After resting for another hour and replenishing their food and fresh water, Zhang Yang finally ordered a forced march back.
On the way back, they indeed encountered the Orc Lord. However, only a little over fifty orc warriors remained at its side. After casting them a resentful look, it turned toward another direction while still far away.
Zhang Yang had no interest in pursuing it either, because there were still people in the village waiting to be revived.
In the end, they hurried back to the village before midnight.
By then, because more than a day and night had passed since their deaths, many people could no longer be saved.
"Lord!" Wu Yuan came forward to greet him.
"Cut the crap. Is everything ready?"
"Yes, Lord. This batch consists of the brothers who are about to exceed the revival time limit. Revive them first."
Wu Yuan spoke quickly. The bodies of the fallen soldiers had all been arranged on the Training Ground, where a shelter had been erected.
On the way back, Zhang Yang had already exchanged all the remaining orc souls for five nine-point Wishful Dice. This was just enough to save one hundred soldiers below the Captain-Level Soldiers rank.
As for the River-Crossing Dragons—the three orc village chiefs—although they had been slain, they had all set successors in advance. Thus, aside from their essence blood, essence souls, and energy, their demon souls and Village Building Orders could not be plundered.
Even so, the three River-Crossing Dragons had brought three trial heroes who were quite impressive. All of them were above Level 30, so Zhang Yang did not hesitate and directly exchanged for Resurrection Potions.
Unfortunately, too much time had passed. Sun Goudan, who had been the first to die in battle, could not be revived, while Qin Yidao