For the past few months, Robin had never stopped thinking about it—he missed the Morsons, he missed his own Tess, but he couldn't get out of Nighttown, where to look—he didn't want to be a deserter, he didn't want to abandon his comrades and his chiefs.

Knowing that Wild West hadn't been harassed by orcs in the past few months, Robin was so excited that he wanted to sing; But when he knew that the orcs would soon be infecting the place, he relapsed into his worries - he had always been calm, but no one could calm down when danger approached the people he cared about most.

While sailing on the Elwyn River, Robin prayed to the Light on the raft, prayed that the orcs had not had time to set foot on the land before them, prayed that the Morsons were safe, and prayed that his Tess would be ......

When Robin saw the two corpses in the farmer's hut, his heart seemed to be seized by an invisible panic - he didn't expect that he and his comrades would finally be late.

Robin turned his head to look west, and he knew that there it would only take five days to see Morson Farm.

Robin would love to go over and see if everything was in good condition and if Tess was still waiting for him to come back, but ......

Robin couldn't do that—he didn't know how many orcs had come to the western wilderness, but he knew that if he really met those orcs, those militiamen would hardly come in handy, and if he left, the combat power under the command of Chief Lothar would be greatly affected.

Robin is trapped in contradiction and confusion, and his sanity is completely inadequate to give himself an answer.

"Hey. Robin, it's a shift change. ”

Also a member of the Westspring garrison, Harry woke up from a sleep. Came to replace Robin.

"Oh, good."

Robin stood up, nodded at Harry, and walked to the center of the camp - after so many days of running around and keeping watch in the middle of the night, Robin knew that despite worrying about the safety of the Morsons. If you don't go to sleep anymore, the person you should be worried about will become yourself.

……

It was just dawn the next day. Malone woke up—he didn't do it voluntarily, and if he could, he'd rather sleep all day—despite the cold, hard ground.

Rubes crouched beside Malone, arching his body. It seems like she's having fun with him—but. It was this giant wolf's action that woke Malone from his sleep.

"You guy, come and make trouble with me when you're full......"

Malone angrily pushed Rubos's head, pointed at the corner of his mouth that was still bloodstained, and scolded - apparently, Rubos had just sneaked up nearby and had a full meal.

There are many wild boars in the western wilderness, and they often rush into the farms and make a mess of the crops; War has affected the lives of human beings. But the effects on these wild boars were not visible for a short time, and Malone was not in the least worried that Rubes would starve himself in such a place.

Malone sat up. looked at the sky; The moon had set, and although the sun had not yet risen, the light refracted through the clouds had already illuminated the entire western wilderness.

Malone made a few gestures to the guards of the West Springs Fortress who were keeping vigil, motioning for them to wake up all the people who were asleep, and then unceremoniously kicked Paul next to him with his boots.

……

After gobbling up a few lumps of rusks with the clear water they had brought from the Elwyn River, Marlon and his soldiers set out on a journey again—in Robin's memory, Sentinel Ridge should have been less than half a day's way away.

Robin was right, after walking in the vast field for nearly noon, Malone and the others saw the landmark of Sentinel Ridge in the distance, a tall watchtower.

However, no one's mood was relaxed at the moment - on the way to Sentinel Ridge, Ma Long and the others found two more farms, and the farmers there were the same as the one they first found out, and they were also cold corpses.

From this, the direction of the orc army can be judged - apparently, they are also heading towards Sentinel Ridge.

Robin said that the garrison at Sentinel Ridge was much larger than Fort Westspring, at least two hundred men; But Marlon knew that if these two hundred soldiers had to fight the orcs and protect the civilians near Sentinel Ridge, they would not have enough manpower at all.

And...... There is no indication that the number of orcs who set foot in the western wilderness is below two hundred.

With mixed feelings, Malone and his soldiers approached the low fence on the perimeter of Sentinel Ridge.

"There is no sound of fighting...... Hopefully the orcs haven't been here yet. ”

Paul said behind Malone.

"I hope."

Malone nodded—there might have been another possibility without the sound of the fighting—and that was that the slaughter was over.

Jumping over the fence with ease, Malone and his soldiers entered the boundaries of Sentinel Ridge; It's the largest human settlement in the Wild West, but it's not as prosperous as the slums in Stormwind.

Before the Orc invasion, humans had few enemies in the southern part of the continent; The garrisons in the forts and towers scattered throughout the place were also not very numerous.

The garrison in the West Spring Fortress was only thirteen people, and the Sentinel Ridge ...... The garrison was outnumbered, but it didn't have enough money to build a decent defensive line.

Of course, before the orc invasion, Sentinel Ridge had nothing to do to threaten the safety of its inhabitants except for lone wolves and troublesome wild boars.

After stepping over the fence, Malone couldn't help but frown—it was so quiet here—not only was there no sound of fighting, but it was ...... There was barely a sound.

"Scatter, look around."

Marlon gave orders to Robin, Paul, and the others, and then walked ahead himself.

……

Sentinel Ridge is a simple structure, with large scattered houses clustered around tall watchtower towers in the center.

Although most of the inhabitants of the Western Wilderness are farmers, the food they grow needs to be exchanged for other things they need – salt, butter, cloth and ironware......

Sentinel Ridge is one such place, and at first, a large number of peasant families spontaneously came to this small dirt slope in the middle of the western wilderness, exchanging their grain with the merchants who gathered here for their own necessities.

Later, in order to maintain order here, and in order to collect more taxes, Stormwind City sent the lord lord and a team of soldiers to build a watchtower here.

Originally, the lord wanted to build a castle here, but after being told by the clerk that doing so would cost him at least ten years of his taxes, the lord gave up on this plan and returned to Stormwind, leaving only the steward and clerk here. (To be continued.) )