After learning that there was only one last challenge left, the team did not hesitate and quickly ran towards the exit, and when everyone came to the exit, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them. On the way here, although everyone imagined various challenges that would appear, the lineup in front of them still made everyone have no bottom at all.

At the exit of the road, there was a group of soldiers led by Minister Cooper himself, with a large group of sword and shield soldiers at the front, pikemen at the back, archers at the back, and a small group of light cavalry troops on each side. Looking at the banner in the distance, Roland and his team could only retreat to the maple forest deep in the road.

"Damn, don't let us carry out the mission, what kind of challenge is this, what kind of challenge is this, this is clearly not intended to let us pass. After entering the maple forest, the grumpy Solo Christine was the first to speak. The rest of the team didn't say anything, but the anxious and angry eyes also spoke of the unfairness of this final challenge. And Yan Ophelier said angrily in a voice that only he could hear: "Uncle Cooper, scoundrel, let Aunt Hua give you the worst medicine in the future, hum!"

"What do you think of this situation, I. Ward?" asked Roland.

"There's no good way, if you give me a whole sword and shield battalion, I don't dare to take the initiative to attack, I can only defend. ”

"If we were a whole light cavalry guard, we might be able to wear down the enemy through mobile combat, but with our number now, it would be lucky not to be dumpled by their light cavalry troops. Seeing Roland looking at him, Inheim replied after thinking about it.

"That's it, how can we let a small detachment fight hard with a regular army, it is better to simply tell us not to give us a task. At this time, even the most active Sora Occam said indignantly.

"Hmm, what did you just say, Sora Occam?" Suddenly, Roland seemed to have caught something.

"I said that if we let a small detachment fight with a regular army, it is better to simply tell us not to give us a task. Sola Occam said suspiciously, "I'm just talking about it, don't take it seriously, Your Highness." Seeing Roland's thoughtful look, Sora Ocam's nervousness suddenly grew.

"Come on, let's take a closer look at the map. See if there's anything missing. Roland seemed to have thought of something, and summoned everyone to sit down, and spread out the map that Minister Cooper had given him earlier. At this time, everyone had reached the other end of the line, so there was not much to observe. The crowd carefully studied the map, and from the map it appeared that the march route passed from east to west, passing between two mountain ranges, with relatively gentle terrain at both ends and a rugged part in the middle. At the exit of the route, a small basin is formed by the intersection of the two mountain ranges, and at the other end of the basin a gap is formed, and according to the previous agreement, as long as half of the team passes through the gap, the challenge is completed.

"Everybody follow me to the front and observe it again. Take a closer look at the terrain and discuss it when you get back. After looking at the map for a long time and not having any good ideas, Roland said to the crowd. The group followed Roland to the edge of the maple forest again, looking at everything in the basin from a distance, and the troops stationed there did not decrease, nor increased, nor did they take the initiative to attack everyone. Just quietly waiting for everyone. After observing the terrain again, Roland and the others returned to the maple forest.

"I think we're better admitting defeat, how can this be done. As soon as he sat down, Cuthbert said distressedly.

"I really can't think of any good way, not to mention that it has to be more than half of the people to pass to be considered successful, even if we try our best, we can't get over one. Sora Occam said helplessly.

"If we come hard, we will only kill a few of them at most, maybe not a single one, there are dozens of people in that army who have reached the high level of the red halo, and Minister Cooper has already reached the middle level of the yellow halo, whether it is a group battle or a heads-up, there is basically no chance of winning. At this time, even Yi Ward, who is usually the calmest, can only say helplessly. The whole team fell into silence, there was no hope for the next battle, but they didn't want to give up just like that, anxious, helpless, unwilling to fill this small maple forest.

"Why do you keep thinking about fighting, killing, killing," and at that moment, the faint voice of Yan Ophelel sounded in silence. Seeing everyone looking at her together, she was even more cowardly, who was not very confident.

"If you have any ideas, just say it, Sister Yan'er, we are a team. Roland looked at Yan Ophelier encouragingly.

Seeing Roland's eyes, Yan O'Felier seemed to be suddenly full of confidence, but still said weakly: "You see, since there is a basin, the mountains on both sides will not be too steep, just now I looked at the surrounding scenery from where we were standing" Speaking of this, Yan O'Felier felt that he was really ashamed, and his joints were still wandering to look at the scenery.

"And then?" asked Solo Christine, who was usually the most silent in the team, at this time.

"I found that from this maple forest, you can go around the mountains on both sides of the basin, where the scenery is beautiful, and the maple leaves are particularly fiery, so I thought at the time that we should go there to see the scenery." , Yan O'Felier blamed herself weakly in her heart.

"Well, what do you think, Your Highness?" asked Inheim.

"I also paid attention to the surrounding area of the basin just now, and it seems that it is possible to get around it in combination with the map, but the horses still have some baggage and we have to throw it away, and from the map it seems that many places are rugged and can only be passed by one person. There were still cliffs in some places, and in the end we had to pass through the gap behind Minister Cooper, but the frontal attack became a running from the back, and I also considered whether we should split up our troops and set off on both sides or choose to go together, and the reason why I didn't tell everyone was that I thought it would be too dangerous to do so. Now that Jen O'Affelier has raised this point, let's vote. ”

"Raise your hand in agreement with the detour. After a moment of silence, I saw that everyone in the team finally slowly raised their right hands.

"Okay, the one who agrees to divide his troops raises his hand. At this point, the team was silent for a long time, and in the end, only Mont Feral agreed. Looking at everyone seated, Roland looked at Yan O'Philier and said, "In this case, we have chosen to set off all the way, this is a black iron coin, we will choose the left side of the front side, and the right side of the reverse side, Sister Yan'er, this decision will be left to you." With that, Roland stuffed the black iron coin in his hand into Yan Ophelier's hand.

"Can I really do it?" Yan O'Felier looked at Roland and asked, when he saw everyone's approving eyes, Yan O'Felier finally gently threw the black iron coin in his hand, and with the sound of the black iron coin landing, everyone leaned over to watch the result, and the black iron coin finally slowly lay on the ground with its face up, and finally chose the mountain range on the right.

"Ro Nice, Ro Ede, you two brothers are in front of you, and Yan Ophelier is in the middle, and set off. When everyone had dealt with everything, just dressed lightly, Roland wanted everyone to talk. At this time, the team, except for Yan Ophelier, all took off their armor and spears, and only brought a pot of feather arrows, and some ropes. And Yan Ophelier was originally dressed lightly, so he didn't change much except for bringing a few less pots of crossbow arrows.

Under the leadership of the Ro Nice and Ro Eid brothers, the team quickly walked through the mountains and forests, and the usual long-distance running training was gradually reflected at this time. As Yan O'Philier said, the maple forests of the mountains on both sides are exceptionally tall, and the maple leaves are also exceptionally fiery red, and a gust of mountain wind blows, and the falling maple leaves fill the entire mountain forest. As the team progressed, the road gradually became rough, and in some places there was no road at all, so they had to explore on their own. In some places, there are cliffs, and everyone can only continue to detour. In some places, it is completely built on top of the cliff, and only one person is allowed to pass against the mountain wall, and there are still implementations and falls from time to time. The most dangerous one almost made the team directly and really attrition, there was a section of the road when Ro Nice, Ro Ed passed, and suddenly collapsed when it was the turn of E. Ward to pass, fortunately the back of Cuthbert saw the opportunity to pull Ro Eid quickly, and then with the efforts of everyone, Ro Eid was rescued safely, in the subsequent march, the team was even more cautious, of course, there was no shortage of the first small point of the school team, because Ro Eid was the strongest, and everyone at random made fun of him because he was too heavy, so he crushed the road, and Ro Ede could only be helpless about this。

"Be careful, the next is the most critical moment, and we will be behind Minister Cooper from here, and we will pass through the gap as fast as we can. "When the sun was moving to the west and preparing to go down, the team finally came to the end of the mountain range on the right after a great deal of hardship, and at this time the team was really in the middle of the gap between Minister Cooper and the basin, because they had given up their horses, so it was the most difficult moment to finally pass through the gap before Minister Cooper found out.

"Rest for a quarter of an hour, then let's fight, don't go too far into the fight, as long as half of us pass through the gap, we win. Roland said encouragingly.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and after everyone had replenished their water and energy, they walked down the mountain. At this point, I just hope that Secretary Cooper will find out later.

"Woo~~~" When everyone walked out of the mountain range and appeared behind Minister Cooper, they still did not escape the detection of the sentry, and with a dull horn sounded, everyone knew that it could only depend on luck.

"Sprint with all your might, don't worry about the back. Rushing past is victory. Roland shouted, and by this time, a group of light cavalry had begun to turn around and gallop towards the group. As everyone got closer and closer to the gap, the light cavalry troops behind were closer to everyone.

"The stay of the Egg Shield Camp is for everyone to buy time. As the pursuing forces drew nearer, he shouted Ward Ward. When Roland heard this, he didn't stop them, because Roland knew that if they continued like this, they would only be wiped out.

"I'll stay too, running is really not my forte. Ro Ed and Yan O'Philier said at the same time. After saying that, he turned around and shot an arrow at the leading pursuer, because he didn't expect everyone to fight back, the leading light cavalry had to stop in place without warning, and there was a look of astonishment on his face. And after shooting an arrow, the people of the Sword and Shield Battalion also put on a standard defensive posture and waited for the arrival of the enemy. In the face of the rolling horses, the people of the Sword and Shield Battalion did not have any timidity, and some were only thick battles, and Ro Ed and Yan Ophelier were even more calm to shoot a rain of arrows, each feathered arrow always took away a cavalryman. When the pursuing cavalry team met with 4 people, there was no chance to take a step forward, 5 people pestered the cavalry team to death, and when another cavalry unit came to help eliminate the 4-person team, Roland and his party were already smiling at Minister Cooper from outside the gap

Former headquarters of the Blair Mountains bandits. At this time, the big tent was full of battalion commanders of various elite troops, and the Prince of Ceylon sat on the top seat and quietly listened to the report below.

"Prince, the casualties on this expedition are somewhat beyond the previous budget, and the mountain bandits this time are particularly strong for some reason. The casualties of our brethren in the Sword and Shield Battalion are a bit heavy. "It was the commander of the Sword and Shield Battalion who spoke.

"Our Divine Arrow Battalion is the same, I feel that the combat ability of the mountain bandits this time is obviously different from before, and the long-range combat is also much stronger. The commander of the Divine Arrow Battalion said the same.

"Did the other battalions do the same?" asked the Prince of Ceylon. The rest of the battalion commanders, who originally wanted to speak, heard the prince ask this, and only nodded silently in agreement. Only Bronn sat on the side and did not speak, quietly watching everything.

"Regarding this operation, as I said before, the remaining enemies are all insidious and cunning, and they have long put life and death on the line, so it is normal for the casualties to exceed expectations, at least not to the point of unacceptability, everyone rest assured, in a few days there will be a batch of elite weapons and equipment delivered to the front line, and then our battle will be much better. In the next few days, let's consolidate the newly occupied places and prepare for the next battle, and if nothing else, everyone should retreat first. The Prince of Ceylon said.

Seeing that the Prince of Ceylon said this, the battalion commanders only silently withdrew from the big tent, and after everyone walked away, Bron's voice sounded in a low voice in the big tent: "Why don't you tell them the truth, these soldiers and the future are your future capital." ”

"Do you think it would be useful for me to tell them that it was no longer the bandits who were fighting them, but a quasi-regular army? The Prince of Ceylon said lightly.

"How is it possible, the battalion commanders are either your former cronies, or the poor people who were oppressed in Blair's territory later, everyone has been investigated in detail by us. This kind of possibility is basically not possible. Bronn was suspicious.

"Who knows, it's too early to draw any conclusions, and when this war ends, everything is clear. How is Baixiao's intelligence department doing, have you figured out the bandit dens?" asked the Prince of Ceylon softly

"I'll figure it out, just wait for your order. ”

"You also go down to rest, pay attention these days, quietly send an elite team to the logistics department, I am worried that Roland and they will be in danger." ”

"Got it. With that, Broon turned and walked out of the tent. When the whole camp fell silent, a black figure quickly flashed in one of the camp's tents in the middle of the night, and disappeared into the maple forest after the familiar evasion of patrols and various secret posts. It's as if nothing had happened.