Who is the mastermind behind this? The orcs of the land...
Upon hearing Lan's reply, Bai Shui and the other orcs showed joy on their faces, but a hint of unease rose in their hearts.
They will be the orcs of Xia from now on. What kind of clan is Xia?
The beastmen who were meeting Xia for the first time did not know this.
However, Xia, who had just rescued them, kept them warm, and treated their injuries, must have been a very good clan.
Despite everything feeling pleasant and warm, Bai Shui and the other orcs felt a lightness in their bodies and minds. They were rescued, became Xia's orcs, and formed a new clan.
Is all of this real? Are they dreaming?
Bai Shui and the other orcs lay on the ground, too weak to even pinch themselves. But even without the strength to pinch themselves, they could still feel the pain in their bodies.
It will hurt; it's definitely not a dream.
The beastmen were laughing foolishly, but when they suddenly saw the captured bear beastman who had been pressed down in front of Jiang Yunlan by Yan Duoyu, they immediately stopped laughing.
The orcs from the grasslands despise the bear orcs and wish that all members of this bear orc clan would die. However, they will still listen to Lan and leave a few adult bear orcs to be brought before Lan for questioning.
The bear-beastmen, possessing the power of wood and wind, failed to be captured alive and all became corpses. However, the captured beastmen brought before Jiang Yunlan were not only bear-beastmen, but also a group of beastmen of different races who had betrayed their clans.
Jiang Yunlan sat on a large rock that the tribesmen had cleaned up, with a 022 sitting on her shoulder, Feng Hong standing beside her, and a lazy Hati lying at her feet.
"Where did you learn about your clan's ability to plunder nature?" Jiang Yunlan clasped her hands on her lap, looking down at the dozen or so bear-beastmen squatting in front of her.
The bear-beastmen were smaller than the rock squirrel-beastmen, and their bodies were tightly bound with several ropes. They were displeased to see a cub looking down at them, but forced to answer the cub's questions obediently because of the circle of Xia clan beastmen standing around with weapons.
"I don't know. Only orcs who are qualified to possess the power of nature can know about this." The bear orc's tone was very irritable. After saying this, he shut his mouth and looked down at the ground.
"clang!"
The iron objects struck the ground with a loud noise, and the orcs, including Yan Duoyu, posed a silent threat.
The group of bear-orcs, recalling the beatings they suffered when they were captured and the experiences of their other kin, reluctantly continued speaking.
“A long time ago, an orc came to find Li and the others. Perhaps it was that orc who told us. After that orc came to our clan, Chi obtained the power of fire. Later, Chi gave Duoguo the power of wood.”
"After Chi died, Duoguo led us away from the grassland where the beast tide had occurred, and while we were searching for a new habitat, that beastman reappeared. Tianfeng obtained the power of the wind, and we also settled here. That beastman left without telling us anything and left very soon."
The surviving bear-beastmen, seeing the hostile gazes of the Xia clan beastmen, sweat beaded on their foreheads and hurriedly said, "The only beastmen who know how to possess the power of nature are Chi, Duoguo, and Tianfeng. We really know nothing!"
Jiang Yunlan frowned and slowly said, "You've seen that beastman, so you should know what it looks like. What kind of beastman was it?"
The dozen or so bear-beastmen hesitated, then stammered, "We don't know."
Seeing that the Xia clan beastmen, who were eyeing them covetously, were about to attack again, they trembled and said very sincerely, "However, that beastman was about the same height as an adult long-eared rabbit beastman, and the things he was wearing were very similar to yours. We really can't remember much else."
As for the obvious claim that the orc also had ears and a tail, they didn't mention it. What orc doesn't have ears and a tail?
Of course, this excludes the egret orcs, who belong to the sky.
In the end, they even started spouting nonsense. Everything was about survival.
Seeing their scratching their heads and unable to think of anything more, Jiang Yunlan knew that she wouldn't get any more information from them by asking any further.
After the interrogation ended, she stared at these small, cute-looking bear-beastmen and couldn't understand why they didn't consider other beastmen as their own.
Even their own kind are treated differently.
Jiang Yunlan fell silent as she recalled the emaciated, wounded bear-beastmen who had been spared by their own people.
"Lan".
She heard Hati calling her and turned her head to look.
Hati lay on the ground, met her gaze, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do with them?"
Before interrogating the dozen or so adult bear-beastmen, Lan told them that she would consider letting them go if they behaved well.
"Of course, it depends on their performance," Jiang Yunlan said with a smile, though the smile didn't reach her eyes. How could she forget what she had just said?
The group of bear-beastmen shuddered inexplicably at the sight of her smile, a sense of unease creeping into their hearts. They heard the squirrel-beastman cub ask them if they recognized the beastman standing beside them.
They knew each other. There were too many orcs in the Xia clan who had been harmed by them. They didn't remember the faces of the orcs they had harmed, but they could still recognize these orcs from the grasslands.
Their keen intuition, capable of sensing danger, told them that it was best for them to remain silent.
"So you remember. Very well, now tell me, do you think you've done well? Which of you dares to say that you've never intentionally harmed a single orc?"
Hearing Jiang Yunlan's icy voice, they couldn't help but silently protest in their hearts...
That's because they're too weak.
Hearing Jiang Yunlan reveal her true thoughts, they were shocked and unconsciously widened their eyes.
“Now you are the weak ones, and you are the ones who have been captured. Does this mean that my people can treat you however they want? Because you are weak.”
The squirrel-like orc cub on the rock stared at them expressionlessly, recounting the things they had done to the orcs.
They spent the snow season naked, without food, working with their feet chained, carrying heavy loads back from afar, and enduring the beatings and insults of the orcs of summer...
The dozen or so bear-beastmen felt their breath catch in their throats. Did they really have to go through all this? They instantly hated Jiang Yunlan for saying she would treat them this way.
They listened blankly to the cub's words, thinking that it was good enough that it had survived. Once they had regained their strength, they would definitely trample the Xia orcs under their feet and make Jiang Yunlan and the other orcs taste the same bitterness they had tasted.
Jiang Yunlan counted the injuries from the lightest to the heaviest, staring at the group of unrepentant bear-beastmen, and said indifferently, "And your bodies, your bodies torn apart. We don't have that much strength, but we have knives. Starting with your hands and feet, we'll cut off your limbs one by one. That should feel the same as your bodies being torn apart."
"Don't worry, we'll be very careful. We'll make sure you feel the excruciating pain of your body being torn apart to the extreme." She finished speaking, a smile curving her lips. It didn't look like a smile; it looked more like a threat.
Only then did the bear-beastman feel a strong sense of crisis, and seeing Xia's beastmen approaching them, they finally became afraid.
They suddenly felt empathy for the orcs they had hurt and kept apologizing and begging for forgiveness.
Hearing their apology, Jiang Yunlan sighed deeply. "You didn't let them off the hook back then either. Do you still think the weak should suffer the harm you inflict?"
The bear-orc shook his head, breaking down in tears.
Jiang Yunlan was exhausted. She closed her eyes, then slowly opened them, and said coldly, "Use the poison I made to deal with them."
She couldn't be as disrespectful of life as they were, but her poison was far more painful than a simple stab to the head.
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