Chapter 888 - What On Earth Is The 3rd Division Doing? (1/2)

After the battle ended, Ren Xiaosu got the infantry brigade to head to A22.

P5092 said, “The soldiers need to reorganize first.”

“It’s fine, alpha-two-two is safe. Head there to reorganize instead.” Ren Xiaosu said, “It’s no longer safe at alpha-two-one.” Then Ren Xiaosu switched off communications.

After the infantry brigade left, Ren Xiaosu appeared on the battlefield and started picking up the axes happily.

Actually, A21 was still very safe. The reason why he got the infantry brigade to leave was purely to make it more convenient for him to collect the axes. After all, there was no way he could collect them if the infantry brigade was around, right?

However, Ren Xiaosu also had other motives after picking up the axes. That was because he realized all the barbarians he had encountered today were wearing helmets and armored masks.

Other people might not think much of it and would just assume they were standard issue gear for the barbarians upon stepping into total war. After all, the barbarians were the weakest at their heads and eyes, so there was nothing wrong with protecting those areas.

But Ren Xiaosu started feeling doubtful. He somehow felt that something was wrong. If it were standard issue gear, why didn’t they wear them before?

After he finished collecting all the axes, he pulled off the helmet of a barbarian. He was stunned. He saw the barbarian’s hair was all gray, and the cheeks underneath his beard were full of wrinkles.

Although the northern tribe’s people looked different from the Central Plains people, it was still very easy to distinguish between the young and the old.

This person in front of him was clearly an old barbarian!

What was this situation with the expeditionary army? Could it be that their battlefront had been stretched too far, so they did not have enough soldiers and had to send their older veterans onto the battlefield?

That couldn’t be it, right?

Ren Xiaosu took off the helmets of a dozen barbarians in quick succession. Most of them were middle-aged, while a few were already in their old age. This puzzled him a great deal.

It was no wonder 3rd Division did not seem to have struggled much just now. So it was because they were fighting against a group of old soldiers.

As the saying goes, fists of the young and strong are feared. Once a person reached a certain age, they would definitely experience a decline in their bodily functions. Presumably, the barbarians were no exception.

They might still have some strength left, but their stamina was definitely not as good as when they were younger.

Ren Xiaosu did not know if this discovery would be considered good news or not. He would have to discuss it with P5092 later.

The voice from the palace suddenly said, “An ongoing quest has not been completed after a prolonged period. The deadline for the quest will be three hours from now. Please complete it as soon as possible. Otherwise, one of your Basic Skill Duplication Scrolls will be destroyed.”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. Only then did he remember the palace had issued him with a quest during the previous time he led the recon troops into the forest. Furthermore, he did not manage to complete it at that time.

This was the first time he had failed to complete a quest. He was not expecting the palace would actually implement a penalty for that.

It looked like he had to think of a way to finish it.

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In the fourth hour after the Pyro Company’s divisions entered the forest, the situation report left everyone stunned.

For the past three hours, the 3rd Division seemed to have become completely invisible on the battlefield. They did not kill any enemies, nor did they suffer any casualties.