Fourteen days after entering the rainforest sea of trees, we left the forest and officially entered the area of the Pili.

  Having said that, as far as the eye could see, it was still a sea of mountains and woods; after all, the entire Pili Basin was surrounded by forested mountains, and the so-called break away from the sea of trees was merely the beginning of contact with the market towns.

  Southern barbaric orcs are brave and aggressive, this point after I entered the country, got a very full proof. On the street, often an orc shouted “wow kill”, jumped out, stopped before another orc, and then the two sides will fight, this side of a tiger claw over, the other side of a panther fist over, a few times on the work of the blood splattered all over the place.

  This kind of situation, not much time in the street repeatedly staged, the passers-by also seems to have been accustomed to, do not feel the slightest bit strange, on the contrary, very skilful to make room, so that those who fight can be a big fight. However, although the fight is intense, but not to the point of injury, this is mainly because the beast people thick skin and flesh, and in the victory or defeat has been divided after not kill, but it is very strange, even if you can see that they are going to lose, the loser will also adhere to the last moment, will never run away.

  It was hard for me to understand the strange customs of the South. After arriving at the town, we asked around for the location of the Skiva Opera House City, but all we got were strange stares from people who stared straight at us.

  In the southern barbarians for a year, I have learnt 60% to 70% of the language here, Ah Xue is smart and eloquent, even more so, she speaks fluently, and can’t hear the difference in accent, in the past when trading in the market, I have relied on this to successfully kill the price for countless times, which should be a favourable condition for getting acquainted with the locals, but who knew that only when Ah Xue opened her mouth and said a few words, she was immediately found to be an outsider, and the other party also ignored our questions.

  I have some gems and gold jewellery that can be sold for a good price, and I’m planning to sell them here and exchange them for the common currency, but in this situation, if I take out my valuable goods rashly, I might just become a target of the beasts and cause trouble.

  Just in case something untoward happens, both Asuka and I changed into cloaks to hide our faces, so as not to cause too much trouble, however, the noses of the beastmen are not long there useless, the human odour on me, just appeared and caught their attention, as we walked down the street, it didn’t take long for a large group of beastmen to start following behind us.

  If it was a half-orc, it was a little bit better looking, because even though it had more hair and had a tail or animal ears, at least the face still looked human, but if it was a pure-blooded orc, it looked like a particularly huge beast that could stand on two feet, and although it was not beautiful, anyone could feel their killing power.

  “Master …… Master, what should we do? There seems to be a lot of people following behind.”

  “Don’t make any noise, as long as you keep quiet they won’t notice.”

  Of course this statement is impossible, at least the dozens of Tiger and Leopard people following me, obviously do not agree with this statement, look at their eyes are fierce, coincidentally gripped the hand of the club and hammer, know that the situation is not good, will soon take action. Recognising this fact, I can’t help but regret why I was so greedy the other day and didn’t prepare a little bit of auxiliary magic scrolls on my body first.

  Although here is the street, but we two outsiders are not likely to get any protection, I want to think about no way, to Asuka wink, ready to strike first, so that Violet front, fire-breathing discharge ground repelled these orcs, Asuka as the second line of defence, to prevent them from rushing close to over, which is only heavy combat, to deal with these unorganised orcs, it should not be a problem.

  How do I know, perhaps because I was too preoccupied with signalling, I actually didn’t realise that someone was approaching coldly from directly in front of me, and by the time I realised it, it was already a heavy punch to the face.

  “Serving you stinking street, you bitchy thief! What kind of person isn’t easy to seduce, how dare you seduce my wife, give me a servant street!”

  My nose was bleeding and I nearly broke it, I was in a lot of pain, but my mind still couldn’t figure out why I got beaten up somehow. It was my first time in the country, so I shouldn’t have any grudges against the locals. As for screwing other people’s wives, I haven’t done that since I left Nalivia.

  The beasts who were about to make a move, encountered such a sudden accident, but instead froze, after hearing that there was another dispute, they retreated, making room for a fight, and the expressions on their faces were even more strange.

  “You’ve got it wrong, I, I didn’t ……”

  “No you motherfucker, shut up! I came home the other day and saw a man rolling around naked on the bed with my wife, and just by looking at the horrible size and skilful movements, I knew it had to be you bitch.”

  Another punch, right in the small of the back, not very heavy, but the position was tricky, and it made me fall to the ground in pain.

  If it’s retribution, then it’s fine, but to get beaten up like this without a clue, without even seeing who the person who beat me up was yet, it’s really unjust.

  “Leng, calm down a bit ah ……” If only to be beaten, it is a little better, but I vaguely see that the person seems to take out a dagger, in the sunlight flashing a cold light.

  “If you’re just seducing my wife, so be it ……”

  “That’s, that’s just it, it’s not a big deal for your wife to be fucked, it, it means that your wife is beautiful. ……”

  “But why did you son of a bitch even leave my two sisters alone? I came home the other day and saw a man rolling around naked on the bed with my two sisters, and just by the horrible size and skilful movements, I knew it had to be you bitch.”

  “Huh? What? Your sister, I, I don’t think I ever ……”

  “Had your mother!”

  Did not move the knife, but a few consecutive kicks over, also really hard enough. Asuka didn’t know if she was stunned or not, and actually didn’t come over to help, but the strangest thing was that I heard the group of bystander orcs, letting out an exclamation in unison, as if they had heard something rare.

  “If you had just hooked up with my two sisters, that would have been justifiable ……”

  “Yeah, there’s something to be said for not having to do it, we …… ouch!”

  “But why did you beast even fuck my old mother? I came home the other day and saw a man rolling around naked on the bed with my old mother, and just by the horrible size and skilful movements, I knew it had to be you bitch.”

  “Hey, this is just too much, I ……”

  “I your mother!”

  This time I heard very clearly, no matter what tiger man, leopard man, the group of bystanders together “wow” a cry of alarm, as if they heard something very scary in general, but also so like a blast dispersed, a few times ran away from the shadow of a person.

  Strangely enough, when the crowd of beasts dispersed, the man who had angrily scolded me for screwing his entire female family did not beat me any further, but instead pulled me up from the ground with one hand. Up close, I was surprised to see that this man was not only a human, but also a human I had seen before.

  Cloth scarf wrapped around his head, wearing the colourful clothes peculiar to the southern barbarian area, with a scimitar at his waist and a bunch of painting tools on his back, and two small moustaches that are quite rich in intellectual atmosphere, curving arrogantly, this person is the travelling painter, Mao Yan’an, whom Asuka and I had met in the Suva Tartar Palace.

  When we escaped from that palace, because of his arson help, Asuka and I were able to successfully escape, but after that we couldn’t find him in person, so it’s unexpected that we’d all meet up again in the palace, and it’s still such a weird meeting.

  “Aye aye aye, what luck, with just a few words and some punches and kicks, I got rid of these orcs, I was worried about having to move to knives.”

  Mao Yan’an flicked the dagger in his hand, that blade could actually go inside the hilt, and there was also red liquid coming out of the blade, it was a rather realistic prop. If he used this dagger and stabbed it on my body, then anyone would think that I had been slaughtered by him unless they watched it from a close distance.

  “Fuck you, why did you hit me for a good reason?”

  “Hitting you is to save you, are my fists as heavy as those orcs? If it was up to them to beat you, you’d be a broken corpse right now, not to mention a dead one.”

  The words are not wrong, he may be because of the relationship between the literati, hand and foot force is not big, hit in the body is not very painful, but somehow get a beating, my heart is still the boss is not happy, grabbed him by the collar questioning.

  “Fuck you, why did all those orcs run away when you beat me up? What’s the rationale for that? Tell me honestly.”

  “The truth is naturally there, but not just by fists, but by mouth.” Mao Yan’an whispered, “Friend, do you know what gods the beasts of the Southern Barbarians worship the most?”

  “This well …… Zoroastrianism.”

  After a year of hanging out in the Southern Barbarians, I’ve more or less heard about it. After a long time of religious wars, a series of mergers and combinations, the current religion of the earth, basically still by the light of the Palace of God, the dark Palace of God as the two big mountains, whether it is the elves or human beings, are in accordance with their own good and evil, believe in the two pantheons, especially often have to deal with the gods of the magicians, is even more so.

  However, the southern barbarian region was a place that was difficult for both of these forces to enter. The nature of the beast is afraid of fire, this orc is no exception, do not know from when, a fire god as the faith of the religion, formed in the southern barbarians, rapidly expanding the power of the Zoroastrianism, the members of the race across the southern barbarians between the tribes existed, has turned into the southern barbarians the number one power.

  “Well, you’re right, but did you know that apart from Vulcan, the beasts also worship another god as well?”

  “Oh? What god is so amazing? Did the Palace of Light come here to open a branch?”

  “Giant Yang Shen!”

  “……”

  The three men and a leopard left the street and found a small shop to sit down. Under Mao Yan’an’s explanation, we understand that the Southern Barbarian Orcs, in addition to the fear of fire, also have the same worship of the huge phallus. This is actually nothing to be surprised, even the human tribes, in the primitive period, there are still a lot of people symbolising the dignity of the male phallus, has an indescribable worship, this point from the folklore study of various phallic totems, can be proved.

  Not only that, but there are some customs and traditions that are simply mind-boggling to us outsiders. For orcs of all races, a concubine committing adultery with another person, causing the fur on one’s head to turn green and putting on a natural cuckold, is a lifelong humiliation that is difficult to erase; however, on the contrary, if there is a way to seduce another person’s concubine or a female member of the family by nonviolent means, then it is a more honourable thing than defeating the other person by force, and it will be respected by the whole race.

  That was why, after Mao Yan’an had babbled that whole bunch of stuff, all the orcs were surprisingly scared and fled in all directions.

  “You are only a human, on the size of …… according to say and the beasts are far away, but you can not only seduce other people’s wives, and even other people’s old sister and old mother to take to bed together, which is the turn of the beasts do not bow down, according to me, they not only think that you are a messenger of the Giant Yang God, and even more! They might even think that you are possessed by the Giant Yang God!”

  Mao Yan’an said, glancing even more towards my crotch and laughing.

  It’s hard to imagine exactly what will become of being possessed by such a messy god, I can only remain silent. I hadn’t noticed it before, but now that I’m face to face with him, I realise that he is indeed a very attractive middle-aged man, not only does he look great, but after changing into the colourful clothes that are popular in this area, he looks even more radiant and exudes a kind of teenage vitality, even when he’s talking to us, he can’t help but raise his thumb, measuring the size of the pedestrians’ figures on the street from a distance, and leaving sketches of the figures in a small book at a rapid pace.

  When he opens his mouth, his speech is witty, especially the two curved moustaches, with his temperament, there is a decadent painter’s artistic atmosphere, like this middle-aged man, even if he is penniless, can often win the favour of women in the midst of the merriment, in my opinion, is definitely the kind of pig-disguise and eat tiger type of ruthless characters.

  “Giant phallic god possessed? I wouldn’t be happy to be told that, that shit should rely on skill, just talking about the size of the phallus is what reckless people do, I ……”

  The words were barely out of my mouth when he gave me a heavy tap on the shoulder.

  “You still secretly feel good in your heart, right? People are not in vain, Farrell Governor is young and handsome, there is no need to be particularly polite ah ……”

  I glanced at Ah Xue without any sense of humour, naturally, it was again this stupid girl who spoke too much and divulged my identity to others, otherwise, I had already changed my name as soon as I entered Piao Li, so how could this guy know my name?

  “Don’t be so stingy, I am a person who likes to make friends the most, I hope to make friends with heroes and heroines of all factions, not to mention such an outstanding person as the Governor.”

  Ah Woo also said that his hobby was to make friends, but all of his friends ended up in a bad situation, so it is better to know fewer friends like this, so that my life will be longer. After reaffirming my current pseudonym, Blue Eagle, I planned to take Xue away.

  “Why are you being so insensitive? I think I can still help you more or less.” Mao Yan’an laughed, “Are you interested in hiring me? I’ve travelled to and from Paili dozens of times over the years for the purpose of painting scenes, and I even know some of the trails that the beasts don’t know about, so I’m the perfect person to hire as a guide. If you want to find a human guide in Pi Li, it’s hard to find one, apart from me, I guarantee you won’t be able to find another one within a hundred mile radius.”

  “Oh? Why? Did you silence them all?”

  “Erm …… didn’t mean it like that.”

  In fact, I don’t need him to say, I also know that the situation in Piu Li is worse than expected, I and Ah Xue are not familiar with the place, if we don’t have a guide to show us the way, we will be like a fly without a head. There are not many human beings in Pizhou, and I am afraid there are even fewer who are willing to lead the way for us. Sister Dragon Lady’s matter cannot be delayed, and if we have to find a guide in a hurry, probably the only one is the one in front of us.

  However, for Mao Yan’an, I still dare not fully trust, he is a person who comes too strange, because of his recommendation, we are involved in the Suwa Tartar incident; and the secret room where Violet is imprisoned, he actually knows; and now suddenly followed our footprints, came to Piao Li. I really don’t quite believe these things when they are said to be coincidences.

  “There’s no need to think too much, as long as time passes, you’ll know that I have no ill intentions.” Seemingly seeing my concerns, Maoyanan laughed, “What’s more, the city you’re going to, Skaiwa Golou City, is currently about to turn into a battlefield, so even if it’s an orc, no one would dare to take you there.”

  “Wait …… how did you know we were going ……”

  “It’s hard for me not to know, who told you to ask around as soon as you got here, why do you think that group of orcs followed you?”

  Seeing him smile so weirdly, I knew that things were unusual, and it was no wonder that what Sister Dragon Lady would entrust to me was definitely not just delivering a letter alone, and how could it be considered a test if it didn’t have some difficult aspects to it?

  Under our coercion, Maoyanan paraphrased the predicament we would encounter.

  “Things have to start from more than ten years ago in the southern barbarians, at that time, the biggest power in the southern barbarians, is the feathered tribe led by the phoenix tribe, honoured the phoenix celestial maiden as the leader, united all tribes, let the southern barbarians have a very rich and happy time, at that time ……”

  The so-called feather tribe, is the feather winged beastman. But not have wings are counted, is specifically limited to the feather only wing is considered feather tribe, like the evil lotus like bat wings, or like the goblin tribe like transparent wings, can not be considered feather tribe. And if my memory is correct, the Feather Race should all be female, when they combine with other beastmen and give birth to offspring, the ones that are born if they are male, will inherit the lineage of their father’s clan; if they are female, they will be the same as their mother, all of them are the Feather Race.

  As for the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, that was one of the four Heavenly Maidens of the world, the Spring Wind (Phoenix) Heavenly Maiden, with her overwhelming beauty that was needless to say, it seems that she had once heard Maoyan An mention before that she had disappeared, and her whereabouts were unknown, and it would be hard to know what was going on.

  “The Feathered Clan was at one time very powerful, but they were very peace-loving, and under their rule the Southern Barbarians ……”

  “All right, all the official words used as adjectives should be skipped! Powerful and peace-loving, only a three year old would believe it, it’s only strange that the power can be powerful without burning, killing and looting, it would be funny if such a powerful power would be peace-loving.”

  Mao Yan’an entered the main topic, briefly recounted the Feather Clan’s grandeur, especially the Feather Clan’s home base, the residence of the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden, the gorgeous island floating in the air, is still a glorious scene that people still enjoy talking about. However, the rule of the Feather Clan did not last long, and I do not know what happened, but one day, after a sudden change, the whole Phoenix Island evaporated and disappeared without a trace.

  According to the description of the people who had the impression at that time, at noon that day in astronomy is the moment of the eclipse, would have been a cloudless clear weather, when the total eclipse began, the whole sky darkened, these are still considered normal phenomena, but later on do not know where to drift a large number of dark clouds, covering the air and sky, the whole canopy thick cover, when the midday one, the total eclipse end, the sunlight penetrates through the dark clouds to sprinkle the earth, the dark clouds dissipate! Without a trace, but originally floating in the air of the Phoenix Island, also disappeared, and no one has seen since.

  “That was already nineteen years ago, and along with the Phoenix Celestial Maiden, all of the Feather Race experts on the island disappeared with them. Over the past nineteen years, this matter has become the biggest mystery in Southern Barbarians, and I don’t know how many people are tracking them down, wondering where exactly they have gone?”

  “What’s the point of saying that? The scent of conspiracy is so obvious, of course it’s a good idea to give it all away.”

  “This idea has also gained a lot of support, however, with the strength of the Feather Clan strong at that time, the entire Southern Barbarians invincible, not to mention that none of the tribes can fight against it, even if all the tribes united, is not the Feather Clan’s rival, not to mention that can manipulate the twelve beasts and devils of the Phoenix Celestial Maiden, itself the first master of the Southern Barbarians, the other tribes will never be able to have the strength to break through the Phoenix Island. “

  “So? Actually, I do have a question, mate Mao, you just said this was nineteen years ago, right?”

  “Yeah, what’s the problem?”

  I frowned, “Even if she’s beautiful, why is a woman who has been missing for nineteen years still ranked as one of the top ten beautiful women today?”

  It seems that I did not expect the focus of my concern, Mao Yanan awkwardly laughed: “Er …… about this, seems to be because the top ten beauties is the continent of the countries of the idlers jointly elected, the southern barbarians are located in the remote, the thing is in the piping, information conveyance is slow, outside the people can not figure out the situation looks like. “

  “And what does this matter have to do with our destination?”

  Mao Yanan followed to explain, since the disappearance of the phoenix island, the southern barbaric beast tribes will strive to counterattack, revitalise their own forces, on the contrary, the feather tribe, but because of the loss of the leader of the relationship between the internal strife, without the guardianship of the phoenix heavenly maiden, their status and strength fell to a drop in the bucket, in the successive many times of the size of the war, the four major beast tribes, headed by the snake, panther, bears, tigers, to obtain the control of the southern barbaric place, and the feather tribes fell into obscurity.

  Nowadays, it is no longer very easy to find the Feather Clan in the Southern Barbarians. They are often hidden in the mountains, do not dare to easily appear in front of people, because the major beast tribes will never allow the Feather Tribe to reorganise its power, and then establish the heyday of many years ago, and the beauty of the Feather Tribe has become their original sin, the major beast tribes of the rich and powerful, are to collect the Feather Tribe’s concubines and slaves as a matter of pride.

  “Good, so poor oooh ……” Hearing this, Asuka, who had been holding Violet in her arms, only had teardrops hidden in her eyes, and was sincerely saddened by what she had heard, “Wouldn’t it be too unfair to the Feathered People if it was like this? “

  “…… Yes, to say that really makes us outsiders strangle our wrists, just because of these reasons, the Feather Race that used to soar high above the clouds in the past is now no longer seen in Southern Barbarians. If it was still the Feather Clan’s ruling world, it would be easier for the foreigners to move around in Southern Barbarians, and it wouldn’t be as dangerous as it is now.”

  “I don’t think there is nothing strange, the woman who deludes herself to ride on a man’s head is doomed to not have a good ending, if things are reversed today, then I’m the one who has to feel hurt. However, you said so much, in the end off us what …… hmm? It shouldn’t be ……”

  “Smart, you are going to the city of Skiva Golou, is currently the last base of the Feather Race remnants, the four southern barbaric clans have always been very unkind to that side of the ……”

  When the Phoenix Island disappeared, there were still a considerable number of the Feather Race who were not on the island and thus escaped, but later, because of war and other factors, the Feather Race almost became extinct. At that time, some of the remnants of the Feather Race built a city in the mountains to settle down, and at the same time, let the remaining Feather Race people in the Southern Barbarians know that there is still a place to unite the strength of their compatriots to shelter them.

  The person that Sister Dragon Lady entrusted me to deliver the message to, that female general named Katrina, is the current lord of the city of Skelvargrove, and is also one of the founders of the place. According to Mao Yan’an, although she doesn’t rank among the top ten beauties, she is also one of the most exquisite beauties in the southern barbarian region.

  To the Feather Clan, the establishment of the Skiva Golou City was nothing less than a famous light in the boundless darkness, but looking at it in the eyes of the four major clans of Snake, Tiger, Leopard and Bear, it was not a good thing. In particular, if the Feather Clan were to have another peerless artisan like the Phoenix Celestial Maiden emerge and become powerful again, recreating the rule of the Phoenix Island of that day, to them, this was tantamount to the beginning of defeat, because the Feather Clan, who had suffered so much from the bullying during this period of time, would never be able to forget these hatreds so easily.

  Even if the feather people are willing to give up their grudges and live peacefully in the mountains, not to destroy the balance of power of the present southern barbarians, the beast races are not likely to accept it. Originally can arbitrarily rape and humiliate, ravage the object, suddenly became a powerful threat of the enemy, that kind of feeling like a thorn in the back is really not good, this point I can fully appreciate.

  Therefore, the four tribes as the leader of the southern barbarian group of beasts, since the establishment of the building of the city, it is constantly using a variety of excuses and its difficulties, to the feathered people to dissolve the base, only the party negotiation breaks down, the size of the battle I do not know have played dozens of times. The beasts of the joint threat, the force is naturally strong, but a Skaiwagol building city is located in the mountains, the establishment of a high number of people to help, a variety of organs, boundaries and other facilities for the building of the city to provide a solid as gold defence network; Secondly, the feather tribal remnants of the people know that self-improvement of the reasoning, each in the building of the city of the hard work of hard training, study of number of skills, the strength of the special is not to be insulted, but also know that their own way back, every time they go into battle are like Every time they went into battle, they looked like they were fighting for their lives, and they were extremely brave.

  The beasts themselves are also in the heart of the evil intention, all only hope that the other tribes and the feather tribes to fight a defeat, their own benefit from it, so every time a tribe to the feather tribes to send troops, the rest of the beasts not only do not help, but often in the stalemate in the war, attacking the clan’s defences because of the troops weakened the tribe, forcing the expeditionary force only to withdraw, back to the fire quickly. Because of these factors, the Skaiwagako Citadel has survived the fires of war and is still standing in the city.

  “Recently, it’s quite calm over there, and the four great clans haven’t heard of any attacking actions, so there shouldn’t be any problem to rush over there while we’re there now, and arrive early and leave early, or else waiting until the war starts up again, it’ll be troublesome to go over there.” Mao Yan’an laughed, “That’s true, but the Zoroastrianism once imposed blockade sanctions on the city of Shikaiwa Golou, ordinary people don’t dare to get involved with that side at all, you don’t even find a map not to mention finding a guide, ah.”

  Even if the boss in my heart doesn’t want to, I have to admit that he is right, if we disregard this painter who is familiar with the geography of the southern barbarians as a guide, we can’t find the city of Skaiwa Golou with just Asuka and I alone.

  “I heard you say that the Skwagow Citadel is located deep in the mountains, do you know the exact location?”

  “That’s not a problem, I’m a travelling artist, apart from sketching, I also draw maps as a sideline, I have all the geography of the place in my head, so hiring me is definitely the right thing to do.”

  “How much do you want? We don’t have a big budget.”

  “I don’t want a cent.” Surprisingly generous, Mao Yanan refused the monetary reward and smiled, “I’m a person who pursues beauty to the extreme, Miss Ah Xue’s beauty and divinity is one of the goals I’m pursuing, as long as I’m allowed to paint her when I’m free on my travels, then I’ll be satisfied …… of course, it’s the maskless of that kind.”

  Not a problem, anyway, Asuka’s true colours he has already seen last trip, will find anything wrong, also found out a long time ago, now do not need to take special precautions. Eleven out of ten artists are crazy, and since I met this kind of kaiju who doesn’t care about money, of course I won’t push back, nodded and agreed on the employment.

  “Also, I will occasionally write some poems and manuscripts to be printed as a book in the future. If you are free, please tell me some of your glorious battles, so that I can be inspired, and maybe I can help you write your memoirs in the future.”

  I’d be a fool to tell you the truth. If I wrote my memoirs, the War Office would arrest me immediately and punish me.

  “By the way, there’s one thing I want to know before we leave.” I frowned and whispered, “Everyone speaks Southern barbarian, why is it that when you talk to people here, they’re kind to you? I only spoke a few words with Asuka and I almost got beaten up on the street?”

  This is very important, if you do not want to walk on the street, every day by the orcs beat up, at least I have to learn the dialect here, know how to let the people accept. I just watched Mao Yan’an walk along the way, all the road orcs and he greeted, obviously in this place is very popular, I want to find out what the secret is.

  “Wow, this ah, it’s very simple, because you guys don’t speak the language of the strong.” Mao Yan’an said, “Southern barbarians is a place that is highly martial and worships the strongest in martial arts, and the language has changed accordingly, you guys speak the basic language, but when you come to Piao Li, you can’t do it without learning the dialect changes here.”

  We were so confused that we were about to ask about it, but then there was a demonstration. Mao Yanan pointed to the outside, only to see a bear shouted “wow kill”, jumped to the side of the street, stopped in front of a tiger, but not to make a physical challenge, but in front of the meat stall began to kill the price.

  “You gutless bandit, how dare you sell such rotten and stinking rotten pork for so much, I want you to be on the street in front of me today under my iron fist of justice!”

  A very common dueling provocation, but I happened to ask the guide beside me for the proper name.

  “I meant to ask a long time ago, what does the word servant street mean ……”

  “Falling on the roadside, which simply means dying on the roadside with no one to collect the body, is a very vicious curse in ordinary circumstances, but it means a lot in the strong language of the southern barbarians, the same as scrapping, collecting voices, blasting, and not having enough classes, are all keywords in the language of the strong, and if you don’t learn it, you’ll easily be recognised by the locals.”

  “Scrappy? Unsufficient class?” Asuka and I were still baffled by our newly learnt moniker when the two orcs on the street had already gone at it.

  I can’t imagine that apart from physical combat, the beasts are also so fierce in buying food, foaming at the mouth to lower the price, while there are even some difficult sentences mixed in.

  “I will definitely blast you to death today! This biggest piece of pork will be given to me cheaply!” “Hahaha, a small trick, will I be soft-hearted? You can’t estimate me. Kill!”

  “You useless piece of trash, if you want to defeat me, you are still far from enough, so give me defeat!”

  “Good, strong!”

  A series of dialogues, listening to me and Asuka is dumbfounded, although every sentence can be understood, but feel bullshit, especially watching the two orcs gesticulating, flinging the pork in their hands, in addition to picking faults, but also like a strong man dueling to shout out loud, the feeling is really strange.

  “Want to kill my price? I can’t stand you even if I have to put up with shit and piss, you shouldn’t mess with me even if you mess with dragons and tigers!”

  “Asshole, if you go against me, you will die today in an extremely miserable, most miserable, miserable way!”

  Weird grammar, listening to us is creepy, a side of Mao Yanan explained: “Beastmen have infinite strength, so they worship the force, especially like ten thousand beasts venerable as the top of the martial arts strong man. For many years, every strongman duel in the outside world will be collated into an after-action report and transmitted back to the Southern Barbarians, and even the quotes from the battle are recorded clearly, so that the worshippers can catch their words, and over time, it has turned into a special feature of the dialect here, referred to as the strongman’s language, and outsiders who are not familiar with it, will be wrong if they speak two sentences.”

  Just as he said, in a few moments, the battle over there had entered a white heat, with the two orcs shouting wildly, the price of pork was being fought over between several copper coins, and if converted into a duel of the strongest, it was probably about to reach the final situation of life and death strikes.

  “If you want to fight then fight, I will prove today that you are destined to be below me for the rest of your life, and this is the destiny that God has given you!”

  “Shut up your voice, strong people get stronger when they meet strong people in their lives, I’m going to go against the heavens today!”

  “Mouth Jie! Mouth Jie! Mouth!”

  “Mouth Jie! Mouth Jie! Mouth!”

  Ignoring the consternation of us outlanders, the two orcish powerhouses dueling, having reached a world all but incomprehensible to us, began to bend their arms like apes, shaking their chest muscles, and dueling in a final duel of asymptotic words.

  “Hey! What kind of person talks like that, don’t they go crazy talking like that?”

  “You’re wrong to say that, when you enter a country, do as the Romans do, it’s a tradition of others.”

  Tugging at my guide’s collar, I droned, “Tradition? Can that be a human word they speak?”

  “Well, they …… they’re orcs.”

  Money can’t buy everything, but it can buy me.

  Violence won’t solve all your problems, but it will solve you.