The Lord's Empire (Part 1)

Chapter 46-50

Chapter 46: Powerful Orcs

In order to accomplish the first method, Zhao Fu had to ally with the other three villages. He would have to make some sacrifices in order to convince the other three villages, and he would also have to bear the brunt of the Orc attacks. Otherwise, he would not be able to fully gain the support of the other three villages. In the end, he would bear the greatest losses.

In fact, it was possible that they would betray him and stab him in the back if they did not believe that he could defeat the Orcs.

The second method presented his own side with the greatest benefits and the smallest losses.

Zhao Fu thought about it and decided to take the second option because it clearly had the greatest benefits. If the three villages were his allies, he would not be able to do such a thing, but right now, it was unclear if they would be his allies or enemies. As such, Zhao Fu did not hold back.

Now, the question was how to go about executing this plan. The Orc Village was most likely not willing to attack the three villages because it knew that it would cost too much to take down the three villages. As such, Zhao Fu had to make them go crazy and attack the other 3 villages at all costs.

What was key was how to make them do something completely crazy. Zhao Fu had Kobolds and Goblins. They could pretend to attack the Orcs and make them think that it was the Kobold Village and Goblin Village that had done it.

However, they were too weak, and they could not cause the Orcs to go mad. Instead, it might even cause them to have doubts. The Orcs might even suspect why these villages had dared to attack them despite being so much weaker than them.

Zhao Fu never looked down on anyone or anything, so he naturally did not look down on the Orcs. As such, he would not use such a method.

He decided to hide for now and catch an Orc during the night to get some information out of it so that he could make a more precise plan.

As the sky darkened, torches started to be lit in the Orc Village below, and it also started to drizzle.

Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, and a few others took this opportunity to catch one of the weaker Orcs.

Within a large hole in a tree, Zhao Fu looked at the bound up Orc. After Zhao Fu ordered his soldiers to whip it a few times, it quickly surrendered.

This Orc was weak and clearly nutritionally deficient, and it seemed to have lived a tough life in the Orc Village. It was most likely looked down upon and bullied most of the time.

This often happened in Human Villages as well. Those who were strong would often bully those who were weaker than them. The law that the strong preyed on the weak existed in all cultures, and even humans, with their ‘superior intellect,’ acted in this way.

Because its status was quite poor in the Orc Village, its Loyalty towards the village was quite low, so it gave in quite easily. If Zhao Fu’s soldiers had caught Orcs that were quite well-off, they might not have given in even if their skin was turned into a bloody pulp.

“What is your name?” Zhao Fu asked the Orc.

The weak Orc replied fearfully, “Sir, my name is Anlun.”

Zhao Fu nodded in satisfaction and asked, “I want to know everything about the Orc Village. If you know what’s best for you, you will tell me.”

Following this, Orc Anlun obediently told Zhao Fu everything about the Orc Village.

The Orc Village was called Odeis Village, and it was an Advanced Village. Its Chief was called Odeis, who was the most powerful Orc in the village. Odeis also had a little brother called Oka, who was also quite strong, and Oka was the second in command in the village.