Chapter 78: Counterattack? Throwing Themselves Into the Net

The soldier walking in front saw Zhao Jian ask this, so he stopped walking forward, stood in place, and said to the two, "This is far enough; we'll finish you off right here."

Feeling that the soldier before them was somewhat strange, Zhao Jian and Ning Shen raised their guard, watching the other party vigilantly.

A gust of wind rushed from behind the two, and they dodged quickly, only to see two soldiers holding daggers stabbing toward them; after missing, they quickly followed the two's pace, their daggers aiming straight for vital points.

"You are... Beast Race?!" Zhao Jian summoned his Back Spirit, and a silvery-white long spear appeared in his hand. However, due to the narrow alley, the long spear could not utilize its weapon advantages and could only be used to parry and block. Fortunately, thanks to his physical fitness from the Back Spirit and Catachan training, even when facing these Orcs who had sacrificed some strength to facilitate infiltration into the Human Alliance, he would not be killed by them despite them exerting their full strength.

As for Ning Shen, flames erupted from his entire body. Facing the Beast Race's attack, he dodged flexibly and recalled some techniques he had previously learned from the Catachan men. Although he could not achieve that level, he had adapted them into combat techniques suitable for himself.

He saw his flaming fist strike the face of the soldier before him, then quickly controlled the soldier's arm and snatched the dagger away.

The soldier's facial skin was ignited by the fire, revealing the ugly Orc face underneath.

"It really is the Beast Race! I felt something was wrong as soon as I entered the alley. It seems you have thrown yourselves into the net!" Ning Shen gripped the dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the Orc's throat.

The soldier who had led the two in earlier saw this situation and went up to help directly, his right hand's skin torn by a Claw as he stabbed toward Ning Shen's back.

The moment Ning Shen felt the pain in his back, he made the flames on his body burn even more fiercely, and the Claw on his back even began to deform from the heat.

After this Orc's attack failed, Ning Shen turned around, kicked the ambushing Orc away with a right whip kick, and threw the dagger, piercing it into the Beast Race member's throat.

After finishing off the Orc on his side, Ning Shen's Spiritual Power was running a bit low; maintaining the state of having flames cover his entire body for a long time was indeed quite draining on his Spiritual Power.

"Zhao Jian, hold on!" Ning Shen shouted and ran over to help Zhao Jian.

In the end, all three of these Orcs died in this alley.

"Are you alright?" Zhao Jian saw the wound on Ning Shen's back, from which blood was flowing, and helped Ning Shen up, saying somewhat hurriedly.

"I'm fine. Thanks to the soldiers the Captain summoned, who train us whether there's anything going on or not, dealing with these Orcs is a bit easier. Otherwise, we might have stumbled here," Ning Shen said with a bitter smile.

The two walked out while supporting each other and happened to run into Zhu Chengnu and the other two who were rushing over. Mainly, Zhu Chengnu's shiny bald head was too eye-catching.

"Zhao Jian, Ning Shen! What happened?" Zhu Chengnu and the others asked with angry expressions when they saw Ning Shen was injured.

"Let's go back first; this isn't the place to talk," Zhao Jian said as he handed Ning Shen over to the others.

After returning to the guesthouse, the group realized after learning the sequence of events that they had likely been targeted.

"Then will the Captain be in danger too?" Zhu Chengnu said with some worry.

"No need to worry about that; with the Captain's strength, these few Orcs aren't even enough to fill the gaps in his teeth," Zhao Jian said while bandaging the wound he had received from the dagger.

The others had no objections to Zhao Jian's words. Indeed, with the Captain's physique and his abilities, trying to mess with the Captain was truly just delivering themselves as a meal.

When Yingzhou and Kelin were busy until evening, some people were missing from the subsequent departments, which gave Kelin a very bad feeling.

"The Beast Race that infiltrated has already noticed our actions. Doing this might make them start to counterattack," Kelin said with a hint of worry in his tone.

"Hmm, that's for certain. We want to find those infiltrated Orcs as quickly as possible, so it's inevitable that those Orcs will notice our purpose. However, if they want to counterattack, that's even better. I can just wipe them all out at once," Yingzhou said confidently, a hint of anticipation in his eyes and the corners of his mouth raised.

"Uh, wouldn't that be too reckless? I mean, if those Orcs have some power we don't know about, we will be at a great disadvantage," Kelin said with a solemn expression.

"Oh ho, they're here." Yingzhou and Kelin stopped at the material warehouse in the Inner City, watching the humans appearing all around them wearing various clothes.

Clearly, they were prepared to finish off Yingzhou and Kelin here. With human appearances, their eyes flashed with...

"Can you take care of yourself?" Yingzhou scanned his surroundings and asked Kelin beside him.

"Hm? I can, but what are you planning to do?" Kelin looked at the "humans" appearing continuously around them; they had various weapons in their hands, and some soldiers were holding guns.

"That's fine then." As Yingzhou spoke, he quickly threw Kelin toward a container to the side and quickly hid behind a piece of cover himself.

Seeing the reaction of these two, the Orcs did not launch an attack but instead laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, these two Two-legged Sheep are scared!"

"Slaughter them! Seize the opening authorization for the Inner City City Defense Team!"

A group of Orcs began to charge toward the position where Yingzhou and Kelin were hiding, with some Orcs behind them setting up guns to aim.

However, just as these Orcs were halfway through their charge, soldiers wearing helmets and gas masks rushed out from behind the cover, their Lucius Pattern 98 Lasguns aimed at these Beast Race members and firing.

These Orcs clearly had not realized their situation, but soon, the scene before them shocked them.

The Orcs on their side fell in rows like wheat. Although they had some firearms on their side, facing these soldiers who were equal in number and clearly possessed formidable combat power, their firing was like a death rattle.

By the time Kelin recovered from the shock, he discovered that the nearly 100 infiltrated Orcs had already turned into charred corpses, with a very small portion of the corpses having their heads severed by sharp weapons.

And the soldiers Yingzhou had just summoned had already disappeared; he must have recalled them.

Seeing the crisis resolved, Kelin stood out from behind the cover and asked with a pale face, "Were those all soldiers you summoned?"

Yingzhou turned his head to look at Kelin and replied with a smile, "Yes, they are a group of loyal soldiers. The Orcs have all been dealt with. There shouldn't be many Orcs left; let's root out the remaining Orcs as soon as possible to avoid any more accidents."

Yingzhou's smiling appearance, paired with his strong physique and the pile of Beast Race corpses around him, made his smile feel somewhat chilling.

Kelin nodded slightly, his face pale, and he said with a hint of tremor in his voice, "Right... we really should... hurry and root out these Alien Race members."