Lord: Starting from the Northern Frontier
Chapter 876

The Lucky Little Shepherd Slave

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Marvin's emotion was only momentary. He knew what he needed to do most now.

After all the medical personnel brought by the special train had gotten off,

and all the supplies had been unloaded,

Marvin personally led the garrison troops and accompanied the medical staff deep into the settlements around Blue Lake Bay, treating the residents' injuries and illnesses.

He needed to begin the plan to relocate the elderly, weak, women, and children as soon as possible, preferably within half a month, because the wind and snow were about to stop.

On the grasslands lay the territory of the Iron Bone Tribe.

It was a vast camp filled with tents of all sizes. Just judging by the number of tents, the population exceeded three hundred thousand.

But the actual population was only greater, because even the Iron Bone Tribe was not wealthy enough to provide tents for shepherd slaves.

Most of the shepherd slaves, who made up thirty percent of the Iron Bone Tribe's total population, wrapped themselves in sheepskins and huddled among the flocks, relying on the sheep's body heat to survive the winter. It also made it easier for them to manage the sheep.

If they failed to manage the flocks properly, the shepherd slaves could be beaten to death in serious cases. Thus, most of them worked extremely hard to watch over the sheep.

Yet after suffering such a massive snow disaster, even the most carefully tended flocks could not avoid casualties.

Tuoguwo, a minor chieftain of the Iron Bone Tribe, was staring at a huge flock of sheep that had frozen to death, consumed by hysterical rage.

He was the current chieftain's younger brother.

Pampered by his parents since childhood, he had grown cruel and tyrannical. His violent behavior had offended many people and earned

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