She Is Not a Witch Chapter 17: Tu’er Mountain Village
Tixilan Mountains, southern forest.
A group of rabbits are busy reinforcing the wooden fence by the village. They are said to be rabbits. In fact, they are basically the same as humans, except for the pair of rabbit ears on their heads.
The trees around the village are relatively sparse, and it can be seen that they have been felled. Some simple crops, such as vegetables, beans and some brown mushrooms, are sporadically planted on the hillsides, but they are growing in general.
There are about 200 rabbit ears in the village, and they all live in tall mushrooms.
Yes, these mushrooms are taller than people. The interior is hollowed out to form a room. The top of the mushroom is also very rich in color, including orange, bright red, light blue, and a small amount of light green . It looks amazing and beautiful.
The mushroom houses of large and small are gathered together, which is quite fairytale.
The men, women, and children in the village seem to be very busy. They ran around in a hurry, constantly bringing in stones, adding wooden fences, and sharpening the upper part of the wooden wall to increase their lethality.
Unfortunately, their ironware is limited, and there are not many weapons. Most of them are sharpened with wooden poles for guns, and only a few of the spear tips are covered with iron spear heads.
And those spear tips are also full of small gaps. They should have been used for a long time, but they are polished very brightly and there is no rust. They should be very good for normal maintenance.
Lorrain Hill was quietly observing this special group of races on the opposite hill.
The Bunny Ear Clan is a branch of the orc clan. In the first era, the orcs were also widely distributed in all corners of the continent, and they also had their own countries. They were a powerful race second only to elves at that time. They have their own unique culture, writing and customs.
But there are also huge differences between the orcs. Some are very addicted to murder and violence, and some are very gentle and weak, and cannot be generalized.
And the group of rabbits in front of them belong to a relatively weak group. In historical records, even during the heyday of the orc empire, they are often used as farmers and auxiliary jobs. They only participated in the war and left behind. The record is also very ugly.
Today's external situation, the girl is not very clear, but she can probably guess that this group of rabbits should have a bad life. Most of them are thin, poorly dressed, with a lot of patches, and they are very thin.
In the early autumn morning, there was a bit of chill in the mountains, and some young rabbits were cold and a little trembling, and it was much better after the sun rose.
The only thing that is commendable is that they love cleanliness and are more united.
While the clothes are worn out, they are washed white and there are not many stains. The situation of collaboration during work is very good. If there is a rabbit who can't handle the job alone, other people are willing to help, and at the same time, it can be seen that they are very hardworking. Everyone works together, no one is lazy, even the little bunny will do simple things as much as possible.
"Kanda...how is the preparation in the village now?"
An elderly old man with a pair of gray rabbit ears on his head, pestered a cane and asked a strong young man in front of him. This young man also had a pair of rabbit ears on his head, but they were black.
"Father, we have refurbished the surrounding walls of the village and put a stone to reinforce it. It is almost done."
"Ok...ok...have everyone gathered in the village? Are there anyone who hasn't come back outside?"
"Almost all came back, only Eden did not come back, he said he would go to other villages for help."
"Other villages, alas... don’t embarrass others, the surrounding villages of the rabbit ears. In fact, everyone knows the situation in their hearts, which one does not survive the hardship, and there is no room to help us."
"When I was young, there were more than a dozen villages, large and small, in this forest. They could also support each other and communicate with each other. At that time, they could even get some iron products. Now, there are only 5 left. There are two villages, I am afraid that there will only be four in a short time, alas..."
"Father, can't we leave this dangerous forest?"
The young man with black rabbit ears was a little puzzled and excited.
"Leave? Where can I go if I leave here?"
The old man sighed and touched a hair ornament hanging from the crutch. The main body of this ornament is a ball, and underneath it is a bronze nameplate wrapped with a few strings, with two engraved on the nameplate. Character. If you are familiar with the orc language, you will know that the two words above mean "White Jing".
"The Crazy Fang Empire, the once powerful country has been dissipated for thousands of years. Now, it’s the world of mankind, where to go is different. In this mountain forest, at least there is still freedom. After going out, you can only Become a slave."
"However, I heard that there are still a large number of orc tribes on the Gufia steppe, we can go there."
"No... silly boy, in a foreign country, the same kind is sometimes even more terrifying than humans."
"Although humans will take us as slaves, they can at least survive. When encountering the same kind, our rabbit ears may be treated as food. Don't think this is alarmist. At the beginning of this kind of thing, can It hasn’t happened too often."
The old man with rabbit ears, shook his head, looked at the busy people on the hillside, and was silent for a while~IndoMTL.com~ said.
"If you can't resist it after waiting, you can take this nameplate and go to other villages with the rest of the young men and children who can go."
"This is the clan card that was bestowed on the Rabbit Ears when the Crazy Tooth Empire was still there. The entire Rabbit Ears have only received three nameplates, namely, Black, White, and Gray."
"Thousands of years ago, with this nameplate, you could have the qualification to grow grain south of the Gaodan Plain and be protected by the Imperial Parade. As an obligation, the three tribes of Rabbit Ears had to pay to the empire every year Sufficient food to maintain this relationship."
"It is said that the first few years were good. Later, as the number of our clan continued to rise, in order to control the number, the empire used young people to fight or work."
"Said it was a war, but in fact it was using our rabbit ears as cannon fodder, or even marching rations."
"However, our family is too weak to resist, we can only let it go. Therefore, you don't have to miss the violent wind empire. You have to be more careful when you see other carnivorous orc tribes."
The black-eared young man is a little hard to accept the fact that he had no other way to learn about these dusty history for thousands of years before, and he has only heard of it for the first time today.
"I see, father."
The youth's tone was a bit heavy, and then he continued to ask.
"Aren't you leaving?"
"I'm old, I can't walk fast, I can't work, I just waste food."
"You have grown up, I have taught you everything that should be taught." The old man touched the young man's head with his yellow palm and smiled with relief.
"When people meet, there will be a day of separation, so don't be sad, besides, there is still the possibility of victory? Are you a young man, why am I as ambitious as I am?"