130 Capturing The Fortress (1/2)
The same for the other two teams, Yan Sheng and his team encountered the Dire Wolf. Unfortunate for the young man and his team, they encountered a big pack of Dire Wolf.
There were about seventy wolves and they ambushed them at the unexpected terrain. On top of that, it was not just stage-1 Dire Wolf, but also stage-2 Dire Wolf. On top of that, the leader of the pack was stage-3 Dire Wolf.
Yan Sheng was struggling to finish the stage-3 Dire Wolf. During the battle against the stage-3 Dire Wolf, Kang Zian was attacked by three stage-2 Dire Wolves.
Yan Sheng could not protect or help as he was preoccupied with the leader of the pack. Fortunately, a Tarrior came to help Kang Zian since he knew the man was his Boss's brother-in-law. He was the other one who suffered heavy injuries.
As for the slave, he suffered the same fate as Kang Zian. Three Dire Wolves ambushed him and unfortunate for the guy, he died direction as the wolves tore his neck. Tang Shaoyang has the man buried at the rendezvous point before they left.
”You were doing good,” Tang Shaoyang encouraged Yan Sheng instead of blaming him. There was nothing that could be blamed on the young man, he was doing his best and kept the casualties to the minimum. It was good enough in Tang Shaoyang's eyes since Yan Sheng only has a normal Warrior Class.
”I will do better next time, Boss,” Yan Sheng lowered his head as he said that. Tang Shaoyang hummed in response as he glanced at the unconscious Kang Zian. The guy fell asleep after drinking the healing potion, so he had Moon bring him on his back.
The team marched toward the garrison. They got there faster. Kang Xue and her family made a fuss when they found out the unconscious Kang Zian. Huo Hongmei was crying at the sight of her unconscious husband.
”He has drunk a healing potion, he should be fine,” those words meant to assure the family. After that, Tang Shaoyang left them to look after the man. He had a more important matter to discuss with his subordinates.
”A few kilometers ahead where the fortress is. It has a sturdy wall and gate, any idea?” It was his habit to ask his subordinate first before he expressed his idea. He had a plan in his mind but he wanted to listen to what his subordinates had first.
”Shouldn't we scout the fortress first? We need to estimate their numbers and strength, after that, we can make a plan to fight them,” Wei Xi was the first one to express his opinion. Scouting was a common thing to do before a war.
Wei Xi then turned toward Lu An, ”Lu An was the fastest among us. We can send him to scout inside, also make sure to check their defense as well. If it's possible, we can send a few people inside to open the gate from inside,”
”That's a solid plan, but I think it's not possible to sneak into the fortress in broad daylight with too many people, we have to wait the night for that,” Tang Shaoyang voiced his thoughts about the plan. Not everyone could be as fast as Lu An, sneaking into the fortress at this time was not possible as it would be easily detected by the orcs.
”Then let's do that,” Zhang Mengyao found Wei Xi's idea was the best option they have for now unless they had a better tool for the battle.
The discussion was over and it was time to execute the plan. Tang Shaoyang brought Lu An, Zhang Mengyao, and Wei Xi toward the fortress while letting his subordinates take a rest for tonight's assault.
Looking at the tall wall from afar, Lu An whispered in a low voice, ”How am I supposed to climb the wall?” He muttered in a low voice. He might be fast but he did not have a necessary tool or skill that could climb the wall.
The wall was around ten meters tall, jumping was not an option while climbing normally would alert the orcs on the wall. His class might be an Assassin but he never received assassin training.
”It's a stone wall, there should be a gap for you to hold onto it. Just like rock climbing, it should be easy for you, right?” Zhang Mengyao noticed the wall was made of stone that was stacked neatly.
”I have never tried rock climbing before but I can try,” Lu An answered honestly.
”What about borrowing Li Na's concealment cloak? You can hide if the orcs are alerted,” Tang Shaoyang proposed the idea.
Hearing that, the three people's eyes brightened up. Indeed, with the concealment cloak, they did not need to be afraid of the orc being alerted.
Solving the issue, Lu An borrowed the concealment cloak and rushed toward the fortress. The big flaw of the cloak was he could not move while activating the concealment.
He activated his skill [Dash] while accelerating with his maximum speed. In about a minute, Lu An avoided the orc's eyes who guarded the wall and reached the wall. He created some distance from the wall near the wall before he tried to climb the ten meters wall.
The fortress had four monsters guarding the wall near the gate so he had to choose another side to avoid being found. Even though he never tried rock climbing before, Lu An easily climbed the wall. Even he himself was surprised to find out about this.
Just as he was about to reach the top, he heard steps and a small growl. Lu An immediately stopped to climb and activated the concealment.
Not long after his body disappeared under the concealment cloak, an orc peeked out from the top. The orc was wearing a crudely made steel helmet. Its eyes scanned the wall and the thing below.
It was growling confusingly as its hand hit the helmet. The orc seemed to notice something.
[Basic Detection]
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[Monster - Orc]