~Date: ~November 08~

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The 21st year of the Dark Gate, the third day of the Kurtilas Navy Landing Day.

Outside the Island of Theramo, there is a dust slug swamp.

An alliance patrol team composed of eleven soldiers was trekking towards the direction of the guard post in the foul mud.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dull gunshots rang out in the sparse bushes, breaking the strange quiet and powerful gun bullet in the swamp, and accurately blasted into the eye sockets of a large crocodile, which was at least five or six meters long, like a hammer smashing a watermelon to smash the hideous and ugly head and the terrifying and sharp long crocodile kiss.

The powerful gun bullet instantly turned the reptile lurking in mud and shrubs, trying to sneak attack the patrol and catch lunch, but the dead crocodile still shook like a conditioned reflex. It was not until it fell down two or three bushes beside it, and it finally fell down and lost all signs of life...

"Damn it, which one is the first along the way?"

He stepped up the barrel that was almost as long as his height, pulled the dwarf musketeer who was shot dead by the crocodile and whined in anger. "This broken swamp is full of these crazy cold-blooded animals, I've had enough!"

"Aha, this is the seventh one, the more you have, the better!"

A sensation of joking sounds filled with satisfaction quietly sounded in the ears of the members of the patrol team. The space next to the crocodile's corpse was shaking unstable, and a human thief in black suit and a naval battle robe retreated from his stealth state, exposing his thin body to the front of the person.

"A few more people who die, I can save enough leather to make myself a new crocodile leather armor...tsk tsk!"

While sighing with exaggeration, he took out an old skinning knife from his waist. The human thief quickly cut the skinning knife into the gap. He broke the crocodile's body and cut off a large piece of milky white soft skin from the abdomen and threw it into his waist bag.

After doing one set of movements, I am extremely skillful. It can be seen that this is definitely not the first time I have done this job.

...

"Hey, short guy, keep working hard! I'm alligator leather armor all counts on you!"

After cooking the crocodile's corpse, the thief ran all the way to catch up with the team. He patted the dwarf musketeer's head with "encouragement" on his face and said seriously. Then, without waiting for the dwarf to get angry, he quickly entered the stealth state and ran away. The annoyed dwarf musketeer was so angry that he jumped up and cursed at the position where the human thief disappeared:

"I hate other people's height to tell you! You're dead, don't let me catch you, thin monkey!"

"Okay, have you made enough trouble?" The captain of the patrol team, a human charming man wrapped in a layer of "tin cans" in the plate armor. He hangs an arm from the dead tree with a sword, and cuts off the vines that block the way. He looks at the laughter and makes the two team members yell at the angrily shout: "Hurry up and hurry up! Be careful and don't take advantage of the tribe!"

"Hurry on the way, hurry on the way! It's another way! This week, we have patrolled this damn muddy four times!" Hearing the captain's orders and urging, the dwarf musketman sighed and complained:

"Prevent the tribe?"

"Oh, the hammer of the bronze beard! Don't joke! Apart from those big reptiles and we are unlucky guys, who would come to this place where birds don't shit?"

"During this period, the mission volume of our patrol teams has doubled! What are the senior generals thinking? Are their heads smashed into pieces by ogres?"

"Okay, don't complain!" The human thief in the stealth state of the dwarf musketeer suddenly spoke again, interrupting his chattering teammates: "I don't know if those senior generals were hit by ogres, but I know at least they don't use them to party with crocodiles and poisonous insects in this swamp..."

"Bang!" A dark dagger flashed from the phantom and indeed spitted a letter, and the colorful poisonous snake on its body was nailed to the trunk beside it. As the human thief said, he couldn't help but follow the complaints of the dwarf comrades and sarcastic:

"Agree! Who made your rank just a sergeant, not a lieutenant colonel? After being a soldier for so many years, have you never heard of the saying "An officer moves his mouth and a soldier runs and breaks his legs"?"

"Enough! You two are shut up!" The captain leading the team in front heard the words of the two team members behind him becoming less and less verbal. He glared at him and said viciously: "The duty of a soldier is to obey orders. Do you have no enlightenment at all?"

"The order to increase patrol was issued by His Majesty Dailin himself. It will be given to me from now on. I don't want to hear any complaints anymore, do you understand?"

"clear!"

Faced with the usual respected captain's stern scolding, all the team members stood up and replied loudly. The captain who was satisfied with the reaction of his subordinates also eased his tone and comforted him:

"Okay, there's nothing to complain about. Let's hold on for two more days! You should have heard some news vaguely... I'll give you a brief explanation first." Captain Jiao carefully glanced around, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously:

"We will make a big move soon! Two days later, the army will set off from the fortress to find the bad luck of the orcs outside... Maybe soon, we will no longer have to be trapped in this swamp and hang out with mud, poisonous insects, etc...."

Sure enough, the sergeant's words instantly caused a great commotion in the team. The "buzzing" sounded like bees shaking their wings sounded in the patrol team. The patrol team members who heard the exact news were either excited or worried, and they whispered to each other and talked a lot.

No matter what, the news that the war with orcs and tribes is about to begin, is a major event for the grassroots officers and soldiers in the army!

Whether it is the difficulty of rushing out of the swamp and the sea of ​​suffering, or the rekindling of the war between the tribe warriors who fought against the demons, it is closely related to all the Theramo soldiers...

While the members of the patrol team were still discussing this "big news" with each other, the human thief had already tiptoed to Captain Jiao, and showed a "pleasant" expression to ask a new question, trying to dig out some secret rumors from the old captain behind his connections:

"Captain... said Your Majesty... I heard that our female lord seemed to be ordered to be under house arrest by His Majesty the King because he opposed the sending of troops... Do you have any insider information? Let me express some satisfaction of my curiosity?"

When he heard this question asked by the thief subordinate who was usually interested in asking some rumor, Captain Jiao frowned slightly and glanced at him coldly. He warned in a deep voice:

"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask! It's not a good thing to be too curious! Don't say that the captain, I didn't warn you, can you inquire about this kind of news?"

Looking at the thief's awkward expression, a look of embarrassment, and some words in his stomach for a long time, Captain Gu couldn't help but sigh:

"As a lord, Ms. Jaina is indeed a rare leader. But as a commander... His Royal Highness is not qualified enough! As a woman... sometimes, she is still too weak!"

"How can humans and orcs... truly coexist peacefully?"

After a brief overview, Captain Jiao, who had woken up from the truth, glared at him in a angrily manner with a surprised face, as if he had discovered a "shocking secret", and whispered in a stern expression:

"Tighten your mouth. Rotate this to my stomach. Do you hear it?"

"You said nothing just now, and I heard nothing!" The human thief, whose curiosity was satisfied, saw that the captain was about to be on the verge of getting angry. He nodded quickly and cleverly hid the topic.

"Haha, you kid... go ahead and sneak up on the alert!" He was very satisfied with the thief's reaction. Captain Jiao smiled and scolded, gently put it on the thief's butt, then turned around and shouted at his subordinates who were still talking enthusiastically behind him, "Okay, guys, let's stop at this time!"

"Before dark, we must arrive at the guard post. We still have a long way to go. Otherwise, you can sleep with crocodile and poisonous snakes in the mud!"

"keep going!"

...

The patrol team was already drifting away in the muddy mud. No one noticed that on the trees next to the place where Captain Jiao and the human thieves just talked. A storm crow with black fur on his body, with a tuft of white fluff on his chest jumping out of the dense branches and leaves. The big spiritual eyes were spinning constantly...

If you want others to know, don’t do it yourself!

Although the patrol team did not relax their vigilance when talking, for the ancient Kalimdo continent, they were still a group of new "outsiders".

When those living and reproducing on this continent for thousands of years have long understood how to integrate into this land and deliberately hide, even if they are fully energetic, how can they easily discover clues?

The conversation between Captain Jiao and the thief thought he was secret was long ago heard clearly by this storm crow...

"Qua!Qua!"

After two loud noises with the unique smug and pleasant tone of intelligent creatures, the storm crow had already flapped his wings into the sky, spreading his wings to the West...

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Located in the terrifying totem post at the junction of Dust and Swamp and Barren Land, it is a busy and noisy scene at this moment.

Kong Wu was powerful, strong European men, scattered in groups in the camp, and vigorously strengthened the city walls and fences of the camp, repairing and adding defensive measures.

More than a dozen large-scale transporters of Kodo beasts were driven by the drive of several Kodo beast knights, carrying a bottle of cannons dismantled from the battleship, and transported them to the hills and highlands on both sides of the camp to build artillery positions.

Once the battle with humans really starts in this area, the two artillery positions can cross-cover and pour artillery fire into every corner of the battlefield in front of the terrifying totem post, providing sufficient fire support to the warriors of the Dragon Wheeling Legion.

Elite troops of more than 35,000 people were stationed here. Coupled with mine formations, crossbows, large numbers of rolling stones and wood on the hillsides of the front of the position, various defense measures, as well as the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack at the junction of the two places...

This European camp, which was built in an attempt to stop the alliance from entering the barren lands, has now been built into a line of defense like a natural barrier!

One man is at the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it!

...

In the command room at the center of the camp, the violent bull Anak was looking at the various documents "stacked like mountains" in front of him with a headache. From time to time, he looked up at the face-parse man Grudiger Anyun, who was sitting not far away. This brother was able to show great mercy and rescue himself from these annoying documents...

Unfortunately, his wish is destined to be disappointed.

As a hunter with a keen sense, the face-paralyzing man at this moment seemed to have "at all" not noticed Anak's movements, without any indication at all. He still slowly rubbed the neck of the black lion lying on the ground beside him, causing the lion king Shumalan to let out a comfortable whimper...

In the end, the violent bull, whose neck was sore, could only sigh as if he had accepted his fate, grabbed the quill again, browsed one by one, and signed various military commands and garrison orders. However, he seemed to be venting his mouth and "mumbling" such as, "No loyalty... I don't save you... I intentionally..."

He said he was muttering on his own, but the one present in the tent was not a strong man with a sharp ear and a little master, and the Europeans were born with a loud voice... In comparison, it was not as good as the shouts of normal people...

Didn't see the old white bull Balasen* Linghoof who was drinking strong tea on his own, but he kept smiling at the performance of this junior?

Perhaps it was "shot" by the resentment of the violent bull. The facial paralyzed man who had not made any noise suddenly reached his hand to his waist. When Anac saw this scene, he was immediately surprised, hoping that Grudiger could help him with kindness. But the next second, the violent bull's expression was stiff again, and his big hand like a palm fan covered his face speechlessly...

I saw that the paralyzed man pulled out a large piece of thunder lizard's hind legs from his magic backpack on his waist, placed it in front of the lion King Xiuma, and sat back to his seat again. In the process, he did not say a word. With the depressed expression of the violent bull, this was simply a nude teasing...

Looking at the food in front of him, the lazy black lion immediately became more energetic. He roared with satisfaction and extended his sharp claws to his lunch.

But who knows that there is also a huge brown and yellow bear paw that moves faster than it!

The giant bear Misha, this big guy who had been lying on the ground and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. After smelling the aroma of the food, he immediately stretched out his palm. He actually slapped Shuma aside at a faster speed than the agile Shuma, and swallowed it with a big mouthful of food. Shuma was not moved by annoyed roaring.

After squeezing the hind legs of the thunder lizard weighing more than ten pounds, the big guy was swallowed into his stomach. What's worse is that the greedy giant bear was snatching the angry black lion proudly, with a provocative look on his face...

"Misa...you're messing around again!"

A low and honest voice sounded in the camp. In his arms, a porcupine with sharp hair restrained, and with the other hand, the beast king Lexa, who had a sharp-eyed eagle beside him, showed an apologetic and bitter smile at the face-paralyzed man, turned around and glared at the giant bear and glared at him and said.

After Misha, the big guy, showed a very humane expression of grievance, he still carried the mask of "Batman", smiled bitterly and shook his head, and also found a large piece of smoked wind snake meat from his waist, handed it to Xiuma, who was snatched by the lion's mouth, and patted the lion's head comfortably.

Lexa is worthy of being a strong man who is respected as the "Beast King". His affinity for animals and his understanding of animal habits is almost as weak as that of any druid from the Rende Society. With a few simple soothing and scratching, the lion king Shuma, who was angry and irritable, enjoyed the delicacies before he stood up with satisfaction.

"Hey, Lexus! You can actually consider being a beast bar administrator. The business will definitely be good. You can pay off the money you owe me earlier!"

The Panda Wine Fairy, who had been pouring the "beautiful" wine he had brewed into her stomach, couldn't help but quip when she saw this scene: "Apart from this little girl Misha, there seems to be no animal you can't handle! Look at the big black cat, looking at her enjoyable look..."

After saying that, Lao Chen, who was a little drunk, patted his round belly and burped a big hiccup.

"Compared with many intelligent creatures full of minds and conspiracies, these simple-minded animal companions make me trust more..." Hearing the panda wine fairy's joke, Lexar shrugged his shoulders, straightened up Shuma's mane, and answered indifferently but full of philosophical answers.

While everyone was talking, Misha, who was beside her, had already cunningly approached the Panda Wine Fairy. She took off Lao Chen's heavy wine barrel while everyone was not paying attention and poured a strong wine in everyone's surprised expression. It was not until the whole bucket of wine was eaten that she licked her lips without feeling at all...

"Oh, no! Misha, you bad girl! How could you drink all my wine?" The panda wine fairy, who finally came to her senses, looked at the empty wine barrel thrown back to her feet without tears, and shouted in regret. But what she got was Misha's big roll of eyes as an answer...
To be continued...