Chapter 78: Night Attack
He wouldn't have been unclear about what Chardo had fled from his shop in the first place, not to mention that he had previously snagged the out-of-town mage named Kenny to attack and kill him.
Although the attack failed, it also made the old Neil more attentive, and he has been carefully investigating Xia Duo's whereabouts these days.
But Xia Duo stayed in the barracks as soon as he returned to the town, and even if he went out, he would take four or five soldiers with him at any time, which directly made him break the idea of attacking and killing in the town.
But at the thought of Xia Duo's possible revenge, old Neil was so cold that he couldn't sleep.
The next day, the tired old Neil received the news that Xia Duo was out of town, which couldn't help but give him an idea, and he subconsciously looked at the room of the out-of-town mage.
However, after hesitating for a while, he still didn't pass, after all, the price of inviting a mage is not ordinarily large, and he is still weighing.
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On the other side, Xia Duo once again led the team out to clean up the remnants of the orcs, and on the way to the Green Bead Forest, Gibb told Xia Duo about the battle situation on the front line that he had heard.
The orc's lair was wiped out, and a large number of young men died on the frontal battlefield, and after this battle, the orcs were no longer the confidants of the Savile Lord.
As for the loss of the territory, Gibb didn't say much, but Xia Duo could probably guess that it was nothing more than killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800, or even killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000.
Maybe there were Jib's friends among them, so Xia Duo didn't ask more, but asked about the other apprentices leading the team.
After learning that the others also had their own gains, Xia Duo silently calculated in his heart, and felt a little more confident that he could survive this orc tide safely.
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As soon as they approached the forest, everyone immediately entered a state of vigilance, perhaps recovering from the previous defeat, and most of the orcs they encountered that day were full of tyrannical killing intent.
As long as you encounter them, you have to come up and fight hard, there are few who retreat and run away, and compared to the previous days, the frequency of encountering orcs is now significantly higher.
On the first day they came out, Xia Duo's team encountered more than a dozen orcs, which made their cleaning work extremely difficult, and as for Sammy's side, it was about the same, only a few less than Xia Duo's side.
However, the Sami squad has not been repaired to replenish the reduced number of players, so it is not clear which side is more difficult.
In the evening, Chardo and Sami informed each other of their locations as usual, and then began to set up a makeshift camp, with only a campfire and an improvised fence on the perimeter.
Xado and Dean took the position closest to the campfire, while the rest of the team kept warm next to each other in a circle around the perimeter.
After eating something indiscriminately and arranging the vigil, Xia Duo went to bed early, and during the day, in addition to maintaining contact with Sammy, he also used spells to assist in attacks when encountering orcs.
After all, the scrolls distributed on it are very limited, and they should be used in real critical situations.
And in the wild, even if there were more than twenty companions around, Xia Duo still slept very lightly, and I don't know how long it took, in a daze, he heard a voice, "Alert, there are orcs coming!" ”
Xia Duo was suddenly agitated, and immediately turned over, kicked Dean, who was still asleep, and shouted, "Get up! Dean! ”
The other team members didn't even react as quickly as Xia Duo, but they could be regarded as timely in their reactions, and they all took out their weapons and stood on guard around them.
"Master Shado, there are six orcs in total, and it is estimated that they were attracted by the firelight." Ava appeared out of nowhere and reported to Shado the number of orcs attacking.
"Keep exploring."
There are only six orcs, and they are still within the team's range, but there must be two of them, and maybe how many orcs are still attracted!
Xia Duo immediately performed the [Light Technique], and Dean, who came to his senses, also performed the [Light Technique] under Xia Duo's order, and the two light balls looked inconspicuous against the backdrop of the bonfire.
But then, Xia Duo ordered someone to extinguish the bonfire, and then began to set up a temporary position under the illumination of the ball of light, ready to meet the enemy, the brightness of the light spell is limited, and because it is a collection of positive energy, in fact, the distance traveled in the dark night is quite limited.
Soon, just as the side was ready to engage the enemy, Xia Duo heard the roar of the orcs, and it was getting closer and closer.
"Everyone, prepare!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a muffled thud, and an orc running in front of him tripped over the trap, and before he could get up, he was knocked to the ground by his companion behind him.
The shield-wielding team on Xia Duo's side immediately picked it up, and at the same time, multiple spears pierced out of the gaps in the shield, and with only one round of attacks, the attacking orcs were directly reduced by two.
But the other orcs seem to have fallen into a frenzy, completely ignoring whether they are attacked or not, and they have to slash stone axes at the humans, even if they are slashed at their shields.
This kind of enemy is Xia Duo's favorite very much, except for those orcs who have no intention of fighting, this kind of complete madness is the easiest to deal with.
What is really more troublesome is the kind of warrior who is both crazy but maintains a certain rationality, looks like a warrior full of fighting spirit, knows how to attack, also knows how to defend, and even knows how to retreat when he is defeated.
Hatred of humanity is the root of their madness, but also of reason.
Such an enemy is the most terrible.
But for now, the remaining four crazy orcs are quite simple, just killing them all in the second round of attacks.
Whew-
Xia Duo breathed a long sigh of relief and ordered people to quickly clean up the battlefield and move the temporary camp.
He was busy until the early hours of the morning, and Xia Duo fell asleep in the new camp, and when it was dawn, he was woken up again, and this lack of sleep made Xia Duo very uncomfortable.
Not to mention the state of the spell, even if he didn't consider the spell, if he continued like this, he felt that he wouldn't be able to hold out for a few days.
"Captain Gib, try to clear as much distance as possible today, and we'll leave the forest to rest in the evening."
"Good!"
The others didn't have a problem with this, and they didn't want to spend the night in the forest, especially when the orcs would rather not sleep and disturb them at night.
After that, Xia Duo contacted Sammy again and told him about his temporary change in his plan to advance, and although Sami did not meet the orcs last night, he also agreed to change the plan.
So both sides increased the speed of cleaning at the same time, of course, more precisely, the speed of travel, and most of the time of the cleaning task was spent on walking!
As soon as dusk came, Xia Duo ordered to return, all the way back to a small village closest to the Green Pearl Forest, where the people had already fled for their lives, and Xia Duo chose a spacious house at random to use as a temporary camp.
In this way, Xia Duo took people into the forest to clean up the orcs during the day, and went back to the village to rest at night, although it was inefficient, but it greatly improved safety.