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Chapter 595 - 595 140 The Righteous Kidnapping _1

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A startled cry.

The patrolling soldiers instantly reacted with weapons ready, as though facing a formidable foe.

After a brief moment, but with no detection of movement, the mustachioed captain snappped, “Klair, what’s all this racket about?”

“Don’t you know, shouting loudly out of the blue in the middle of the night could scare someone to death?”

Reprimanded, Klair defended herself with a look of hurt, “Captain, I’m not shouting for nothing.

I clearly saw two figures pass by, and then suddenly disappear from view!”

Hearing this explanation, the mustachioed captain’s face changed.

In the ordinary world one might suspect a mistake.

But in the Extraordinary World, it was quite possible for figures to flit by.

Either it was the enemy’s master passing by or it was a real ghost.

No matter what the situation was, both could pose a deadly threat to this small patrol squad.

“Don’t let your minds wander, continue patrolling!”

Though he said this aloud, he had already decided to report this incident when he returned.

If he made a mistake, the worst-case scenario would be a false alarm.

But if an enemy elite had sneaked in, there would certainly be major problems.

The patrol team was lucky.

There was peace all the way, with only the occasional wolf howl from the distance.

When the mustachioed captain reported the news, turmoil broke out in the military camp as two of the patrol squads failed to return to the base on time.

Such mishaps had happened before, but they were all due to encountering bad weather suddenly or being attacked by wild beasts, which delayed the actions of the patrol team.

This time was different.

Not only did the teams fail to return on time, they did not even send out distress signals.

Realising that there was something wrong, the duty officer immediately reported the issue, and the news quickly traveled up the command chain to Hudson.

“Deliver the orders: have the Second Legion mobilize and conduct a comprehensive search within a 30 mile radius.

Have the Offering Group officers accompany them.

We must find the missing soldiers!”

“Yes!”

…

How dare someone create trouble near his military camp!

Hudson felt uneasy again.

If the Orcs wanted to attack, they would have targeted the weakest link.

What use would they have in targeting his mere patrolling soldiers?

Were they planning a surprise attack?

Not to boast, but unless the Orcs’ main force attacked, anyone else coming here would be asking for punishment.

An army of tens of thousands trying to sneak in was just a pipe dream.

The frontline Allied Forces weren’t dead, even if they were blind, they would not let tens of thousands of enemy troops slip away under their watch.

Especially with the Air Force patrolling in the sky over the vast grassland, there were no hiding places for large numbers of troops.

From the time the Allied Forces marched till now, the largest team of Orcs that had succeeded in infiltrating was about a thousand.

Moreover, they had just been preparing to stir up trouble when they accidentally revealed their whereabouts and were swiftly wiped out by the responding Allied Forces.

Considering that only small teams of Orcs have infiltrated, Hudson was more inclined to believe that these guys mistakenly strayed onto his turf.

He glanced at the troop supply route map hanging in the tent and secretly shook his head.

For safety reasons, every supply convoy was escorted by at least one legion with an Air Force patrol overhead.

Even if an Orc squad attacked, nearby Human Allied Forces could provide timely assistance.

At the very least, the Air Force could arrive immediately.

Unlike Gryphon Cavalry, the Sub-dragon mount’s carrying capacity was clearly much higher.

A dragon carrying two or three more people was no problem.

This was why the infiltrating Orc teams didn’t dare to act during the day and only began operations at night.

Marching under the cover of the darkness, it was hard enough to find the target, let alone accurately assess the enemy’s strength.

Most of the time, they launched an attack in a muddled manner and ended the fight in the same way.

Compared to the number of stealth teams sent by the Orcs, the battle achievements were truly moving.

At least Hudson, as the transport team leader, had never felt pressured.

Realizing that something was off with the Orcs, but not knowing what, Hudson could only order to strengthen defenses.

…

In Lutesya, as the Kingdom of Elf sought help, a dispute broke out once again in the Human Alliance Council.

Unlike in the past, the dispute wasn’t about agreement or disagreement.

Since a full-blown war had already begun and their armies were fighting on the frontlines, the support was necessary.

However, the specifics of how many elites needed to be sent raised a disagreement.

To clear a navigation route in the ocean, ordinary mages didn’t even qualify to participate; only a few high-order mages had this ability.

Because of the size of the project, to accomplish cleanup work in a short time, several high-order mages would have to work together.

Asking these elderly mages to engage in manual labor was much harder than asking them to go to war.

Even if the leaders of the various powers personally intervened, they could only persuade with kind words, and if they were not careful, they could receive a torrent of scolding.

However hard it was, they had to solve it.

After round after round of arguing, they finally reached a preliminary consensus.

Just as they were preparing for in-depth communication, a new proposal from the representative of the Kingdom of Elf broke the peace in the meeting.

“Money”, this was much more difficult than asking for people.

Everyone knew war was a gaping maw that swallowed gold.

If they wanted to annihilate the Orc Empire, it would undoubtedly be a long and drawn-out war.