Chapter 49: Habitual Escape
"Teacher, I've been keeping an eye on that guy as you instructed, so as soon as he escaped, I immediately launched the original plan according to your request, and directly wiped out all these noble children." Orlando said politely.
"I didn't ask you damn nobles, I asked the thief! Where is he now? Gusin asked anxiously.
He ...... He went to the woods over there, he should have ...... Maybe...... Someone else has been caught, teacher, I've tested that guy, he doesn't look like a nobleman at all, and his status is certainly not as good as the people I caught. Orlando's face changed slightly, he had already sensed something wrong in his teacher's expression, and hurriedly showed his credit further.
"These damn nobles are not as good as that guy even combined, you hurry up and bring someone to get him back for me, or you won't come back!" Remember, you have to catch it alive! Gu Xin's face was already very ugly.
Originally, he thought that everything was under his control, but now he suddenly found that the most important target had slipped through the net!
"Yes, teacher, I'll go now, I promise to catch that guy." Orlando hurriedly said respectfully, cold sweat was already breaking out on his forehead, and he didn't dare to disobey in the slightest.
However, when he led a team of people to find the knight's armor that Song Zheng had casually thrown in the bushes, he immediately felt that the situation might be worse than he expected.
After considering what kind of punishment he might receive if he returned without success, he finally gritted his teeth and continued to chase people into the dense forest, after all, he was very familiar with how his teacher would punish a loser, and many of the punished people would rather commit suicide than suffer the pain.
However, just chasing out a short distance, he was already a little unbearable, his father was only a little baron in the middle of nowhere, but he was also from a noble family, he had never walked through the mountains and forests like this before, especially now that it was still night, even if he released a lighting spell, he was still scratched by those branches and leaves from time to time, and even tripped over vines that came out of nowhere.
"What the hell did that damn guy do to provoke the teacher's anger so much, and make me so unlucky." Orlando was in his heart, but he soon found himself confronted with something even worse...... He completely lost Song Zheng's trace!
"Gone? It's gone?! Orlando even had the heart to kill at this moment, but he still didn't dare to turn back, so he had to continue to try to pursue in this mountain forest.
As the morning sun rises, the dense mountains and forests begin to brighten, and the outcome of last night's battle is completely revealed.
The smell of blood was still permeating the entire mountain forest, a large number of corpses were lying messily on the ground, and hundreds of captives were tied up and still shivering.
The burly Owen led a team of black-armored knights to hurry back after chasing and killing a large number of knights, almost covered in blood, the sharp knight's long sword had already been cut and blunted, and he didn't know how many people he killed with his own hands last night.
"Master Gusin, after this battle, we can no longer hide anymore, and Dalyn Prodmore's forces have already moved north, if we don't take the opportunity to launch the original plan in Tarummere, I'm afraid there will never be such a good opportunity again." Owen glanced at the captives on the ground, he was quite familiar with the area of Talenmere and Southsea Town, and could almost recognize most of the noble children among them, and those people knew him naturally.
"I also wanted to start the original plan, but that kid escaped, that kid escaped, you know!" Gusin roared almost to the bottom of his mouth.
Although his disciple had not yet returned, he was sure that Song Zheng had definitely escaped the pursuit.
"Didn't catch the thief last night?" Owen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, as one of the core members of the Cursed Church in the area of South Sea Town, he also knew very well that the original plan had an indispensable thing, that is, the source of the plague brought back by Gusin from the side of Lake Daronmere, but that thing was stolen halfway, which caused the original plan to lack the most critical thing.
"No, that kid is too cunning, he actually slipped away first, and now my disciple is chasing with someone, you also immediately take someone to investigate, if you can't catch the thief, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us people to escape." Gu Xin's already thin face was already pale, like a dead person.
After all, the thing was lost in his hands, and once he was held responsible, he was the first to be punished.
"Don't worry, even if I go through the entire Dalong Mountain, I will definitely find out that thief!" Owen was also pale, although he wished to see Gusin in trouble, but this matter was related to the life and death of the entire Cursed Church branch, and he did not dare to be careless in this matter.
At this moment, Song Zheng is indeed still on the run, but he has already left Dalong Mountain and came to the snow mountain of Alterac.
Unlike the uninhabited mountains that preceded it, the Alterac Mountains are taller and more majestic, but they are not inhospitable.
At the foot of the mountain, you can even see a lot of cultivated fields, but unfortunately they are now barren.
This is supposed to be the domain of the former kingdom of Alterac, and after the collapse of the kingdom, the farmers also left here, or simply followed the nobles as thieves.
Song Zheng had already entered several abandoned farm huts, hoping to find something to eat, but he was disappointed that these places had already been looted and only a few earthen walls remained.
This made Song Zheng extremely depressed, although he had just eaten a full meal of barbecue and wine before escaping, but he had run for most of the night, and he had used the 'sprinting' skill, and at this moment he was so hungry that he was about to start digesting his stomach.
"Looks like we're going to have to hunt on our own...... It seems that it was useful to learn some hunter's skills in the first place. After being disappointed again, Song Zheng had to be a hunter again.
Fortunately, although he gave up a lot of things along the way, he still had weapons with him, and he also carried flint with him.
Song Zheng began to climb towards the top of the mountain, and if he wanted to catch suitable prey, he had to climb at least halfway up the mountain.
Since he had been a hunter in the forest on the outskirts of Nanhai Town for many days, Song Zheng was already familiar with hunting, and soon caught a fat hare and a bird of considerable size.
"Finally able to eat a full meal!" Song Zheng excitedly found a hidden place, and then collected some dead branches and began to make a fire to roast meat.
When the fragrance of rabbit meat wafted up, Song Zheng, who was already salivating, unexpectedly heard some footsteps.