Chapter 697 Puzzle

Pushing aside the stinky ghoul corpses, Zhao Mai's orcs "reappeared into the light", and what greeted them were more than three hundred fully armed strong orcs. "Haha, you little burrower, what an unexpected harvest! From today on, you will accept my protection and rule! I am Maga, the Ghoul Butcher!"

It was a walking iron jar, covered in heavy armor from head to toe, leaving only gaps around the joints and eyes and nose. The guy was holding a huge iron ax in his hand, which could easily chop open people and horses. On the battlefield facing Gondor, Maga relied on his huge strength and equipment to make many contributions and became a newly promoted captain.

The orcs coming out of the underground fortress are certainly not as good looking as the Ghoul Slayer's minions. Zhao Mai is busy growing food and cultivating a carpet network, and has not yet put smelting on the agenda. Having said that, even if he builds fine steel weapons, who will use them? It will take at least a year for young orcs to become qualified warriors.

"You shameless fool, this is my territory!" Zhao Mai walked straight towards Maga, using his bare hands, but his momentum did not fall behind at all. "I am Tewildor Blackfoot of Mordor. Are you still called the Ghoul Slayer? Just because of the ghouls you kill outside? What a joke!"

"Look, where did the naked chicken come from, so disobedient to discipline!" Maga pushed away the guard, strode forward, and stood in front of Zhao Mai. The huge body and black iron frame stood there like a wall. "You want to fight me? I'll give you a chance to punch, can you break my armor?"

"This is the first time I've seen such a request." After Zhao Mai finished speaking, the orcs under him were already laughing. There was only a "snap" sound, and Zhao Mai had penetrated the chest of the Maga Ghoul Butcher. The skin and flesh mixed with armor fragments filled the armor with blood and water, and then overflowed from the gaps.

Maga knelt on the ground, then collapsed and died. Zhao Mai stepped over his body and found that the dark will in him had not strengthened - this was pretty much what he expected. Imprisoning Gulu is not the will of the world, so the "care" Zhao Mai receives should be getting weaker and weaker. This time the ghoul was not able to kill him, and the same was true for the subsequent orcs, so the will of the world should want to kill him more. Because of this, the dark power not only did not increase, but even weakened slightly, which can be said to be justified.

For Zhao Mai, the weakening of the dark will is a good thing, but blessings and disasters are always interdependent. After Maga was killed by Zhao Mai, his men did not surrender. Four centurions rushed out, using crossbows, swords, axes and meteor hammers, and attacked Zhao Mai together.

"You four don't seem to want to abide by the rules?" Zhao Mai grabbed the crossbow arrow with his hand, threw it back, and shot it into the crossbowman's eyebrow. He then killed three other centurions with their own weapons, finally able to shock the crowd. "I am Teveldor, Blackfoot of Mordor! From now on, you are all under my control!"

The orcs looked at each other and cheered insincerely, celebrating their new leader. Then, more than half of them ran away during the night. Compared to the Blackfoot who had stayed in the south and had no merit in combat, they would rather choose those orc generals who also came back from the north.

The idea in the orc's mind is very simple: "If you are so powerful, why don't you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, why don't you twist off the heads of humans and elves?" But Zhao Mai is very clear about the underlying reason, which is the will of the world in him. Not strong enough to have so many subordinates.

"It would be nice to have half left." Zhao Mai said to Xiaohua. "No matter how many orcs there are, they will eventually be affected by Sauron, so we still have to rely on the Z-worms and my own strength."

"There are also me and the people who reserve food. You can't ignore this!" Xiaohua floated in the air and followed Zhao Mai. She was invisible in the eyes of the orcs. Because she is very sensitive to the surrounding energy, Xiaohua can detect if there are peeping eyes faster than Zhao Mai. "In that case, Gulu is still very useful. Why don't you take advantage of this time to solve the trouble of the goblins and reduce one more competitor?"

"How do you say it?" Zhao Mai organized his language and said: "I can see the flow of dark will, so I know more than you. Although the dark power did not increase when I killed Maga, I have a feeling, Once Gulu leaves my control, the power will still come to me. Is it because the time has not come yet? Maybe it would be better to explain it this way."

"This world's will is really troublesome. It would be great if there was a way to get rid of it."

"I'm also thinking about this problem." Zhao Mai took Xiaohua back to his residence in the underground fortress. Unexpectedly, Gulu suddenly hit the iron fence, knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Ah! The great King of Light..."

"Who?" Zhao Mai looked around and found that Gulu's eyes were facing Xiaohua. Xiaohua was also very puzzled. She moved back and forth and changed positions, but Gulu could actually keep staring at her. "Can you see me?"

"Of course, of course, great King of Light, we can see and hear clearly!" Gulu seemed very excited: "We have found you, we have found you! We swear to serve you, in the name of my baby!" "

Xiaohua is a little confused. She looked at Zhao Mai, and then dissolved with a snap. Gulu's eyes widened, and then he gritted his teeth at Zhao Mai: "Smelly orcs! Bad orcs! Where is the King of Light! What did you do to the King of Light?!"

Zhao Mai moved a chair and placed it in front of the fence, not caring about Gulu's spit and his arm that kept waving but couldn't reach him at all. "Tell me about the King of Light, and I will help you find him."

"Liar! Don't even think about knowing our secrets!"

"Look, I gave you food, and I never beat you, let alone forced you. How did you treat me? You suddenly yelled when I was sleeping, and made the house smelly. These are all You did it, right?”

"You're the one keeping us! You're a bad orc!"

"Well, what you said makes sense, and we are even on this point." Zhao Mai raised the corner of his mouth and said to Gulu with a weird smile: "Let's play a game, whether it's guessing riddles or answering questions, let's see Let’s see who is smarter between the two of us. If one of us gets the answer right and the other gets it wrong, then the person who answered wrongly will answer the question of the person who answered correctly, and no lies or cheating is allowed, how about that?”

Gulu looked at Zhao Mai suspiciously, always feeling that there was something wrong here. But orcs have never been smart, so what if there are ghosts? Besides, isn’t it just guessing riddles and answering questions? What’s so scary?

"Then let's talk first!" Gulu said with teeth raised every day: "What has legs but no one knows about it, is taller than a tree, towers into the sky, but never grows taller?"

"High mountains." Zhao Mai added: "This answer is correct without taking into account geological changes. Okay, it's your turn to listen to my question: You have a friend who, when you were six years old, He's half your age. How old will he be when you're 400?"

"200? No, it won't be that simple. You...you can't fool us, it's..." Gulu thought hard, and then answered with a smile: "397!"

"Wrong, he died long ago." Zhao Mai said, "It's time for you to answer the questions I asked. You are not allowed to lie or cheat."