Demon Lord Chapter-15 "Scout Counterattack(4)"

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 As the sun was about to go down, Quartermaster Dick packed Roddy's needs in more than a dozen parcels and breathlessly delivered them to him-this time, instead of asking for a bribe, he looked more in the eye. Maybe some inexplicable respect.

    "Everything is ready." Roddy took the package nodded and then turned to the soldiers who had been dressed in dark black clothing and blackened swords behind him-

    "Check equipment!"

    The time for the battle finally came. However, at this moment, the scouts' faces do not have much confusion and tension because of one day of training and explanations had made them psychologically optimal-the simple formula of "orcs are not invincible" had been instilled in their brains, the biggest fear "Unknown" had disappeared and they now faced a group of enemies who they already knew almost all the weaknesses of.

    So at this moment, the morale of this team was unprecedentedly high and even everyone had strong confidence in the upcoming battle.

    Each person is equipped with a short bow and carries 6 arrows, carrying the package that Roddy specifically requested to carry, the long sword in place, the armor fastened and 14 ready-to-run scouts turning over, facing the sunset as they slowly fall into the horizon going in the distance.

    Before leaving, everyone had a full meal. When they left Nolan Village, the villagers also seemed to notice that these soldiers were different from usual. They looked at the dusk in the distance and remained silent.

    "Is this really okay?"

    Carter didn't quite believe that this attack could be as confident as Roddy said. He met the orcs twice. Although they had won the battle, he would not have the strength of these guys. These young people around them really have to be met with slaughter on one side. Although Roddy has mentioned many orcs' weaknesses, this is only a theory after all.

    "Why not?"

    Roddy looked back at the fading sun on horseback and asked. He held the reins in one hand and rubbed the handle of the machete in the other. "Now is not the time to consider whether I can defeat the opponent, because we have to believe that we will be able to defeat, so we can fight this battle. "

    The last rays of the sun disappeared.

    The thirty-kilometer distance was coved quickly and when the night fell, the war horse gradually slowed down. Finally, under the command of Roddy, all the soldiers began to abandon the war horse and instead walked on foot.

    The wind in the prairie still had that faint fresh taste. The body humped across a low grassy slope. Only the sound of whining wind could be heard in the ears. The probe was looking 300 meters away, and it was flashing with the bonfire. Orc camp came into view.

    All scouts were lying on the other side of the grassy slope, looking far away at the orc camp, looking serious-most people looked at Roddy, not knowing how the temporary commander was going to attack.

    Leader Roddy licked his index finger, measured the wind direction after raising it, and then led this group of people slowly around the downwind. During this period, all soldiers took out short bows and set arrows, ready to deal with sudden situations... At this moment, everyone was nervous. No matter how much Roddy said about the weakness of the orcs, no one can be completely calm when he sees those guys who are more than two meters tall and whose arms are thicker than their legs.

 
    Roddy doesn't expect them to fight heroically, but his the only requirement now is to ban any extra movement—the young scouts can even hear the orcs talking loudly as they approach the orc camp slowly.

    At the forefront was Roddy. In the middle, Ruger conveys the response and order.

    Although this camp was simple, there was also a wooden sentry tower and there was a snoring sentinel on it. It's just that the sky was dim and the sentry had no way to detect more than a dozen human scouts in a downwind of a hundred meters away.

    In other words, he never thought about the possibility of being attacked by humans.

    Of all the people, only Roddy understands that the vision of the orcs is much worse than that of humans at night-this is the successful experience of Roddy's numerous nightly sneak attacks on the orcs.

    The camp in front of them dug trenches to prevent the charge of war horses. Because the orc empire was barren and the only wood was used to build the sentry tower, which comes as a defense measure... and this has caused a great disadvantage: when someone hides in these gullies in the night, even the sentry standing on the sentry tower cannot detect the slightest.

    For Roddy, the key to this battle was not whether the scouts behind him can fight heroically but whether his plan can be executed smoothly-confirm that the sentry's eyes are on the other side, Roddy leads the scouts. He quietly jumped into these trenches against the turf and after confirming that everyone was in place, he left a "standby" order and then went on like a ghost.

    The essence of the "ranger" profession lies in its strength when traveling alone-it has the ability to hide like an assassin, and has a strong ranged sniper ability. Therefore, in "cracked earth", a ranger is often better than an assassin on a complex terrain and can play a bigger and a more active role.

    How much power can Roddy have at level 2? For a guy who can pass through countless games to achieve the most difficult and harmless customs clearance throughout the whole process, this was his first active test after coming to this world.

    His body passed silently in the shadows. When he reached the edge of the tent only fifteen meters from the sentry tower, Roddy was clear enough about the figure of the orc above him. At this time, he seemed to be integrated with the grass. The armor and weapons were long blackened with fire ash and no longer reflected light, and he was lying motionless on the ground, like a stone.

    So, it's now.

    The sentry on the sentry tower yawned and Roddy immediately took advantage of the brief flash of a few seconds to get under the sentry tower-this was a blind spot for the orc sentry but on the other hand, in the camp, the orc could easily notice the uninvited guest-but everything was still quiet and several orcs who walked in the camp were unaware. Roddy's figure stood still completely in the shadow of the tent and the sentry tower, because the only light source was the bonfire in the middle of the camp, so he can easily view the entire camp structure without being discovered by anyone.

    Tents, animal pens, and simple sentry towers. These are the only three types of buildings in this camp. After re-judging the number of orcs, Roddy estimates that the orcs in the camp at this moment may be above or below 25 people-remembering the entire building layout, it took a total of about five minutes. After completing all the preparations, he immediately returned to the ditch not far away at a very fast speed without any movement.

    At this time after the adventure survey, he had made a suitable plan in his mind for the next battle.

    When Roddy reappeared next to the scouts, the silent, swift and unusual movement surprised these young people, even Ruger was shocked. He naturally understood what Roddy meant and this also gave him more peace of mind-at least the more capable Roddy is, the higher the chance of success in this battle.

    "Remove the package."

    Roddy made a silent gesture and Ruger reacted first. Carter and the remaining soldiers subsequently pulled out the packages and then they found out that these were arrows filled with fuel for ignition. Almost everyone has a set of flint and velvet.

    "The second team, come with me, the first team is on standby."

    Roddy whispered that he missed the time when he and his comrades could only communicate through tactical gestures, but apparently these people in front of them did not have that tactical quality at all. Ruger was called and he added: "Let each team prepare three arrows. Once you hear the screams in the camp, ignite immediately, then shoot the tents connected to the west. After this, I will walk 60 meters west along the trenches and when we see the sentry tower, rush into the camp directly. Understand?”

    Ruger immediately understood Roddy's tactical intentions and nodded solemnly. Accepting the order.

    "Carter, bring the second team with me."

    Roddy looked up at the moonlight above his head, clenched his Horn bow and walked along the trench to the east.

    When the second team of seven scouts followed Roddy to the east of the camp, everything remained silent. But the rapid heartbeat of the soldiers slightly sweated foreheads and the palms on the short bows were slightly slippery. The surge of adrenaline caused the fingertips to tremble slightly-these phenomena cannot be avoided and Roddy would not say more because it was the same when he first ambushed the orc.

    Calling all scouts of the second team in front of himself, Roddy whispered to arrange the next task-"There are three orcs in the camp's regular patrol, plus a total of four sentry towers, we need a shooter to kill them, then immediately ascend the sentry tower to attract firepower and try to shoot the other side, Ruger will support us later, when they rushed into the camp to listen to my order. "

    His eyes swept over these young people and beside him Carter then pointed to the small shields that were previously carried for the spare equipment: "When you board the sentry tower, one person will cover and one will shoot an arrow. Don't make yourself the target of the opponent. That's all I want to say, understand?"

    Those bright eyes in the dark were a little nervous and expectant. Seeing everyone nodded, Roddy took the horn bow and signaled everyone to take an arrow-the patrolling orc would pass in front of the trench in a few minutes and what they had to do was to just wait and give a fatal blow.

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