Roddy and Carter walked straight into Sodin's room and noticed that the commander did not look too good.
Usually, this kind of expression meant that the two scout teams would not have a good time for the next three days. Sodin was a typical "good-for-nothing". He was not very capable, had a bad temper, loved to eat, and loved to make achievements. Basically, he did not lack any shortcomings.
In 'Rody's' memory, this idiot used his father's identity as a squire of a knight to get his current useless military rank. Although he had a military rank, he could only be considered as someone who got paid by the army.
Everyone knew that when Sodin's father died on the battlefield, he was only eight years old. His father, who was a skilled squire, did not have the time to pass on anything to him before Sodin's mother became a widow. Two years later, Sodin died of illness. His broken family did not teach Sodin how to work hard, but in the end, it made him ambitious and disliked hard work.
Sodin had planned to claim credit with a sack of orc heads, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not enough for him to be promoted. He was the kind of person who did not do anything but was greedy for credit and resentful when he did not get what he wanted. At this moment, Sodin was indignant that Carter and the others did not kill more orcs yesterday and had nowhere to vent his anger. But when he saw the string of orc heads in Carter's hand, his eyes lit up and his bad mood immediately changed. He asked in surprise, "You killed so many orcs again?!"
"Yes, sir. These are the corpses of eight orc Wolf Riders, we —"
Carter wanted to say something, but Sodin didn't seem to have any intention of waiting for him to say anything. Ignoring the smell of blood, he rushed forward and snatched the necklace of heads. He patted Carter's shoulder and said, "One, two, three. Eight? I didn't know you were so strong before. Are orcs really so weak? "
Sodin, who had never been on the battlefield, naturally did not understand the danger of this battle. Carter's mentality had changed a lot. He could not help but feel a sense of disgust towards Sodin. Not only did he hate Sodin's undisguised greed, but he also hated himself for being similar to Sodin.
"These are eight orc wolf riders, sir." Carter did not reply in a flattering manner like he did in the past. Instead, he revealed a faint sense of alienation. "We discovered an Orc camp in the northwest and were pursued by them. But in the end, we took care of these Wolf Riders —"
"Well done!"
Sodin did not realize the importance of Carter's words. At that moment, he was only thinking about how many silver coins and military merits he could exchange for these Orcs' heads. Sodin interrupted Carter with a few words of praise and small talk. After that, he signaled Carter to leave. As for Rody, he did not even look at him from the beginning to the end.
Carter felt extremely awkward.
He admitted that he was not very capable, and he also admitted that he liked to talk big. Sometimes, he was even proud of his good interpersonal skills. But at this moment, he felt that no matter how much he tried to flatter Sodin in the past, the result he got was really disgusting.
Carter came from a humble background, but that didn't mean he was an ungrateful person. He brought Roddy here because he recognized Roddy's efforts and status. Today's battle had thoroughly proved Roddy's ability. Roddy would be far more suitable to be a leader than Carter himself.
But Carter wanted it, but Sodin didn't. This dog sh * t Second Lieutenant didn't even understand the importance of "discovering an Orc camp"!
Carter was worried that the nobles would ignore this news like Roddy said. But now, it seemed that not only the nobles, even a f * cking Second Lieutenant didn't have the brains to pay attention to this important news.
He turned to look at Roddy and found that the young man didn't seem anxious or angry. He just looked down and shook his head. Carter sighed helplessly. The two didn't say anything else and left together. Sodin was left alone looking at the Orc heads and wondering if he could be promoted to First Lieutenant.
"I didn't think — Sigh …"
Carter wanted to smile bitterly when he walked out of the house, but his voice was very dry. The words he wanted to say turned into a sigh.
"The Kingdom of Karen has experienced too much peace. People are unwilling to face war. They would rather deceive themselves when war is coming. It's normal."
Roddy remembered the quests in the beginner's village in the Kingdom of Karen when the "Earthbreaker" server was launched a year later. The information in the quests showed that even when the Orcs were wreaking havoc at the border, the people of the Kingdom of Karen still didn't believe that the Orcs would really invade. They only thought that it was the "radical behavior" of "a small number of Orcs". After the Kingdom of Karen defeated the Orcs, they signed an agreement that stated that the Orcs were not allowed to step into the territory of the Kingdom of Karen. People naively believed that the Orcs wouldn't go against the Kingdom of Karen …
Facts had proven that any war was the eruption of accumulated contradictions. The so-called "fuse" was just a small matter that was not worth mentioning at all, because what was bound to happen would always happen. Just like people who got into a fight because of a quarrel, cursing each other fiercely before was just to find an excuse for themselves to be even more ruthless. Roddy understood that the orcs would eventually invade, but he could not announce to the world that it would happen.
It was still the same thing — who would take a scout's wild "guess" seriously?
Carter silently returned to the village with Roddy. Today's mission had come to an end. The scouts were not as strict as the cavalry regiment or Hollier's elite troops. The soldiers were more leisurely. Other than eating, sleeping, and patrolling the borders, their only entertainment was gambling. The soldiers were penniless, and they only had a few copper coins to win or lose. They were poor, and they couldn't even go to a brothel if they wanted to. This was Kirk's village, and if they didn't want to lose their jobs, they wouldn't dare to bully others. At most, they would say a few dirty words in front of the widows in the village.
But these soldiers, who usually seemed to have nowhere to vent their energy, were frighteningly silent today. When Carter and Roddy walked into the dining shed, the scouts of the second team stood up together, as if waiting for some news.
"Everyone … I have something to say today."
Carter did not have the demeanor of a leader, and his current position was not even that of a leader. But at this moment, his words made the eyes of the scouts of the two teams turn to look at him.
This did not bring him any sense of vanity. Instead, it made him feel even more bitter. His eyelids drooped slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse as he said, "We are a group of scouts who earn a living. We are all risking our lives to earn this meager amount of military pay. In fact, no one is more noble than anyone else. Today … we killed a group of orc wolf riders. Many people may not understand what this means, but I remember clearly who led our brothers back from that kind of situation. "
The scouts of the first team did not know what was going on, but when they thought of the string of heads that Carter carried today and the words "wolf riders", they all remained silent.
"Second Lieutenant Sodin did not think that those orcs were a threat. He did not even care about the news of the camp's appearance. But … but I believe what Roddy said. "
"Those are orcs. They are not humans! These bastards of orcs will sooner or later stretch their fangs out to us, to Norland Village, and even Hollier City … "Carter lowered his head and slowly took off the scout leader badge on his chest. He raised his head and looked at his comrades in front of him. He suddenly felt a sense of heroism." Let's not talk about other things. Roddy has led us to victory, and leading us to make the right decision, I think he can do the same. "
Turning around, Carter pinned the team leader badge on Roddy's chest, and then stood at attention, giving a very solemn military salute.
The meaning of this series of actions was clear to everyone. But to be able to make Carter make such a firm decision, Roddy was also very impressed in his heart.
As a modern person, Roddy's concepts of "those who are capable" and "abdicate" were too advanced compared to the feudal society of the "divided land". He could not completely understand what Carter was giving up when he did this, but he instinctively felt that it was not easy to make a person who could only be at the bottom of society for the rest of his life give up the little power in his hands.
The soldiers who looked at Roddy and Carter were silent for a moment, but they did not have any objections. Lug, who was sitting in the corner, roughly understood what had happened. He sighed helplessly and asked, "Can you explain to us?"
This was already very polite words. When had Lug ever treated Carter or Roddy like this? But whether it was the beating that Roddy gave him today or the victory that the scout team had in the past ten years in the afternoon, to a veteran like Lug, it had an indescribable meaning.
Unlike Carter, Lug was not a newbie, nor was he the deceiving Second Lieutenant Sodin. From a certain point of view, he was the only veteran in Norland Village who had seen the power of the Wolf Riders.
So no matter how much conflict he had with Roddy, in the face of the threat of the Orcs, they had to work together.
As the captain of the first scout team, Lug had always been in a state of opposing the captain of the second team. He looked down on those childish young people, but after hearing Carter's words, his sharp and unyielding eyes turned to look at Roddy. He was not surprised, but more like he was sizing him up.
Lug, who still had bruises on his face, had a bad temper, but this also proved that he was a straightforward person. "You guys killed eight Wolf Riders? No losses? "
Carter knew that the conflict between the two of them this morning would not be resolved easily, so he immediately explained the whole battle in detail. After that, all the scouts looked at Roddy in a completely different way.
Even Lug was momentarily absent-minded. He seemed to remember something. His tightly pursed lips and closed eyes showed that this memory was probably a pain that would last him for the rest of his life …
When he opened his eyes again, his face seemed to be more haggard than before. He looked at Carter and asked in a low voice, "What did that Sodin guy say?"
"Him? He was only thinking about how many military merits those heads could be exchanged for. "
Carter snorted coldly, and the scouts around him could not help but feel a little angry and dissatisfied.
"The problem we have to face now is … the Orcs are building a camp thirty kilometers away. If we let them finish building their outpost, I'm afraid that Norland Village will be attacked by those beasts sooner or later." Carter's face was gloomy. When he thought of Sodin's attitude, he was a little angry. "I didn't want to believe Roddy's deduction at first, but now it seems that … I have no other choice."
Roddy saw Lug's reaction. He knew that although the beating in the morning had made Lug suffer a lot, it had definitely played a big role now — at least the whole scout team had started to treat him as the center.
Roddy did not expect Carter to "give up". In fact, he had already planned to use all kinds of means to get the position of team leader. If Lug dared to object, he would find a chance to make him completely convinced. But now it seemed that the reactions of these two people were much better than he had imagined. It seemed that the next step of his plan would not be difficult to achieve …
For his own purpose, Roddy deliberated for a while and said in a serious tone, "The second lieutenant did not give any specific orders, so our mission will continue."
Hearing this, the scouts seemed to be relieved, but their faint expectations were also dashed. But what Roddy said next made them suddenly raise their heads —
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