Elephant Person Agon had no desire to tell Charlotte why the Blood Progenitor had come but failed to appear. It was an orcish disgrace; the vampires had completely played the orcs for fools.
Qiudro also learned the truth, but he did not want to mention it to anyone either. He felt the matter was simply too humiliating. It was not as though no one in the Orc Alliance had opposed it at the time. Domitian, for instance, had strongly opposed the orcs getting involved in the war between the two great empires, but it had been useless. The old leopard man was not an influential figure within the Orc Alliance.
Of the Orc Alliance's three Saint Ranks, Ox Demon Samson was the strongest and held the highest status. He had wholeheartedly supported sending troops. That was why, after retreating to the Red Dragon Strait and establishing an orc camp, he had handed the camp over to Emisfida and left with only his own people. He had felt guilty.
Qiudro was wondering what sort of future the orcs ought to have.
Then one of his subordinates came to report, "Great Chieftain, Red Cliff City lies ahead."
Qiudro had chosen Red Cliff City because it possessed the largest port among the dozen or so cities on the northern shore of the Red Dragon Strait. If anything happened, it would be easier to retreat to the Southern Continent. The only problem was that he had no ships at present, and that issue still needed solving.
Qiudro remembered the Black Dragon's promise to dispatch a batch of ships to him, and relaxed a little. Ever since the Black Dragon had suggested secretly executing all the Non-Cannibals and personally led the lizardfolk to carry it out, only to run into Ox Demon Samson and lose