Chapter 331 Behind the Peace

Rand arrived at the northern part of the White Country, on the border with the Takagi Kingdom.

He also encountered a messenger from the White Kingdom returning from the Takagi Kingdom.

The messenger told Rand that the Tallwood Kingdom had not been invaded by orcs.

There had been no news before because they were planning to go south to plunder.

In order to support this war against the orcs, the Gaomu Kingdom also paid a lot, and a large number of troops and financial resources were sent to the front line.

The Takagi Kingdom, which had been living a relatively comfortable life, suddenly became a little tight on financial matters.

At this time, semi-bandit countries like the Takagi Kingdom and the Ice Sea Kingdom have to recall their old ways.

That is looting! In the south, the southern kingdom is now suffering from the harm of the undead. It must be a good time to loot when the defense is empty! Southerners are generally richer than northern barbarians. After all, a warmer environment can grow more food, and some places can even grow rice.

With one season of rice and one season of wheat, the income can be very considerable.

However, after the envoy from the White Country arrived, the Takagi Kingdom decided to postpone it for the time being.

They didn't know who Rand was, and his reputation didn't spread that far. The high-ranking officials of the White Kingdom knew of Rand's title as Wind Chaser because they were close enough to him, and many ministers had visited the Crescent Territory with the White King.

After all, no matter how legendary he was, Rand only won a local battle.

Although the battle took only a few days to destroy countless castles, it also led to the capture of the legendary hero Prince Alex.

The reason why Takagi Kingdom made such a decision was naturally because of the White King.

At least the member states of the Northern Alliance are very clear about the extent of the White King's strategic vision and personal courage.

Since the White King has sent people to warn us, delaying the looting plan is not a big deal.

The orcs are still a greater threat.

Rand signaled the messenger to go to the royal city to report the news to the ministers.

Then it stops at the border between the White Kingdom and the Takagi Kingdom.

Since there has been no orc invasion yet, the sovereignty of the Takagi Kingdom still needs to be respected.

There is a castle on the border between the White Kingdom and the Takagi Kingdom.

A group of knights had already been transferred here.

Now with the addition of Edward's Snow Wolf Knights and Rand's Guards, they have become a formidable fighting force.

If this place had not been invaded by orcs, these military forces would have been a waste, and would have hindered the northeastern front where the White King is now.

However, there is no perfect solution to war.

Rand entered the city with his personal guards and the Snow Wolf Knights.

This is an ordinary border city. In addition to the transferred knights and the knights' auxiliary laborers, there are also normal citizens living here.

After entering the city, Rand ordered the troops to station there, and he himself went up to the city wall to inspect.

Winter is coming, the weather is dry and the wind is cold, but it is still a long way from snowing.

…

The orc commander brought his fleet to the waters near the Takagi Kingdom.

The orcs also have the ability to build ships, but these large ships were all stolen from the Principality of Green Shadow.

They also found out through torture that the waters surrounding the Takagi Kingdom were full of reefs and had complex ocean currents.

If it weren't for the experienced sailors who were familiar with the local area, it would be impossible to sail a large ship to the coastline of Takagi Kingdom and land.

But the orcs also knew that there was a White King in the White Kingdom.

The representative of all extreme cold in the world, the controller of the wind and snow.

The White King must not be strong enough to destroy an entire legion by himself. If that were the case, the White Kingdom would have annexed the entire north long ago. However, the Knights of the White Kingdom are also a powerful enemy that cannot be ignored.

If the White King personally leads the knights of the White Kingdom to defend the border, then even if the orcs completely break through the northern defense line and march on the border in large numbers, they will have to pay a huge price to defeat the White King and destroy the main defense force of the White Kingdom.

Therefore, the orc generals planned to attack from two fronts so that the White King would be unable to take care of both ends.

Once the White King is exhausted, it will be much easier to deal with him.

Moreover, they also heard from the Cuiying Kingdom that the White King had a powerful enemy that he had been unable to deal with.

On the big ship, the orcs asked the shamans to bring out a large vat with red liquid flowing inside.

The orc general scooped a spoonful himself and poured it into his mouth.

On the big ship, countless orcs with muscular bodies and protruding fangs lined up to drink the liquid.

The orcs made a deal with Purgatory.

There will definitely be no good results from using this kind of thing.

But they don't care.

Orcs and humans have been fighting for the land for survival for a long time, but strong muscles are no match for sophisticated weapons and armor.

After years of war, the orcs were driven out of the North and struggled to survive in that frozen land.

Orcs are actually a general term. Most of them are green-skinned humanoid creatures, but there are also creatures like harpies and trolls who have joined the orc tribe.

In fact, there are even rarer races such as frost giants and beastmen who have joined the orc army, but they are only a minority.

The majority are still green-skinned orcs, and other races do not have a high status in the orc tribe.

Except for the Frost Giants, of course.

After seeing countless of their people die from lack of food and the endless snow and ice, the three largest tribes of orcs formed the Orc Royal Court and cooperated with Purgatory.

This is the "fire soup" that the orcs drink today.

After drinking it, you will lose your sense of pain, taste, smell, and a small part of your sanity.

But in exchange for these, one can gain strong physical fitness and powerful physical recovery ability.

It will just gradually weaken over time.

Maybe he will eventually become so weak that he will die.

But it doesn't matter.

The anchor was dropped, and large orc ships were moored on the sea.

The orc warriors lined up to drink the "fire soup", and flowing red lines appeared on their dark green or gray-green skin.

The same was true for the leading orc general, this exceptionally strong orc had lines appearing on his body.

He is not good at naval battles and does not have any excellent command skills.

But these are not needed now.

The exceptionally strong orc leader shouted in Orcish: "For the land! For the clan!"

The deep voice was not loud.

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Then the command flag was raised, and the orcs on the surrounding large ships all knew that the time to attack had come.

The orc soldiers did not shout slogans because the general had already stated in advance that they were fighting in secret and a roar that was too loud might wake up the defenders on the coastline.

One after another the small canoes were lowered onto the large ship.

It is definitely difficult for a large ship to pass through the waters of the Gaomu Kingdom, but a small wooden boat may be able to do so.

Although the small wooden boat can be easily swept away by the ocean current, it will hit the reef in the water and then capsize or even break into pieces.

But the orcs on the ship will not die immediately.

They would hold on to the broken pieces of wood and continue to push their feet against the freezing cold water towards the coastline.

Orcs don't receive much training.

But the orcs who can survive in the harsh environment of the North are strong and tenacious.

They were unable to form a strict formation, but they had a clear goal.

In the fall and winter, the sea water is extremely cold.

Low-temperature seawater can take away a living creature's entire body temperature in a short period of time.

But after drinking the "fire soup", the burning heat from purgatory can, in a sense, counteract some of the cold.

It can allow the orcs to stay in the cold sea for a while longer.

This certainly won’t be long, but the coastline isn’t that far away either.

The ocean currents and cold winds carried the small boats forward, and soon many of them were overturned by the waves for various reasons.

The orc with dark red lines on his body was swept into the sea.

Some orcs were pulled out of the water by their fellow orcs on a passing boat, while others clung to broken pieces of wood and kicked the sea water with their feet to move forward.

Of course, there are many more who sank into the sea forever, and only their corpses floated up.

All was silent, or rather, the only sound was the sound of the waves hitting the deck.

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After receiving the warning from the White King's messenger, the high-ranking officials of the Takagi Kingdom took it very seriously.

However, the specific nobles and pirates of the Ice Sea Kingdom did not take the issue very seriously.

In other words, although they take it seriously, they feel they can easily deal with possible crises.

Because the probability of orcs actually landing is too low.

If the orcs could really attack the Takagi Kingdom from the seaside, then there would only be a few fixed locations.

The sea conditions of the Takagi Kingdom are very complicated. Over the years, the sailors of the Takagi Kingdom have only figured out a few routes for going out and entering.

In theory, the orcs would not know these routes.

However, after discussion, the remnants of the Takagi Kingdom and the Ice Sea Kingdom felt that the orcs might have captured some prisoners from the Ice Sea Kingdom, and these prisoners might know these routes.

As for other routes, they are simply impossible to cross.

If the orcs really tried to land on the coastline of the Takagi Kingdom from other routes, then the nobles of the Takagi Kingdom would laugh instead.

The reefs and currents will help them bring destruction to the orcs.

Well, now that the White King has given them a warning, they just need to patrol the possible landing sites carefully.

Once the White King drives back the orcs' army that has crossed the defense line, they can look for an opportunity to plunder southwards.

Now they just need to hold their fixed positions.

They knew that the orcs had gained special powers, but they were also well aware that they had not turned into monsters that were invulnerable to swords and guns, and could not be drowned or frozen to death.

Then we only need to install a large number of crossbows in the possible landing places, and no matter how many orcs come, they will be swallowed by the sea.

Just as the humans of the Takagi Kingdom arranged their troops in several fixed locations, the nobles were still enjoying the fruits harvested in autumn in the castles and cities.

Amid the raging waves, the first orc's boat ran aground on the coastline.

The orc's soles, with flowing dark red lines, stepped onto the beach on the southern coast.

It seems that the plan went smoothly. No human guessed that they would split their forces into two groups, one to contain the terrifying White King, and the other to land here.

The first orc to land looked back at the surging sea behind him and saw that many orc ships were already approaching the coastline.

All I saw were fierce and violent eyes.

(End of this chapter)