"The Fang... sank..." Abbas thoughtfully asked Haru again, who was lying on the bed: "Are you sure that the lightning strike was not some kind of magic used by the orcs?"

"I'm not sure, but I feel it may be the magic used by the orcs. When we retreated, the orc ships chased us fiercely, but they have proved through previous battles that they are not as good as us in naval battles, but they still chased us

He didn't let go, as if he was trying to drive us away." The weak Haru struggled to get up unwillingly and said: "As for the lightning strike... I really can't describe the terrifying scene, but even if it is magic,

I don't think it was used by the orcs. After all, if they really had this ability, they wouldn't have fallen to this. They should have gone back to restore the orc dynasty long ago. As for that kind of thunder and lightning, I really don't want to believe that it is actually a kind of thunder and lightning.

Magic. But I think there is no way to deal with it. At least the reason why we can survive is because of the magic defense props on the ship. But other compatriots... they are following most of them directly in front of my eyes.

The hull of the ship was reduced to ashes..."

"I don't suspect that you are lying. Have a good rest first, and I will figure this out." Abbas helped Haru lie down again, then comforted him with a few words and left the room.

In fact, in the afternoon, Haru and the others came back in a state of disarray. Only Abbas felt that something was wrong, but before he could ask Haru and the jackals who came back with him, they were all exhausted and passed out.

A few sailors who were a little more experienced also fainted after simply mentioning that the Tusk sank and that they ran all the way back from the Tusk Coast.

Obviously Abbas was still very shocked by this at first, but he was not completely surprised that the Fang was sunk, but he was even more surprised why Haru and the others were so anxious to run back. You must know that it is so far away from the Fang coast.

The path to Zanaira is usually along the coast east to the lighthouse town at the exit of the fjord, and then from the lighthouse town or by land or water to the north to Zanaila. Haru, which is inside the fjord. However, they do not seem to follow this route.

The road back is to run straight back from somewhere on the Fang Coast in the direction of Zanara. Although it is the shortest distance, the distance along the way is not less than 2,30 kilometers, so Haru

It is normal for them to be so tired that they collapse and faint.

You must know that although the body of the Jackal is strong and he can run as fast as flying, the endurance of the Jackal is not too strong. In terms of distance, if a human and a Jackal are allowed to compete for speed, then the Jackal may have one leg.

Jumping and jumping can easily catch up with humans who walk as fast as flying, but if the jackals simply compete with humans in long-distance running, the jackals will be so tired after about 10 kilometers that they can only lie on the ground, twitching and panting.

Haru and the group of guys he brought back are considered to be the elites of the tribe in terms of physique, so they can run dozens of kilometers in one go. But Haru would not choose to run away in such a hurry.

It was a whim, and I'm afraid it had quite crucial news to convey. Unfortunately, Haru's physique was still slightly weaker than other compatriots. In fact, before it woke up, the other gnolls who came back had almost recovered.

And Abbas has learned roughly all the contents from their mouths.

The reason why Abbas still listens to Haru's words is not to determine whether it is lying, but to analyze and understand from its perspective why the Fang suffered such terrible things out of thin air when it was sailing at sea.

Lightning strike. However, it is obvious that based on this result, Haru did not have any definite and useful information. However, it has become more vigilant towards the orcs after this incident. And the reason for the vigilance is not because it was struck by lightning.

But in the previous brief naval battle with the orcs, it was discovered that the individual combat power of the orcs was indeed much stronger than that of the gnolls.

Abbas had sensed this problem during the previous attack outside Lighthouse Town. After all, there were only two orcs who attacked the gnoll team, but the gnoll team had more than a dozen strong gnoll warriors. At first, Abbas

This is the key factor why Bas could not accept this result, so he was holding back his anger on the way back. But later after fighting Azmat, he was determined to be one of the members of the attack.

, and therefore after experiencing the pressure of fighting him personally, Azmat gradually understood why those dozen Jackal warriors died in the hands of two orcs. Of course, Abbas also worried about the consequences of the attack.

The identity of another orc, but considering Azmat's special characteristics, Abbas could only make do with it and classify the other person as Azmat's follower, or probably a nobody.

But no matter what, Abbas is still very concerned about the individual combat effectiveness of the orcs. After all, there will definitely be conflicts with the orcs in the future. If he does not do some targeted investigation in advance, he will suffer a big loss.

Abbas slowly left the hull house and came outside. At this time, Sheela, who was wearing a face-covering cloak, had just walked out of the door next to the hull house. The two looked at each other and didn't say anything.

Walking towards the place where Silla stayed before in a tacit understanding.

There were a lot of blood stains on Sheila's cloak. It seemed that she had just gotten it when she was taking care of the gnolls who came back with Haru. And these blood stains were not those of the gnoll sailors who were struck by the thunder on the Fang.

The injuries sustained during the attack were the wounds left by Haru and his companions when they attacked an orc outpost near Dagger Point after landing.

Haru and the others were already exhausted when they escaped from the sea to the shore. In addition, they did not get much rest when sailing on the sea. Later, they fought several battles with the orcs at sea, and their physical fitness was almost reduced.

They had been exhausted. After landing, Haru and the others took the risk to attack the orc sentry point just to get some supplies to replenish everyone's strength. What they didn't expect was that this attack was not very successful either.

There are indeed a dozen orcs in the sentry point, but most of them are very young guys and don't even have much combat experience. Therefore, Haru and the others did have a slight advantage at the beginning. But there are still more in the sentry point.

Several slightly older orcs, although they seemed to have passed the peak of physical fitness, they were still able to achieve extraordinary results of one against ten. Of course, this was also because Haru and the others were too tired, which led to the battle.

Even so, it is undeniable that it once again confirms Haru's conclusion just now.

The orcs are very powerful, and they live up to their reputation.

Jackals are not weak individually. At least based on the human qualification line and analogy, Jackals are still the type with strong single combat ability, and Jackals are also monsters that are good at group combat. In addition, now

Now that they are endowed with better knowledge and wisdom, the Sharptooth Gnoll tribe still has the capital to compete with the surrounding civilized races.

Whether it is monsters, humans or orcs, when everyone has wisdom and established their own civilization, they can only fight for the survival of the race. And in the process of struggle, everything is related to it.

Other racial forces in conflict can be enemies.

This is an unavoidable result, and it is also the nature engraved in the bones of all living creatures since birth.

Just like now, the sharp-toothed gnolls have risen in the hilly highlands in a corner of the eastern prairie. In order to develop and grow, they naturally annexed and expelled other monster races around them. When the sharp-toothed gnolls occupied the entire hilly area, then they

External expansion is also a matter of course.

It's just that for the sharp-toothed gnolls, the direction of expansion away from the hilly area is not so rich. After all, the hilly area is just an inconspicuous barren area mixed in with the surrounding major forces. Except for the neighboring

Except for the people of the Iles tribe who come here to hunt monsters in their spare time, almost no one would intentionally visit this area.

With the rise of the sharp-toothed jackals, the first thing to be affected is the explosive growth of the population. However, the food in the hilly areas cannot satisfy the growing tribal population at all. Therefore, some people are excluded from looking for rich food sources and in the future.

Fertile soil suitable for tribal migration is a big event that time cannot wait for.

The "Sharp Tooth Pirates" headed by Abbas were the Jackal "advance army" established for this reason, but the advance army prepared by the Sharp Tooth Tribe was not limited to the Sharp Tooth Pirates.

Based on the analysis and judgment of the geographical location and surrounding forces, the Sharptooth Gnolls sent a total of three teams to three directions to carry out this task. First of all, the largest force's team went to the north, and their purpose was to be located in

In the northernmost mountain range of the prairie, try to find a suitable location nearby or simply go over the mountains directly to the unknown land across the mountains. That place is very unfamiliar to the jackals, not to mention the journey north.

They will encounter many threats from the Ilesian nomads, but even venturing to the far north has too many uncertainties. The only persistence of the jackals is that the god Sonu they summoned revealed it to them.

Just a few words.

The god Sunu said that there is indeed a fertile land in the north suitable for the development of jackals, but that was thousands of years ago. Who knows whether the "promised land" still exists today, or it has been occupied by other races.

After all, the god Sunu is a god who has been sleeping for a long time. Although he did teach the jackals a lot of useful knowledge, the only shortcoming is that this god is unfamiliar and unknown to the current world situation.

But even so, the jackals were still unwilling to give up the opportunity, so the team heading to the north was unconsciously placed on the team with the greatest expectations. Not only were there many people, but almost all of them were elites of the tribe. There were even two shamans who were also among the gods.

I set off together under the command of the police officer.

Different from the other two teams, the northern team will hardly maintain contact with the tribe in a short period of time, because they need to bypass the Yiles settlements to avoid danger along the way, so the journey to the north is also winding.

Travel around various remote, difficult and dangerous areas.

Apart from this team, the remaining two tribes are heading south, but one is the sharp-toothed pirate Abbas. Their purpose of coming to the pirate fjord in the southwest of the hilly area is to gain a foothold again and

Try to obtain channels that can provide food sources for the tribe in the future. The other team went to the southeast. Although the purpose was almost the same as Abbas's, the members they sent and the methods of doing things were different from Abbas's.

The rough tactics here are completely different.

There are also many human cities along the southern coast of the prairie. Although they are nominally affiliated with the Kingdom of Iles, they are actually just some commercial city-states attached to Iles. And not all the residents of the city-states are humans.

, but a mixture of many businessmen of various races who are good at business.

In these merchant city-states, in addition to intelligent races such as humans, there are also typical monster representatives such as kobolds who have also integrated into them.

Kobolds are indeed a branch of monsters, but they are not as serious as the stereotypes of "savage monsters" such as gnolls or goblins in most races. The reason is actually that kobolds are not strictly speaking.

It is not considered a real "monster" species. It belongs to the spirit group like goblins and other species, so compared to the monster group, they are closer to the characteristics of the "elves".

However, the kobold race is quite complex and prosperous. They themselves are not strong but are relatively smart and simple. They are most suitable for attaching themselves to other races and coexisting with them. In addition, their minds are smarter than ordinary monsters, but they are not as smart as little goblins.

They are so cunning, so many times they play basic positions in lower-level "agricultural, industrial, and commercial" societies in other racial societies.

Of course, in addition, some unlucky kobolds will be coerced by other monster groups and become their lackeys. The most typical one is the goblin group, which is best at training kobold soldiers to work for them. In addition, the sharp-toothed gnoll tribe

There are also quite a few kobolds in the world, but this Grado kobolds were originally a branch group of kobolds with an independent local group. They themselves had more "advanced and civilized" technology and knowledge than the original gnolls, and were later eliminated.

After being annexed by the gnolls, they were not treated harshly by the gnolls, and were even integrated into the gnoll tribe as much as possible in all aspects and became a part of it.

Just like the Grado kobolds here, the kobolds in the commercial city-states in the east also have a relatively independent group, but they are a vulnerable group that relies on the major local forces to make a living. But fortunately, the commercial city-states themselves are just

Considering the benefits of business interests, the life of those kobolds there is not too hard. There are even business unions formed by kobolds in some cities there. Of course, because of this, the Sharptooth Tribe naturally also

Focusing on the very "wealthy" kobold neighbors over there.

The members who go there are naturally kobolds, and their purpose is not to go there to plunder, but to receive help from the local kobolds as "weaker kobold compatriots" and try to integrate into the local business there.

activities and obtain new economic or material sources for the tribe.

Although this approach is the safest, it is very slow to make profits. It even requires a lot of financial investment and hard work in business in the early stage. Therefore, compared with Abbas's overbearing "expropriation and expropriation", the results are also lower.

Obvious.

As far as the current status of these three teams is concerned, Abbas's sharp-toothed pirates can be said to be the most critical force supporting the tribe at the moment, and they are also the most hardworking and busy one. Fortunately, Abbas's methods are good, and in addition

The timing of the appearance of the Jackals was also very lucky, so the Sharptooth Pirates' "attack" on the Pirate Fjord was the smoothest so far. Of course, it was also the smoothest before they encountered the orcs.

At present, the orcs have not caused a bigger conflict with the gnolls, but there is almost no possibility of peaceful coexistence between the two sides. After all, the orcs are not the scum of the Pirate Fjord. Although they are just a group of "refugees", they are

It is also a powerful force that is no less powerful than a geographical country. The most critical point is that they occupy the richest fertile land away from the Sharptooth Tribe. This point alone is enough to make the chief of the tribe, as well as many clan leaders and warriors jealous.

But then again, Abbas doesn't think the Orcs are easy to deal with. When the war breaks out, Abbas doesn't think the Fang Coast will be captured so easily. Because the Orcs themselves are so powerful.

, plus there is a somewhat subtle principality of Michael in the north of the Fang Coast. Although on the surface this human principality has no relations with the orcs of the Fang Coast, there are also many secret exchanges between the two parties in private.

This is no longer a secret among the pirates in the fjord.

Abbas, a warrior who once only knew brute strength, has now learned some things after dealing with humans for a period of time. For example, if certain interests are involved, if the orcs on the Fang Coast receive jackals,

If there is a serious threat from people, then the Principality of Michael will most likely intervene.

You must know that the gnolls are not another national group. To humans, they are just a group of monsters. Therefore, humans do not even need to have any diplomatic scruples to intervene in the war between gnolls and orcs, and can directly do so in the name of "justice"

" or "self-protection" and other banners can intervene in the war at will. They don't even need the consent of the orcs. After all, the Fang Coast is under the eyes of the Principality of Michael, and they can attack at will on the long border.

It can make the gnolls be attacked from both sides and lead to the failure of the war.

Taking into account various factors, Abbas really doesn't want to provoke the orcs, at least not now. But the fat of the Fang Coast is really too tempting, even after he learned about some of the Fang Coast

After receiving the information, I couldn't help but gear up. If this news spread to the tribe, there would probably be people clamoring for troops to fight against the orcs.

Abbas does not think that the tribe cannot defeat the orcs on the Fang Coast, but it may not be possible to win. And in Abbas's eyes, the most important thing for the Fang tribe at the moment is not to stare at the rich Fang Coast stream.

Instead of talking about it, we should try our best to solve the shortage of supplies in the tribe.

Although it has already entered summer, if we cannot quickly stock up on food, it is estimated that many compatriots will freeze to death this winter. In previous years, at times like this, the old and young in the tribe must have borne the most serious losses.

If things go wrong, the population that has worked hard to prosper for half a year will die back to the number in early spring after one winter.

Although Abbas had previously obtained some emergency food supplies through transactions with the Razik fishmen, this amount was still insufficient. At this moment, how to make up for the food gap was the most troublesome issue for Abbas.
Chapter completed!