Lord of War

   "What is this?" Cecilia asked curiously.

"This is the communication signal of our slave hunting team." Andre explained, "In the wild land, there are a lot of slave hunting teams, and there are also many unexpected situations. But because there are scouts to find the way. Communication with patrols is certainly not very timely and convenient, so almost every slave hunting team has a different code. 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."

   "Then 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 that, he pointed to another smaller circle and said: "This circle is relatively small, which means that there is a team in front of us that is smaller than us.... But there is no sign on it, so it is not possible for the time being. Determine what kind of team the opposing team is."

Sean knows that in the Wildlands, there are more than just slave hunters. There are usually caravans that maintain some kind of friendly relationship with the tribes in the Wildlands, but these caravans usually keep one eye open everywhere. With one eye closed, there is very little interference. After all, for all countries, the barren land is equivalent to a captive land for the production of slaves. Of course, some ordinary trade can be done, but the circulation and sale of any weapons is strictly prohibited.

In addition to slave hunting teams and caravans, there are occasionally some teams that need to use the geographic peculiarities of the wild land to secretly cross the border; there are even teams like spring hunting and autumn hunting, but this The behavior of is usually only affordable by the children of the great nobles, and there are often very powerful master guards, after all, the wild 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 that Sean was the commander of the entire team. Now although he and the slave trappers under his command have got rid of the status of slaves, But they have also been assigned another identity-the soldiers under Sean, so they must follow the final decision and opinion of the lord anyway.

   "No troops of unknown origin have been found in the territory recently?" Sean looked at Cecilia, and then asked.

"As far as I know, there is no." Cecilia replied, "Because the new troops have been deployed to Panda Town for reconstruction and repairs, our intelligence domain basically covers the entire territory. William also started before. The militiamen were arranged to patrol and monitor the entire territory in batches, and indeed did not find any suspicious traces."

"Then it seems that this troop should be brought in from Chiraf." Hearing Cecilia's words, Sean immediately understood. "From the perspective of the schedule, the opponent is probably only half a day ahead of us. , Otherwise it’s impossible for them to catch up so quickly." After a little thought, Sean turned his head to look at Andre, and then asked again: "You said that the scale is smaller than ours, probably so small To what extent?"

"It's not easy to judge." Andre shook his head. "There may be only fifty people, or there may be seventy 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 you do, you won’t draw this circle, but replace it with another symbol."

  Shaun nodded, expressing understanding.

  If there are only fifty people, then the hunting team can be basically excluded from the children of the great nobles. Then there are only three possibilities left: small caravans, slave-catching squads, or people with secret missions.

   "Go ahead, wait until there is specific information."

  So the team quickly moved forward again.

  After walking for about a few hours again, the squally wind in the valley suddenly became louder, and there was a faint whine like a cry.

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

Sean, Cecilia, and the priest with a knife, Dini, have not dared to expose their skin to such a gust of wind easily; even those bear people must tighten their muscles and fur. Only in this way can they be able to. Make sure that you will not be injured by this. On the contrary, the gray elves slightly surprised Xiao En, because they could walk in such a gust of wind without any damage. It seemed that these blade-like gusts had no lethal power at all.

"Lord Lord, gray elves are different from ordinary elves. Their racial talent is stone skin." Seen seeing Sean's doubts, Andre said, "Perhaps it was formed by living in the wild for a long time. , And only in this way can these relatively fragile creatures survive in such an environment."

   "That's it." Shaun understood.

  For the elves, although he knows that this race has been divided into two branches, underground and above ground, there are actually three factions. For example, the dark elves and blood elves in the ground are considered to be a faction, while the forest elves on the ground are considered to be a faction, and the gray elves are a faction of their own. As for the highland elves, this branch is quite special, because according to the different living environment, this branch can be divided into steppe elves and highland elves. The former is closer to the forest elves, and the latter is closer to the gray elves.

  What Shaun knows about is the three branches of Dark Elf, Blood Elf, and Forest Elf, but he is not clear about the other branches. Although the elves have a lot in common with each other, it's just that after so many years of changes and changes in life habits, they have long been different from each other.

  Gray elves are born with stone skins. Sean really doesn't know this, but he believes that even the sophisticated party on the forum might not be known to many people.

  At this moment, a gray elf made a gesture.

"Lord Lord, there is a new situation." Seeing this gesture, Andre immediately turned his head to report to Sean. Perhaps he sensed Sean's doubts, Andre explained again, "In addition to the signal, The slave hunters will have a set of simple gesture communication methods. After all, they cannot speak loudly in many times. Moreover, in a dark environment, no one can have an advantage over the gray elves and dwarves."

  On this point, Sean also agreed.

  Led by Andre, Xiao En and others came to the place where the gray elf gestured.

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

  There are still two large and small circles on the ground, and the larger one is still drawn with a pair of crosses. Xiao En already knows that there are more people on his side 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].

"This acute angle represents the peer, that is, the identity of the opponent is also the slave hunting team." Andre explained, "As for the seventy-three, it means that the number of the opponent has been figured out. There are seventy-three people.... …Master Lord, this slave hunting team should also be a more experienced slave hunting team, at least two to three years of experience."

   "Oh?" Sean was really curious now, "How did you judge it."

"The situation in the wild land is more complicated. There are basically no small tribes in the periphery. If you want to capture slaves, you can only go deeper than a thousand miles. However, most of the tribes encountered here are medium-sized tribes, and their strength is usually average. It is relatively strong. If it is a large-scale troop entry, it will definitely attract the attention of the other party. If it is a militant tribe, then it must be a big battle." Andre said, his voice full of sighs. With emotion, "Only those experienced old people will lead small troops of less than a hundred people to enter, because the current slave capture targets are relatively clear, and they are basically more valuable people, so as long as you capture more than a dozen, this There is no loss in one trip, and if the number of people is small, it is more convenient to fight sports warfare, and you are not afraid of the enemy's pursuit."

After thinking about it, Andre added: "Of course there are both advantages and disadvantages. Generally speaking, the advantages are relatively large. Otherwise, there would be no such unwritten rule.... But the truth is If you can bring a team of less than a hundred people into the wild land, you must have a deeper and clearer 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 which type, this slave hunting team must be a slave hunting team of a nobleman in the Kingdom of Darbion, otherwise If you do, you will definitely not choose to pass by Chiraf."

   "Lord, what do you mean..."

   "Interception." Xiao En said without thinking, "It's common for the slave hunters to be wiped out in the wild?"

   "It's very common, but..." Andrei's voice sounded a little hesitant.

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

"In the Gorge Rift Valley, it is actually not suitable for interception." Andre said, "The blade wind here is relatively strong, especially in the middle of the valley. It will be more violent and not suitable for fighting. And leave. After this section of the mountain trail is the ancient ruin area, the environment there is also more complicated, but the biggest problem is that the field of view is relatively open, so if there is any movement, it will be discovered in advance by the other party. Even if it is the scout we sent out, it is also There is no way to get too close at this time. You can only use obstacles to follow up cleverly after the opponent enters this area."

  "Is there no leeward place in this area of ​​Blade Wind Valley?" Xiao En asked, "If not, then this journey has to be completed in one go, and can't rest and eat in the middle?"

   "Um... there is one place like this, but it's not a leeward place."

"what is that?"