Chapter 756: Advancing Without Delay
"You mean to say that we might have fallen into someone else"s trap?" Claremont asked in slight surprise.
They had not thought of this before Devitt made his deduction. Now that they thought about it, this possibility was extremely real.
From the looks of it, this group of people behind the scenes should not have launched an attack on the dragons.
"Then once we walk out of here, won"t we become the target of everyone on the island?" Abel said.
"This is just a possibility that I"ve deduced. The exact situation is still unknown." Devitt shook his head and said.
"We"re really in a dilemma now." Claremont sighed and said.
"Before our entire army move out, how about we send some people out to investigate the situation?" Abel suggested.
Devitt had already thought of this method, so when Abel said it, he replied, "The news that we are going to the volcano has already spread across the entire island. Neither elven soldiers nor human soldiers can be sent out to investigate."
"Then..." Claremont suddenly thought of a candidate, "What about Gilbert? He"s a gnome. It"s purely a coincidence that he joined us halfway. It"s normal for gnomes to appear near the volcano. Let him go out and ask for information on our behalf. How about it?"
"That"s right." Devitt"s eyes widened and he nodded affirmatively.
"But what if he doesn"t help us or lies to us?" Abel said worriedly.
Claremont shook his head and said, "From the observations of the past few days, I don"t think Gilbert would do such a thing."
"Since we"ve already decided, let"s go ask him what he thinks." Devitt suggested.
"Okay." Claremont and Abel nodded in unison.
The three of them caught up with Gilbert, who was running at the front, and repeated their guesses in front of him.
Gilbert was also a little shocked by this possibility. He asked, "Then what are your plans?"
"For the sake of safety, our reconnaissance team will not appear in front of the residents near the volcano for the time being," Claremont explained, "The three of us want you to help us get information about the outside world and bring it back."
"Okay." Gilbert glanced at the soldiers following closely behind and said, "This is the only way now."
"If you can agree to our request, we can agree to any of your requests." Devitt added.
"Hmph..." Gilbert raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Okay, I"ll agree to your request. But the request will be raised after you climb up the volcano."
"Thank you." the three of them said.
Gilbert shook his head and turned his gaze to the front. He focused on running on the road.
"I"ll take you all out by tonight." Gilbert said.
"Everyone, follow me!" Abel looked at Gilbert"s back and shouted to the soldiers behind him.
"Gilbert, why aren"t you tired after running for so long?" Jeb, who was standing in the front row, wailed.
It was clearly a cold winter weather, but bean-sized beads of sweat appeared on everyone"s foreheads.
"Stop talking. I can"t even see his figure." Levin was dressed roughly. "Where is he running to?"
"I don"t know." Jeb wiped the sweat off his eyelashes and said, "I feel that we can"t keep up."
"What are you two chatting about? Run faster!" the captain of the second team commanded them.
"Yes!" the two could only shut their mouths and continue to run with the formation.
It had been six hours since they set off early in the morning. Abel looked back at the soldiers under him and found that most of them looked terrible. The elven soldiers who were flying in the air using magic had also landed on the ground due to the consumption of spiritual power and were running with the Caradia soldiers. However, it was obvious that they could not adapt to this way of traveling. Every elven soldier looked as if their souls had left their bodies.
Abel said to Claremont worriedly, "We have to stop. The soldiers can"t hold on much longer."
Claremont was reminded by Abel"s words and also noticed the terrible situation of the soldiers. He frowned and said, "But Gilbert is far ahead of us. What if he can"t find us and cannot join us?"
"Let the soldiers slow down temporarily and walk forward. It won"t take long. Let them replenish some water first." Abel suggested.
Devitt and Claremont both agreed with his suggestion.
Abel immediately ordered the entire army, "All soldiers, march forward on foot!"
"Great!" Jeb was the first to cheer.
Just now, he almost thought that he was going to faint on the ground.
"Everyone remembers to replenish your water in time. We will slow down for only twenty minutes. In the afternoon, we will still advance on foot," Claremont explained to everyone.
"Yes!" the soldiers answered in unison.
Abel walked to the elven soldiers" formation and asked about everyone"s physical condition.
"How are you guys?" Abel asked with concern.
"I feel like I"ve lost half my life." an officer who was more familiar with Abel answered while panting.
"Running is too tiring." one of the elven soldiers replied.
Abel roughly checked each soldier"s physical condition and found that everyone was fine, he urged them, "Use these twenty minutes to rest. In the afternoon, it"s fine to use spirit energy or physical strength. We still have about four hours to go."
"Yes, boss!" the elven soldiers nodded.
"Austin, hurry up and drink some water. The water in the luggage was prepared for now." Levine said to Austin, who had walked to the front row.
"Yes, I"ll drink it later. I go and ask Captain Devitt something first." Austin replied.
"Why is he looking for Captain Devitt?" Jeb asked Levine, who was beside him, as he watched Austin get close to Devitt.
"He"s probably asking about his "son"." Levin shook his head and replied, "Austin is extremely worried that he won"t be able to see his "son" for a moment. Let"s not talk about this anymore. Help me ma.s.sage my shoulders."
When Jeb heard Levin"s request, he obediently carried Levin"s luggage on his back and ma.s.saged his shoulders.
While enjoying himself, Levin said to Jeb, "Since you are so grateful, you can ask me to reimburse you for tonight"s dinner."
"Really?" Jeb said in surprise, and he increased the strength in his hands.
"Of course." Levin immediately nodded.