"Wait~ Doesn't this mean that the elves still have a point where they can escape?"
Damili looked at Ganat's plan and asked in surprise. Obviously, although Damili was not a professional soldier, he could still see some problems. Ganat planned to leave a point for the elves to escape to prevent them from fighting to the death when there was no way out. .
"That's right, Your Excellency Viscount~ If we completely surround them, these elves will engage in a trapped beast fight without a way out. Even if we can defeat them, we will suffer heavy losses."
"Listen to me~ I don't care what the loss is, I just want you to capture those elves, all of them, all of them, no one left!!" Damili pointed at Ganat and said word by word.
Garnatner looked at the viscount who was starting to look a little irritable in confusion. Did he have to sacrifice more people just to capture a few more elves? According to his own tactics, even if some elves are allowed to escape, at least hundreds of elves can be captured. This is enough, and the most important thing is that this plan can minimize losses.
Obviously in order to restore his position in the family, Viscount Damili put most of his chips on this operation. The price of an elf in the Free City is at least one million lien, and this price can recruit at least four Five mercenaries became private guards. If a little preliminary work is done for the auction, and the elves this time are some silver-haired elves that have never been seen before, it is estimated that each elf can be sold for at least four to five million Lien.
It is precisely because of this huge profit that Damili doesn't care about the loss of his men and the Eagle Mercenary Tu. Anyway, as long as he catches all these elves, it will definitely be a profitable business.
Garnat and Damili got into an argument, and Damili tried to suppress Garnat as his employer, but the result was of course in vain. Because the slave-catching team does not only have Damili and the Chamber of Commerce. There are also several slave traders whose slave-catching teams have paid out wages. Although they are not as much as Damili's, they have somewhat checked Damili's arbitrary actions. Although these slave traders are not very large, they also hope that the elf slaves can capture them. The more the better, but I don’t want to fill them all in with my men. The size of the chamber of commerce behind them is enough to capture a few elves, so there is no need to be so anxious to Damili.
"Please make it clear to me, Your Excellency Viscount! I am responsible for deciding on combat matters. Our contract documents have made it very clear that you have no right to command my men here!"
In the end, Garnat finally got angry and directly took out the contract and placed it in front of Viscount Damili. Unless it was a special case of a large-scale team operation, as the leader of a mercenary group, no one wanted his men to be commanded by others. Needless to say, the person in front of me was a layman with no actual combat experience at all.
After being manipulated by Garnat, and with the other slave-catching teams clearly showing no intention of cooperating, Damili could only grit his teeth and leave.
"Keep an eye on that guy and his men. If he shows any signs of acting rashly, report to me as soon as possible." Wait until Damili leaves. Garant summoned one of his cronies to whisper in his ear.
"I understand ~ Chief!"
It is not uncommon for conflicts and disputes to arise during missions, and for employers and mercenaries to cheat each other. There are many such cases in the mercenary union archives in the free city. Looking at Damili's gnashing of teeth when he left, Garnet always felt that this bastard would lose his mind and do something stupid out of anger.
After deciding on the action plan, the mercenaries took action quickly. In order to prevent anyone from making a fire or cooking, everyone gnawed on cold dry food and had a cold dinner until the sun began to set. The wind and snow seemed to be getting stronger again. However, for Garant, the wind and snow at night came at the right time. The sound of wind and heavy snow could help cover his footsteps and figure to achieve better results during the surprise attack.
Thinking of this, Garant lay down under a big tree and pulled the cold windbreaker behind his back. It's best to recharge your batteries for the night's action.
But Ganat never expected that all his action plans would fall into the eyes of the monitors in the forest.
The mercenary group and the slave-catching team separated into two teams and headed northwest and northeast of the town. The main force still remained stationed, probably planning to conduct a sneak attack at night.
The report of the Frost Elf scout was quickly sent back to Kim Bradley. Looking at the direction of the opponent's other two teams, it was obvious that the opponent was preparing to outflank and encircle them, but there was still an opening left that had not yet been sealed.
"Haha~ That's it!" Kim Bradley saw through Garant's plan at a glance: "Are you afraid that the loss will be too great, so you leave some room for us to break out?"
"The brain is quite smart." Ai Xi also noticed the situation and tilted his head and said.
Kim Bradley shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that they don't know that we also have this idea. When the time comes, we will follow their plan and start from here┉┉here┉┉and here together."
Pointing to several places on the map, Kim Bradley slightly adjusted his previous deployment and ensured that he would try to catch all the mercenaries and slave-catching teams at once.
At this time, Heathcliff came in and brought a few reinforcements. Four tall mountain giants wearing thick steel plate armor, carrying war hammers, followed Heathcliff step by step with heavy steps. After bringing them here, Heathcliff looked at the mountain giants with interest. , seems to be comparing the giants in the mountains with the giants in the SAO game I made.
"That's it, let's all get ready, and then wait for the night to come!" Kim Bradley said after the mountain giants were also arranged.
Time passed little by little. The mercenary group, which had been lying in wait for a long time after nightfall, finally began to take action. After the scouts were dispatched immediately, news came that the town was quiet. It seemed that most of the elves had fallen asleep, except for some sporadic ones. The sentry lights were still burning.
A mercenary holding a special crossbow quietly moved closer to the sentry under the cover of his companions. After loading the arrows, the mercenary aimed the crossbow at the seemingly sleepy silver-haired elf on the sentry.
"Fortunately it's a man, otherwise I would have a bad conscience if I killed a beautiful elf girl like this." The mercenary muttered and then pulled the trigger.
The arrow flew out of the string and hit the elf's head accurately. The next second, the elf fell on the sentry without even saying a word.
What's going on┉┉Are you dazzled just now
The mercenary put down his crossbow and became confused. The moment he hit the elf, he seemed to see the arrow completely penetrate the elf's head and fly out. It didn't feel like the effect of hitting flesh and blood, but he fell on the sentry. The elf made it impossible for the mercenaries to check the situation.
"Good job! Let's go, be careful and stay quiet."
A companion next to him patted the mercenary holding the crossbow with great satisfaction. The mercenary who was interrupted from his thoughts was stunned for a moment, and then without thinking much, he hurriedly picked up the crossbow and followed his companion forward.
The teams were divided into three teams, and after each of them dealt with several elves on guard duty, they quickly used special fluorescent powder to signal the large troops at the rear. For a while, dense footsteps quickly approached the town under the cover of the howling of the cold wind. .
"Listen clearly to me. First create chaos and then arrest people. I can't get around whoever dares to take action first!" After approaching the elf town, Ganat gave his last warning to his subordinates and other slave-catching teams.
Every mercenary nodded hurriedly, and the slave-catching team also nodded in agreement without daring to disobey.
"Remember not to hurt women and children, they are the most valuable!"
Bypassing the outpost where the sentinels had been eliminated, dozens of mercenaries had sneaked into the town late at night. Everyone lowered their heads and walked cautiously under the wall for fear of being discovered. In order to occupy a favorable terrain, an archer quickly climbed up the sentry post. However, the archer found that there was no body on the sentry post, and the wooden board under his feet was carved with a magic circle that was incomprehensible.
The body probably fell.
The archer hesitated for a moment, but soon the archer who had a clear idea immediately ignored this small problem, quickly took out the bow and arrows and got ready. Once the elves start to take action later, the elves who run away need not worry about it, but any elves who dare to try to resist must Shoot at the first opportunity. There's just one thing that the archer doesn't understand. If the incomprehensible magic circle under his feet is placed in front of the mage of the mercenary group, the mage will definitely recognize it as an advanced illusion magic circle!
"Everyone, sneak into a good position and wait for my signal to start taking action!" Garant also bent down and ran to a warehouse in small steps and said to his subordinates.
The two men nodded and were about to go out to notify their team when suddenly a scream and the sound of fighting suddenly came from not far away. Garant's face suddenly turned sideways, wondering if someone had been discovered.
damn it!
Garnat cursed secretly and hurriedly signaled to take action immediately, but at this moment a mercenary ran in in a panic and said to Garnat in surprise: "Chief! There are two strange women attacking us!! "
"Woman!? Is it an elf? We have no choice but to do it now!" Garant yelled. Even though he had not finished the arrangement, it was too late now.
"No! They're not elves. They're two women dressed as mercenaries. They seem to be humans too."
What! ? Garant was stunned for a moment, human! ? This is how the same thing? Before Ganat could recover, a huge explosion exploded from the sky in an instant, and the ensuing light almost turned the surrounding area into daylight. (To be continued...)