Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 546 Negotiation
Ideals are abundant, but reality is stark! This is probably the sentiment of the church of light right now. They refused the aid of the Roson Empire and several other empires in order to attain the immense prestige of dealing with the orc tribe on their own.
One has to admit that without Zhao Hai's help, the orc tribe could have indeed dealt them a serious blow, but the situation is completely different now.
The members of the church of light thought that they could eliminate most of the orc army with their poison, but they did not anticipate that the orc tribe was already aware of this and had already consumed the antidote.
The beast king was also aware of the church of light's intentions, thus they cooperated fully, wanting to leverage this mindset of the church of light to annihilate the army they had gathered. In doing so, the Aksu Empire would be left defenseless, allowing them to do as they pleased.
One must acknowledge that at that time, intelligence was truly critical; a single piece of information could change everything, and the church of light suffered greatly due to this.
Once the orc tribe entered the Versailles Principality, they did not cause much destruction but began to loot, taking everything they could use.
This was indeed the purpose of the orc tribe's war this time. However, their actions were intentional; they slowed their advance to give the church of light time to prepare.
The orc tribe wanted to provide the church of light with ample time to arrange their defenses, making them think they had fallen for a trap. Only by doing so would the church of light feel at ease, allowing the orc tribe to seize the opportunity to wipe them out completely.
Although it seemed like this period of manipulation would last a long time, it was actually quite brief. After entering the Versailles Principality, the orc tribe directly threatened the left flank of the church of light's army, but instead of immediately attacking, they ransacked the principality. Although there were hardly any people left, they still couldn't take much away, and the Versailles Family had not burned all their supplies, so the orc tribe indeed reaped a fair amount of benefits.
What the church of light desired was precisely this from the orc tribe. If the orc tribe had launched an immediate attack on the church’s armies, it would have been quite troublesome, leading to significant losses. But with the orc tribe now halting their advance, it provided an opportunity for the infiltrators.
While the church of light had decided to use poison to deal with the orc tribe, those poisons needed to be mixed into food or water to be effective. It was difficult to mix it into food since it had been under the Versailles Family's watch, so they could only resort to contaminating the water.
One crucial aspect about water that should not be overlooked is that it is mobile; even well water is active. If poison is introduced, it may be purified within a few days, making the timing of administering the poison extremely important.
If the orc tribe were to fiercely attack the church of light's armies, the church would lose control over the timing of administering poison. However, if the orc tribe paused their advance, that would provide the church with the opportunity they needed.
The members of the church of light could not help but secretly thank the orc tribe, but what they did not expect was that they had almost all been discovered by the Black Panther Tribe.
The Black Panther Tribe is a dark attribute orc race, with tremendous innate abilities similar to those of the human death warriors. Therefore, they were specifically trained to deal with human death warriors. After learning about the church of light's plans, the beast king dispatched several eighth-level experts from the Black Panther Tribe to scout the water sources near the camp daily. They were instructed to prevent any human from approaching and to simply report back.
On the third day after the orc armies had all entered the Versailles Principality, the Black Panther Tribe discovered that members of the church of light were poisoning their water source and immediately reported the news to the beast king. Knowing that the time was right, the beast king swiftly sent members of the Eagle Clan to the Iksa Family territory to arrange a time for joint action.