Chapter 156 Thorn Fortress 2
A guard hurriedly came to report:
“The scout who came back last night woke up and said he had important information to report.”
Lobby The atmosphere inside suddenly became serious.
Important situation? Just how important is the situation? Are the rebels coming?
Duke Dodge suddenly stood up and told the guard who came to report: "Take me to see it!"
He stepped out of the hall and walked quickly out of the hall.
Klein and Lester also stood up and followed the old Duke. No one was in the mood to wait for breakfast now.
Of course Bowman and other attendants had to follow.
The crowd soon arrived at a barracks designed to accommodate the wounded and pushed in the door.
The Duke hurriedly asked: "Is he awake?"
On the wooden bed in the corner, a wounded soldier with bandages all over his body was leaning on the quilt, and there was another person beside him. Rice soup was fed into his mouth.
Seeing the three most senior adults in the fortress coming, the man who fed the wounded soldiers immediately stood up and saluted. The wounded soldiers on the bed also struggled to get off the ground.
The Duke immediately took a step forward and held him down gently: "Since you are injured, don't move around and continue to lie down."
"Thank you, Lord Duke."
The seriously injured scout spoke softly, and it could be heard from his voice that he was now very weak.
The guards brought a few low stools and asked the Duke and the other three to sit down.
"You said you have important information to report to me?"
The scout nodded and said, "Yes, I think the situation detected this time is very important."
After saying this, a look of sadness appeared on his face. He was the only one who returned from this mission. I don’t know what happened to the other two brothers who got along day and night.
"Then tell us about it."
"Yes!"
The scout paused, carefully recalled the details of last night, and spoke slowly.
“Last night, we went to camp on the road our team was responsible for to prevent night raids by the rebels.”
“It was about 8 o’clock in the evening, and by that time it was completely dark. It was dark, and we suddenly heard movement in the distance. While there was still some moonlight, we could vaguely see several figures walking slowly along the road."
"The captain estimated that they were rebel scouts or a small force, taking advantage of the darkness to check out the situation in the fortress. He originally planned to return to the fortress immediately to report the situation, but a sharp-eyed brother saw clearly that there were only 5 people on the other side. , and there were 7 of us here, the captain thought of grabbing a few tongues, and others including me also agreed. "
"So we quickly adjusted our positions and continued. We were waiting there for the enemy to approach. "
" Fortunately, we were well hidden. The advancing enemies did not notice us and gradually came into our encirclement. "
" Then the captain gave the order, and we suddenly jumped out and pounced on the person closest to us."
"I held the dagger in my hand tightly and stabbed the person on the opposite side hard. It was obvious that he was frightened by our raid. He stood there dumbly and didn't know what to do, and his back was turned to me. If everything was normal, I was very sure that I could stab him to death. "< br>
Duke Dodge, Klein, and Lester held their breaths. They heard what the scout meant, and what happened next was abnormal.
Sure enough, I heard the scout say in an unbelievable tone:
“But something abnormal happened, the moment my dagger stabbed his body. , I suddenly felt like I was stabbed on an iron plate."
Klein asked: "Is the other party wearing armor?"
"No, sir!"
The scout shook his head repeatedly, but accidentally touched the wound on his body, which made him grin for a while in pain.
"When they approached, we saw clearly that the other party did not have any armor on them. They were indeed scouts. In order to make less noise when walking at night, they all wore ordinary clothes. "The Duke and the other three looked at each other.
Klein guessed: "Perhaps the other party is wearing a set of thin and delicate inner armor?"
But as soon as he said it, his face felt like Hot.
Such a set of inner armor that is light, compact, and can be hidden under ordinary clothes without affecting movement at all. It can even withstand a full blow from a well-trained adult man... Darling, this is enough for a nobleman It is an heirloom of the family, how could an ordinary scout be allowed to wear it and casually stroll around the front line.
This is indeed something unusual. The Duke asked solemnly: "And then?"
"Then..."
There was confusion on the scout's face. and a look of fear.
"Then the opponent stumbled forward under my blow. I took the opportunity to glance around and found that under our surprise attack, no one in the enemy was fatally injured. Oh... maybe Because of the darkness, I didn’t see clearly, but their next actions did not look like they were injured.”
"We are all very confident in our own skills. Although we don't dare to compare with you adults, where to stab and how to make the enemy incapacitated without killing them are skills that our scouts must master."
The Duke asked: "In other words, these five people... may all be wearing some kind of 'inner armor'?"
The Duke really couldn't figure out how the other party could do this without wearing any armor. Yes, he had no choice but to continue with the possibility that Viscount Klein had just thought of.
"Well...if there really is that so-called 'inner armor', then this must be the case."
With the scout's knowledge, he really didn't know that the nobles were spending money to hire Skilled craftsmen have created all kinds of "high-tech" gadgets, and I can't help but sigh: You adults are so well-informed, so this is what it is all about.
He continued:
“The opponent reacted very quickly. After being attacked by us, they immediately formed back-to-back defensive formations. However, we did not bother to continue to marvel at their defense and pounced on them again.”
"Soon we discovered that whether it was cutting or stabbing, our swords seemed to cause little harm to their bodies."
"The other party's skills were similar to ours, but only' This invulnerability restrained us."
"After nearly twenty minutes of fierce fighting, almost all of us were injured, but the five of us seemed to be able to do it with ease. Gradually we fell behind. ”
"Finally, three brothers fell to the ground. Seeing that there was no hope of victory, the captain sent us a signal to retreat... and he... stayed..."
"I..."< br>
Speaking of this, the scout's face turned red.
"I turned around and ran away..."
His voice began to choke, and he seemed unable to speak.
Duke Dodge put his hand on his shoulder, "Your captain is a hero, and you did nothing wrong. It is the responsibility of your scouts to bring the information back, so don't put any psychological burden on it."
The corners of the scout's eyes widened. She burst into tears, "Was I the only one who came back last night? I remember there were two brothers who retreated together. I just...just ran away..."
There was an uncomfortable silence, and there was no Man answers his question.
The scout lowered his head, silently enduring this cruel reality.
Duke Dodge sighed and said: "You should take good care of your injuries. Only by living can you be worthy of your sacrificed brothers."
He gestured to the other two, turned and walked outside.
Klein and Lester followed closely.
(End of this chapter)