Chapter 14: Ambush
Although Glem and Charles had encountered some problems initially, once overcome, their mission was much more fluid, they only had to go through small villages trying to convince their inhabitants to follow them.
On the other hand, Hans faced somewhat more serious problems, since the region he had to cover was close to the city of Yham and it did not take long for the drones to capture something strange, several armed soldiers carrying the emblem of him. Earl Clark were escorting many individuals who were bound by the hands and feet.
Due to the ties that greatly hindered movement, the group moved quite slowly, these people who were tied up had quite striking characteristics, first of all, they were quite young men and women, apparently there were no children, but there were adolescents and adults. young, in turn none were human since they all had rabbit or cat ears.
The group was made up of a total of 30 people, 20 women and 10 men, despite the fact that the women had a somewhat dirty face and a certain degree of malnutrition could be seen, it could be seen that they were quite pretty, the men were in a somewhat worse state since physical wear was noticeable, despite their wear it could be seen that they were quite handsome men.
Because in this world there were no satellites, the communication they currently possessed was limited by radios, therefore, he could not communicate with William and the decisions had to be made by Anderson, seeing the group, Anderson had a headache on the one hand he wanted to save the group even though he wasn't desperate to learn about the different races of this world like the otaku trio, he couldn't deny that he was curious, however if they made any wrong moves they could antagonize the city.
As the boss in this operation, Anderson knew that he could not consult with his brothers, although it was good to listen to suggestions, his brothers would be somewhat biased by his tendencies, therefore, he had to glimpse the advantages and disadvantages.
On the one hand, there would be the fact of being able to get new inhabitants and learn more about the different races of the planet, on the other hand, there was the probability of antagonizing one of the 3 large cities in the area, which could attract a necessary danger.
Apparently the disadvantages outweighed the advantages in this case, however, Anderson thought of something else and that was to test the skills of the soldiers of this world, one thing was to fight against bandits who only knew how to loot and kill, and another thing was to fight the soldiers.
With the mobility of the ostriches, it would be quite easy for them to escape if the situation warranted it, but if the case came to pass, Anderson knew that he would have to kill each one of the soldiers regardless of whether the hostages were hurt, the ostriches were quite striking and if in the future they would like to realize that they could not leave clues to see Count Clark's convoy attacked.
In the end Anderson gave up rescuing the group, so he had to come up with a plan quickly, it was quite simple, since the group was moving in a straight line through a bad road, as they had investigated there was no official road between them. the city of Yham and Plaka, to go from one city to another they have to cross the main city that was to the west.
Although if you traveled straight north from Plaka you could reach Yham, but because this might affect trade in the Main city the road was removed by the marquess who controlled the area.
The group seemed to have left Plaka and was traveling north, therefore Anderson had concluded that it was some case of human smuggling or something of the sort, therefore Hans' group would just have to go ahead and intercept them. .
With a decided plan, Anderson communicated with Hans "This is Hawkeye, can you copy me Condor 3?" a group of 50 soldiers escorting 30 people, your mission is to intercept this group and exterminate the soldiers at any cost, if you need air support don't hesitate to request it".
Hans was surprised by the change in plans, but he quickly accepted and soon increased the speed of his group, with the help of the drones they were able to catch up with the group after half a day of traveling without rest, they were still halfway to the city. Yham, so it would be a good point to intercept them.
Currently Hans's squad had 5 men and 5 ostriches, it was quite optimistic to face the group head on, therefore, Hans decided to use guerrilla maneuvers, the group was divided into 3 units, Hans left alone and the others made units of 2 people, they would attack from 3 places at once, the group of soldiers had archers, but the bows carried by Hans's team had more distance, after they were placed in a safe distance they extended their bows, aimed and shot.
The group of soldiers was advancing slowly, half a day ago their pace slowed down due to the tiredness of the prisoners, many soldiers were throwing insults and blows for the prisoners to hurry up, but this kind of action didn't increase the speed.
The commander did not stop his subordinates, after they did not kill anyone or sexually attack the women, everything was fine, after all, the destiny of these prisoners was to become toys for the nobles.
Seeing the state of the prisoners, the commander decided to pause and let them eat something light, after all he could not allow them to starve, while some soldiers began to take out some food, the commander heard a scream coming from troops in the rear.
"They are attacking us, they are attacking us", the commander became alert to the shouts, and soon received the report, two soldiers had been wounded by arrows, one in the shoulder and the other in the leg, they were not fatal injuries, but since they were in the middle of the road they could not be treated, therefore any injury could be a problem.
Soon more arrows began to fall, and the commander gave the order to take a defensive formation, luckily for them, the arrows were unable to penetrate the shields, after receiving several rounds, the aggressors were located, several meters away they were they could see 5 figures in 3 different directions, all 5 figures were riding a strange creature and were out of range of their bows.
The angry commander organized 3 forces of 12 men, each one formed by 3 archers and 9 soldiers with shields, the idea was to finish off these aggressors or at least scare them away, the 3 groups advanced with shields above trying to get close enough so that the aggressors were within range of the archers.
Hans thought that they could deal some damage with their bows, but seeing that the shields were strong enough, he had forgotten to use a guerilla tactic, in the end it wasn't really going to work, so he called for area help.
Anderson was keeping an eye on the situation with the drones, and he had also noticed the situation Hans was in, they could attack and escape, but not cause damage, it was the difference from facing trained soldiers, therefore, he approved Hans's request and prepared to perform the first air/ground attack since they came to this world.
The prisoners had long ago surrendered, their tribes were despised in their country of origin, therefore they were captured and sold as slaves, they had traveled an entire sea to be sold to humans, the main slave-buying race.
Since they arrived on this continent they had been treated like merchandise, locked up and stored waiting for a possible buyer, they saw how many of their companions were bought and abused in all kinds of ways.
Luckily for them, no one had touched them in any way since the slavers knew very well that the better the condition of the slaves they could get a better price, due to the high price that this group had acquired, their slaver traveled through several nations of the empire human, trying to sell them.
After several months of investigation, the slaver had heard that Count Clark loved slaves of other races, so he contacted him, after a few days of talking through letters, he had managed to arouse his curiosity, therefore he moved to Plaka city, the Duke wanted to keep secret from the other nobles who could take away some of his beloved slaves, therefore he sent several trusted men to check the quality of the merchandise, the soldiers knew very well the tastes of their lord , therefore once they saw the group they knew they would be pleased for what they paid and began their journey back.
All this succession of events had triggered this situation, the strange movement of the soldiers aroused the curiosity of some of the prisoners, who saw how the arrows fell on the soldiers' shields, they had no hope of being rescued, but they did hope to see how some humans killed each other, maybe he could give them some happiness to face their tragic destiny.
But seeing the small attacking group and the quick response of the soldiers they could only be disappointed, because they belonged to the man/rabbit and man/cat tribes they had good hearing and out of nowhere they began to hear a slight whistle that called their attention.
The whistle increased rapidly and after a few seconds a terrible rumble was heard that shook them, seeing the place where the rumble came from they witnessed a bloody scene, since the impact had sent several men flying, some lost limbs others were simply vaporized by the explosion the only thing certain is that a squad of 12 men disappeared completely.
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