Chapter 140: Before the War

At night, Vane and the others gathered around the campfire and prepared food. Teddy had begun to eat the prey he had caught during the day. They weren't too far from the gnolls' camp, but they weren't worried about being spotted by the gnolls. The reason is simple, there is a disguise spell of Vane on the outside. The effect of this masking spell is to create a thin layer of substance like the surrounding environment, which is used to disguise and cover the Vane and the others behind them. Therefore, the light of the fire cannot penetrate this covering.

While the food on the campfire was still cooked, Vane took the opportunity to explain to Barka and Kalia and Anna what everyone was to do in this operation: "Kalia, you come and summon the water and make it like this in this half of the path near the slope. ”

As he spoke, Vane used a trick to show what Kalia was going to do in a projectional way.

"Well, I see." Kalia carefully observed Vane's projection, understood all the details, and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Kalia had fully understood, Vane turned to Anna and said, "Anna, your task is to freeze the water mass summoned by Kalia into ice. ”

As he spoke, the magical image projected by Vane also changed at the same time, shooting a magic ray from above, freezing the water mass below. The process is repeated until the entire trail is frozen into ice. Vane looked up and looked at Kalia and Anna to signal if they had a problem, and if they had, hurry up and ask.

After watching the projection, Anna asked after Vane signaled, "Why did the freezing rays come down from above?" Are we going to cast spells from the top of the mountain? ”

"Yes, you know, the gnoll has a very sharp nose. They are not as intelligent as we are, but they are also wiser than fishmen. Even the fish-people know to arrange guards to keep watch during breaks, so how could the gnolls not know? Coupled with the wind direction, the slope was upwind, so as soon as we got to the slope, the gnolls could smell us immediately. When the time comes, we simply won't have time to set up the ice, understand? Vane gave Anna's inquiry in great detail until Anna nodded.

"What about me? What about me? Kalia and Anna have things to do, what do I do? Seeing that Vane had finished speaking, Barka immediately asked Vane for fear that Vane would leave him out.

"Don't worry, I won't forget you, Barka." Kalia and Anna were fine, and Vane turned to Barka and said, "Your mission is important. ”

"What is it?" Barka said impatiently.

"Listen to me, Barka." Vane stretched out his hand to soothe Barka and said, "As I said just now, the gnolls will arrange guards, and the first thing you have to do is to silently kill the guards who are close to that path. The guards must not be allowed to make any noise. Create an opportunity for Kalia and Anna to make ice. How, can it be done? ”

"No problem." Barka nodded heavily, then asked, "Anything else?" Is this the only thing I have to do? ”

"Don't worry." Vane patted Barka on the shoulder and said, "Once Kalia and Anna have made the ice, you'll need to use rockets to set the gnolls' huts on fire, and then start shooting the gnolls who aren't wearing metal plate armor, with the shaman as the top priority." ”

"What is the purpose of this? Didn't you say that all these gnolls should slide down the hill and fall to their deaths? Anna then asked.

"This is not to kill the gnolls, but for two purposes, the first is to create chaos, and they will not notice the problems on the path and the gnolls who have fallen off the cliffs. The second is for them to discover Barka and know that the enemy is only a High Elf child, so that they don't think too much about it, and they will chase it out. You must know that the wisdom of the gnoll shaman is much higher than that of the ordinary gnoll. Vane explained to Anna in detail.

"And when am I going to light the gnoll's hut?" Barka was a little embarrassed at this time, and Vane said that his task was important, and he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp the timing.

"Then I will inform you, you just have to listen to me, and when I let you light it, you will set it on fire." Knowing Barka's concerns, Vane said to Barka.

"That's fine." Barka nodded reassuringly. By this time the food on the fire had been cooked, and a pot of sweet gnocchi soup was boiled with fruit and gnocchi.

After eating, the four Vane and Teddy went to the place where they had observed the gnolls during the day, and began to observe again.

Sure enough, the gnolls had night guards, but only two of them crouched on the path that connected the slopes. If something tries to sneak up on them from that path, just one gnolll guard will be able to resist it for a long time, enough for all the gnolls to wake up and join forces to fight the enemy. The other is constantly wandering around the camp to prevent something from jumping down from the top of the hill to attack them.

"I didn't expect these gnolls to be quite tightly guarded." Anna whispered after a closer look.

"Of course, after all, it's a race that lives in the wilderness, and if you don't have enough ability, you can't survive, can you?" Vane looked at the situation below and whispered.

"How's it going, can you start?" Barka was a little impatient and wanted to shoot the gnolls guard at the intersection.

"Almost, it looks like the roaming gnolls aren't going to get close to the side of the path. Just in case, it's best to wait for the patrolling gnolls to get farthest away and you're shooting the guard at that intersection. This makes the sound quieter and less likely to be detected. Vane whispered to Barka.

Then he turned to Kalia and Anna and said, "You two be ready to retreat at any time, and if Barka fails, we will leave here immediately, even if we abandon this operation and report back to the rangers than if we ourselves are discovered by the gnolls." ”

"yes, I see. Brother Vane. Kalia nodded.

"Hey, Vane, you don't believe me." Barka turned to Vane dissatisfied.

"I don't think there's any problem with Vane thinking like this, after all, once we lose, we will face a group of jackals, and the gap between the two sides is too big." Anna recounted softly in a flat voice.

"It's not a matter of believing each other, the main thing is that we don't know how high the gnolls' hearing really is, just in case." Vane briefly explained to Barka, but this explanation did not make Barka relieved, and he made up his mind to do his best to complete this mission, so that Wayne could take a good look at his ability.

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