Allendo lay down on the grass and moved his body carefully, trying not to make any noise due to his movements. Ryan followed closely behind Allendo, keeping a distance of about five meters from him, and several hundred meters away, Xiaobai pressed his body tightly to the ground, using his sensitive hearing to alert Ryan and Allen.
After spending two hours and crawling a distance of more than 40 meters, Allendo successfully crossed an open area and came to a small hillside. After a few minutes, Ryan also came to the hillside and lay down on the hillside. Next to Allendo, this is a very low hillside. It is only as tall as a person at most. If it were not on the northern prairie, even the name "hillside" would be reluctant.
Allendo raised his head slightly and looked around to make sure no one had noticed him. Then he leaned out of the hillside and carefully checked the camp about 20 meters down the hillside. This was a very simple camp. It was built on The south side of this hillside barely blocks the cold air coming from the north.
The camp was only surrounded by wooden sticks of different lengths. These wooden sticks only reached the waist of an adult at most. Their appearance was already decayed. Although there were ropes connecting the sticks, The gap is still enough to pass through a thin person,
Several old orcs were busy around the bonfire in the center of the camp. On the bonfire was a washed and skinned Talen cow. Two young orcs were almost using their whole bodies to push a pulley next to them. Through the rotation of the pulley, , making this Talon cow keep rolling on the bonfire,
Allen counted the numbers and found that there were a total of six cowhide tents in the camp. Based on the calculation that one tent could accommodate 8 people, the number of people in this camp should not exceed 50, which was probably a strengthened team. It was noon at this time, but the orcs There was no one in the camp. Ryan and Allen waited for a while and found that the seven or eight orcs coming and going in the camp were basically the seven or eight orcs. These orcs were busy and never relaxed for a moment, but in Outside the camp, they didn't even take basic precautions. They seemed very reassured about the safety here.
Ryan and Alando did not dare to be careless. They waited at the same place for a long time, but still did not find any other orcs. This made Ryan and Alando very disappointed. It seemed that the orcs might have gone out to patrol, and this place was... It is an area where the orc wolf cavalry is active. This camp is probably also where one of the wolf cavalry units rests at night.
Ten days ago, Ryan and Alando set out from Thor Fortress and began to go north to carry out the task of "intelligence collection". Unlike other mercenary groups, Ryan and the others did not choose a straight line to go north in order to get the rewards of the task. , but adopted a spiral forward method. They first carefully surveyed the area 40 kilometers north of the Thunder God Fortress, and selected several hidden places to conceal their whereabouts. Then they would find out where the orcs were patrolling. The general route, and then use the early morning when the orcs are most likely to relax their vigilance to pass through their blockade,
These methods have not been used by other mercenary groups, but only Ryan and Allen have done it most beautifully. The reason is quite simple, because they only have two people, while other mercenary groups have as few as seven or eight, and as many as two. , thirty people, such a huge number, I am afraid that they will be seen by the enemy from a distance on the wide prairie, and they are talking about sneaking in secretly. In addition, Allen is a Druid. It has a unique advantage in the natural environment, and can even detect the enemy's traces from a distance, thus avoiding the fate of having its whereabouts discovered.
After Ryan and his party left Thor, they drew a rough terrain map based on what they saw along the way. However, even Ryan himself understood that this rough and simple thing might not be of much use. After such a long adventure, Ryan finally found himself in the Imperial Capital and Orlando. The general and others got along with each other for a while, and gained some military knowledge. They understood that the real purpose of the "intelligence collection" task issued by the Thunder God Fortress garrison was to obtain detailed information about the orcs, focusing on the deployment of the orcs' troops or similar information. Otherwise, no matter how detailed the terrain map is, it is just a reference, because it is impossible for the garrison of Thunder God Fortress to leave the fortress and go to North Talon to fight.
But Ryan also understands the concerns of the Thor Fortress garrison. If they clearly point this out during the mission, it is estimated that few people will dare to come. The mercenaries can risk their lives to complete the mission, as long as the reward is generous, because this is their most important Things they are good at, but if they were asked to directly detect the movements of the orc army, it would be better for them to hunt down a powerful monster. Even the well-trained scouts from the Thunder God Fortress never returned, not to mention that they are not good at these things. Where are the mercenaries of things
In the orc camp, the young orc said a few words loudly, and immediately two old orcs came over and lifted the Talon cattle off the campfire. Then the two old orcs worked together to lift it. He picked up another Talon sheep that was washed and skinned and placed it on the bonfire.
Only then did Ryan remember that he had been here for a long time. When he first came here, the Talon cow was roasted on the fire. Thinking of this, Ryan withdrew his thoughts and turned his eyes. Wandering around the entire orc camp, Ryan's eyes soon fell on a corner of the camp, where there was a pile of firewood as tall as a person, which attracted Ryan's attention.
Those firewoods are the driest and easiest to burn good firewood. It stands to reason that when the orcs are grilling beef, they should get those firewoods. However, the orcs did not move. They would rather spend more effort to get the firewood. Use fresh branches and grass blades that are still wet, as if the firewood doesn't exist.
Ryan's heart suddenly moved. He remembered that when he was at the Thor Fortress a few days ago, he heard Bart talk about the method of transmitting signals on the grassland, which was "use smoke during the day and fire at night."
The pile of dry firewood in front of him, Ryan has reason to believe that it is a tool for the orcs to transmit signals. As long as the camp is attacked by the enemy, the orcs will light the pile of firewood immediately, so the orcs patrolling nearby will The Wolf Cavalry and other camps can immediately send personnel to support this place. Even if the enemy is strong and all the orcs in this camp are killed, enough clues can be left for other orcs to continue to hunt down the infiltrated human scouts. This should be The reason why several other mercenary groups were completely wiped out,
Ryan shook his head slightly. They had already scouted four camps like this in the past two days, one almost every ten kilometers. This also means that there is a wolf cavalry team patrolling about every ten kilometers. Such patrols In Ryan's impression, even during the Royal Athletic Competition, the human imperial capital Fernando City was not as dense as it was. What on earth did the orcs want to hide? They actually used such a huge army.
"How's it going?" Allendo asked in a small voice in Ryan's ear: "The number of people here is the smallest among these camps. Should we take the risk and try it?"
Ryan said hesitantly: "They are all old people and children, I can't do anything."
"Alas." Alando also shook his head. Why didn't he
"Let's do this." Ryan came up with a compromise. He whispered to Alando: "Let's find a place to rest and see if it's possible to sneak in further at night, maybe a little further north. It’s not certain that anything will be discovered.”
"That's the only way it can be." Allendo agreed to Ryan's proposal.
Although the war is cruel, Ryan and Allendo are not willing to massacre civilians, even if they are facing a non-human race. They observed the surrounding environment here and prepared to leave here quietly, looking for a safe place to wait for the day. black,
At this time, a young orc in the orc camp suddenly shouted something, which shocked Ryan and Allen. They thought that their whereabouts had been discovered, and they quickly pressed their bodies tightly to the ground. , while paying attention to the movements around him, and watching the yelling orc warily,
I saw the orc camp. When the other three young orcs shouted loudly together, they all dropped what they were doing and ran out of the camp. The orc who shouted first got into a tent. Allendo had already The weapon "Sharp Claw" is worn on his hand, ready to transform and attack at any time, and Ryan is also ready to fight,
When no one expected, the orcs did not look at where Ryan was hiding. Instead, they ran to the open space outside the camp and waited. Less than a minute later, the orc who got into the tent held a round The thing ran out and came to the side of other young orcs. The orc dropped the round thing in his hand at his feet, and then kicked his companion,
Accompanied by cheers one after another, the four young orcs happily kicked the round thing and played happily in the open space outside the camp. Ryan and Allen were relieved. It turned out that their whereabouts were not exposed. , but these orcs couldn't bear the hard work and began to play some kind of game.
Ryan was even a little curious about what those orcs were kicking. He used his eyesight and looked carefully in the direction of the young orcs, but when he saw clearly what the orcs were kicking, his whole body immediately Becoming stiff and his body starting to tremble slightly, Ryan closed his mouth tightly, not feeling any pain even though he had bitten his lip.
Alando, who was lying next to Ryan, was shocked. This was the first time he saw Ryan like this. What made him so angry? Alando followed Ryan's gaze and discovered that those young people The round thing that the orc is kicking is a bloody human head. Although the face of the human head can no longer be seen clearly, its very obvious features still indicate that it is a human head.
(National Day is coming soon, and work has become very busy. During this period, updates may no longer be stable at 7 pm every night, but there will definitely be an update every day. Please forgive me.)