"Captain, there are hidden sentries nearby." After Connor came back, he pointed to several hillsides in the distance and reported: "There are hidden sentries in that area, that area, and that area, but it seems that the defense force is not particularly tight. The sentries are all low-level warriors.
"Very good..." Kordak thought for a moment, and then asked: "If calculated normally, the transport team should arrive after half a day, right?"
"Yes." Connor confirmed.
"Notify all team members and prepare for action." Kordak made a decision.
"But captain, if you remove the sentry on the opposite side so early, the Stoke people will probably notice it." Connor reminded.
"I know, do as I say!" Kordak confirmed his decision.
"Yes..." Although he was very confused, he had to obey Kordak's decision. This was discipline and an order.
A few minutes later, all the soldiers were ready to go. Kordak quickly arranged everyone's tasks, and then walked towards a sentry with Vera.
"Why do you have to follow me?" Korda frowned. Vera had been looking at him like a thief from just now. This feeling of being watched made him very uncomfortable.
"What's wrong? Don't you think your woman can't run around with you anymore?" Vera rolled her eyes and said a rare shameless sentence.
"..." Kordak was speechless.
"Okay, I didn't mean to spy on you." Vera smiled: "It's just that I think you are tall and powerful, and it is difficult to do things like sneak attacks. I am here to help you..."
"That would be great..." Kordak muttered in his heart, but did not dare to say it out. He looked at Vera, who looked serious, and finally sighed: "Are you that curious?"
"Of course! Since it's a task, I have to know the real content of the task, right?" Vera immediately became excited. I have to say that this woman is really curious sometimes.
"Okay..." Kordak saw that Vera had a strong tendency to say, "If you don't tell me, I will fight you forever", so in the end he could only compromise. He looked around pretending to be mysterious, and then said to Vera: "Remember, don't kill everyone in a while, leave one behind."
"Are you going to capture someone alive?" Vera said, "Then I don't think you can get any information."
Kordak suddenly stretched out his hand, covered Vera's mouth, and then said to her: "It's not torture, I want to let him go!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Vera really shouted out. If Kordak hadn't taken precautions in advance, her voice might have exposed everyone.
"Fortunately, fortunately..." Kordak murmured as he let go.
"Are you crazy? Letting him go will probably attract a bunch of enemies!" Vera said in a low voice.
"I know." Kordak nodded.
"What do you know? This is too dangerous." Kordak's calmness made Vera a little crazy.
"But this is the real content of the mission." Kordak said calmly.
"What exactly did Alexander ask us to do?" Vera frowned and asked, "It's okay if we don't tell others. Don't you worry about me?"
"Okay..." Kordak saw that Vera was on the verge of breaking out, so he didn't dare to hide it anymore. He leaned into Vera's ear and whispered a few words in a low voice.
"..." Vera couldn't help but widen her eyes as she listened. After Kordak finished speaking, Vera could only murmur: "How dare he do this... This Alexander is really brave. of… "
"So, stop complaining." Kordak said: "The most dangerous thing was done by Alexander. The prince is so desperate, what else can we say?"
"Okay..." Vera nodded, she took out her dagger, and then said to Kordak: "Let me do it. If you go like this, both of them may run away, which would be too fake. "
"Can you do it?" Kordak was quite worried. After all, close combat was not Vera's strength.
"Nonsense!" Vera rolled her eyes: "I am also a mid-level ranger after all. Isn't it a waste of time to deal with two low-level rookies?"
"I don't know who was chased by a second-rate assassin like Nigrila in the first place." Kordak muttered in a low voice. That Nigrila was beaten to death by Annelotte and Kordak. I don’t dare to be arrogant anymore. When I first met Larvin in the palace, he was also very low-key. He personally avenged Vera, and now he naturally feels confident when he speaks.
"Huh? What did you say?" Vera turned her head with a dark face.
"No... it's nothing..." Kordak's calf trembled: "Please go well, I look forward to your heroic appearance..."
"That's pretty much it." Vera nodded, then moved toward the secret whistle not far away.
The two guards who were standing sentry in the inconspicuous ravine obviously did not notice Vera's arrival. They looked up from time to time, and then laughed and exchanged words, as if they were making tasteless jokes.
Vera couldn't help but frown. She looked down, and then deliberately stepped on the branch. The dry branch broke and made a slight sound.
"Huh?" The two sentries turned their heads at the same time, and then they saw a tall red-haired woman looking at them coldly with a dagger in hand. The expression on her face seemed to be dissatisfaction with the failure of her sneak attack.
"Enemy attack!" the sentries immediately shouted. They obviously did not estimate Vera's strength. After seeing her, they drew their swords and rushed forward without thinking.
Vera turned sideways to avoid the slashes of the two men, and then jumped forward directly on one of the guards.
At this moment, warnings of enemy sneak attacks were heard one after another nearby. Only then did the two guards realize that this time, everyone might have been tricked.
"Go back and report! I'll hold her back!" the guard shouted.
"That's quite courageous." Vera murmured casually, and then her dagger stabbed directly into the guard's lower back. However, due to the armor and heavy winter clothing, the dagger only penetrated the body by a centimeter or two and did not cause any major damage at all.
"Drink!" The warrior who fell to the ground tried his best to stimulate his fighting spirit. Vera was blown backwards by the sudden burst of power. Immediately afterwards, the soldier kicked off the eagle like a rabbit and kicked Vera away.
Vera rolled over and stood up immediately after all the strength was removed. At this time, another soldier had also left, although he thought that it was possible for the two of them to join forces to kill the female assassin. But he understood the importance of the mission better and he needed to bring the news back.
"Damn it!" When Vera saw that the other person was not there, she immediately pretended to be frightened and angry. She rushed over, seemingly preparing to catch up with the escaped person.
"Don't even think about going there!" the warrior present shouted, waving his sword and fighting with Vera.
"It seems that close combat is indeed a weakness..." Vera thought helplessly. Although she could suppress this warrior, it was not as easy as she imagined. But the level difference between the two of them is absolutely absolute. One is level 12, the other is level 6. Vera is twice as tall as him. She believes that if it were Kordak or Regnar, he would probably be able to do it with one hand. He can be killed instantly with just one foot.
After lamenting her weakness, Vera finally determined that the fleeing warrior was far away. She suddenly jumped back and was four to five meters away from her opponent. Then she raised her hand and shot a flying knife directly through his throat.
"Hehe, although I'm not good at melee combat, my sister's long-range lethality is unparalleled!" Vera was very pleased with herself. In fact, she was the one who taught Regnar his hidden weapon skills at the beginning. It's just that now the youth is better than the master...
The soldier's eyes flashed with reluctance and disbelief, but the rapid vitality actually passed rapidly in his body. He opened his mouth, then fell to the sky.
"I'm sorry..." Vera's eyes dimmed, and she walked over and gently closed the soldier's eyes. This is a habit of Vera. As long as the enemy being killed is a human being, she will go over and close the eyes of the deceased as long as time permits, because she actually doesn't like killing. But since you have chosen the mercenary profession, you can't hesitate at all when doing things. Kordak told her as early as when she became a mercenary: "Mercenaries can apologize and repent, but they can only do so to the enemy's corpse."
"Has everything been solved?" Kordak came closer and it was obvious that he had actually been very worried about Vera and had not gone far at all just now.
"It should be, as you said, kill one and let the other go." Vera nodded.
"Very good, let's take a rest." Kordak patted Vera on the shoulder.
Everyone completed their tasks very beautifully. Except for Vera who deliberately let one person escape, all the secret sentries of the Stoke Empire placed nearby have been cleared away.
It can be seen that these hidden sentries were temporarily arranged by the Stoke Empire, presumably to prevent any problems with the material delivery this time. But they didn't expect that the Hawke Empire would actually dare to send its elite forces here to make big moves...
Several warriors found some supplies from the Stoke Empire's temporary camp. Kordak asked the soldiers to eat some among them, and then began to rest.
After waiting for about two hours, Kordak estimated that time was almost up, so he issued another order: "Everyone returns immediately to retrieve their horses, and then the entire team moves to the southwest."
This order once again aroused confusion among the team members.
"Captain, aren't we here to intercept Stoke's supplies? Why intercept him now that he has run away?" A soldier asked in confusion.
"A soldier escaped from the secret sentry just now. Our position has been exposed and we must retreat now." Kordak explained.
"Why didn't you say something like this earlier?!" Everyone was immediately upset. Many of them were dissatisfied with Kordak's concealment. Two of them even started to get emotional and no longer wanted to obey the command. .
"Hey!" Kordak directly drew out his giant lava blade: "I have three things to tell you. First, everything that is happening now is within my expectation and control. Second, Stowe The enemy will indeed arrive soon. If you don't run away, you can only stay and wait for death. Third, I think Alexander once told you to obey me unconditionally during the mission. If you disobey me, you are disobeying His Highness Alexander. .”
"Captain, we can obey you, but can you let us know what exactly happened? If we are kept in the dark, I don't think the boys will have much motivation." The older Jeff stood up.
"..." Kordak thought for a moment, then nodded: "Well, it's already reached this point anyway, so it doesn't matter if I tell you now."