The bright moon is in the sky, and the stars are like the sea.

Squatting in the bushes of the forest, Randall felt the pain caused by the nerve hooks of the keel parasite on his back, and suddenly had a subtle sense of presence.

Since the Battle of Guyan City ended, he spent most of his time staying in a relatively safe rear area, enjoying the leisure of life all day long, and had forgotten the tension brought to him by the battlefield.

But now, this kind of feeling in a dangerous situation, similar to the secretion of adrenaline in the body, returned to his blood.

Standing on the treetop, Aldenan listened carefully for a while with his wolf ears erected. He jumped down from the tree and whispered to Randall and Kellogg, "It's almost time to go."

Randall stood up, first moved his joints to relax his stiff body, and then said to the other two, "Do you all remember the mission goal before departure?"

Aldenan nodded: "From the edge of the forest, advance eastward and investigate for three kilometers."

Kellogg checked the dagger he carried, and said, "Hiss...find out all the underpasses, guard posts, and camps of the enemy along the way, and record this information and draw it into a map."

Randall added: "Aldenan, you have night vision and long-distance hearing capabilities, and your sense of smell is far better than ours; Kellogg, you have thermal imaging and mimicry capabilities, and you can be in the trunk without obstacles. And walking on the rock wall. But even so, we still have to be careful. Because once the enemy notices it, they will modify and adjust the defensive layout. deviation."

Seeing the werewolf and the lizardman nodding their heads to confirm, Randall waved his hand: "Since there is no problem, from now on, we will no longer use language to communicate, but instead use the hive communication module to communicate, let's go!"

The investigating team moved hundreds of meters forward, and Aldenan suddenly stopped, stood upright, and began to sniff something around with his nose.

Randall: "What's the matter? Did you find anything?" (Hive Communication)

Aldenan: "There is a very pungent smell..." (Honeycomb Communications)

Kellogg: "Look at the bark over there, there are burn marks on it." (Honeycomb)

Aldenan approached the trunk, grabbed some powder from it with his paws, and sniffed it carefully.

Aldenan: "It's gunpowder... and, the ratio of the amount of medicine is very similar to the one used by the Southern Emperor in my memory..." (Honeycomb Communications)

Kellogg: "So, the gunpowder weapons of the Heavenly Father Church came from the Southern Empire. Is this rumor true?" (Hive Communication)

Randall: "In response to the threat of the Dragon Kingdom, the Heavenly Father Church has completely abandoned the doctrine of taboos... This is not surprising, but it is indeed ironic." (Honeycomb Communications)

Aldenan: "Follow this direction, the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger, there may be enemy camps." (Hive Communication)

Randall: "Everyone slow down and pay attention to the surrounding environment." (Honeycomb)

The three of them followed the direction pointed by the werewolf and moved forward for about one kilometer, and human voices were faintly heard in the air.

Kellogg stretched out his hand to stop the movements of the other two, mimicking his body into the surrounding color, using his hands and feet together, climbing up a towering tree beside him, it looked like a huge gecko.

A few minutes later, Kellogg’s hive communication rang in the ears of Randall and Aldenan: "Eight hundred meters to the northeast, the enemy army’s camp of an advance battle group, the number of people is about 800, most of them are in Sleeping, only dozens of people are patrolling."

Randall: "Can you see the weapons and fortifications?"

Kellogg: "The thermal imaging capability can't see those details."

Randall: "Well, we need to get closer. From now on, everyone will slow down again and pay close attention to everything around them."

The three of them moved slowly toward the northeast direction cautiously.

Gradually, the sound in the air became louder and louder. There were human conversations, horses whispering, and bonfire burning.

Aldenan lowered his body and looked forward through the gap in the bushes: "I see the enemy's flag and the enemy's armor. You can't go wrong. These people are the army of the Father's Church."

Randall: "Let's walk around the campsite to see what we will find."

The three walked a few steps, and Randall suddenly reached out and grabbed Aldenan abruptly.

Just when the latter was confused, Randall knelt on the ground, pointed a twine that was no more than fifteen centimeters above the ground with his fingers, and said in a honeycomb communication: "Alarm trap."

Aldenan knelt down and carefully pushed aside the bushes, and found that the twine was connected to an iron plate filled with stones. If he didn't pay attention, he would trigger an alarm.

Aldenan sighed in fear, "Fortunately, you found out in time."

Randall: "Did you forget? I used to hunt for a living. This kind of trap seems to me more childish like a child's prank."

The three of them bypassed the traps on the ground and walked more than a dozen meters forward. Kellogg stared at the ground, lay down and communicated with the hive: "The tunnel is below, and there are enemies under our feet."

Aldenan put his ear to the ground and listened, reporting: "Yes, there are people underground. And I heard the sound of rolling metal objects, it sounds cumbersome?"

Randall: "Metal object?"

Aldenan pointed a finger: "The group of people in the tunnel, with that thing, walked forward."

Randall: "Go, follow the tunnel and take a look."

When the three of them followed the direction of the tunnel extension, bypassed the camp, and came to a low hill at the destination, they couldn't help being taken aback by the scene in front of them.

Aldenan swallowed, "If I'm not mistaken, that seems to be..."

Randall: "The bunker."

Kellogg: "What is a bunker?"

Randall: "In order to occupy favorable terrain, or to control traffic arteries, the southern empire often used tunnels or trenches to build a strong fortification with stones and dirt. From the appearance, it looks a bit like a ground from the ground. Low raised houses."

Aldenan: "The size of this bunker looks ~lightnovelpub.net~ almost like the long house where our Holy Order lives. But the square holes in the wall...what are they?"

Randall: "It's a musket shot hole."

Aldenan: "What is the trapezoidal gap in the middle for?"

Randall: "That is the artillery muzzle, which is generally used to place Imperial shotguns to attack soldiers who are too close."

Kellogg: "So, in this way, the movement we heard in the tunnel just now should be the sound of the enemy pushing the artillery."

Randall: "Yes, bunker, shooting hole, artillery blocking, these are the common tactics of the empire. It seems that the church not only bought their weapons this time, but also learned their fighting methods."

Aldenan: "Listen to your tone, this battle seems a bit difficult for us?"

Randall: "...I'm afraid it's not only difficult...This may be the most dangerous battle since the establishment of the kingdom."