Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 272: The Unusual Human Merchant
Ares and Alea looked at Zhao Hai and then glanced at the undead beings behind him, lowering their heads to summon their tribe members.
Before long, all the members of the Giant Horn Tribe had gathered. There were only a little over nine hundred of them left, with just over a hundred young and strong individuals; the rest were elderly or weak.
Everyone was trembling as they watched the undead beings. They had already witnessed the power of the undead beings; the guards of Gasol, each one a master with at least the strength of a level 6 warrior, were completely annihilated in the charge of the undead beings, with no casualties on the side of the undead. What did this mean?
The people of the Giant Horn Tribe were not fools; they understood very well that if the undead beings were not strong, the few dozen guards of Gasol would easily handle hundreds of undead beings. However, they couldn't deal with any of them, which only proved that the undead beings possessed strength comparable to Gasol's guards. With over three thousand such powerful undead beings, how could they possibly confront them?
Unable to resist, they could only obey. All the members of the Giant Horn Tribe were extremely honest, carefully gathering together, with women and children standing in the center, the elderly on the outer edges, and the young and strong at the very back.
Zhao Hai glanced at them and waved his staff, enveloping everyone in a cloud of black mist, which made the members of the Giant Horn Tribe feel tense.
However, the black mist soon dissipated, and they found themselves standing outside a castle—a real human fortress.
Orc tribes seldom see human castles, but they had all heard of them. Now, the members of the Giant Horn Tribe finally encountered one, yet it took them a moment to react, staring blankly at the castle and the people standing outside of it.
Yes, they were humans, not orcs, but real human beings. This left the members of the Giant Horn Tribe momentarily confused, unable to understand how they had suddenly appeared here.
At that moment, Zhao Hai's voice suddenly came through: “Alright, this will be your home from now on. Remember, you are now my slaves, Zhao Hai.” The members of the Giant Horn Tribe snapped to attention, staring in a daze at Zhao Hai, unable to comprehend how he managed to bring so many people from the prairie to this place in an instant.
Zhao Hai continued, “This is my steward, Galen, and this is also my steward, Kun Zheng. They will arrange your living quarters and explain the rules here. Remember, anyone who dares to cause trouble here will be turned into the undead.”
Zhao Hai was certainly trying to intimidate the members of the Giant Horn Tribe. He had to do this; if they didn’t feel fear, they might cause trouble, and that would mean more people he would have to deal with.
To help the members of the Giant Horn Tribe settle down quickly, Zhao Hai did not rush back to the prairie. He waited here, observing as Galen and Kun Zheng arranged for the people of the Giant Horn Tribe.
Galen and the others were well-prepared. Additionally, after their frenzied shopping spree in Casa City, they had ample supplies on hand, making it easy to accommodate the Giant Horn Tribe members.
Most importantly, the Iron Mountain Fortress was not small. Previously, Zhao Hai and his team could only use a portion of it due to their small numbers; now, with nearly a thousand members of the Giant Horn Tribe arriving, the fortress became livelier.
Although the members of the Giant Horn Tribe did not know where they were, they dared not defy Zhao Hai’s words. Coupled with the fear of being in a completely unfamiliar environment, they cautiously settled into the castle under Galen and Kun Zheng's arrangements.
Food and necessities had already been prepared for them in the castle; they just had to move in. With Zhao Hai overseeing everything, everything went smoothly. In the eyes of the Giant Horn Tribe members, Zhao Hai was like a powerful devil; otherwise, he wouldn’t have such a large army of undead beings, nor could he have transported them from the prairie to this place in an instant.