Pale Emblem

Chapter 176 Supplementary Plan
After the archer Frank led the last few dragoons away, Ruth, Jessica and others appeared from two different directions and quickly gathered around Victor.

"Don't stay here, let's talk while we walk." Victor gave the order directly.

The followers worked together to quickly check and sort the donated supplies, tied them up with ropes, and put them on the backs of the antelopes. The Ranger sisters used their professional expertise in animal affinity to make the nine antelopes follow their team and move quickly through the wilderness without manual traction.

Their legs are stronger than those of antelopes, and they can talk while marching quickly without any difficulty.

The alchemist Herman explained the incident in detail to the Ranger sisters. Victor also added his conversation with the little girl Muse.

Before Ruth and Jessica could express their opinions, the shield guard Harvey could no longer hold back and asked, "Sir Victor, why did you give the precious amulet to that girl?"

Ever since he was brought back to life, Harvey has always regarded Victor as a god, and he firmly believes in the "magic amulet" that others do not believe in.

In his opinion, since the "magic amulet" is real and effective, Master Victor should use it to protect himself.

Harvey's idea was so simple, but Victor responded with an incredible look on his face: "It's just an ordinary red copper badge. You actually took it seriously?"

"Huh?" Harvey was completely confused and stammered, "I didn't expect Lord Victor would lie to a little girl..."

Victor didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and shook his head and said, "Muse is an innocent, kind, and lovable girl. I don't want her to be beheaded by Quillengla. If Chief Rockbreaker finds out that Muse has the emblem of the Thunderstorm Adventure Group on her, he might show mercy to her."

Previously, they met with Chieftain Rockbreaker as the Thunderstorm Adventure Group, and the other party would most likely show leniency to Muse who wore the same emblem.

Harvey suddenly realized and said, "So that's what happened. Your Excellency's red copper emblem is really a talisman for a lady from a noble family."

Victor turned to look at Ruth on his left: "I have clearly told them that it would be dangerous to continue tracking Chimera in the northeast direction. Why do they have to go?"

Ruth bit her lip lightly, frowned and said, "Master, this question is not a simple one. First of all, what is their purpose in tracking down Chimera?"

"To collect Chimera blood." Jessica immediately answered. As a former professional beast tamer, she had a certain degree of understanding of the Golden Claw family. "It is said that the Golden Claws have mastered a secret method that can use the blood of dragon beasts to cultivate powerful war beasts and bypass the special restrictions of the dragon veins, that is, they are not affected by the call of the Dragon King Firuma. Because of this reason, it is difficult for the Golden Claws to obtain high-level dragon beast blood. Even if there are special channels, they have to pay a high price in exchange for a small amount of high-level dragon blood."

"Chimera is the highest level of dragon beast. They are usually dispatched for two reasons: routine patrols of the Dragon King's territory, or to eliminate, expel, and fight against powerful invaders. If the Chimera we meet fights with foreign enemies, the Golden Claws may be able to collect the Chimera's blood." Ruth nodded.

Harvey stroked his stubble and said, "How dare these guys bring the young masters and young ladies of the Zhuming family into the battle of Chimera? Aren't they worried about being burned to ashes by the fire of Chimera?"

"They are very powerful, especially the tall female guard in full armor..." Gladiator Kent continued.

Everyone waited for him to continue his argument, but Kent said nothing.

Herman, the Alchemist, expressed his opinion: "I have roughly observed that this group of private soldiers of the noble family can be divided into two groups, with the Golden Claw and the Golden Sunflower each accounting for half, that is, more than 40 people each, equipped with Dragon Vein Shield Guards, Dragon Vein Swordsmen, Dragon Vein Bow Warriors, Dragon Vein Tamers, Dragon Vein Physicians, and Dark Hunters, plus several high-level Servants... Judging from the number of people and professional combinations, they just form a small private guard." Finally, he added: "I am sure that the Dragon Vein Bow Warriors of the private guard are all level 4 professionals."

As a fifth-level archer, Hermann can identify archers of a lower level than himself, even if the opponent is a dragon vein.

For a professional to switch to a dragon vein means ruining his or her career, and he or she will never be able to upgrade his or her career level again. Therefore, dragon vein professionals above level 5 are desperate choices. It can be seen from this that the normal training of dragon cavalry by famous families with level 4 professionals is already the limit.

The Dragon Vein Archers are all level four, so the Dragon Vein Swordsmen and Dragon Vein Shield Guardians should also be level four.

The guards had a luxurious lineup, but the most outrageous thing was that they also had dragon vein tamers and dragon vein physicians. These two professions were far more rare and precious than other professions, especially physicians, who did not have much combat power, but were the most core professionals in the Disa Alliance, without a doubt.

Physicians transform into Dragon Veins at the cost of not being able to upgrade, but in exchange for excellent combat power and survivability, they are very suitable for the needs of battlefield first aid.

Having a dragon vein physician in the guard cannot be described as luxurious, it is called extravagance.

Of course, this is in line with his status as the heir to the throne of the Zhu family.

The blood of high-level dragon beasts is extremely precious, and the powerful strength of the private guards may be the reason why they insist on tracking Chimera.

However, Victor and others had witnessed the horror of the great demon of the abyss, and they felt that the little strength of the private guards was not enough to run rampant. At least Chief Quellengla of the Rock-Splitting Chieftain could easily kill them.

"Are they so arrogant? Do they think they can ensure the safety of the young master?" Victor asked puzzledly.

Ruth said, "It was obviously the decision of Muse and Gaius to track down the Chimera. I suspect they sneaked out without informing their respective guardians, otherwise Gaius's servant would not have secretly asked us to pass on the message for him."

Victor shook his head and said, "Of course I know that this is Muses playing tricks, but can't their servants stop the little master's willfulness?"

"No." Ruth and Jessica said almost in unison, and then Jessica further explained: "The servants of the noble family have an iron rule. The master allows advice, but not disobedience. Once Muse and Gaius make a decision, even if it is nonsense, their servants must execute the master's will no matter what."

This is the key point that bothers Victor. Once the ranger sisters explain the iron rules of the servants of noble families, he will be able to understand the ins and outs of the matter.

In simple terms, two naughty kids went on an adventure without telling their adults, and their servants could only and must carry out the will of their little master. Frank, the sixth-level archer, must have tried his best to persuade Gaius to give up such a bad decision, but unfortunately his advice was not adopted. However, Gaius allowed him to pass the message to his guardian after a period of time to prevent the family elders from worrying about him.

Victor thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Perhaps, we can take advantage of this matter."

"Master, do you mean... to mobilize the private soldiers in Echo Town?" Ruth asked tentatively.

Victor smiled and said, "You and I are thinking the same thing. The private soldiers of the noble families are more elite than the regular army, and they are currently concentrated in Echo Town. They are numerous and powerful, which is a huge obstacle to our rescue plan. I think we should use the Chimera incident to mobilize them all... I just don't know if Chimera's blood is equally attractive to the noble families other than Golden Claws?"

"Yes!" Jessica said with certainty: "Chimera blood can cultivate second-generation dragon veins, which can be half-elf dragon cavalry or dragon beasts. The key is that only mature second-generation dragon veins can produce more third-generation dragon veins." After hearing this, Victor couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's good! As long as they are greedy, with Christine fanning the flames, it is entirely possible for all the famous families in Echo Town to go out and look for Chimera!"

"The master is wise."

The Ranger sisters have certain planning abilities. They talk with Victor as they walk, helping him to fill in the gaps and further improve the plan of mobilizing the private soldiers of the noble families to leave Echo Town.

At present, it seems that this plan has the potential to succeed.

The key is time. The entire rescue plan must be implemented before the reinforcements from Luoye City arrive at the Godore Defense Line, and the mobilization of the private soldiers of the famous families must be done in advance.

Victor judged that they only had about three days at most to complete this exploration and reconnaissance mission, and then return to Echo Town as soon as possible to make the next deployment.

The wilderness battlefield was very vast, and it would take at least three to five days for a normal adventure group to get from their current location to the Braun Town stronghold. Fortunately, Victor and his followers were in good physical condition, and they could maintain a forced march speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and they still had enough physical strength to deal with any emergencies.

If they did not stop on the way, they would be able to reach the Brown Town outpost before sunset today, and would be able to have dinner with Christine and others in Echo Town the next afternoon.

Since this is a wilderness battlefield, with barbarian raiders and half-elf adventurers teaming up to fight in this area, it would be impossible for Victor to avoid encountering any emergencies during his march.

In the afternoon, Jessica's reconnaissance partner Lin Falcon was the first to discover the battle between the half-elf adventurers and the barbarian orcs ten kilometers east of the team.

Through the mental connection with her animal companions, Jessica sensed that the half-elf adventurer was not in a good situation. Although he was still fighting desperately, he could not hold on for long.

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After a brief consideration, Victor decided to rush to the aid of the half-elf adventurer: "There is enough time now, let's go over and see the situation over there."

So the ranger sisters called over all nine antelopes that were following the team, and each of them mounted a antelope and urged their sturdy mounts to run towards the battle site.

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On the other side, hundreds of fully armed half-elf adventurers formed a formation and attacked their opponents fiercely. They were a hunting team made up of three small adventure groups, all composed of professionals and awakened ones.

Normally, there should be some ordinary people in the adventure group, but during the war mission, ordinary people can only stay in the base to undertake logistics and position defense tasks. This means that medium and small adventure groups must form temporary teams to go out and hunt barbarians and orcs, thereby obtaining generous rewards.

The biggest problem with this temporary hunting team is the lack of reliable trust between members. For this reason, the Adventurer's Guild appoints two or three secret hunters to join the hunting team to act as supervisors of the hunting operations.

Razor Regis and Little George are the supervisors of this temporary hunting team. They have no right to interfere with any decision made by the hunting team, and the hunting team has no right to order the supervisors in the team to do anything. Unless they volunteer to help, but if they encounter real danger, the supervisors will often choose to hide and wait and see.

比如现在，临时猎杀队遭遇强敌，对方的整容包括1名三阶蛮斗士、2个三阶屠夫、5个三阶地灵萨满、10名二阶蛮族战士和65个二阶半兽人斗士。

The half-elf hunting team had the advantage in numbers and was well-equipped. When they saw the enemy, they did not hesitate and directly deployed an offensive formation, advancing quickly with the intention of dividing the enemy.

However, the opponent's barbarian fighter led 10 barbarian warriors to forcibly block the hunting team's group charge and crushed their attempt to divide the enemy.

Although the hunting team's group charge killed or wounded more than a dozen barbarian warriors and orc fighters, and only suffered four casualties themselves, supervisors Reggie and George withdrew from the battle immediately. They retreated to 4 meters away and climbed onto a large rock to lie in wait and observe.

Although the hunting team failed to divide and encircle the enemy, their numerical advantage was further expanded, and they still took the offensive. More than 5 shield guards wearing hard leather armor formed teams of two, stood in front of the front line, and approached step by step, trying to squeeze the enemy's range of activities; more than swordsmen holding various long-handled weapons moved flexibly in the back, waiting for opportunities to kill the enemy, or to support the shield guards in front; archers were the main force to kill the enemy, they shot sharp arrows through the gaps of their comrades in front, and most of them were able to accurately hit the enemy; the remaining awakened people, whether they were strength-oriented, agile-oriented, or physical-oriented, all held -meter spears, and formed teams of three. Under the cover of the shield guards, they cooperated with each other to use sharp spears to stab the orcs and barbarians within the attack range.

Compared with barbarians and orcs, half-elves do not actually have outstanding fighting talents, nor do they have particularly strong bodies, but their weapons and equipment, tactics, and martial arts training are much stronger than their opponents.

Three of the most ordinary half-elf garrison soldiers, even if they have not awakened any specialties, can easily surround and kill an adult bison with 5-meter-long spears as long as they have received six months of training.

Orc butchers and barbarian fighters are not as strong as adult bison in any case. Half-elf awakeners holding 5-meter-long spears are more or less a threat to them, not to mention those well-equipped professionals.

Of course, the Orcs were not completely passive, their main force was dozens of Orc fighters. These second-level Orcs were short and muscular, especially their exaggerated latissimus dorsi muscles, which made them look like a group of big red-skinned toads walking upright.

Orc fighters have amazing explosive power and are particularly good at using stone throwing axes, which can be used for long-range attacks or close combat. They also have the blood rage talent, which can resist additional damage and temporarily enhance their strength.

So far, all casualties among the half-elf hunting party have been caused by throwing axes from the orc fighters.

Therefore, the hunting team's current tactics are for shield guards to cooperate with swordsmen to contain the third-level Orc butchers, barbarian fighters, and combat shamans, and then archers and awakened spearmen will try to kill as many Orc fighters and barbarian warriors as possible to reduce their numbers.

There was nothing wrong with the tactics adopted by the hunting team, as they were well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the orcs.

Orcs are primitive, barbaric and dull. They have strong fighting talents but simple minds. When they defeat their opponents, their morale rises, their blood rage increases, and their strength and defense also increase, making them extremely violent and aggressive. On the contrary, when half-orcs witness their companions die in battle, their morale drops and they become terrified. Their blood rage fades quickly, and they cannot obtain additional bonuses to strength and defense. With their crude fighting skills, they are no match for half-elf adventurers.

Generally speaking, if the orcs lose nearly half of their numbers in battle, they will completely lose their fighting spirit and choose to turn around and flee.

The half-elf hunting team’s chance of victory and survival lies here!
Under the guidance of the shield guards in the front row, they fought steadily and even when orcs threw flying axes to break through the shield guards' block and knock down the spearmen behind them, everyone gritted their teeth and fought with all their might.

Razor Reggie and short George lay on the boulder, looking at the bloody battle below with worried expressions.

"George, do you think the hunting team can win?" Reggie asked in a low voice.

"It's very dangerous." George said in a solemn tone: "They seem to be fighting smoothly, but the opponent has not collapsed yet and is still resisting stubbornly... The current battle situation is like a taut bowstring. If the arrow cannot be shot out, the bowstring will break. By then, the hunting team will be defeated and it is unknown how many people will be able to escape alive."

Reggie nodded and said seriously: "I agree with you. The key to victory or defeat is not to kill how many Orc fighters we kill, but to kill that Barbarian Fighter. Otherwise, once the Barbarian Fighter breaks through the defense of the Shield Guard, everything will be over!"

George sighed and shook his head, "Of course the hunting team also knows what we know, but unfortunately the barbarian fighter has barbarian warriors to cover him, so it's not that easy to kill him... I guess the hunting team may be in trouble this time."