"Okay, brothers, we have now entered the enemy's range of activities. Everything we do now must be low-key!" Kordak shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I think you are the only one who is the least low-key, right?" Vera looked at Kordak and said coldly. Before the start of this mission, Kordak had tried hard to persuade Vera for a long time, trying to get her to stay in the fortress. But the woman didn't agree with anything she said, and the two of them quarreled so much that they almost started to bite each other. But if we just talk about the sharpness of teeth and nails, if Vera ranks second, no one would dare to rank first, so in the end Kordak reluctantly brought her over.
"I'm just doing this to stir up the atmosphere..." Kordak looked aggrieved.
This is the third day of their departure. Now they have walked out of the Costa Grand Canyon and arrived within the warning range of the Stoke Empire. As the leader of the team, Kordak naturally couldn't just lead his team around like this, and then rush forward and slash at the target when he saw it roaring. Even the bandit leader knows how to use strategies and tactics. Naturally, he, Uncle Kordak, also has to use his mind flexibly.
Therefore, in the past few days, he began to work hard to get familiar with everyone in the team. Their habits, abilities, strengths, and shortcomings are already known when selecting personnel. But for Kordak, that kind of explanation was not enough.
He needs to accurately grasp the characteristics of each member of the team. Only in this way can he maximize the strength of his team. It was a very painful job, because every one of the guys Alexander brought out seemed to be wooden. Kordak asked a question, and they answered honestly. Kordak joked with them, and they didn't even raise the corners of their mouths.
The exchanges over the past two days made Kordak feel as if he was doing a stand-up comedy, which was boring and uninteresting. But for the sake of the team, he had no choice but to bite the bullet. As a result, his own behavior has become more and more weird in the past two days, and he has begun to develop like Malolite.
"How cruel this kid Alexander is to his subordinates..." Kordak couldn't help but think sometimes. In fact, he completely wrongly blamed Alexander, because the direct person in charge of this team was Just, which means that all these people were brought out by Just, and a stubborn and old-fashioned person like him, led It would be strange if the subordinates who came out were not like this.
"Boss, it's not easy either..." Regnar sympathized with Kordak. He sets out with the Kordak team and will act alone after arriving at the specified location.
"Good brother, you still understand me..." Kordak burst into tears. In the past two days, even Vera and Eberron did not praise him. Only his younger brother Regnar occasionally made two guest appearances for him. Praising him made him feel like he was not a special idiot.
"So, boss, keep working hard..." Regnar said "Cherish" on his face, and he said to Kordak: "The road ahead will be different. It's time for me to act alone."
"Xiao Lei..." Vera was still a little worried.
"Sister Vera, it's okay, I might even come back earlier than you!" Regna showed a reassuring smile.
"We must come back alive!" Vera said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry!" Regnar replied with a smile. He nodded silently to Kordak, then turned to Eberron in the distance and said, "Hey, Eberron, I'm leaving."
"Oh, bye, I won't see you off." Eberron replied habitually, and then he was suddenly stunned: "Hey! Where are you going?"
Regner's actions are the most secretive. No one knows his movements except Kordak team, Alexander, Tamro and Just. This was for Regnar's safety, and also to ensure that the assassination could be unexpected.
Regnar didn't say anything when he heard Eberron's inquiry, and just waved his hand on horseback without looking back.
"Pretending again..." Eberron's head was full of black threads, but he did not run to ask Kordak. Since they did not take the initiative to explain, Regner's actions must not be told to others.
"Captain, it's already midnight. Do you want the brothers to set up camp and start resting?" A knight who looked about the same age as Kordak came over and reminded him. His name is Jeff, because he is over forty and has With rich combat experience and good prestige, Kordak appointed him as the deputy captain of the team.
"..." Kordak thought for a moment, but still shook his head: "Inform the brothers that we will still travel for an extra two hours tonight."
"But... this is already three consecutive days of extra marching. If this continues, the overall strength of the team may be affected." Jeff reminded.
"No, everyone present has at least level 11 strength. Riding an extra two hours on horseback every day should not have a great impact on them." Kordak shook his head: "But we need to arrive early. The prescribed location, after all, is the scope of activities of the Stoke Empire. There are too many variables. If I didn’t go there earlier to familiarize myself with the environment, it would be difficult for me to relax.”
"In that case, we obey." Jeff accepted Kordak's order very calmly. This was something that both Just and Alexander had requested before. During the mission, he could make suggestions to Kordak. , but if Kordak makes a decision, then they must obey.
"The discipline is really strong." Kordak couldn't help but smacked his lips when he saw all the members calmly accepting his orders.
"That's not like you. You laze around all day and don't even wash your feet when you go to bed." Vera exposed Kordak's background.
“…”
In this way, under Kordak's order, their team has been conducting rapid marches for the past few days. Therefore, when Kordak arrived at the scheduled ambush location, he arrived almost a day earlier than previously scheduled.
"The three transport teams basically followed the official route of the Stoke Empire, but this area was destroyed by the previous war. If you choose to ambush, this is really a good place." Kordak observed. Looking at the surrounding terrain, I found that there are many hills nearby.
This more complex terrain has advantages and disadvantages for them. The advantage is that they can make full use of the environment to hide before the ambush. The disadvantage is that it is easy to hide - if the enemy sets an ambush here, it will be difficult for them to find it.
"..." Kordak frowned and thought for a while, and then couldn't help but shook his head: "It would be much more convenient if Xiao Lei was here, what a pity... Connor."
"I'm here, captain." A soldier named Connor came over.
"Sneak over and conduct a careful reconnaissance alone. Search the area carefully." Kordak roughly drew a range. He knew that this Connor was a thirteenth-level warrior, and had also practiced stealth and disguise. Although he was not as good as Regnar, he was still much safer than a tall and thick guy like Kordak who was running around blindly.
“It’s a big scope and it takes a lot of time,” Conner said.
"I know, that's why I've been asking for a rush march these days. Don't worry, we have plenty of time." Kordak patted Connor on the shoulder: "But you are the only one in our team who can sneak, so work hard."
"Okay." Connor nodded.
"If it's just sneaking, I can do it a little bit." Eberron came over at some point.
"You?" Kordak was stunned: "How can you also sneak?"
"Why don't I know it anymore? Have you ever asked me..." Eberron was helpless. Kordak had only focused on understanding the abilities of other members in the past two days, but he had forgotten his old friend. In fact, it's no wonder. He and Kordak have known each other for a long time. Kordak subconsciously thought that it was normal for him to understand all his abilities.
"To what extent can it be achieved?" Kordak was still a little worried.
"I definitely can't be as silent as Lei." Even though Regner had told Eberron his real name two days ago, this guy still used to call him Lei: "I can barely make seven or eight It's at a level of 100, and it's still enough for reconnaissance."
"Very good, then go ahead." Kordak said, "You and Connor will divide the work. Remember, check carefully."
"I know, go back and buy me a drink!" Eberron said as he walked away.
"Are you a little too nervous?" Vera asked after everyone left.
"I don't think so." Kordak frowned and said, "We stole the information out of hand. In other words, the Stoke people knew that their delivery of supplies and Harden's arrival had been leaked. Although Alexander said that Harden is a bit arrogant and may not pay attention to these small details. But I think arrogance does not mean stupidity. If it were me, I would probably use these baits to lure Alexander out at this time. Find another chance to kill him."
"Then we are likely to be ambushed?" Vera was now worried again.
"That's not the case. If Harden is more prudent, he may directly change the transportation route." Kordak said: "Or, Harden is really as Alexander said, extremely confident and arrogant, and he arranges his transportation team The guards were confident and did not arrange an ambush or change the route. But I think if he really did this, Harden would be really stupid."
"Is this really true?" Vera blinked: "I always feel that you are hiding something from me."
"You're too worried." Kordak's eyes flickered.
"Tch, it's mysterious." Vera muttered dissatisfied: "If you can't say it, you can't say it. You're hiding something from me. Don't think I don't know. Alexander talked to you in secret again in the afternoon before leaving. Once again, I must have told some secrets!"
"How come this woman is so smart now?!" Kordak looked at Vera and couldn't help but feel frightened...