. There are many medicinal materials shops, weapons shops, and trade shops on both sides of the street, and people come and go on the wide streets.
Arthur, who had never seen so many people, was already dazzled, and everything was novel in his eyes.
Because of robbing a team of little orcs into the city, the Blue Ancestor Mercenary Group attracted many people to watch, and the brave children even threw stones at the little orcs and spitted. The conflict between human and beast tribes has been deeply rooted in the children's hearts and has been passed down from generation to generation.
In a corner of the south of Huaores City, in front of a huge courtyard with bluestone walls, a tall fat man stood.
The fat man had a cold face, his face was covered with flesh, and his protruding belly was like a hill. He only had one arm, and the sleeve on the other side was cut off shoulder-to-shoulder.
Looking at the approaching team, the fat man walked forward a few more steps before a smile appeared on his face, "Brothers, welcome home!"
Chapter completed!