"I didn't expect that the wizard was right after all; beastmen really have come to the Great Wilderness Plains."
"Yes, with a wizard in charge this time, we must wipe out these wicked beastmen and make them disappear from this continent completely!"
"There's no time to lose. Go back and tell everyone to poison the food and water. Tomorrow, we'll just wait for those beastmen to come and capture us. The Great Wilderness Plains aren't as resource-rich as the forests, so the beastmen will definitely eat our food. Once they've eaten it, they'll be completely at our mercy. Hahaha..."
Hearing these words from the bushes, Su Tang's face darkened.
Orcs have much more sensitive hearing than humans, and even from dozens of meters away, Su Tang could clearly hear conversations in the distance.
From a distance, it appeared to be several humans gathered and talking under the tree.
A small flame flickered in front of the group, illuminating several sinister, cunning, and monkey-like faces.
"But what if they don't come?"
"Don't worry, the wizard said that these beastmen are in league with the Divine Tree Tribe. We deliberately let those beastmen discover us today. Once they find our hiding place, they will definitely come tomorrow."
"These idiots must think that capturing us is all they need to do. Little do they know that they themselves are the prey that walk right into our hands, hahaha!"
The group exchanged glances, all revealing sinister smiles.
Hu Shen's eyes were dark and unfathomable. He quietly left the place while the humans were completely unaware.
"Hu Shen..." Once out of the human race's sight, Su Tang's fingers tightened.
"Tang, thanks to you today, otherwise I wouldn't have known that the human race had already dug a trap for us to fall into."
Hu Shen's voice was low and deep, still feeling a lingering fear.
Su Tang never expected that her simple desire to go out and explore would actually lead her to such a situation.
"Hu Shen, what do we do now?"
"Go back first." Hu Shen's eyes darkened. Now that he knew, he would never allow his people to suffer any harm.
The weak human race also dared to dream of annihilating the orcs.
Utterly ridiculous!
The two returned the way they came, arriving back at the camp close to midnight.
As soon as they returned to the camp, they saw several orcs standing outside their tent.
"What should I do? I called him several times, but he didn't respond."
"Why don't we report back tomorrow? Perhaps the king has already gone to bed and doesn't want to get up."
Several orcs hesitated; these were the very people who had been sent out to scout ahead that day.
Hu Shen stopped behind the group and asked in a cold voice:
"How's the investigation going?"
The group of people who heard the sound were startled and turned around to find Hu Shen right behind them. They quickly lowered their heads.
"Your Majesty, we have discovered several humans nearby. Following them, we also found that there are dozens of other humans living in this area."
“This group of humans has water and food. They don’t seem to be from a tribe. We didn’t alert them and came back after finding their location.”
"Your Majesty, should we go and capture these humans tomorrow and ask them about the human tribe? They live here, so they must know something!"
Hearing what the orcs said, Hu Shen's expression turned somewhat ugly.
They didn't fail to alert the enemy; rather, they had already been discovered by the humans.
However, the other party probably doesn't know their exact number of people yet.
If he hadn't overheard the humans' words, he would have done as they suggested, capturing them and stealing their food for supplies.
The thought that these humans had used him as bait sent a chill down his spine.
Humans are indeed cunning.
We almost fell into their trap!
"I understand. You may leave now. I will give you further instructions tomorrow."
Hu Shen's eyes darkened slightly, and he waved for the orcs to go down and rest.
It was late at night, and the orcs had been traveling all day, so he naturally wouldn't wake them up at this time.
At Su Tang's insistence, Hu Shen also went back to his tent to sleep.
The next morning, the orcs were all ready to go.
Before setting off, Su Tang told Su Shiwei and Lin Shanyue about her discovery from the previous day.
Upon hearing this, both of them felt a chill run down their spines.
Hu Shen also ordered all orcs to refrain from touching any human food or water.
Half a day later.
Under a row of low trees, dozens of humans were tied together in a ball.
Beside them were a dozen or so simple wooden huts.
Yingjie and his men gathered a pile of food and miscellaneous supplies and piled them on the ground.
Seeing that the orcs had found all the food, the bound human's eyes revealed a hint of smugness.
Eat up! Once you've eaten this food, the orcs will be at their mercy.
They wanted to make the self-proclaimed powerful beastmen grovel before them and beg for mercy.
However, the humans waited expectantly for a long time, but the orcs did not touch their food and water.
Seeing the orcs take out their own food and not even glance at the supplies they had plundered, the humans gradually began to panic.
"What's going on? Why are these beastmen different from before?"
"The beastmen clearly ate our food before, and we also drugged the nearby lake water. Even if they didn't eat it, they should have been affected by the poison by now!"
The humans looked at each other, a bad feeling creeping into their hearts.
...
"Your Majesty, we found...we found the remains of over a hundred orcs at the foot of the nearby mountains..."
“We just captured some humans to test them. They ate the food and drank the nearby water, and then they all lost consciousness.”
"Your Majesty, these humans are guarding this place, using these methods to kill the orcs!"
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