Akhil took a long moment to think through the situation.
There were too many unanswered questions.
How did they find out about the crude oil?
Did they see the flames?
If they saw the entire fight, why didn't they interfere then?
And if they didn't, why would they suddenly want to help now?
Too many things just didn't add up.
Without answers to those questions, joining the humans didn't seem like the best idea.
He had initially planned to use their resources to trade with the humans.
The orcs were living in terrible conditions, with wood for walls, stones for tools, and basic equipment that barely held together. It felt as though they had traveled back in time to the stone era.
The humans, on the other hand, lived far better. Though the chaos and fear from the transmission had caused civilization to crumble, their technology still existed.
The metallic ball was proof enough of that.
