With Yiya and nearly a hundred survivors, I headed in the opposite direction of the orc camp at my fastest speed. Along the way, I even used all my magic to release reconnaissance magic in case a group of pursuers suddenly appeared behind me.
In the mountains and forests, using the knowledge I learned from those staff hunters and those born as bandits, I kept changing the patterns to create a maze-like forest path.
"Hurry up... You... Yes, you, don't step on that branch. Oh~ Damn it, put that stone back to where it was... Also straighten the grass for me..." In order to confuse the other party as much as possible, I kept instructing the survivors and asked them to retreat according to my command. At the same time, I was muttering to myself, if the soldiers who came out with me this time were replaced by soldiers from the Sixth Division of my Flame Legion, then perhaps they would be much worse than the survivors in terms of individual combat strength, but I really don't know how much better they are in terms of these combat concepts and tactics. If my soldiers will definitely lose to the survivors in a one-on-one battle, then I have the confidence that my soldiers will not be weaker than the survivors in a ten-on-ten battle. If I add another zero to the number of people, then I think the survivors will be the losers.
After walking through N barren rocky mountains and wading through N streams, I finally asked my soldiers to find a hidden cave to hide in. At the same time, I doubled the number of lookouts on several high points, and also sent more people to set traps and find the best retreat route. Although I used those streams to cover our tracks when I came here, who knows if there will be any perverted ability among those orcs to find us
"Tell me, which group of orcs are you from? Where is this place? How many of you are coming to attack the Canglang Line this time?" After kicking the orc hard, a soldier of the Survivor tribe interrogated the captured orc viciously.
"Embryo!" In response to the survivor soldier's question, the orc not only did not ask a single question, but also spit back at him, which made the soldier furious and he beat him up.
"Okay, stop beating him, you retreat..." Seeing the orc's mouth bleeding, I couldn't help but frown and waved my hand to let the soldier retreat. I didn't agree with the behavior of the survivors. Of course, I'm not saying that he shouldn't be beaten, but I think it's better to use a gentle policy first. Once you start, if you still can't get a result from the interrogation, it will be extremely difficult to pry him open with other methods.
"What's your name? Although we are hostile, we don't have much animosity towards you. You just need to tell us some basic information so that we can return to the mainland safely, then I can guarantee you that I will let you leave us safely and return to where you want to go..." Slowly squatting 3 meters in front of the orc, I stared at the face of this vigilant and tyrannical orc, trying to impress him with superficial sincerity.
"...... You cunning humans, how could you be so stupid now? Do you think I would betray my people and my comrades? A bunch of fools..." After hearing what I said, the orc did not answer immediately. Instead, he stared at me for a long time as if I were a fool before laughing at me loudly, as if what I said was so ridiculous.
"Haha, maybe we are all a bunch of fools? I only ask you out of kindness to avoid you suffering for this... I ask again, where are we? Say it!" Almost as soon as I shouted the word, a slender rapier in my hand opened a hole in his thigh.
"Speak...speak...speak...speak..." Almost every time he said a word, the sword in my hand pierced a hole through the thick flesh of his body. For a moment, the whole cave was filled with the orc's tragic howling, and blood gushed out of his body like a ravine.
"Can you tell me now? Unless you think the holes on your body are not enough? Ah! How could I forget to stop your bleeding... Look at my memory..." As I said that, a white light flashed in my hand, and a low-level healing spell came to his body, filling the holes in his body in an instant. It's a pity that although I filled the more than ten holes of different sizes, I don't know if it's because of my poor magic power? Or his physical condition, the wounds that were illuminated by the healing spell were only closed and stopped bleeding at this time, and there was no healing at all. . . Hey, I hope this healing spell won't make him more painful. . . . . .
"I won't... I can't possibly tell you bastards... We orcs will never surrender to lowly humans like you... Never!" After just a slight frown, the orc started roaring at me. If I hadn't seen so many ropes tied around his body, I would have almost doubted who was interrogating whom.
Without threatening or trying to enlighten him again, as soon as he finished speaking, I pierced him through with more than ten swords... Then, I repeated my previous question...
After this happened several times, the whole cave seemed like a slaughterhouse. All I could hear and see were the orc's screams and groans. When I used healing magic to heal his wounds for the seventh time, he finally couldn't stand this inhuman torture and bit his own tongue. . . . . .
"I'm sorry, I'm just a magician and I don't know much about swordsmanship. Even though my accuracy was a little off, I saved your life, didn't I? Haha, I'll continue to heal you..." Waving the bloody sword, which even had a tooth sticking out of it on the tip, I casually gestured to the orc with blood in his mouth, and stopped the bleeding for him again.
"Well... Sir, do you think you should just forget it? If you can't find out the truth, just kill him... Well, well... isn't that too..." Just as I was about to continue, Yiya interrupted.
"You... you think it's too cruel, right?" Looking at the helpless expressions on the faces of the survivors around them, I didn't even need to think about what Yiya was going to say next. Although I couldn't see the expression on Yiya's face, judging from her tone and the performance of those survivors, her expression was definitely no better than that of her compatriots.
"But have you ever thought about this? If we don't dig out useful information from him, then it would be cruel to us... and even to the entire East Continent human race! Imagine what would happen to us if we don't have any information
Of course, you are strong and I am a magician who can fly. We two may be able to escape when we are discovered by the orcs, but what about your compatriots? What should they do? I tell you, they all have to die. . . . .
Don't look at me like that. Look at all the battles between humans and alien races on the entire continent. Have you ever seen any captives survive? Either they are willing to become slaves, or they destroy themselves as soon as possible. Otherwise, the suffering they will endure may be more painful than death. . . . . . Do you want your compatriots to suffer these sufferings?"
Looking at the survivors who were still staring at me, I had to come up with a reasonable but inhumane reason. As the survivors slowly moved away from my sight, I knew that my words had moved them.
"What do you think? Do you want to tell me the truth? If you can tell me the truth, I will let you die happily!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, I immediately stepped up the torture of the orc.
At this moment, what I see in the eyes of this human-like creature, but thinner than a human, with long fine hair all over his body, is complete despair and extreme hatred. . . . .
"You... you swear to give me a quick death, and I will tell you the news... otherwise..." After hesitating for several times, the orc's eyeballs kept shaking left and right and up and down in his eye sockets, and finally began to compromise with me.
"I promised you, but you don't even think about why I want to keep you here? Just tell me, the sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn..." I interrupted him before he finished. It has been several hours since we caught him. I'm afraid that the camp has already known that the people are missing. If we don't leave quickly, I'm afraid that time will come when we are in trouble.
"Well, you don't have to ask. I'll tell you everything I know... This time to attack you humans, our emperor has mobilized 5 million elite troops..."
“Bang…”
Just as the orc began to confess, when he just mentioned the total strength of the orc army, a survivor warrior who was pouring water to drink shook the leather bag in his hand and dropped it on the ground. Even after a long time, he did not react, but glanced over straightly. At this time, there was a slight inhalation sound in the cave. . . A feeling of horror and fear quickly spread to the hearts of all of us. . . . .
"Go on..." Perhaps I was still unclear about the concept of 5 million orc troops, so it didn't take me long to regain my composure and signaled the orc to continue. But at the moment I recovered, I clearly saw a cold and cunning look flash across the orc's serious face... (To be continued)