Compared to Goodern, who was eating hot pot, the situation here in Gegil was a little bleak in comparison.

In order to avoid the Empire's search, hundreds of people were forbidden to light fires and lamps in the jungle.

Nearly seven hundred men and beasts lived together, and ate and drank all hard coarse bread and cold spring water.

At the onset of winter, the jungle at night is particularly cold.

In the center of the camp, under a tree hollow, Gegir is relying on the totemic power of an orc shaman to keep him cosy and warm.

At the same time, his subordinates are also reporting to him about today's battle losses.

"My lord, in today's battle with the Emperor, the Dark Guard Battalion has a total of seventy-six deaths, seven light ones, and the orc scout team has lost seventeen people, plus the rescuers, the total number is now six hundred and ninety-two."

Listening to the death of seventy-six people, Gegil's expression changed slightly, but he quickly recovered.

The Dark Guard Battalion is a private soldier that he has spent a lot of resources to build over the years, and in addition to the people who came to rescue today, there is also a battalion stationed near the Yongshuang Mountain Range.

But now I heard that just to rescue him has lost so much, it must be false to say that I am not distressed, after all, after so many years of resources have been smashed, this death and injury is not to mention the loss of thousands of gold, there must be 100 gold.

After a moment's silence, Gegil asked.

"What is the condition of the group of people I rescued with me?"

"Most of the guards didn't complain, but some of the servants were impatient and scared, and some even tried to sneak away, but they were already captured."

This answer was not surprising to Gergil, whose affairs were known only to a few people, and these servants were only captured to make up the numbers.

"Continue to send people to keep an eye on the escaped people who are captured, directly kill the demonstrators, and warn others that this is the end of the escape."

"Yes."

At this extraordinary moment, Gegil also behaved very indifferently, and a simple sentence decided the life and death of a group of people.

"Andrew, what do you think about what happened today?"

There was no one around Gegil, but he asked to himself.

"There are only two possibilities for the Empire to investigate so carefully, one is that you have betrayed the Beastmaster, and the other is that someone above the transcendent has intervened in the investigation and passed my detection."

When the hoarse voice sounded, in the dim moonlight, a 'human' figure suddenly appeared beside Gegil, a shaman in black robes, and said slowly.

The familiar sound was exactly the same as it sounded in his castle.

"If I had betrayed the Beastmaster, you wouldn't have told the Dark Guard to save me."

Faced with the first possibility that Andrew said, Gergill directly overturned it.

"As for the transcendent intervention...... It's not impossible, but if that were the case, I wouldn't have been rescued so easily."

Andrew did not refute Gergil's words, but quietly continued to think and listen.

"Compared to these two possibilities, my intuition is more inclined to be done by that guy from Qingyuan Town."

"We have dealt with the matter of Secht almost in a disconnected manner, and we have searched and destroyed all suspicious items in the castle."

"But after four years, this matter has been broken, and it is juxtaposed with other things, and I can't think of anyone else who can do it other than Goodern who may have had the opportunity to touch it."

As an old fox half-cut into the ground, Gergil's intuition was unusually accurate.

The beginning and process of the whole thing is just as he analyzed.

"In addition, according to the report, Goodwin is building a city wall in Cheongwon Town, and the prototype of the foundation has been completed, and it is said that the scale is several times that of Jinyuan Castle......

"Impossible, how could the walls be built so quickly?"

Regarding this news, Andrew directly shook his head and said softly and firmly, he naturally couldn't believe this kind of ridiculous news.

"Well, I didn't believe in that either, but think about it, why did Goodern suddenly build a wall?"

"If it's just to protect himself, he can just reinforce and build the castle walls, why do you need to make such a big fight."

Gegill's words silenced Andrew, and he also knew something about this weak, lustful, and short-sighted Qingyuan Lord.

It's just that the change is so huge now, and he is also very puzzled in his heart.

"Also...... Today I just received an investigation into Gooden's identity, and it also gave a little new information, it is said that his family directly serves the royal family, but the specific family is not clear."

"If this news is true, Goodborn must belong to the hardcore imperial royal henchmen, and some direct power and dispatch will naturally be incomprehensible to us."

"It's like the news of my arrest, if the upper echelons knew about it, they would have revealed it to me in this contact."

"But unfortunately not, this is very abnormal, but if you take the identity of Gooden, then everything can be explained."

After Gergil finished speaking, there was a moment of silence under the hollow of the tree.

At the same time, in the camp not far away, there was a slight riot in the camp because of the orders brought by the secret guards.

"Because he fled the team without permission, he reported to the pursuers, and according to the law, he killed the smugglers on the spot."

The three escapees, bound and gagged, widened their eyes as the death sentence was pronounced, and they couldn't believe the news.

But as the order of the leader of the dark guard was given, the soldiers below did not hesitate to raise their long swords and slash down.

"Sss

The cold, sharp blade slashed across the three people who were kneeling on the ground, and blood that was unusually red under the moonlight instantly gushed out from their necks.

After a slight convulsion, the three of them quickly lost their lives.

"Don't try to run away, there's only one way to die if you're discovered."

After saying that, the leader of the dark guard let the three corpses drag the three corpses out of here, leaving a pungent smell of blood wafting around with the breeze.

The people around the scene were all inexplicably taken from the Snow Valley Castle, and then inexplicably forced to come here.

Looking at the three people who were directly killed, there seemed to be a yin wind hanging around everyone's necks, which made them shrink their necks.

Just because he wanted to escape, he was directly killed, and this kind of thing cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

And Roy, who was in the crowd, was also watching this scene, thinking about his plan for how to escape.

For today's unwarranted disaster, Roy also seemed helpless.

His work in the Charleson family was not very important, except for going to the tavern to eat and drink, he just wandered around the town to see if he could get some information.

Occasionally wander around the castle to hear more important information.

But today, when he was well in the tavern, a group of Imperial soldiers rushed in and took him away.

He didn't listen to his explanations and words, so he directly lowered his sword and armor.

And when he was escorted to Jinyuan City, he also heard about Gegil's various incriminating evidence, and immediately decided to dissociate himself from the other party.

But just as he was about to prove his identity to the Imperial soldiers next to him, a mixed team of humans and orcs appeared on both sides of the road.

Since the ambush had two or three times as many people as the captoring team, in less than half an hour, the entire team was killed, and they were also taken away by this mysterious team.

Originally, Roy wanted to pretend to be dead to escape, and then return to Qingyuan Town to report the news after they left.

But seeing the gang mending every corpse when they cleaned up the battlefield, even his own seriously wounded people, this kind of frightening approach made him give up the idea in an instant.

After being rescued, the group led them all the way to the northwest towards the Yongshuang Mountains.

Until the sun is over

When the mountains all set, and the crescent moon hung high in the sky, they were able to stop and rest.

Roy didn't care about the group's destination and practices, but he knew that if he really followed the team to the place, he was afraid that he would have no chance to escape.

The storm of warnings came and went quickly, and everyone from Snow Valley Town formed a small circle of their own, warming up and expressing their dissatisfaction with the current situation.

And Roy, as an outsider, also has a small circle of his own, and there are also two informants from Qingyuan Town.

At this moment, the three of them squatted together to discuss the next plan.

"Judging from the current distance, at the latest tomorrow at noon, we will get down to the Yongshuang Mountain Range, and if we want to escape at that time, I am afraid we will have no chance......

"So I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity tonight, I'm going to give it a go, do you have any plans?"

Listening to Roy's words, the two glanced at each other and nodded firmly.

"Our thoughts are the same as yours, tonight is probably the most likely opportunity for us to escape, and the young master is probably in great need of our intelligence now, so we must fight."

After hearing the reply answer from the two, Roy no longer hesitated, and immediately began to arrange a plan to escape from here.

"As I just observed, the main location of this private soldier is near Gegil, and there are more than a hundred other people watching around us."

"And the direction in which the orcs are stationed is on the east and southeast sides, blocking our return route, and if we want to escape, we can only run in the north or southwest directions, and then take a detour."

"If we want to escape, we have to make chaos and movement, and you can get things back, right?"

The thing Roy was talking about was the incendiary bomb, although these things were all taken away when he was captured, but when they got their equipment back after being rescued, the two also took the opportunity to get the incendiary bomb.

Although the main weapon of the longsword is now taken away, some daggers or gadgets are not.

"Got it back, three in all."

One of them nodded, taking one out of his bosom and handing it to Roy, the other two already with the two of them.

"It's a northwesterly wind at night, and the incendiary bomb will go to the orc camp alone, and the private camp alone, and we'll leave one behind and throw it when there is danger on the way out."

"Let's wait until we are asleep before we move, while there is still time to go, you two will sleep and rest first, and I will observe the change of guard and personnel of the private soldiers, and then they will rotate."

"Okay."

The two nodded in agreement with Roy's arrangement, and then immediately leaned against the trees and closed their eyes and began to recuperate.

……

In the wee hours of the night, after a shift break and investigation, the trio made the corresponding preparations and work.

Taking advantage of the fatigue of the wild people at this moment, they began to act on their escape plan under the dim moonlight.

As the synchronization time arrived, the personnel on both sides took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and threw out two incendiary bombs.

In less than a few tens of seconds, a blazing white flame burst out, and a huge splash of fire erupted, which also instantly ignited the surrounding trees.

At the same time, driven by the northwesterly winds, the smoke from the incendiary bombs quickly covered a small area.

When the fire was lit, it attracted the attention of many people, who shouted to come and put out the fire.

But the pungent cover and the gradual difficulty of breathing happened, making them realize that the fog was poisonous!

In less than three minutes, the entire makeshift camp was in utter chaos.

And the Roy trio, who caused all this, and took advantage of the chaos to run in the southwest direction.

Some guards who saw that the situation was not right also took advantage of this time to escape.

But when he saw this familiar fire, Gegil also realized that there were 'inner ghosts' in the team he brought, so he immediately ordered to disperse and arrest all the guards and servants from Snow Valley Town.

Soon, under Gegil's strong control, the chaos in the camp was brought under control.

But those two glorious fires, but

He couldn't extinguish it, and after realizing that it was poisonous, Gegil directly gave up the order to extinguish it, and directly gathered the team to prepare to transfer overnight.

Standing upwind, looking at the fire of this fiasco, a nameless fire could not help but rise in Gegil's heart.

At the same time, the leader of the Dark Guard also came to report the results of the chaos.

"Report to your lord, a total of twenty-seven people who escaped were brought back, but when the number of people was counted, there were still three ...... missing."

Hearing this, Gegil's face was obviously not good-looking.

If he didn't guess wrong, these three people should be the masterminds of this whole turmoil.

Eagerly

"Andrew, you take a hundred secret guards to capture them, and I'll take people to move to the Eternal Frost Mountains first, and if you can't find them before dawn, give up and come back."

"Hmm."

After Andrew responded lightly, he immediately disappeared into the night and went to lead the personnel to search for Roy and the three.

After completing the assembly, Gegil no longer hesitated, and immediately commanded the personnel to move towards the Yongshuang Mountains under the moonlight.

And the three Roy, who fled, ran out of a distance of almost a kilometer at this moment when there was a time difference.

In the night, the three of them didn't know how many times they had tripped, but the pursuers might be behind them, so they could only make every effort to go all the way in the direction of Snow Valley Town.

According to Roy's speculation, the second time he threw an incendiary bomb, it is very likely that he will be guessed as an identity.

If you run directly towards Qingyuan Town, then there is a high probability that you will be caught and killed.

But running towards Snow Valley Town, maybe they didn't think of this, so they played a one-handed operation to avoid the disaster.