Perhaps because Pigg didn't inherit his second brother's intelligence, Pigg's casualty rate topped the list.
If one wanted to offset these losses, they needed only to keep male and female Pigg together and allow them to mate freely. A few months would give a new batch.
Without a doubt, Hudson, as a traditional noble, would never engage in such activity to expand the Orc clan.
The race that is first in feeding but lousy at everything else is obviously not the labor force that Master Hudson needed.
Survival of the fittest is a law of nature.
There were plenty of such slave races in the Orc Empire, far from needing to preserve endangered species.
With the Mountain Domain thriving, other nobles were not idle, either.
Baron Katelai, who had been screwed over by Hudson several times, finally got a piece of the action.
Thanks to the increase of travelers to the Mountain Domain, the casinos and entertainment venues of the Maple Domain also started seeing more business.