Chapter 97: Mailun's Confusion

After Mailun issued the order, he sat in his own tent waiting for good news from his subordinates, but after about ten minutes, another explosion sounded from the south side of the camp.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"What is going on? There are Human Alliance troops on the east side, and on the south side too?" Mailun said with some shock.

This shelling was even shorter than the last, and after the artillery fire washed over the southern camp once, it ceased.

Mailun walked out of the tent with a gloomy face; he felt that something was wrong, and a trace of unease welled up in his heart.

He immediately summoned his subordinate leaders to inquire about the situation.

"Priest, the team we sent out just now has returned. No Human Alliance troops were found on the east side. However, judging by the impact points of the shells and the power of the explosions, it should be the same type of artillery," one Camp Leader reported.

Mailun frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Is it possible that the Two-legged Sheep are deliberately creating a false impression to make us think they are attacking from multiple directions?"

"Priest, the interval between these two artillery attacks is not long. I believe this is a harassment plan carried out by two separate Two-legged Sheep units."

A sturdy Orc spoke up; his name was Duolaigai, and he was also a Beast Race Camp Leader.

A trace of irritability appeared on Mailun's face. He had just sent people to check on the hidden Rune Cannons, and they had not been affected by the recent artillery fire.

Previously, he had not taken it seriously because the Two-legged Sheep unit Maike mentioned had not directly attacked the rear camp head-on. Therefore, he had not thought that the units harassing them in the Outer City would have heavy firepower like artillery, and it looked very powerful at that.

If they did not find a way to eradicate these Two-legged Sheep units harassing them from the outside, it was inevitable that they would be ambushed by these few Two-legged Sheep units when attacking the Inner City.

"Such units certainly won't retreat very quickly. We only need to increase the patrol range and increase the manpower of the Patrol Squads to discover these few Two-legged Sheep units with heavy firepower in advance," Cidu said with a look of contempt on his ugly face.

"That's right! It must have taken a lot of effort for the Two-legged Sheep to organize an artillery attack like this. As long as we discover them in advance, we can wipe them all out, and by the way, we can also capture some of the Two-legged Sheep's new gadgets," Ade nodded and agreed.

"I think so too."

Seeing that all the Camp Leaders agreed with this speculation and felt that Cidu's method was feasible, Mailun nodded.

He nodded and said, "Hmm, not bad. Cidu's idea makes a lot of sense. Let's do it. Expand..."

"Priest, there are several Orcs from the regions to the east asking to see you."

Before Mailun could finish speaking, his Orc guard walked into the tent and bowed to Mailun.

Mailun, who had been interrupted, was initially a bit angry, but upon hearing that they were Orcs from the eastern regions, he swallowed back the anger he was prepared to unleash.

Mailun took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, and said slowly, "Let them in."

"Yes!"

Soon, five Orcs walked into the tent and saluted Mailun, "Priest, on the road in the Outer City leading to your location, an Orc Patrol Squad was killed in a strange way, and those bloodstains all lead toward you."

Mailun seemed to have caught a clue and said, "You mean, someone came from your side to my side tonight?"

One Orc lowered its head and said, "Yes, their corpses were left as nothing but fragments or pulp. Judging by the number of enemies, it should be between 30 and 50 people."

Another Orc spoke up at this time, "Yes, it was the same on our side. There were footprints on a stretch of the road, but they were not the footprints of Two-legged Sheep; they should be the mounts of those Two-legged Sheep."

Upon hearing about the mounts, Mailun pondered for a moment and said, "It should be the cavalry units of the Two-legged Sheep. I have seen it in the books of these Two-legged Sheep before, saying that a long time ago, during the cold weapon era, cavalry was equivalent to today's armored units."

Speaking of this, Mailun frowned, "But, if they are cavalry, then the ones attacking us here shouldn't be this unit. Damn it, how many troops did those Two-legged Sheep send to the Outer City? Most importantly, where did their equipment come from? The Inner City gate has never been opened."

Mailun thought for a long time, finally could only shake his head, and said to the Orcs in his tent, "Just follow Cidu's method. Tomorrow, expand the patrol range. We must not let those Two-legged Sheep units ruin our good work!"

"Yes!"

Soon, only Mailun was left in the tent. Mailun's expression was conflicted, and finally, he walked out of the tent to go to the Priest Apprentices who were adding Rune power to the Rune Bullets.

Originally, Priest Apprentices were not supposed to master a large number of Rune attack methods, but now the situation was a bit tricky. Mailun decided to teach this batch of Priest Apprentices some simple Rune attack methods to prevent any unforeseen circumstances on the battlefield.

Although he still had many elite troops in his hands, they were all just muscular Orcs. Training these Priest Apprentices might cause some trouble for those Two-legged Sheep.

After Yingzhou retrieved the Krieg Artillery and the Basilisk Self-propelled Artillery, he quickly summoned 10 Krieg Engineers to dig a simple trench nearby that could accommodate him.

After camouflaging the entrance, Yingzhou recalled the Krieg Engineers and hid in the trench to focus his Spiritual Power.

Yingzhou prepared to observe the movements of the Orcs tomorrow and planned to harass them again during the two days the Orcs were attacking the city, while also locating the positions of those Rune Cannons—finding as many as he could.

Just then, the system suddenly issued a Task.

【Task: Defend the Fourth Defense Zone Inner City and do not let the Beast Race capture the Inner City.】

【Task Reward: 2 chances for a Random Draw.】

Seeing the system suddenly pop up this task, Yingzhou asked, "System, what does this 'not let the Inner City be captured' mean?"

"It means that if the Orcs rush into the Inner City and keep most of the civilians in captivity or kill them, then the Inner City is captured. If the Inner City is breached, but the Orcs do not gain a firm foothold inside and are driven out, it is not considered captured."

"Sigh, can't the reward be better? Look at this task of mine; it can be said to be quite difficult. I have to defend the Inner City, and there is still a lot to do. Why don't you raise the reward? After all, we have known each other for so long, make the reward a bit richer!"

Yingzhou had intended to do this before, to see if he could have a good chat with the system and improve the task reward.

"How is that possible? This system has principles. How could I be fooled by your few words into changing my mind?"

The system's volume became louder, saying the word "principles" with unusual solemnity.

Seeing the system's righteous tone, Yingzhou had no choice but to give up.