Chapter 281
Xu and Xiangcao were also there that day, and their moods began to darken.
"Alas, it's all the fault of those bastards in the kingdom." Notting said indignantly.
"What's going on?" Yu Sui couldn't help but ask when he heard there was something behind the scenes.
Notting looked at the expressions of Qi and the others, then leaned forward to look at the distance between the tiger tribe and them, then he lay down and spoke quietly.
"Do you know why there are so few cubs? Because before the Golden Kingdom planned to sell small orcs as commodities to humans, the first thing they sold were small orc cubs."
Yu Sui's pupils shrank, and he opened his mouth in shock, and the half-eaten bun almost fell onto the table.
He asked in disbelief: "What? Are they crazy? No matter which tribe of orcs they are, the cubs are the foundation. How can this be possible!"
Notting's face was filled with contempt. "How precious are orc cubs? Even though the rabbit tribe reproduces faster than us, their cub survival rate is still low. The kingdom is pushing the small orcs towards extinction."
Vanilla's cold voice echoed, "They deserved it. They touched the cubs, causing the small orcs to riot. I don't know how many died before a few escaped. But the kingdom attacked the cubs first, especially the cat and rabbit cubs, who were the most popular with the human nobles. Almost all of them were captured, and only a few escaped. By the time it was Dahua's turn to capture them, only that one remained."
"And he was able to escape because his fur color is unpopular. It is said that in the human world, black is an ominous color." Xu added expressionlessly.
Unconsciously, Yu Sui clenched his hands, and the surging anger almost drowned him, "It's so hateful, so hateful!"
Qi patted his head soothingly and said in a low voice, "The kingdom has fallen to this point, it has really cut off its own path."
No wonder, Yu Sui's heart was filled with huge waves. No wonder only one kitten escaped from nearly three hundred orcs.
It is obvious that orcs value their cubs. When escaping, they always take the cubs with them first. Even if there are many dangers on the road and the cubs' bodies cannot withstand it, the proportion difference will not be so great.
Yu Sui has the original owner's memory and also remembers the original plot. In the original book, due to emotional frustration, the original owner did many excessive things and almost sent the entire tribe to death. The punishment was just being expelled from the tribe.
If the original owner hadn't been so weak, he wouldn't have died of hunger and cold outside shortly after being driven out.
This shows the orcs' attitude towards the cubs. Now the Golden Kingdom is attacking the cubs for profit. If this matter were to be spread, it would definitely cause an uproar.
Human nobles buy orc cubs. Some of them buy them as pets because they like them. There are also some humans with disgusting habits who deliberately abuse the cubs. There are even humans who like to watch the bloody scenes of orcs and monsters killing each other.
In his previous life, Yu Sui had heard a lot about the Colosseum in ancient Europe. He thought that considering the level of civilization of the people there, the bloody scenes were similar. It was a cruel game exclusively for the nobility.
Yu Sui, who came from a civilized society and had received nine years of compulsory education, really didn't understand why anyone would like to watch that kind of scene. He felt chilled just thinking about it.
Orcs fight monsters for survival, which is a natural law. However, if monsters are raised in captivity to fight orcs, and their bloody and cruel side is deliberately displayed, then the "audience" who likes to watch it will be no different from the beasts.
Even if they are treated a little better as pets, orcs are intelligent. Human nobles raise them like wild beasts. When the orcs grow up, become larger in size or look more ferocious, these people will abandon them in disgust. What will be the fate of these orcs?
The Golden Kingdom actually pushed its own people towards those cruel humans. Yu Sui had no idea what was going on in the mind of the orc who made this decision.
He looked with pity at Maomao, who was sitting alone between Hank and Fenfen eating, and felt very sympathetic towards the little guy.
But Maomao was already lucky. At least he escaped and could stay in the Heitu tribe.
His friends were not so lucky. Those who escaped were probably caught by the soldiers sent by the other side, and they didn't know what they would face.
Not to mention the cubs that have already been sold, who may now be suffering inhumane treatment. Even if they are kept as pets, in order not to harm the "honorable" noble lords and ladies, they will be trained until the cubs do not do anything to harm humans.
This reminded Yu Sui of the tigers and lions in animal performances. Often, for money, the teeth and claws of these beasts would be pulled out so that the audience would come forward to take photos with them.
Although he is a human at heart, he has lived with orcs for such a long time and still has the memories of his original owner. In his heart, orcs are of the same kind, and the people of the Black Map tribe are like family members.
Yu Sui couldn't imagine how he would feel if his fellow tribesmen were treated like this one day.
It seems that the tiger tribe including Dahua also disagree with the kingdom's actions, otherwise they would not have told them this.
He had thought before that for the sake of these small orcs, Dahua and others had to stay in the Heitu tribe for such a long time, which was a huge risk. Was it just a matter of sympathy for the others?
It turns out there is another reason.
These were all glossed over in the original novel, and Yu Sui didn't know when Xiaochu's mother would ascend the throne and end all this tragedy.
Even if slavery still exists in the Golden Kingdom in the end, at least they and their cubs should not be sold to humans.
Yu Sui deeply hated his own powerlessness.
The orcs who escaped were only a very small part. There were still tens of thousands of small orcs serving as slaves in the kingdom, as well as their cubs. No one knew how many of them had been sold to humans, and what they were going through at this moment.
"From this perspective, the Golden Kingdom is not as good as the elves. At least the elves will not treat their own kind as slaves, let alone sell them as commodities." Yu Sui murmured.
No one objected to this statement. Although Xu, Xiangcao, Notting and others at the same table looked unhappy, they did not say anything.
Coming back to his senses, Yu Sui realized that he had said the wrong thing, and silently picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. However, the delicious bamboo shoot and meat dumpling had no taste at this time.
Xu sighed, "Although I hate those elves, Xiao Yu Sui is right. Elves value their own kind very much, and something like this will never happen."
"I'm sorry." Yu Sui whispered an apology for his thoughtless words.
He shouldn't compare the elves with the Golden Kingdom. After all, the Golden Kingdom was the enemy of the orcs, and many members of the Snow Wolf Tribe had died at the hands of the elves. It was really inappropriate to say that. He was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't react.
Xiangcao picked up a piece of bamboo shoot for him and said, "Don't blame yourself. You are telling the truth."
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