Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 289: News, Merchants
Zhao Hai, of course, did not notice the scene happening inside King Xiqi's tent. If he had seen it, he would have been very surprised by the abilities of the orc prophet.
These orc prophets were actually able to predict that the north was safe. Zhao Hai understood what this meant: it was to make King Xiqi support Wells and reclaim the territory of the Herculean Bull Tribe, so that King Xiqi would naturally not be dealt with, and he would be safe as well.
However, the unfortunate thing was that King Xiqi had entirely different thoughts from Zhao Hai. Right now, his mind was filled with ideas of siding with the Bullfighting Tribe leader. How could he possibly think of helping the Herculean Bull Tribe?
What Zhao Hai was paying attention to now was what the Bullfighting Tribe members were doing outside the camp. The cavalry of the Bullfighting Tribe were each holding torches and conducting a carpet search around King Xiqi's camp. Of course, in the end, they found nothing.
This commotion lasted throughout the night until dawn, when the search teams returned to the main camp. They, of course, had not made any discoveries, which kept the atmosphere in King Xiqi's camp tense.
Zhao Hai and the others remained very obediently in the camp, while the orcs seemed to have forgotten about them. It wasn't that the orcs looked down on them; it was just that Zhao Hai and the others did not appear to be powerful individuals, so they were naturally overlooked.
Belruk had checked on Zhao Hai and his group, but after a brief look, he gave up because at the time of the incident, Zhao Hai and the others were having a meal in the camp, and many orcs had seen them, making it impossible for them to be involved.
In the following two days, the atmosphere in the camp was not only tense but also somewhat sorrowful. They had lost over five thousand able-bodied men in one go. Many of these Bullfighting Tribe members had families, and a lot of them lived right next to Zhao Hai's camp. Now, all of them had disappeared, which left their relatives deeply saddened.
Zhao Hai and his group did not have any regrets; they had to do this for their own interests, and there was no question of regret. In Zhao Hai's mind, war had no good or evil, only winners and losers.
Zhao Hai remained very low-key, and there was no reaction from King Xiqi. He wanted to ally with the Bullfighting Tribe, but it was obviously not the right time. He planned to announce his allegiance after winter; after all, the Herculean Bull Tribe had just suffered a defeat and siding with the Bullfighting Tribe immediately would make him lose face.
At that moment, an event occurred that diluted the atmosphere of sadness: Zhao Hai's grain convoy had returned.
Zhao Hai's grain convoy arrived just in time; the atmosphere in the camp was not good, but the arrival of Zhao Hai's convoy immediately eased the sorrowful and tense atmosphere, making people's lives seem to calm down.
Unfortunately, due to too many events in the camp recently, the Bullfighting Tribe members had no way to collect magical beasts and plants for him. Zhao Hai was only able to exchange for some mountain goats, requesting fifteen hundred of them this time without asking for wool products.
At the same time, in front of the orcs, Zhao Hai handed a thick stack of paper to the undead beings, causing the orcs to become somewhat excited. They naturally knew what that paper was; it listed the items they wanted to buy.
After the grain convoy left, Zhao Hai noticed that the orc camp had returned to a semblance of calm. People were still cutting grass, and he could even hear bursts of laughter.
This surprised Zhao Hai. He looked at the orcs in confusion and turned to Laura, saying, "Laura, what are they laughing about? They just lost five thousand people. Don't they feel sad?"
Laura looked at the orcs and sighed, "Maybe they are used to it. I heard that war is very common on the Orc Prairie. Wars can occur over slaves, grasslands, or women. You could say that wars happen almost every day, so you see, the defeat of the Herculean Bull Tribe only caused a stir among the tauren; do you see any other orcs making a fuss about it? No, because to those orcs, it's just normal and nothing to pay attention to."