Spearman's Fate

"Forget it, you and I ride a horse, anyway, after we really enter the 'desert area', we won't be able to ride a horse."

It's strange to say that, normally you should ride a camel to enter the desert, but I don't know if the empire's military horses are all dangerous hybrids because they usually ride horses.

This time, an army of 5000 people was dispatched to conquer the alien race in the west, while Lancer's "special operations team" only had more than ten people, so their task was not easy.

They need to first confirm whether the next target will be transferred according to the map. After all, this time they only brought three days of food and water. If they find the wrong target once, it will be fine, but if they keep making mistakes, I am afraid that this time the operation will be canceled in advance.

Everyone set out in the early morning, and when Liva brought Lancer and the others to the empire's outermost post in the west, it was already noon. The sweaty Lancer sat in the post and looked at the dazzling sun above his head. This was the first time. Regret why not do a 'salon set'?

Although it was possible to buy a bottle of 'ice drink' directly in the 'supply system' to keep it cool for at least 4 hours, he had to give up this tempting idea in order to make himself look more 'ordinary'.

"Captain Liva, where are we going next?"

Although Lancer had asked the other party before departure, Liwa put it off with 'military secrets, we will talk about it after departure', but Lancer wondered why no one else asked?Could it be that because it's not the first time to execute everything, you already know it?

In fact, the answer is very simple. Unlike Lancer, who is a half-way monk, as a professional soldier, they are very aware of the reality that they only need to perform tasks and do not need to know why, so they never ask more questions.

"Well, this time our task is to confirm whether the small oasis outside the desert has changed. After confirming, we will try to enter the desert and destroy the large oasis. That's about it."

After finishing speaking, Liwa glanced at Lancer, who was confused and didn't understand at all. He sighed helplessly. Although according to his boss, the 'rookie' this time was good, but because he had never joined the army So lack of common sense, but not as much as I thought.

"The war between us and alien races has been going on since the birth of the empire. Although our ancestors drove those alien races into the poor mountains and rivers like the desert under our feet, the vitality of those guys seems to be particularly tenacious, and we didn't notice the situation. In the past hundreds of years, our ancestors tried to completely eliminate this group of pests countless times, but it is a pity... these guys have unknowingly took root in the desert , it was impossible to solve them completely, so later a 'general' invented a method——————”

Said that I don't know if it is Lancer's illusion, I always feel that the temperature in the post seems to have suddenly dropped?

"If we send a large army to carry out extinct massacres, those alien races will unite together. Even if we can kill many alien races in the end, we still can't clean them up because we can't go deep into the desert. On the contrary, maybe ten years, or even 20 years Then there will be a counterattack against Convenience Society, and countless people of the empire will be massacred and plundered. So how about we not use 'extermination of aliens' as a strategic goal? The general proposed this idea, and he did the same The main target is the large settlements deep in the desert, while the small settlements near the fortress are swept every few years, and generally not all are dealt with, leaving one or two settlements, In this way, whenever a small settlement is wiped out, there will always be some aliens living in the deep desert who will move outside..."

Liwa spoke with almost no emotion, but it was even more bizarre. After all, listening to the other party's tone, it seemed that he did not treat 'alien' as a human at all.

But Lancer still has a problem...

"Could it be that no one among those aliens can see it?"

"Hehe~ How could not, but there are always people who think they are 'lucky', maybe they won't be cleaned up? And for them, rather than desperately attacking the fortress or the surrounding villages, it is better to take a gamble and stay there, after all , what if you survive?"

Livana's sarcastic voice made Lancer not know what to say for a while.

After all, he is not an imperialist, and he cannot understand the indifference of ordinary imperial people to the lives of aliens and the hatred of aliens in the army, but he has never argued with others. After all, as I said before, he does not understand anything, so he He was not qualified to argue, just like he couldn't stop the real household Wu Xu from hunting ghouls.

The only thing he can do is not to do it himself, after all, he is just an 'ordinary person'.

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To be honest, the next job was very boring. The group of people wore camouflage clothes and kept running in the desert. They stopped at a distance from the 'Oasis', and then checked whether there were settlements near the 'Oasis'...

During this period, Lancer's job was responsible for the innermost vigilance, but he didn't know whether it was because he felt that his weapon was too big for secret hands, or because he felt that he was a rookie and needed to see more than he did.

until one night.

"We have checked all the places marked on the map, and we will go further into the desert next..."

Livana's serious voice as always seemed a little hoarse at this time, but no one else answered, not even Lancer. Liwa's request 'try not to talk'.

It can be said that even when performing tasks, everyone communicates in sign language. If Lancer does not speak for a long time, he even feels that he will not be able to control his voice if he speaks?

But Liwa's words really made him a little excited.

'The fucking boring days are finally over! '

Every day, except for the sand, he was going crazy.

It's just that compared to Lancer, who was a little excited, the expressions of the others became more serious, because they knew that the most dangerous time had come. Normally, it would be at this time if the downsizing occurred, but at the same time, they were equally enthusiastic. Get up, after all, if you can really destroy the undocumented alien strongholds in the desert, then the future of their promotion and salary increase is almost foreseeable.

It's a gamble that's fraught with opportunity as well as danger.

Chapter 10 'Liberation'

The maps on the periphery of the desert have long been gathered into a book after hundreds of years of exploration by imperial spies, which makes the soldiers on special missions even more familiar with the environment around them than the locals, but if you continue to go deeper, the difficulty will become exponentially more Growth, it is a completely foreign world for the imperial people.

It can be said that even Liwa, who led the team, has no absolute confidence to find the 'destination', but because of Lancer, their luck seems to be good?

"Captain, do you really want to go? There are thousands of people in that large stronghold. We only have more than ten people. Even if they stand there and kill us, we can't kill them all. Once they are surrounded..."

Although it is a mission, Liva has extremely high authority as a lieutenant. This time, he is in full command of the operation. If he thinks this is impossible, they can still choose to evacuate or find the next settlement, but... …

"Since we have seen it, then it is impossible for us to leave directly, at least we have to sneak in and investigate."

Liva finally rejected his subordinate's suggestion, and the other party couldn't say anything other than sigh after hearing Liva's answer, but after the sigh ended, his expression became serious again, since he couldn't avoid it, then don't hesitate!

"Okay, since everyone has no opinion, then I will arrange the task, Lancer, it is the first time for you to participate in this kind of task, you are in charge of the periphery, Keser, Tuligul, Heseler, you three are also in charge of the periphery, if If we need it, we will send a signal to come to support, if not, you will retreat according to the original plan and give the information here to the general!"

"Yes!"

Liwa's words undoubtedly gave other people a 'death-free gold medal'. If they need to, they can completely abandon others, but there is no way to do it. There are too few of them. Can't walk away.

The team of more than ten people was divided into three groups, Lancer and the others were responsible for the outermost and also for the support. Liwa personally led the strongest two people into the core area to try to assassinate the controllers here, based on the other party's understanding of these savage aliens As long as the controller dies, there will definitely be a civil war here.

The last group is responsible for investigating water sources and setting up traps in the city to buy time for evacuation if necessary.

Watching the other nine people out of sight, Heseler, who was standing beside Lancer, patted Lancer on the shoulder.

"Don't look at it, finish our mission first."

"Our mission? What is it?"

"...you'll find out later."

In Lancer's impression, Heseler was a giant man with bronzed skin that was silent but very kind, but at this time the other party's gloomy expression made Lancer feel that the other party was a different person.