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Chapter 75 The Root of Orc Madness

Early the next morning.

With the help of the guards, Roland put on the armor.

After taking up the weapon, he came to the school grounds. This time, he planned to take half of the staff to investigate directly.Because there is a high probability that it is the evacuation location of the trolls, and there are 2 strongholds in front of them for defense. After removing the danger, this place already belongs to the rear.

Therefore, a lot of soldiers were not needed. Last night, Roland ordered the withdrawal of most of the city defense soldiers, leaving only a few people to guard the city wall.

All this is in preparation for today's exploration. Considering that there may be disputes whether it is a landfill channel, it is always good to bring more manpower.

If there is no trace of the troll there, then investigation is also essential. After Roland called Vasili, he learned that the height was about six meters, and horses could pass through it. He decided to bring cavalry.

The team walked out of the city gate in such a mighty way, everyone stopped their work and watched the soldiers going out until they could not be seen at all.

The march on the road has always been so boring, and as the new scouts continued to report, they were getting closer and closer to the troll's quarry.

Looking at the huge quarry in front of me, there are still some boulders waiting to be polished, but they are already covered with moss and look like square patches of grass.

Following Vasily, Roland soon discovered the camouflaged cave entrance with a piece of turf piled on top, which looked exactly like the surrounding rocks.

The soil at the entrance of the cave was quickly dug up by the soldiers, and as the sun shone in, it illuminated the appearance of the cave.

I saw that the entrance of the cave showed a square shape. There seemed to be a landslide not far from the entrance of the cave. Some thick tree trunks were used to support it. Going inside, it was dug into an arch shape. It looked like Taller than outside.

It seems that the trolls did not consider the weighing issue at first. Maybe they thought that the stone itself was strong enough. This can be seen from the shape of the cave entrance and the collapse not far from the inner cave entrance.They may have thought about this issue later because they thought about the construction of the city gate opening.

This also explains why the backs are all arched. They were expanded on the original square basis, which is why these tunnels are now six meters high.

For this problem, Roland still has a little understanding.Because it is made into an arch, the force can be transmitted to the relatively stable side wall more evenly, making the tunnel stronger and safer.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, Roland felt a cool breeze blowing across his face.It seems that this is the passage for the trolls to evacuate.

There is enough oxygen here to support their deeper exploration. At first, Roland was worried that the long-closed passage would not have enough oxygen to explore.

As they went deeper, the light inside the cave became increasingly dim.They had simply prepared enough torches, and as the torches were lit one after another, the cave was slowly illuminated.

I saw some sculptures of Feathered Serpents on the wall, each of them looked lifelike, as if they were staring at these uninvited guests.Their delicacy completely surpasses the somewhat rough rock walls.

It's just that they have been walking for more than ten minutes, and they haven't found any traces of the cave entrance, and the front is still dark.Finally, after marching for half an hour, they came to the end, and under the light of the fire, they found that there was dirt piled up in front of them.

What puzzled Roland was that there seemed to be some sand mixed in the soil.But no matter how weird it is, after spending so much time getting here, they will definitely dig it out to find out.

The darkness pierced by a ray of sunlight shone on the face of a soldier, and he suddenly covered his eyes, tears streaming out uncontrollably.

"Everyone, expand this small hole first, and be careful not to be exposed to direct sunlight. After our eyes get used to the sunlight, we will dig out the soil completely."

The soldiers began to expand the hole cautiously, and they didn't stop until Roland said to stop.They just sit there, waiting for the eyes to adjust.

Roland knew that this was because they had been in low light for a long time, and their eyes had already adapted to this low light; if they suddenly saw strong light under such circumstances, they would be blind for a short time, or lose their vision in severe cases.If the brightness is enough, it may even cause blindness!

As everyone gradually got used to the light, Roland asked the soldiers to dig out the last layer of soil.

When Roland and the others came outside, they found that the ground surface was abnormally dry, and most of the grass showed signs of withering.

Roland even wondered if he came to the wrong place. This showed that the land that was about to be deserted was the orc prairie?Although it wasn't long before he left the Barony of Kewan, he had once seen the orc prairie, where it was still verdant.

It didn't look like this. Could it be that this is already a remote place in the orc prairie?Roland ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the spot, while he led the imperial cavalry to explore further afield.

The war horses were a little unsuited to the dry climate, they kicked their hooves restlessly, but under the master's command, they still ran.

Roland planned to go to the nearest ocean to see if there were any traces of the trolls. Since the trolls would reject the alliance of the orcs more than 200 years ago, they may have left here by going to sea.

Along the way, even animals were rarely seen. Most of the trees were dead, and only a few were still alive, but they also looked sickly.

Roland remembered the last words Duke Osborne said to him, which was, 'Our time is running out. '

Does it turn out to be referring to this matter? No wonder he knew the conflict between himself and Viscount Whinette and tried his best to reconcile them.No wonder he doesn't need Roland's allegiance, but only cares about how many fighting soldiers he can bring.

It turns out that all this is preparation for the massive attack of the orcs.

All the previous puzzles have been reasonably explained, but what makes him a little puzzled is why, except for the nobles in the northern border, other nobles seem to turn a blind eye to these things?

What Roland didn't know was that the orcs had already blocked the Northwind Fortress, and Duke Osborne could only rely on the description of a dead scout, without obtaining any more evidence.

He tirelessly publicized the news that the orcs were about to attack, and some royal nobles even thought that he was old and confused, and thought it was hysteria.

Because the Duke of Osborne is indeed old.

Sure enough, near the coast, Roland found a burnt dock, and there seemed to be a few other docks that could be vaguely identified as being used for shipbuilding.

In addition, Roland also discovered a stone tablet in the middle, which was engraved with the evil god worshiped by the Leon tribe - Haka.

In fact, the warriors of the Leon tribe had already left here by boat, and the last ones to be taken over here were only some old trolls who did not give up their ancestral land.

Realizing that the coming humans were beyond their ability to deal with, they chose to evacuate here and take a boat to the Broken Isles, the base camp of the trolls.

(End of this chapter)