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All Beings Were Sons: Chapter 106 Chapter 100 Long-term pain and short-term pain

"Next, we will give you full support. The cargo ships of the Merchant Alliance will deliver you the scarce supplies, food, quilts, and tools without stopping. They will definitely not hinder your plans."

Contrary to Harald's expectation, the messenger did not put forward any harsh conditions, but made a promise first.However, this orc khan did not show any joy. The other party gave such a generous condition, it was definitely not because of his incompetence and furious ridicule just now.

The other party must have more terrifying demands!

"You're not philanthropists, are you?"

Harald took a deep breath and waited for the other party's offer.

"What we want depends on how well you have completed your plan this time. It's like a chicken laying a golden egg. What we need in the future depends on whether you can lay this egg well. With our full support , you actually failed to complete this road to orc nirvana, then this may be the last time we meet."

The Emissary of Theocracy smiled lightly and bowed.

"I'm going back to the Messiah Islands to allocate supplies for you now. Please allow me to leave. The first batch of cargo ships will bring you food. If you have other needs, just ask the captain to bring them to me. I am really very happy." I hope you succeed, Your Excellency Khan. Because if so, the empire will begin to slide into the abyss!"

The robed man turned and left, this time not because the high priest came to avoid suspicion, but really left.

Harald watched the figure disappear into the hall, his clenched fists trembling, he really wanted to roar, or smash something, but those were of no avail, the other party left lightly, like an arrow that was drawn but never fired, you know The threat is there, but they can only helplessly wait for the opponent to shoot out.

The orc Khan racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out what the opponent wanted to do. The Theocracy had no chess pieces that could replace him, and there was nothing he could get from the orcs, because they had almost nothing.

"What exactly do you want... The Church!"

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[The small settlement in front was destroyed. 】

"Sure enough, it's still too late. The opponent attacked very quickly." Claude slowed down and began to pay attention to hiding his figure. "Are there any orcs there?"

[Yes, and the number of people is very large, the other party obviously turned it into a forward base for them. 】

"Have any escaped survivors been scanned?"

【No, but there are humans in that settlement. 】

"quantity."

[Considering the size of the settlement, except for those who died in battle, everyone else is alive. 】

Claude stopped suddenly: "Didn't the orcs kill all the human captives?"

【No. 】

"Sure enough, these orcs didn't come south to plunder the empire's territory at all." The boy narrowed his eyes. "Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to keep captives to consume precious food—it would be more likely if they turned captives into food."

"Help me find out and calculate their night watch routine. I need to sneak in at night."

[You want to save people? 】

"No, go join them."

【…? 】

"Why do the orcs take captives? There is only one possibility. They need these people to be taken away alive. But this is the territory of the empire. If they don't leave before the ice and snow melt, the knights of the empire will let them know what pain is. They How fast can we go with these captives?"

Claude stopped and began to take off the ski equipment and put them together neatly.

"So there is only one way, and that is to ship them away, and start the shipment as soon as possible, catch a batch and transport them away, pretending to be a massacre, so that they can plunder as many people as possible before the empire reacts."

【So you're going to pretend to be one of the captives? 】

"That depends on how they want to treat the prisoners next. If they just want to keep them for two more days, they have to do it directly-although I haven't joined the Imperial Intelligence Agency to learn anything, but there is no such thing as torture. I have eaten pork and seen pigs run away."

Claude pulled out a snow nest, got in, and waited quietly for the dark.

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[Someone is nearby. 】

"enemy?"

[Matching... I don't think you will be happy to hear the news, it's Knight Gustav Barr. 】

Claude's face was all wrinkled, as if he had just bitten into a sour lemon.

"Damn...why do the people I meet have such a chivalrous spirit? Could it be that the attraction of positive and negative magnetic poles is also effective in this situation? You said that I, a pragmatist, met all the brainless fools ?”

【So your best choice is not to show your face. He should bump into the orc patrol. This kind of noise will make it easier for you to sneak in. 】

"That's right, your ability to make decisions has greatly improved."

Claude praised.

"Then so..."

[Another group of people entered my scanning range. 】

"...There is no end!"

[Army, Imperial. 】

Claude jumped out of the snow nest with a blank expression, grabbed his sword and touched the settlement.

"The old man Karl must be in the port of Tallinn, otherwise Gustav would never be able to bring out an army to search and rescue me! Because no one except Karl knows how much His Majesty values ​​me!"

Claude yelled and cut in along the system's designated route.

[Maybe you should say thank you Carl? 】

"Thank him for what? Thank him for ruining my plan?"

The boy quietly approached the settlement along the blind spot between the orc patrols. It was relatively dark inside, obviously there were not many bonfires, and the orcs were still saving fuel, and it seemed that they were planning to stay for a long time.

"I finally had a chance to face the methods of the Theocracy, but he ruined it like this." Claude sighed and braced himself, preparing to wait until Gustav handed over, and rushed in to save people .

[I don't quite understand, do you need to verify this matter so eagerly?Does the orc have that city, which will have a great impact on your next behavior? 】

"It's very big, and it will even have a great impact on the empire's next strategic deployment."

Claude dormant quietly, and he also has time to solve doubts for his interns.

"The orcs can't build a city independently, because they can't change the tradition of living by water and grass, and rely on cattle and sheep as their main source of food, and there is no way to support their own group after they settle down, so they must have external forces Intervention, that is, the intervention of Theocracy's ideas, and the material support of the business alliance, both are indispensable."

"The support of the Merchant Alliance is easy to understand. They need a lot of raw materials, especially to maintain a huge fleet. Timber and minerals can be found here, so they will definitely build a port in order to reduce transportation costs. Maybe they can buy off a few tribes, but how to persuade the entire orc race to cooperate with them instead of plundering their ports and mines is not something a group of merchants can do."

[So if there is a city, it must be the orc Khan communicating with the business alliance? 】

"Yes, and the other party's foresight is enough to make humans start to be afraid."

Claude signaled the system to draw the map in the fortress.

"Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Karelia fortress is the noose around the neck of the orcs. If it is not removed, the empire will be able to bleed the orcs here. But this fortress has been standing until today, which means that the efforts of the orcs have failed. They can only linger on, watching their race decline day by day. Natural disasters may become the last straw that overwhelms them at any time."

"The only way is to stop nomadic life and convert to farming people on the spot, but this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is difficult to act, because it is a departure from the race. Even the Khan does not It is possible for all the tribes to listen to him, not to mention it is an unimagined path, and others will obviously be more willing to drink poison to quench their thirst and endure the exploitation of the empire year after year."

Claude looked to the north, as if he wanted to penetrate the endless cold wind and directly see the city that might exist there.

"This white disaster is definitely the best reason for the orcs to withdraw from the stage of history reasonably. Those tribes that still insist on nomads either kneel before the Khan and beg for forgiveness, or go south with all their eggs in one basket and win a chance of survival from the fangs of the empire. .”

[Judging from the previous reaction of the empire, it is obvious that this situation has been expected for a long time, so the orcs going south should have no way out. 】

"Yes, the empire must think so."

The young man sighed.

"You have to know that the empire now has four full fronts, and almost all of them are long and stinky, basically equal to the borders of the empire, although the northern and eastern fronts can rely on the hatred of the people in the region for aliens. Sustaining, the initiative of the war is also in the hands of the empire, but the southern front and the western business alliance, there is really no good way to counter it—urbanization cannot be repaired on the sea.”

"Now, there is a god-given opportunity for them to wipe out the orcs. The empire will definitely do its best to resist the orcs going south, and then follow them to kill them, and completely eliminate the orcs from the empire's enemy list."

[Isn't this a good thing? 】

"It is of course a good thing to be able to reduce a battle line, but what if it can't be reduced? If they find out that the orcs and the business alliance are working together in the north, they have built a huge city, and countless alien races are recharging their energy and recharging their strengths in it. Do you think Where is the pressure now?"

【…】

Claude frowned.

"This is what worries me. It's not scary for the orcs to have a port, and it's not scary for them to turn into farming peoples. Because their population base is there, let them continue to develop, so what? There is no 50-year or 100-year Population growth, do they have the qualifications to go south? Besides, the weather in the north is not suitable for farming, and the production of food will also restrict their population growth."

"What I'm worried about is that the strategic situation in the north has changed from relying on the Karelian fortress to bleed the orcs to a situation where the orcs rely on the northern ports to bleed the empire!"

Claude pointed to the snow-capped mountains on the north side of the map that were only drawn by imagination.

"The empire has not thoroughly penetrated into the northern border so far, so if the orcs settled, they must be in a very deep place. The snow that does not melt all year round will cut off land transportation, and the barrier of ice and snow mountains is doomed. The empire is absolutely impossible. Start a war against the orcs from the land."

"As long as the orcs change going south from survival to a simple habit, the offensive and defensive situation in the northern border of the empire will be reversed, and without the supplement of cattle and sheep from the orcs, the northern line will become a terrible black hole devouring supplies."

[That's why you said that after you find a possible city, you won't expose it? 】

"Yes! I just want to make this victory solid and dead! Let the empire really think that they have completely driven the orcs into the abyss, and they can no longer pose any threat to the empire!"

[This...why?If the orcs make a comeback, it will be a heavy blow to the cohesion and morale of the empire, and it may even completely corrupt the entire northern border of the empire! 】

"In order to resist the orcs, the empire has stationed more than ten knights on the northern front all year round. This is not counting the troops participating in the battle in the middle. More than half of them are serious front-line combat troops. They have established [Mithril Magic Net], as long as the empire believes that the orcs are no longer a threat, this army can be completely liberated and become the empire's mobile force——where do you think the emperor will put this army in given the current situation in the empire?"

[It is impossible to disband in order to reduce military expenses, so it can only be on other fronts. The western front is the navy, which is useless. The confrontation in the mountainous area on the southern front cannot be crushed by the number of knights. Could it be the eastern front? ?To strengthen the pressure on the elves? 】

"Zero."

Claude criticized unceremoniously.

【…】

"Don't look at the battle lines. Doesn't the army know nothing but foreign wars?"

【You mean... the emperor will use this army to purge the nobles! 】

"Correct, the difference between the Prime Minister of Lauenburg and His Majesty the Emperor is not whether to deal with the great nobles, but how to deal with the great nobles that will cause the least damage to the country. If these ten battle-tested Gundam Knights return to the country, what will you do?" Do you think those noble knights who haven’t seen blood in a hundred years and are always guards of honor and show-offs can be their opponents?”

"I discovered the city of orcs, which means that the strategic capabilities of the Theocracy are definitely beyond this era. In that case, the current situation of the empire will actually be very dangerous. If you want to break the situation under the shadow of the Theocracy, a country that has been baptized by blood and fire A centralized regime is a must!"

Claude sneered.

"In other words, I have abandoned His Royal Highness Augustus,"

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There was a sudden noise in the distance. It was obvious that the people led by Gustav had fought against the orc patrol. Claude saw an obviously injured orc running back panting.

The orc troops in the settlement were obviously a little bit disturbed by the news. They should have been instructed that the empire would not take the initiative to send troops to attack, so they have been hiding their whereabouts all the time, but now they are encountering the attack of the regular army of the empire, which is obviously a bit beyond their control. expected.

However, the commotion was only for a short while, and soon the whole army of orcs rushed towards the direction of the encounter. The scale of the enemy was not large, and they were going to shut up all the opponents directly.

After confirming that the orc commander had also left, Claude didn't bother to sneak in, and swaggered out of the shadows.

"Sneak attack (orc language)!"

"Definition error."

The young man's fierce horizontal cut almost cut the sentinel in half with his weapon.

"It's called assassination."

All the remaining orcs rushed out, roaring and charging towards Claude, and one by one their necks were chopped off or their heads were smashed into pieces.

When the battle was over, Claude was carrying a heavy ax and a flail in his hands, and the surrounding corpses were not even intact.

"It's really troublesome to not have a blood bar. This is the only way to confirm death." Claude dropped the two weapons in his hand casually. "It doesn't meet my aesthetics."

[The area is cleared. 】

"Thank you."

He grabbed a handful of snow and wiped the blood on his hands.

"It's time to pick up the survivors."

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"Are you okay? That's good."

Carl looked at Claude with a tired face and nodded in relief.

"I... I'm sorry, I acted without asking for instructions." Claude looked a little uneasy and embarrassed, "Because we speculated that this time the orcs will destroy everything they meet, so I am very worried about the villagers there, so……"

"If you abandon your duty to do it, I will punish you severely, but you have completed your mission, Knight Claude, there is no need to criticize yourself for your good deeds, the empire needs knights like you, The more the merrier."

Carl patted him on the shoulder.