While the village of Berg in the Karen Kingdom was still in darkness, after traveling more than 2,000 kilometers to the northwest and crossing the huge mountain range that separated the Karen Kingdom, Sauron, the orc chief who was lying on a luxurious bed, suddenly woke up from his dream. woke up.
He sat up with cold sweat all over his face, subconsciously touched the side with his right hand, and only after holding the heavy chain hammer did he calm down.
But the pictures and information in the dream kept Sauron awake for a long time. He stared at the religious oil painting on the wall in front of him in a daze for a long time, and finally took a deep breath and stood up.
This is the territory of the "Cassat Kingdom" among the eastern countries of the Karen Kingdom. At this time, the castle where Sauron was located originally belonged to Earl Lynch, but the latter's family consisted of sixteen people from three generations. At this time, the corpses were all hung on the city wall. On the outside, it frightened the surviving citizens in the outer city.
This is the northern core of the Cassatt Kingdom, the "Les Fortress", which is the city that Rody saw in the "Karen Times" that was captured by the orcs in half a day.
According to the style of the orcs, the only way to do it after capturing a human town is to rob the food and supplies, kill all the people, and then burn it to clean.
Because they are used to the nomadic life of living in no fixed place. In the human world where everyone shouts to fight, finding a fixed residence is like setting up a target and waiting for others to fight...
But now, Sauron allowed the remaining 2,000 orcs to actually set up camp here, and even pretended to use it as a base.
He did not engage in massacres or purges, and the entire "Fortress of Les" died of nobles from the ruling class. Ordinary people basically survived—but Sauron did not show mercy and let them continue their own business activities, but directly beheaded those who disobedient, controlled and enslaved the rest, and sent them all to the outside of the city to dig deep moats and strengthen them. The city wall and let them serve as slaves to help hoard supplies and food.
The reason is that Sauron realized that if he took his tribe to hide in the mountains and forests, he would only suffer unimaginable losses when winter came.
However, the military strength of the eastern countries was far weaker than that of the Karen Kingdom. After several tentative attacks, he completely changed his strategic goals and chose to take the initiative.
"Chief!"
Seeing Sauron walk out of the bedroom, the guard at the door stood up straight and shouted rumblingly.
Sauron nodded and continued to walk out. When he arrived at the restaurant on the first floor, the human maid with a frightened expression had already placed roast chicken, milk and a large plate of bread.
In addition to the orc guards, there was a middle-aged human with a flattering expression bowing to say hello seven or eight meters away from the table. Sauron was used to this, and went directly to the table without saying a word, sitting alone in the large chair. He started to eat, and he didn't raise his eyelids until he ate half of the roast chicken, and asked the middle-aged man who bowed until his legs were trembling, "Is the investigation clear?"
"Yes! Lord Chief... We have checked many times, and we can be sure that the magic tower in Florence City has what you said..."
When answering the question, Gong's head almost touched the ground.
This is also the normal state of the humans living in the city now—either they become trembling slaves like maids, or they use their talents to serve the orcs.
Originally, most people were unwilling to bow their heads to the stinking orcs. Sauron's countermeasure was very simple: those who resisted the most fiercely beheaded directly, and those who remained silent were ignored for the time being. He did not simply rely on massacres to intimidate the remaining group of people, but instead defended the city. After the three batches of troops who came to rescue were pushed back by the wind, these people in the city basically gave up their original persistence...
The people with backbone had been killed. In order for the remaining people to survive, it was obviously not something they could not accept to serve the orcs.
But at this time, Sauron showed kindness: for the first human being willing to stand up to serve him, such as the low-level mage in front of him, he did not hesitate to reward him with a lot of money, and even let him choose a woman at will to enjoy, and gave various privilege.
After coming and going, these guys no longer have any psychological barriers in doing things. They work hard for Sauron every day, and when they go back at night, they will slap hard on those women who were unattainable before, or use their own privileges to satisfy those evil cravings in their hearts. .
Up to now, Sauron's rule in the city has been basically stable. Even though the number of orcs is not large, he has gained control over the city and nearby villagers because he has controlled enough humans.
But all of this is based on the fact that "orcs have super fighting power".
The orcs in the past were much stronger than humans in terms of strength alone, but generally speaking, their strength was limited. Once they were applied to battle formations, the difference would be easily smoothed out by equipment and military literacy.
But the orcs now have undergone great changes.
Since being affected by the wave before the closing of the Devil's Gate on the battlefield of Karen Kingdom, the strength of Sauron and the orcs in his clan has greatly improved: the strength of ordinary orcs has greatly improved, and the originally thin Guy, after the food was abundant, they all turned into muscular sticks. This level of strength is obviously beyond common sense. After all, the orcs on the way to escape have no time to exercise, nor do they often fight. According to the normal adjustment function of the body, long-term On the contrary, marching will make their muscle lines softer and their bodies thinner.
But after crossing the mountains and coming to the Eastern Kingdom, the orc soldiers who had been following Sauron almost swelled up like balloons, and their height was even more than ten centimeters taller on average.
Sauron himself, as the most powerful "witch doctor" in the tribe, not only became the strongest among them, but also advanced by leaps and bounds in witchcraft: the orc warriors and wolf cavalry who have been blessed by his witchcraft at present, the impact and combat power All are not the same as before.
The lowest point of the city wall of the "Fortress of Les" where Sauron is currently located is five meters, but in front of the orc warriors who have been blessed by witchcraft, the city wall is like a hurdle, and they can climb up without hindrance.
When they attacked before, they didn't even borrow the siege equipment, and the two teams that simply attacked took control of the city wall!
Such a change made Sauron full of confidence, and it was also the main reason why he dared to defend the city.
However, after breakfast, the subordinates of several tribes who came to participate in the "military and political discussion" were obviously not as calm as Sauron—
"Chief, if we don't attack again, I'm afraid the fourth group of humans will be assembled and come over!"
"Why don't we take the initiative to attack now? Those guys are simply vulnerable!"
The few warlords who spoke were tall, each over two meters tall, and their shoulders were as wide as a wall. When they spoke excitedly, they would hit the table with their fists, which resulted in many cracks on the wooden table in front of them.
Sauron didn't argue, he just waved his hand, and the four warlords fell silent.
Obviously, Sauron's status and prestige were extremely high, and none of these four beastly warlords dared to act recklessly in front of him.
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