It's not that Kun Salang didn't know how much water his troops were, on the contrary, he knew it well, so he never thought of defending this stronghold from the beginning. It's just that usually speaking, it should wait until the abyss is confirmed to appear before the team disperses, like now, the lookout just shouted "There is a situation", and everyone scattered like frightened birds, which is too strange, what if the so-called situation refers to a group of people who failed to enter the teleportation array in time and had to flee on their legs in the wild?

Could it be that after fleeing back in a panic, Kun Salang had to report to Miser that his troops had been defeated by a group of ragged and disheveled refugees? Or could there be a better reason, such as the overwhelming mass of abyssal monsters chasing them behind the group of refugees, and the troops on hand were not enough to rescue the other party and stop the enemy, so he had to choose to move in in order to save his combat strength?

As an old bird who had been on training patrols in the rear for many years, Kunsaron knew very well that Miselle was not as talkative as he seemed, and that he was going to submit a similar report, fearing that he would never be sent to make noodles in the kitchen and provide them to his more powerful allies as supplies.

Therefore, even if most of the soldiers under Kun Salang had fled at this moment, he himself must not flee with him, and must stay to find out what is going on and direct the remaining soldiers to make the right response, only then can he avoid being sent to the kitchen.

Of course, the reason for Kunsarang's decision to stay was not out of fear of being sent to the kitchen, at least staying in the kitchen would not kill him, but most importantly because of the watchman's remark that he was talking about a group of people, not a group of monsters, approaching the stronghold.

Whether it was a fleeing populace or a fleeing friendly soldier, it was certainly not an abyss anyway, and that was enough.

"Let's go, let's see what's going on. Kun Salang tilted his head to a few of his own soldiers and motioned to them, "By the way, arrange for some people to capture the group of cowards who fled without even seeing the shadow of the enemy...... Forget it, let them go, they won't be able to escape anywhere anyway, won't they still be unlucky when they return to the World Tree? Now it's important to find out what happened. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

After the soldiers agreed, they surrounded Kun Salang in the middle and escorted him in the direction pointed by the lookout, and the remaining soldiers who had been slow to react for half a beat and failed to escape in time glanced at each other on the spot with extremely confused expressions, and then they also chose to scatter and slip away instead of following their commander.

Kun Salang, who had been paying attention to the reactions of these people behind him, couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart when he saw this, shook his head but didn't say anything, and then shifted his attention to the group of people who were approaching in the distance.

The long life and the uncontested life make the elves accustomed to dealing with things calmly and unhurriedly, but also become dislike to be disturbed and cherish their own lives, and they think more about how to avoid harming themselves than how to solve them when facing danger.

To put it simply, it is difficult for a civilian of this race to truly become a qualified soldier without a long period of rigorous training, and it is completely undesirable for a random adult to be called up and distributed to them as a soldier like Miselle - but the old aunt has no other choice, she and the other elven elders have buried all the elven troops on the battlefield, and can only make up the number by recruiting civilians.

Therefore, instead of paying attention to the trash fish that fled without even seeing the face of the abyss, Kun Salang preferred to pay attention to the team of centaurs in the distance whose aura was completely different from theirs.

It was clear that they were trained soldiers, and they were clearly defeated, everyone was wounded to a greater or lesser extent, their armor was so tattered that it seemed that it would turn to pieces at any moment, and some even lost their weapons. Even so, they still gathered together to cover each other and hurried forward, and did not run like headless flies.

"Where did the troops retreat from, the villages and towns around here should have all been withdrawn. Kun Salang frowned and muttered to himself, then raised his hand and patted one of his own soldiers on the shoulder, "You use the reconnaissance spell to check to see if those guys have been infected by the abyss." ”

Deliberately letting the infected soldiers and civilians go and letting them take advantage of the chaos to enter the important rear of the elven clan has been done in the abyss before, and every pointed ear is extremely vigilant about this, and Kun Salang also suspects that he has encountered a similar situation. It's just that the other party is too stupid to do this, they should have mixed in with the crowd to find an opportunity when the teleportation array was operating at full capacity before, and the residents of the nearby villages and towns had to be arranged to walk to the World Tree with their feet to settle down, right, what is the difference between not having the cover of the crowd and dying?

Unless they're really elven runaway soldiers.

After some busyness, the soldiers quickly confirmed Kun Salang's suspicion: "My lord, they are very clean, and nothing unusual has been found. ”

Of course, the cleanliness here refers to the fact that the other party has not found abyssal energy in his body, and it has nothing to do with their grizzled beggar image. After hearing his subordinates say this, Kun Salang also breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not completely let down his vigilance, because there was also the possibility that the abyss had interfered with the spell detection in some way.

In any case, at least the soldiers in the distance would not have howled and pounced on the living like the undead, because even if they were infected, they would not rush to attack the stronghold without being exposed—not to mention that there were basically no more people in the stronghold—and they would prefer to use Kunsarang and the others as a cover to seek an opportunity to enter the World Tree.

Therefore, there should be no danger in meeting each other. Having made up his mind, Kun Salang stood where he was, quietly waiting for the group of routs to run straight in front of him from the forest.

To Kunsara's surprise, the two people at the front of the team actually knew each other.

"Noel, Wallace, weren't you sent on that crazy sabotage mission behind enemy lines, why are you here?" Khun Sarang's face was full of stunned expression at the moment, as if he had seen the most impossible thing in the world, "Hey, you can't have escaped from the battlefield, right?"

"Of course we escaped, do you still think that the abyss will see us off with flowers and colored flags?" Wallace said angrily while wiping the blood stains on his face that he didn't know who it was, "We who destroyed the mission target were at least three or four layers outside the enemy, and if everyone got a teleportation scroll before leaving, everyone wouldn't have been able to come back!"

Noel next to him also nodded approvingly: "Yes, it was really thrilling when I escaped, and I almost didn't have time to teleport." And when he came back, he was unlucky enough to meet the patrol of the abyss, otherwise he wouldn't have been so embarrassed. ”

Hearing this, Kun Salang couldn't help but be so shocked that his jaw was about to dislocate, and he couldn't help but stretch out his finger and look at the two people in front of him tremblingly: ", wait a little longer." What did you just say, that the mission target was actually destroyed under such a dangerous and difficult situation, just because of you salted fish who have no dreams!?"

"It's not your turn!"

Wallace's reaction can be said to be very fierce, while Noel is relatively calm: "It was our group of salted fish without dreams who crushed your troops of hundreds of men without casting a single spell, and they didn't even have the courage to face us, although we didn't even have the slightest hostility." ”

At this moment, for the first time, Kun Salang had the idea of capturing all the armed civilians who had fled in all directions, and he swore that he would never let them rest until he trained those bastards to the point that they were peeled off!

But now I can only think about it, God knows where the so-called soldiers who escaped are hiding, maybe they have returned to the World Tree, maybe they have slipped into the depths of the forest, anyway, don't try to find them all out one by one.

"Well, let's talk about the mission. Feeling embarrassed, Kun Salang raised his hand and scratched his cheek and coughed vigorously a few times, "First of all, you are welcome back, but according to the regulations, I still have to have someone do a comprehensive examination of you." ”

What is the inspection mentioned by the other party, Noel and the others are naturally clear in their hearts, or every elf understands that it can effectively prevent the abyss from infiltrating the elf race, so although everyone has complained about it, they still choose to accept it.

The legendary full-body examination, unlike the previous long-range detection performed by the soldiers, is almost impossible to miss, as long as the subject of the examination contains abyssal energy, no matter how deep it is hidden, it can still be found.

"No problem. Noel nodded at the official colleague in front of him and said, "Go and ask your people to bring the crystal ball." ”

Whereas simple tests from a distance can be performed directly with spells, this detailed and precise full-body examination requires the use of instruments, and the pointed ears chose to use spherical objects made of crystals with good magical permeability. Of course, there are many other uses for crystal balls besides detecting abyss energy, but not many people have paid attention to them lately.

One of the soldiers quickly found the crystal ball in the stronghold and brought it to the people, this gadget is a common item that can be found everywhere, and this is the place where it is possible to come into contact with the approaching abyss, of course, something similar will be prepared.

The atmosphere then became tense, and Kun Salang's men had Noel and the others line up to surrender their weapons, separated by a long distance from each other, before examining them with crystal balls.

This is just a precautionary measure, who knows if any of these people have abyssal energy in their bodies? What should I do if this guy suddenly explodes and hurts people at the moment of being checked? In a similar situation, the elves have already encountered a lot, and in the case of being unable to prevent it, it will become an unwritten rule to confiscate the weapons and equipment of the subject first.

And it's not enough to just collect weapons, there are also heavily armed soldiers on the scene who are watching the subject closely, and once they find any unusual behavior, they will immediately stage a full force parade, and they will not even give you a chance to explain.

It is not that the elves are without spells that purify the corrosive effects of the abyssal energy on the body, but this requires preparation time and consumes a certain amount of materials, and not everyone is in a position to enjoy it. In contrast, it is more time-saving and labor-saving to use the crystal ball to cooperate with the troops to carry out such inspections, and even if the guy infected by the abyss launches an indiscriminate attack around the area due to the failure of infiltration, it will easily be dealt with by the soldiers who are waiting for it.

It was during the chaotic period when countless refugees poured into the interior of the World Tree that the elves did not have the ability to check everyone, but obviously this did not include Noel and the others. Kun Salang had plenty of time to examine them slowly, even if it was a whole day.

However, to Kun Salang's surprise, the group of people who were inspected did not even have the slightest nervous expression on their faces, which was completely different from the cautious state of everyone in the previous inspection team. After all, no one knows if there is an infected lurking in their ranks, in other words, everyone may be a spy or assassin on the other side of the abyss, and in this case, everyone will naturally tense their nerves like a spring.

However, these guys in front of them were very relaxed, and they didn't seem to be worried about any of them being infected.

Kun Salang didn't quite understand what was going on, he just guessed that most of the other party cooperated with each other in the course of the mission, so it was clear to both of them whether anyone had been infected by the abyss - judging by their reactions, it was most likely that no one was infected.

The soldier with the crystal ball carefully stared at the item in his hand for anything unusual as he cautiously passed by Noel, Wallace, and the soldiers lined up behind them, but in the end nothing happened, and everyone successfully passed the inspection.

"Then there won't be any problems, right?" Noel said to Kun Salang, who was completely relaxed next to him, "If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow the teleportation array in this stronghold where you're stationed." I can't wait to get the troops back to Mistress Missel, and then have a good meal, a shower, and a good night's sleep. ”

"Yes, why not, come with me, although the teleportation array in the World Tree has been very busy, but the teleportation array of our frontline stronghold here is always working normally, and you will be able to go back soon. ”

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is .. m.