132 We Meet Again - Part 1 (1/2)
Da! Da! Da! Da! Da!
The scout team was sent by the military facing a pack of Dire Wolf. They shot the wolf with their guns, but to their surprise, the guns only managed to slow the wolves' advance.
”Retreat! Retreat!” Cai Peng called his subordinates to retreat as soon as he noticed the guns were less effective against the wolves. It was not totally useless as they killed four wolves, but twelve guns only managed to kill four, it was not up to the expectation.
On top of that, they only had limited ammunition with them. Each of his subordinates only had four cartridges as a reserve while he had six. If this continued, they would run out of ammunition to fend off against the dangers.
They ran while kept shooting the wolves that persistently chased them. As the shoot continued, Cai Peng realized what he and his team faced was not just a normal wolf. As the chase continued, he realized the wolves were getting smarter.
When they tried to aim at them, the wolves would move behind the trees. They would move very fast amongst the dense trees in the forest while advancing.
”Damn!” Cai Peng cursed out after he missed all his three shots. He did not want to waste the bullet so he ceased his shot and continued to run.
Not far from the scout team, Yang Wen and his subordinates heard the gunshots, ”Huh!?” He was familiar with the sound and quite confused as he looked toward the direction.
His subordinates also looked in the same direction as him. Pan Gang approached him and asked, ”Should we check?”
Yang Wen fell silent for a moment, ”Let's check,” there was a possibility that the one who fought there was someone from the neutral faction. If it was the group from the neutral faction, he should go there, 'We can recruit them into our group, just in case the Tang Empire is hostile toward us,'
Yang Wen led the Flame Castle to the noise. Soon they found out ten people with guns fought against the wolf. Yes, two of them had fallen into the wolf's mouth.
From afar, Yang Wen watched Cai Peng and his team struggled against the pack of Dire Wolf. He soon noticed the group was wearing a military vest and uniform.
”Do they from the military?” Yang Wen muttered in a low voice, 'The neutral faction or Tang Empire?' He thought to himself. Pan Gang looked toward the captain, ”Should we help them?”
”Yes, we should help them. Let's go!” After a moment of hesitation, Yang Wen decided to help Cai Peng and his team. It was impossible for the group who could finish the first portal to struggle against these wolves.
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The first Tang Empire's official battle ended with a big victory. The coordination between the people was almost perfect, causing them to suffer no casualty, not even injured.
”From the objective screen, we have captured the right fortress,” Tang Shaoyang opened the meeting by announcing their success, ”Our next target should be the six other fortresses before we look for the Berserker King,”
No one was surprised by this, even without their Boss' order, they would look for the fortress first. Capturing a fortress would give them one level, it was too tempting to be ignored.
”And then, based on the locations of this fortress, I have a guess where the remaining fortresses are,” Tang Shaoyang spoke what was in his mind. He had a rough guess of this.
”If I guessed correctly, the next fortress should be here and here,” using his finger, he drew something on the ground. Seven dots formed a heptagon with a big dot in the center.
”Fortress is built to watch the border, that's the purpose of the fortress, at least this fortress' purpose is,” he pointed toward where they encountered the barricade, ”If my guess is right, the barricade is the border of the Orc Tribe,”
The other five listened seriously to every one of his words. They did not find anything wrong with what he said so they kept their mouth shut.
”Here!” He pointed at the big dot, ”If my guess is correct, the Berserker King should be here. In the core of the territory, and the remaining six fortresses should be near the border as well,”
”That's most likely,” Zhang Mengyao agreed to the idea, ”Rather than searching randomly, we can use your idea to search the next fortress,”
The other five nodded their heads in agreement, ”What about we scout the area now? If we could not find the fortress tonight, we can think of another way to find the fortress,”
Lu An proposed to search tonight. The battle against the orcs did not bring any toll to the body. He was still in his peak condition.
”That will do as well. I and Mengyao will head there!” He pointed in a direction where the fortress was located, ”You four go to the opposite direction,”
None of them refused the idea as five of them nodded their heads. After that short meeting, everyone parts in the opposite direction.