After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Mission? Battle?"

The pink-haired girl rubbed her face, stunned for a moment, and then had an expression of sudden realization.

"Uh... yeah, I think I mentioned this before. What's the situation now? What about the orc army? And how are Anna and the others doing?"

Aize briefly introduced what happened afterwards.

From the orc army besieging the city, launching two attacks and being repelled, to the current situation and subsequent plans.

Of course, there are also the cases of mixed-race people.

"The hybrids are staying with the relocated civilians, and while there are some conflicts, Sean is personally coordinating on site, so there's no need to worry about any problems. Anna is also there. Hehe, she's even helping the town's doctors care for the wounded."

"As for Groot, he's leading dozens of half-bloods willing to join the battle, along with the town guards. They should be on the main gate wall right now."

Dozens of half-breeds who had not received systematic training and had crude combat skills, although equipped with excellent equipment stored in the Tafia Arsenal, still had limited combat effectiveness.

We can't even expect any results.

However, their participation in the defense of the town itself is far more meaningful than the specific results of the battle.

This is the first step to help them gain a foothold here.

It is also the first step for Aize to fulfill his promise to Alicia.

As for those extremely anti-human and restless elements mixed in there... there will be a chance to deal with them later.

After listening to Aize's narration, the girl nodded, and then said without any hesitation:

"In that case, I'll also participate in the subsequent actions!"

Aize looked at her for a few times.

At the very beginning - specifically, in the plan before retaking Tafia, he did take Alicia's abilities into consideration.

But with Alicia in a coma, the relevant parts have been modified to ensure that even if she cannot wake up, nothing should be left out.

So should we add her back now?

After thinking for a while, Aize said seriously:

"It's not impossible, but you have to promise me that you will never act on your own again, and you will never trade your own risks for the so-called success rate of a plan. I don't need... No, I won't allow such an exchange, understand?"

"Yeah, I got it."

The girl nodded decisively.

Aize then continued:

"This plan is different from the previous ones. It will take longer and the environment will be more complex. You may encounter more unforeseen emergencies. Promise me that if anything unexpected happens, immediately abandon the operation and evacuate."

"Okay, I won't..."

"Answer with yes or no!"

"Yes!"

The girl's lifeless pupils trembled, and there even seemed to be a hint of light.

In this case, Aize couldn't refuse anymore.

"Okay, then follow me. Time is tight. I'll tell you what to do on the way!"

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The orcs' camp was not as orderly as the human army. It looked messy and noisy.

The huge orcs sat in groups of three or four around the campfire, drinking, making noises, wrestling, or roasting all kinds of food over the fire and then stuffing them into their mouths.

The smell of fireworks, noise, blood, and a thick stench filled every corner.

In the past, the orc army that attacked Gerroth was recruited and trained by the Great Chief over a long period of time, so it looked more like an army in the general sense, orderly and neat.

However, after that devastating defeat, only one in ten of the elite orc army survived.

Now, these hastily recruited orc tribal warriors most truly reflect the true nature of the orcs.

In the animal skin tent in the center of the camp, the great chief, whose attack was thwarted, sat on his throne made of the bones of high-level monsters with wounds all over his body, looking extremely unhappy.

Standing in front of it were more than twenty orcs, who were not as tall as it but were equally tall.

They are the chiefs of the orc tribes except the great chief Tar Sarago.

An orc who looked somewhat old and had a broken tooth, but was still extremely fierce, spoke first:

"Captain, the spies the Demon King had arranged for us are gone, and you yourself were unable to capture the city. I suggest we retreat and return when we are ready."

These words made a considerable number of chiefs nod their heads.

Originally, the fate of the hastily assembled orc army was to fight a field battle with the army of the Duke's Alliance who were forcing the emperor to abdicate under the city walls of the kingdom's capital.

You don't need to win, just cripple them and retreat.

In this way, the hastily assembled army was sufficient.

The results of it?

Not only did they fight an inexplicable battle with an inexplicable army, losing a lot of strength, but they were also blocked at the gates of the fortified city of Tafia.

The original plan did not include a siege component, and since the orc army had very little time to assemble, no corresponding preparations were made.

Therefore, before the siege began, there were quite a few chiefs who opposed Sarago's decision.

However, Tal Sarago punched the seat under him in extreme anger.

"Come back when you're ready!? If you're ready, reinforcements from that damned hero Aize will be arriving soon! Wouldn't that just be the same situation as last time with Gross!?"

"This……"

Speaking of Gerlos, the opposing chiefs were instantly silenced.

Everyone knows that this is the absolute high-voltage line of the chief.

If you dare to say anything about this, then expect part of your body to appear in its dinner tomorrow.

And the chieftain's anger has not ended yet:

"Besides! What is the hero Aize good at!? He's leading people everywhere!"

Aize's own term is called mobile warfare.

Of course, it can also be called pulling, flying kites, showing off skills, etc.

"Once we get that guy moving, we'll have no chance of winning! Now, after finally trapping him in a city and preventing him from moving, you're actually saying you want to go back? Go back and release him from the city, and then deal with us!?"

To put it in an analogy, Aize is like a snake.

A snake curled up in a jar is scary because if you try to catch it, you might get bitten.

But you can't let it out for that reason - because the latter is obviously more terrifying.

This is the mentality that Tal Sarago has now.

"It will take a few days for human reinforcements to arrive, but I'm also requesting support from the Demon King. Before then, I must..."

"Report!!!"

Before he could finish his words, an orc messenger stumbled in:

"Report to the Great Chief! Something terrible has happened! The Brave Aize has sent out the Knights in the city to attack us from two directions, trying to break out!"

Chapter 150 Overreaction

For Tal Sarago, who is besieging the city, letting Aize go might be a better choice in this situation.

After all, the trouble right now is the city itself, not the army inside.

But Chief Tal Sarago could not do that.

For him, whether Tafia was captured or not was secondary. His only goal was to resolve the feud between him and Aize today and take revenge on him by killing him.

And now, his number one target actually wants to escape?

This is of course something that absolutely cannot be allowed.

Its huge body jumped up from the chair almost instantly.

The movement was so great that his bald head rubbed against the top of the animal-skin tent.

"Break out? What's the direction of the attack?"

"It's the west and south gates! The camps of the Iron Fang and Blood Blade tribes!"

"Damn the brave Aize!"

These two tribes were once the most powerful among all the orc tribes. Their tribal leaders were also absolute eagles and were always very active in the war against humans.

But because of this, their main force suffered the most serious losses in the disastrous defeat a year ago, and they have not been able to recover even until now.

In this expedition, they were also the two weakest tribes.

Aize must have been aware of this, which is why he picked these two soft persimmons to pick on without bias.

"Send the troops immediately! Send everyone nearby! Stop the Brave Aize at all costs! Push them back into the city!"

"Yes!"

The tent was instantly in chaos.

The chiefs who were gathered for a meeting were driven back to their own tribes.

The great chief, who had just returned from the battlefield, didn't care about his fatigue and injuries. He didn't even have time to take off his helmet. He picked up his battle axe and rushed towards Ximen, who was closer to him.

I thought this would be a fierce battle.

However, it did not.

When Sarago arrived at the battlefield, apart from the not-too-chaotic traces of a battle and a few corpses from both sides, there was not even a trace of the Knights.

Only the chief was holding an axe with a question mark on his face.

"Where is the brave Aize?"

"Report to the Great Chief, they are back!"

The tall orc couldn't believe his ears:

"Going back!? If we were going to break out, how could we just go back so easily... What? Did you do something? Did you fight them off!?"

The orc leader who was asked was also confused. He scratched his head and shook his head:

"No, they had already gone back when we arrived. They were probably afraid of you, Chief."

A little over a year ago, Tal Sarago would have agreed with these statements 100%.

Maybe he'll burst into laughter and go back happily for a drink or something.

But after experiencing Gerlos's failure, it knew that this would never be the case.

This must be what the brave Aize is planning again.

But what is he planning?

Tal Sarago was puzzled.

You can't be showing weakness on purpose, right?

Was he pretending to be unable to hold the city and had to break out, to trick himself into taking further action? To trick himself into personally taking part in the battle?

And then kill yourself?

possible.

But is it really that simple? So simple that even I can think of it casually?

Perhaps, he guessed that he could guess this, and then deliberately used this to scare himself, so as to make himself timid and dare not step into the front line?

Also a possibility.

But maybe going a step further, he even guessed that I could predict this step, and used the rebellious psychology to lure me into the trap?

No, it's possible to go a step further and predict that I can guess the so-called rebellious psychology, and then...