Chapter 582 - Next Action (3)

Auron's group's assigned location was near Masdul City's perimeter. Masdul City was one of Regalia's cities in the Bridge World. It was located next to Puwit City, which was the real target. Puwit City was located across from Talv City of Gaia's. 

Actually, Auron's group was assigned the furthest from Puwit City. His designated area was in the middle of the two cities. Auron's location could be considered the easiest. It was pretty rare for soldiers to travel from Masdul City to Puwit City when Puwit City was still under control.

It would be quicker to use the teleportation portal inside Masdul City towards Puwit City. That was why there would be a rare case for soldiers to travel between those two places. 

Despite the fact that it was rare, nobody knew what one had thought. Hence, to be safe, Smite assigned Auron's to that place. Moreover, it was wartime. Everything could happen during wartime. Obviously, Regalia would have already known Gaia's intention from the past days' attacks. They would have prepared some intervention.

Currently, Auron, along with groups was overseeing the area. From far away, he could see the small groups that were assigned to him. They moved carefully. Of course, there was no action since there were no enemies passed by.

3 hours passed by. There was still no sign of enemies appearing. The soldiers under his group looked towards him. Not long after, Auron called each of the small groups' representatives towards him.

In less than half an hour, seven people gathered beside him. Julia was the last one to arrive. Yes, Julia was assigned under Auron. Each of the seven people looked towards Auron. They were waiting for Auron to say something.

Auron said, "Let's move forwards. What do you guys think?"

If they decided to stay at their current place, there would no enemies coming towards them. It would mean their contribution would less than the others. However, if they advanced closer to Masdul City, it would be more dangerous. Hence, Auron asked the others' opinions. 

The representatives pondered for a bit. Then, all of them voted to agree to march forwards. If there was no action, their contributions would be lesser. Lesser contributions would make them gained lesser rewards as well. 

Auron knew high risk means high rewards. Hence, he decided to move forwards. 

Slowly, every group under Auron moved closer towards Masdul City. In three hours, they arrived at Masdul City's vicinity. From their current place, there was the main road that connected Masdult City and the nearest outpost. 

Auron raised his hands to signal the other to start their hunt. The seven groups under Auron began to disperse once more.

Meanwhile, Auron led his group closer towards the main road. It was the main road, but there was still nobody passed by after one hour stationed here. However, it didn't discourage Auron's group. They kept waiting and scoured the area carefully.

Half an hour later, Auron's group saw a patrol group of five soldiers passed by. Auron quickly gave the signal to attack. Two groups, along with his own group, attack these five soldiers.

The five soldiers were caught by surprise. With more numbers, Auron's group quickly killed these five soldiers. They didn't use much energy to kill these 5 people. After killing them, Auron ordered to cover the track. 

An hour later, another patrol group came. This patrol group became Auron's group's prey. They quickly killed these 5 soldiers. Meanwhile, at another place near the main road, a fight happened.

Five groups under Auron surrounded ten Regalia's soldiers. These soldiers were dispatched here to search for the first patrol group that went out of contact. 

The soldiers, who were dispatched here, had already kept their guards up. However, they never thought that there would be so many enemies. The enemies were double their size. Moreover, they were caught by surprise.

When the battle concluded, another 10 Regalia's soldiers died. Julia, who was among these five groups, reported to Auron. 

Auron, who heard the report, quickly recalled all of his soldiers. They backed out. Regalia had already found about their presence, so they would send more soldiers here. And, to preserve their energy and numbers, they could not fight head-on. Hence, Auron decided to back first.

Auron's guess was correct. Not long after Auron pulled all of his troops, A group of hundred soldiers dispatched from Masdul City. They arrived at the main road.

The leader among the hundred quickly shouted, "Form a group of 10 people! Then, search these bastards! I believe they should still be around here! If you found them, give the signal and delay them as long as you can. We need to eradicate these Gaia's bastards!"

Auron had backed out as far as to their original assigned position. Hence, the Regalia's soldiers who went on search could not find anything. They had never thought that the soldiers would come from Puwit City's direction and would venture that far to arrive here.

The Regalia's soldiers, who searched, reported back to the leader that they could not find anything. The leader pondered for a bit. Then, he said, "Form two groups and expand the search area! I will go back to the city and ask the other cities to do some search!"

Auron had settled down around his assigned area. He felt that they would be safe from the search. Even if the enemies came here, he knew that they would not dispatch a lot of soldiers this far. Hence, he felt relaxed. However, to be safe, he still sent a messenger to Smite's group to explain what they had done and encountered.

Auron didn't know about Regalia's leader's decision. But, by reporting to Smite, he had done something good.  Auron's decision would bring unpredictable outcomes to Smite's plan.

One hour later, Smite received the report. He frowned and ordered a pulled out. He pulled every group under him, including Auron's group. Smite didn't forget to emphasize his seriousness in this by giving a time limit and punishment towards the late group.