It was getting a little bit late, and the sunset glow of the sky radiated through half of the sky, and the thread-like cirrostratus clouds were burning like a fire, from a gleam of bright gold on the horizon to the purple on the top of the head and then gradually turned into Deep blue, turning into a gloomy cloud towards the east.
This kind of cloud light seemed to herald the good weather for the next few days, so that nature fell silent, the sound of birds and birds in the mountains and forests, the whole forest became much quieter at sunset.
Qian stood alone beside Brando, her eyes reflecting a faint twilight. She looked at the direction of Grajal Mountain—the Karanga Mountain Range extending northward to surround the entire baronial'root system' of the fir. At the same time, it is also the easternmost point of this blade that entangles beyond the margins of Eruin's southern civilization and extends into the Black Forest. According to legend, this mountain is the source of the wealth of this land. There are countless treasures buried under it, such as silver. In just a few days, she has heard rumors about this huge silver vein, although Only a small part of it was in Tonigel's territory, but it was enough to make Grudin splurge.
But this mountain, which seemed sacred and silent to the locals, looked like a huge beast lurking in her eyes at this moment. Although the towering rock exposed the canopy of the tree, the reflection of the sun was a golden light, but Under the shadow of the forest, there are hidden secrets.
The sawmill in the forest looks like a small round spot in the golden red canopy after the fall. Looking down from the top of the mountain, it seems that there are not many cave dwellers below. However, this is not the case. These residents from Qiaogendigang hollowed out the entire mountain, and there may be large and small tunnels in the cracks under the rocks.
To enter the valley, it is difficult to avoid passing through these areas closely monitored by cavemen.
The red-haired girl turned her head again. Several hours have passed since Brando confirmed the plan, but they did not take any further action other than walking a few hundred feet along the valley—in fact, it was still in her. Under repeated supervision, the young lord reluctantly moved his position.
Staying here motionless for several hours, but Brando didn't explain the reason, and often just answered with a slight smile.
"This guy."
The red-haired girl had no reaction on the surface, but turned around and gently kicked the intricate black pine root system, thinking that since the plan has been confirmed, what are you waiting for. Whether it’s “catch the thief first, capture the king” or assassination, anyway, when will you have to wait...
She frowned, and didn't like the feeling of wasting time at all.
She turned her head and saw that the cave dwellers in the forest below were walking out of the surface one by one. This is the second batch. The first batch previously seen has entered the forest: "Should they go to meet first, or Go straight to the horseshoe sawmill?"
The number of cavemen in the front is thousands. If they go straight to the horseshoe sawmill, I am afraid that it will be even earlier than they scheduled according to the time. In that case, can the mercenaries really support it until the latter half of the night
She was very skeptical.
"I don't know." Brando's answer was brief and concise.
He really didn't know, he was not a military genius, he just knew better about caveman's habits. As for how the opponent would decide, he really couldn't say for sure.
"Then Lord Lord, the sun is already going down, didn't you mean to wait for the evening at first?"
Brando was taken aback in surprise: "Have I said anything like this?"
"Of course, you said at that time..."
"Oh," Brando interrupted her, "that's because I was impatient to see you waiting just now, so you can relax."
The red-haired girl stared at him with her amber eyes, no matter how good her temper, she couldn't help showing her little white tiger teeth.
"I'm sorry." Brando smiled slightly.
Akane kept her mouth silent and turned her head around-after all, Brando was the lord, she regarded herself as a subordinate, and of course the subordinates could not question the lord's meaning. Therefore, although there are doubts, they can only be kept in mind.
It's just that Brando will explain his thoughts to his own people most of the time, and it seems a bit abnormal to her today.
But Brando didn't want to say it, but couldn't say it. With a smile, he tapped Rochelle’s bazaar in the space he constructed, and his 6-point wealth was immediately added to all his resources. Since that night of squandering, his wealth has risen for three days. It's 98 o'clock.
However, compared to what he had already consumed, the drop in the reply still made him feel a little convulsed in his heart.
"Are you going to find the other's chief in the crypt below?" He thought for a while, but still replied: "The caveman's tunnel may have already hollowed out the mountain. If we go in, we won't be able to find it next year. other side."
"But you can't just wait like this." Qian complained.
"Don't worry, this is just a small tribe. The chief of a tribe with about 3,000 people is often a witch doctor." Brando replied, "To deal with a formal wizard of humans, he has to go out on his own."
"When will you wait?"
"It depends on how cautious the other person is." Brando replied: "It will not exceed a short period of time after the moon rises at the latest."
"Can the caveman be blocked for so long over there?" Qian couldn't help but ask.
"I believe in Antitina," Brando raised her head: "I have given her the solution, and the rest depends on whether the mercenaries are really willing to stand with us. But if they can't, they also have self-protection. The way—but in fact it doesn’t matter whether you give up the horseshoe sawmill or not. This skirmish has already been won in the afternoon battle."
"What's the meaning?"
"Look at it." Brando smiled slightly: "I want more than just victory."
…
The moon quickly rose to the sky.
There seemed to be a smell of silence in the air of the horseshoe grass logging plant in the dark, but it could not hide from an experienced mercenary. When Uta patrolled the wooden wall, he had keenly sniffed the hidden Unusual smell in the wind.
The caveman's scout may have arrived.
She frowned and raised her hand subconsciously, inserted her fingers into the long red hair behind her right temple, and combed it back against the gradual cooling wind in the night. Then his left hand moved down and called a few mercenaries to let them go into the forest to scout.
But her actions obviously caught the attention of others in the camp. The head of the Rose and Wine Mercenary Corps, Krencia, raised her head and glanced at this side, then turned her head calmly, carrying a hand on her back, and continued silently. The people who supervised his subordinates dug a trench in the camp—this was not a trench, but a preparatory measure to prevent cavemen from raiding underground.
As for the burly head Fern, he was also silent and made a gesture to let his own person climb onto the wooden wall.
The mercenaries acted orderly and experienced, which relieved Antitina, who was patrolling the camp. After the noble daughter inspected the lumber yard, accompanied by the two wild elf sisters, she carried her skirt and walked up the wooden wall step by step.
She first looked at Uta standing under the moonlight.
"Did you find anything?" Antitina asked.
Uta turned her head and saw that this lady didn’t seem surprised, but she turned her head without catching a cold: “There is something in the forest, maybe it’s a caveman, or it may be other beasts, I’ve already let people see it. ."
"Caveman?" Antitina was slightly surprised in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face: "Come so fast?"
"Perhaps." The female mercenary leader emphasized.
"What will happen?" The noble daughter took a breath and calmed herself down and asked: "Does this mean that the cavemen move quickly, Captain Yuta? Also, can you judge their reaction speed? ?? And the coordination between the military?" Although she was erudite and well-known, she felt that it was finally superficial after following Brando for a while. In front of these experienced mercenaries, experience and knowledge often confirmed each other. People benefited a lot, so after looking at Yuta, Antitina asked with a humble attitude.
Yuta also glanced at her, for the first time that this little girl was not so annoying. Although Xiaoxiao's mind was a little deeper at a young age, she had seen more of the descendants of the so-called nobility, and once she accepted it, she didn't find it strange.
"The battlefield is ever-changing, and there is very little definite information," the head of the mercenary shook his head, her long red hair swaying like a ball of flame, "it may be the caveman who stayed to monitor before, there are also It may be a scout who came later. If the former possibility indicates that the opponent has a high combat literacy, if possible, I would not be willing to entangle with such a guy; but the latter one indicates the opponent's overall response and coordination ability. It’s superhuman. If this is the case, the fighting in the next few days will be very difficult..."
"And at least it shows," Uta added: "The scout can traverse the forest in such a short period of time, and the individual qualities are not generally outstanding."
"What do you think it is, Captain Yuta."
"According to experience," the head of the female mercenary replied, "I prefer the latter."
"Experience?"
"Experience is very important, Miss Antitina, especially when you are not sure what, experience is like an intuition that is more reliable than your knowledge—" Uta replied, licking his lips and looking ahead, Forest A bird was raised in the middle, which indicated that the mercenaries had handed over with the cavemen and were expelling each other. She squinted her eyes: "It seems that my guess is not wrong, and your lord is not an ordinary person."
"What?" Antitina looked back in a daze.
"If the scout arrives at this time, it means that the big army is near too," Uta replied: "But in terms of time, the timing of the attack will be delayed. The real fierce fighting will continue until the latter half of the night, that little guy... oh, Sorry! Lord Lord seems to know these underground guys quite well."
"He understands more than that." Antitina replied quietly, looking at the moon.
"Oh?"