Chapter 465: I Have Already Completed the Mission!

Akali was Gervas's first Night Elf female subordinate.

After subduing her last time, Gervas took her along whenever he went on campaign.

The reason Night Elf females appeared almost never along the way was that they were unsuited to showing themselves before other nobles.

After all, such a presence was no different from displaying Zuiyue, that unicorn, directly before other nobles.

So, along the previous journey, Akali had been with the aerial squad, riding Gervas's Magic Swift Eagle alongside Evlan.

Only a few days ago, at Baron Kale's fortress, did Akali rejoin the main force with the flying squad.

And during the subsequent escape, there was no situation requiring Akali to take risks, so she had remained idle until now.

However, one trains soldiers for a thousand days to use them for a single hour; now Gervas finally needed to deploy Akali.

In last night's intelligence, the System revealed the inner camp gate was unusual; besides that, it also revealed a flaw in this royal tent palace.

That was, the Beast King, to guard against every contingency, had actually reserved a hidden tunnel within the camp for evacuation.

And the sole difficulty with this tunnel was that it could only be opened from the inside; from the outside, even if one discovered the tunnel exit, it could not be opened in reverse.

So, under normal circumstances, if other humans obtained this information, it would certainly be of no use whatsoever.

But for Gervas, it was different.

He possessed Night Elves.

Night Elves were the beings in this world most skilled at infiltration and assassination.

Therefore, with a confirmed tunnel location, letting Akali infiltrate, find the tunnel, and open it, then his subordinates could secretly enter through it.

"My Lord Gervas, what are your orders? Do you want me to infiltrate and kill that Orc leader? However, although I can attempt it, I dare not guarantee one hundred percent success!"

"After all, assassinating in a crowded, narrow military camp is far more difficult than within a city or castle!" Akali, the Night Elf female, had a free-spirited personality and spoke quite frankly.

And during these days, she had gained a new understanding of this human noble she had just pledged loyalty to.

This seemingly young human noble possessed extraordinary command abilities in war.

Not only could he foresee enemy movements each time, but he could also precisely locate enemy weaknesses.

Of course, what was even more impressive were the subordinates he cultivated and the weapons his subordinates used.

"No! Akali, I do not need you to assassinate that fellow, because it is too dangerous; I do not wish for my first Night Elf subordinate to meet with an accident!"

"Then... then what do you want me to do?" A tiny warmth arose in Akali's heart for no reason.

After all, what Night Elves did was undertake missions walking the edge of life and death.

Even if the other party sent her to assassinate that Orc leader, that would be normal.

And in the past, people only cared whether they completed the mission as agreed; when had they ever cared about the risks they might encounter?

"The thing I want you to do is very simple; through secret reports, I learned that in the rear garden of the enemy's inner camp, there is a tunnel hidden among many granaries..."

Quickly, Gervas informed Akali of the tunnel entrance characteristics provided by the System.

That tunnel was hidden inside a wooden granary hut.

Without the System's information, it would be basically very difficult to find the true target among more than ten granaries.

"Akali, do you have confidence in finding it?"

"My Lord Gervas, if your information is accurate, then I will not disappoint you!" Akali was very decisive.

Merely infiltrating and searching was, for her, really not too difficult.

"Very good! Then I await your good news!" Gervas felt relieved.

And Akali did not delay; she took her leave of Gervas and returned directly to her own tent.

When Akali appeared again, she had changed into a night-cloak.

Borrowing the cover of night, Akali vanished directly from everyone's sight.

Whether the Storm Legion soldiers or the Orcs atop the wooden wall, none noticed the disappearance of a Night Elf female.

When Akali appeared again, she had already reached the north side of the inner camp.

This was the direction of the inner camp's rear garden.

Although this was not the main attack position of the Storm Legion, the Orcs had not let their guard down and had also stationed quite a few Orcs to defend it.

Akali, borrowing the cover of night, crawled to the foot of the wooden wall.

However, what followed was the true test for her.

Because atop the wooden wall, there were not only blazing bonfires, but also Orcs on continuous watch.

Akali slowly began to climb.

Although unarmed, the smoothness with which she climbed the wooden wall was absolutely no less than a gecko's.

Having silently climbed to the top of the wooden wall, Akali did not rush to flip over and enter.

Because doing so would absolutely expose her at the very first moment.

He first observed the two Orcs responsible for patrolling this section of the wooden wall above.

Then, seizing the right moment, he flipped his sleeve, and several bats appeared out of thin air.

This was something even Gervas did not know Akali was hiding.

After producing the bats, Akali suddenly waved her arm toward the direction of the Orc guards; immediately, the bats took flight swiftly, flying toward the two Orc guards on the wall.

"Damn it, where did these bats come from?"

Several bats flew close to the Orc guards; although they did not launch an attack, they still made the two Orc guards feel repulsed, and they immediately waved their arms to drive them away.

And in that very instant, Akali, light as a swallow, leaped onto the wooden wall; immediately, she tapped her toe once more, and her whole body flew into the interior of the wooden wall.

Crossing the corridor, the height below was more than ten meters.

Akali was not panicked; she simply scooped with both hands, suddenly grabbing the horizontal beams inside the wall used to support the corridor; immediately, her figure hung steadily in mid-air, and she was precisely positioned in the shadow.

After observing for a moment, confirming the positions of the surrounding Orcs and the illumination range of the bonfire, Akali began to move again.

Every advance, maneuver, roll, and leap of hers was so perfectly timed.

Either in the orcs' blind spots while on guard, or in the shadowy edges at the fringe of the campfire light.

And after Akali left, the few bats on that wooden wall were driven away.

The two orcs cursed and grumbled, completely failing to notice that a gap had already appeared in their guard sector.

Instead, they continued their cross-patrol along this thirty-meter stretch of wooden wall.

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"My lord, the cannon ammunition is running low; we can fire at most about ten more times!"

Time ticked by second by second. As the cannons and ballistae kept attacking, the guarding orcs suffered quite a bit.

However, it merely caused the orcs some hardship.

As for progress, there was none whatsoever.

At this moment, the cannon squad brought bad news: the blue-scaled sea beast's scale powder was nearly exhausted.

Although he had long expected this, upon truly receiving the news, Gervas still frowned slightly.

And on Knight Mi Gen Gen and the others' faces, worry appeared.

"My lord, if it truly cannot be helped, let us launch a full-scale assault immediately!"

With the cannons' cover, although a full-scale assault would still incur considerable casualties,

it was better than waiting until the cannons were completely lost later.

Gervas certainly would not agree.

After all, a full-scale assault is only carried out in the most desperate circumstances.

He was just about to refuse Knight Mi Gen Gen when, from behind, a pleasant voice sounded, "My lord Gervas, I have completed my mission!"