I'm not that kind of orc

"...I used to have contempt for you species from the outside world." The queen said after a moment of silence.

"You're saying that as if you've changed your mind now."

"I did reflect on it." The queen suddenly laughed, "I was stabbed twice by the same thief, and I was saved by you once in the previous battle. We dragons are born with great power, and we live in There has never been a large-scale war in the 'Oasis', so we are not good at tricks. After fighting with people from the outside world, I realized that strength is not absolute. The seemingly weaker side can sometimes rely on tricks Find an opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak. Back then, I only thought of you as a tool to facilitate my leaving the 'Oasis'..." She turned her face slightly as she spoke, and glanced at me with her golden eyes, "Now it seems that Maybe you are really indispensable to me."

"If you really think so, can you move out of my house?"

I feel that if she lives like this, strange rumors will spread in the tribe.

"It's my house now, why should I move out?" the queen asked in a natural tone.

"Oh, forget it..." I sighed, and suddenly remembered something again, "By the way, can you take me to fly around the north today."

"Huh? What are you going to do?"

"...Investigate the enemy's situation." I lowered my voice and said seriously.

A good scout is one who wipes out the enemy easily (2)

After Roland called me over today, he entrusted me with two tasks.

The first one is to gather a few girls to form a team, and the second one is to try to ask the queen to drive me outside to investigate the enemy's situation.

It has been a few days since the enemy attacked the camp with the corpse of the demon king, and all of Saidian's reinforcements have arrived in the valley. The elf mages led by Roland have set up a defensive enchantment against spells at the mountain pass. The defense work of the valley nearing completion.During this period, both Saidian's side and our tribe's side sent scouts to areas outside the valley to investigate, but no trace of the enemy was found.

Roland had previously analyzed the enemy's power distribution from the enemy's long-term action patterns. Although the expedition investigation team sent by Saidian and Helgia to the Demon Realm before failed to catch the enemy, they also grasped some clues.The known composition of the enemy is the rebel forces of Helgia, and the sinners of the elves that Sidian had exiled to the Field of Beasts in the past.

The former Prime Minister of Helgia who was listed as a suspect because of the Devil Sword incident, Jag, the head of the regent royal family, was also a great lord before he disappeared in fear of crime, and accumulated considerable wealth and resources in his hands.The enemy is secretly building a stronghold, and most of the funds and material resources for the expansion of armaments are provided by the Helgian rebel forces headed by him - we can see this from the enemy stronghold we found in Alsena's territory in the past , if it hadn't mastered considerable resources and at the same time held great power within Hergia, it would be impossible to establish a stronghold of that scale.

Whether it is the stronghold we discovered in Helgia or the stronghold that the Shouya clan once attacked in the Wild of Beasts, there are exiled elf sinners who play a management role in it.These elf sinners are the technology providers who want to use black magic to control giant beasts, synthetic beasts, and demonic creatures, as well as control the corpse of the devil king and the magic sword.

Except for the base camp once set up in the Demon Realm, the enemy should have established some scattered and secret strongholds in the Wilderness of Giant Beasts to raise and breed giant beasts and monsters in the Demon Realm. The degree of fragmentation may be far beyond our imagination, and it is almost impossible to find out and break them one by one.

But correspondingly, when they want to take the initiative to launch a large-scale attack, it will take a lot of time to allocate and gather troops from so many places and manage them. Since the attack on the camp, the enemy's army has not attacked for a long time. You can see this.

"What concerns me the most is the timing of the appearance of the corpse of the devil. I don't think it is a wise move for the enemy to use the corpse of the devil to destroy the expeditionary army." These were Roland's original words.

I also take this for granted.

At that time, the enemy had already discarded the military forces that had penetrated into the desert as abandoned children, and the expeditionary army formed by Saidian and the six major tribes had already lost their trace.There is no need for them to eliminate the expeditionary army. They can go into secret activities again, gather troops quietly, and cooperate with the power of the demon king's corpse to break through the valley where the Bloodaxe clan lives in one fell swoop, and then use this as a base to look forward to the attack plan against Seidian.

Letting the corpse of the demon king show up at the border like this, and then gathering troops slowly, seems to be deliberately giving us time to set up the defense line.During this period, the Bloodaxe clan formed an unprecedented alliance with Saidian, orcs and elves, and each asked for reinforcements from their own allies. The valleys converge.

The enemy has already offended all forces because of past secret activities, but now if they fail to capture this valley in the first place, they will have to face the encirclement and suppression of all forces.In other words, they actually increased the difficulty on their own, and they were not as vigorous as the previous plan to obtain the dragon's blood.

But no matter what, if they want to attack Saidian, they must gather their forces somewhere nearby.They gave us time to arm our defenses, and normally we should be able to imagine that we would gnaw on a hard bone when we fell down.They should establish a base somewhere nearby, or in multiple places, or they may have already established a stronghold somewhere nearby-in short, they must gather a large number of troops somewhere and plan to attack us. attack.And it is necessary for us to discover that place early. The more troops the enemy assembles and the greater their movements, the easier it is for us to find them.

To the west of Wallis Valley is a rugged rocky mountain that extends from the Northland Mountains, and to the west is the edge of the Great Desert, which is connected to the Wild of Giants.Generally speaking, this area is quite vast, and the scope that scouts can detect is still limited.

But it would be completely different if the reconnaissance was carried out from the air. The terrain of the Great Desert and the Wild of Beasts was extremely flat, and lacked dense trees, so the high-altitude view was extremely wide.There is still some vegetation in the east of the rocky mountain area and the area close to Saidian. The farther to the west, the more barren it is, and it is easy to observe from the air.And I have been training with the Queen for riding in the past few days, so Roland thought of asking her to drive me outside to scout around, in order to catch the enemy.With the queen's combat power and flying speed, it is very easy to complete a carpet-like high-altitude reconnaissance, even if it is accidentally discovered by the enemy, it can be easily evacuated.

After I explained the situation to the queen and made this request, she finally asked me: "If I can find the trace of the enemy, will there be a chance to meet the thief who stabbed me?"

"There is this possibility, so you need to be more cautious when you go to investigate. But I think he should stay deep in their stronghold, and it is not so easy to come across."

"That means, if you can find those strongholds and attack them, you can catch him?"

"Huh?" Her words made my head go blank for a moment.

"Okay, I will do this kind of thing without your asking." The queen suddenly agreed very readily.

Then she immediately flapped her wings and flew me northward.

"Wait first, you don't really want to single-handedly attack the enemy's stronghold, do you?" Seeing her high-spirited momentum, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly patted her on the back to remind her, "Even if you find out Don't just attack the enemy's bases! If they want to attack us, they will definitely not be able to gather troops with just one or two legions. Even if they do, they may not be able to retreat completely. I said we will do it It's just an investigation... Hey, are you listening?"

A good scout is one who wipes out the enemy easily (3)

The area bordering the Great Desert and the Wild of Beasts is deep inland, and the climate is relatively dry. Although it is cloudy today, there is no fog on the surface, and the visibility is quite high.

With the cover of clouds, as long as we control the altitude of the flight, we can detect the situation on the surface while concealing ourselves.

I didn't know much about the terrain of this area in advance, but when Roland entrusted me with this task, the old chief gave me a hand-drawn map drawn on animal skins, which included information from the Wild of Giant Beasts and The border region of the Great Desert, and this large schist mountain where the Wallis Valley is located.

The map is obviously faded, and there are large areas of decay marks, obviously some years old.

When I asked about the origin of that map, the old chief was silent for a while, and looked at Roland, who was also present, with some concern, before he answered quietly: "That was the route we used to attack Saidian in the past. .”

I was stunned for a few seconds before I could react.

The Bloodaxe Clan was once the main force sent by the Demon King to attack Saidian. At that time, Azak and the old chief who was only a young soldier walked westward from the Wild of Beasts, around the mountains from the edge of the desert. , and then this route across the Wallis Valley to Sidian, where they had established their base in the past.

No wonder the old chief thought of a place to stay when the drought forced us to leave our country.

I divided the area outside the valley marked on the map into several small areas, and then marked the most likely places to establish a stronghold.If the enemy wants to raise living things as their own combat power, they will inevitably need water.Except for the valleys, there are not many places with water sources on the surface of this land, but according to the shaman in the tribe calling for the water spirit to explore, there are still many places with underground water channels nearby.I request the queen to go to the area with the most marked places first, and start circling from the outermost, gradually narrowing the circle, in this way to scout every inch of an area until all the areas are scouted.

"You said you were looking for the enemy's stronghold, isn't it too late?" About an hour after the investigation started, the queen suddenly asked me, "It's getting dark."

It was almost evening, and the sky was obviously much darker.The Queen's flying speed is very fast, but our mission is not to directly cross this area, but to conduct a carpet search on the ground from a high altitude, which will be very time-consuming. Judging from the current situation, we probably haven't waited halfway through it It is likely that the sky in the area will be completely dark.

But I gave a negative answer: "No, it's better to investigate at night. After dark, we will be more concealed when flying in the sky..."

"Do you want to say that it's more convenient to sneak attack? I don't think it's necessary. Wouldn't it be good to just call there?" Halfway through my words, she began to ask questions.

"Why is the premise of attacking the past? Didn't I tell you to stand still when the stronghold is found?" I was a little dumbfounded.

This female lizard didn't listen to what I said earlier!Why is this guy more reckless than me, an orc!

"But if it's dark, it will be more difficult for you to find them on the ground?" the queen asked again.

Orcs have pretty good night vision, but it's not realistic to see every detail of the surface from such a height on a cloudy night with no moonlight.

"No, it will be simpler. Our enemy personnel are mainly composed of elves and humans. Whether they are operating in the stronghold or outside, they will need lighting." I explained to her.

If it is only a small group of people, it may be possible to move completely covertly at night.But if it is an army or even a stronghold, lighting will become indispensable to maintain activities at night.At night, we can easily find the enemy's position as long as we follow the direction of the found lights.

"I see." The Empress finally understood, she paused for a while, and then said suddenly, "But it seems we don't need to wait until night."

"Why do you say that?"

"From here to the northwest, I flew directly to the ground for about 4 minutes. There was a large group of beasts running in one direction. The types of the herd were also very mixed. It looked very much like the army that invaded the 'oasis' before. Perhaps Is that the person we are looking for?" The Queen said, flapped her wings a few times, adjusted her direction in the air, and changed from hovering to flying in a straight line.

As soon as I heard her description, I became alert—a herd of beasts of different types but uniform, which sounded like an army of giant beasts cultivated by the enemy.

But when I looked in the direction she was heading, I could see only the blurred line between the overcast sky and the horizon.

"But I didn't see anything..." I muttered.

"The high-altitude vision of you non-flying races is naturally much worse than ours. Quietly shut up, and you will be able to see it soon." The queen speeded up, and the cold wind blowing on her face suddenly became fierce. I couldn't help but Don't get down.

Then, after about two or three minutes passed, I finally vaguely saw something moving fast across the wilderness in the distance, raising large clouds of dust.In the past ten seconds or so, the distance continued to get closer, and I was finally able to roughly see the details of the herd from the air.

Although the distance is very far, the herd of beasts is as small as a formation of ants in my eyes, but I can roughly distinguish the types of some giant beasts based on experience, such as mountain beasts, woolly mammoths, six-legged rock lizards, dragons and lions , giant tusks, wilderness bears... Some of these types of giant beasts are territorial creatures that live alone, and some have natural enemies with each other. It is impossible to run together in such a harmonious and happy way in the natural state.

Those relatively large giant beasts obviously carried packed supplies on their backs. In addition, I also found many familiar appearances in the herd, with the characteristics of giant beasts that I knew but I couldn’t identify the species. Strange creatures - synthetic beasts, it seems that this is the behemoth army controlled by the enemy.

I really found it!I can't help but lift up my spirits.

It's just that I swept this huge herd from beginning to end, but I didn't see any traces of humans and elves as managers.

Is it by using magic spells to lean over some giant beasts remotely, and then control the actions of the entire herd of beasts?

I was thinking about it, and suddenly noticed a few unusual beasts—the appearance seemed to be a wolf, and it was very big. It was completely different from the wargs I had seen in the Wild of Giant Beasts, and it did not look like other subspecies, but Makes me feel like I've seen it somewhere.The most important thing is that their action mode is obviously different from other giant beasts—they keep a certain distance from the herd, and run between the herd on both sides, like shepherd dogs guarding the flock.And I also vaguely saw that they seemed to open their mouths to communicate with each other, simply... like primates with advanced intelligence.

A good scout is one who wipes out the enemy easily (4)

The scale of this behemoth army is not large, and the number is estimated to be in the early [-]s at a glance.It looked like they were marching somewhere, maybe they were called out from some stronghold to gather at a certain base.

If this is the case, as long as they hide and follow them all the time, they should be able to follow the clues to find a certain base of the enemy.

But those giant wolves driving this large group of giant beasts made me extremely concerned.There were four wolves, two on each side of the herd.The species controlled and bred by the enemy are basically the species with the highest individual combat effectiveness in the field of giant beasts, either a behemoth whose weight is measured by tonnage, or the most ferocious top predators.But the size of these four wolves can only be said to be slightly larger than that of the wolf, and they cannot be compared with the giant beasts driven by them.

If it is a creature possessed by an elf's enchantment, they should use telepathy to communicate, instead of opening their mouths to "talk" like I just saw.

My intuition told me that there was something wrong with these wolves with unusual behavior patterns.

Want to fly a little closer and take a closer look?Or consider the risk of being discovered and keep a high degree of follow-up... I hesitated in my heart.

But at this moment, a sense of weightlessness suddenly invaded my whole body-the queen who was carrying me began to dive down without warning.Not only that, she also flapped her wings, using her spirit to manipulate the airflow around her body to speed up her descent.

It was as if the blood in my whole body flowed backwards for a moment, and the discomfort that swept my whole body prevented me from shouting out immediately.About three seconds later, I was able to squeeze out a surprised cry from my throat: "What are you doing!?"

At this time, the altitude has dropped a lot, the distance between the surface and us has been greatly shortened, and the details of the herd of beasts below are much clearer than before.

But at this moment, I didn't have much mind to care about the herd, because I suddenly understood what the female lizard sitting under my butt was thinking.

"Could it be that you want to... give me a place to live—"

I didn't have time to call out the word "hand" in the end, because the queen who dived rapidly opened her mouth and spewed out a fireball that was so fast that the trajectory was hard to see, and it directly smashed into the middle of the herd.

There was a loud bang, and the pillar of fire rose into the sky with the explosion, and the swelling air wave entrained by the gravel lifted the ton-heavy monster.A huge burning pit was suddenly blasted out on the ground, and countless corpses of giant beasts were burning inside.

I lay on the queen's back, looked at the scene below, and petrified on the spot.

This guy, actually actually attacked the enemy as soon as he saw it... To be precise, he "talked".

I have repeatedly warned, but this female lizard was the first to launch the attack!

Now I really feel that I have one head and two big ones!

The herd of beasts fell into chaos for a moment, but soon seemed to calm down under the influence of black magic, and stopped in place, as if they had turned into sculptures, which looked extremely weird.

As for the four wolves I had been paying attention to before, they all raised their heads sharply, and quickly focused their eyes on us.

Similarly, at this distance, I finally saw their appearance and details clearly.At this moment, a huge shudder exploded in my head, because I found that these giant wolves had ferocious horns on their heads—like demonic horns.

What a monster! ?

"Aww!!" A giant gray wolf let out a mighty roar, and then immediately turned away from the herd and began to run with all its strength. After hearing its voice, the other three wolves also began to flee in different directions.

Damn it, they saw the situation was not good and were ready to escape!

At this moment, I am completely convinced that these wolves have the intelligence and judgment ability of primates.

Just when they were away from the herd of beasts, the giant beasts who had calmed down like puppets suddenly became restless... It should be said that they suddenly went crazy collectively.They howled furiously, and began to bite, rush, and trample each other, and those synthetic beasts even tore the ordinary giant beasts into pieces in the blink of an eye.

One thing I finally realized was that those "wolves" were the managers of the herd.They are manipulating these herds of beasts with black magic. When they give up these herds of beasts and run away, these behemoths have completely fallen into madness, just like the composite beast whose manipulator was killed when we were hunting in Helgia. Same.

The herd did not go mad for long, for the flying Queen fluttered low above them, and the flames poured down on the herd like a waterfall from the wind blown by her wings.The frenzied herd was ignited, and they bit and attacked more frantically in the flames, as if they were performing an ukiyo-e of purgatory.

"Enough! Don't worry about these giant beasts!!" I shouted at the queen who was killing it easily, "Hurry up!"

"Chasing? What are you chasing?" The queen didn't understand my intentions. She didn't know much about the creatures outside. Seriously.