Become a martial girl

Chapter 28 Group of Four
"Mengdie...you...have you thought of anything?" After a long time, Edward finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked aloud.

"Hmm..." Hearing Edward's question, Mengdie seemed a little hesitant.Afterwards, she smiled gently and said, "You are the leader in today's battle, it's up to you to make up your mind."

Edward's complexion sank, he lowered his head and thought for a while.But then, he raised his head and said with a guilty expression: "I'm sorry, I... Although I am a leader, I still have some confidence in swordsmanship. But I have no experience in marching and tracking..."

"Well... that's right." Mengdie took a bite of her dry food, "You also said that this is the first time you have led troops. But I am very surprised, what about training? Even if there is no war, you will run away during normal military training Where did it go?"

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the two mages became even more dignified!Looking at Mengdie's expression was immediately full of hostility.But Edward didn't notice this, sighed, and said: "Actually... I haven't participated in several military trainings. Usually the army is handed over to the general manager to take care of it. I want to participate, but the general manager said that I am Noble, it is not suitable for going out, but suitable for strategizing. For a while, I wanted to practice swords, and the manager would persuade my father... My parents told me not to practice, for fear that I would be injured. Mr. There's no way a badass can be a good...well...good guy."

"Oh~~~~Is that so?" Mengdie said in a protracted voice.The eyes of the couple were obviously more unfriendly than before.

"Okay, since our leader is just a name, how about letting me, my subordinate, come down and give some advice?"

"Okay, tell me."

Mengdie lowered her head and sorted out her thoughts, took a branch and began to draw the terrain on the mud floor, explaining: "After discovering the trap, I am personally more happy. Because since there is a trap, it means that we are already approaching their lair .As long as you are careful enough to follow the opponent's trap, I believe you will be able to reach the vicinity of their hiding place."

Edward nodded in surprise, as if he was about to applaud.

"However, here, I can't find their traps anymore." Mengdie pointed to the terrain drawn on the ground, "It can be seen that the other party also thinks that if someone can escape so many traps and track them down here." If you take one step, then setting traps is equivalent to telling the other party your location. So you don’t set them up. Instead, you will set up dark posts around their hiding places to confirm the attacker’s location through sight. So if we If we continue to move forward, I am afraid that there is a great chance that the opponent will find out. This is why we stop here."

"So... what should we do next?" Edward seemed to have become a loyal listener.

Mengdie smiled slightly and said, "It's very simple, wait."

"Wait……?"

"That's right. Look at the terrain here. According to my observation, we are now in the front light. I am afraid that any move in the grass will not be able to escape the surveillance from a distance. But if we wait until the sun sets , we will change from the front light place to the backlight place. The other party’s visible field of view must be greatly reduced, and our actions will be extremely convenient. According to my guess, there should be two places that are most suitable as hiding places nearby. One is here, at the depression at 10 o'clock in front of us. The other is next to the river at 1 o'clock. When the evening comes, we will know immediately where they are."

"Evening? Why is it evening? If it is backlit, it will be fine in two or three hours? Evening...we need to go back and gather..."

Mengdie patted her head and sighed.Only now did she know how pale this leader's tracking ability is... Of course, there is also this extremely poor adaptability...

"Brother, don't you need to eat? In the evening, they will naturally light a fire to cook. At that time, where is the smoke from the cooking, we can't see it clearly? Even if they want to set up a suspicious formation in the place of the smoke, these two may point There is a stream in the middle, and food cannot be transported across the river. At that time, no matter where the cooking smoke comes from the mountain, as long as it is on this side of the river, it will be in the valley. On the other side, it will be beside the stream. Question solve."

Mengdie clapped her hands, drank the clear water in the bowl in one gulp, climbed up the tree, and began to observe the mountains within sight under the cover of leaves.

A group of four began to wait here slowly.Edward held his sword and began to move back and forth, looking restless.The couple sat under the tree and meditated, while stealing glances at Edward from time to time.

After touching for about two or three hours, Mengdie sat on the tree, still not intending to come down.Edward thought for a while, but couldn't help asking: "By the way, Mengdie, if there is an encounter... what weapon do you use?"

"Weapon?" Mengdie was slightly taken aback.Afterwards, she pointed to her chin and thought for a while, then said with a smile, "If you want to talk about weapons, my fists are weapons. But if possible, I hope to have a pair of gloves."

Seeing Edward's inexplicable expression, Mengdie immediately explained: "Ah~~~ah, a glove is a weapon that is convenient for unarmed attacks. But this time I came in a hurry, and I have no money, so I can't go to the blacksmith shop Build one. So, I'm probably empty-handed."

Edward didn't understand anything else, but he did understand Mengdie's words that he would go into battle empty-handed.At that moment, he immediately untied a short-handled dagger from his waist and threw it into Mengdie's arms.

"You can't do without a weapon. Mengdie, although this dagger is not very...that, it is very precious. But it is still very good for you to keep for self-defense."

Seeing Edward throwing the dagger, the two mages jumped up as if they were stepped on their tails!Just as the male mage was about to speak, his wife hurriedly covered his mouth and pressed him down.Then he smiled apologetically at Edward.When Mengdie saw it, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, she pulled out the dagger to look at it, then threw it back to Edward, and said: "Thank you, but you should take care of your two attendants first. If I'm not wrong, The two of you are probably not ordinary mercenaries, are you?"

As soon as the words came out, Edward's face immediately revealed a look of surprise!This expression made Mengdie sigh again, this guy really didn't see it?What the hell is he doing?If you have no eyesight, no experience, if you run out like this to lead troops to suppress bandits, wouldn't it be courting death?

"Who the hell are you guys!" Edward pulled out the long sword in his waist and stood in front of the tree where Mengdie was sitting, with a nervous expression.

Seeing that they couldn't hide it anymore, the two magicians simply put down the burden in their hearts and stood up at the same time.

"Edward Palace..." They looked at Mengdie and continued, "Master, Uncle Du was really worried about you participating in the investigation operation alone, so he sent us two to sneak in. We are members of the Royal Knights Department of Magic, West Sco and Linda."

Mengdie chuckled, and she guessed right.

(End of this chapter)