The ghosts of the ancient gods, the peeping eyes from the outside world, the fallen civilization, the once powerful but now extremely weak magic race.
There will be no shortage of existences who covet this rich and beautiful world in the past, present and future. From Rhodes’ perspective, living every day now and accumulating strength crazily is the most correct way to deal with it.
Still with Raymond, Lessarit, and Kress as the auxiliary generals, Rhodes led forty-nine Dark Awakeners and ninety-one Rodok crossbowmen to go out again.
Because this time the target is a tribe of ancient orcs. Compared to the stupid and lazy wild boars, these green-skinned ancient orcs have smarter minds and more determined fighting will.
It will be a more difficult opponent to deal with, so Rhodes brings more troops, and the quality is slightly improved compared to the last time.
“The reason why I brought Raymond and Lesalit out is because their personal levels are still low. If they train more now, they can also increase the benefits of defending the city for a long time in the future.”
“The same is true for the Dark Awakeners and Rhodok Crossbowmen. Compared with the last time they went out, they have become much more elite and skilled.”
Riding on horseback, Rhodes looked sideways at the troops marching quickly in neat formations. In his mind, there were various trade-offs and calculations.
The centaur forest surrounding Lonely Mountain Castle has complex terrain. Sometimes in some terrains, riding a horse is worse than not riding a horse.
Horses may not necessarily run faster than pack horses in places like this, and a heavy army horse in chain mail is more likely to break its hoofs.
Therefore, Rhodes, Raymond, Lessarit, and Kress were all riding shorter packhorses with stubby hooves at this moment.
At the same time, the four of them are also responsible for the work of army scouts in a certain sense.
After two days of marching, the army gradually approached the area where the ancient orc tribe lived. Diffusion reconnaissance has also become farther away and relatively more cautious.
On this morning, Rhodes and Kress arrived at a forest highland first, took out their binoculars and began to scan the surroundings. After a while, they discovered something.
Because it is not difficult to do this. In the dense green forest, a white stone sentry tower is under construction. This is an obvious trace of civilization.
“Kress, go back immediately and tell the main force to stop advancing. At the same time, call Raymond and Resalit to come over.”
“yes.”
In the army, Kress never talks nonsense. After receiving Rhode’s instructions, the little girl quickly got on her horse, tucked herself under the horse’s belly, and ran in the direction she came from.
“Watch tower? Has the civilization of the ancient orcs in this area developed to this point? The sentry tower has been built to this point, and I am afraid that there is already a warning signal. Once discovered, this will be a very difficult and tough battle.”
Rhodes held up the brass telescope and looked at the stone tower in the distance, thinking to himself.
Not long after, Kress came with Raymond and Lessalit. The large army had already stopped temporarily, and the ancient orcs should not be able to find any trace of them in a short period of time.
“Take a look, what do you think we should do about the current situation?”
Rhodes handed the brass telescope to Raymond. Raymond looked at it and handed it to Lesarit. After Lesarit looked at it, he handed the telescope back to Kress.
“The ancient orcs are brave and good at fighting. According to the intelligence, our target is also a tribe of two hundred people. If there is no chance of a surprise attack, even if our troops are very elite, this will be a battle with great losses.”
Lesarit has a wealth of military knowledge and a certain degree of research on tactics. After seeing the ancient orc watchtower through the telescope, he already had the intention of retreating.
Because Lesarit knew that the foundation of Gushan Castle was not strong and could not withstand a few tragic victories at any cost.
“But if we retreat now, the ancient orcs here will not disappear. Their sentry tower will be completely established, and their strength will expand until our living space is compressed and a war must be fought. “
Raymond thought he understood very well why his master kept launching wars.
Because humans are different from the surrounding wilderness races, like the previous wild boar tribe and the current ancient orc tribe. Just because they are no threat now does not mean there will be no threat in the future. When food is sufficient, the population will grow at a rapid rate. is very amazing.
The original harsh and abnormal magical disasters in the wilderness have gradually disappeared. It won’t be long before this wilderness can no longer support those excessive ethnic groups. War is inevitable. In this case, why not take the initiative?
“I have a plan. I may take some risks, but if I have a chance, I won’t let them send the enemy attack signal.”
Before Kress came over with Raymond and Lessarit, Rhodes was already thinking.
Although if the thinking mode does not change, no matter how high the intelligence is, it will not be able to break through a certain limit. However, the continuous improvement of intelligence as the main attribute still makes Rhodes’ mind more and more flexible and his memory more and more powerful, even above Rhodes can quickly recall the many knowledge he has learned and the many scenes and fragments he has seen in his mind just by thinking about it.
After all, the addition of intelligence points will strengthen it to a certain extent, although Rhodes’ thinking mode is not that of a true wise man.
Then, Rhodes revealed his plan.
Hearing this, Raymond and Resarit looked at each other, and then both shook their heads subconsciously, feeling that it was too risky. Only Cress stood firmly beside his master.
“Lord Rhodes, if you insist on carrying out this plan, even if it succeeds this time, I am worried that you will not have the opportunity to see the day when Lonely Mountain Castle becomes strong in the long run.”
“Dear Knight Resarit, as far as I know, in the future world, there are many dangers that you cannot escape no matter how you hide, so instead of being unable to escape in the end, it is better to adapt to some dangers from now on and choose to overcome some dangers.”
Faced with Resarit’s somewhat impolite advice, Rhodes tilted his head and answered like this.
Some dangers should be avoided, and some relatively controllable dangers should be overcome to improve oneself.
This was the case when many parties borrowed power to rob the Mountain Fortress before, and this plan is also the same now. The danger is controllable and necessary, so the rest is to let go.
“In that case, Resarit/Raymond is willing to fight and die for you!” Resarit and Raymond looked at each other, then bowed and said this.
