Chapter 789 20. Hunting
[The main force of the rat men has not yet assembled, and they are still far away from the Great Wall of the North. The only ones wandering around now are stragglers. Before the big battle begins, it's time to warm up. There are some rats scattered to the north of us. Find them all, leave no one behind, and surprise the McKeon Rats!
The hunting period lasts for one week. The ratmen you kill represent your military exploits. Cut off their ears and bring them back. You will receive rewards and participate in the Empire's grand military parade at the end of the war! 】
“It’s really full of Tatooine Empire style...” Annan asked the official who informed him: “What is my mission?”
“There is no mission, I just need to leave the Great Wall and clean up the surrounding area. Baili Ratman. If you are brave, you can continue to go deeper, but be careful not to rush forward for glory. Not only will you suffer heavy losses, but you will not be rewarded, and you will also become a laughing stock."
The young official's tone was a little strange...as if he wanted to remind Annan but also had a warning tone, and he seemed hesitant to speak when he left.
"Can I help you with anything?" Annan asked proactively.
"You and Miss Isa are actually..."
Annan thought for a while before realizing that he was talking about the Scarlet Princess: "In reality, we are good friends and allies."
< br>"That's good..." The young official breathed a sigh of relief. Out of gratitude, he reminded: "The empire advocates strength, and it will be beneficial to get second place in the hunting operation..."
"Where is the number one?"
The young official looked strange: "Do you still want to surpass the Black Watch Legion?"
"That's right."
Send the young official away, Annan told Fermi and Blom who were waiting outside, telling them to prepare for war.
“I want to make the scalp of the rat man into leather boots!” Fermi started to mobilize excitedly.
Blom was much calmer: "Are you going?"
Annan made excuses for his adventure: "I can't stay on the city wall by myself."
"Then let's follow You. "
Follow Annan's three teams, the Fourth Legion is responsible for finding the enemy, the Hellfire is responsible for dealing with the enemy, and the Elite Team is responsible for keeping the enemy away from Annan.
In addition, Annan also borrowed the ghosts of the Fourth Legion and asked them to bring the magic stones to record the actions of himself and the two legions.
"What's the use?" Blom asked.
"How do people outside know about our contribution? Just based on dry battle reports?" Annan threw the eternal magic stone to the ghost, "With this, even if we don't kill a few ratmen, they will You can’t blame us for anything. It can also bring attention.”
In view of the fact that the war is coming earlier than expected, Annan canceled today’s training and gave the two legions a day of rest.
In the distribution that night, the material officer distributed sufficient supplies to Annan, so that he had no worries - he didn't have any worries originally, but Annan didn't want to pay for the war himself.
When the supply officer was about to leave, Annan suddenly remembered something: "What is the name of that quartermaster?"
The supplies officer left with the look of a scumbag.
But at least Annan knew her name: France.
The next day, before dawn, thirty forces went to the station of the Black Watch Legion to gather.
The Northern Great Wall has no gates, so they can only teleport out.
While preparing, the leader of the Black Watch army came to Annan with the tone of an elder - because of his relationship with his ancestors, Annan was regarded by the empire as half one of its own, and he was not the same as those vassals. .
He gave Annan some precautions and hinted that he could follow them.
Annan declined the kindness of Black Watch: "Your Excellency, Legion Commander, thank you for your kindness, but we are also one of the coalition forces and we must do something for the empire."
The Legion Commander stood up in awe. Respecting, he patted Annan's shoulder heavily: "I'll treat you to a drink when I come back from the hunt!"
Annan watched the legion commander walk away with a smile, and suddenly bared his teeth and rubbed his shoulders and asked Blom for help: "Hurry up and call the mage. Come and treat me, I suspect my shoulder bone is broken!”
When the first ray of light in the morning shone on the top of the city wall, the resident mage opened thirty portals in front of the queues of various forces.
The Fourth Army set off first, followed by Annan and the Elite Team. Annan, who stepped into the portal, appeared at the edge of a sparse forest. He looked up and saw the long black snake on the horizon behind him.
It should be about 10 miles away from the city wall.
Looking to both sides, Annan couldn't see anything.
Fifty thousand people may be a lot, but spreading across hundreds of miles of wilderness will not make waves.
Annan commanded the white dragon to take off, looking for traces of the rat men around him. When he found the rat men, he used hovering as a signal.
As a result, one morning, they found no trace of the Rat Man within thirty miles of the surrounding area.
The information is wrong?
This is the empire's source of information. There is no big problem with making mistakes... that is, the rat men are still further ahead.
“Keep moving forward. The limit the empire has divided for us is one hundred miles.”
The Hellfire Legion has a well-known weakness: they are made up of ordinary people.
In addition, their teleportation location is in the forest, which limits the speed of travel.
Annan simply asked Hellfire, the Fourth Legion and the Elite Team to stay where they were. Annan took a few people on the white dragon and headed to the front line.
At least get ahead of other forces.
"Isn't this risky?" Blom only cares about Annan's safety.
"We are here to guard the Great Wall. Sooner or later we will face off against the McKean clan. It is necessary to take some risks now."
The Hellfire Legion has not fought in nearly half a year, and most of them are new recruits... They must be accustomed to war.
Annan picked eleven people to follow him and climbed up the back of the white dragon. The dragon-taming boy Elder directed them to take off and head north.
Not long after, the sharp-eyed elves discovered a group of rat men hiding in the woods, but there were only a few dozen of them.
Annan was too lazy to go to war. They split up and let the three-headed white dragon and the Elf Ranger deal with the small group of ratmen before they moved on.
To Bailong, a hundred miles is only an hour's distance.
They quickly flew out of the woods. About ten minutes later, Annan saw an extended team on the side from a distance.
There are a lot of people, they should be the vanguard of the Black Watch... They aggressively made the team long and narrow, like an elongated snake, making it easy to be attacked.
But it was still not as radical as Annan: he pulled out the head and threw it out.
Not long after passing Black Watch, on a grassland about 30 miles away from the invisible dividing line drawn by the hunt, Annan discovered a group of rats scattered as sparsely as ants.
They eat everything, and wherever they pass, the fertile grasslands are eaten away, exposing barren soil.
There are roughly tens of thousands of these rat men, which should be enough for them to digest for a while.
Annan landed on the low hill on the edge of the rat group and opened three teleportation gates in succession.
The goblins began to dig fortifications and traps, and the soldiers inspected the magic guns before the battle.
The movement here gradually attracted the attention of the rats - their reaction was not to run away, but to rush towards them with red eyes.
Fermi sneered and raised his hand: "Let them get closer before firing, don't scare away our military exploits."
(End of this chapter)