Chapter 24: The Terran Captives

The news of the old werewolf really shocked Arthur.

In addition to his own seventh squadron, there are even Terran warriors in the orc wasteland.

In fact, this itself is not difficult to understand, the human and animal races have been in small conflicts for many years, and the hunting teams of the orcs have also crossed the human border from time to time to plunder, and there are warriors on both sides who fall into the hands of the other.

Orc soldiers captured by the Terrans were generally sold into slavery in the mines, but the Orcs rarely kept the Terran captives alive, and only women and a small number of men became the playthings and slaves of the Orc nobles.

Once you become a captive, no matter which side you become a slave, there is almost no possibility of returning to your homeland, and the ultimate fate is still death.

Arthur himself had been a slave to the orcs, and no one understood the plight of these slaves better than he did.

If what the old werewolf said was true, Arthur would have to find a way to get these people out anyway. What's more, these people are still captured soldiers, and it is possible to become a supplement to their own troops, which is simply an unexpected bonus.

Arthur tried his best to suppress the joy in his heart, and said coldly: "Draw a map of the place you said." ”

"You promise to spare my tribesmen after I tell you where the Terran captives are being held. ”

"If the information you provide is true, I can consider letting them go. ”

"Well, I hope you Terrans will keep your promises. When the old werewolf had finished speaking, he bit his finger and lay on the ground and drew on the white cloth with his own blood. After the painting, the white cloth is raised above the head again.

Arthur jumped off the stag and took the white cloth directly to look at it, and the old werewolf knelt in front of Arthur and did not dare to move.

The map is very rudimentary, but through the interweaving and undulation of lines, it is still possible to distinguish mountains and rivers, and the terrain of the Orc Wasteland is not as complex as that in the Terran territory, after asking the old werewolf how many points on the map represent which mountains, Arthur basically determined the location of the Terran captives.

Arthur put the map into the space bracelet and looked at the old werewolf with an intriguing gaze.

The old werewolf was also looking at Arthur nervously, for fear that he would suddenly regret and kill.

"To answer my question, why did you do this? For the orcs, your current behavior is tantamount to betrayal. ”

"We have sent the most elite warriors of the tribe to participate in the war of the Golden Lion Family against your Terrans, and we have fulfilled the obligations of the tribe to the Golden Lion Family. But they have failed to fulfill their duty to protect our tribe and let you in, so that our tribe is facing the catastrophe of being wiped out, so our tribe is no longer obligated to keep this secret for them. ”

Arthur nodded, "Reasonable, if what you say is true, I will keep my word, but you can't live." Arthur's words fell suddenly, and the fourth-level hunting knife flashed, and a huge werewolf head flew off his neck.

There was an exclamation from Arya behind him, he didn't expect Arthur to make a sudden move.

Arthur turned over and jumped on the silverhorn buck, and without even entering the stockade, he turned the deer's head and galloped away with his seventh squadron.

Arya's complicated gaze looked at Arthur's back. Her words did change Arthur that day, this was the first stockade that the Seventh Squadron had let go of since entering the Orc Wasteland, but she still couldn't understand why Arthur wanted to kill the old werewolf?

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Behind a shady hillside.

The soldiers of the 7th Squadron sat in groups of three or five at random to rest, no one spoke, some were silently wiping their blades, and some simply closed their eyes and dozed off.

Everyone was waiting for a message, the first time they had gotten a message from their comrades since they had delved into the orc wasteland.

The kicks of the Mercedes came from far and near, and Jose sped back alone.

Before the silverhorn buck could completely stop, the monkey and lund rushed forward impatiently, and asked eagerly, "How is the situation ahead?"

José ignored the monkey and walked quickly in front of Arthur with a solemn face.

"What's the situation, hurry up and tell me, you're going to die in a hurry?" The monkey was still urging on the side.

Arthur smiled and handed over the hydration bag first.

Jose took the water bag and glared at the monkey, drank most of the bag of water with a bang, and then sat down, but the first thing he said was "The situation is not good!"

"Is the old werewolf's news fake?"

"That's not it. Jose shook his head slightly, "That place does have a sunken canyon, and the mouth of the valley is guarded by a large number of orcs. ”

"Have you found out how many of our Terran captives are held in the valley?"

Jose frowned and said: "This is the most troublesome, that canyon is long and narrow and has only one entrance, I can't touch it to figure out the situation inside, I can only see slaves with the appearance of human beings from a distance, and there are quite a few of them." ”

"Can you get in from somewhere else?"

José still shook his head, "I made a big circle around the rim of the canyon, and the cliff walls of the canyon are almost straight up and down, and according to my ability, I can't even think of coming up again after sliding down with the rope." ”

"It's troublesome now, and you can't act rashly if you don't know what's going on inside. Arthur's brow furrowed slightly.

Jose smiled bitterly, "Captain, this is not the most troublesome. ”

"Huh?"

"The most troublesome thing is that even if we can figure out what is going on in the canyon, we can't get people out. ”

"The strength of the guards is too strong?" Arthur guessed the key in an instant.

Jose nodded, "Although I can't see the situation inside the canyon clearly, I took a closer look at the strength of the valley mouth guards. They changed their posts three times in one day, and each guard numbered forty or fifty orcs, in addition to the roaming orc cavalry in the canyon. ”

Arthur, along with Monkey, Lund and others, all changed their faces, they all knew the size of the army, only the valley guards and cavalry were close to 200 orc warriors, plus the guards and slaves in the valley, the number of orcs in the canyon was conservatively estimated to be no less than 300 people.

According to the current strength of the seventh squadron, it can barely defeat an orc hundred-man team head-on, and forcibly breaking into the canyon guarded by three hundred orcs is equivalent to death.

"How about trying to lure some of the orcs out and knock them out in batches according to the previous strategy?" the monkey suggested.

José still shook his head, "During my scouting, a group of orcs left the canyon. I took the opportunity to follow all the way behind, and found a large orc tribe less than twenty miles away from the canyon. I guess this canyon may belong to this tribe, and our sudden appearance may not attract the orcs in the canyon, but instead alarm the orc tribe. ”

Everyone fell silent, and in isolation and helplessness, the 7th squadron was simply powerless.

Arthur suddenly looked up, "Maybe there's another way?"

All eyes were on Arthur.

"Without backup, maybe we can use the power in the canyon?"

"You mean the captives in the canyon?" José's eyes lit up.

"Don't forget that the people inside are all former warriors, as long as they are given a hope of escaping, they will do whatever it takes. Arthur said seriously.

"But we need someone to go in and figure out what's going on inside, and release the information in advance, so that we can do what the inside and the outside do. ”

"I'll take care of this!" Arthur said lightly.