Susan, who had drawn the orc scimitar from her waist, strode behind the two captains, slashed the ropes from their hands, put the knife back into its sheath, and said to them: "You are all strangers to my father, the Bass tribe and the Barak tribe were once allies of the Poison Wolf tribe, and my father has always treated you as a brother, so I will not kill you." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

She walked up to the two of them and looked at them with a solemn expression and said, "But this time, if you choose to leave, then once we meet on the battlefield next time, don't blame me for being merciless." ”

The two captains looked at Susan in front of them, then looked back at each other, and the captain of the Bass tribe waved his fist and said, "That's it, I don't want to do this for a long time, Susan, take me to your father, my soldiers and I are willing to follow him, we don't want to be slaves to the Shadow Fortress!"

Susan nodded gratefully, and her gaze fell on the face of the Barak Chief, who bowed his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "I will hand over my soldiers to you, and if you can trust me, let me leave for a while, and I will return to the tribe and persuade more people to help your father." ”

After hearing this, Susan said without hesitation: "I promise you, I hope you can bring us more allies as you say, I can't agree with you to meet a place, but I think it is not difficult for you to find out our whereabouts, if you think the time is ripe, please come and join us." ”

The captain of the Barak tribe agreed, and he asked Susan to call all his officers here, and told them of his decision, asking them to follow Susan's orders from now on, and the orc officers all respectfully accepted the order, and after explaining everything, he said goodbye to Susan, and left the Valley of Silence alone on a war wolf.

The fire in the Valley of Silence was not completely extinguished until around noon, and Leonidas ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, leaving 4,000 of the 5,000 soldiers he had brought with him to Shatis to build fortifications on Silent Hill in order to meet the possible recurrence of the Orc invasion.

After arranging everything, the king of Sparta himself left the Valley of Silence with 1,000 Spartan warriors and Susan's 9,000 orc troops to return to the royal city, Susan asked the orc soldiers to camp a kilometer away from the royal city to rest, so as not to disturb the people in the city, and Leonidas returned to the city with Rogge and others.

As soon as the king of Sparta entered the streets of the city, he found that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the city, and the faces of the people were worried, as if there was some unquenchable sorrow that could not make them smile at the triumphant return of the army.

Leonidas returned to the palace full of suspicion, and when he saw that all the elders and generals were waiting in front of the palace, the abbot of the House of Elders, Adusus, saw him and immediately greeted him and saluted, "Your Majesty, you have finally returned. ”

"Did something happen?" Leonidas stared at the sixty-year-old man in front of him, noticing a lingering worry on his brow, and at the rest of the people behind him, all of whom looked worried and stopped.

His gaze swept over everyone present, and he always felt as if something was missing, and when he turned his gaze back to Adusus, he suddenly remembered something, and asked in astonishment, "Where is the queen, and my sons, where are they?"

"Your Majesty, that's what we want to tell you. Sadusus sighed helplessly and said, "The queen and the little prince have been missing for almost two days, and there has been no news at all, and we don't know what to do if you don't come back." ”

"How so, what happened?" asked Leonidas, grabbing his clothes anxiously.

Adorsus replied with a sad expression: "We don't know what is going on, but yesterday morning, Elidas, the lieutenant of the commander of the city defense commander Athos, went to report to the queen about military affairs, but found that the queen was not in the palace, and the little prince did not know where to go, and he asked many people and said that he did not see the mother and son. ”

"Have you sent anyone to look for it?" said Leonidas, holding back the anxiety in his heart, and turned his gaze to Athos, the commander of the city's defenses.

"Your Majesty, we have sent people to search the whole city," Athos stepped forward helplessly and shook his head, "but no one has seen the queen and the little prince, and the patrols on the outskirts of the royal city have not seen anyone leaving the royal city with small children. ”

Leonidas touched his black hair with his hand with a sad face, thinking about all the possible scenarios, when Athos said to him with doubts: "Your Majesty, could it be the ghosts of the orcs?"

Leonidas jerked his head up to look at him, and motioned for him to continue, Athos continued: "It's not the first time that the orcs have sent an army to attack us, but each time they have failed, I wonder if this time they will send someone to infiltrate our city and kidnap the queen and the little prince, hoping to win a head start on the front line?"

"Your Majesty, this is very likely, should we order all borders to be patrolled and searched, in case the orcs take the queen and the little prince out of our territory. Adusus agreed and suggested to Leonidas.

However, the king of Sparta seemed to be suspicious of their suggestion, and lowered his head and rubbed his hand against the beard on his chin and frowned in contemplation, when Rogge suddenly stepped forward from behind him and said, "Your Majesty, I have a somewhat different opinion on the disappearance of the queen......

Hearing Rogge's words, the eyes of Leonidas, King of Sparta, suddenly lit up, and he turned to stare at Rog expectantly, motioning for him to continue.

"First of all, I want to confirm one thing to you," Rogge turned to Adusus and the other Spartan elders and officers, "Before and after the queen's disappearance, were there any cases of soldiers or civilians being killed in and around the royal city, and were the bodies of the dead found?"

Assus and the others looked at each other, and after a brief silence, Athos, the commander in charge of the garrison of the royal city, replied: "We have not received any reports of deaths at the moment, and my soldiers have not found any bodies. ”

"Same as I thought. Rogge smiled unsurprisingly and continued, "One more question, did the queen leave any letters indicating her whereabouts after her disappearance?"

"No," said Commander Athos, still shaking his head, "we have searched the whole palace, and found no books. ”

"I see," Rogge said confidently to the king of Sparta, "Your Majesty, I can now almost conclude that the queen and the little prince were not taken captive by orcs. ”

"What do you mean by that?" asked the king of Sparta, looking at him suspiciously and expectantly.

"It's very simple," Rogge said unhurriedly in the face of the puzzled eyes of the Spartan monarchs, "Let's start with the first point, if the orcs kidnapped the queen in order to coerce Your Majesty, then they have two ways to pass on the information to us. ”

"First, it is most convenient to leave a letter when the queen is gone, and there is another way, which is to convey the news that the queen has been taken to the front army, and then let the front army convey the message to our army, but this is undoubtedly superfluous. ”

"And now, the Queen's disappearance has left no information, and if the Orcs do not inform us of the purpose of their abduction of the Queen, they will not be able to achieve their purpose of coercing Your Majesty, then there is no point in them taking the Queen hostage. ”

Rogge paused, looked at the thoughtful expressions on everyone's faces, and said, "Then let's talk about the second one, we all know that half-orcs are tall, adults are more than two meters tall, and weigh more than one hundred and fifty kilograms, which can be described as a complete behemoth. ”

"Among the countless races on this continent, orcs and dwarves are the least good at stealth and assassination, the latter because of their short temper and loud voice, and the former because they are too bulky, in any village where humans live, no matter how disguised they are, they will be recognized at a glance as long as they are seen. ”

Speaking of this, Rogge set his gaze on the pensive face of the king of Sparta, slowed his tone and said, "What's more, in a country like Sparta, where all the people are soldiers, and in its central royal city. ”

"Under these circumstances, it is almost impossible for a half-orc to sneak into the palace and rob the queen and the little prince without killing anyone, avoiding the eyes and ears of hundreds of people and patrols. ”

"Maybe the dark wizards are helping them, using some kind of invisibility or something?" said Adusus, still staring at Rog with suspicion.

"The Shadow Fortress is indeed manipulating the orcs," Rogge looked back at him without thinking, "but in their eyes, the orcs are just slaves, they don't need to go to great lengths to help the orcs simplify the war procedures, they just need to send the orcs to attack endlessly, as for the casualties of the orcs are not important to them." ”

Adusus was silent, everyone present looked at Leonidas silently, the king of Sparta sighed for a moment and raised his head to Rogue and said: "I have long heard that the lone wolf has the talent of chasing murderers, I just heard your words, I think it makes a lot of sense, I don't know if you are sure to help me find the queen and children?"

"It is my pleasure, Your Majesty, and I will do my best. Rog bowed to Leonidas.

"Then please, if you have any needs, please tell me directly!" Leonidas said to him solemnly, turned back to the people present, and said, "From now on, I grant Rogge the highest authority, and all his requests must be met unconditionally. ”

Everyone obeyed in unison, and Leonida let out a long sigh, turned back to Rogge, and said, "Next, where are you going to start?"

"Let's start with the Queen's room, if you don't mind. Rogge said, pointing to the palace behind the crowd.

(Uncle Director: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, folks, remember to eat mooncakes, what kind of stuffing mooncakes do you like to eat the most? What, you ask me where Lilith went? Qiuqiu is busy eating mooncakes, hey, what's your situation? Rogge: The little villain stole all the mooncakes of the whole crew, and we all have to go and get her back!) Uncle Director: I'll take it, Qiuqiu, you're too unkind, don't say it, I have to hurry up, see you back!)