Priul came close to Brutus and said in a low voice: "If you ask me, just the two of us can deal with the goblins in the mine. It would be a burden to bring these country bumpkins with us."
"Isn't it from these people that the citizen soldiers are foreshadowed?" Brutus asked rhetorically.
"There is also a difference between citizen soldiers and citizen soldiers." Puliure replied with a smile, "The poorer the place, the more worrying the combat effectiveness of citizen soldiers."
Brutus focused his eyes on the patches on Priul's clothes, and just looked at them without saying a word.
"Forget it if you don't believe it. If you insist on acting with them, then I will not participate. I will just wait here for your good news."
Although Brutus knew in his heart that what Priul said was right, he felt that it would be no problem for these village guards to defeat the goblins given their equipment advantage...
After listening to Philip and Anil's reconnaissance report, Jack found Brutus: "Brutus, we have determined that there are signs of goblin activity near the mine. Without further ado, I will be involved soon."
We will set off after all the team members for this operation are gathered."
"Okay." Brutus nodded and responded, "By the way, Priul is not willing to act with you."
"Well, I understand. There must be a reason for Knight Prieur to do this, so let him do it on his own. I'm going to gather people now." Jack got on his horse and galloped on the road in the village.
Ten minutes later, Jack finally gathered all the people involved in this operation in the open space at the west entrance of the village.
There are seventeen of these team members in total, including Jack and Brutus, there are nineteen of them. However, only three of the seventeen are wearing a layer of leather armor, but they are equipped with short spears and long shields - shields.
They all look a little dilapidated.
"These are the people who can be drawn out after removing the necessary defense force." Jack explained a few words to Brutus, and then looked at everyone, "Check whether you have brought good food and drink, and
Watch out for the torches and fire sticks."
After all the team members finished checking, Jack waved and said: "Let's go."
The mine is in the northwest of the village. No one has passed through it for a long time. The area near the entrance of the mine has been overgrown with weeds and bushes. However, it is precisely because of this that the traces caused by the goblins are also very obvious.
"Wait." Seeing a team member holding a torch and shield preparing to enter the mine first, Brutus stopped him.
He took the torch from the team member's hand and threw it into the mine tunnel. Seeing that the fire that fell into the mine tunnel had not been extinguished, he nodded and said: "Now we can go in."
"You four guard the entrance, don't let the goblins block our retreat." Jack ordered four people to come out to guard the team's retreat, and led the others into the mine tunnel.
This mine tunnel was not very spacious, and could barely accommodate two people passing through it side by side. The height was also limited, and even Brutus could only kneel forward.
At the front of the team were two team members wearing leather armor and holding long shields, and behind them there were people holding torches to illuminate them.
The goblins seemed to have no intention of guarding the mine tunnel, and the group quickly passed through without incident and reached the underground hall.
"Do you want to disperse?" Seeing that the torches carried by the team could only illuminate a small area around them, Jack asked Brutus who was standing next to him.
"No, no, we don't know how many goblins there are. We have to fight in groups to take care of each other." Brutus rejected Jack's suggestion. "The number of torches we carry is enough to light up the entrances of other passages."
Around?"
"Enough, I calculated the approximate quantity needed before coming here." Jack took a bag from the team members, "It's all here."
"That's good."
They gathered together and formed a defensive formation around the hall, inserting the torches they carried into the torch stands previously set up on the walls of the hall. Although most of them were rusty, fortunately they were still strong.
"Do you know which road leads to the mine?" Brutus asked Jack as he looked at the entrance of the hall leading to other places.
Jack shook his head and said, "I asked the elders in the village before, but they didn't know this either."
"So we have to try one by one." Brutus was hesitant. He was thinking about whether he should divide his troops again. This would obviously be more risky, but it would also save more time.
And if they don't investigate separately, they will have to spend a lot of time investigating - and they will also face the risk of goblins hiding in other passages.
"I should have thought of this before." Brutus regretted his slowness, but at this point, unless he returned home, he had no choice but to make a decision.
But maybe retreating is the best decision? He suddenly felt that this might not be a good choice, but looking at the eager team members, he had to consider the issue of morale... What's more, he was not the captain of these people.
The right to suggest but not the right to decide.
"Brutus, I plan to divide into small teams to investigate separately, what do you think?" Jack, Philip and others discussed quietly for a while, then walked over to Brutus and asked.
Brutus hesitated for a few seconds: "Maybe we should withdraw temporarily and think of other ways."
"We have also considered what you said, and we all think that those goblins are nothing to fear."
Maybe you have underestimated the enemy... Brutus did not say this. He knew that these team members had defeated seven goblin attacks. It is natural to have sufficient confidence.
He will most likely think so too.
"I don't think dividing the troops is a good choice. Isn't there an underground river in the mine? Since there is flowing water, there must be sounds. We can start from here." After thinking for a while, Brutus gave another suggestion.
his advice.
"It makes sense." Jack agreed with Brutus's idea, "So as long as we can hear the sound of water flowing, it means we are on the right track. Anil, your luck has always been good, you come and choose an entrance."
At this time, you may believe that you are indeed lucky...
Anil chose the first passage entrance on the right side of the tunnel exit. The team members walked into the passage one after another under the leadership of Jack, while Brutus and Philip walked at the end of the team.
Brutus made several marks on the wall with his dagger.
"Brutus, do you think we should leave a few people to guard the hall?" Philip was a little worried and whispered his thoughts to Brutus.
Brutus comforted him casually.
But he was thinking in his heart: "If the retreat is really blocked, I'm afraid there are only a few people who can't hold it. Just watch the entrance of the mine so that we have a chance to get out. Even if it doesn't work, they can report the news to the village."