The knight in the abyss

Chapter 637 Defense
The process of this morning was as Lancelow expected. They were clearly walking in the wilderness, but the surrounding area looked like a fortress that had just been plowed by a catapult, with ground and blasted rocks everywhere.

But in the afternoon, those traps seemed to disappear suddenly, allowing the army to advance much faster.Lancelow briefly left the team, climbed to a commanding height nearby and looked down.I saw that the meandering demon army looked like a poisonous snake crawling across the Gobi Desert. It was so long that it could hardly be seen to the side, and the distance between the head and the tail was more than ten miles.

In other words, if the mercenaries walking in the front are attacked by surprise, the support will come very slowly, and even by the standards of the human army, an ambush can be ended within a quarter of an hour.This means that in some areas, the number advantage that makes Sonam confident may not exist at all. As long as the devil's attack is fast enough, they can slowly consume the opponent like sharpening a pencil. The result is definitely better than a main decisive battle Much bigger.

Lancelot himself has done similar things before, so he knows that well.It's not that Sonam doesn't know how powerful it is, but the six-armed snake, or all high-level demons have a completely different way of thinking.In their view, the lives of their subordinates are not a matter of concern at all, so Sonam said that if Lancelow did not make trouble, Shuangqiao Town could completely bury the entire devil army, and did not consider their own side at all. How much loss will be suffered.

Specific to the current situation, what happened to the possibility of an ambush?Demon generals only worry about the enemy hiding all the time, they don't have the patience to play cat and mouse.As for the loss of cannon fodder?Those guys are meant to be consumables, like an archer's arrows.When the battle is over, only the elite infantry such as Berserker and Brezu will return with the demon generals, and the living cannon fodder will be disbanded (or released) on the spot. With this mentality, it is no wonder that the demon generals They acted so 'not caring'.

Although he completely disagreed with this point of view in his heart, it did not prevent Lancelow from understanding the way of thinking of demons.Only by knowing what the other party thinks can he try to persuade the six-armed snake demon and subtly influence the other party's value judgment.

But right now, there's only so much he can do.

As the sun began to approach the horizon, Lancelow's uneasiness became stronger and stronger. It wasn't that he sensed something, but the changes in the surrounding terrain touched his nerves as a veteran.On the right side of the road ahead is the wide Styx River, and the left side is still open, but there is a large forest of tusk fir in the distance.Lancelot still remembered the first time he went to the Great Abyss. If he kept going, the fang fir would get closer and closer to the road. It might be nothing to a small group of adventurers, but to an army , there is no more suitable ambush point than that kind of terrain.

After the army set up camp, he went to Sonam again, but instead of worrying, the six-armed snake demon was quite excited.In her opinion, the enemy actually wants to jump out, is there anything better than this?As for Lancelow's suggestion to change the marching route and bypass the forest, she flatly rejected it.

"Use your brain, even if I agree, will the three Balrog generals agree? Find out where you are, human, and stop bothering me with unrealistic ideas!"

Lancelow wasn't worried either, because he knew that the possibility of detour was unlikely.Immediately afterwards, he made a second suggestion: to remind the entire army to prepare for battle, and to inform the main force behind of possible ambushes.After thinking about it for a while, Sonam agreed to Lancelot's new proposal. After all, there is no harm in doing so, and there are still several days before the next payday. She is not in a hurry to let the 'unqualified' mercenary disappear from the payroll.

When Lancelot returned to his team members, Sonam had sent someone to notify the entire mercenary army, and everyone knew that there might be an enemy ambush ahead.Every mercenary is discussing this matter, the reaction is different, some look fearless, some look worried, and some seem to be overwhelmed by fear, maybe they will run away tonight .

"You told the lizard, right?" Seeing Lancelot approaching, Brutal immediately asked him, "Will there really be an ambush?"

"It's very likely." Lancelot nodded, and joined his friends sitting around the campfire, "If I were the devil's commander, I would do this."

"Knowing that there is an ambush, we still have to move forward. This feeling is really bad." Half-elf Tanya complained, "It's not a choice to be a mercenary, it's too uncomfortable."

"At least you know who the enemy is, and even which side of the road they come from." The old paladin said in a deep voice, "If you are prepared in advance, it is not an ambush."

"We don't care where the devils come from!" Flint, a dwarf with bright yellow hair, declared firmly, "We will hold our shields and stay where we are, no matter how many enemies come!"

"I like your optimism." The tiefling sorceress replied absent-mindedly. She was staring intently at the bonfire, as if something in the flames attracted her.

"I heard that some tieflings are fire readers, and occasionally they can glimpse fragments of the future from the flames." Ren, the younger brother among the dwarves, asked curiously, "Did you see something?"

"Unfortunately, I'm a bit out of shape today." Musk shrugged and looked away from the fire, "I didn't see anything except a pile of burning logs."
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It was another night of high alert and nothing happened. When the dark red sun on the Wanyuan Plain jumped over the horizon again, everyone started a new day of marching.Compared with yesterday, the footsteps of the mercenaries were much heavier. The reason was not only the nervousness, but also the fact that everyone was fully armed and ready to fight.

As Lancelow remembered, as they moved forward, the forest, which was still far away, got closer and closer to the road.The Tusk Cedar is more than fifty feet high, and the trunk is so thick that five or six people can hug it. It looks like a wall that is constantly approaching.Everyone stared vigilantly at the shadow behind the giant tree, for fear that a group of heavily armed devils would suddenly rush out from behind.

At this moment, the marching team suddenly stopped, Lancelow's heart skipped a beat, but when he turned his head, he saw that the edge of the forest was more than 100 feet away from the road, which was not the best distance for launching an ambush.

"Keep vigilant!" The voice of the six-armed snake demon Sonam rang in everyone's ears, "Damn it, who can tell me why I stopped? What happened ahead?"

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