Chapter 67 Mythical Ogre

In fact, long before the Asa people in Powhatan Village crossed the river to the north for investigation, the high-level leaders of the "Conqueror Religion" dispatched scouts and spies to the south bank of the river in a more secretive way to collect information and draw a detailed map for the Religion. The regiment expanded its sphere of influence to the south bank of the Efen River to pave the way.

"Soul Stealer" Chanikui is a scout belonging to the "Conqueror Order", wandering in the dense forest on the south bank of the Iffin River all year round, and has a better understanding of the local situation than his direct boss "Snake Hand" Sharman clear.

Under the leadership of Chanikwe, "Snake Hand" Sharman led his army consisting of 300 "dry branch monsters", 200 "dry needle monsters" and no less than 100 "withered vine monsters". Marching forward mightily. They traveled all the way west along the river bank, and after two days of travel, they finally approached their destination—the valley where the ogre family lived.

The valley is located deep in the dense forest by the river. As early as the beginning of the last century, the ancestors of the Shrek family settled and multiplied here, and named their territory "Deep Forest Valley" - in the view of "Snake Hand" Sharman, this simple and appropriate The place-names befitting the unimaginative minds of the ogres.

The surrounding vegetation of the deep forest valley is dense, and there are low bushes growing in the gaps between the tall trees. There are countless sentinels lurking in the trees and bushes. Ogres are fat and tall, neither suitable for climbing trees nor good at lurking. Most of the sentinels on the outskirts of the valley are relatively weak groups conquered by King Shrek and his warriors, among them are orcs and goblins.

"Snake Hand" Sharman used the "Eagle Eye Technique" to look at the deep forest valley several miles away. He saw the half-orc sentinels and goblin scouts in the forest who were on duty. The lord showed a little more admiration.

As we all know, "Ogre" is not a race that is willing to obey discipline. Their brains are often inversely proportional to their muscles. Stupidity and aggressiveness are synonymous with them. Most ogres can only undertake the simplest physical tasks, whether on the battlefield or on the construction site, and a slightly more complicated task will confuse them. Don't expect the ogres to work together to complete a certain big project. These stupid big guys are more willing to fight each other than to divide the labor. The more ogres get together, it often means that the chaos and troubles increase exponentially.

Looking at the deep forest valley from the common habits of the ogre family, Sharman almost doubts whether there are no less than a thousand ogres living here. There is no sign of chaos here. The ogre warriors are all dressed in standard leather armor and carry well-forged maces on their shoulders. The uniform marching pace is like a well-trained regular army.

"Shrek ruled his domains, subjects, and slaves with an iron fist, bringing an astounding order to Deepwood Dale. Its inhabitants, whether ogres of the noble class or orcs of the slave class, jungle gnomes, or goblins, They worship their king very much, and under Shrek's arrangement, they perform their duties."

The Soul Stealer approached Sharman and truthfully introduced the local situation to his master.

"Shrek selected the strongest and most aggressive 500 ogres from his tribe, and conferred the title of 'Warrior' one by one. These 500 ogre warriors are his team for many years. A tyrannical regiment conquered the alien tribes around the deep forest valley one after another, and made a public promise that as long as the conquered respected him as king and assumed labor and tribute, he would be exempt from the fate of becoming an ogre ration, just like before Live in peace, and get the protection of the 'Shrek Warriors' when encountering threats from foreign enemies or wild beasts."

"Hehe, this guy's acting style really has a bit of a 'kingly demeanor'." Sharman commented half mockingly and half admiringly.

"Perhaps in the eyes of the real big shots, Shrek's methods are ordinary, but the orcs and goblins are not much smarter than the ogres, and they were easily recovered by Shrek one by one, willing to become the vassal of the ogre clan. Shrek made full use of these servants, He conscripted half-orcs to serve as low-level soldiers in his army, recruited skilled jungle gnomes to forge weapons for his troops, tanned leather armor, and produced dangerous alchemy items such as blazing glue, thunderstones, and smoke bombs. The goblins are also very useful under the hands of this ogre lord."

"Shrek created a special troop, selected the strongest ogre to wear a full set of plate armor, carried a huge iron bucket pannier, and arranged three to four goblins who had received military training to ride in the pannier, relying on iron The barrel is used as a shield, and the attack is launched with crossbows, spears, and alchemy bombs, just like humanoid armored chariots!" The Soul Stealer exaggeratedly praised.

"He knows how to control his subordinates and is also proficient in military training. This Shrek is worthy of the title of 'Smart King'." Shaman said lightly.

At this time, a loud horn sounded in the opposite valley, and then the alarm bell sounded, and the patrols on the road and the scouts in the bushes were all on alert.

Sharman saw this scene with the help of his magic vision, and guessed that his troops had been spotted by the sentries in the deep forest valley. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, he winked at the Soul Stealer and signaled him to come forward to negotiate with the ogres, explaining that own intention.

Chanikui didn't want to deal with unreasonable ogres, but he didn't dare to disobey his master's will, so he had to bite the bullet and fly out.

Chanikwe was lucky. The ogre warrior who led the team must be in a good mood today, but he listened patiently to what he said, and asked him to stay where he was and wait before rushing back to report.

Twenty minutes later, Chanikwe brought a female ogre dressed as an envoy to the "serpent hand" Sharman.

The female ogre squinted her small eyes and looked Sharman up and down for a long time. Just when the "Blighter" was about to run out of patience, the other party finally broke the silence and declared that King Shrek had done nothing to them in diplomatic terms that he thought was elegant. They were very displeased at intruding into their own territory, but adhering to the principle of magnanimity, they would not let it go, and asked Sharman to go to the king's castle immediately to clarify their intentions and see if they had sufficient reasons to justify their offense.

After finishing this set of pretentious rhetoric, the ogre envoy emphasized again: "Your Majesty only allows you to bring one servant into the palace to have an audience. As for the ugly half-human, half-tree monsters behind you, you have to stay where you are and accept me." Watch out, don't move rashly!"

Shaman asked the ogre lord for this trip, and he was mentally prepared for the harsh treatment he encountered. He nodded calmly, followed the other party's request to leave the wither monster army, and followed the envoy with only the soul stealer. Deep Forest Valley.

The envoy led Sharman's master and servant into an open cart pulled by a herbivorous dinosaur. Before getting into the car, he took out a pair of leather blindfolds and asked them to wear them, lest they take the opportunity to peek at the military facilities inside the valley.

Sharman frowned, a look of anger flashed in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he put on the blindfold silently, but there was a sarcasm on his lips. At the same time, the poisonous snake transplanted to his left arm quietly poked its head out from the cuff and looked out of the carriage. With the help of the poisonous snake's vision, he could normally observe the surrounding buildings while covering his eyes.

The cart drove straight towards the castle located on the high slope of the deep valley along the wide and flat avenue. On both sides of the avenue were neatly planned buildings like a chessboard. The streets were clean and tidy, not at all like the dwellings of filthy ogres.

Shaman drove by the residential area of ​​the ogre nobles. Most of the buildings in front of him were large single-family stone houses, while the community where the servants lived was rows of simple wooden houses that were convenient for centralized management. The barracks and warehouses were also built of stone. Made, looks pretty solid. Shrek's mansion is located on a hillside, the three-story fortress built of rock is quite magnificent, like a gray giant overlooking the valley.

After entering the gate of the castle, the female ogre—Shrek's court steward—takes off the blindfolds for Sharman and Chanikwe, and leads them to the restaurant on the first floor to meet King Shrek.

The ogre lord sat at a long table in the center of the dining room, enjoying dinner accompanied by a courtier. King Shrek's complexion is yellowish-green, and his figure is taller and stronger than ordinary ogres. Sitting there, he is two heads taller than the standing Sharman. He is wearing a loose golden robe. His chubby face looks like a big wax gourd , with a bald head and no grass, the ogre's iconic small eyes, flat nose bridge, big mouth, and a pair of protruding ears that look like trumpets make this ogre lord look naive, but his eyes look a bit melancholy—— —Sharman couldn't guess whether this was out of his mind, or just pretending to be deep.

Sharman also noticed that there was a whole roast pig on the plate in front of Shrek, and the mead brewed by the dwarves was also on the table. From the perspective of diet, this "smart king" has moved away from the ogre tradition of drinking blood, and is more like a human noble living in a civilized country.

The vassal who accompanied King Shrek to dinner was wearing a gorgeous embroidered robe and a wide-brimmed hat decorated with colorful feathers. He looked more handsome than ordinary ogres, and his figure was also slimmer. Under the candlelight, it showed a light blue luster, and its elegant temperament was quite different from the usual rude ogres.

Just as Sharman stepped into the dining room, Shrek's vassals put down their knives and forks, picked up the lute next to them, played and sang poems to welcome the guests.

"Master, the guy playing the piano is named Cassio, an ogre wizard, and Shrek's favorite court poet." The Soul Stealer whispered in Sharman's ear, "You'd better not offend that pretentious Fool, he never misses an opportunity to whisper something in Shrek's ear."

Sharman nodded suddenly. No wonder the man was a little weird, it turned out to be an ogre wizard and bard.

"Ogre wizard" does not refer to an ogre who has acquired a spellcasting profession, but a subspecies of ogre. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call it a "higher ogre". Closer to humans, the mind is also smarter, and it is born with a fairly powerful ability to cast spells. In Sharman's view, Casio, as a high-ranking ogre-advanced bard, clearly possesses tyrannical strength, but is willing to stay with Shrek as a court servant, which shows that the king he serves has extraordinary charisma. Worthy of being called the "mythical ogre".

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