Rody and Carter walked straight into Suordin's room, but soon found that the officer in front of him didn't look very good.
Usually this kind of expression means that the two scout teams will not have a good life in the next three days. Suoding can be regarded as a standard "wine bag and rice bag": he is not very capable, he has a good temper, he is lazy, he is very happy, basically he has no shortcomings. No shortage.
In the memory of "Lodi", this guy only got such a weak military rank by virtue of his father's status as a knight retinue. Although he has a military rank, he can only be called a mixed soldier.
Everyone knows that when Suodin's father died on the battlefield, the boy was only eight years old, and the squire with good martial arts did not have time to inherit anything, so Suodin's mother became a widow, and the latter also died of illness two years later. . The broken family did not allow Sordin to learn to fight, but it eventually created his temperament of being too ambitious and lazy.
Sordin originally planned to rely on a sack of orc heads to prepare for the credit yesterday, but after thinking about it, he felt that these things seemed to be not enough for his promotion—"Success is not enough to fail." Be greedy for merit, and resent if you don't get it. At this time, Sodin was aggrieved and Carter and others didn't kill a few more orcs yesterday, and there was no place to vent his sulking in his heart—but when he saw another bunch of orc heads in Carter's hands, his eyes lit up. The bad mood of yelling and cursing immediately took a 180-degree turn, and asked in surprise: "You killed so many orcs again?!"
"Yes, sir, these are the bodies of eight orc wolfriders, we—"
Carter wanted to continue to say something, but Suoding seemed to have no intention of waiting for him to talk nonsense. He completely ignored the smell of blood, rushed up and snatched a bunch of heads, and patted Carter's shoulder with a smile on his face: "One two Three...eight? I didn't see that you are so powerful before, are the orcs really so vulnerable?"
Sodin, who had never been on a battlefield, naturally didn't understand the danger of this battle, and Carter's mentality had also undergone a big change at the moment, and he couldn't help feeling disgusted with Sodin in front of him—not just the undisguised disgust of Sodin Greed, and even a little disgusted with myself who was somewhat similar to the other party.
"These are eight orc wolf cavalry, sir." Carter did not answer the words as flatteringly as before, but revealed a faint alienation, "We found an orc camp in the northwest and were hunted down by them. But in the end these wolf riders were dealt with by us—"
"Good job!"
Sodin didn't realize how important the information in Carter's words was at all. At the moment, he only thought about how many silver coins and military exploits these orc heads could exchange for. He signaled that Carter could back down, and as for Roddy—he didn't even look at it from the beginning to the end.
Carter was extremely embarrassed.
He admits that he is not very capable, and he also admits that he likes to boast, and sometimes he is even complacent about his good interpersonal relationship. But at this moment, he felt that whether he flattered Sodin in the past, the current result really made him a little sick.
He, Carter, came from a humble background, but that doesn't mean he is an ungrateful person. He brought Roddy here because he recognized Roddy's efforts and status in his heart—today's battle has thoroughly proved Roddy's ability , presumably making him a leader is far more suitable than myself.
But Carter was interested, and Sodin was not, because this shit second lieutenant didn't even have any concept of the importance of the information "found the orc camp"!
Carter was still worried about whether the noble lords would ignore this news as Rody said, but now it seems that let alone the nobles, even the fucking second lieutenant doesn't seem to have the brains to pay attention to this important battle report.
He turned his head to look at Roddy, only to find that the young man didn't look anxious or angry, but shook his head with lowered eyes—Carter sighed helplessly, and the two left together without saying anything, leaving Sodin alone Looking at those orc heads excited whether he can be promoted to lieutenant.
"It didn't occur to me—ah..."
Walking out of the house, Carter wanted to smile bitterly, but found that his voice was very dry, and what he wanted to say finally turned into a sigh.
"Karen Kingdom has experienced peace for too long. People are unwilling to face war, and even prefer to deceive themselves and others when war is approaching. This is normal."
Rody recalled the missions in the Novice Village of the Karen Kingdom when the "Cracked Earth" service opened a year later. The information reflected in it all showed that even when the orcs were raging on the border, no one in the Karen Kingdom would believe that the orcs would really come. The invasion of the Kingdom of Karol is only regarded as the "radical behavior" of "a small number of orcs"—because the agreement signed after the kingdom repelled the orcs stated that the orcs were not allowed to step into the territory of the Karo Kingdom, people naively believed that These orcs really don't break skin...
Facts have proved that any war is the outbreak of accumulated conflicts, and the so-called "fuse" is nothing more than trivial things, which are not worth mentioning at all, because what should happen will always happen, just like a person who fights because of a quarrel , scolded each other harshly before, but it was just to find a reason for themselves to fight harder. Roddy understood the result of the orcs' invasion, but he couldn't declare to the world that this would happen.
That's the same sentence—a "guess" made by a scout, who would take it seriously
Carter returned to the village with Rody in silence, and today's mission came to an end. The scout team is not as strict as the cavalry regiment or the elite establishment of Houlier City. The soldiers are basically relatively leisurely. Apart from eating, sleeping and patrolling the border, the only entertainment they do every day is gathering people to gamble. The soldiers were poor and white, winning or losing only a few copper coins, and those in remote villages didn't have a brothel to go to whores, because this was the village of Lord Kirk, and if they didn't want to lose their jobs, no one would dare to do hooligan things to bully men and women. It's just a few nasty words in front of the widows in the village.
It's just that these soldiers, who used to seem to have nowhere to vent their energy, are surprisingly silent today. When Carter and Rody walked under the eating shed, the scouts of the second team stood up collectively, as if they were waiting for some news.
"Everyone...I have something to say today."
Carter didn't have much leadership style, and even his current position could not be called a high-ranking person at all, but at this moment, with one sentence, the thirteen scouts from the two teams standing in front of him collectively turned their attention to him.
This did not bring any sense of vanity, but instead made him feel more bitter. He lowered his eyes slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "We scouts, who are living for nothing, earn their meager salary with their lives. , in fact, no one is nobler than anyone else. Today...we killed a team of orc wolf cavalry. Many people may not understand what this means, but I remember clearly who led our brothers from the second team to come back alive from that situation .”
The scouts in the first team didn't know why, but when they thought of the string of heads Carter was carrying today and the word "wolf cavalry", they all remained silent.
"Second Lieutenant Sodin didn't think those orcs were a threat, and he didn't even pay attention to the news of that camp. But...but I believe what Roddy said."
"That's an orc...that's not a human being! Sooner or later, these bastard orcs will stretch their fangs towards us, Nolan Village and even Holy City..." Carter lowered his head and slowly took off the one on his chest. The badge of the scout captain, looking up, looking at the comrades in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of pride: "Not much else to say, lead us to victory, Roddy did it, and lead us to make the right decision, I think He can do the same."
Turning around, Carter pinned the captain's emblem on Roddy's chest without hesitation, then immediately stood up, and gave a very serious military salute.
Everyone understands the meaning of this series of actions. But for making Carter resolutely make such a decision, Rody admired him very much.
As a modern person, Luo Di's concepts of "living in the capable" and "abdicating the throne to the virtuous" are too advanced compared to the "cracking" medieval feudal society. He couldn't fully understand what Carter gave up in his heart when he did this, but he just had an instinctive feeling... It is no easy task for a person who may only be at the bottom of his life to give up the few powers in his hands.
More than a dozen soldiers who looked at Roddy and Carter were collectively silent for a moment, but they didn't have any objections—Luge, who was sitting in the corner, probably understood what happened, sighed helplessly, and asked aloud: "Can you?" Can't you explain it to us?"
These are already very polite words. When did Ruger treat Carter or Roddy like this? But no matter the fat beating that Roddy gave him today, or the victory of the scout team's biggest encounter in the past ten years in the afternoon, to Ruger, a veteran, it was of indescribable significance.
Unlike Carter, Ruger is not a recruit, nor is he the second lieutenant Sordin who deceives the world. From a certain point of view, he is the only veteran soldier in Nolan Village who has seen the power of wolf cavalry.
So no matter how much conflict Rody had with him before, in the face of the threat of the orcs, they must have the same hatred.
Ruger, as the captain of the first team of scouts, had always been at odds with the second team captain. He looked down on those naive young people, but after hearing Carter's words, his always sharp and unconvinced eyes turned to look at After seeing Roddy, there was no surprise, but more, it was a kind of scrutiny.
Luge, whose face is still bruised, has a temper, but it also proves that he has a straight temper—"You killed eight wolf cavalry? No loss?"
Carter understood that the conflict between the two people this morning might not be resolved, and then explained in detail the whole process of today's battle. After speaking, the eyes of all the scouts looking at Rody have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Even Ruge was absent-minded for a short while, he seemed to remember something, his tightly pursed lips and closed eyes all indicated that that memory might be the pain of his life...
When he opened his eyes again, his face seemed a little haggard than before. He looked at Carter and asked in a low voice, "What did that guy Sodin say?"
"Him? He's busy counting how many military merits those heads can exchange for."
Carter snorted coldly, causing the scouts around him to feel a little angry and unwilling.
"The problem we have to face now is... the orcs are building a camp 30 kilometers away. If they are allowed to complete the establishment of the outpost, I am afraid that Nolan Village will face attacks from those beasts sooner or later." Carter's face was gloomy, thinking of Suoding. He was a little annoyed with his attitude, "Rhody made these inferences. I didn't want to believe it at first, but now it seems... I have no choice."
Rody saw Ruger's reaction in his eyes, and he knew in his heart that although the beating in the morning caused the opponent a lot of losses, it definitely played a big role at this time—at least the entire scout team has begun to faintly focus on himself up.
Carter's initiative to "let the virtuous" is what Rody did not expect. In fact, he has already started to use various means to get the captain's position. If Ruger dares to object, he will also look for opportunities to convince the other party. But now it seems that the reactions of these two people are much better than I imagined, and the next plan is not difficult to realize...
For his own purpose, Rody thought for a while, and said in a serious tone: "The second lieutenant didn't give any specific orders, so our mission continues."
After hearing this, the scouts seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but their vague expectations were also dashed, but Luo Di's next words made them raise their heads suddenly—
"It's just that I hope...tomorrow, we can take advantage of the situation and attack the orc camp."