Chapter 27 Negotiation.

The orcs are finished.

As early as when they attacked the Autumn Leaf Plain, the half-orcs paid a lot of casualties, especially in the battle of besieging the Fallen Leaf City, Sauron not only descended as an incarnation, but also summoned the ancient brass dragon with the Dragon Covenant. This time the half-orcs lost even more warriors. The ancient brass dragon plowed the battlefield several times with its dragon breath. Thousands of people were killed on the spot. After going back to count the casualties, only In one siege, the orcs lost nearly 6,000 adult warriors.

Although this casualty is not small, it is still within the tolerance range of a race.

The population of half-orcs is as high as hundreds of thousands, and the number of half-elves in Fallen Leaf City is about 200,000 to 250,000, while the scale of half-orcs is slightly larger, and it is estimated that it can reach more than 300,000. After deducting the old, weak, women and children from these populations, the ratio of being able to take up arms and fight is about 3:1. That is to say, if all the orcs are mobilized, they can gather an army of 100,000 people.

One hundred thousand people.

It sounds like a lot, but in fact, this is the whole background of the half-orc race. The backward productivity of this era, as well as the civilization form between farming and nomads, have caused the half-orcs to lose too much adult warriors. There is no way to maintain the most basic production and farming. The backward civilization greatly limited the expansion of the population. The orcs' attack on the Autumn Leaf Plain meant breaking the boat, and it was within Eugene's tolerance to pay a certain percentage of casualties.

But.

All this was just the beginning. After the siege, Eugene led the army to encounter Sauron again.

The casualties paid this time are even more astonishing. The army of Modo City is not much different from the strength of the half-orc plains, but after the artillery fire of Modo City, the loss of the half-orcs is very astonishing.

Adding up the two battles before and after, Eugene lost tens of thousands of people in the hands of Sauron, and the original loss was close to 20,000 to 30,000 people.

This is equivalent to about one-twelfth of the total population of orcs!

and.

These are all adult orc warriors. If it weren't for the huge losses these two times, it would have been impossible for Eugene to segregate the other side of the Agate River to cultivate his health and give Fallen Leaf City such a long breathing time.

Although these losses have hurt the orcs, they haven't hurt the root after all.

According to Eugene's original plan, he planned to occupy this land and then develop agriculture. It was impossible for the half-orc race to have millions of people like humans and elves by nomadic hunting alone. So Eugene prepared to rest in silence. With the help of the fertile land of the Autumn Leaf Plain to vigorously develop agriculture, as long as there is enough food supply, the size of the half-orc race will increase exponentially. For Eugene, as long as ten years of cultivation and recuperation, the population of half-orcs can exceed one million. At that time, the army of the tribe will be stronger than any human kingdom.

But.

The Holy Havoc has arrived.

The devil's attack directly destroyed all the hopes of Eugene, and a tragic battle directly caused the half-orc clan to lose everything.

The adult warriors of the half-orc clan are only a third of what they used to be.

Casualties as high as 50,000 to 60,000 meant that almost every family in the entire race died in battle. There are only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers left, not to mention taking Fallen Leaf City, I am afraid that even the current land cannot be defended. Moreover, the half-orcs themselves are not good at farming to the end. This attack is the accumulation of the past twenty years, and the war has already consumed a lot of supplies. Now the farmland that Eugene ordered to reclaim in the Autumn Leaf Plain was almost completely destroyed by the war, which meant that they were now cornered. There is no army and no food.

Eugene's face grew older.

After returning to the clan, the first order it issued was to migrate, and there was no way to hold on here, and the first attack by a demon might appear a second time.

It must preserve the fire of the race, or the Orcs could really perish in this world.

Now the clan can only shrink back and linger on. Lick the wound silently to accumulate strength, as long as you can survive this crisis. Then the half-orcs still have hope of rising.

Clan winter has arrived.

Less than 30,000 to 40,000 adult half-orcs need to support a population of more than 200,000. Although there are many adult female orcs among them, they can also hunt and farm, but the clan may be huge in the future just to support offspring. burden. Their best strength has been exhausted. The only half-orcs left in the race, old and weak, women and children, may become the targets of ogres, gnolls, lizardmen, and even half-elves for revenge at any time.

Now any war may drag the half-orcs into the abyss of eternal doom!

The orcs retreated.

They paid huge casualties to occupy this land, and now they left corpses all over the ground, retreating from the Agate River to the edge of the Autumn Leaf Plain.

The orcs gave up at least two-thirds of their land.

They migrated to the extreme edge, but did not return to the original barren highlands, because Eugene was still unable to abandon these fertile farmlands that were cultivated first.

Only these farmlands can guarantee that the orcs will not starve to death in the next few years!

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The sky is blood red.

For several days after a great battle, the distant sky seemed to be blood red. The second wave of the Holy One's catastrophe is almost over, some cities have been completely destroyed, while some places are still safe and sound. Eugene received news from all sides, which made him feel very depressed. The news is that because the half-orcs built their village in the wild, in this wave of demon attacks, most of the abyssal demons who didn't want to attack the city attacked the half-orcs , while Fallen Leaf City was only attacked by a small group of demons.

Nearly ten cities and hundreds of towns were destroyed on the material plane. This disaster affected not only humans, but also other races such as elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings, lizardmen, gnolls, etc. Influence.

The southern edge of the elf forest turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Black Iron Fort was turned into ruins by a leader of the Balor Balrog.

The Frostblade clan of orcs was nearly wiped out.

The only ones who lost less in the whole shock were the halflings. Their main god fell to the mortal world ahead of time and repelled the demon army in the form of a saint.

Today, the main god of halflings should be the first god to stand in the open.

She has appeared.

Moreover, this goddess of [powerful divine power] is in Shire.

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The twilight shines down.

Eugene walked wearily among the plowed fields after the past few days. The wounds of the clan are healing, and no matter what happens, the living will always work hard for tomorrow.

Eugene was very tired by this time.

Although most of the clan still supported it, because of the loss this time, some half-orcs had begun to oppose it, thinking that it was the reason why the clan fell into the current situation.

If you don't attack the half-elf. Then none of this would happen today.

have no choice.

These people were originally advocating the capture of Fallen Leaf City in one go and the complete elimination of the half-elves who occupied the plains, but now they put all the responsibility on Eugene.

Eugene didn't have any explanation for this, nor did it need any.

Although it is full of guilt towards the clan, most half-orcs still respect it and regard it as the leader of the half-orc clan.

Everything has happened.

For Eugene, the most important thing is how to let the clan overcome the difficulties this time, instead of trying to shirk responsibility.

Night fell.

Eugene's old figure stood up from the field. It patted its palms to shake the dirt off its palms, and then walked towards its own tent. It's hard for outsiders to imagine that the chief of a race would personally farm the fields, but in fact, the development of the half-orcs from nomadic to farming in the past few decades was completely promoted by Eugene alone.

even.

In order to learn the farming skills of humans, it once personally learned from an experienced old farmer of humans as a legendary professional.

The farming of the entire clan was taught by him.

Eugene taught them how to irrigate and how to make ditches. How to sow and reap, how to cultivate carefully, if it is not someone who has seen all this with their own eyes, it is absolutely impossible to imagine a peerless powerhouse who can face the ancient dragon head-on. He was actually able to teach his people how to plow and sow in the fields like an old farmer.

Eugene was not like all orcs.

It has traveled the entire continent and firmly believes that only farming can free the half-orcs from their current predicament. Only farming can make half-orcs as strong as humans.

The half-elves are attacked only for these lands, and the half-elves are chosen only because they are the weakest.

It was getting darker and darker.

Eugene sleeps only three hours a day, so there is still plenty of time for him to spare.

It's going out for a tour.

However, just when Eugene was about to step out of the tent. It suddenly seemed to have sensed something, and the figure disappeared in the same place for an instant, and appeared hundreds of meters away in the next moment. The whole person soared into the sky like an eagle, and it stretched out its hand to hold the spear on its back. Approaching a mountain in the distance.

It sensed a familiar breath.

That is the power of the gods!

The other party didn't seem to have any hidden intentions at all, as if they wanted to draw it out.

boom.

Eugene's burly figure landed on the ground, and in its line of sight was a hazy figure, completely shrouded in shadow. Although the two sides had once fought against each other near Fallen Leaf City, Eugene hadn't really seen each other's face until today.

A young half-elf who is a bit too much.

In contrast, it has entered its twilight years, and even its life is coming to an end.

"What are you here for?"

Eugene clenched his spear vigilantly, he was full of jealousy for the strength of the person in front of him, and he didn't believe that he came here without a purpose.

Gods are not that boring.

Facing Eugene's guarded expression, the half-elf in front of him seemed to smile, and said slowly: "Cooperate."

Eugene frowned upon hearing this.

There was a hint of doubt on its face, because it felt that it was impossible for it to cooperate with the person in front of it. The half-orc and the half-elf were already bloody enemies, and the other party was the true god who protected the half-elf, and Eugene was the pillar of the half-orc. It is already very good if the two sides meet and do not fight immediately, and there is no possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

"Long story short."

Sauron stared at Eugene who was full of vigilance in front of him, and said slowly: "I am very aware of your current predicament. The current situation of the orcs can be said to be a dead end."

"but!"

"Moduo City can provide you with a batch of food and supplies. It can also prevent Fallen Leaf City from attacking you and give you a precious period of breathing."

"This batch of supplies should be enough for you to support for a period of time! I believe that with your ability to protect the clan from this crisis, there is no problem."

"And there's only one thing I need you to do!"

"That is to help me kill someone."

"or."

"It should be said to be a true god."

Eugene was silent, and only after a long time did he say in a deep voice, "Who!?"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Sauron's mouth, and he said slowly: "Lord of Shadows!..."

A sneering smile appeared on Eugene's face upon hearing this.

But before it opened its mouth, Sauron continued: "After the matter is completed, I will make the decision in the name of [Half-Elf God] and assign all the land north of the Onyx River to you!"

Eugene was instantly moved when he heard the words! ! !

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