Roddy and Carter walked straight into Thordin's room, only to find that the officer's face was not very good.

Usually this kind of expression means that the two scout teams will not have a good life for the next three days, and Sodin can be regarded as a standard "wine bag and rice bag": not a lot of ability, not a small temper, lazy to eat, good to do, and basically no shortcomings.

In the memory of "Lodi", this thing is just through his father's status as a knight's servant, so that he can get such a chicken rank now, although he has a military rank, he can only be called a mixed salary.

Everyone knows that Sodin's father was only eight years old when he died on the battlefield, and he was a good martial artist, and his father didn't have time to pass on anything, so Sodin's mother became a widow, and the latter also died of illness two years later. The broken family failed to make Soldin learn to fight, but it eventually created his high-minded and lazy temperament.

Sodin was going to rely on a sack of orc heads yesterday to prepare for the merit, but after thinking about it, he felt that these things did not seem to be enough for his own promotion - "not enough to achieve and more to lose" is what he is talking about, he has no effort but he wants to be greedy for merit, and he is resentful if he can't get it. At this time, Thordin was indignant and Carter and the others didn't kill a few more orcs yesterday, and there was nowhere to vent his sullenness in his heart - but when he saw another string of orc heads in Carter's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the bad mood that he wanted to scold immediately turned 180 degrees, and asked in surprise: "You killed so many orcs again?!"

"Yes, sir, this is the corpse of eight orc wolf cavalrymen, we—"

Carter wanted to continue to say something, but Sodin didn't seem to have the intention of waiting for him to talk nonsense, completely ignoring the smell of blood, rushed up and snatched a string of heads, and patted Carter's shoulder with a smile: "One, two, three...... I didn't see you so powerful before, are orcs really so vulnerable?"

Sodin, who had never been on the battlefield at all, naturally didn't understand the sinister nature of this battle, and Carter's mentality had changed a lot at the moment, and he couldn't help but have a kind of disgust for Sodin in front of him - not only disgusted with Sodin's undisguised greed, but also disgusted with himself who was somewhat similar to the other party at the beginning.

"These are eight orc wolf cavalrymen, sir. Carter didn't answer as flatteringly as before, but instead revealed a faint detachment, "We found an orc camp in the northwest and were hunted by them, but in the end these wolf cavalry were dealt with by us-"

"Well done!"

Thordin didn't realize how important the message in Carter's words was just now, and all he could think about was how many silver coins and military exploits these orc heads could be exchanged for, and a few unnutritious compliments and greetings blocked Carter's words, and then motioned for Carter to step down, and as for Roddy, he didn't even look at it all the time.

Carter was embarrassed.

He admits that he is not very skilled, and he also admits that he likes to talk about it, and even sometimes he is complacent about his good relationships. But at this moment, he felt that he had been so flattering to Sodin's stammering before, and getting the current result really made him a little disgusted.

He Carter came from a humble background, but that doesn't mean he was ungrateful, and he brought Roddy here because he recognized Roddy's efforts and status in his heart - today's battle has proved Roddy's ability very thoroughly, and it must be far more suitable for him to be a leader than himself.

But Carter had intentions, and Thordin had no intentions, because this shit lieutenant didn't even have any idea of the importance of the information "Discover the Orc Camp"!

Before, Carter was worried that the noble lords would ignore the news as Roddy said, but now it seems that not to mention the nobles, even a second lieutenant doesn't seem to have the brains to pay attention to this important battle report.

He turned his head to look at Roddy, only to find that the young man did not look anxious or annoyed, but just looked down and shook his head—Carter sighed helplessly, and the two of them left together, leaving Thordin alone to look at the orcs and wonder if he could be promoted to lieutenant.

"I didn't think of—alas..."

Walking out of the house, Carter wanted to smile bitterly, but found that his voice was very dry, and what he wanted to say finally turned into a sigh.

"The kingdom of Karen has been at peace for too long, and it is normal for people to be reluctant to face war, and even prefer to deceive themselves when war is imminent. ”

Luo Di remembered the tasks of those new villages in the Karen Kingdom when the "Ripping Earth" was launched a year later, and the information reflected in them all showed that even when the orcs were raging on the border, no one in the Karen Kingdom would believe that the orcs would really invade, but if this was the "radical behavior" of a "small number of orcs" - because the agreement signed by the kingdom after repelling the orcs stated that the orcs would not be allowed to step into the territory of the Karo Kingdom, people naively believed that these orcs really would not tear their faces...

Facts have proved that any war is the outbreak of cumulative contradictions, and the so-called "fuse" is just a small matter, which is not worth mentioning at all, because what should happen will always happen, just like people who start fighting because of a quarrel, scolding each other fiercely before, just to find a reason for themselves to be more ruthless. Roddy knew what the orcs were going to do, but he couldn't shout it out to the world right now.

Or is it the same sentence - a scout's nonsense "speculation", who will take it seriously?

Carter was silent and Roddy returned to the village, and that was the end of today's mission. The scouts were not as strict as the cavalry regiments or the elite formations of Hollier City, and the soldiers were generally relatively idle, and the only entertainment other than eating and sleeping and patrolling the border every day was to gather and gamble. The soldiers were poor and white, they could not win or lose more than a few copper coins, and they were in the middle of nowhere, and they didn't have a brothel to go to if they wanted to prostitute themselves, because this was the village of the Kirk lords, and if they didn't want to lose their jobs, no one dared to do hooliganism that bullied men and women, so they just shouted a few words in front of the widows in the village.

It's just that these soldiers, who used to seem to have nowhere to vent their energy, are silent and scary today. As Carter and Roddy walked under the eating shed, the scouts of the second team stood up en masse, as if waiting for news.

"Ladies and gentlemen... I have something to say today. ”

Carter didn't have much leadership style, and even his current position was not a superior at all, but at this moment, a sentence made the two teams of thirteen scouts standing in front of him collectively turn their eyes to him.

This did not bring any sense of vanity, but made his heart more and more bitter, his eyes drooped slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "We are a group of scouts who eat together, all of whom are trying their lives to earn this meager military salary, speaking of which, in fact, no one is more noble than the other." Today... We killed a group of orc wolf cavalry, and many people may not understand what this means, but I remember clearly who led our brothers from the second team back alive from that situation. ”

The scouts in the squad didn't know why, but they were silent when they remembered the string of heads Carter was carrying today and the word "wolf cavalry".

"Second Lieutenant Sodin didn't think the orcs were a threat, and he didn't even pay attention to the news that the camp had appeared. But... But I believe what Roddy says. ”

"That's an orc...... That's not a human being!Sooner or later, these bitch orcs will stick their fangs out to us, to Nolan Village and even to Holier City..."Carter lowered his head and slowly took off the scout captain badge on his chest, looked up, looked at these comrades in front of him, and suddenly had a sense of pride: "Don't say anything else, lead us to victory, Roddy did it, and lead us to make the right decision, I think he can do the same." ”

Turning around, Carter pinned the captain's badge on Roddy's chest without refusal, and then stood up and gave an extremely serious military salute.

This is the meaning of a series of actions that everyone understands. But to make Carter resolutely make such a decision, Roddy is also very impressed in his heart.

As a modern person, Luo Di's concepts of "the capable live in it" and "abdicate to make way for the virtuous" are too advanced compared with the medieval feudal society of "ripping the soil". He didn't fully understand what Carter had given up in his mind when he did this, but he just instinctively felt... It is not easy to get a person who may only be mixed at the bottom for the rest of his life to give up the few powers in his hands.

The dozen or so soldiers who were looking at Roddy and Carter were silent for a while, but they didn't have any objections - Ruger, who was sitting in the corner, probably understood what was happening, sighed helplessly, and asked aloud, "Can you explain it to us?"

These were very polite words, when had Ruger ever treated Carter or Roddy like this, but whether it was the fat beating that Roddy gave him today, or the victory in the biggest encounter in the scout team in the afternoon, it was of indescribable significance to Ruger, a veteran.

Unlike Carter, Luger is not a rookie or a deceitful second lieutenant Sodin, and in some ways, he is the only veteran of Nolan Village who has seen the power of the wolf cavalry.

So no matter how much conflict Roddy had with him before, in the face of the threat of the orcs, they must be the same enemy.

As the captain of the first team of scouts, Ruger has always been in a state of disagreement with the captain of the second team, he looks down on those naïve young people, but after hearing Carter's words, his eyes that have always been sharp and never convinced turned to look at Roddy, not surprised, but more of a scrutiny.

Ruger, whose face was still bruised, had a big temper, but it also proved that he was straightforward - "You killed eight wolf cavalry, and there were no losses?"

Carter understood that the conflict between the two men this morning might not be resolved, and immediately explained in detail the whole story of today's battle, and after a few words, the eyes of all the scouts looking at Roddy had changed drastically.

Even Ruger had a brief moment of distraction, he seemed to remember something, his pursed lips and closed eyes were all indicating that that memory was probably a lifelong pain...

When he opened his eyes again, his face seemed to be a little haggard than before, and he looked at Carter and asked in a low voice, "What did that guy Thordine say?"

"He? He counted how many military exploits those heads could be exchanged for. ”

Carter snorted coldly, causing the scouts around him to feel a little angry and unwilling to do so.

"The problem we have now is... The orcs are setting up camp thirty kilometers away, and if they are allowed to complete the outpost, I am afraid that the village of Nolan will face an attack by those brutes sooner or later. Carter's face was gloomy, and he was a little angry at the thought of Sodin's attitude, "Roddy gave these inferences, which I didn't want to believe at first, but now it seems... I had no choice. ”

Roddy saw Ruger's reaction in his eyes, and knew that although the beating in the morning had caused the other party to suffer a lot, it definitely played a big role at this time - at least the entire scout team had begun to faintly center on itself.

Carter took the initiative to "let Xian" is something that Roddy did not expect, in fact, he has begun to plan to use various means to get the position of captain, if Ruger dares to object, he will also find an opportunity to completely convince the other party. But now it seems that the reaction of these two people is much better than they imagined, and it is not difficult to realize the next plan...

For his own purpose, Luo Di pondered for a long time and said in a serious tone: "The second lieutenant did not give any specific orders, so our mission continues. ”

Hearing this, the scouts seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but the faint expectation was also disappointed, but Roddy's next sentence made them raise their heads sharply-

"It's just that I hope... Tomorrow, we will be able to storm the orc camp. ”