Lord Chronicle

Chapter 103 Night Shadow
"Lord, get up, it's time for dinner." Sol, who was soundly asleep, was shaken awake.

Standing up in a daze, Sol wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth: "Have you gained anything today?"

The guard who woke him up shook his head: "Still not."

"Oh." A look of disappointment flashed across Sol's face, and he waved his hand: "I see, you go down."

After the defenders left, Sol jumped out of bed slowly, looked at the account books on the table that had been blank for many days, and sighed helplessly.

It has been a week since the Qusi Mission has not opened. From the last "sale" until now, the enemy seems to be determined. Even a small transport team with a few carriages will be escorted by heavy troops, and they will not be given any support at all. Chance.

These days Sol is simply bored. Apart from going to the warehouse to count the trophies every day, he just eats and sleeps. He feels like he is about to become a pig.Although he was thinking of ways to live this kind of idle life every day when he was in Lovell, the true meaning of laziness is that there must be someone who is firmly in charge of you, so that laziness can be fun.

But here, there is obviously a lack of characters like Jessica. When doing nothing becomes a habit, it makes Sol feel itchy all over.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

But he also knew that this was just wishful thinking, Sol smiled disappointedly, opened the door and walked out.

The bright sunlight at dusk blinded him a little, and Sol knew that he fell asleep for another afternoon.The camp located in the valley is a lively scene, and the tenacious adaptability of the Lovell people has been fully reflected in these days.

Some garrison members came out of the woods carrying logs, preparing to repair the damaged houses; under the supervision of the vice-captain Boqi, the recruits practiced swordsmanship in a temporary training ground so as not to waste their martial arts; Star enthusiastically set up a stove in a corner of the camp, cooking dinner, and the smell of barbecue and wild vegetable soup permeated the air.

In the middle of the camp, Kress was directing his men to set up a long log table with a length of more than ten meters, enough for hundreds of people to eat at the same time.Thanks to one of their raids, the tableware used by these Lowell "hillies" is all high-grade porcelain prepared by the Lulin military to be sent to the front line for use by generals.

From what you can see, it's definitely a vibrant sight.Every soldier's face is filled with optimism and happiness, obviously not caring about the current harsh environment at all.Who would have thought that these people were actually a group of defeated soldiers thousands of miles away from home, who were crushed and fell into the enemy's encirclement net because of the attack?
Sol's "education" to Kress last time obviously had an effect. After he went back to publicize, the defenders have a full understanding of the "greatness" of the current robber work, and the opposition has been much smaller.

Seeing him coming out, the guards all saluted respectfully.Sol went straight to the long table, sat unceremoniously at the top, and shouted to Lesta from a distance: "Brother, what are you having for dinner tonight?"

"Salty meat sandwiches, barbecued wild boar, and hot and sour soup with wild vegetables." Lesta's answer drew cheers from the recruits on the training ground.

In fact, since going up the mountain and falling into the grass, no, after becoming a guerrilla, this is the happiest person.Now Lesta is full of energy every day, and it seems that the meaning is ready to develop in the long run.

Since there is no way to go back for the time being, it would be good to live here for a while without worrying about food and clothing, Saul comforted himself this way.Picking up the exquisite table knife engraved with Lulin's traditional patterns like a work of art, he secretly reminded those boys to take it easy when eating, these are all high-end products, and they will definitely be able to bring them back to Lovell in the future Sell ​​for a lot of money.

Not long after, everyone got on the table one after another, waiting for the chef to serve the meal.At this moment, the garrison in charge of the watchtower at the mouth of the valley suddenly called out: "There is a signal."

"Oh?" Saul was stunned, and then became excited.

The mountains in this area are very high, and the guard posts installed can see far away. Once the target is identified, everyone can rush to the ambush site to attack in advance, so as not to make a move down the mountain and let the enemy notice the location of the camp.

While everyone waited with bated breath, the sentry observed for a moment, then turned around and shouted: "It's a signal of safety, you can do it!"

"Wow, that's great!" Everyone cheered regardless of whether they were influenced by Sol.

"Hey, it hasn't opened for more than a week, and I can finally do a good job." Sol threw away the tableware with a snap, and stood up eagerly.

"My lord, have you eaten first..." Looking at the dinner that was already on the table, Kress wondered.

"Nonsense, there is a fat sheep delivered to the door, why wait for it to run away? According to the rules of our industry, this will be condemned by God." Lesta stared and pulled off the apron around his waist.

Everyone was shocked: What kind of line are you talking about...

As Lesta said, it was so easy for Sol to give up when a business came to his door?He couldn't wait and said: "Dinner can wait, property... No, the enemy won't wait. Brothers, send the dinner right now, and it won't be too late to come back to eat after I go down the mountain and do this job, how about it?"

"Oh, let's do it, my lord, our hands are already itching." The guards echoed, and it seemed that they were gradually adapting to their new jobs.

Seeing the elated crowd from the lord down, Kress and Pochi glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.We should be a regular army, why did it become like this?
Some people were left to guard the camp, while others quickly dispatched and hurried to the ambush site.Due to being idle for too long, even Sol couldn't help himself to go into battle this time.

What?You asked me what to do without fighting power.Please, can I watch them grab it?Besides, I still have Simba, I still have Xiaomei, who dares to say that I am worthless?
More than half an hour later, a group of people arrived at the predetermined location, and Chip and several Yeying players were already waiting there.Regardless of being exhausted after running wildly, Sol asked Chip panting, "How many people are here?"

Chip pointed along the left side of the hillside: "There are about 5 or 6 carriages and only a few guards. Yada has already led people to guard the vicinity. Once we confirm that there are no ambushes behind, we can start."

5 or 6 carriages can only be considered a small-scale transport team. It seems that, as Sol expected, the enemy will not be able to send heavy troops to protect every transport team. Now they finally have a chance to take advantage of it.

After waiting for a while, a Yeying player stood up from the opposite hill, and waved to them from afar.When Chip saw it, he whispered: "No problem, let's do it."

Because they are too far away and unable to shout, they can only convey some of the simplest information through gestures, which is sometimes very troublesome.Sol couldn't help thinking that if he had time, he must find someone to come up with a set of semaphore, so that in the future robbery, he could accurately report the situation of the other party and the number of guards.

Just when Saul was thinking wildly, thinking about how to improve the great robber industry, Kress let out a low voice: "Here we come, get ready to do it!"

The movements were uniform, and everyone drew their weapons.The team members in charge of long-distance support attacks quietly drew out arrows and put them on the bowstring, aiming the arrows downward.

A murderous aura quietly permeated the air, and even Sol's heart couldn't help beating a few times at extreme speed.No one made a sound at the scene, and all the defenders stared down intently, like a group of lions about to attack the flock.

It has to be said that such a group of high-quality soldiers coming to rob the Dao is definitely overkill.But in contrast, the logistics department of the Lulin Army, which was targeted for looting, was in bad luck.

After waiting for a while, with a slight sound of horseshoes, a convoy of five or six carriages turned out from the fork below.Except for the driver who drove the car, there were only about 20 people in the escort team. Due to the impact of recent frequent robberies, those soldiers were all nervously paying attention to the surrounding situation.

Without ordering, all the defenders clenched their weapons tightly, and the bowstrings that were pulled to the extreme made a slight muffled rattling sound.The moment the opponent entered the ambush circle, Kress suddenly stood up from his hiding place.

"Kill!" As he yelled, dozens of people rushed down in an instant.

The people in the transportation team were taken aback, and in an instant they were screaming, and they were in a mess.However, their reaction was quite quick, and no one tried to make any resistance. The leading officer let out a terrified cry, turned his horse's head and ran away.

The rest of the soldiers and coachmen also ran away, and when Kress and others rushed down the mountain, the other party had already disappeared, and at this time the people on the slope didn't even shoot an arrow.

This time, the imposing defenders were dumbfounded. They turned into a trot again, and then changed from a trot into a short step, and finally walked slowly to the unguarded carriage.

"Damn, what is this!" Lesta was so angry that he chopped off half of the wheel with an axe, and the unlucky carriage tilted violently, causing the horses pulling the carriage to scream miserably.

On the hillside, Sol still kept the gesture of calling Xiaomei, and stood there in a daze.Did you make a mistake, at least resist it?I am excited to come here to have fun.

This made him depressed for a while, as if he was suddenly interrupted when he was doing something, and he got stuck. This feeling of loss is quite uncomfortable.

But in any case, this also shows that their "hard work" for more than a month has been quite effective. At least now the puppet group has gained a considerable reputation, and those who were robbed even fled.

Cleaning up their mood, Sol, Chip and the others walked down the hillside, when Kress and the others were already inspecting the spoils.There was nothing of value in the carriage, but ordinary supplies such as military uniforms and food, which made Solben's unhappy mood even worse.

"My lord, how do you deal with these things?" Kress asked for instructions after grabbing a piece of bread and taking a bite.

Now that there is enough food in the camp, they have long since lost interest in these hard-to-swallow military rations.Sol glanced casually, waved his hand and said, "Don't waste your energy, burn them all."

After a pause, he said again: "Wait, ask someone to get some military uniforms. Those guys in Lulin don't save fabric at all when they make clothes. They take them back and tear them up to make a few mops. They don't even look at the dirty dormitory. What's it like?"

"Hey." Kress smiled awkwardly, and then ordered his subordinates to do things.

But after a while, several carriages were all set on fire, and puffs of smoke shot up into the sky, announcing the perfect end of the robbery.

Not enjoying themselves, everyone had to pin their hopes on the dinner after returning to the camp.After a little inspection, the group carried the spoils of war and headed for the camp.

"My lord, something is wrong." While climbing up the hill, Kip suddenly came to Sol.

"What's wrong?" Thor turned to look at him.

"Those people ran too fast, as if they expected to be robbed by us. They started to run away as soon as we appeared. This is very abnormal." Chip looked back at the still burning carriage.

Sol didn't take it seriously: "This shows that we have already made a name for ourselves. Besides, we can't beat such a small number of people. My life is important, so of course we have to run away."

Chip still shook his head: "No, in the Lulin army, dereliction of duty is a very serious crime. These people left the escorted supplies and ran away without any resistance. They will definitely be dealt with by military law when they go back."

"But it's better than losing your life, right?" Thor shrugged.

Seeing that Chip was still hesitant to speak, he asked, "Did you find any ambushes nearby?"

Chip shook his head: "This is the strange thing, there is no opponent's army within our alert range."

"Then this isn't a trap, is it?" Sol touched his chin: "Unless Lulin's military supplies are full of insects, and I don't want to deal with them, so they are specially sent for us to burn for fun."

"But I still feel something is wrong..." After a moment of silence, Chip still insisted.

"Okay, okay, you are good at everything, but just like Jessica, sometimes you are too serious." Sol waved his hand: "You have also stayed outside for a day, and there is a ready dinner in the camp. Go back and have a good meal."

"Yes." Seeing what Saul said, Chip finally stopped talking.

But after a while, Chip finally felt uneasy.He slowed down quietly, and when Thor and his party came to the front, he waved his hand to call for his men.

"I'm always a little worried about what happened just now. Everyone spread out in a guard formation and paid close attention to the movement around them." He ordered in a deep voice.

The Yeying team members had no doubts about Chip's order, and no one asked why.They just nodded decisively, and then scattered away without making a sound.

"I hope it's just my overthinking." Chip muttered to himself, and then disappeared into the gradually darkening night.

A gust of mountain wind blew past, making the dense bushes rustle, and there was no trace of anyone staying at the scene.Just far away, there was a burst of laughter from the defenders from the hill above...

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The carriage at the bottom of the mountain was still burning, and the unbridled horses looked helplessly at the tools they had hauled, neighing softly and gnawing weeds nearby.

By this time the sun had already set, and night began to cover the nearby mountains, and the light was getting dimmer.Suddenly, from the direction where everyone in the transport team fled just now, two figures came quietly towards this side.

The footsteps of the two were very light, as if they were floating on the ground.They are always intentionally or unintentionally moving back and forth between the shadows of trees or under stones, making it difficult to grasp their exact position.

When they came to the scene of the robbery, the two men stood quietly beside the burning carriage for a moment.One of them squatted down to inspect the ground for a moment, then the two exchanged glances, and walked up the mountain in the direction Sol and the others evacuated without hesitation.

Entering the mountain full of cover, their actions became even more weird. Although the ground was overgrown with weeds and the branches above their heads were low, the movement of the two did not make a sound.If they weren't really breathing slowly, it would almost make people think that they were a pair of ghosts at night.

The two of them stopped and went, carefully observing the broken blades of grass on the ground or an inconspicuous scratch at intervals.What is strange is that along the seemingly meaningless traces of these ordinary people, they actually repeated the evacuation route of Sol and his party exactly.

Seeing that the two of them gradually walked halfway up the mountain, when they passed through a forest, the man walking in the front suddenly showed a look of shock on his face. At the same time, he turned over on the spot and fell several meters away.Almost at the same time, two imperceptible bangs were heard, and two dark daggers shot into the position where he had just stood.

After landing without any hesitation, the man and the other man pulled out their daggers and shrank behind a rock, scanning back and forth in the dark forest vigilantly with their gleaming eyes.

The surrounding air seemed to be completely frozen, and even the night wind blowing seemed to turn into sticky mud.The two men crouched slowly like frightened civet cats. Except for the eyeballs moving back and forth, there was no muscle tremor in their bodies.

Suddenly, two imperceptible black shadows rushed up from the left and right sides like lightning, and the two men also moved almost at the same time.There was a ding sound in the air, and the slight sound of iron objects colliding, followed by dozens of sparks flashing in succession. All this happened within a few breaths, and the four entangled people separated instantly.

The two men rushed to the edge of the woods, one of them stretched out his hand on the ground for support, and the next moment he was crouching on a branch more than three meters high.However, before the slightly lowered branch rebounded because of his jump, another black shadow moved up the tree trunk like a poisonous snake, and hit the bottom of the man's feet.

The man turned around in an instant, and the two of them were entangled in an instant. In the movement that was as fast as the wind, they had already exchanged hands several times in the time of one breath, and at the same time, the two exchanged positions on the thin horizontal branch several times.

At the moment when the branches were unbearable and about to break, the two jumped up at the same time, and with the completely invisible sparks flashing in midair, two shadows that were too fast to be seen rushed to the treetops alternately.

Suddenly, a muffled groan was heard, as if someone among them was injured.I saw a figure falling straight down, grabbing a branch and swinging slightly at the moment before falling to the ground, the man has landed safely, and his movements are incredibly soft.But if you look closely, you can still see that his left foot shook slightly when he landed.

At this time, another man retreated into the arena under the pincer attack of the other two shadows, and his right hand was also injured.The two stood back to back, silently staring at the figures in the forest.

"I really didn't expect that this bandit group could still meet colleagues." Suddenly, the man said.

"You have no chance of winning, surrender." A deep voice came from the forest.

"Hmph, I don't know where you guys come from. But since it's Yeying, you should know that there is no such word as surrender in our belief." The man said disdainfully.

"You... are the vice-captain of the seventh team, Spora?" There was a silence, and the voice in the forest said.

The man named Spra was taken aback: "How would you know..."

"Spra, it's me." Following the words, the people in the forest walked out slowly, and it was Chip.At the same time, other Yeying team members also appeared from all around, silently watching the two former colleagues.

"Are you... Chip? And you Yada, from your fourth team..." Spra looked at Chip and the others in disbelief.

After being taken aback for a while, he suddenly laughed: "I see, no wonder you disappeared for no reason, so you ran here. So, the so-called bandit group is your masterpiece, right?"

Chip didn't answer, neither acknowledging nor denying.

"Why did you betray?" Spora said in a low voice.

Chip shook his head slowly: "We didn't betray, but were abandoned."

"..., I don't understand what you're talking about." Spra's face darkened: "But as a night shadow, no matter what happens, you must do your duty. It's a coward's act to escape, and I'm ashamed of the tattoos on your body. "

"That tattoo... is gone." Chip slowly rolled up his sleeves.

"What!?" Looking at the scars on his shoulders due to the tattoo removal, Spra was shocked: "Have you even abandoned your last dignity?"

"The truth of the matter is not as simple as you imagined. I can only say that the fourth team of Yeying came to this point the other day. It was completely arranged by fate." Chip said calmly.

"Nonsense, what is the arrangement of fate? To put it bluntly, you are a coward who defected." Spra interrupted him politely, and then looked at the other Yeying players: "And you, like this coward, betrayed Have you lost your country and your beliefs?"

No one answered him, and all Yeying players raised their sleeves, revealing the scars on their shoulders.

"Okay, I understand." This time there was no expression of surprise, and Spra just took a slow breath.

"So, are you determined to be an enemy of the Empire?"

Chip nodded: "We now have a lord worthy of allegiance, no matter what happens, I will protect his safety."

"That's right. Although it's shameful for your actions, it's clear that you haven't forgotten Yeying's first tenet." Unexpectedly, Spora actually laughed.

Afterwards, the two said in unison, "Loyalty comes first."

"Then." Sprat breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm sorry, I also have tasks that must be completed."

"..." Chip said calmly, "I understand, and I'm sorry."

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In the camp in the valley, the guards were eating a late dinner, playing and playing with each other, and the long wooden table was as lively as a playground.

Although in enemy territory, his whereabouts may be exposed at any time, and the entire army may be in danger of being wiped out.But these young people, whose average age is only in their early 20s, rarely maintain the optimism and cheerfulness of their age.

Who would have thought that these shabby clothes, but laughing and laughing non-stop, seeming to have no cultivation of farm boys, once they took up arms, they would become the most powerful fighters?

"Hey, Chip, where have you been, and why are you just coming back now?" Saul, who was buried in his meal at the table, greeted Chip and his party warmly when he saw Chip and his party walking into the camp.

"Haha, Yeying, don't you go somewhere to eat alone? Come here quickly, the food is still warm for you." The guards also greeted with laughter.

When he walked to the long table, Chip seemed much more silent than usual.It wasn't until Sol cast a questioning look that he slowly shook his head: "It's okay, I was delayed on the road."

"Then eat quickly. Here, if I hadn't told someone to keep your portion, these starving ghosts would have eaten it up...Damn it, I told you not to steal!" Sol took a portion of food Pushed in front of Chip, and then slapped away a defender who was trying to grab meat from the plate.

Chip, who had been tense all this time, finally showed a smile.He nodded slightly to Sol, and said to his subordinates, "Eat."

A group of Yeying players immediately sat on the table, grabbed the food and ate it.

However, no one noticed that they ate very quietly, and even deliberately suppressed themselves by eating.These silent and capable figures seemed so incompatible with the noise around them...

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The long night passed, and the morning sun once again flooded the earth.

"Is there no news yet?" An officer asked his subordinates in a forest tens of kilometers away from where the convoy was attacked.

"Yes, they haven't come back yet." The scout who was asked replied.

If you look carefully, you can find that there are nearly a thousand heavily armed soldiers hidden in this small forest.Although they hadn't slept all night, these people still maintained an excellent state of mind, and they were obviously well-trained soldiers.

"What's the matter? Could it be that even the Yeying troops couldn't find the lair of those bandits?" the officer murmured in disbelief.

After thinking for a while, he told the scouts: "Go and investigate again, what's going on, and report to me immediately if you find anything."

"Yes." The scout responded and quickly ran out of the forest.

After another hour of anxious waiting, when the officer got impatient, the scout hurried into the woods: "My lord, we found them."

The officer straightened up: "Where are the people? Have you found those robbers?"

In response to his question, the scout swallowed hard, as if he still couldn't believe what he saw.It wasn't until the officer asked again that he said, "He, they are already dead."

"What!?" The officer lifted his collar: "How is this possible! They are night shadows!"

The scout smiled wryly: "When I first saw it, I couldn't believe it either. But... it was indeed Master Spra and his deputy, and their bodies were placed next to the burned carriage."

The officer stared at him, as if he still couldn't believe his ears.Finally, he let go of the scouts with a dejected look on his face: "What kind of bandits are those? Even Ye Ying will be attacked and killed..."

"Should we continue to act?" the scout asked.

"No, order the whole army to retreat." The officer spat out these words with difficulty.

"Report to Lord Cliff immediately, we may have encountered some incredible guys."

(End of this chapter)