Chapter 3: The Contest Between Scouts

Before the army has yet to meet, the brutal scout battle begins first!

Whether it is a human or an orc, those who can serve as scouts are usually the elite of the army. For humans, scouts must at least be mid-level Douqi warriors, and those elite legions often serve as scouts for high-level Douqi warriors, and there are even earth-level existences.

Orcs are not so extravagant, because in the entire beast race, the proportion of beast warriors is not comparable to that of humans.

In addition to their own unique battle formations, there is also an unwritten rule between the elite and the ordinary of the human army, that is, the proportion of fighting warriors.

The ratio of the most ordinary armies, who are only responsible for the security of inland towns and towns, and who do not face any dangers, is ten to one. And the city guards of each big city, such regular legions, are ten to three. An army such as the Ten Elite Legions of Odria should be at least one-half. The most terrifying thing is the Holy See, any of their legions are all composed of vindictive warriors. Supplemented by the unique military array of the Holy See, it is incomparably powerful and can surpass all human empires.

The orc army is shabby, and since their decline, even the generation of beast warriors has become less and less. Before Baroque came to the northern tundra, a team of 10,000 people could have a thousand beast warriors who could be considered very elite. Even those small tribes of hundreds of people, the entire tribe may not have an orc who can fight beasts. Roxana's courage to send a large number of scouts to fight the orcs was based on this confidence. -- Baroque is powerful, but he is not a god after all. Could it be that a large number of beast warriors could be conjured overnight?

Who would believe it? Baroque has exactly this ability! The orcs of the entire frostwolf tribe now worship and pray twice a day, morning and evening, to the ancestral totem. In the past, it was only orcs from the blue wolf tribe who did this, but when the others suddenly noticed. After the orcs of the Blue Wolf Tribe offered their faith to the spirit of the ancestors, the proportion of beast warriors born among them was more than ten times that of the others. Even the orcs of the blue wolf tribe in the legion all have beast battle energy, so even a fool knows what to do!

Only half a year after the fusion of the Frost Wolf Great Tribe, among the 60,000 people, the ratio of beast battle qi warriors reached an unprecedented ten to two. Baroque has gained abundant faith power, and his strength is already terrifying. This is also the reason why he was able to easily kill the Holy See Phantom Warrior sent by the Holy Maiden of Evangeline in the Duchy of Hanseas. Naturally, the strength of the 60,000-strong team is by no means what it was when it played against the Crown Bucks last year.

This is something that Roxana will not know. Therefore, in the first scout battle, the orcs were taken by surprise and achieved a near-devastating victory.

Baroque was cunning, and he threw out a large number of scouts. Take a squad of ten people. Each orc was given five fine gold spears. The weapon used by the Crypt Elves was recrafted by the Grey Dwarves, and although the Adamantite content was much lowered, the sharpness did not change much. After the scout team and the human scouts encountered, they both roared and hedged, and the orcs did not hesitate to throw the fine gold spear after closing the distance.

This thin spear is very light, but its penetrating power is terrifying. The human scouts are clad in fine armor. At first, they were very contemptuous, believing that such a delicate thing could not hurt them at all. It is not even known if it will be able to leave a trace on the armor. What's more, they did not dodge the thin spears, wielding their long swords and slashing straight at the orcs.

The slender spears easily pierced the human scout's fine armor, and they fell from their horses with an incredible look in their eyes. There are immortals, orcs go up and cut off their heads with an axe, and then fly away............!

When the orc scouts returned to report to the Baroque, they were only slightly wounded, and not even half of them were damaged. On the other hand, Roxana flipped the table in the barracks, and his face was blue with anger. The most elite scout warriors in the army were killed by the orcs in such a silent manner, and all this was caused only by carelessness and underestimation of the enemy--the most embarrassing thing is that even Roxana underestimated the enemy.

Baroque mobilized and commanded the army according to the enemy's movements reported by the scouts. The heralds were all Thunderhawk beast armor warriors, as they could fly and be fast enough to quickly relay orders to the various legions.

Roxana's command this time was very calm and unhurried, and the six legions advanced in a line, even though there were still hundreds of miles between each other at this time, and there was no order to speed up. Just a little bit of forward grinding. Unless the orcs are ready to abandon the horseland grasslands, they will inevitably face the human army.

It was still early before the big war, the second wave of scouts was sent out, and Baroque did a little tricking, and several orc warriors who followed him couldn't help but feel sad for the humans on the other side.

Roxana was much more cautious, and he added a disguised mage to each scout team. Orcs must be close to each other to be lethal, and as long as they encounter orc scouts, attacking powerful mages from a distance will definitely make orc cubs suffer.

It was already the second day, and the scouts set off one after another, approaching the opposing army to observe the military situation, and naturally there would be scouts encounters. Seeing the orc's old trick repeating the attack with a thin spear, the magician hiding among the fighting warriors sneered and began to prepare for the magic of long-range group attacks. As soon as the orcs approached, before they could throw their spears, the mage's ice arrows would pierce them into holes.

The second accident happened, and before the magician's magic could be released, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, followed by a fatal blow. The Erni Snow Leopard Beast Armor is especially adept at stealth, and they don't notice it until they get close to the human magician. The beast armor warrior killed it with little effort, and then smiled coldly at the other human scouts who were in a daze, and his men didn't ......pause at all!

More than a dozen magicians, and nearly a hundred scout elites, just buried their lives like this, and Roxana, who overturned the table for the first time, did not fight back this time. He also saw that he had fallen into the trap of the cunning orc on the other side, and wasted so many warriors in vain!

It's just that scouts always need to be released to investigate, otherwise they will be blind on the battlefield. Roxana continued to send scouts as usual, but ordered them to avoid them as soon as they saw an orc probing horse. Don't believe that the orcs still dare to chase after them?

Roxana visits the mysterious members of the Holy See who are with the army, and with their consent, two Scional Scouts fly into the sky...... The detection ability of the Wind Whisper Scout is not comparable to that of a few scout teams! Even the Baroque has no choice, because the speed of the Wind Chime Phantom Bird Armor is too fast, even the Thunder Eagle Beast Armor can't catch up.

The scout war stopped for a few days, and when he learned that the other side had sent a wind scout, Baroque also knew that small actions were useless, and in the end, it was still a hard-fought confrontation on the battlefield to decide the winner.

Leaving 20,000 troops as a reserve, the Baroque commanded 80,000 troops to move forward against the human army. The three high priests of the Valley of Miracles have come to his middle army and are with him. There are a total of two hundred battle shamans, one hundred of which have been dispersed into a team of 70,000 people, while the remaining hundred or so battle shamans have been concentrated in a team of 10,000 people. Shaman Siro has made new progress in his research on the Star Totem Array, and since last winter, the three high priests have been busy together...... Even the training of the entire army, Baroque still let Muru and others preside over it, and he also joined the high priests.

Combining the Star Totem Array and the [Hungry Wolf Battle Array], plus the mana blessing of more than a hundred battle shamans, this 10,000-strong team may already have the combat power of the peak of the orc's domination of the continent in the past, but how ...... Now, it's time to put the results to the test. Baroque was confident that he would personally lead this 10,000-strong squad in the first battle.

If the war is tense, he and Rak the Totem are cheats. The totem poles of more than 100 battle shamans will be secretly connected through Rak. These 10,000 orc warriors are the most devout worshippers of the Ancestral Spirit (i.e., him and the Totem Rak), who can form them into a powerful force, like an arm and a finger, that will increase their combat power exponentially. In the first battle, you have to get a better result.

The Baroque will never let the battle last long, and it needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. Because he knows the orcs too well, a hot-tempered race that simply can't match the patience of humans. Humans can patiently fight against the orcs and consume them little by little. Orcs can't do it, once the stalemate lasts too long, they will be restless, even if the Baroque has enough authority to deter them, and the first to mess up must be the orcs. So he had to win the first game, and then with the morale of the orcs to boost his morale, he would not give humans a chance to breathe, and press forward step by step until he crushed the humans!

Of course, in this process, the orcs will undoubtedly have to pay a heavy price. The Baroque was mentally prepared...... He needs to win, even if it's a pyrrhic victory.

.................. Dividing line ..................

Dennis removed from the [Nile Fire Leopard] Phantom Crystal Armor on his body, and at his feet, corpses were lying full.

This is a branch of the Holy See in a small city in a small human country, and there are less than ten clergy in it, all of whom are ordinary people. Because it is very remote, it is not noticeable, and even within the Holy See, few people even know about the existence of this small country temple. But only Dennis knows that this is the lair of his former owner, Attenbona the Apocalypse.

The Holy See is so huge, and on the surface, there are only a dozen or so apocalypse. Each person has his own power and heritage. Attenbona belonged to the old qualified Apocalypse, who had experienced too much darkness and crisis within the Holy See, and knew that if he could protect his wealth, all his important belongings and possessions were not left in the Bright Mountain, but hidden in this small country temple. In addition to Attenbona, the only people in the know are Dennis and another Skyscarner.

It's a pity that Attenbona didn't expect that Dennis, who he thought was his henchman, would betray him in fear of death, and turned to the orcs. He's amassed a lifetime of wealth, and he's ended up cheapening a certain orc!(To be continued.) )