347 It Will Not Be Less (1/2)
Bond hid behind the dark rocks that overlooked the nearby Ogre Stronghold.
”Is that the Ogre Stronghold?”
NotWearingPants squatted next to Bond, who was one of the surveillance team members. In front of NotWearingPants was a huge fort surrounded by walls that were ten meters high.
According to the game officials, the location was a Stronghold, but it didn't look like one.
”Warriors, you'll obey my orders… where are they?”
Bond turned back to look at the gamers who were walking out merrily. They didn't seem like they were scouting for intelligence, their actions looking more like defection.
”Don't open fire with your guns! We're defecting!”
”Are you a fool? Have you seen any guns in this game?”
”Oh… don't shoot your arrows! We're here to defect! We're from Eternal Kingdom!”
”And Winterfell!”
”We have lots of information for you!”
”This is the defense map of Winterfell. Let us in!”
The gamers shouted loudly.
Bond's head almost exploded. He had more than ten years of experience in intelligence work, but he hadn't seen agents walking openly and shouting to obtain intelligence. No, this wasn't intelligence gathering…
”What shall we do, Captain Bond? We were betrayed by Eternal Kingdom! These 100 creatures are here to defect! They even have our Winterfell defense map!”
”Let's kill them! Captain Bond, we have to stop them!”
Bond's subordinates, who were Winterfell's intelligence agents, were furious. They wanted to dash out and kill the gamers.
But Bond was calm, thinking that it wasn't possible for them to obtain Winterfell's latest defense map within such a short time. After Nicholas became the Dungeon Lord, the defenses were overhauled.
Even if he let his subordinates dash out and kill those despicable creatures from Eternal Kingdom, it was of no use. He would even run the risk of his subordinates sustaining casualties.
It wasn't a wise thing to do. He had to…
”Retreat, everyone retreat! They'll definitely betray us!”
Bond gave his order. Even if the intelligence agents were unhappy, they couldn't disobey his order. The disciplined and trained Winterfell agents returned to their hidden Beetlemons and left in a hurry.
Before leaving, Bond wrote a letter explaining how the creatures of Eternal Kingdom defected at the first instant. It was extremely abnormal, and Bond thought that they could have a mastermind, perhaps Sherlock!
Bond's letter was to inform Dungeon Lord Nicholas, who might be in the dark, to be careful of Sherlock!
Bond glanced at the Ogre Stronghold that was behind the scattered rocks. He had never suffered such humiliation in his life as an intelligence agent!
But now, it was time for him to leave.
Not long after Bond ordered a retreat, a large group of Ogres was led to the location where the hidden Beetlemons used to be. Fortunately, Bond had left, and the Ogres wouldn't risk pursuing them.
Just as Bond had expected, he was betrayed by the gamers!
The gamers said, ”I can betray Sherlie, so what's a Winterfell NPC to me? Chief, is there equipment for me? Something that fits a Gnome!”
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