After interrogating the orc messenger, Charles learned some information.
The Splitfang Tribe had not received support from the Orc Empire—or rather, there was currently no force capable of supporting them.
The Orc Empire had only just been established, and it was plagued by many internal problems.
At the end of the day, under Giant rule, the orcs' political system had always been based on clans and tribes.
This had its advantages: the bonds among their own kind were stronger, and they could possess higher morale on the battlefield.
But the differences were also glaringly obvious.
Under the tribal and clan system, every orc tribe and every orc clan was a small independent kingdom.
A chieftain held absolute authority over his own clan, while a tribal chief held immense authority over the entire tribe.
In the past, no orc had thought there was anything wrong with this.
But now that the orcs had established the Orc Empire, the problem had surfaced.
Tribes and clans had once followed hereditary systems.
Now that the Orc Empire had been founded, should official posts within the empire also be hereditary?
Should the current orc chieftains and tribal chiefs be granted even greater authority?
If they were not, would they still remain loyal to the Orc Empire?
Orcs had no real national consciousness, only a faint racial awareness—and that was only true for ordinary orcs.
As for orc chieftains and tribal chiefs, they basically did not care about such things.
Thus, the Orc Empire was just as chaotic internally.
Giants were being purged everywhere, whether hill giants or frost giants.
Power was being contested everywhere as well, whether within tribes and clans or within the Orc Empire itself.
Even Graksh, the current emperor of the Orc Empire and its only fourth-tier orc—
That fourth-tier orc warrior