From identifying themselves to boarding the airship, the group didn't spend much time. Anyway, if you take off the heavy winter coat, as long as it's not a demon or a half-orc, it's your own person.

A couple of half-year-old children were stuffing biscuits into their mouths as dry food. It's not tasty, but it's filling. For children who are growing and haven't had enough to eat in a long time, they can't wait to fill every gap in their stomachs.

For such a picture, there is no one who feels the most deeply than those children from elementary school. Once upon a time, they were like this when they were on the streets, and whenever they had the opportunity to eat, they would eat as much as they could. Because I don't know where the next meal will be.

Although it feels like it was a lifetime ago. But in fact, they are not far from that kind of life, and they are not much different in age from the children in front of them. The current mood is not so much pity as deep emotion.

But the eldest child didn't patronize himself to eat. He pleaded as he sprayed the cookie crumbs, "Please, please go and save the others, okay?" They're not far from here. There are not many people, just a few people. If we follow you away like this, they won't be able to survive on their own. ”

Ezio handed out a glass of water and said consolingly, "Drink the water first, and then talk well." Where are the people, and what are the details? ”

That's when the big boy spoke out about their situation.

They can be called pioneers, cultivating a wasteland that is uncultivated. If they could stand their ground, they would have been granted ten years of tax exemption from the lord. If there is no lord, you can claim ownership. This is the practice of the Lost Land.

The number is five families. There are many capable people in these families. Without such people as backers, they do not dare to open up to the natural world that can eat people.

But the war of the demon invasion shattered their hopes for the future. The army of the evil camp that has crossed the border like locusts has deprived all the human beings living in this land of their foundation, even their lives.

The five families were not spared. They fled from the land they had cultivated, some losing their lives in the process, while others took refuge in the mountains and forests. These children are the ones who escaped the war.

Originally, there were adults to take care of them, and in this winter when supplies were scarce, they tried their best to collect things that could satisfy their stomachs. But then, the adults didn't come back. I don't know if I escaped or died.

The children were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, so the older ones came out to take the plunge. Then it was discovered by the orcs and fled; was found by the airship again and rescued.

Of course they were willing to leave with the airship, but they had to take the children who were still hiding. Because they're younger, and they don't live in a big city. In this kind of cold and freezing weather, it is impossible for those children to survive on their own.

Of course, Ezio would not refuse such a request. But he wouldn't be stupid enough to crash headlong into the direction of these big kids. Instead, let people scout the place and confirm the situation.

The mountain forest where this group of people is hiding is very cleverly located, just a concave cave. After camouflage, it is difficult to see the clues from a distance. At first, the arcane eye detected, but there was no living reaction.

You must know that although the Arcane Eye will also be obscured, the scope of the detection of the underground will be greatly reduced compared to the area without shelter.

But that would have to go deep into the ground to be invisible. So Ezio thought it was the children who were lying.

It wasn't until the radar operator reminded him that he remembered that he had asked for a shielding of a living target that was too weak. After lowering this restriction and still excluding insect-level creatures, I saw the biological reactions of those children.

And the children who were left behind are also as the older children who were rescued before said, there are the kind of children who can't even speak a whole sentence, bump and bump when they walk, and even in swaddling clothes. They were not at all wary, and when someone came to pick them up, they obediently followed.

So the sentence that without a few sensible big children, these few will never be able to live alone, it is very likely to happen.

As for the proximity to the hiding place, the nearest demon or orc camp and outpost are all quite far away. As long as the airship is not stranded, it is not safe to be discovered or surrounded.

After determining the situation, Ezio and the others took the remaining children as quickly as possible. In the process, there was no shock, and there was no routine of the appearance of the Virgin Mary and the birth of calamity.

In fact, everyone has compassion. This is the famous quote of a sage who traveled through his hometown. The off-putting part is that doing what seems right at the wrong time and in the wrong place. And the society of the Lost Land has not yet taught people to be apathetic.

Ezio dared to save people, first, the mission has been completed, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation. The second is that their location belongs to the empty area to the north of the mountain, and even if there are human or enemy activities, it is a very small scale of a few or a dozen people.

The third is to stimulate everyone. Perhaps after the mission is completed, he can go back safely, and this reconnaissance mission can be regarded as a successful end. But they are not professional spies after all, they are warriors, they are soldiers, and they need to maintain their blood.

And what could be more useful than a victory to do that.

Maybe with the strength of an airship, to fight a small team of half-orcs, winning is nothing, and losing is quite embarrassing. But the human heart is not so complicated many times; A plausible excuse can change a person's mood.

In short, Ezio needs a victory. Maybe it wasn't a big deal to wipe out a squad of half-orcs, but they also rescued a handful of people. A large group of troops in charge of rescue will definitely not be distracted to take care of the few.

And this success also made Ezio face up to a big hole in the entire rescue plan. That is, like the group of children in front of them, the number of them is too small to be worthless for the large army to rescue.

Are there many such people? In fact, Ezio's investigation today also found a lot of such people. Most of them are hiding in remote places where people are rare, and because they were not on the route of the Demon Alliance's cleanup from the beginning, they have survived to this day.

It's just that Ezio doesn't think that these people, like the children rescued today, can be directly classified into the scope of the target to be rescued. I wonder if there are really some hidden masters in it, not only can they be self-sufficient, but they have not been discovered by the demons.

If you really venture into contact with such people, you risk exposing them.

As for those who really need rescue, Ezio believes that there are many of them. There is no standard procedure for how to distinguish the difference between the two, and how to safely rescue the most people in the shortest possible time.

This is an action that has neither a standard answer nor the time for proper planning. And, as with the whole rescue plan, everyone tacitly agreed that this was a one-time operation.

Once later, the Demon Alliance will not continue to let these people survive under their surrounding. Even if it survives, the chances of a trap are bound to increase. At that time, even if you still want to carry out the rescue, the difficulty and risk may increase to an unacceptable level.

This anxiety stems from a feeling that Ezio can't say to anyone else.

Ever since crossing the Wind Emperor Mountains, Ezio had felt like he was being targeted. Who is targeting? I don't know. But he can be sure that if he neglects a detail, he will pay an unbearable price.

The peace in front of you does not mean that it will always be so smooth. Ezio didn't want to be the first test subject that the demons and orcs picked up when they found a way to deal with the airship.

With an idea in mind, Ezio threw the group of children to the care of the rough men of the Marine Corps, and called the heads of each group to discuss it.

He doesn't do things like this alone. First of all, the people of the entire airship must reach a consensus, so that they can fight with the elder who commanded this rescue mission.

If you don't make a sound, do it in private. It's okay to be treated as a missing person, but if you are treated as a defector, you should cry.

And another scruple is that although there was no battle during the whole day today, everyone was nervous all day for the task. In the end, although I still went to save a group of people, I was more or less ready to call it a day, so I let myself go.

If you turn around and have to go on a small rescue mission alone, it is also a problem whether you can survive it. If it is because of poor spirits, it brings risks to the operation, and more lives are involved, then it is better to retreat.

However, the enthusiasm of the crowd was far better than Ezio had imagined. In a state of excitement and the excitement of the Marines' small victory, everyone's enthusiasm for continuing the rescue mission did not need to be provoked by Ezio, and some people were planning to make such suggestions.

But when the matter was reported to the commander-in-chief of the rescue mission, something was different.

The veteran of the Haider Empire still insisted on a time-limited rally. Unless there are special circumstances, the airship must choose to retreat and leave the mission.

The reason is also very simple, the gathering of large forces may not be able to rescue all the trapped people at the gathering point. So what's the point of spreading your energy to save the scattered human beings?

Instead of wasting that bit of energy and energy, it is better to identify those large gathering points and save one more count.

Besides, those small places can survive most of the winter, and they will have a chance to hide until the human counterattack. There is no need to remind the demon where there is hiding.

Secondly, if such a thing is allowed, then most airships choose to rescue these lonely birds, but there are a large number of people waiting to be rescued in the gathering place where no one wants to go. As a result, it took the same amount of time and risk, but instead rescued relatively few people, isn't that putting the cart before the horse.

Although this reason has slightly extinguished everyone's enthusiasm, it cannot be denied that there is also truth in it.

But the veteran wasn't completely unkind.

He stressed that only airships that had gone out to reconnoiter could be grouped into the rescue force if they arrived before the time limit. If it is not possible to reach it, it is considered a special situation and free movement is allowed.

In fact, this implies that if you decide what you want to do, you will be responsible for it. He didn't let go.

After receiving a reply, Ezio made a decision immediately.