Rise of the Horde

Chapter 86: Chapter 8

For the next few weeks, major changes happened all throughout the village. The orc forgers and troll workers worked day and night and made the monumental pieces of stone that were requested by the chieftain.

There were twelve of these stone monuments which were modeled after the wargs. The warg statues were seven meters tall, majestic and mighty. They carved unfolded stone scrolls being bitten by the wargs and within the stone scrolls were all the laws that Xiao Chen had introduced; they were all nicely carved into the stone scrolls in Orcish language.

The first ten warg statues had laws engraved on the scrolls that they were biting, and the remaining two were left blank.

Inside the tent of Xiao Chen, all the important figures of the Yohan Tribe were gathered. Sakh’arran, Rakh’ash’ta, Galum’nor, Gur’kan, Aro’shanna, Draegh’ana, Kul’tha, Xor’tharr, Zul’jinn, Mohrios, Grogus, Deagol, Brazan, Haguk, Dug’mhar and even Adhalia who is being accompanied by the female orc that was keeping an eye on her.

Xiao Chen cleared his throat and stared at the crowd in front of his worktable. “I gathered you all here to discuss important matters about the tribe.” he started off and paused to observe the reactions of those in front of him.

Draegh’ana moved forward and displeasure was written all over her face as she glanced at the human female who shouldn’t be there, “I can understand Haguk and Dug’mhar being here since you have defeated them in a Mazu’rotha and by traditions they and there clans would come under you. I can also understand Brazan, Gliobs, Mohrios, Grogus and that snoring kobold being here since they are representatives of their races, but what I can’t understand is what is she doing here? She is nothing but just a big chested human who just roams around the tribe and eats free meals without contributing anything to the tribe. The only purpose that I can see that she can serve is to please the warriors in bed and perhaps she will very well like it too.” she snorted.

Xiao Chen was about to answer Draegh’ana’s question when Adhalia walked forward and came face to face with the displeased female warrior. She stared at her directly in the eyes before snorting, then faced Xiao Chen and lowered her head and bowed.

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“I am Adhalia Darhkariss, probably last of my family, pledge my allegiance to Xiao Chen, Chieftain of the Yohan Tribe.” She declared and eyed the still displeased Draegh’ana before continuing “I am from a noble family from the Ereian Kingdom within the Burning Sands and I am in possession of knowledge on how things run within the kingdom which would surely aid the chief and his plan to establish his own kingdom and I am also a merchant.” She introduced herself in pure Orcish tongue, which surprised even Xiao Chen.

Draegh’ana stared at Adhalia with her eyes widening in surprise “Y-y-you speak Orcish!” she stuttered and pointing a finger at her.

“Yes, my dear, and I fully understand what you just said about me. Are you jealous of my peaks that you specifically targeted them?” she teased the surprised Draegh’ana and crossed her arms below her chest, making the two bulging mountains even more apparent with her crossed hands pushing them upward.

“As if! You can’t serve anyone with that fragile body of yours. The only thing that you have are those two oversized peaks and nothing more.” Draegh’ana retaliated and argued and pointed at Adhalia’s chest.

“See! You are jealous of them. You are specifically targeting them. Why? Are yours too small that you feel jealous about the size of mine? These big things can give pleasure to men in some ways that yours can’t.” Adhalia winked at Draegh’ana and continued to tease her while smiling.

“Why you! I’ll flatten those oversized mountains of yours and let’s see if you can still smile.” Draegh’ana threatened while gritting her teeth in anger. Black lines started emerging from her forehead as her face was scrunched up in annoyance.

“Oh, my! You’re so violent, little girl. Males don’t like violent females. You must be gentle at all times like me and carry yourself with grace. They like it better that way. It sparks a side of them that wants to dominate you more,ehee...” she giggled and covered her mouth, then stared at the Draegh’ana who is trying hard to control herself or she might just lash out at the human in front of her.

Draegh’ana glanced at Xiao Chen to see his reaction to what Adhalia just stated. She wondered inside her head if Adhalia was right, since their chieftain was really very different from any other orc. He was odd and strange. He carries himself in a very different manner, unlike the other orcs, but no matter how you looked at him, he is fully an orc, through and through.

She stared at the chieftain’s face, but Xiao Chen noticed her staring at him and they had an eye to eye for a second before she averted his gaze and lowered her head and stared at the ground. An almost unnoticeable red hue emerged from her cheeks as the current situation that she was in embarrassed her.

Adhalia smiled mischievously, “Ah, I see.” she said and stared at Xiao Chen, who had an amused look on his face, fairly interested in what was going on.

“Apologies, chief, but what is your preference? Do you like big ones or small ones?” She asked Xiao Chen while tightening her crossed arms even more which forced her peaks upward even more and they are threatening to spill out of her clothes.

Draegh’ana quickly raised her head up and stared at their chieftain and waited for his answer. She was very interested in the chieftain’s answer.

‘Sh*t!’ Xiao Chen cursed inside his head as he was suddenly put in the hot seat by Adhalia’s question. He looked around and caught sight of Draegh’ana staring at him, who seemed to very interested in his answer. The others just distanced themselves to the back and watched the spectacle that was going on.

Brazan sat down on the ground and beside him was Gliobs who leaned at the ogre’s huge body while doodling on the ground. Rakh’ash’ta had a teasing smile on his face as he stared eye to eye with Xiao Chen, who was pleading for help with his eyes.

Aro’shanna also sat down and turned the poor Grogus into a table as she put her right elbow on top of the little goblin’s head. Her right hand was supporting her chin as she stared at the ongoing drama while also flicking Grogus’ ears from time to time.

Sakh’arran and Gur’kan stood still with straightened spines as the trainings that they went through rubbed itself on them. They found it now odd if they don’t stand straight with straightened backs, pulled back shoulders and chest out after being used to it for a long time during their sufferings.

Mohrios leaned on his halberd as he watched the young chieftain being involved in the argument of the two ladies. He was amused and was also fairly interested in knowing how would the chieftain get his way out of the current situation.

Deagol, the kobold representative, had long fallen asleep and wasn’t interested in what was going on. They only sent him here to have someone represent their race.

Haguk scratched his chin and pointed a finger at the chief and the two ladies and asked Galum’nor, “Does this happen often?” The muscle head shook his head in reply and started inching away from Dug’mhar, who was flexing his muscles at him and telling him to copy what he does.

“Let’s see..... uhmm” Xiao Chen pretended to be thinking about his answer but what he was really doing was pleading for help from the others with his eyes and waited for them to intervene. ‘Come on... come on... say something’ he was screaming inside his head, but no help came his way.

“Big ones or small ones?” Adhalia questioned again while inching closer towards Xiao Chen. Draegh’ana noticed the female human moving forward, and she also inched forward, closer to the chieftain. She felt threatened by seeing Adhalia getting closer to Xiao Chen, which is why she also moved forward.

Xiao Chen’s brain started to think of ways to get out of this perilous situation that he was in. His mind was full of things related to the Tribe which he had prepared to discuss with the others, but the sudden argument of the two was something that he wasn’t prepared for. The squabble between the two amused him, which is why he didn’t stop them, but he was suddenly involved, which he didn’t expect at all.

The tribe chieftain started wondering, ‘Do I prefer big ones or small ones?’ he questioned himself inside his mind. He tried to recall his past life in his old world to try to figure what is his preference ‘Big Ones or Small Ones’. He went through his memories about the women that he had a relationship with before. After going through all the women that he had been with and remembering their physical features, he finally had an answer to Adhalia’s question.