Thousands of people emerged from the array. A few hundreds were locals, while the rest were slaves. Althea furtively appeared from the side, amidst the group of slaves.
When the array lit up, she ran over and activated her stealth skills. The men and women's states were haggard and bloodied, especially the fighters, and their eyes were filled with anxiety and despair.
Althea just had to time it well to appear in the crowd quite naturally. The fact that everyone was depressed and didn't have the mind to check their surroundings made it easier for her.
A good portion of the slaves were women, while there were also many men, likely to be used for technical works like building things. Village humans really couldn't compare to orcs and half-orcs, and there was no use in treating them as meat shields.
Orcs needed human intelligence and ingenuity first and foremost, so creating and building stuff had always been their greatest use here.
