Dust of History Chapter 13: People are alive, they are always going to die

Asa now feels that he admires Mr. Borugan a little bit.

Although judging from the results, his previous predictions were not quite accurate. The big-eared monsters didn't sell the looted goods, or they couldn't. These goods no longer belong to the big-eared monsters, and the other orcs have confiscated them all. Although the main residents of this city-state are indeed orcs, the core managers are said to be some humans.

As expected, gold and silver coins are indeed circulating here like the human kingdom, and there are also dwarves and human merchants trading here. However, none of these merchants came from the empire, and they all came from countries in the west of the wild highlands and small countries in the southwest of the empire.

Borugan-sama also said that this place should be a very orderly place. At that time, Asa didn't care what this 'order' meant, and he didn't understand it until he entered here.

This is indeed a place where orcs of various races gather and live. Almost all the buildings are built with huge stones stripped from the nearby mountains, without any style or decoration at all. But this place does not show the slightest savagery because its architectural style is dozens of times rougher than that of Bracada and the main residents are orcs. On the contrary, it seems that it pays more attention to discipline and rules than human society. On the periphery of his northern end are several separate residential areas, which are respectively used for ogres, werewolves and other orcs of various races to live. It is an independent territory for the orcs of all races, and they are completely managed by themselves. And in the middle of these residential areas is the center of the city-state named 'Oufu'.

On the square in the center of Oufu City stands a huge stone tablet with three chopsticks, on which the laws of the city are engraved in a simple and clear manner. Even the dwarves with the poorest eyesight can see clearly from a long distance in large characters. The strokes cut by the ax are very deep, not beautiful enough, but the neatness and meticulousness that the regulations should have are well expressed. The scope of this regulation is not large, it is only the central town of Oufu, and its content is quite similar to human regulations. Many places seem to be looser, and the provisions are used to maintain order. The biggest difference and astonishing thing is that the wording above is very concise, only what kind of behavior is strictly prohibited but not what punishment should be received, and the gallows next to it is the only explanation. There is only one penalty here, the hanging.

Probably because of this powerful legal relationship, everything in Oufu City seems to be in order. Although there are orcs everywhere, there is no sense of violence and savagery. Most of these demihumans are busy doing their own things.

This is a real city. Except for casinos such as taverns and casinos, almost all human societies have them here. The most surprising thing is to feel the civilized atmosphere here. Except for the lizardmen, the orcs can actually speak some simple human languages, and some can read and write. Among them, the half-orcs are the most obvious. The intelligence of these close relatives of the big-eared monsters is similar to that of humans. It is not difficult to get in touch with them. They also take care of many affairs in this city.

It is indeed an astonishing order. In previous experience, orcs were completely synonymous with barbarism and uncivilized, but everything seen here makes people feel that they are more suitable to be called by the more academic word, 'subhuman'.

Under such a good order, it seems that all criminal things are difficult to carry out. This was very unexpected. After the old thief went to contact the big-eared monsters, he learned that all the goods had been confiscated by the orcs. It is said that it was the right of the big-eared monsters to allocate a separate living area here. . And the orcs didn't seem to plan to resell them. This news immediately exploded among the thieves. They've been stuck here for a few days now. The thieves were unwilling to meet empty-handed, but they didn't know what to do.

Asa himself is not very worried. He was not far away from that book now, and the orcs would never keep those goods for a lifetime, if they couldn't, they just had to steal them. He wasn't nervous at all, or he couldn't be nervous at all.

Xiao Yi is the most active and the happiest of them. Just in response to what she said at the beginning, just come and play. At the beginning, he was very careful to only inquire about the situation with other businessmen and dwarves in the hotel, but later he simply dragged Asa around the city together. She carried a notebook and a pen with her, and took them out from time to time to write down and draw the strange things she saw. But because of this, Asa also has a good understanding of the basic situation of this city-state. Asa's ability to get used to it has always been very strong, plus Xiaoyi always dragged him around, after staying here for a few days, he felt as peaceful as traveling in a foreign land. The only trouble is that even though he always sleeps on the floor or on a chair, Xiaoyi still forces him to take a shower every day.

Today, the two went to see the construction works on the outskirts of the city. A group of ogres and werewolves were moving materials to build houses and various buildings. Their huge strength combined with various customized equipment made their work efficiency amazing, and the commanders were usually dwarves or human engineers. Seeing this, Asa was dumbfounded. He completely suspected that he was dreaming. The impression of the **** and killing of orcs half a year ago was incompatible with this peaceful scene.

Not long after he came back from outside, he was about to eat when the old thief Fodoleng's voice suddenly sounded outside the door. "Come out, something happened"

Asa and Xiaoyi walked out quickly, and saw that almost all the thieves were running out following Fodoleng.

"What's going on?" Asa quickly followed Fodoreng. For the past few days, Fodoreng has been trying to negotiate with the orcs about those goods, but it seems that there is no progress.

"Cyclops was going to steal something from the storage place last night, but he was caught." Fodoleng said. Cyclops is a burglar in their group, very agile, and it is said that he once went to the palace to steal things. "I've already warned him not to act rashly, but that guy didn't know where he found out that there was a batch of jewelry in the cargo, so he sneaked in there at night and prepared to steal it out. As a result...there were two jewels in that big warehouse. A werewolf is guarding."

"Werewolf?" Asa broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking of the life-and-death struggle with that werewolf in the lizard swamp half a year ago, there really was no hunter more powerful than them. The sharpness of their facial features and fighting power were dozens of times stronger than ordinary humans. If I also recklessly steal it, it probably won't end well.

"Then one-eyed...."

"Hanging." Fodoreng said the word very easily.

Beside the three huge stone monuments in the center of the city stands an equally huge special gallows. Made of a mixture of strips of stone and wood, it is tall and strong, standing together with the steles carved with laws and regulations, showing the majesty of death.

There are already many orcs watching. Two werewolves grabbed the tied one-eyed dragon, and the leader was actually a human. The one-eyed dragon's eyes were covered by a black cloth, and something was stuffed in his mouth, but he could be heard shouting, and his bound hands and feet were still struggling, but in the hands of the two werewolves, it only showed a futile pity picture.

The lead human is a middle-aged man dressed in ordinary clothes. He stood in front of the gallows and began to announce loudly that the one-eyed dragon attempted to steal and hurt the guards last night, and said that this fact had been confirmed by the notary, and then he turned to read the regulations prohibiting theft on the stele . After the recitation, he motioned to two werewolves to lift the one-eyed dragon to the gallows, and put a rope as thick as a human arm around the one-eyed dragon's neck. During this process, Cyclops struggled in vain all the time, making a whining sound from his mouth.

The leader went to the gallows and pulled a mechanism. The plank under Cyclops' feet split and he fell down immediately.

Seeing that the rope was tightened, there was a slight 'click' sound from the audience. When the two werewolves went down and untied Cyclops and lifted him up, he was just a silent corpse. This drop immediately tore off the end of his cervical spine. Contrary to his twisted struggle, he died very cleanly.

The surrounding orcs didn't show any special reaction, and they were far less excited than the audience watching the execution of prisoners in human society. They just chatted and left in a bustling manner.

Asa felt his arm tighten, and turned his head to look, Xiaoyi was holding his hand tightly, looking at the one-eyed dragon's body which was being moved with a pale face.

All the way back to the hotel room and sitting on the simple bed, Xiaoyi kept holding his hand and leaning her head on his shoulder. Her face was a little pale, and her thin lower lip was bitten lightly, revealing a few white teeth. His brows were tightly frowned, and his slender eyes seemed to be looking at something hard, but they seemed to be in a panic.

"This is the first time you saw someone being killed?" Asa asked softly.

"No." Xiaoyi shook her head, and Asa could feel the stiffness of her movements on her shoulders. "The first person I saw was killed."

Cyclops is the best relationship among the thieves with the two of them. He often comes to chat with the two of them. From time to time, he will tell some weird jokes with Asa. He always had a loud, smug laugh.

Asa also felt a little miserable in her heart, and tilted her head unconsciously, leaning her face against her head. Xiaoyi moved her body, but still kept her original posture.

Unknowingly, a strange smell permeated Asa's sense of smell. It seems to be a kind of fragrance, but it doesn't seem to be fragrant when you carefully distinguish it, but there is a very real feeling, not just a sense of smell, but also a sense of touch, which is fully filled into every gap in the body. The skin at the cheekbones could clearly feel the fineness and smoothness of her hair, and this fineness and smoothness seemed to exude a mysterious and indescribable smell. He was gradually intoxicated in this subtle sensual enjoyment, and he didn't think about anything.

"I've been afraid of seeing death since I was a child." Xiaoyi said, her low-key voice seems to be talking to herself ~IndoMTL.com~ I don't want to see them die, no matter if it's a human or an animal. Living things suddenly disappear one by one, and they can never be retrieved. This is really scary. "

"A few days ago, I admired the laws here. They were so conspicuous and deterrent, and they were well-written. In troubled times, the deterrent power of such city-state laws with mixed races is very important, so only designated But today I saw a person we knew died below. I know he deserves to die. He deliberately broke the law here. In order to maintain the stability of this place, we must first maintain the law here, so he must Die...but I actually don't want to see him die."

"People are always going to die when they live." Asa replied, he was a little dazed now.

"I don't want to die." Xiaoyi answered in a daze.

It seems that because he has been immersed in this subtle feeling, after hearing this sentence, a heroic spirit was suddenly aroused from his heart, Asa turned straight and looked at her and said firmly : "I will never let you die."

"It's time to eat." The old thief Fodoleng's voice came from outside.

For the first time in his life, Asa felt that eating was a very annoying thing.