In the woods, twenty-five squadron leaders, including those who had not become knights, were gathered, along with four captains, including Viscount Emmett, who looked at the sticky notes in Surdak's hand in amazement.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the woods was a little frozen.

The ordinary knights who were resting in the forest around them also sensed that something was going on here, and gathered from under the trees around them.

Whether it was the constructed knights who stayed behind, or the few constructed knights who were selected to 'go', almost all of them looked at Surdak with complicated eyes, so that the scene was a little quiet, the rustle of leaves in the wind was heard in the woods, and there was occasionally a howl or two of hellhounds in the distance, which sounded a little infiltrating.

There is no doubt that everyone hopes that the Surdak knights will join their camp.

For the headquarters of the guard battalion responsible for containing the hellhounds in some small towns, the role of Surdak staying seems to be greater, after all, Surdak, who has the power of holy light, can make the injured knights recover their combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, and the guard battalion is about to usher in a hard battle, this battle is destined to have casualties, if Surdak can stay, the lives of many injured knights will be guaranteed, and the combat state will be very different.

For the reconnaissance team, Surdak not only has a powerful primary top-level demonic pattern construction armor, but also a veteran with rich combat experience, and is the last guarantee for several members at a critical time, so of course everyone hopes that Surdak can stay in the reconnaissance team.

But it was clear that Surdak would not be as useful as he was to stay when he joined the reconnaissance team.

"Captain, let the Surdak knights stay!" One of the knights in the crowd shouted.

Someone in the crowd took the lead in speaking, and naturally some people echoed: "Yes, yes!" ”

But there are also many knights who choose to remain silent, after all, it is decided by lottery, which is the fairest for everyone, if Surdak stays, those squadron leaders who have been drawn to 'stay' will have to redraw again, which is a little embarrassing for them, but at this time, they did not stand up and were willing to participate in the reconnaissance mission for Surdak.

So everyone's eyes were focused on Viscount Emmett, who was the supreme commander of the guard battalion and had a veto power.

Viscount Emmett hesitated for a moment, he looked at Surdak and asked slowly, "Knight Surdak, I want to know what you think. ”

Surdak glanced around, surrounded by knights who were watching the area.

Humble. Honor. Sacrifice. Gallant. Mercy, honesty. Fair. Spirit is the basic virtue that knights need to have. But today, few knights in the guard battalion will insist on pursuing these, at least when self-sacrifice is required, there are not many knights who can have the courage to stand up, after all, only alive can enjoy a luxurious life.

Surdak said to Viscount Emmett in a firm tone: "Since the choice of the Wheel of Fortune, then I want to join the reconnaissance team. ”

Viscount Emmett was relieved to hear Surdak say this.

"Is this what you really think?" Viscount Emmett asked Surdak seriously.

Such a choice did avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble, but he needed to know if this was what Surdak had in mind.

Surdak said again, "Yes, Viscount Emmett. ”

Viscount Emmett stepped forward, patted Surdak on the shoulder with his hand with great satisfaction, and said to Surdak: "Very good, I appreciate your courage and choice very much, if we have the opportunity to return to the city of Highlandsa together in the future, I hope to see you at the manor ball!" ”

When Viscount Emmett said this, he was an affirmation of Surdak in disguise.

Surdak hurriedly said, "It's an honor, Your Excellency. ”

Since it was Surdak's own choice, the other guards battalion knights certainly didn't want to say anything more.

At this moment, a light figure jumped in front of Viscount Emmett, looking at Viscount Emmett with a pair of pale red eyes, her long legs immediately attracted the attention of many knights, and the forest bow and quiver behind her also made her extremely eye-catching in the knights' ranks.

Viscount Emmett knew that this half-elf archer guide, who was a new recruit of Surdak's vigilante, had just led the group up a steep mountain to the woods, so he decided to give Samira a chance to speak.

Viscount Emmett pursed his lips and stared at Samira.

"Viscount Emmett, I want to join the Scout Team." Samira said to Viscount Emmett.

As soon as Samira's voice fell, a deep voice sounded at the right time: "I also want to join the reconnaissance team!" ”

The man who spoke was Andrew, an indigenous warrior, who was trying to squeeze into the center of the crowd from the outermost part, and in order for everyone to notice him, he even raised one hand in the air, and his arm was wrapped in a thick bandage that was so glaring in the eyes of every knight of the guard battalion.

Viscount Emmett hesitated for a moment, and wanted to refuse immediately, but he still decided to give them a chance, so he said: "Tell me your reasons, if I can say a reason that I can't refuse, I will consider agreeing to you!" ”

There was a real need for such a brave voice in the guard barracks, and although Viscount Emmett would not agree, he also hoped that his knights would stand up with their chests up. However, to the disappointment of Viscount Emmett, no knight had such courage except for Samira and Andrew.

At this time, Viscount Emmett could only sigh secretly in his heart, and then he looked at Samira again.

Samira's white neck was raised, and her pale red eyes carried a faint pride, or rather a mockery.

She glanced at the knights around her and said softly, "I am very familiar with the small town of Umezu, and I know the most remote road that can take everyone to sneak into the town quietly. ”

Her sweet voice always seemed so out of place with her cold exterior.

"You've managed to convince me, welcome in, archer, say your name." Viscount Emmett said.

Viscount Emmett nodded to Samira in affirmation.

"Samira." The half-elf archer replied succinctly.

"What about you? Warrior, what reason do you have? ”

Viscount Emmett, in order to show his fairness, asked the indigenous warriors.

Although Andrew's appearance is a little rough, but his mind is extremely delicate, he took a step forward and said loudly to Viscount Emmett: "This is the gathering place of our Nanai tribe, most of the people living in the town were my people, our Nanai tribe has special symbols and marks, I want to go in to see if there are any survivors in the town, and maybe find some clues that others can't find." ”

Viscount Emmett sighed in his heart: These two joined the Hylantha Guard Battalion yesterday and got his approval, at that time he was still a little unable to understand Surdak's choice, usually the knights of the Guard Battalion are branded with Hylanda, but these two are obviously residents of the city of Vorzhmara, and it stands to reason that they are not qualified to join the Guard Battalion at all. But after all, it was Surdak who chose his own security team members, and Karl came forward to intercede, so Viscount Emmett nodded happily in agreement.

Now it seems that yesterday Surdak was really discerning, and he didn't know how right his choice was.

Viscount Emmett gave Andrew a serious look again, and said to him: "Well, I can't refuse this reason, warrior, introduce yourself to everyone. ”

"Andrew the warrior of the Nanai tribe, Surdak is my captain."

Andrew was not frightened at all, puffed out his chest and said to the knights around him.

……

The commanders of the three guard battalions also have to study which guard battalions to choose as the battlefield to entertain the hellhounds on the outskirts of the town.

At the very least, the battlefield should be easy to defend and easy to retreat, and the main force should do their best to contain the hellhounds in the town in order to create more opportunities for the reconnaissance team, and at the same time, the knights of the guard battalion should be easily evacuated from the battlefield.

Of course, the guard battalion can set some traps and traps in the jungle in advance, and can also use the surrounding trees to enclose a battlefield.

This time, the guard battalion came prepared, not only with a large amount of supplies, but also with a lot of auxiliary tools. There are also some very professional hunters in the guard camp who are very good at jungle hunting.

Fifteen hundred knights of the guard battalion could not have been hiding in this forest for long, and it might not be long before they were discovered by the hellhounds.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, the reconnaissance team must enter the town of Umezu at night, so the battlefield here must be determined before that, and the battlefield needs to be located around the town of Umezu, and it must not be too far, otherwise the hellhounds near the town will not want to attack, which will be embarrassing.

This time Samira's proposal again helped the three guards battalion commanders to make a decision.

It was the most advanced position where the two mountains converged, and the mountain terrain had formed a trumpet-shaped battlefield here, but it was covered by a dense forest, and if you just looked outside, you couldn't find the trumpet-shaped terrain here.

It only takes a small number of troops to hold the mouth of the valley to stop the Hellhound's attack.

However, this battlefield still needs to be arranged, after all, those hellhounds can easily climb up the walls of more than twenty meters high. So the guard battalions of the three cities gathered together at this time, and began to arrange a large number of traps and beast traps on both sides of the battlefield, and even used some parasitic vines hanging down from the tops of the trees to weave a large net nearly 100 meters long.

Before sunset, the knights of the guard battalion finally had everything ready, and the knights rested in the woodland.

For dinner, Andrew not only ate some batter-like marching rations, but also canned luncheon meat, which was so fragrant.

……

As night fell, the hellhounds around the town of Umezu gradually began to quiet down, they didn't seem to have adapted to the night of the maca plane, or the laws of the world during the night of the maca plane had the greatest impact on the hellhounds, so they preferred to lie dormant at night.

Under the cover of the night, a squad of knights, well-trained men armed with standard crossbows, rushed out of the woods and followed the cover of the low bushes to keep close to the Hellhounds.

This squad of knights consisted of about thirty people, led by a squadron leader in the city of Pleos.

The hellhounds guarding the entrance to Umezu town are the most dense, at this time they are almost lying on the ground with their eyes half-closed, the hellhounds are used to putting one ear to the ground when they are resting, their ears are very sensitive, they can hear very small sounds in the distance, when this knight team stepped into the barren grassland on the outskirts of Umezu town, there were hundreds of hellhounds at the same time opened their dark purple eyes.

Hellhounds have natural dark lines of lava, and when their skin is cut, they can even drip some hot magma, and in dry places, Hellhounds can even easily start fires, so at night, their bodies are like brightly colored targets, even if you stand at a distance, you can see Hellhounds' body flickering and dark.

The squadron leader saw that the body of the hellhound in the distance suddenly became brighter, he immediately stopped vigilantly, raised his hand and signaled the knights following him not to approach the town of Umezu again, and the thirty knights stood on the dirt slope of the barren grassland, and at the same time held the standard repeater crossbow behind him in their hands, aiming at the hellhound in the distance for a round of flat fire.

Dozens of crossbow arrows pierced the night sky, making a subtle cracking sound.

The hellhounds lying at the entrance of the town stood up vigilantly and looked out of the town vigilantly, suddenly a rain of arrows came to the face, and some of the hellhounds near the periphery fell down with arrows, and the hellhounds at the entrance of the town let out a dull roar, hundreds of hellhounds pounced on the barren grass outside the town, and they let out a series of roars from their mouths, and the hellhounds around the town responded one after another.

Hellhound let out a rapid roar, and the squadron leader only saw countless lights suddenly appear in the night, and those points of light were almost connected, like fireflies flying in the sky.

"Withdraw!"

The squadron leader shouted at the Plois knights under him, and without waiting for the remaining two crossbow arrows in the arrow trough to shoot into the air, he turned around and ran towards the road from which he came.

A group of knights ran as hard as they could in the night, but the speed was still not as fast as the hellhounds, seeing the hellhounds chasing after them crossed the barren grass and chased behind the knights, the claws of the hellhounds that rushed to the front suddenly tightened, and a rope noose encircled its hind legs, and then the taut rope hounds burst out with a huge pulling force, and the hellhounds were hung in the air in an instant.

At the same time, almost two dozen hellhounds were hoisted high by similar ropes, and at the edge of the woods, the howls of the hellhounds were joined together.

More hellhounds around the town of Umezu rushed towards this direction, and for a moment the barren grass was filled with flowing light.

A large number of hellhounds poured into the woods, and dozens of huge wooden rows full of wooden thorns fell from the top of the trees, slapping several hellhounds below, and the hellhounds behind were blocked and ran away to both sides, and the knights took the opportunity to continue to flee forward.

This woodland is full of all kinds of beast clips, from time to time there are some hell dogs stepping on the beast clips, but these beast clips can deal with ordinary beasts, but don't want to break the legs of the hell dogs, more than a dozen pounds of beast clips are hung on the legs, and the hell dogs run up and make a clanging sound.

A team of knights appeared in the forest, and they were responsible for activating the trap and then quickly retreating with the other knights.

……

Surdak followed Viscount Emmett and silently passed through the side of the Hellhounds.

As some of the Hellhounds passed by the Scout Team, they looked suspiciously at the location where the Scout Team was hiding, but they couldn't see anything, so they 'whimpered' and followed the Hellhous.

Surdak's overnumbered reconnaissance team of the Hylanza Guard Battalion carefully bypassed the vicious dogs that rushed out of the town and headed backwards towards the town.