Chapter 224: The Red Creeper
γAfter half an hour, the Knights' Guild Loungeγ
Just as Draenor and the captain were sitting in the common room equipping their weapons, three slender figures rushed into the room, and the young man in the lead immediately stood in place the moment he noticed Draenor, his knees close together, and he bowed.
"The second-echelon messenger reports to the chief!"
Draenor looked up at the man, it was Duke. He looked at Dino in surprise, although all the members of the investigation team had to participate in the operation in the combat meeting, the members of the second echelon were just three childish children. The previous night's experience had taught him a good lesson, and the young messengers were indeed fit to do the real investigative work, but it would be a wrong and foolish decision to let them join the fight.
"It's late, you live in the guild dormitory, and you shouldn't be late." Dino walked to Du Jiao's side and reprimanded, stretched out his hand and pulled the armor of the other party's arm, "The left and right hands are worn upside down, rearrange the armor, and get ready to go to the gate of the guild to report to Instructor Reiner!" β
"Yes, sir!" Duke hurriedly removed his armarm, clamped it under his armpit and reinstalled it, bowed to the two again, and left the room with the team.
"Really, there's no tension at all..."Dino shook his head as he looked at the distant back, unconsciously forgiving Rano's thoughts, "they're not knights at all, at most they're young people running errands...... Hopefully they won't drag their feet in action......"
Another hurried footstep came down the hallway, and Jett, dressed in red armor, hurried into the lounge, glancing to the side of the couch, locking on to Langlano and tossing the black cloth bag she was holding in her arms at him.
"It's so heavy......" Draenor heard the sound of metal colliding the moment he was hit by his pocket, and he had already guessed what was in his pocket.
"You still know Shen! Don't report the situation to the guild in advance, at least put on your armor! I'm not your babysitter, there's no next time! Jett folded his arms around his chest and rolled his eyes and complained.
"The first and second echelons are ready, Draenor, equip the armor as fast as possible, we are waiting for you at the gate of the guild." Dino left the room with Jett, leaving this sentence before leaving.
We really need to speed things up...... The tension fueled Draenor's adrenaline, and he skillfully and quickly put on his armor, pulled every buckle to the tightest loop, and sheathed his holster. The last time I felt this tension, I was a soldier of Eichenryder, but this time the threat was more terrifying than any enemy I had seen in Canaan, and the plague doctor was not an enemy soldier who used guns or blades to harvest lives on the battlefield, but a true demon who could manipulate the shadows.
"If he's a demon, he should go back to where the demon belongs......" Draenor whispered to himself and took a deep breath towards the guild gate.
By the time he reached the stairs, the rest of the investigation team had already stood in two rows by the carriage, and a gap appeared in the rectangular line, apparently for him.
"Draenor, get in the ranks!" Instructor Reiner shouted to him impatiently, eyes fixed on him until he stood at the front of the line.
After getting ready, the instructor paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and facing the crowd, "Operation Codename is 'Red Creeper', and for many of you, this could be a turning point in your career...... The goal is clear: we need to find the doctor's hiding place before sunset and execute him on the spot. I will personally lead the first echelon to enter the target building first, and the second echelon will guard the perimeter of the building and stand by, and all the survivors found will be handed over to the second echelon for rescue, and if there is an emergency, all members will immediately rush to support. Above! β
Wow!!!
All members of the investigation team saluted at the same time, but this time no one shouted the slogan.
The instructor turned around and walked to the back of the carriage, pulled open the baffle and ordered everyone: "Go!" β
Sitting at the outermost end of the cabin with Jett and Dino close together, the hurricane from the carriage blowing Draenor's hair from the left, but he still felt overwhelmed by something.
The team members in the car seemed to have been looking forward to the raid mission, as their faces showed irrepressible excitement. The moment he saw Instructor Reiner reading the battle plan, Draenor was almost certain of one thing: of all the people, including the instructor, he was the only one who knew the horrors of Azrao.
During the "Raid" on Hermanstetat, the experience on the Blackstone, and the encounter with the monster "Bill" in the North Abel Desert, he witnessed the existence of "demons" in just a few months since he met Viklico. The Azra were very different from the Misareans they knew, they did possess the power of beasts, and even more disturbingly, their intellect, all of which were tailor-made for killing, making them the most powerful beings at the top of the food chain.
As a result, he found that his hands began to tremble, instinctively trembling with fear.
But he clenched his fists anyway, and pulled the gun from the holster, filling it with all the remaining crystal powder, and stuffing three shoddy bullets into the magazine.
This is the only weapon that can stand up to the plague doctors...... The idea seemed ironic, and he had to admit that he desperately wanted to be the vampire hunter of the legend, holding a crossbow in one hand and a glass bottle full of clear liquid in the other. If he could, he would even wear a string of garlic around his neck, even if the ridiculous idea had been proven to have no effect on the Blood Sect, but at least it would be enough to embolden himself.
But he still had a doubt in his heart waiting to be solved, so he raised his head and asked the instructor: "Sir, since the Knights attach so much importance to this operation, why don't you let the third echelon with the strongest combat effectiveness join?" β
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask......" Reiner lowered his head and wiped his saber, explaining briefly to him in an impatient tone, "There are armies in the western seas, and all the elites have been transferred there...... It has nothing to do with you, focus on the task! β
The black battleship was in action...... Draenor's Adam's apple sank down, and the Azra had come to the door. If the Order is unfortunately defeated...... It's useless to think about that, just focus on the task at hand.
The city behind him faded away, and the light around him dimmed. The coachman tugged at the reins, and there was a neighing of horses ahead, and the carriage finally stopped.
"It's time to get to the place, and everyone is on alert!" At Instructor Reiner's orders, Delano retracted the firebolt behind his back, grabbed the metal bracket and jumped out of the carriage with his teammates.
It was surrounded by a dry forest, without any traces of fallen leaves or snow, and it looked charred and lifeless as if it had just been baptized by fire. On the left side of the carriage a broken stone wall appeared, and the cracked crack extended north along with the stone wall until it was cut off by a metal gate.
Reiner glanced at the group and made sure all the team members were ready, then turned and walked towards the metal gate, "Follow me." β
Less than two meters from the iron gate, the instructor once again held out his hand to signal the group to stop, his back pressed against the wall, and he turned his head sideways to look through the gap at the building.
"According to the plan, the second echelon will go to the west side and stand by, and the night watchman will stay here with me."
After all the members of the "messenger" had left, Reiner turned his gaze to Lenlano and pulled a brand new metal box from his bosom and shoved it into the new Rao's hand, then pointed inside the door.
"This is the paging box you want, go ahead."
"Go, right? What does that mean? Draenor subconsciously repeated the sentence, and the chief's words confused him.
"You brought the information this time, I hope it won't go wrong, otherwise the entire investigation team will be sent to the knight's court because of this!" Reiner said to Draenor in a reproachful tone, his finger still pointing to the other side of the gate, maintaining the same motion, "You are the spearhead of this operation, and I didn't tell you in advance to avoid unnecessary tension. Don't worry, this is not a personal vendetta, me and the rest of the first echelon will cover for you. β
It's not a personal grudge that is weird...... Draenor stared at the instructor for a moment, but finally walked to the iron gate before the other party got angry. The dilapidated street sign still stands at the door, bearing the name in my mind's eye: "Stroud".
This is the case of "daring to be angry but not daring to speak...... He swallowed, tightened his grip on the dagger with his left hand, glanced back at his teammates, pushed the iron door on the left side open a gap, and squeezed sideways into it.