Horde: An Army Building LitRPG LitRTS Series (I Don't Want to be the Hive Queen Book 2) by ValetheHowl

Author:ValetheHowl [ValetheHowl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Let them Eat Cannibal Cake

In an improvised camp in the middle of the Caligare Forest, Blueskin was busy listening to his lieutenants complaining about all sorts of petty problems, something which made him wish they’d reach Medelan as soon as possible.

He had greatly underestimated the logistics involved with keeping a force made up of more than thirty thousand orcs on the move. Before departing, he made the Rantul Matriarch turn hundreds of wild animals his hunters had captured into Rantul hybrids that would act as both cattle and bag carriers for the army. He’d thought that would have been enough to keep the soldiers fed for the whole journey, which he assumed wouldn’t take more than three weeks.

As it turned out, he had been far too optimistic.

The army was slower than he anticipated, as its humongous size coupled with the difficult terrain hindered its advance—to the point they were lucky if they managed to make twenty kilometers each day, less than half the speed the Oni had expected. As a result, four weeks had passed and it’d still take at least another two weeks before they would reach their destination, and their food reserves would only last another couple of days.

Because of this, Blueskin had tried to find a way to keep his soldiers fed. Numerous foraging parties were constantly sent out to procure more food, but that wasn’t nearly enough. The Oni had to get creative about other food sources. For starters, all soldiers guilty of something were punished by being turned into food for the other soldiers. As of late, the orcs had learned how to behave, resulting in a much less steady supply.

Blueskin was really stressed out, and on top of that, his officers weren’t really helping the situation. Instead of trying to put the soldiers in line and procure more food, they would come to him with a seemingly endless number of complaints. It was all “the troops are thirsty, we need to find water,” or “a group of soldiers have ended up in a ravine and they can’t get out,” or even “a big tree suddenly grew tentacles, grabbed two orcs and ran away while cackling evilly.”

Blueskin shook his head in disgust. He proceeded to shoot an annoyed glance at the officers before him, who were still listing all sorts of accidents and other unpleasant events.

“That’s enough!” the Oni finally cried once his patience ran out, causing everyone around him to immediately shut up. “It’s your bloody job as officers to keep the troops in line and solve these kinds of problems! If you can’t do that, and keep wasting my time, that means you’re not an officer but just a bag of meat!” His voice turned as cold as ice. “And we all know what use we have for meatbags, don’t we?”

The silence was almost deafening as the orcs and ogres in the crowd nodded in unison, fear showing on their faces. They knew from experience that the Blue Terror wasn’t exaggerating, as two officers had already been devoured by him this week.

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