Chapter 154 Spreading fear to the hills
Without time to explain, Farodan called out and ran in a certain direction.
Levi hurriedly followed.
After walking for a distance, Farodan in front suddenly braked and lay down behind a raised mound next to him.
Levi also turned over and hid.
The linen robe on his body blended into the environment, like sand and stone.
"Look over there."
His sight extended in the direction Farodan pointed, and he saw a mass of small black dots crowded in a certain place, which looked quite lively.
"Oc."
Farodan's face was solemn, and he put one hand on the ancient tomb sword at his waist and estimated.
"About a hundred, and there are also many wargs."
Unlike Farodan's performance of facing a great enemy, Levi's mentality was quite relaxed, with only a little curiosity in his eyes.
"I said that there was no orc, and it turned out that they all ran to the south."
"What are they doing?"
Levi narrowed his eyes and looked over there.
At this moment, the group of orcs were surrounding a dead tree, and a wolf was wandering around with its head down.
"That's one of our strongholds."
Falodane stared at the place without blinking, and his sight moved left and right as the wolf wandered around.
"Stronghold? I don't seem to see any traces of strongholds."
"That's right."
"If you can see it casually, it can't be called a hidden stronghold."
"It's strange, why are they blocking the entrance of the stronghold?"
"Maybe the wolf smelled something."
Levi said casually.
"Yes, it's very likely."
Falodane followed Levi's words and said: "We have some methods to interfere with the tracking of the wargs, but this method may fail sometimes."
"Blood, they are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, and any slight smell in the air will be smelled."
"As long as blood is shed, they will definitely chase you."
"Those wargs are wandering at the entrance of the base, probably because the smell of blood disappears here, which means that there may be wounded in our base..."
At this point, Farodane's hand holding the ancient sword tightened.
"Levi, help me, I'll lead those orcs and wargs away. When they're gone, go to that tree and learn to call like a barn owl four times, in the order of three short and one long..."
"Stop, stop, stop, I'm too lazy to learn how to call like a barn owl--"
Levi interrupted the restless Farodan and said, "They're just orcs and wargs, not even ogres. My suggestion is--go straight in."
"That's more than a hundred of them, and there will be more if you include the wargs!"
Falodan emphasized to Levi, "Remember, this is the same number of people who attacked the roadside fort last time? Oaks."
"This scale is enough to plunder villages and even attack some smaller towns. I advise you to listen to me. Don't worry, I am very experienced. Just leave the matter of attracting the Oaks to me."
"I think I am more experienced than you."
"You have been away for too long, Farodan. Do you think the roadside fort is still the roadside fort before?"
"Or am I still the same as before?"
Levi stood up and walked towards the Oaks. This swaggering look quickly attracted the attention of the Oaks in the distance.
"Too reckless!"
Falodan grinned, thought about it, stood up and followed Levi closely.
The Oaks cast their eyes over and laughed out loud.
"Haha, two stinky maggots rolled out by themselves!"
"Kill them and have fresh meat tonight!!"
An orc riding a warg gave an order, and the orcs around him immediately let out strange cries. Those with wargs rode on them, and those without wargs rushed over in a mess, fearing that the two would run away.
Whoosh--
Seeing the enemy coming fiercely, Farodan quickly shot an arrow and knocked down a warg.
But before he could shoot the second arrow, the orcs and wargs suddenly stopped, stretching their necks to look forward, as if they were hesitating.
"What's going on?"
Falodan was a little confused, and the action of pulling the bow stopped for a while.
Levi stood in front, turned his head and said, "I don't know where you heard the news about me, but what they said must not be complete."
He pointed at the orcs.
"Look, they obviously know who I am and what I have done better than you do."
Swish——
The long sword was drawn out, and it flashed with a blue light, as if it would illuminate the dim hills.
"Ah!"
The orc standing in the front closed his eyes and said in fear: "It's the 'nemesis', the 'nemesis' who wiped the necks of thousands of orcs and two generals in a row!" With a bang, the orcs no longer had the courage to rush forward. They finally knew where the fear that emerged instinctively came from.
That was their nemesis.
And the word nemesis means that the one standing in front of them is a special existence to restrain them. Fighting against him will only bring misfortune and disaster to themselves.
Levi rushed forward suddenly, waving his long sword, and the orcs immediately scattered, running in different directions, and the warg tucked its tail and ran wildly.
After killing a few slower running orcs, Levi turned around and said:
"You go help your companions first, I'll go clean them up and come back soon."
Farodan put away his bow awkwardly, took a breath, opened his mouth several times, and didn't know what to say.
In the end, he could only respond:
"Okay, fine, I'll listen to you."
This guy is getting more and more outrageous.
Seeing Farodan nod, Levi turned around and chased after the place with the most Oaks.
The Oak that has become a climate cannot be left behind.
The appearance of Livy only temporarily caused these Orcs to lose the courage to fight. Once Livy left, they would still become a disaster to the free people.
Looking at Levi's back and the group of Oaks running faster and faster, Farodan felt quite complicated.
This is nothing.
"Let's go check out the stronghold."
Under the dead trees, the cry of a barn owl sounded.
After a while.
Boom, boom!
Two dull crashing sounds came from the ground.
Snap!
A piece of turf trembled, and Falodan quickly went over and lifted up the wooden board covered with sand and weeds.
This is an entrance to the underground.
As soon as the passage opened, a hand immediately reached out.
"ha--"
A man climbed out and took a deep breath.
"Farodan, it's so nice to see you again."
The man asked: "What's going on now?"
"It's safe. Oak has been driven away by reinforcements. It will be cleared up soon."
"That's great."
He looked at Falodan and said: "To be honest, I never thought it would be you outside. We haven't seen each other for two years since you started traveling to the east. I'm so glad that you can come back intact."
"I'm glad to see you again, too."
call--
The homeless man breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"You don't know, the situation here has become more and more dangerous recently. Because of the fear of certain things, the Oaks no longer dare to stay in the north. They all come to the south. The ferry leading to the Shire is becoming more and more difficult to defend. "
Listening to these words, Falodan's expression was a little subtle.
"Let's not mention these for now. I will tell you in detail about the changes that have occurred during this period later. For now, let me help you. There are still wounded people below."
"All right."
While climbing down, the homeless man suddenly said: "By the way, I haven't asked yet, which reinforcements are we?"
"Which one?"
"If I have to use this word, then I can only say it is the one from Roadside Fort."
"What?"
The homeless man was a little confused.
Falodan replied: "As people who have been guarding here, you must know better than me that you are the owner there."
"A guy who can terrify Orcs."
While Falodan was rescuing his companions.
In a dark cave not far from the homeless base.
Dong dong dong dong…
Inside the wall, there was the sound of pickaxes colliding with stones.
Oak, who was huddled in the corner, tremblingly raised the butcher knife in his hand and pointed in the direction of the sound.
Boom!
The sound got closer and closer, until a crack appeared on the wall that continued to expand outward.
Snap.
From the entrance of the newly dug hole, a face poked its head in, and its eyes that seemed to be able to pierce the darkness immediately locked onto the Oak huddled in the corner.
"——Little Oak is here!"
On this day, there were wailings filled with fear that echoed in the cave.
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