Chapter 1041: The No.1 Struggle in 1,000 Years
Fei didn’t plan to argue with this orc of Coyote Clan. More precisely, he didn’t feel like saying anything to this orc. They weren’t on the same level in terms of status and strength, and trying to argue with him would only make the king look less classy.
Under the stares of these orcs who looked at him differently, Fei didn’t feel uncomfortable nor stop walking. Together with Great Priest Nash, they walked into the back palace.
The two spoke while walking.
After hearing Nash’s explanation, Fei finally figured out what happened in the last four days.
As the saying goes, demons and devils will appear when a nation is about to get chaotic, and natural tragedies and catastrophes will appear when the world is about to get chaotic.
The Behemoth Orc Tribe’s decision to migrate back to the Azeroth Continent was the only decision that the top-tier nobles and other influential figures in the big clans had to make. The orcs at the bottom of the society mostly didn’t know much about it.
However, in the last four days or so, several shocking and terrifying natural catastrophes struck the [Banished Land], and this forced orc nobles to bring this issue to the surface. Right now, migration was a hot topic.
In the last four days, terrifying earthquakes happened around more than 20 clans, and bottomless abysses appeared in the ground. Fire and lava gushed out from the depths of the abysses, and meteors fell from the sky.
All kinds of unimaginable natural catastrophes happened frequently in a span of a few days, causing the highest casualties in the history of Behemoth Orc Tribe in the last 1,000 years. More than one million orcs died in the last four days, and an iron-tier clan that didn’t have many members was destroyed in a sudden landslide. This clan was the first clan to ever go extinct in the last 1,000 years.
At the same time, wild beasts began to get anxious and violent in some places, attacking many orc clans and causing many casualties. Even the beasts that the orcs had tamed so far started to get aggressive, and incidents where beasts attacked their masters occurred.
The worst news was the crops that had been growing well a few days ago suddenly all withered and died. Even though this land was poor, the orcs managed to get the crops to grow. But now, most of the orc clans were looking at the largest famine in the last 1,000 years.
In simple terms, behemoth orcs had never been so low before in the last 1,000 years.
If things weren’t handled properly, even the king clans might go extinct.
At this moment, many orcs believed the ancient prophecy that every orc knew – Once 1,000 years passed, the [Banished Land] would no longer be inhabitable. The behemoth orcs’ roots were still on the Azeroth Continent, so they must return.
Also, while the tribe was experiencing pain and tribulation, some bad rumors were passed around as well.
Just as that orc of Coyote Clan had said, some behemoth orcs believed that due to the appearance of Fei and other humans, they brought tragedy to the peaceful [Banished Land]. No one knew who started this, but some orcs thought that humans represented greed and destruction, and Fei and others’ arrival stained the [Banished Land] and Beast God Rexxar. That was why the Beast God brought catastrophe to the Behemoth Orc Tribe, and the only way to end the tragedy was to kill these humans and sacrifice them to the Beast God.
Right now, the Beast God Palace had issued summon a summons, and more than 80 percent of the clan chiefs and decision-makers were gathered here to discuss this issue.
Those orcs in the front palace inside this tent were the representatives from almost all the clans.
The discussion had continued for more than a day, and it was still happening.
“What? Could it be that the behemoth orcs still haven’t made the final decision?” Fei frowned and asked Great Priest Nash.
Nash smiled bitterly and said, “After all, the Behemoth Orc Tribe is made up of thousands of clans, and our tribe isn’t a dictatorship, unlike human empires. We have to persuade each clan chief, and this couldn’t be done in a few days. However, the ten king clans and most of the powerful silver-tier clans have reached the consensus on the issue, and they decided to migrate as fast as possible. Entus His Holiness is already very supportive of this. If everything is successful, we can start migrating in about half a year.”
“Half a year?” Fei lowered his head and sighed. Half a year was still too slow.
While the two talked, they entered Pope Entus’ back palace.
This place was still the same. There were many models of modern electronics as well as the wide tennis court, making Fei feel like he never left Earth. However, Pope Entus who was still energetic four days ago now looked old. His facial muscles loosened up and started to drip down, and wrinkles that looked to be carved out of blades were all over his face. His eyes now sat deeper into his eye sockets, and his eyes got a bit cloudy.
With grey hair on the two sides of his face, Entus sat on the couch in layers of leather coats as if he was ill, and it seemed like he had aged more than 40 years in just a few days.
“You… what happened?” Fei was shocked.
Entus waved his hand and signaled everyone in the palace to leave. When only Fei and Nash were left, Entus rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly before saying, “Is it really strange? I remember telling you that my life is coming to an end. When everyone dies due to old age, aren’t they all like this? If you came here two weeks later, I would have become a senior who had white hair, a few teeth, could only move slowly, and couldn’t talk clearly.”
“This… is there no other way?” Fei was anxious. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still unwilling to let this ‘homie’ go.
“Damn! If there is a way around this, do you think I would want to die?” Entus laughed and cussed. Then, he waved at Fei and told him to sit on the couch opposite to his. As if he was afraid of cold, Entus crawled deeper into the couch and said, “Ok, let’s talk about the main issue. From the look of things, behemoth orcs have to migrate within two months. The transportation ability of the Ancient Path of Blood of Behemoth is limited. I heard that Chambord grasped the technology for super-long-distance teleportation arrays. I hope that you can help in this area.”
“These aren’t an issue. Even if you don’t mention it, I will bring it up myself.” Fei nodded.
“Yo, your attitude sure is proper! You have placed yourself in the new role already! Hehe, anyway, all these troubles are for you, the new pope, to handle. I won’t waste my energy on them,” Entus laughed self-mockingly before saying, “Oh, right. I already announced that I’m about to pass away. Therefore, the selection of a new pope is already on the schedule. It will be decided within the next ten days or so. Be prepared.”
“What should I prepare? I’m not even an orc, so I’m not qualified.”
Entus mentioned this once before, saying that Fei was going to be the next pope of the Beast God Palace. However, this didn’t make any sense. Regardless of everything, there was no way that behemoth orcs would accept a human to represent the Beast God.
“As long as you are mentally prepared. Everything was decided 1,000 years ago, so nothing should go wrong. That existence had said that you will dictate the future of the orcs.” Entus rested his chin on his hand as he laughed lightheartedly, “I don’t care about that much. I’m about to die, so I should hurry up and sleep with a few more beautiful animal girls. My mind isn’t on this issue. Everything will go according to schedule, and we can see what will happen.”
Fei was at a loss for words.
Entus then pointed at Great Priest Nash of Fox Clan and said, “Stephen Nash is from my Fox Clan, and he is a talented priest and my most trusted assistant. He will plan the rest. I don’t know when I’m going to die. If I die before the new pope is selected, you can trust him on all issues.”
Entus sounded like Liu Bei who entrusted his sons to his subordinates before he died in Baidi Fortress according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
“Yuck! You are such a doomsayer! Don’t jinx it!” Fei was feeling a little sad.
Although he had only known Entus for a few days, the king felt like he and Entus were friends for thousands of years due to their connections to Earth.
Fei really didn’t want to lose this friend.