Chapter 156 Fortress of Thorns 2

Chapter 156 – Fortress of Thorns 2
A guard hurriedly came to report:
“The scout who came back last night woke up and said he has something important to report.”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became serious.

Important situation? Just how important was the situation? Could it be that the rebels were about to fight?
Duke Dodge stood up all of a sudden and commanded the guards who came to report, “Show me!”

He took off his feet and walked quickly toward the outside of the hall.

Klein and Lester also both got up and followed the old Duke, no one was in the mood to wait for breakfast here now.

And naturally, Bowman and the other attendants had to follow.

The crowd soon arrived at a barracks specialized in sheltering the wounded and pushed the door to enter.

The Duke asked hurriedly, “Is he awake?”

On top of a wooden bed in the corner, a wounded soldier with bandages all over his body was leaning against the quilt, with another person beside him feeding him rice soup in his mouth.

Seeing the three highest status adults in the fortress come, the one feeding the wounded soldier the soup immediately got up and saluted, and the wounded soldier on the bed struggled to get off the ground.

The duke immediately took a step forward to gently hold him down, “Since you’re injured, don’t move around, keep lying down.”

“Thank you, Lord Duke.”

The severely injured scout said softly, from his voice one could tell that his body was very weak right now.

The guards moved a few short stools and invited the Duke and the other three to sit down.

“You said you have an important situation to report with me?”

The scout nodded and said, “Yes, I think this probe is very important.”

After saying these words, a saddened look appeared on his face, he was the only one who came back from this mission, the other two brothers who had been with each other for a long time did not know what happened to them.

“Then tell us about it.”

“Yes!”

The scout paused, carefully recalled the details of last night, and slowly narrated.

“Yesterday evening, we went to squat on the road that our own team was responsible for, to prevent a nighttime raid by the rebels.”

“Around 8:00 p.m., when it was already completely dark by that time, we suddenly heard a movement in the distance. While there was still a few moments of moonlight, we could vaguely see several figures on the opposite side slowly feeling their way along the road.”

“The captain estimated that it was a rebel scout or a small unit of troops, taking advantage of the darkness to feel the situation of the fort, at that time was going to immediately return to the fort to report the situation, but a sharp-eyed brother saw that there were only five people on the opposite side, while there were seven on our side, the captain got up the idea of catching a few tongues, and the other people, including me, agreed with it. ”

“So we quickly adjusted our positions and continued to wait for the enemy to approach.”

“Fortunately, we were well concealed, and the marching enemy did not notice us, and gradually came into our encirclement.”

“Then at the captain’s command, we suddenly jumped out and each pounced on the nearest person.”

“I gripped the short sword in my own hand tightly, and stabbed fiercely at one of the men opposite me; it was obvious that he was startled by our surprise attack, and stood there dumbly at a loss, and with his back to me; if all had gone well, I was very sure that I could have stabbed him through and through.”

Duke Dodge, Klein, and Lester held their breath as they heard what the scout was saying, and what happened next was anything but normal.

Sure enough, they only heard the scout say in an incredulous tone:
“But on the contrary, something abnormal happened, just at the moment my short sword stabbed his body, I suddenly felt like I was stabbing a piece of iron plate.”

Klein asked, “Was the other party wearing armor?”

“No, my lord!”

The scout shook his head back and forth, but accidentally pulled a wound on his body, causing him to grimace in pain.

“Waiting until they approached, we saw gently, the other party did not have any defense gear on their body, they are indeed scouts without a doubt, in order to move a little less when walking at night, they are wearing ordinary clothes.” The Duke and the other three looked at each other.

Klein speculated, “Perhaps the other party is wearing a thin and delicate set of inner armor on the inside?”

But as soon as he said it face felt his face burning.

Such a set of lightweight, delicate, can be hidden under ordinary clothing, does not affect the movement in the slightest, and can even prevent the full force of a trained adult man’s blow of the inner armor …… good boy, this can be used as a heirloom of a noble family, how can it be possible to let an ordinary scout wear it to the front line to casually sneak around.

This is indeed something unusual, the Duke asked with a grave expression, “And then?”

“And then ……”

A look of incomprehension and hindsight surfaced on the scout’s face.

“Then the other party stumbled forward under my blow, and I took the opportunity to scan the surroundings and found that under our surprise attack, none of the enemies were even fatally injured, oh …… maybe I didn’t see it clearly because of the color of the night, but their next movements really didn’t look like injuries look.”

“We are all very confident in our own hands, although we don’t dare to think of a comparison with your lordships, but where to stab, how to make the enemy incapacitated but not fatal, these skills are what we scouts must master.”

The Duke asked, “That is to say, these five people are …… all probably wearing some kind of ‘inner armor’ inside?”

The Duke really couldn’t think of how the other side could do so without armor, so he had to go on to say the kind of possibility that Viscount Klein had just thought of.

“Uh …… if there really is that kind of so-called ‘inner armor’, then this must be the case, right?”

To the scout’s knowledge, really do not know the nobles smashed money to invite skilled craftsmen to come up with a variety of “high-tech” things, the heart can not help but sigh: or you adults have a lot of knowledge ah, so it is such a thing.

He continued:

“The other side reacted very quickly, after being attacked by us, they immediately formed a defensive formation back to back, and we could not care less about continuing to marvel at their defenses, and once again pounced on them.”

“We soon realized that whether it was slashing or stabbing, our swords didn’t seem to be able to do much damage to their bodies.”

“The other party’s stances were similar to ours, but the mere fact that they were ‘invulnerable to swords and spears’ was a dead giveaway.”

“After nearly twenty minutes of fierce fighting, almost everyone of us was injured, but those five people were at ease, and gradually we fell into a disadvantage.”

“Finally, three brothers fell to the ground, the captain saw that there was no hope of winning, and sent us a retreat signal …… while he …… stayed down… …”

“I ……”

Speaking here, the scout’s face flushed red.

“I turned my head and ran …… away.”

His voice began to choke, as if he couldn’t go on.

Duke Dodge put his hand on his shoulder, “Your captain is a hero, and you did nothing wrong, it is the responsibility of you scouts to bring back the information, don’t have any mental burden.”

Tears welled up in the corners of the scout’s eyes, “Was I the only one who came back last night? I remember there were two other brothers who retreated together, I was …… just running away ……”

There was an uncomfortable silence, no one answered his question.

The scout drooped his head, silently bearing this cruel reality.

Duke Dodge sighed and said, “You take care of your injuries, only by living can you stand up to the sacrificed brothers.”

He made a gesture to the other two and turned to walk outside.

Klein and Lester followed closely.

(End of chapter)