The red beam exploded after it shot into the sea, splashing higher than the hull of the ship and sending Carlos, who was in the sea, tumbling and impacting a long way!
"What kind of cannon is this?
How awesome!"
Carlos was deterred by this heavy weaponry, the hardness of the fifth rank was still a bit poor in front of those cannons, even the bows and arrows from that human power could make Carlos feel pain!
Carlos felt weak for the first time since he sailed!
With those human weapons, he or she wasn't going to be able to get much of a bargain, at least not right now!
Carlos recognized this and was prepared to avoid it, but as the two ships sailed by, Carlos saw the crude ship with its many cages, cages that were vaguely leaking animal pelts, but not on all fours, but upright orcs, shivering in their cages and wondering what kind of torture they had been through!
"That's an orc from the East Coast Orc Empire, isn't it, how did they get caught?
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Carlos looked at the captured orcs with some indignation!
From there, a great idea for retaliation was born!
"I'll let you beat me, and I'll release all these orcs you've captured!"
Saying so, Carlos silently sneaked near the humble vessel, which was smaller than the previous two and not as strong in defense, Carlos relied on his claws to climb up to the deck of the vessel, Carlos didn't dare to unleash his wide-range wake-up skill, so he kept on using the Break Chopping Strike after he came up!
All of them were killed by Carlos' wind blade after a single glance, the speed, strength, and reflexes of these humans at close range were far from Carlos, who was simply slaughtering them side by side on the deck!
And it was quiet, a blade of wind was a spurt of blood as Carlos began his quiet harvest!
Blood stained the deck, there weren't many humans on this ship, just a dozen or so, Carlos took care of all of them in a few strokes, Carlos also looked like he was looking to see if there were any cannon-like things on this ship, wanting to find out to give the two ships in front of him a shot, but Carlos was disappointed, this ship didn't seem to be combat-capable, it was just a simple transport ship!
Just as Carlos was disappointed, out of the ship's cabin stepped a well-dressed brown humanoid ape, whose body had become convergent with that of a human in every way, except that his hair was still overgrown and he still had a long tail.
As soon as he came out, he pointed at Carlos and screamed, Carlos couldn't understand him but if he screamed like that again, he would attract the attention of the people on the two ships in front of him, and it was obvious that he wasn't captured, so Carlos judged for a moment that this person was more likely to be a foe than a friend, so he tried to finish him off with a cracking chopping blow!
But the breaking slash didn't finish him off, as there was another wind blade that canceled out Carlos' attack!
A purple wind wolf pounced out, at Carlos is a bite, Carlos slapped him back, the wind wolf palpitates back to the brown humanoid ape's side, crouching low, as if in aggrieved saying something, seems to say: "I can't beat him" just now it is he offset Carlos's attack, the wind wolf is only the fourth rank, Carlos can easily abuse this wind wolf, he can easily kill it. Carlos could sense that this wind wolf was only of the fourth rank, Carlos could easily kill this wind wolf.
Just as Carlos was about to finish him off, the brown humanoid began to chirp again, this time some of the bytes sounded very rhythmic, as if he was chanting something, Carlos listened to it in a cloudy way, but the wind wolf changed as he listened to it!
The ghostly green pupils became as red as blood, and once again lunged towards Carlos, this time Carlos clearly felt that this wind wolf's strength was a whole lot stronger!
It was completely different from just now!
But it wasn't enough to hurt Carlos, instead it made Carlos very interested in that method of being able to turn around and instantly increase his battle power, Carlos looked at the flamboyantly dressed brown humanoid with interest and then smiled at him.
Immediately after that, the reinforced fourth-ranked wind wolf was crushed and shattered directly by Carlos with his light energy drive!
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As soon as the light energy driven power touched the wind wolf's body, the wind wolf's flesh and blood exploded, blood and flesh flew across the deck, blood splattered all over Carlos, who bloodthirstily licked his mouth that was splattered with blood, and the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a bad smile!
The hominid seemed to panic, and in his panic was performing what appeared to Carlos to be a great dance, still muttering something Carlos couldn't understand!
Carlos was annoyed by what he was saying, and a pulse of electricity ended his annoying behavior!
The electric current pulse went through the brown humanoid's chest, after falling down a large amount of blood spurted out of the chest, for some reason, the humanoid's blood had a kind of fatal attraction to Carlos, Carlos didn't hold back and directly devoured the humanoid!
"Ding!
Devouring the first intelligent race, the host gains the authority to change orc forms, and the system extracts generalized skills!"
"Ding!
Continental Common Language Specialization has been activated, Continental Common Script Specialization has been activated, data transfer in progress, transfer complete!"
The system beep sounded in Carlos' head, not Al's voice this time, but the cold, mechanized voice that finished with no other explanation.
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Carlos could only go and ask Al what it was all about.
"The authority of the Orc Form is that the owner can now transform from the state of a beast pro who walks on all fours, to the form of an Orc who walks upright."
"The generic skills are extracted and analyzed by the system from the mind of this intelligent race, they are the words and language that uniquely belong to this world, just now the system has instilled these into the master's mind, now the master can communicate with the intelligent races of this world without any barriers!"
Carlos opened the cage, inside were various orcs of all shapes and sizes, they all came out and thanked Carlos without exception, only the language was more direct, it was all words like very grateful, very thankful and so on, it was simpler and more direct.
Only one beautiful young girl was different, this girl was elegant and charming, with snow-white plumes at her elbows, and raised her hands and feet with an air of nobility, thought uncommonly possessing status, and what she said to Carlos was, "I express the sincerest gratitude of the Swan Clan to you, great and valiant warrior, and may the glory of the God of Battle shine upon you forever!"
Although Carlos knew what each word she was saying meant, but after each word was connected together this meaning Carlos was not able to understand very well, only read that she was from the Swan race, literally, it should be praising herself and blessing herself, only Carlos did not understand why she was talking like this, it sounded like the girl was a devout religious person!
Faced with this flotilla of ships and these orcs, Carlos had very questions he wanted to ask, first of all, why were they captured on this ship, and the humanoid ape who was obviously an orc as well, why is he free to move around while you guys are in cages, and who are the people in the two ships in front of us, and why is there so much hostility towards me!
These were questions that Carlos needed someone to come out and explain, so he asked them in a rush, and when he did the deck was silent.
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All the orcs looked at Carlos dumbfounded, as if they were looking at a fool!
Only that beautiful swan girl didn't look at Carlos with different eyes, but walked out in style and seriously started to explain to Carlos, when she walked out, the surrounding orcs all spontaneously made way for her, it seems that she has a more honorable status among these orcs!
"A warrior from afar, it would seem, so let me tell you the original story of what happened in the middle of this."
The gentle voice of the Swan maiden was as melodious as strings and mesmerizing.
Carlos also can't stop some of the feeling of falling, this kind of sound keeps coming, Carlos unconsciously had a moment of disorientation, after reacting Carlos was a little afraid, in the moment of disorientation just now, if someone else has any ill will towards himself, as long as he seizes the opportunity to make a move, Carlos even if he doesn't die, he will also be seriously injured!
In a completely unfamiliar environment, Carlos would actually unconsciously empty his consciousness, this beautiful young girl was too dangerous, and this influence, if it was intentional, Carlos began to wonder if rescuing her out would not be detrimental to himself, and after this, Carlos instantly hit the ground running and became wary!
"Please don't misunderstand, this is the ability of being a Swan Clan Ritualist, I can't control it very well right now, and I apologize for that if it has affected you, please believe that I don't mean any harm!"
Sensing the change in Carlos, that young girl hurriedly explained!
The words were earnest and kind, Carlos carefully observed her expression and demeanor, and found that none of them seemed to be hypocritical, of course Carlos was not a master of micro-expressions, and couldn't confirm that she didn't have a bogeyman's heart on this, but Carlos actually subconsciously chose to believe her!
"Oh, that's right, that was me being too cautious, sorry about that" he said and scratched his glans with his paw, showing a silly, silly look.
Carlos, like most men, had little resistance to pretty and well-behaved girls, and looking at her poorly, Carlos was willing to believe her!
"Thank you for your trust, warrior, and may the glory of the God of War shelter you!"
The young girl folded her hands in front of her chest and closed her eyes in reverence.
"My name is Carlos, don't keep calling me a warrior, I have a name, okay, so now can we talk about why you guys were captured here and why that humanoid can move around freely?"
Carlos asked.
"That's a long story, first of all allow me to introduce myself, my name is Hylia, I come from the Sunset Plains on the east coast of the Tiburon Sea, and my tribe is the Swan Tribe, one of the five noble tribes of the Orc Empire!
It's a symbol of the intelligence of the Orc Empire!"
When she said this, a proud gleam shone in Hylia's eyes, and it wasn't the morbid arrogance that came from being a noble, but rather a pride that came from the heart, and such an emotion was contagious!
Carlos found it very easy to listen to the young Swan girl and be transported into her emotions, possessing such an aura, she was simply a natural orator, and might make an outstanding leader!
"These are the strong and powerful Bell Bear warriors, these are the dexterous and intelligent Robert Rabbits, all of them are the vassal races of our Swan Clan, the one who captured us here is a mercenary legion of the Pivov Duchy, they do trade in slave population, orc slaves fetch high prices in the human market, and if we are sold into the human duchy, we can get a considerable amount of money, such a behavior is strictly suppressed by the Orc Empire, but the poachers are constantly prohibited!
They are synonymous with evil and every orc's nightmare!"
Hylia carried her anger with her, and along with it, Carlos's deep hatred for that so-called mercenary legion!
"Then you should have just banned humans from setting foot in your kingdom, so that no orcs would be taken captive, much less sold as merchandise to the human world!"
Carlos said with righteous indignation.
"Banning the approach of humans is of course the best thing to do, but we have reasons why we have to be open!"
"The level of human craftsmanship is very developed, after experiencing the convenience and benefits of those things, the life of the orcs has been inseparable from those things, so trade with humans is essential, in addition to the development of the orcs also need to be driven by trade, so we have to deal with humans, and most of the orcs are warriors who only have a talent for fighting, and the treacherous and cunning humans It's too easy to lose out by conducting trade, so the burden of fighting with humans falls on the Swan Clan, which is known for its wisdom!"
There was helplessness in Hylia's tone.
"In the past, the trade was handled by the elders of the family, and I had just held my bar mitzvah, and according to the rules I was also at the age where I should deal with humans, so the elders let to exercise my abilities, and as a result, we fell into a trap set by the humans in this trade, and we were betrayed!
The ones who betrayed us were the Meath Apes, the orcs of the race you just devoured, who boasted of having evolved intelligence not unlike the Swan, and offered to the council to become the sixth nobility of the orc empire!
Only in the end the proposal was rejected by the Supreme Council after arbitration!"
"After the failure, a small portion of them actually suspected that it was us, the Swan Clan, who had interfered and ruined their chances of being promoted to nobility, so this small portion waited for the opportunity to retaliate against the Swan Clan, even going so far as to unite with the all-pervasive human mercenaries!"
"They disguised human mercenaries as ordinary merchants, and with the cooperation of some of the Meath Ape Clan, they actually managed to feel their way into the hinterland of the Sunset Plains, and even bumped into me, who was coming into contact with the family business for the first time, and then I was tricked out of the family compound and taken captive on a ship by them, and also dragged down the family's retainers and guards."
Hylia spoke with sometimes anger, sometimes sadness, sometimes self-reproach, and by the end of her words she was already watering.
Carlos looked at her with great pain and wanted to say something to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.
"Miss Hylia, don't cry, the most important thing now is to escape before they reach the territorial waters of the Duchy of Pivov, or else you won't have a chance!"
One of the Robert Rabbits said, her voice becoming a little shaky from nervousness, and it was obvious that she was in a hurry!
"Avril is right, if we enter the territorial waters of Pewulf, then we'll never be able to return to the Sunset Plains in our lives, we must hurry and find a way to leave before we do!"
Shelia immediately stopped her tears, the strong look of understanding was heartbreaking!