Bai Xiong, a well-known orc in the country, was feeling very angry. In fact, his anger could be described in three words: extremely infuriated!
He could also use another description, but the number of words would remain the same: filled with murderous thoughts!
"In the military camp, on our own territory, we can't even keep an eye on a little girl! What use are you all?" Wang Bai Xiong clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the armrest of his chair.
Immediately, there was a loud "crack" sound, and a strong light began to emanate from the ground beneath his feet. It was the radiance of magic.
It was evident that at the moment when Wang Bai Xiong's fist hit the ground, some mechanism had been triggered.
Before the orc high-ranking officials in the tent could even speculate about what the mechanism was, ropes began descending from the top of the tent.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Controlled by magic, the ropes transformed into thick vines, entwining themselves around the many targets below.
In the blink of an eye, the orcs who had given up resistance were tightly bound around their waists or bodies, suspended in mid-air.
Under the cold gaze of Wang Bai Xiong, they rose to the sky.
The various binding positions they were in were imaginative enough to inspire someone to write a BDSM-themed book.
As Wang Bai Xiong saw his subordinates being suspended in the air, the pupils of his eyes turned bloodshot, with a hint of raging anger.
"When did my daughter disappear? Speak!" The bound orcs looked at each other and chose a representative, who spoke up:
"The first person to discover the princess was missing was her personal maid, who said she went to prepare dinner but found the princess missing when she returned to the room..."
"So, you're saying that the main responsibility for my daughter's disappearance lies with the maid?" Wang Bai Xiong muttered to himself, thinking that there might be some truth to it.
But all he could do was talk about it; he couldn't really punish the maid. After all...
"That maid is not an outsider; she came with my wife as a dowry. Even for the sake of my late wife, I cannot kill her... She will be confined to reflect on her actions as punishment."
The maid had a certain relationship with someone, serving as a protective talisman for herself. The orc high-ranking officials were not so lucky.
Even if it was for the sake of venting their anger, those who were suspended could not be easily released without being found guilty.
Suppressing the rage that was about to drive him mad, Wang Bai Xiong watched the magical halo below, which became more and more radiant with time passing.
Before long, at the moment when the magical brilliance became dazzling, the ground in the tent was quickly replaced by water elements.
In the flowing water, adorable and robust great white sharks appeared one after another, summoned by the teleportation array.
The area under the orc high-ranking officials was less than half a meter above where the sharks were active.
The sharks immediately realized that there was a chance for an extra meal!
Instantly, several sharks leaped out of the water, ready to devour their prey with open mouths.
To put it bluntly, at this moment, these orcs were walking on the edge of death.
At this point, the King Wang had only one question for them:
"At your final moment, do you have any last words that you didn't have a chance to say to your family? I can pass them on for you."
With a firm grip, Wang Bai Xiong pressed his large hand on the armrest of his chair, using the tapping of his fingers to urge his subordinates to make their statements brief.
At this point, the orcs accepted their fate and prepared to face it. With their various large mouths, they spoke their last words in unison:
"Please tell my wife, Your Majesty, that even in my final moments, I still love her..."
"Are you confessing your love on the spot?!"
After smashing Wang's half-face, the polar bear angrily descended from the height and walked straight ahead.
He did not explicitly state who he was going to execute, nor did he intend to forgive his subordinates. He just walked past them and came outside the main tent.
Once outside, the polar bear summoned the wolf orc who was in charge of delivering orders with a thunderous roar.
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
When the wolf orc knelt before him, the polar bear knew exactly what he had to do:
"I grant you authority and command you to lead the elite soldiers of the camp to launch a fierce attack on Dibiles tonight!"
The polar bear wasn't crazy; he knew that the most important thing at the moment was to find his missing daughter. However, in the current situation, one of the main purposes of starting a war was to search for his daughter.
This is what the polar bear thought:
If his daughter had run away, she could have only gone to three places:
The first was the forest to the north;
The second was the Inran Empire;
And the last possibility was that she had gone to the Dibiles Empire.
It was not difficult to come to this speculation because the areas near the military camp were limited to those three places.
Among the three, the polar bear believed that going to Dibiles was the most likely, so he continued with his original plan to start a war.
He instructed the wolf orc as follows:
"Tell the soldiers: if they encounter any cat girl during the war, protect them immediately without asking for reasons."
"Also, remember, there is another order from His Majesty: if there is a chance, make sure they find the girl and bring her to me as soon as possible!"
As a trusted confidant of the King, the wolf orc did not question much and faithfully executed the orders:
"I obey your orders."
"Very well, thank you for your help. The senior generals in the army are not suitable for leading troops on expeditions since their wives are human. But you, as a single dog... Oops, I mean single wolf! You have no concerns when it comes to fighting."
"Listening to Your Majesty, it seems like being single has its advantages..."
After uttering these words, the wolf orc withdrew and assembled the troops in the camp.
As for the polar bear himself, he had an important task to accomplish.
"I need to make multiple preparations and hurry to search the northern forest and the border of the Inran Empire. If my daughter didn't go to Dibiles, I might be able to find her in those two places."
After considering what needed to be done, the polar bear no longer hesitated. He left the high-ranking officials in the tent to play with the sharks, while he hastened his pace and ran towards those two places without stopping.
Now, let's turn to the wolf orcs.
Thanks to the authorization from the King, the army quickly gathered.
Excluding the soldiers who were married to humans, the force gathered under the wolf orcs numbered over seventy thousand.
No additional orders were needed. In any case, the wolf orcs set off with this large army.
Following the polar bear's plan:
The sudden outbreak of war this time will surely catch Dibiles off guard!
And in reality, this estimation is basically correct;
However, in Bai Xiong's plan, there are indeed two variables:
Because of Wang Xiaole, Isabella became his disciple and mobilized all the reserve teams in the capital for the mission of "protecting the master";
Due to Lucia, Isabella led an army to search for the whereabouts of this magical Wang and, after a long search in vain, led the army to the border to continue the search.
If these two variables did not exist, the orc attack would undoubtedly succeed, but if it's always just "if"...
When the wolf orcs led their army to arrive, they were surprised to find three things:
Why did Dibiles gather heavy forces that looked like they were ready for full-scale war at this border?
Why does the woman who looks like an empress not sleep at night and specifically appear in a place like this?
Why did the other side burst into endless anger with just one exchange of gazes?
The luck of the wolf orcs, or rather the entire orc army, was bad.
At this moment, Isabella, feeling extremely frustrated for not being able to find her master and the magical Wang, was in a state of anger;
Just at this moment, tens of thousands of orc troops appeared right before her eyes.
Looking down from the border fortress, Isabella determined that the army below was definitely not there for sightseeing, so she waved her flag and vented her emotions:
"Attack fiercely for me!"
The archers took their positions on the city walls, and a dense rain of arrows rained down from above the fortress.
The wolf orcs were caught off guard and didn't have time to think much.
It is absolutely against the valorous nature of orcs to be beaten without fighting back, so he also issued an order to the entire army:
"For the emperor, orcs never retreat!"
Dong dong dong dong dong dong.
The powerful sound of war drums echoed in the wilderness, beating in the hearts of all the warriors;
Tens of thousands of orcs took heavy steps in the sound of the drums, steadily advancing towards the fortress.
With wide beast eyes and panting breaths, they showed their fangs and held crude weapons like wooden clubs, flooding the land beneath the fortress like locusts.
When the orc warriors at the forefront pushed forward to a distance of about a hundred meters from their target, Isabella, standing on the city wall, stood upright and gave the command to attack.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh.
With a burst of dense noises, the hundreds of ballistas set up on the city wall all started to operate together;
Thousands of sharp arrows were instantly shot out, weaving a dense screen of arrows in the air, covering towards the enemy.
Plop plop plop.
The orc warriors at the forefront fell to the ground like rows of harvested wheat;
The crimson blood quickly stained the ground, looking particularly shocking under the moonlight.
But the sight of their comrades' plight did not make the remaining orcs afraid, but instead fully ignited the ferocity in their blood.
These fierce foreigners roared loudly, accelerating their pace and continuing to charge, stepping on the remains of their companions.
And what awaited them were the arrows shot by the archers stationed on the city walls!
Although the power of the ballistas was the strongest, and they could fire three arrows at once, restringing the bow required two people to work together, so the preparation time was relatively long.
During this period of downtime, it was the longbowmen of the city guard who took over;
These well-trained archers have excellent marksmanship, and with a single volley, they can easily eliminate hundreds of targets.
