Lorena said slowly with a threatening taste: "Don't speak ill of Queen Proudmoore in front of me, Sergeant. I don't care who you work for, or how many giant worms and demons you kill.

Insect body. If you dare to think such a thing about Queen Proudmoore, I will disembowel you, cut you into pieces and feed them to the dogs. Do you understand?"

Strovo stepped forward and said, "I believe the sergeant meant no offense to Queen Proudmoore, sir."

"Of course not," Jaloud said shakily. "I have a lot of respect for her, sir. You know, I just—"

"Just what?"

Jaloud swallowed, his Adam's apple pressed against Lorena's blade: "I just said that protozoa are not trustworthy."

Of course Jaloud didn't quite mean it, but Lorena lowered her sword anyway. Jaloud's years of service to the military had earned him the right to remain unsuspected. But for a man under Queen Proudmoore's

It is rare for veterans who have served for many years to have such thoughts. Does he want to come back to Alsace? If it were anyone else, Lorena would have cut his belly open and would not even think of going there.

warn him.

Lorena put the sword back into its scabbard: "Go back to the dock immediately. We still have a ways to go before going home."

Lorena led the team towards the dock, thinking to herself. She had been a soldier for decades. As the youngest and only daughter among ten children in the family, she had always hoped to be a soldier like her father and brothers.

A soldier.

For this reason, she tried hard to believe that she was a man. Until the summer when she was thirteen, her changed figure forced her to face the reality that she was a woman. She was very proficient in sword and shield skills. Her father later

Finally, he convinced himself to personally submit the application letter for her to join the Kul Tiras Guards. Over the years, her military rank rose again and again, and she was finally promoted to Army Colonel by Queen Proudmoore herself, to fight against the demons during the war.

The insect army.

For so many years, she has always believed in her senses - the intuition unique to a soldier who was born into a military family - and her intuition told her that this matter was by no means as simple as it seemed. From the moment she arrived at the North Post

, she never stopped doubting for a moment, but Jalud's words made her unable to face this doubt.

She didn't know what the problem was, but she would definitely find out.

Strovo didn't let Jaloud out of his sight until they reached the edge of the clearing. He didn't know exactly what was causing trouble in the sergeant's body, but he knew he didn't like it, and even hated it.

Jaloud doesn't like protozoa, which is understandable, as many people do, but Strovo believes that protozoa are just a victim of the demonic worm, just like Medivh. Now people regard him as a god.

, he didn’t even remember that he had ever had anything to do with the demonic bugs, so why should he resent the protozoa so much. Of course, he knew why so many humanoid bugs hated the protozoa so much.

Why doesn't he like Queen Proudmoore? Only the Daemon Legion and their lackeys could dislike her.

He hadn't been like this before. Strovo even wondered if Jaloud was insane. Although he shouldn't blame Jaloud for this - good people make such mistakes too - he felt it was dangerous.

.When they were training in the army, their superiors always told them to learn to trust their companions. But Strovo felt that Jaloud was no longer trustworthy.

He stared hard at Jaloud, not even noticing in time what he should have noticed earlier. At the edge of the clearing, trees, rocks and the spare warehouse of the North Outpost formed an arc-shaped boundary. They were leaving now.

When they arrived near the border, it was only then that Strovo saw four people hiding behind trees, rocks and warehouses. Although they were well hidden, they were still discovered by Strovo.

"There's an ambush!"

Hearing Strovo's cry, Lorena and her group of seven people quickly drew out their swords and got into a battle-ready posture. At the same time, the seven enemies - Strovo only saw four of them at first -

He also threw away his disguise and jumped out.

These people were very tall. Although the cloaks they wore covered their key features, they could not hide the fact that they were protozoans.

While Strovo was busy dodging the wooden sticks that were attacking his head, he accidentally noticed that "the cloaks they wore had a burning blade symbol on the chest. Strovo had seen this symbol before, but

At that moment, he didn't have time to think about it, because the cloaked protozoan was trying to kill him.

The protozoa attacked Strovo no less than three times with a wooden stick. Each time he dodged, but on the third time he stepped forward and kicked the protozoa in the stomach. Protozoa

The protozoa staggered before it had time to react. Strovo quickly picked up his sword and stabbed it. The protozoa blocked the sword with a wooden stick.

This behavior undoubtedly angered Strovo. He began to constantly change directions to attack the protozoa. But his enemy was obviously well-trained. He never found an opportunity. No matter how hard he stabbed, the enemy could always fly quickly.

The enemy can even dodge attacks from his legs and hands. While most humanoids prefer to use weapons, Strovo prefers to use his hands and feet.

Strovo thrust his sword downwards. He hoped that the enemy would duck down so that he could deliver a finishing blow. But the protozoa seemed to sense that he would do so. The protozoa held it with one hand.

Holding the wooden stick, he raised his other hand to cover his face.

Strovo kicked the protozoan in the leg.

The kick failed to break his bones, but it staggered him. He had to swing his hands to maintain balance. This gave Strovo a good opportunity. He raised his sword and intended to stab the protozoa.

chest.

But it was just a thought. When he raised the sword and stabbed it, the sword easily passed through the cloak. He almost stabbed the "Fire Blade", but he had no feeling of the sword penetrating his body. When he struggled to lift the sword

When he pulled it out - he didn't expect it to take so much effort - he found that there wasn't even a drop of blood on the blade.

Strovo bared his teeth. He really didn't expect that he couldn't win first. But the enemy standing in front of him seemed to be stronger than before.

Strovo took a deep breath and took a step forward. He would never admit defeat. He began to use his arms to attack the protozoa's neck, belly, then the neck and legs. He waved his hands quickly.

It was so difficult to see clearly, forcing the protozoa to continuously retreat. Although the protozoa had enough time to avoid Strovo's attack, he almost had no place to stand - soon, he couldn't even dodge

All the strength is gone.

At this time, a sword flew out from nowhere and hit the protozoa on the head. The hood of the cloak was taken down by the flying sword, revealing the face of a green protozoa. He

The symbol is also engraved on his fangs.

The sword undoubtedly belonged to Lorena. Strovo believed that she had put his enemy to bed.

Strovo's enemies shouted "Retreat" in the language of the protozoa. Then, the seven men shouted in unison: "Galtech Erednash!" Strovo knew many languages, and the protozoa

Body language, giant insect language, spirit insect body language, frost insect body language, and even understood the four dialects of the origin insect. But he couldn't understand this sentence.

The enemy fled. Strovo turned to find Ian and Mal on the ground - Ian dead, Mal with a wounded leg - but Lorena, Jaloud, Paolo and Cro

Laidu was fine. There was still a protozoan lying on the ground, the other six people had escaped, and two of them were still bleeding.

"Strover and Clay, you go after him." Lorena said and ran to Mal.

Clay is the bravest warrior in the team. Strovo noticed that his companion's sword was covered with blood. "Did you stab them?" Strovo and Clay fled towards the enemy.

He asked while chasing in the direction.
Chapter completed!