Time flies quickly, when night falls, the burning town of Changhu is still on fire, the wooden structure of the house, let the whole fire last for a long time, the more than 200 surviving townspeople snuggled near the pier to keep warm, and occasionally there will be irrepressible cries spread on the lake.

The remaining soldiers and men, under Wayne's command, kept the refugees in order, because of the help of healing potions, as well as the food and supplies he provided, although the survivors were still quite miserable, but at least after filling their stomachs, they barely survived their lives.

Just as Wayne and the captain of the guard named Jerry, whom he had woken up, were discussing how to settle the refugees, a low beast roar suddenly came from the wilderness outside Long Lake Town.

Hearing this voice, Wayne's words paused slightly, and he looked at the captain of the guard, who was also a little flustered because of this huge beast roar, and comforted softly:

"Don't panic, Captain Jerry, this is my combat partner."

As he spoke, Wayne's voice paused for a second, and then he said to Jerry, the captain of the guard:

"I'm leaving for a while, and the safety of this place will be guarded by you soldiers."

The captain of the guard was stunned when he heard this, and then his face was embarrassed, although Wayne was not a familiar person to them, but half of the survivors now were saved because of Wayne's treatment, and it was precisely because of his existence that these poor people who survived the disaster had a sense of security.

If this seemingly formidable figure were to leave suddenly, to be honest, Jerry had been the captain of the town's guards in the past, but he didn't feel like he was capable of managing the survivors at all.

After hesitating and thinking for a few seconds, Jerry emboldened himself and said:

"Mr. Wayne, could you please not leave? The townspeople are very panicked now, everyone has lost their loved ones, and there is no backbone, everyone needs you! ”

Wayne was silent for a few seconds, then said:

"Don't worry, I'm only leaving temporarily, you don't need to tell them the news of my departure."

"And the purpose of my departure is also to save the captured townspeople."

"Don't you want your captured relatives and friends to be rescued?"

Jerry was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Wayne with some fear, and seeing that the other party didn't look like he was joking, he persuaded with a complicated expression:

"Of course we want to save our relatives and friends, Mr. Wayne, but if you're the only one, let's not die in vain."

"There are so many orcs and they are so well equipped that without an army, it is impossible to defeat those guys and rescue the captured captives."

As a survivor of the plundering battle in the afternoon, he knew very well the combat power of those orcs, although the equipment of those monsters was not very good, but they fought very wildly, and could even be described as disregarding life and death, ordinary human soldiers might not be able to kill them even one-on-one.

As a native born in the town of Long Lake, he knew that these orcs came from the Grey Mountains, and that they were a powerful orc force that had been fighting with the Iron Hill Dwarves for a long time.

Seeing that the other party still wanted to persuade himself, Wayne waved his hand to interrupt his words, and then asked with a serious expression:

"Don't worry about my strength, there are thousands of orcs who died in my hands, and half-orcs are just defeats for me."

"I just want to know, do you need me to save the captured captives?"

Jerry was silent for a few seconds before he said with some difficulty:

"Of course, Mr. Wayne, my wife and children have been captured by the orcs, and I am willing to give anything if anyone can rescue them."

Bite! The quest is triggered, [Save the Captive] Master, is it accepted?

Wayne immediately took the task in his mind, then patted Jerry on the shoulder and said:

"Take good care of the refugees here, I must leave immediately, if it drags on too long, they will be brought back to the orc's lair, and it will be even more difficult to save them."

………………

After leaving the dark jungle with a complex environment, Deathclaw's running speed was much faster.

Riding on Robin's back, Wayne commanded it, following the trail of the rather visible march on the ground, and began to chase the orc army that had completed the plunder.

The reason why he waited until the evening, in addition to saving the surviving wounded in Long Lake, was that Wayne wanted to take advantage of the darkness before acting.

The Witcher, who has a cat's eye potion, and the deathclaw, who has dark vision, will become more deadly and stealthy under the darkness of the night.

As for whether he could catch up with these orcs, Wayne was not worried.

With such a large team, no more than those elite cavalry units, it is most likely impossible to march at night, and even if it is a night march, the speed will drop a lot.

With the speed of deathclaws, you will definitely be able to catch them before dawn.

Sure enough, after he and Robin left Longlake Town and tracked in the direction of the Gray Mountains, with the help of his keen vision and Deathclaw's keen sense of smell, it took about four hours or so for them to chase down the orc camp.

Perhaps because of the day's victory, the scum got carried away, and when he arrived near the camp with Robin, he found that the orcs seemed to have had a party, the ground was littered with wine bottles and leftover bones, and a large group of orcs were lying on the ground crookedly, wearing armor and sleeping with their weapons in their arms.

Although there were still some orcs keeping vigil, judging by their lethargic expressions, they were basically nothing.

This situation made Wayne quite satisfied, and even pleasantly surprised.

This kind of absurd scene is unlikely to happen in a human army, but it is not very abrupt in the case of a group of half-orcs who are basically uneducated and can only be regarded as a rabble.

This was a good opportunity to save people, he did not let Robin launch a surprise attack immediately, but arranged it in a secret place to wait for orders, and he put on an invisibility cloak and quietly entered the orc barracks.

Unlike human barracks, as half-orcs who were not much different from wild beasts, their march was child's play, with no large tents for soldiers to stay in, and no fences to defend against enemy cavalry.

They were as casual as savages, except for a few large bonfires for lighting, everyone else was on the ground, only the higher-ranking orc captain would spread some fur or hay in his sleeping place, walking among these sleeping orcs, Wayne could even hear the snoring sound one after another, which was very weird.

Such a rudimentary camp not only made it convenient for Wayne to find prisoners, but also made the whole area seem very empty, and at a glance, a little big movement would arouse the enemy's alertness.

Fortunately, the magic of Middle-earth was not popular, and a convenient prop such as an invisibility cloak was very practical in such a world, and with the invisibility cloak and the cover of darkness, Wayne groped around the orc camp for less than five minutes before finding the place where the captives were being held.

There were two types of captives in Long Lake, with adults in improvised wooden cages bound hand and foot bound in chains, while vulnerable humans, like children and the elderly, were tied like orcs with ropes around their hands and necks and strung together.

As if to prevent them from escaping, the captives were kept in the same area, guarded by a dozen orcs, and a man-high wooden wall was built around them.

However, because of the revelry and drinking of the orcs, more than half of the guards were sleeping against the wooden wall at this time, and occasionally a few were awake, but they only cheered up and looked drowsy.

This undoubtedly gave Wayne an opportunity.

He had no mercy for these half-orc guards, relying on the cover of the invisibility cloak, and quickly sneaked to their side, then covered their mouths and noses, and without making a sound, he dealt with them.

And after many stealth assassinations, Wayne also discovered the magic of a space bracelet, that is, destroying corpses and hiding corpses.

Although the space bracelet from the world of Faeron cannot store living things, it is no problem to hide corpses.

As long as he destroys the enemy's brain during the assassination, leaving him completely brain dead, then the space bracelet can directly collect the corpse like collecting items.

This discovery greatly reduced the difficulty of being discovered during the assassination. Although the mysterious disappearance of the guard and the target will also cause the patrol officers to be surprised, the two outcomes are undoubtedly very different from the discovery of a corpse.

In this way, the guards guarding the captives soon all disappeared silently, without attracting anyone's attention.

When Wayne cleared the guards and entered the wooden wall where the prisoners were held, he was somewhat surprised to find that there were other people besides him who were also rescuing the captured captives.

It was a middle-aged man of modest stature, wearing a dark fur cloak, crouched on the ground, cautiously approaching a cage, not knowing whether he was picking a lock or what he was doing, without making a sound.

Seeing this, Wayne only thought about it for a second or two, then quietly walked to the man's side, and as soon as he reached out, he covered his mouth and controlled his body, and the huge force made the man unable to resist.

"Don't make a sound, I'm here to save people, I'll let you go now, if you dare to shout, I'll kill you."

After confirming that both sides were human, the man's struggle quickly stopped, and Wayne let go of his mouth and asked softly:

"Who are you and why are you here?"

The man looked quite handsome, but at this time he looked very embarrassed, his face was covered with sweat and bruises, and after hearing Wayne's question, he hesitated for a second, and then said:

"My name is Bud, I'm a resident of Long Lake, and I'm here to save my children."

Wayne nodded when he heard this, and immediately knew who the other party was, but he didn't show any surprise, but directly ordered:

"The guards outside have been dealt with by me, and you now come with me to rescue the prisoners."

"When I rescue them, I'll create chaos while you take them back to Long Lake."

"Didn't you hear clearly!"

The situation was urgent, and there was no room for much discussion, and Bard only hesitated for a second after hearing this, and then immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Wayne didn't explain much, and after glancing at Bud, he pulled out the Startick electric blade on his waist, and then came to the cage that was chained outside.

As a divine weapon that has been strengthened several times by the Enhancement Scroll, the Startick Electric Blade is extremely sharp and strong.

The chains of the orcs were forged quite roughly, and under Wayne's strong arm, there was no need to pick the lock, and the chains were cut off and the cage was successfully unlocked.

(End of chapter)