Lord of War

"What is this?" Cecilia asked curiously.

"This is the communication code of our slave hunting team." Andre explained, "In the wild land, there are a lot of slave hunting teams, and there are also many emergencies. But because there are scouts exploring the way It is definitely not very timely and convenient to communicate with inspections, so almost every slave hunting team has different codes. These codes are as important as military secrets to us. If the code of a slave hunting team is Cracked, this is a very bad thing."

"So what does this code mean?" Sean asked.

Andre pointed to the larger circle and said: "This circle has a cross mark, which represents us."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to another smaller circle and said: "This circle is relatively small, which means that there is a team smaller than us in front of us... but there is no sign on it, so we are still waiting. Not sure what kind of team this opposing team is."

Xiao En knew that in the wild land, there were not only slave hunting teams, there were usually some caravans that maintained a relatively friendly relationship with the tribes in the wild land, but such caravans usually turned a blind eye everywhere. Turn a blind eye, and rarely interfere. After all, for all countries, the barren land is equivalent to a captive land for producing slaves. Of course, it is fine to do some ordinary trade, but the circulation and sale of any weapons is strictly prohibited.

In addition to slave hunting teams and caravans, occasionally there will be some teams that need to use the geographical particularity of the wild land to secretly cross the national border: there will even be teams like Spring Hunting and Autumn Hunting, but in this way Usually only the children of the great nobles can afford to do such things, and they are often guarded by powerful masters. After all, the barren land is not a safe place.

Andre raised his head and looked at Sean. Although he couldn't see the change in Sean's expression at the moment, he knew very well that Sean was the commander of the entire team. identity, but they were also given another identity

The soldiers under Xiao En's command, so they must follow the final decision and opinion of the lord no matter what.

"I haven't found any troops of unknown origin in the territory recently, right?" Sean looked at Cecilia and asked.

"As far as I know, there is none." Cecilia replied, "Because the new troops have been dispatched to Panda Town for reconstruction and grass repairs, our intelligence field basically covers the entire territory. Before that, William also started The militia was arranged to patrol and monitor the entire territory in batches, and indeed no suspicious traces were found."

"Then it seems that this army should have entered from Chirav." Hearing what Cecilia said, Sean immediately understood, "From the itinerary, the other party is probably only about half a day ahead of us. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to catch up so quickly." After thinking for a while, Sean turned his head to look at Andre, and then asked again: "You said that the scale is smaller than ours, probably how small? degree?"

"It's hard to judge." Andre shook his head, "There may be only fifty people, or there may be seven or eighty people. But the only thing that is certain is that the number of the other party will not be less than fifty, otherwise If not, the circle will not be drawn, but replaced by other symbols."

Sean nodded, expressing his understanding.

If the number is only fifty, then it can basically be ruled out that the hunting team is the children of the great nobles. Then there are only three possibilities left, small caravans, slave hunting teams, or people with secret missions.

"Go ahead and wait until we have specific information."

So the team soon moved on again.

After moving forward again for about a few hours, the gust of wind in the valley suddenly became stronger, and there was even a faint whining sound similar to weeping.

The mountain wind at this time is truly like a sharp blade.

Sean, Cecilia, and the priest with a knife, Tini, no longer dared to expose their skin to such a strong wind: even those bears must tense their muscles and fur. Be able to ensure that you will not be injured as a result. On the contrary, the gray elves surprised Xiao En a little bit, because they were able to walk safely in such a strong wind, it seemed that these strong winds whistling like blades had no lethality at all.

"My lord, the gray elves are different from ordinary elves. Their racial talent is stone skin." As if seeing Xiao En's doubts, Andre said, "Maybe it was formed because of living in a barren land for a long time. , and only in this way can these relatively fragile creatures survive in such an environment."

"I see." Sean understood a little.

Regarding the elves, although he knew that the group had now been divided into two branches, the underground and the ground, but in fact there were three different factions. For example, the underground dark elves and blood elves are one faction, while the forest elves on the ground are one faction, and the gray elves are a faction of their own. As for the branch of the highland elves, the situation is quite special, because according to the difference in living environment, this branch can be divided into grassland elves and plateau elves in detail. The former is closer to the forest elves, while the latter is closer to the gray elves.

What Xiao En knew was only the three branches of Dark Elf, Blood Elf, and Forest Elf. He was not too clear about the other branches.

Although elves have many things in common with each other, after so many years of changes and changes in living habits, there are already differences between them.

Sean really didn't know that the gray elves were born with stone skin, but he believed that not many people even those sophisticated people on the forum knew about it.

Just at this moment, a gray elf made a gesture.

"My lord, there is something new." Seeing this gesture, Andre immediately turned his head to report to Sean. Perhaps sensing Sean's doubts, Andre explained, "In addition to the secret signal, The slave catchers will have a set of simple hand gesture communication methods, after all, they can’t speak loudly in many cases. And in a dark environment, no one can have an advantage over gray elves and dwarves.”

On this point, Sean also agrees.

Under the leadership of Andre, Sean and the others came to the place where the gray elf was gesturing.

In a leeward place, a group of strange pattern symbols are still engraved on the ground, but this time there are obviously more symbols than before.

There are still two large and small circles on the ground, and the larger one still has a pair of crosses drawn on it. Sean already knows that this means that his side has more people than the other side. But this time the smaller circle has an acute angle drawn inside, and beside the small circle is written a group of numbers like [73].

"The acute angle represents the peers, that is, the other party's identity is also the slave hunting team." Andre explained, "As for the seventy-three, it means that the number of the other party has been figured out, there are seventy-three people ..., my lord, this slave hunting team should also be a relatively experienced slave hunting team, at least two to three years of experience."

"Oh?" Sean was really curious now, "How did you break it halfway?"

"The situation in the wild land is more complicated. There are basically no small tribes in the periphery. If you want to catch slaves, you can only go deeper than a thousand miles. However, most of the tribes you encounter here are medium-sized tribes, and their strength is usually It is relatively strong, if it is a day-scale troop entering, it will definitely attract the opponent's high attention, if it is a warlike tribe, then it must be a big battle." Andre said, his voice full of sighs He sighed, "Only those experienced old men will lead a small army of less than a hundred people to enter, because the current target of slave arrest is relatively clear, and basically they are more valuable people, so as long as a dozen or so are caught , this trip will not be a loss, and it will be more convenient to fight sports if the number of people is small, and we will not be afraid of the enemy's pursuit."

After thinking about it, Andre still added a sentence: "Of course there are advantages and disadvantages. Generally speaking, the advantages are relatively large. Otherwise, there would not be such an unwritten rule..., but To be able to really dare to lead a team of less than a hundred people into the wild land must have a relatively deep and clear understanding of the route of the wild land, so I said that the other party is also an experienced veteran."

"If the other party is not a coincidence, then the news is very well-informed." Sean smiled, "But no matter what it is, this slave hunting team must be the slave hunting team of a certain nobleman in the Kingdom of Darbion, otherwise If you don’t, you definitely won’t choose to pass by Qilaf.”

"My lord, what do you mean..."

"Intercept and kill." Sean said without thinking, "It's very common for the slave catchers to wipe out in the wilderness, isn't it?"

"It's very common, but..." Andre's voice could be heard with some hesitation.

"If you have anything to say, you might as well just say it."

"In the canyon rift, it's actually not suitable for interception." Andre said, "The wind of the knife here is relatively strong, especially in the middle of the valley, it will be more violent, and it is not suitable for fighting. And leave Behind this section of the mountain road is the ancient ruins area. The environment there is also more complicated, but the biggest problem is that the field of vision is relatively wide, so if there is any movement, it will be discovered by the other party in advance. There is no way to get too close at this time, and we can only wait for the opponent to enter this area before we can use obstacles to follow up cleverly."

"Is there no leeward point in this area of ​​the Daofeng Valley?" Sean asked, "If not, then this journey must be completed in one go, and you can't rest and eat in the middle?"

"Well, ⒒... there is a place like this, but it's not the leeward side."

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