Witch Special

Norni's cry, which seemed to be venting her emotions, made Lin Zhenxi and Benjamin cast their eyes on her. However, Norni was not the kind of person who would hide her emotions. She turned around and stuffed the two bottles of seeds in her hand into her external brain, then turned around and grabbed Lin Zhenxi, saying, "Lin Zhenxi, I don't want you to leave. I will be very lonely if you leave. Can you stay?"

Benjamin's arms were already overflowing with demonic flower fruits, and when Norni forced two more jars of seeds into his arms, the fruit immediately tumbled to the ground. But Benjamin simply looked at the fruit on the ground with regret, not bending down to pick it up. Instead, he held the two jars of black seeds even tighter in his arms. He knew that these two jars of seeds were the future of the Orcs. As long as he kept them safe, he would have as much fruit as he wanted at his feet.

Lin Zhenxi frowned and looked at Norni, who had her hands on her shoulders and her face very close to her, feeling a little annoyed.

To be honest, she wasn't very good at dealing with such emotional straight-forwardness. She also didn't expect that Norni's affection for her would reach the point where she would explode upon hearing her goodbye.

What on earth had he done to make Norni feel so strongly about him? This question lingered in the mind of someone who was quite emotionally dull.

Lin Zhenxi didn't intend to turn against Norni here. She planned to talk about the matter separately so that Norni wouldn't always focus on her.

"Noelni, I'm just a passer-by in the Orc Canyon. Even my arrival here was an accident. You should also know that the magic resources here are quite scarce. I have no way to conduct some magic research here. For my future, I have reasons to leave. If you are my friend, you should not restrict me, but bless me, right?"

"Everyone has his or her own path. Your people are here, and you are their leader. You have to stay here to protect them, but this responsibility is yours, not mine. For your sake, I have done a lot for the Orcs, but emotions are equal. You can't expect me to do more for the Orc Canyon."

"Indeed, with my support, the Orc Canyon will be transformed, ushering in a new era. However, I believe that such significant interference in your civilization is not a good thing. Forcing growth will only leave a huge root of disaster for your civilization, and it will not last long. For the future continuation of your own race, you cannot rely too much on my help."

"Let me go. We all have our own growth trajectory. Now it's time for me to pursue my goals."

After saying that, Lin Zhenxi placed his hand on Noelni's palm, which was much larger than his but had equally slender fingers, and pushed them off his shoulders.

Norni's words were blocked by Lin Zhenxi's long speech. She still didn't want Lin Zhenxi to leave, but she couldn't find any reason to make Lin Zhenxi stay. She couldn't really do what Lin Zhenxi said and use tough means to tie Lin Zhenxi here, right? Putting aside the question of whether she could beat him or not, if she forced a friend to come like this, would she still be a friend?

Just as Norni was getting shaken and almost crying, the old fox Benjamin suddenly shook his drooping gray tail and said, "Ms. Lin, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you would like to hear it."

This old fox probably didn't have many years left to live. Its voice was as hoarse as sandpaper rubbing against metal, deep and weak, but its eyes were still bright, undimmed by age. Although it had no formal education, it had ruled the Orc Rift for over a hundred years, possessing an incomparable wealth of experience. To put it bluntly, it had tasted more salt than even a young man could.

As people grow older, they become more sophisticated. Who knows, maybe it can offer some constructive suggestions.

"Take Nornie with you." As a result, the old fox said something shocking that made the two girls next to him open their eyes wide.

Not only Lin Zhenxi was surprised, even Noelni had an expression of disbelief on her face. She regarded Benjamin as her external brain and trusted it immensely, but it actually wanted to drive her away?

That's right. Orc Canyon was Benjamin's territory for hundreds of years, but he was only recently defeated by Gragul. If the old fox hadn't been so cunning, he would have been killed by Gragul, the ambitious and reckless man. Now that Gragul, with his violent mind, is gone, it's natural for him to want to reclaim his former power.

Benjamin noticed that Noelni's gaze was gradually turning disappointed, and a bit anxious. She truly wasn't seeking power. What good was being an Orc leader? There weren't many perks, a ton of hassles, the race wasn't progressing, and all the pressure fell on a single Orc. If it weren't for the sheer inability to find a successor, she wouldn't have stayed in the position for over a hundred years. Now that Noelni had finally emerged, she couldn't contain her joy. How could she possibly compete with her for power?

But there are some things that are more important than getting rid of the burden, and that is to find a backer for the orcs.

"Noelni, listen to me," Benjamin said with a serious face, trying to straighten his hunched back. "This is a very important opportunity. If you and Ms. Lin can join Silent City, then our Orcs will have a relationship with Silent City. If the Orcs encounter any trouble in the future, we can ask you for help, and you can use the power of Silent City to help our tribe solve the problems we encounter."

"Furthermore, girl, you have unparalleled talent. The barren soil of the Orc Canyon cannot provide the nutrients for you to thrive. Your future should belong to a wider world. This old man believes that you will become a very remarkable person. But if you stay in the Orc Canyon and deal with the trivialities of this place, then I am now you in the future. Your talent will be buried, and the Orc Canyon will completely lose its opportunity to take off."

"Go out, follow your friends, and go to Silent City. That's where your stage is. Silent City is Lord Luke's territory. You'll have better development there, and your strength will become the strongest support for the entire Orc tribe. As for the Orc Canyon, although the old man's body is already decayed, he should still have a few years to live. With me here, there will be no chaos here."

Benjamin's words completely stunned Norni. She had never considered this question before. She had always believed that since she was the strongest orc and had been recognized as their leader, she had to stay in the Orc Canyon and work hard for its future development. As for finding new ways for the Orc Canyon to survive from the outside world, she had never considered this.

Looking at the utterly speechless, brain-dead Norni, Lin Zhenxi suddenly felt that Benjamin's suggestion wasn't entirely unreasonable. After all, Norni's talent lay in magic. Following a normal development trajectory, she would undoubtedly become a great magician. However, when it came to handling the various political affairs of a region, Lin Zhenxi couldn't see even the slightest potential in Norni.

Even now, Norni existed in the Orc Rift more as a mascot and a practical problem solver. Because of her mastery of magic, Norni's productivity far exceeded that of the other orcs in the Orc Rift. As a result, she often performed the work of a worker rather than a leader, but the tasks she performed required the use of magic, and she was the only one who could do it.

If there were other magic users in the Orc Canyon, and if that magic user also had the same multi-attribute elemental adaptability as Noel, then it would be completely possible to replace Noel on an equal footing. Therefore, this job was simply squeezing Noel's power and was not her responsibility as a leader at all.

Honestly, in the long run, this wasn't a good thing for anyone. For Norni, no matter how capable she was, she couldn't possibly serve three hundred thousand orcs. Investing her magical talents in the endless construction of the Orcish Rift would only waste Norni's potential, ultimately extinguishing her incredible talent. And for the orcs of the Orcish Rift, gaining without any effort would foster laziness, perhaps even becoming parasites on Norni, endlessly exploiting her.

Benjamin knew the moral character of his people: they were constantly stealing, often gluttonous and lazy, and definitely not a race of high moral character. If their fear of magic wore off and they realized they could demand Norni do anything for them without paying, they would definitely not be grateful to her. Instead, they would become arrogant and make unreasonable and unconstrained demands.

Because Benjamin himself would have wanted to do so, if he didn't have to consider the future of his race. His people just hadn't thought about it yet, but once they began to realize this, they would definitely start to do so.

Norni is so different from the other Orcs that forcing her to live here would be detrimental to both sides. Only by keeping her at a distance could Norni be the wealthy relative the Orcs could rely on. Getting too close would be like the story of "You gave it to her, why didn't you give it to me?"