As for the orcs who had gone into seclusion, unable to exchange bloodlines with members of other tribes, rampant inbreeding caused them to decline rapidly. Within less than a hundred years, most of the orcs who remained on this continent had been completely wiped out.
Of course, no one had expected berserk warriors to exist here. Even now, berserk warriors remained an eternal pain in the hearts of human armies.
Back then, in order to cover up the fact that human troops were no match for berserk warriors, rumors claimed that berserk warriors possessed the bloodline of ancient demons. Though they did not possess the strength of ancient demons, which could rival dragons, their power was still enough to make humans despair. The weapons wielded by an adult berserk warrior often weighed several hundred pounds; with a single swing, they could send even a heavily armored knight—the pride of humanity—flying together with his horse! And even the most ordinary berserk warrior could effortlessly deal with more than a dozen human knights.
Now, these berserk warriors were living in groups alongside the Highlanders whom they had targeted. That gave everyone quite a headache.
The appearance of the berserk warriors showed that Caesar's intelligence had been seriously wrong. Yet what delighted and worried everyone alike was that this Highlander tribe was more than twice as powerful as they had expected! While that meant the profits would be much greater, and Angel had joined their side, their chances of wiping out these Highlanders had dropped considerably.
Fortunately, none of them were anything but sly and scheming. Coming up with a few vicious plots was no difficult task for them. Even someone as proud as Arthur was unwilling to have his men face berserk warriors head-on, preferring to resort to trickery instead. Bradman's sense