Chapter 7: The Vision of the Orcs
These people are still very practical, and as soon as they finished eating, they dragged He Ming straight to the door of the administrative hall. There are two huge signs, one informing the latest news and the other announcing missions.
It seems that he is lucky, as soon as a new task was released in the taskbar today, Sun Ji looked at the bounty at a glance: "Hey, I'll go!" The bounty is enough to spend a long time! Did you see that? We're going rich! ”
Mo Rin said coldly: "You still get rich!" Do you only look at bounties and not tasks? Determine the extent of the orc infiltration and hand over the evidence to Lord Wang! That's something you have to be out of town at night, how many lives do you have to take on such a mission? ”
Sun Ji looked puzzled: "Aren't we a new hero who single-kills half-orcs, and aren't you and Liao Xun both masters, I think it's no problem." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Liao Xun.
Liao Xun is a clear-looking, undressed Taoist priest who is particularly clean and tidy. The Taoists of Beach City usually come from the White Sun Gate, and they usually mingle with the team as a healing and support class. However, they also have some melee ability and damage in their training, plus legendary summoning spells, and can be competent in any position in some cases. He frowned and said, "There has never been such a notice before, and now that this kind of mission is issued, there must be some big move against the orcs." ”
Wang Zhenghai said: "But going out of the city at night is taboo, I think it's still too dangerous, He Ming, you have done it with the orcs, do you think this kind of task is reliable?" ”
He Ming muttered in his heart, you haven't been in contact with a half-orc for a long time, so what's the risk. He said: "The orcs are indeed very powerful, but it is not necessary to make sure that they are infested and where they are, and Lord Wang has a method on how to determine the traces of the orc's activities." ”
Hearing this, Liao Xun said: "Our Taoist priest's spiritual revelation can determine the time and place where the target appeared through spiritual power and breath, but I have to contact the orcs first to get the exact result." But the orcs can only be encountered at night now. As you know, Beechcraft closes the gates at night, and anyone who is locked out of the gates at night can be in any danger. ”
Sun Ji looked back and forth at his teammates with some unwillingness, and Mo Rin spoke: "Actually, in addition to the city gate at night, there are some post stations that are relatively safe, and we can look for traces of orcs near the post stations." ”
He Ming also said after hearing this: "This is true, the post station has relatively complete defense capabilities. Looking at Sun Ji's expectant eyes, they finally decided to take this risk.
After discussing it, they decided to set off in the afternoon, first to find the post station to say hello, and then to look for traces of the orcs.
As they left, a few people behind the sign were whispering, "In this way, the problem of those homeless people should be solved, and the increasingly serious security problem of Beechcraft should be solved." "That's right, in such a big place as Biqi, there are only a limited number of people who can support it, and there are more and more homeless people, where can they stand it." The lord of the city knows that let's settle it, where is the land to settle. "If the city lord blames this and pushes the population matter to Lord Wang, and the announcement to Lord Sun, this Biqi City is up to you, Lord Yu." "Hahaha, wherever you are, you can't do without your benefits."
He Ming didn't even take care of his bags, and he didn't have time to greet Liu Jiaotou and Lord Wang, and was dragged out of the city by these people in a hurry. After leaving the west gate, I walked along the road in the northwest direction, and soon found the only post station in this direction: this is an area infested by orcs, so this post station is more defensive, and it is not too far from Biqi City, and there is no trace of humans before that.
When they came to the inn and explained their intentions to the guards, the guards said that they did not understand, but still promised that they would open the door for them at any time when they returned in the evening. In this way, the five adventurers first rested at the post station, and then went to find the orcs in the evening.
He Ming was still very nervous in his heart, the last time he fought with a half-orc, he was unilaterally beaten, and finally burst out with sword qi to win. Although his martial arts have advanced a lot during this time, and he has become a lot more proficient in his body and sword qi, he still has a lot of suspense in his heart to face that kind of half-orc warrior again. Fortunately, there are still four teammates here who don't know what strength they have, so they can be brave. In the serious and tense atmosphere of the station, even Sun Ji didn't talk much, and everyone rested quietly until dark.
When the last rays of sunlight disappeared from the west, Morin woke up the sleeping people, and the five greeted the staff of the inn, lit the torches, and headed northwest.
Liao Xun is responsible for the work of finding the way and guiding as a Taoist priest: there is no trace of people going northwest here, so there is no road, and Taoist priests who cultivate spiritual power can look for traces of animals and determine the direction, so it can be said that Liao Xun is the core of this mission. He Ming's heart was pounding, and the strange thing was that the panic below him didn't know when it disappeared, and he was eager to fight in his heart!
After walking for at least two miles or so, Liao Xun stopped and said puzzledly: "Something is wrong, there are only a few traces of wild beasts nearby, judging from the footprints, the big feet of the half-orcs have not passed here for at least half a month." Further into the front and too far from the station, could it be that the orcs are just rumors? ”
Several other people turned their heads to look at He Ming together. He Ming shook his head and said, "Half-orcs are definitely not rumors. It's just that I've been fighting that orc warrior for more than a month, and it's on the way from the border to Bizi, not in this direction. ”
Sun Ji couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: "Is it that no one has come out at night for too long, and the information about the orcs is no longer right?" Then we'll have to go for nothing. ”
Master Mo said coldly, "The guards of the post station are sure that there are half-orcs here!" Could it be that this mission release has something to do with the change in the orcs' tracks? ”
Wang Zhenghai said: "Now that this is the case, we either rush back to the post station to see if we can find some prey, and take a trip to the province." Or go on to find out what the hell is going on with the orcs. What do you guys think? ”
Everyone was silent for a while, and Liao Xun said: "My spiritual power can sense danger from a relatively distant place, we might as well move forward and turn back immediately after determining the situation of the orcs." As long as we don't get surrounded, it's not a big problem for a few of us to escape! ”
Several adventurers finally agreed with Liao Xun's opinion, and they continued to march forward in a tight formation, walking a long way without finding any signs of the orc's recent activities.
Just when Sun Ji and Mo Rin were already starting to feel tired, Liao Xun suddenly became nervous, and after carefully determining the location, they realized that it was already the middle of the night, they were already approaching the mountains in the northwest, and there was really no way forward, and Liao Xun definitely thought that the orcs had appeared, and they were not a few! Judging from the nearby traces, the orcs in most of the Biqi region should have been concentrated here.
In addition to this result, evidence is needed to complete the mission, and if they can't get evidence from the orcs, they will be busy all night, so the adventurers quietly approach and prepare to find a lone orc to find a way to get evidence. When they put out their torches and quietly approached the mountains, even He Ming's hairs couldn't help but stand on end: the number of orcs gathered on the other side of the forest was too many, dense, and it was impossible to determine the number. There's a good chance that the entire Beechcraft orcs are concentrated here.
Even if there is a lone person appearing, the movement of them to attack will quickly attract a large number of orcs. They decided to mark it first and go back first, so Liao Xun made a mark, and the five of them turned around and followed Liao Xun to return in the direction he came.
He Ming has read some content in Lord Wang's classics, each of the uncivilized orcs must have a certain space to live, unless there is a war, they generally do not cluster, and there are so many orcs gathered here, the resources in this area simply can't support so many orcs, are they preparing for war? As they were thinking, a loud howl appeared in front of them. Some orc warriors foraging nearby have spotted them!
The orcs were not as united as they thought, and this howl did not attract too many orcs, but only a few ordinary orcs, as if they had seen a good meal, and the orc warriors intercepted their way, and the other orcs came in several directions.
He Ming quickly drew his sword, and said as he rushed towards the half-orc warrior: "Solve it as quickly as possible, the half-orc crowd not far away will find us and be finished!" ”
Wang Zhenghai lifted the machete to protect the mage, Sun Ji drew a sword that glowed in the night, while Liao Xun clenched the scimitar in his hand, and threw a piece of rune paper towards the nearest orc.
He Ming rushed towards the half-orc warrior, with the experience of the previous time, he did not have the slightest fear and nervousness, went up to make a feint and then prepared to attack the vital point of the half-orc. But this time this half-beast warrior seems to be much older, and it is not affected by feints, it is much lighter to hold a large beast bone in its hand, and it has never lost its balance after He Ming has repeatedly misled him, and he can't rely on flaws to solve him!
He Ming put on a posture to transport the sword qi, first slashed horizontally with a sword, leading the half-orc to block, and the sword blade suddenly turned halfway, and a sharp sword qi stabbed straight along the iron sword. The sword qi pierced the half-orc's heart, and He Ming quickly dodged the half-orc's final blow and slashed its throat with a sword!
Seeing that the orc couldn't squeak anymore, he looked back at his teammates and realized that something bad was wrong. Sun Ji's sword was extremely sharp, easily killing a half-orc, and Wang Zhenghai and the mage also got rid of their opponents, and Liao Xun's talisman stuck to a half-orc, emitting a terrible flame, and a burst of burnt flesh and skin accompanied by the screams of this half-orc ghost crying wolf, alarmed the half-orc crowd not far away! Although Morin chanted a thunderbolt to shut it up, it was too late. Not far away, a large group of half-orcs were still coming this way like a galloping horse.
"Let's go!" He Ming hurriedly yelled at his teammates, Sun Ji ran over and peeled off a very delicate bone ring from the half-orc warrior's hand and said, "That's not good, we have completed the task, we have to get the evidence first!" "After doing this, they finally ran away desperately.