Chapter 172: Sneak Attack on the Red Scorpion
Sawan and his party found a tavern and sat down, and then told Lawne to take out a money bag first. Sawan grabbed a handful of gold coins from his money bag, put them on the table, and said, "Celea, you can hire some people in the town, it will take about a hundred people. ”
Celia asked, "What kind of people are needed, mercenaries, and how much time do you have to hire?"
Sawan replied, "Anyone, farmers, artisans, mercenaries, and let them meet in front of the tavern after dinner." Just one night today is enough. ”
Celia nodded in agreement, "Understood." With that, she grabbed a handful of gold coins and put them in her pocket, and walked out of the tavern.
Sawan continued: "Narros, you can find a way to get one or two hundred torches, it doesn't need to be good, as long as you can light them, preferably soaked in oil and flammable. ”
Narros nodded, grabbed a handful of money and left.
Seeing that the two girls had errands, Jeno and Lawn were not far behind, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what are we two doing?"
Sawin smiled: "Don't worry, you two are the protagonists of tonight, and it won't be easy to sing without your play tonight." ”
The two of them were interested when they saw Sawin say this, and they leaned closer to Sawin and asked, "What are we going to do tonight?"
Sawin beckoned to the two of them, "This matter must be kept strictly secret, you have to come here with your ears......"
In the evening, when Savan had all the men and torches he had requested, he saw one or two hundred people gathered in front of the tavern, and the door of the tavern was crowded to the door. Sawan tossed the tavern owner a handful of gold coins and told him to bring each of them a glass of ale.
The rough men at the door were giggling and making crude jokes while drinking ale, and their emotions gradually became hot. Seeing this, Sawan felt that the time was almost up, and walked to the door of the tavern, and shouted to the rough men: "Everyone, you have to work hard after drinking, and I will leave tonight's matter to everyone!"
Everyone raised their glasses and shouted, "No problem, my lord, leave it all to us!"
Sawan continued: "Tonight's errand is very simple, take a torch for each of you later, and follow me, you just have to stand well, and you can shout when I tell you to shout, it's as simple as that!"
The crowd was puzzled and asked, "Is that all it about?"
Sawan nodded, "I will never break my word, it's as simple as that, 20 silver coins per person!"
"Yes, I'll do whatever you say, my lord!" the crowd shouted excitedly when they heard that it was easy to earn 20 silver coins. Many passers-by heard that there was such a good thing, and they all came to join in the fun and asked if more people were needed, and Sawan instructed Celia: "As long as there are so many now, there is no superfluous one." ”
After waiting for a while, it was already completely dark, and Sawin waved his hand and said, "Everyone come with me, don't talk on the road, and whoever speaks won't give silver coins!"
The rough men couldn't get any money as soon as they heard about the talk, so they obediently shut their mouths one by one, and honestly followed Savin out of town. Sawan had already inquired about the road beforehand, and it didn't take long to reach the temporary station of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Regiment, only to see dozens of tents set up on a meadow, and a few campfires could be seen swaying in the night wind in the distance.
Sawan told Narros to go over and check if the men were asleep, and then he told them to stop and rest for a while. Narros soon returned, and she reported: "Most of the people were asleep, except for a few who were on guard. ”
Sawin nodded, and then called Selia and said to her, "You take half of the men to surround from the right, and I will bring the other half of the men to surround from the left, and when the encirclement is completed, they will not be allowed to move, and they will obey my orders." ”
Celia took the order, creeping around from the right with half of the men, and Sawan on this side did the same, quietly surrounding the camp of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Regiment. Sawan saw that everything was in order, and the other party didn't notice it, and things went smoothly so far.
At this time, Sawan called Jano and Lawn to his side, and whispered, "Are you ready?" both nodded, and Sawin had already roughly explained the plan to them beforehand, which was not difficult for both of them.
Seeing that everything was ready, Sawin stood up, raised his right hand in the air, and shouted, "All stand up!"
The hired rough men stood up one by one as soon as they saw Savan speak, and at this time, the person in charge of the sentry of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Group also heard Sawen's voice, but the sky was dark and he couldn't see the situation clearly, and several sentries didn't dare to act rashly, and hurriedly went to beckon their own people to get up quickly.
Hearing a shouting from the camp, Sawin ignored them and continued to order, "Raise the torch!" Everyone raised the torch above their heads according to Savan's order. At this time, Sawan said to Jeno beside him, "Come on, it's up to you!"
Jeno nodded, raised his staff, and chanted a magic spell in his mouth...... The ancient and obscure language was like an old ballad, and as Jeno chanted, he saw a red flame suddenly appear on the top of his staff, and the flame writhed incessantly with the breeze, and the fire turned into a raging fire in a few breaths, and then Jeno said lightly: "Go!"
Then a monkey made of flames suddenly burst out of the flames on the staff, and the fire monkey leaped deftly and threw himself at the torch of a man next to him. The rough man had never seen such a strange scene, and he was so frightened that he opened his mouth wide and almost sat on the ground, and the others couldn't help but let out an exclamation when they saw it.
I saw that the fire monkey suddenly climbed the torch, and the torch was soaked in oil, and a ball of orange flame suddenly burst out. The fire monkey did not stop for long, and immediately jumped up to the next torch, and with the fire monkey's dexterous and fast movements, the torches in everyone's hands were quickly lit in turn, and the whole process only took a few minutes.
The rough men looked curiously at the fire monkey jumping up and down, and their hearts were full of reverence for the magician, who was really amazing enough to make such a strange creature. Sawin also thought that this trick was very good, and couldn't help but give Jano a thumbs up. Jeno nodded slightly, although he still looked calm on the surface, the slightly upturned corners of his mouth still revealed a little pride in his heart.
Lawn on the side saw that he had a little bad feeling in his eyes, he was almost driven away by Sawin before, and now he felt very aggrieved when he saw that Jeno had been praised, and he was inevitably a little jealous, and the two came together to help Savan, one was praised and the other was criticized, which made Raun secretly determined, he also had to behave well, and he couldn't be pressed down by Jeno.
At this time, many members of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Group had already come out of the tent, and they happened to see hundreds of torches being lit one after another.
The strange sight immediately attracted the mercenaries, who could light hundreds of torches in such a way, and there must be a lot of people on the other side. The thought of being surrounded by a large number of people and centaurs can only show that the other party is prepared to be unfavorable to the Red Scorpion Mercenary Group.
So the people of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Regiment became nervous, and there was chaos in the whole camp, and the mercenaries put on their clothes and busily searched for their weapons and armor...... It was normal for mercenaries to have an emergency, and it was not the first time they had encountered such a thing, and according to previous experience, they could quickly assemble.
It was then that Sawin said to Lawn, "hard with your wind!"
Lawne bit his lip and nodded vigorously, and his chubby body stepped forward, stretching his arms forward in a gesture of pushing the door. Raun began to chant the incantation, and as he chanted, Lawn's mage robe began to tremble slightly, a large amount of wind elements began to gather around him, and the flames on the nearby torches began to sway violently, as if they were about to be extinguished at any moment.
The movement of Lawn's magic was really alarming, and some of the hired people couldn't help but secretly hinder themselves when they saw this, lest they be hurt.
When Lawn's incantation was finished, he was able to slam his arms and say, "Whirlwind Prison!"
(End of chapter)