Chapter 31: After the Rescue
The battlefield is always full of surprises.
Arthur didn't expect that it was an irrelevant dwarf who saved him at the critical moment.
Arthur didn't even think that the reason why the dwarves killed Firoño with a hammer seemed to be because the orcs didn't give him good wine.
Yes, with just one hammer, Firoño collapsed his sternum and spurted blood from his mouth and nose, and he couldn't survive when he saw it.
As soon as Firoño died, the orcs in the canyon were even more leaderless, chased and killed by the Terran soldiers, and even went to the mine in a panic.
"Jose, Buck, stop chasing and take people out immediately!" Arthur ordered a retreat.
The nearest orc tribe was less than twenty miles away, and after receiving the news that the canyon had been attacked, the orc cavalry would soon arrive here, and there would be no time to delay on these scattered orcs.
Arthur ordered the Seventh Squadron to assemble again soon, on the contrary, the Terran soldiers were still immersed in the pursuit of the orcs, and only began to gradually assemble in the middle of the canyon under the loud shouts of some leaders such as Silas and Buck.
Silas and Buck have only now discovered that there is a battalion of Terran cavalry that has rushed in, and dozens of their cavalry have dared to attack the canyon heavily guarded by orcs, what is the origin of these guys?
Arthur didn't have time to explain to them, or even to pay attention to the soldiers who continued to hunt down the orcs despite their orders.
Arthur jumped directly onto a silver-horned buck, stood on the back of the buck and shouted to the people below, "Everyone must follow my men and withdraw from the canyon immediately! Don't forget that this is an orc wasteland, escaping from the canyon does not mean that you are completely free, the orc cavalry will soon catch up, and if you want to survive, you must obey orders." ”
Without any objection from the soldiers below, the fighters of the 7th Squadron took the lead in withdrawing out of the canyon, and Silas, Buck and others had to immediately bring people to follow.
Arthur was the last to retreat, and he naturally did not let go of the largest treasure spirit mother stone warehouse in the canyon, and then set fire to all the wooden houses in the canyon, and even cut off the head of Firoño, who still had his last breath, and took his sword.
When he finally left, he found the dwarf Turutuk sitting on a stone outside the Fironio Gate.
Arthur bowed slightly to the dwarf on the stag, "Thank you for saving me just now, are you going to stay or are you going to leave?"
"You're fucking burning down all the wooden houses here, where will I stay at my old man's house?" the dwarf scolded angrily.
"If you don't want to stay and have nowhere else to go, come with us, right?" Arthur cordially invited.
Not to mention that every dwarf is a master of forging, just with the dwarf's hammer just now, staying by his side is a strong combat power. What Arthur lacks most now is a powerful partner.
The dwarf rolled Arthur's eyes, "What's the good of coming with you?"
"Follow us and you will be free from now on, no one will restrain you, and the most important thing is that you have enough wine!" said Arthur, taking a bottle of wine from his bracelet and throwing it at the dwarf.
The dwarf Turutuk only took a sip and began to scold, "That bastard of Silas lied to me, his wine was not stolen from that dead lion at all, and his wine was given by you, right?"
Arthur didn't want to get entangled with the dwarves on this issue, so he smiled and invited again: "Come with us, we plan to loot all the good wine of the orc tribe!"
The dwarf tilted his head and thought for a moment, "I have a condition for going with you, I want one-third of the spirit mother stone in your bracelet, and I will pick the wine and ore of the orcs in the future." ”
"Yes!" Arthur agreed, without hesitation.
"Let's go!" the dwarf jumped up, directly onto the back of the stag behind Arthur.
The dwarf may not be very heavy, but the hammer he carried on his shoulder did not know how heavy it was, and he almost didn't crush the silverhorn to his stomach, and the buck hissed in dissatisfaction.
"Run, you brute!" the dwarf slapped the silverhorn buck's ass with the handle of his hammer, and the buck was in pain, and the two of them sped away towards the valley mouth.
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It was already a day before Arthur met up with Silas and the others again.
In order to prevent the orc cavalry from catching up, the seventh squadron had already arranged a retreat.
Not long after running out of the canyon, the group split into two groups, led by the monkey and led by two warriors and the escaped soldiers, from a path to a nearby hill. Arthur and the 7th Squadron deliberately waited slowly for the orc cavalry to catch up, and then ran for their lives, taking the orc cavalry around in a large circle before throwing them off.
When Arthur brought the men back, the escaped Terran soldiers were lying or sitting on the grass in groups of three or five, and most of the others were indifferent except for Buck, Silas, and others.
The atmosphere at the scene was a little weird.
Arthur first looked at the monkey who was coming up with him, "What's the situation?"
The monkey puffed up at Silas and the others, "You ask them, right? These chiefs have been asking me for a day. ”
Silas sneered and took the initiative to take over, "Brother Monkey is angry, we just asked him about his next plan, how can we go back?"
"Squadron Leader Arthur, you're back just in time. Didn't you say that you had a battalion of troops, where are the others but you, where is your battalion commander?" a dark, thin man next to Silas suddenly took over and asked Arthur a few questions.
The man raised his chin, and the tone of the question was a little arrogant, as if a superior asked a subordinate.
Arthur had seen this man and knew that he, like Silas, was one of those who served the orcs in the canyon.
"Who is this?"
"This is the son of Earl Durham, Battalion Commander Joyce. Silas said.
Arthur nodded, but his expression did not change, and said calmly: "I lied before, it was only our squadron that broke through the orc defense. ”
"Then how are you going to take us back next?"
"Frankly, I don't have a way to send you back for the time being. Our previous troops have retreated to the former military city, and the original Terran area is now full of orc troops, and it is almost impossible to join the Wind and Snow Legion. Our plan is to wait for the orcs to be defeated, and then find a chance to go back when they retreat. ”
"No, your plan is too risky!" Joyce flatly refused, "This is the Orc Wasteland, we are in danger at any time, and we must return to the Terran border region as soon as possible." ”
Arthur leaned over slightly, "You are free, you can take people away now." ”
Joyce was stunned, she didn't expect Arthur to be so crisp.
Joyce immediately beckoned the team, "Everyone listen to my orders, assemble, and I'll take you home." ”
Joyce shouted three times, but only a dozen people including Silas stood behind him, and the other soldiers remained motionless.
"Someone has finally jumped out!" Arthur looked at him with a sneer......