Chapter 803

"Beauty, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

An Imperial soldier was hugging a wolf-headed half-orc. This was a female half-orc. For the Imperial soldiers who had been guarding the Black Earth Fortress for several years, female + good figure equaled beauty. As for that wolf head, it could be covered with clothes; after all, half-orcs only had a larger difference in the head compared to humans, and their body structures were similar.

That female wolf-race half-orc lowered her head. She wasn't afraid; there was only numbness. Under the ravages of long-term war, the fate of civilians was just like this.

"Ah!!"

A scream came. A male dog-headed man covered in wounds was hung upside down, and several Imperial soldiers were watching from the side.

"I suggest bleeding him."

"Burning him to death is more satisfying."

Several Imperial soldiers laughed and discussed how to execute the injured captive. These Imperial soldiers might be kind fathers or good husbands, but in war, they were all butchers.

In the end, the few decided to burn the captive to death. Other Imperial veterans who saw this scene were already accustomed to it.

The bonfire was lit, and the Orc captive wailed in pain, but he didn't beg for mercy, only angrily cursing the Imperial Army.

More than a dozen new recruits witnessed this scene. They were soldiers newly conscripted to the Black Earth Fortress. Although they had undergone training, this was their first time in actual combat.

The dozen new recruits had just adapted to the cruelty of the battlefield, but the scene before them made them somewhat unable to accept it.

What they didn't know was that if the Imperial Army were captured by the Tribal Army, they would face the same fate: being burned to death, having their throats slit, or even being skinned alive.

War has no humanity; even if the soldiers had it initially, it would disappear along with the war.

*Whoosh~*

The sound of breaking air came, and the dozen new recruits near Su Xiao subconsciously threw themselves to the ground.

*Boom! *

A house was blown to pieces, and gravel and wood chips flew everywhere. The dozen new recruits lay on the ground, not even daring to lift their heads.

"What are you afraid of? This flew from far away, not a precision strike. You'll get used to it after guarding the Black Earth Fortress; this thing often flies over the Black Earth Fortress."

A veteran hugged a female Orc, looking at the new recruits with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Su Xiao looked at the compressed biscuit in his hand that had been stained with mud. After hesitating for a moment, he threw the compressed biscuit away, took out another piece, and continued eating calmly.

Several new recruits looked at Su Xiao in surprise. The thought in their minds was, is this guy not afraid of death?

Su Xiao had just put the compressed biscuit into his mouth when a green "meteor" flew into the town; it was a green phosphorus incendiary bottle.

Facts proved that if one's luck was bad, even if one could survive on the battlefield, one would die under the subsequent "stray bullets."

Su Xiao stood up. He sensed that there were people in the house behind him. As a "civilized person," he knocked on the door.

A muffled *clatter* came from inside the house, followed by dead silence.

No one opened the door after he knocked, so Su Xiao could only adopt a less-than-civilized method: he kicked the door open.

Walking into the house, although it was daytime, the windows of the house were blocked tightly, and the room was somewhat dark.

This house was not small and was a two-story structure. Adding the upper and lower floors, it was at least three hundred square meters. It could be seen that the owner of this house did not have a low status.

Su Xiao sensed the situation inside the house; three life auras appeared in a room on the second floor.

Walking up to the second floor, with Su Xiao's keen hearing, he even heard faint breathing sounds. The owner of the breathing sounds was very nervous and was deliberately suppressing the breathing sounds.

"Come out."

Su Xiao sat on a wooden table on the second floor, put the 【Arashi Wind Trench Coat】 into his storage space, and took off his undershirt, which was covered in dust and blood. Bare-chested, his face and upper body were covered in dust and blood, and there were tiny stones in his hair.

The door opposite Su Xiao opened, and a female lion-headed person walked out of the room. The female lion-headed person was somewhat nervous, and the hand holding a dagger behind her back was trembling. This dagger was not used to kill enemies, but to commit suicide.

"All come out."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette, his whole body relaxed, leaning on a chair.

"Just me alone..."

The female lion-headed person hadn't finished speaking when she realized Su Xiao was already looking at her.

"I have no interest in female Orcs. Even if I were interested, you wouldn't be able to resist."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the female lion-headed person gripped the dagger in her hand tightly.

"Even if I die, I will not be insulted by you, absolutely not!"

The female lion-headed person's attitude was firm. She hadn't thought about killing Su Xiao; she just didn't want to be ravished by the victorious Imperial soldiers.

"I'll give you ten seconds; the other two come out, and also, go get me some hot water."

Although Su Xiao didn't blink when killing people, he wouldn't kill meaninglessly; that had no benefit. Soldiers and civilians were different.

The female lion-headed person hesitated for a few seconds, and finally compromised.

"Yula, Sherry, come out."

A young lion-headed person and a lion-headed girl walked out of the room. Both looked at Su Xiao with fear. There were three female lion-headed people in total, which was not strange; the male lion-headed people had all gone to join the army.

After a while, the adult female lion-headed person brought a basin of hot water, carefully placing it on the wooden table beside Su Xiao. Su Xiao took out a towel and began to wash the bloodstains and mud off his body.

Soon, the basin of hot water turned black-red, and Su Xiao signaled the female lion-headed person to change the basin of hot water.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao, feeling much more refreshed, leaned on the wooden chair to take a nap. Water droplets dripped from the tips of his hair.

"Don't come within five meters of me."

The Dragon Flash was placed on the wooden table to the side, and Su Xiao could respond to enemy attacks at any time.

"Do... do you need food? As long as you don't hurt us, we will definitely not do anything stupid."

"No need."

Su Xiao just wanted to rest now.

Messy footsteps came from downstairs. Several soldiers entered the house, talking and laughing loudly, very noisily. Hearing this noisy laughter, the faces of the three female lion-headed people turned pale.

Soon, several soldiers covered in mud rushed to the second floor. Their eyes lit up when they saw the three female lion-headed people, but when they saw Su Xiao leaning on the wooden chair taking a nap, the soldiers shook their heads, somewhat disappointed, and turned to go downstairs.

"Someone got here first. Let's go find somewhere else. This guy has good fortune—one big and two small, three of them."

Several soldiers left talking and laughing, and the house returned to quiet. They were all soldiers who had survived the war; if a conflict occurred because of snatching female Orcs, it would be simply absurd.

After the Imperial soldiers left, the lion-headed girl knelt on the ground, crying silently.

This was the situation of Tribal civilians. The situation of this lion-headed family was still okay; at least they wouldn't go hungry. As for other Orcs, most were suffering from hunger and cold, living from day to day. It was no wonder they would provoke a war.

The Imperial Army occupied the Tribal town, and the "carnival" began.

When night fell, bonfires were lit on the streets of the town. Around the bonfires were Imperial soldiers laughing while hugging female Orcs. They were enjoying themselves in the moment. They all knew that they didn't know which day they would die—perhaps tomorrow, perhaps the next moment from a Goblin weapon falling from above.

*Woo~*

The sound of a horn came; it was the assembly horn.

Su Xiao, who was taking a nap, opened his eyes. He hadn't slept well; after all, he had to guard against Goblin bombs or incendiary bottles falling from above at all times.

Su Xiao put on his trench coat and walked downstairs while yawning. The three female lion-headed people watched him leave, their eyes not showing much emotion.

If it were normal circumstances, the female Orcs in the Tribal town would be snatched away and sold as slaves. But now, there wasn't much food in the Black Earth Fortress, and the fortress still needed to be repaired, so where would there be time to snatch Orc slaves to sell?

Moreover, Legion Commander Carlos had a characteristic: he only snatched Tribal soldiers as coolies, never snatching female Orcs to sell as slaves. With the Legion Commander like this, his subordinates were the same.

Actually, the most effective way was to slaughter the town, but after slaughtering the town, it would need to be cleaned up, otherwise, a plague would break out. One must know that this place was not far from the Black Earth Fortress, and a plague outbreak would very likely spread to the Black Earth Fortress.

Just leaving hastily wouldn't work either. With these female Orcs here, it wouldn't be many years before they gave birth to new Orc soldiers. Therefore, the Imperial soldiers adopted a measure—a somewhat inhumane measure. Although those female Orcs wouldn't die, it was impossible for them to continue giving birth. This inhumane measure was done incidentally after those Imperial soldiers "relaxed their bodies and minds"—using a very thin dagger to stab the wombs of those female Orcs once.

War makes everyone cruel. If the war continues, sooner or later, some races will be slaughtered to extinction. In fact, there are already races that have been almost slaughtered to extinction, such as the Centaur race.

The assembly horn blew, and the Imperial Army quickly assembled. The Tribal Army in the nearby area had already been scattered, and it was time to return to the Black Earth Fortress.

Su Xiao followed the main army toward the Black Earth Fortress. The current situation was good; the Black Earth Fortress had been snatched back, and afterward, the issue of the World Core would need to be considered.

But before that, Su Xiao needed to exchange for the 【Holy Oak Branch】 as soon as possible.