Chapter 61: Shadows
When the Shushan Revenge Legion finally caught up with the mountain people, an incomprehensible picture appeared in front of them, and the teams that should have scattered to search the mountains all gathered in a valley to watch and whip a dwarf. They shouted shouts and questioned them, the executioners kept whipping, and the onlookers, whether dwarves or humans, kept picking up rocks and throwing them, and the bound dwarf was covered in blood and fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Lan Yu asked with a frown.
When the mountain people saw the vengeful army coming, they stopped lashing and made way for the way, and Gerda and several dwarves hurriedly came up to defend themselves.
"His name is Leonard Thunderspear." Gerda was indignant and said: "He is the scout leader of the Thunderspear Dwarves, and he went with the Sorge Patriarch to pursue the enemy, but 13 people went, and he was the only one who returned, and according to him, all the others died."
Hearing this, Lan Yu and Little Barton were shocked and glanced at each other.
The Sorge patriarch is a second-order top warrior, and his subordinates are all first-order or even second-order warriors, such a team will be completely wiped out during the pursuit, have they encountered the enemy's main force? But this doesn't seem to make sense, they are all rock sheep cavalry, even if they encounter a large group of men and horses, they can't beat them, there is no problem in running, how can only one person die?!
One of the dwarves beside Gerda then said indignantly: "This guy said that they had only met one enemy, and all of them were killed by the man with his bare hands!" How is this possible? We think that he must have murdered the patriarchs with a poisonous scheme! ”
Barton Jr. asked, "Does he have a reason to do that?"
Such a question may not be reasonable elsewhere, but it is normal in the military, where there is no evidence, only reasons, and a person can be sentenced to death if the reasons are sufficient.
Hearing Little Barton's question, the dwarf became more and more resentful, and he took a step sideways and pointed to a black war hammer next to Scout Leonard Thunderspear, and said, "Sir, please see, this is the symbol of my clan patriarch - the Storm Hammer, he brought this hammer back, and said that Patriarch Sorge entrusted the Thunderspear Department to him before he died!"
"Stone him to death!"
"Whip him to death!"
The crowd roared angrily and began to pick up rocks again, and the scene was suddenly chaotic.
"Stop!"
Someone stopped drinking, the sound was like thunder, which shook the minds of the mountain people, and everyone subconsciously stopped and looked in the direction where the sound came. It's just that Leonard on the ground was smashed by this one, and his flesh and blood were blurred and dying.
The person who drank was Lan Yu, and people didn't dare to make another time, looking at him in confusion.
"What justification does he have for that?" Blue Feather asked with a gloomy face.
The dwarves and Gelder looked at each other and groaned for a moment, and Gelda said, "He just said it over and over again, and told us not to go any further, and based on this, I even suspect that he is a spy of the Syndicate."
"So what are you going to do?" Lan Yu continued to ask.
Gerda replied in a loud voice: "We have already discussed, first execute this traitor, and then immediately go after the enemy, it is almost to Hinterland, and the enemy is definitely not far away."
Lan Yu didn't say anything more, he frowned and thought, shaking his head from time to time.
Seeing that Blue Feather didn't speak again, Gerda decisively waved his hand back, and a dwarven thief pulled out his dagger, gritted his teeth and walked to Leonard Thunderspear's side. He grabbed Leonard by the hair, pulled it into a "counterbow", and stabbed the poisoned dagger into the back of the heart.
At the critical moment, the ground under the thief's feet suddenly cracked, and a vine came out and wrapped tightly around his wrist, and the dagger pointed against Leonard's clothes and stopped, making it difficult to move any further.
"Don't kill him, I have something to ask." In the distance, Blue Feather lowered her hand, and the executing thieves had to look back at Gerda and the dwarven leaders.
Gerda looked at Lan Yu, who was starting to think down, shook his head at the thief, and then said respectfully: "Since the Lord wants to interrogate him personally, then this villain will be handed over to you, and we will leave to pursue the enemy and avenge the Sorge Patriarch!"
With that, Gerda beckoned and shouted, and the mixed group of humans and dwarves echoed loudly, and the crowd began to march towards the other side of the valley. The Shushan Legion, led by Lan Yu and Little Barton, stayed where they were, watching nearly 2,000 mountain people leave.
In only 10 minutes, the mountain people were gone, and the valley was empty again, except for the sound of the wind and the restless neighing of the horses.
"You say, could he really be a spy?" Blue Feather dismounted, walking towards the blood-blurred dwarven scout Leonard.
"Impossible!" Little Barton said categorically: "If he is a spy, he can completely conceal the death of the Sorge patriarch, and then lead the troops into a trap."
Blue Feather let out an "um" and crouched down beside Leonard to check.
Speaking of which, Leonard was not mortally wounded, but there were countless wounds all over his body, and now he was angry. For the healer, such an injury is the most tricky, and it is more laborious to treat, if it weren't for the cultivation of the Qi Condensation Technique, Lan Yu would probably be difficult to revive him.
Outside the valley, the brigade had already passed, but only Gerda dragged behind, looking in the direction of the valley with a gloomy face.
A dwarven warrior rode over on a rock sheep and asked, "Mr. Gelda, why don't you go directly after the enemy, but go south?"
Gerda came back to his senses in shock, subconsciously shook his head, and replied casually: "Go in a straight line, I'm afraid I'll be hit by the head and tail."
After saying that, Gerda rode away and chased after the large army, and the dwarf looked in the direction of the valley with a puzzled expression, and only nodded after a while.
At the same time, about 30 kilometers to the east, in the ice cave, Sauron, who had been unconscious for a long time, finally woke up.
He opened his eyes, and there was no one around, so he tried to move his stiff body. The unspeakable pain soured him, his body seemed to be a rusty machine, his joints and muscles made a "zizi" friction sound, and the severe discomfort made him can't help but moan #.
Fortunately, that was all, the choked throat was no longer injured, the hand bone shattered yesterday was intact, and the knife wound at the elbow was completely recovered.
After some struggle, Sauron lay back, giving up the useless effort and breathing a sigh of relief. He did not die and was not abandoned, Vielan saved himself.
Thinking of this, he raised his hand with difficulty and groped around his waist, and after touching the crystal, he completely relaxed and held the crystal tightly in his hand.
"Are you awake?" There was a gentle call from beside him, it was Vielan's voice.
With a tight back, Sauron sat up with a strong arm, and then a bloody piece of flesh came to his mouth.
"I've healed your wounds, but I'm still weak and need to eat more meat." Vieland said.
Sauron glanced at the big man gratefully, nodded, opened his mouth and bit the flesh, tearing off a piece and chewing it. The meat was fishy, and a little sticky, I don't know what kind of meat it was, but Sauron was already hungry, and after swallowing a piece, he began to bite it in large gulps, and after a while, he ate it all.
"Do you want more? There's a lot more on that dwarf. Vielan asked with concern.
Sauron shook his head, looking a little gloomy, and motioned for him to lie down.
"If I asked you to kill people, kill many, many people, would you do it?" After lying down, Sauron asked, looking at Vielan.
A trace of confusion flashed in Vielan's eyes, "I don't know why, I will definitely listen to what you say, no matter what you want me to do." ”
Sauron let out an "um", stopped talking, and quietly tucked the crystal back into his waist. (To be continued.) )