Pale Emblem

Chapter 81 Emotional Fermentation

Before dawn, Vertoc returned to the low hill camp with morning dew.Everyone was full of expectations, but found that he had a lot of arrows, and suddenly they couldn't help being disappointed.

Among the half-elf professionals, only Weltok dared to go out at night without fear of the threat of the ferocious gnoll.If he succeeded in shooting the Hobgoblin head of the Bone Collector Gang this time, everyone's situation might change.But Vertok is clearly returning empty-handed, and his mood will only get worse.No one wanted to provoke the angry Vertok at this time.

Vertok didn't seem to plan to let them go.As soon as he entered the camp, he waved to the people of the Iron Cross, "Lesson, you all come here."

Lisson and his companions looked at each other, bravely stepped forward, and said with an apologetic smile: "Mr. Vertoc, what are your orders?"

Vertoc sat down in front of the dim bonfire and asked thoughtfully, "Tell me, what happened when you and the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group passed through the Shadow Forest?"

They have already discussed this issue.Lison first observed Vertok's face, and when he saw that his expression was indifferent, he said cautiously: "That day, more than 80 people of us and the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group passed through the territory of the Shadow Lurkers, and found no abnormality. Camp and rest in the forest. I remember it was the second half of the night, and the guy on duty suddenly gave a warning. I woke up from my sleep and found that the camp was surrounded by shadow beasts, and it was too late to escape."

"Captain Charlie of the Whistle Adventure Group immediately organized manpower to defend on the spot. At the beginning, we were able to persevere and repelled the tentative attack of the shadow herd twice."

"But we were alone and helpless, and the shadow beasts in the forest kept running. The next afternoon, the number of shadow beasts exceeded 200."

Having said this, he hesitated for a moment, and explained hesitantly: "Header Rhode thinks that staying in place is a dead end. While everyone is still physically fit, he decided to take us to break through."

When Max heard this, he couldn't help shouting: "You didn't say that before!"

When Rhode was alive, he said that they and the Whistle Adventure Group were scattered by the shadow beasts and had to break through.And Leeson now exposes his lie that it was the Iron Cross who abandoned the Whistleblower.

This kind of behavior is very despicable, because the Whistle Adventure Group has only five professionals, plus dozens of young half-bloods.Their overall strength is far less than that of the Iron Cross Adventure Group, and they have no ability to fight the shadow beasts alone.After the Iron Cross Regiment suddenly left, the Whistle Regiment must be the first target of the Shadow Beast's attack, which bought time for the Iron Cross Regiment to break through.

Of course, from the standpoint of the Iron Cross, they did so just to survive.If it was another situation, Rhodes chose to stick with the whistleblower group.Due to the lack of backup and supplies, the two adventure groups will probably be wiped out.In this case, the Iron Cross will become the back of the whistle.

In any case, it is a fact that the Iron Cross Regiment is perfidious and deliberately used the Whistle Regiment as bait.What they did violated the taboo of the adventurous union and was despised.

It's not that Max wants to do justice for the Whistle Adventures, but emotionally, he is closer to the newly recruited half-breeds of the Whistle.They were all killed in the shadow forest, and they were inseparable from the Iron Cross.Moreover, if Rhodes can persist for a long time, the instructor team of the Adventurer's Home can arrive at the scene, join them, and face the shadow beasts and the half-orcs.The final result will not be what it is now, at least the instructors of the Adventurer's House have a chance to survive.

Thinking of this, Max was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Huck was unmoved, the previous things seemed to be far away from him, and he could no longer stir up inner waves.

Lison lowered his head and sighed, "He was indeed a bit excessive at that time, but he is already dead..."

Vertoc frowned and asked, "So, you didn't see the Iron Cross being wiped out?"

The bow warrior shook his head and said, "No... However, when we broke through the siege, we took away at least half of the shadow beasts. But Charlie, the head of the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group, is a fourth-level shield guard, and he runs slower. , should not survive. Just like the shield guards of our Iron Cross regiment were finally caught up by the shadow beasts... With the shield guards pulling the shadow beasts behind, the professionals with strength and agility may be able to escape."

Huck nodded and said to Vertok: "My lord, when I was besieged by shadow beasts and still conscious, I saw a few bow warriors and swordsman instructors successfully escaped from the battlefield. I don't know if they survived. Do you want to go? Looking for them?"

Shield guards are definitely the most tragic career path, rushing in front and running behind, no wonder they are welcomed by other professionals.

Vertok shook his head and said, "We don't have the ability to find our lost companions. I hope they can survive, and I hope there will be a chance to meet in the future." An example of a hobgoblin enslaving a half-elf professional?"

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and after a while, Max still said: "There is a saying among adventurers, 'You are fascinated by goblins'. Beasts are worse. But I've heard stories of hobgoblins bewildering half-elves..."

"It was many years ago. Our adventure group settled in Xibang, Dragon Eagle City. I went to the pub to have fun and met a down-and-out disabled adventurer. I felt sorry for him, and I paid him to drink a glass of green shoots wine. Then , we chatted.... Huck knows me, I like listening to other people tell some strange things... The one-armed cripple told me that when he retired, his arm was still intact, in Kasan on the outskirts of Dragon Eagle City Plantation got a guard job."

"Although the Kasan Plantation is in a remote location, the fortifications are complete and there are nearly a hundred guards. With the high walls and deep trenches, they are not afraid of the bone collectors orcs in the wild."

"One day, more than a dozen stranded travelers, both male and female, came to the Kasan plantation. The owner of the plantation kindly took them in, but no one thought that these Desa half-elves would be spies of the orcs."

"Not long after they entered the Kassan Plantation, a large group of goblin orcs appeared outside the plantation and blocked the way in and out. The plantation could have stuck to the wall and waited for the support of the patrolling guards of Dragon Eagle City. However, those spies were there first. The plantation was set on fire, and the city gates were opened in the chaos to let in the Bone Collector Orcs."

"Kassan Plantation was breached by orcs, and only a few half-elves escaped. The one-armed half-elf who accompanies me to drink and brag claims to be a survivor of Kassan Plantation, but no one believes his story... Actually, I don't believe either. There will be half-elves acting as spies for the orcs. This is outrageous." Max shrugged and said disapprovingly.

The half-elves present thought it was a fictitious story, and even if it was true, there might be other hidden meanings.The spies who open the gates of the plantation are not necessarily the servants of the goblin orcs.

In the common perception of the Dissa half-elves, they cannot be fooled by hobgoblins.This is the confidence that belongs to a civilized country. As a member of the civilized country, the Dissa half-elf has a high self-will, and is by no means comparable to a dull orc.

Veltoc has a different view. Although half-elves and orcs have different physiological structures and cannot communicate verbally, hobgoblins also belong to the intelligent species in humanoid form.What's more, he has seen with his own eyes how the hobgoblins channel the power of the mind of the race, combined with hallucinogenic drugs, to distort the minds and bodies of two half-elf women.

"Is there a half-elf settlement nearby? The bone collectors plan to use half-elf servants to sneak in and loot the settlement's wealth?" Vertok asked himself.

Max couldn't help jumping up and asked in surprise, "Vill, what are you talking about?"

Vertoc frowned and said, "I found out that the Hobgoblins of the Bone Collector gang had taken control of Annie and Katie of the Jyn and Whistle Adventures. They are now delirious and basically lost themselves." Immediately, he detected himself. He explained the situation to the others, and then said: "I'm curious about the purpose of the bone collectors. Why didn't they eat Annie and Katie? Why did they only control half-elf women, or only Annie and Katie were the bone collectors? catch?"

Such a rare occurrence surprised everyone.The escape team discussed for a long time, and there was no accurate conclusion.

Finally, Vertoc interrupted the others and said impatiently: "You should consider a possibility, if the Bone Collector gang is going to attack a nearby half-elf settlement, even if Anne and Katie are sent as spies , the orcs are not strong enough to take down a suburban settlement unless they have reinforcements."

The atmosphere instantly became solemn, and after a while, Max asked in a hurried voice: "Vill, do you mean that there will be more gangs of bone collectors running over?"

"According to the story you told, there should be such a possibility." Vertok said lightly.

The bow warrior Lisen murmured: "If this is true, then we can't continue to stay here... We have to transfer as soon as possible."

The escape team has been trapped in the low hill camp by the bone collectors these days. Their hearts are under tremendous pressure, and their spirits continue to be tense, to the point of being on the verge of collapse.Even if there is no solid evidence that the Orc Bone Collectors have reinforcements, they don't want to stay in this ghost place.

"Whatever you want, I want to stay." Vertok responded unceremoniously.To be honest, he was about to lose patience with these "burdens", including Huck and Max who were also disgusted by him.He thought he would be more at ease if he could observe the bewitching behavior of the hobgoblins by himself without restraint.

"My lord, do you want to rescue Annie and Katie?" Huck's eyes widened, and he muttered vaguely, "The two chicks from the Whistle Adventures are quite beautiful... My lord, if you want to rescue them, I definitely support it. However, I am afraid they have gone crazy, and it is useless to save them, right?"

Huck felt that even Dr. Cole in Braun Town was served by half-elf female servants, and the noble Lord Vertoc should also have young and beautiful female servants to take care of his daily life.

The City Academy trains servants for the highland nobles. Anne and Katie can be selected by the Coral Academy. Their appearance and talent are very good, and they are barely qualified to serve Lord Vertoc, but if they become idiots, it will be another matter.

Rescue Annie and Katie from the Orcs?
Vertoc hadn't thought about this issue at all. He wanted to observe the process of enslaving Dissa half-elves by the goblins and rescue the object of observation. How else could he observe?

After Huck's reminder, Vertok realized that in order to satisfy his curiosity, it was too cold-blooded to ignore the tragic encounters of Annie and Katie.After all, Annie and Katie treated him well when they were in Braun.Heurland of the famous Golden Oaks wanted to persecute him, and both Anne and Katie did not hesitate to support him.

After a moment of hesitation, Vertok said, "Well, if I have a chance, I will save them once... I can't let them fall into the hands of the orcs, so I would rather send them to the arms of the Mother Earth with my own hands."

Huck breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "That's good, the hobgoblins can't blackmail us with those two chicks... We are all in trouble, and it's not worth risking for them."

Vertoc was unwilling to break out of the encirclement, and no matter how dissatisfied the professionals of the Iron Cross regiment were, they had to stay in the low hill camp.

In the next few days, the Orc Bone Collectors launched several attacks on the Dwarf Hills Camp, but because the fierce gnolls always chose to feint, they left behind a dozen corpses of clawed goblins, and each attack was unsuccessful. .

Vertoc rested during the day, and went out alone at night to scout the camp of the Bone Collector gang, carefully observing the behavior of the hobgoblins.

While the half-elf escape team continued to be under pressure, changes had also occurred within the gang of bone collectors.After the Sharpclaw Goblin was reduced by half, the Hobgoblin leader still refused to give up the siege of the low hill camp, and the ferocious gnolls who suffered from hunger finally couldn't hold back their resentment against the leader.

(End of this chapter)