Early in the morning, the sun rose again.
Under the sunlight, Adil rode a horse and led a few people, patrolling the area in Silence.
After a while, he returned to the camp with his people and saw the soldiers gathered there.
He frowned subconsciously and stopped a passing person, asking him about the situation.
"Someone from the frontlines has returned. It's said that they've found traces of the orcs. Lord Pilar is gathering soldiers and preparing to suppress them." The soldier had a respectful expression on his face as he finished telling Leylin everything he knew, and then hurriedly left.
Adil paused and turned to look ahead.
The fighting forces in the camp had basically all been gathered. Not only the elites that Pilar had brought from the castle, but also some apprentice knights who had originally been stationed here.
There were still some soldiers coming back one after another. They were all like Adil, who had been sent to patrol the area a while ago, and now they were all coming back one after another.
Seeing this, Adil sighed inwardly. He didn't hesitate and directly rode to the front.
He saw Pilar standing in front of the patrolling troops. He was still wearing that light black armor, and looked just as mighty.
As if sensing Adil's gaze, Pilar turned around halfway and looked in Adil's direction, nodding slightly at him.
Looking around, Adil consciously walked to the side of the line, where all the apprentice knights like Adil were standing.
He looked around, and Deere was also among them. Right now, his expression was unprecedentedly serious, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.
After a while, when most of the people who had been called back had returned, Pilar began to divide the troops.
The mission this time was to suppress the orcs. From what they knew so far, this group of orcs was not weak, and they would definitely need to transfer a large portion of their fighting forces.
However, the camp couldn't be left unguarded. During the time they were away, there also needed to be people guarding here to prevent the bandits and barbarians from the north from entering the territory in the south.
Of course, for Adil, this actually had nothing to do with him.
… …
Several days later, in the wilderness, Adil followed the troops in front of him in Silence.
"After walking for another half a day, we'll reach that area."
When they arrived at this region and looked at the troops behind them, Pular suddenly said, "Have our people speed up. We have to get there by today."
Following the order, the team's speed increased again.
But looking at this situation, Adil frowned.
Leading the team at such a fast speed in an unknown location was extremely taxing on their stamina. If an accident happened, they would easily be thwarted.
The entire army was not made up entirely of cavalry. Most of the warriors were actually on foot.
Although the physique of the warriors in this world was much stronger than the people in the previous world, they would still feel tired after walking under the sun for such a long time.
Through his keen sense of hearing, Adil could vaguely hear the sounds of heavy panting coming from the surroundings. It came from the warriors around him from time to time.
"Let's hope there aren't any accidents," he thought to himself as he rode on the horse and looked at the rugged road ahead.
After passing through here, it was close to noon. They arrived at the foot of a mountain, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
This abnormal situation attracted everyone's attention.
Pular rode on a tall white horse. Looking at the surrounding terrain, he said with some confusion, "Where are the people we sent out to patrol? Haven't they come back yet? "
"Not yet." A response came from behind him, the tone also a little confused.
Hearing this, Pular subconsciously frowned. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
Whoosh!
Just at this moment, a strange sound suddenly rang out.
Adil's eyes narrowed. This sound was incomparably familiar. "This is … the sound of arrows piercing through the air?"
This thought flashed through his mind in an instant. He instinctively raised his head and saw the arrows in the sky.
His strong physique and long term training instincts came into play at the first moment.
Before the others could react, Adil reflexively picked up a shield hanging from his horse, and then pushed off with his feet. He leapt fiercely, landing on the ground in an instant.
He swung his left hand forward, the shield in his hand knocking away the arrows in front of him. Only then did he have the mind to look around.
The horse he had been sitting on was gone. More than ten arrows had viciously pierced its body, and it was now lying on the ground, howling in pain.
The others were in a similar situation.
The apprentice knights were better off. Although they had been taken care of, their bodies were much stronger, and their reactions were not bad. Only a few unlucky fellows had been hit.
The ordinary warriors were much more miserable.
Compared to the apprentice knights, these ordinary warriors not only had much slower reactions, but their equipment was also worse. Some warriors didn't even have crude leather armor. If they were hit, their fates would be extremely miserable.
Adil noticed that the arrowheads of the arrows were clearly a bit pale green. It was very likely that they had been soaked in some kind of poison.
At the front of the group, Pral's face was cold. He had already drawn his longsword, and his extremely imposing eyes stared ahead.
In the quiet surroundings, a series of muffled sounds rang out.
In front of them, in the quiet forest, orcs around two meters tall walked out. They wore simple animal skin robes, and their faces were ferocious. Each of them had a bloodthirsty, berserk aura about them.
Compared to humans, these orcs' skin was grey, and their bodies were much stronger. Most of them held heavy weapons, and it was enough to make one's heart tremble.
"Si … la Meng."
An inexplicable roar came from the orcs' mouths.
Without any unnecessary words or communication, the moment they saw the orcs, they raised their weapons and charged forward viciously.
The front shook violently. These orcs were very direct, taking advantage of the moment when Adil and the others hadn't reacted to attack. They didn't give them any time to prepare.
Immediately, almost all the warriors' expressions changed, including Pral's.
"Something's wrong!" In that instant, Adil's heart trembled. "So many orcs, they're practically a small orc tribe. How could they have come here without any news?"
Orc society was not the same as humans. Most of them were made up of individual tribes, and would only unite when necessary.
Excluding the old, weak, women, and children, as well as females, an ordinary orc tribe would usually only have a few hundred warriors.
In front of Adil, there were at least three or four hundred orc warriors.
Before he could think too much, the orcs in front of him roared in a language that Adil didn't understand, and brandished their weapons as they charged towards them.
Faced with this situation, no matter what they had been thinking, they could only draw their weapons and fight these orcs.
Adil and the other apprentice knights were clearly being taken care of.
Compared to ordinary warriors, these apprentice knights were much more threatening, and the armor and weapons they wore were often better, making them more conspicuous than ordinary warriors.
Even though Adil looked relatively weak among the apprentice knights because of his age, he was now surrounded by several tall orc warriors, looking at him with malevolent expressions.
Seeing the orc warriors charging at him again, Adil's expression did not change. He held a silver shield that was one meter wide in his left hand, and his right hand reached for the cross sword at his waist.
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound rang out, and a red trail of blood appeared.
In front of Adil, the tall orc warrior opened his eyes, staring at Adil, as if he couldn't believe that he would be defeated so quickly.
A huge metal axe smashed down at Adil, but was blocked by a silver shield.
Adil felt the power from the shield in his left hand, and his nervous heart completely calmed down.
These Orcs looked strong and powerful, and that was true. But compared to Adil, they were still inferior.
Adil estimated that these ordinary orc warriors had about 1.5 strength, and their agility and physique were also slightly stronger than ordinary people. In terms of physical fitness, they could be compared to elite human warriors, but compared to apprentice knights, they were still lacking, not to mention compared to Adil.
A cold light flashed in the air, and under a huge wave of power, an orc's huge head was sent flying.
Adil turned around, and without hesitation, he slashed down a few times, blocking the attacks of the other orcs beside him.
He rushed forward, and the orcs in front of him could not even react in time, and were still in their original positions. The cross sword in his hand pierced through their chests, and their bodies fell to the ground behind them.
Roar!!
A low roar came from behind Adil, and the whistling sound of weapons flying quickly reached Adil's ears.
He subconsciously used his left hand to block, and the shield in his hand collided with a huge sword.
Bang!!
A violent collision sound rang out, and a huge force surged towards his body.
Adil felt his hand go numb, and he took a few steps back before looking behind him.
It was an orc warrior that was much taller than ordinary orcs. Not only was he almost 2.5 meters tall, but he was also wearing rough leather armor. At this moment, he was half-kneeling on the ground, and seemed to have suffered some damage from the collision.
This was an orc warrior, and one of the stronger orcs. In terms of combat strength, it was equivalent to apprentice knights.
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