vs 4 Struggle in the dark
Around two o'clock in the morning on May 7.
The guard tower on the northwest front line of the human front outside the city of Byan, the dense firelight around it illuminated the nearby area as bright as daytime, and the patrol team did not dare to slack off every half hour.
The soldiers on the tower are even more vigilant eyes, always paying attention to everything around them.
In this small area, the armies of orcs and humans have been facing each other for more than twenty days, and the patience of both sides has long since run out, and skirmishes between the two armies have become more frequent recently.
Experienced veterans know that the real big war is coming!
"Whoosh!
Suddenly, several sounds of breaking the air resounded in the sky, and the face of the officer who was checking the weapons and equipment in the tower warehouse changed, he didn't have time to think about it, and rushed to the top of the tower as fast as he could, "What's the matter?"
He asked the soldiers on duty.
"It looks like a recon arrow, but I'm not sure, it's probably an encounter between our scouts and orc scouts!" replied the soldier on duty, offering his opinion.
The officer nodded, and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, but it was deep in the dense forest, and even in the daytime, he couldn't see what was happening inside the ground, the officer thought about it, and then leaned down and shouted to the soldiers in the squad below the tower: "Let the brothers get ready, just in case!"
Then, he said solemnly to the soldiers on duty: "If there is a change in intelligence, the alarm must be sounded no matter what!"
With that, the officer jumped off the tower in a few steps and went to the fortifications below to personally direct the soldiers to arm.
In the middle of the jungle...
Owen and his two remaining brothers fought and retreated, and they were the only ones left in their squad of ten, and in the dark bushes nearby, a group of orc warriors were eyeing them out, trying to kill all three of them.
Owen's torches had long since fallen during the run, and in the darkness, this Orion-born squad leader could only fight with the sense of hunting before, and it was this talent that allowed him to survive until now.
He could sense the danger that was slowly approaching, and out of the corner of his eye, he looked at his two companions on the left and right.
Both were gasping for air, their right hand holding the spear hanging low, obviously weak, but instinctively holding it.
One man's shield had been shattered in the fight, and his left arm had been completely destroyed.
Although the other man was lucky and not injured, he had long since lost the strength to fight.
The three of them can't withstand the next round of attacks!
This is a mortal situation!
"It's just a dozen steps!" Owen cried silently in his heart, this helplessness and despair almost broke him.
"Boss, what now?"
This was an inquiry from one of the subordinates.
yes, what now?
Owen was asking himself, too.
He felt the two companions around him, and the danger that was approaching them!
Suddenly, the eyes of the originally desperate Owen lit up, and he secretly took a few deep breaths, he held his breath and let his body melt into the darkness.
At this time, a cold light came from the side like the scythe of death.
Owen didn't think anymore, he raised his foot and kicked the waist of the soldier on his left, and the soldier suddenly lost his center of gravity, stumbled several steps in one direction, and then let out a muffled "plop!" as if he had hit something.
The soldier was shocked, but he didn't have time to think, for he ran under the axes of a group of orcs, and the poor soldier was hacked to death before he could even utter a word.
"Ding!"
The soldier on the right had already met the orc, but the help he was waiting for did not come, Owen abandoned him, the soldier turned his head, and there was no one next to him, and then, he felt a pain in his chest, and he spurted a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and asked a question: "Boss?"
A dozen steps.
Owen held his breath and ran with all his strength.
This short stretch of road is the passage of his life, he has no time to repent of what he just did, what he has to do now is to live!
It's just a few steps away!
But at this moment, there was a ringing in his ears, an inaudible sound of breaking through the sky, and Owen knew that it was someone sneaking up on him, just like he had attacked those antelopes when he was hunting.
The orc commander had long been watching everything on the battlefield, and when he found out about Owen's intentions, he pursued them desperately, and he deliberately wrapped the shiny part of the axe with strips of cloth, in such a dark environment, he was confident that he could deal with this difficult human soldier in this blow.
But the keen Owen still noticed it, he bent down suddenly, dodging the fatal blow, but there was still a burning pain in his back, he knew that it was a bruise, not a big problem!
However, the sudden weightlessness caused him to fall to the ground, and the strong inertia caused his body to roll on the ground like a barrel for a long distance. Owen only felt the world spin for a while, and then there was a pain all over his body, and he could only subconsciously protect his head with his arms now.
A few seconds later...
Owen seemed to feel that he was still alive, the familiar light made his eyes that had been subconsciously closed when he just fell suddenly open, and he was now lying on the ground weakly, and the pile of soldiers waiting under the watchtower in front of him made his eyes light up.
"Ahh Hahaha... I..."
He laughed out loud, but soon, his laughter stopped!
Because, a suffocating murderous aura hit his whole body, and he turned his head, and a strong orc warrior appeared in front of him, the big axe in his hand already raised.
Owen subconsciously looked towards the edge of the axe, which was red with blood, and a little bit of flesh hung on it.
"Whoosh!"
At this critical juncture, the human officer on the other side of the watchtower struck the orc warrior's chest, and the inertia of the arrow caused the orc to take a step back.
Owen only felt like he was walking in hell, the cold sweat all over his body made him feel weak, and he didn't even have the strength to turn over.
"Roar!"
The orc commander roared unwillingly, but he was greeted by more than a dozen arrows falling mercilessly, and the orc soldiers next to him hurriedly pulled the orc commander back a few steps regardless of anything else.
When the human officer at the watchtower saw this, his heart moved, and he could roughly understand that this scout might have detected an extremely important piece of information!
This man must be saved!
The officer decisively ordered the soldiers on the tower to ring the alarm bells, and he himself led the soldiers forward!
"Ding, ding, ding!"
The crisp sound of the alarm bell made the orc commander's face change, looking at the orc warriors who fell under the arrows one after another, he knew that he should give the order to retreat now, it was still too late, but he did not flinch, he picked up the giant axe in his hand again.
However, it was all in vain, their pursuit team was not large in number, and in the case of blindly storming the arrows of the guard tower soldiers just now, it was even more seriously damaged.
In the end, this orc commander was actually captured alive!