Volume IV The Clash of Light and Darkness One hundred and forty-two, the great claw sticking out of the darkness
In the moonlight, Minter crouched quietly behind the rocks, observing the situation in the distance at the Nogar military camp, and he was ordered by Mallory to become a teenager again today, and participated in the exploration operation with several other members of the Security Service
The Nuojia barracks are laid out according to the traditional habits of their country, the central military tent is in the front of the center, and the soldiers' barracks tent is centered on it, divided into several plates according to different types of troops, and in the front of the barracks, there is also a training super with a high platform inside, which is the place where the lieutenant general of the barracks leads the army to give lectures or issue orders
At this time, most of the people in the Noga barracks were already asleep, only the soldiers in charge of night duty were still walking around, and the military tent was silent at the moment, and colleagues from the Security Department had already inquired that Jada and the remaining more than a dozen high-ranking officers had moved into the northern district, and what remained outside the town were ordinary soldiers, horses, and baggage, etc., which accounted for more than seventy percent of the troops, and almost all of the latter two were placed in the rear camp
Yesterday, more than 20 carts suddenly came to the rear camp, and Jada's deputy, the chief of the palace guard, Sargent, personally took people to confirm it, and strictly ordered the soldiers to guard closely in shifts, prohibiting anyone from checking the contents of the carts After he gave this order, the scouts and security department personnel on the Esther side found that the Nogar army began to mobilize personnel and actively prepare for war, and it seemed that something was brewing
General Norverd and Mallory both suspected that they might launch a new attack, so they sent someone to find out if the cart was really loaded with the rumored new artillery, then Minter and the others had to destroy the fuel and fire and the like
The moonlight seemed to be particularly bright tonight, illuminating the ground brightly, Minter was secretly anxious, it was almost midnight, if the moonlight was so bright all night, then how could they sneak into the enemy camp?
A colleague came up from behind and whispered, "I can't wait any longer, it's going to be too late, or... Shall we make a noise to distract the enemy? ”
Minter shook his head and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw a large dark cloud floating in the sky, gradually covering the moon, and the surroundings suddenly darkened a lot, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to the colleague: "I will take this opportunity to sneak in, you pay attention to my signal and then make the next move"
The colleague hesitated: "This... We could have gone in too."
"I know," Minter smiled, "but I'm more familiar with their way of doing things, and I'm a fast runner, so it's better for me to take the lead and figure out the place, and then let you come than a few people running around in the enemy camp."
The colleague remembered Glori's instructions before leaving, and hesitantly responded, but he didn't really believe that the young man in front of him could really take on the heavy responsibility
Seeing this, Minter smiled slightly wryly, this time he followed Mallory to the local security agency, most of the personnel were from the Western Intelligence Division, and a few were from the General Administration, but none of them had cooperated with him, at most, he had heard some internal rumors, knew that he had an extraordinary background, good skills, and had made a lot of great achievements, and even "Minna" and "Minter" were the same person, and they didn't know that they would have doubts, it was really normal for him to miss old Luma, and his predecessors had not come out since he entered the territory of Van A, and now he was also trying to find a way to eliminate the vigilance of the central Holy See
Sliding down the hill gently, Mint sneaked into the back of the Nogar camp by night, avoiding a patrol of soldiers, and then quickly crossed the passage between the tents and hid in the shadows of a tent, and saw another group of soldiers passing by, and he ran forward silently, while counting silently in his mind, and when he reached the baggage area at fifty-nine, he saw a group of soldiers walking past the tent as soon as he hid behind the tent
Minter sighed softly, fortunately, he stole the land from Prince Lawler's study, and there were many famous generals' territorial combat methods, including mentioning that Sargent's arrangement of ground guard patrols was several teams of men and horses patrolling the ground, each team was only one minute short of each team, and there was very little room for people to exploit loopholes, plus Jada managed the barracks and always put the baggage in the right rear position, so he successfully found it
At this time, the moonlight was not bright, so Minter only vaguely saw twenty or thirty sturdy carriages parked in a large circle in the open space, and the things in the cars were blocked by carriages, which were tightly covered, and it was impossible to see what the ground was contained, but it exuded an inexplicable smell, which seemed to be some kind of spice, but it was mixed with something else, a little unpleasant, but it was bearable, Minter rubbed his nose, and was puzzled, and wanted to get closer to see it clearly, but found that there were forty or fifty soldiers around those cars, although it was sleepy in the dead of night, and many people were yawning, but under the strict guard of this ten-meter post, it was obviously impossible to sneak in and see the situation in the car
Minter carefully circled around the open space and didn't find any loopholes, but when he was frustrated, he accidentally found that there was a vacant post, and the people next to him were whispering into the carriage circle: "Hurry up, if you are found by others, you will definitely be scolded!" ”
A human voice came from inside: "I know what to urge, it's good right away!" Then he saw a young soldier come out with his trousers in his hand, and as he passed by the side of a carriage, he glanced curiously into it, and said to his companion, "I wonder what the ground is in the cart?" ”
His companion whispered, "What do you care it for?" Captain Sargent said, forbid anyone to see it! You can't even get close, come back! "Seeing that the soldier on the other side had noticed the situation on this side, he looked at it frequently, and hurried to the carriage rim to pull him back, but he had already stepped into the carriage circle, carefully picked up the corner of the tarpaulin, and looked inside, and the companion was so anxious that he stamped his foot, and went up to pull him
Minter looked at their pull coldly, looked at the soldier next to him frowned and looked in their direction a few times, explained a few words to his companion on the other side, and walked in the direction of the camp, and the soldier who walked into the carriage circle to pull his companion saw this situation, and was even more anxious, and pulled his companion in his hand, but found that he was being pulled into the car by someone without knowing it, and was startled
Minter's eyes widened suddenly, watching the two soldiers being dragged into the carriage one after another, and there was no sound at all, and then a faint smell of blood wafted out, mixed with the aroma, which was not obvious, but it could not hide from him with a sensitive nose
The carriage shook slightly, and then a strange sound came out, but soon regained its composure, and Minter suddenly shivered, I don't know who the person in the cart actually killed the two soldiers silently, but wasn't he the secret weapon of Nogardi? Why deal with your own people?
There were three posts vacant outside the carriage circle for a while, and the soldiers dozens of meters away couldn't see the situation here, Mint saw this, so he took advantage of the night to sneak to the side of the carriage and carefully probe the situation in the circle, he was stunned
A blackened monster, or a giant worm, looked like the one he had seen near the small mountain village in the eastern mountains outside the city of Nomonka, only a few times smaller, only half the size of the carriage, but it was just as vicious and ferocious, and it lay on the side of the carriage, with a blood stain under it, and the gray-green uniform was scattered around in several pieces, and Minter could clearly see that the soldier was lying quietly on the ground next to him with a long knife hanging from his waist
He was a little weak on his feet, and he didn't dare to gasp, and slowly retreated backwards, and suddenly, the monster turned its head to his side, and he hurriedly flew backwards, not even bothering to expose his body, and quickly hid behind a nearby tent before daring to look back
But the monster didn't catch up, just turned his head to the other side and looked at it a few times, and then slowly retracted into the carriage with the bloodstains, and then hooked the door with his nimble tail, closed the door and shook it gently, dropping some debris At this time, the moon came out of the clouds, and Minter could clearly see by the moonlight that those were spice crumbles
Calm had returned to the surroundings, and if it weren't for the blood and rags on the ground, Minter might have thought he was dreaming
Could it be that the two dozen wagons are filled with such monsters? Where did Jada find them? How could he do that?! What it ate just now, isn't it the national of Nuojia?!
Minter bit his lip and decided to return immediately to report the news, and he had to figure out how to deal with this monster!
He was about to turn around, but he heard footsteps, and after hurriedly retracting into the tent, he looked carefully, only to realize that it was Jada! He was suddenly angry, and he couldn't wait to beat the other party immediately! Even if it is for the sake of getting more resources for your own people, you can't sacrifice these innocent lives!
Jada frowned tightly as the soldiers saluted him, and he just waved his hand to tell them to leave, and a few of the soldiers looked at each other and hesitantly retreated, and Jada walked to the carriages
What does he want to do?
Minter squinted his eyes and saw that he actually reached out to lift the tarpaulin of one of the carriages, and couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't want to die?!
"Your Excellency!" A male voice stopped Jada's movements, and he turned around in displeasure, only to see that it was Sargent, and then he slowed down: "Why are you here?" ”
Sargent panted and ran over, picked up Jada and walked out: "Your Excellency! Why did you come here in the middle of the night?! Shed is going crazy looking for you, you are the supreme commander in the army, please don't be so willful! ”
Jada laughed and shook him away and coughed lightly: "I know it's wrong to run out without permission, but I really want to know what is in this car" Turning his head, he said: "Since I am the supreme commander in the army, I should know everything in the barracks, even the secret weapon, there is no reason not to let me know!" ”
Sargent's attitude was very firm: "Don't worry, it is definitely an excellent weapon for attacking cities and plundering land, you can see the effect tomorrow, don't you believe me?" ”
Jada looked at him and frowned slightly: "Sargent, are you hiding something from me?" Since it's a good weapon, why don't you let me see it? Isn't this artillery? ”
Sargent paused, lowered his head and whispered, "Why do you have to watch it now?" It will not be clear at night, if you insist, how about I accompany you tomorrow? It's just a few hours, can't you even wait a few hours? ”
Jada kept staring at him, but the suspicion in his eyes deepened, and he turned his head sharply to look at the carriage circle, and walked away: "I want to see now!" ”
Sargent was shocked, and hurriedly reached out to pull him, but before his hand touched his shoulder, he had already retracted, but his face was replaced by a smile: "Okay, since you want to see it, I'll accompany you to see it" After that, he also took the initiative to pick up the hanging oil lamp next to him, and invited Jada to walk to the largest carriage with a smile
When Jada saw him like this, he always felt that something was wrong, when did Sargent ever have such a flattering expression? Even after he became the heir to the throne, he took the initiative to claim himself as a subordinate, and he never looked at himself with such a face
When he was wondering, Sargent suddenly stopped, his whole body convulsed, and the oil lamp fell to the ground with a snap, startling Jada: "What's wrong with you?!" Sick?! ”
Sargent didn't answer, just kept opening his left eye to him, but his body twitched more and more, and soon he couldn't stand up Jada tried to help him, he still couldn't stop sliding to the ground Jeda was a little panicked: "What's wrong?" Speak quickly! Then he raised his voice and shouted, "Guards! Guardsman! ”
Sargent grabbed his arm with all his might, gasping for breath, his two eyes were about to pop out, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, Jada was anxious when he saw this, and shouted to the guards again, but saw a faint green light flashing on Sargent's chest, as if something was in his arms, and he stared at the green dot light suspiciously: "What is this?" ”
At the same time, Minte, who was hiding in the dark, opened his mouth wide in shock, because he saw that on the carriage closest to Jada, the tarpaulin had been cut silently, and the giant worm inside slowly came out, and the two evil eyes flashed green, staring straight at Sargent, and at the same time raising a large claw high, slowly reaching behind Jada, and at this moment, Jada was still holding Sargent and calling, completely unaware of the scene behind him
Minter felt that his calves were trembling slightly, he gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and wanted to retreat quietly, but that leg couldn't step out anyway and watched the big claw rise higher and higher, while Jada and Sargent didn't realize it, he didn't know where he got the courage, and shouted: "Get out of the way!" The man rushed out at the same time, knocking Jada and the two apart violently, and they both rolled to the side, and the big claw also swung down at this time, cutting a mark half a foot deep on the ground
As soon as the blow missed, the giant insect chirped in dissatisfaction and slowly crawled out of the carriage, while the other carriages in the vicinity also shook
(I'm like... It's getting more and more terrifying to write, cough... )