65. Chapter 65 Roddy's troubles
Without continuing to stay in the chief's tent, the Sarotta witch doctor left at the right time. After traveling for several kilometers on a wolf, he returned to the village he ruled.
The orcs have extremely simple ruling structures. The people under the chief have basically no titles. They divide their forces based on the chief's trust. The powerful deputy, descendants, witch doctors and shamans like Sarota may each rule one or several villages, which is somewhat similar to the human lord feudal system.
At this time, he returned to the village under his control. Sarota's expression of panic just now had long disappeared, and his hunched body also stood up straight. After walking into the tent, he casually placed the wooden stick on a special exquisite wooden stand, and then changed into an exquisite linen robe made by humans, and put on boots that most orcs would not wear.
Sitting in front of a slightly simple wooden table, Sarota, in a long robe, except for his facial features that prove that he is an orc, if he only looks at his back, he is completely the same as an anthropologist.
The decorative style of the Sarota tent is very different from that of Chief Rohal. Although it is also a circular space, the most common ones here are books.
The orcs' writings are far less complicated than humans and have a long history. Very few orcs can write books, so a large part of the books here are written in human Bringa - as for the source, they are naturally related to the son of the duke...
"Sir Sarota, your student is asking for a visit."
Shortly after sitting down, the servant's words came from outside the tent. Sarota, who was picking up a piece of grass sandpaper, raised his head and signaled the other party to come in. The orc who walked into the tent was not old but strong, but unlike other orcs, his eyes were not as aggressive as the orcs. On the contrary, he had a cunning similar to Sarota.
"teacher."
The orc stepped to the wooden table of Sarota, bowed to say hello, with a restrained expression and full of respect in his words.
"Ha, I've just been back for a few minutes... It seems that you are very concerned about my next plan?"
His fingertips unconsciously rubbed the dice made of bones, and it was obvious that Sarota did not regard the "student" in front of him as an outsider, and his state at this time did not have any disguise.
The humble student lowered his head and whispered: "Every time I think of what the teacher said to me, I will think... If such a plan succeeds, this chaotic kingdom... may really have hope of unity! So I really look forward to it..."
"Ha, it's still too early to say this." Sarota threw out the voodoo dice, thought for a moment and whispered: "It should be the best result now. The chief assigned me a team of seventy people again. In addition to Xhosa and hundreds of wolf cavalry teams, they are not afraid of all the blows on the human border."
"Teacher, Xhosa--"
"Xosa will not fail." Sarota shook his head, "Don't worry about him. Only the warriors who have failed can truly be cautious in their work. Their team will not be in any danger. When the scouts saw him, they could only escape."
The young orc nodded to show his teaching, then thought for a while and asked, "Teacher, I can't figure out why the team that intercepted the nobles would... fail?"
Sarota raised his eyelids slightly, but he did not look angry. Although it was a failed action, when he spoke it out, he did not make any defense for himself in front of the students:
"Failed. Haha, there are actually not so many reasons. I didn't expect that all plans would be disrupted by a scout team halfway. How could such a difficult scout in Fenx Village have? I don't know, but what I know is that next time, I won't give the other party a room to maneuver."
The witch doctor's words were strong and confident. It was obvious that the dead orcs could not shake his iron determination and will.
"The Everta Territory will gradually fall into chaos under our attack, and what we have to do next is to seize this opportunity..."
"Teacher, didn't that human count say, he will-"
"He is not as reliable as he imagined." Sarota waved his hand, and could see that he was not satisfied with the cooperation with Francis. "We are different from humans after all. For them, cooperation is always temporary. That short-sighted guy can even betray his relatives for power... Think about it, he really feels sad for humans."
"When the rainy season ends, we will start building new outposts again. My students, next we will deal with those humans and avenge the warriors of the tribe. Then you will follow me."
After hearing this news, the young orc named raised his head excitedly, and obviously understood that Sarota had already recognized his abilities - in the orc tribe, such recognition means that Sarota had decided to pass on the profession of "witch doctor" to this young apprentice.
As if he had seen those beautiful prospects, Sarota's most proud student bowed his head deeply and said loudly:
"Student Zoro... will always follow in your footsteps!"
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After the heavy rain, the air always has the unique fresh smell of the grassland.
In mild but not hot climates, Nolan Village always seems to be in this calm attitude. Since August, there have always been caravans coming and going between these villages, sometimes with eight or nine horses. The carriages are loaded with all kinds of goods, and parked in the village to sell some things that farmers and civilians find rare.
The merchants actually take into account the role of information transmission. Sometimes there are bards performing here, or singing songs to win some cheers and copper coins, and sometimes they also talk about gossips that have happened recently around the kingdom - things like a duke's wife is out of trouble, and a lord throws gloves at whom a duel.
During this period, Roddy relied on several copper plates to exchange for news about Sally. It sounded neither good nor bad: Francis' ugly face was not discovered by the civilians, and he was still wandering between various banquets, and Sally remained safely in the monastery. It is believed that both of them were still making a secret arrangement at this time, waiting to find the next opportunity to take action.
The stalemate is temporarily, and this is good news for Roddy.
Roddy had a lot of things to do in his mind, but there were priorities. At this time, taking advantage of the rainy season that had not yet ended, it was a good opportunity to eliminate the orc threats as much as possible. Roddy naturally would not first think about how to deal with the housework of the Russiflon family. What he did now was to beat the orcs and be afraid of them - with a team of less than 30 people, the other party was trapped in a more intense civil strife, thereby weakening his strength.
He had already sorted out the remaining plans on parchment paper, and he wrote all about business, politics, and connections. He just waited to implement them one by one.
The materials for making bows and forging have been prepared, but Roddy did not immediately start making new weapons because of a problem with "skill level"...
The main reason is the level of the item: the equipment made by Roddy can only be below his own level. Just like the "Saughter Set", although its attributes are fierce, it is level 4 after all. If it is level 6 or level 8, the bonus will probably be half the extra. So after thinking for a long time, he decided to postpone the date of making a new bow. After this upgrade journey, it is more cost-effective to directly create a higher-level bow.
These days, when he transformed leather armor for all the soldiers in the team and strengthened it with various advanced materials, he also found some differences from the past - when the materials used were a little more complicated, the steps that could be completed with "system assistance" in the past became extremely difficult.
It's okay to use works like "Saoist Set" that use only a single material, but when he replaced these leather armor with fine treatment and strengthening, he found that many of the steps could not be successful in one go by himself, and some parts would even be barely completed after trying them seventeen or eighteen times.
Chapter completed!