Chapter 1745: Stragglers
The Democratic Union group really didn’t waste any time at all as they immediately left the cave.
They packed up everything that they had brought with them and disappeared without a trace.
Or at least they disappeared without a trace to normal people.
For those that were skilled at tracking, it was easy for them to follow the Democratic Union group.
Each of the members of the racial alliance sent a scout to watch over the Democratic Union group.
After all, no one trusted them after everything that had happened.
While they didn’t believe that the Democratic Union group would go to the side of the forces of Destruction, it was better to keep an eye on them just in case.
This was a dangerous place that we were in, there was no being too safe.
Once the Democratic Union left, the rest of the racial alliance members all gathered with the orcs to head out. The orcs had already made their preparations so they were ready to go.
The surprising thing was that even the cloaked orc was coming along with us.
"I’m the only one that actually knows the location of the array." That was what he said to my surprise.
When he saw that I was surprised by this, he added, "I used to be deployed in the area where the array was erected, so I’m familiar with that place. I was even on the frontlines when the forces of Destruction had arrived."
"Why didn’t you say any of this earlier?"
"It’s not that easy to trust you humans, so take this as my show of sincerity. I want you to know how committed I am to this now."
I didn’t say anything after hearing him say this.
I just looked at the cloaked orc’s expression for a bit before giving a nod.
I could see the sincerity in his eyes, so it was better than nothing.
With the cloaked orc leading the way, we actually moved faster than if the younger orcs led.
As an orc shaman, he had lived quite a long time and he was quite knowledgeable.
That meant that he knew the exact way that we should head without even looking at a map.
Though along the way, there were a few distractions that stopped us.
From time to time, we would encounter a few mutated orcs that were just wandering around.
It was strange to see these mutated orcs just wandering around, but they were there and we couldn’t avoid them. So the only thing that we could do was take care of them even though it would surely alert the enemy of where we were.
There was nothing we could do as these mutated orcs charged us as soon as they saw us.
Though the orcs that came with us were surprised when they saw that we purified these mutated orcs. They had thought that there was no choice but to put down these mutated orcs, but they were wrong.
With the purification from the divine energy attacks, these orcs were returned to normal.
Though they were drained after the corruption energy had been purified from them.
"Thank you for not killing them." The orcs said to me after I finished purifying these orcs.
I gave a simple nod before saying, "Our goal is to save as many people as possible from the forces of Destruction. We have the same enemy, so it’s only natural that we would work together against them."
They looked at me with even more admiration, but I didn’t say anything after this.
After all, I was more focused on the mutated orcs that we encountered.
As we made our way across the land of the orcs, we encountered these different mutated orcs.
It seemed like they had been sent out to guard against something at first, but the more that we encountered these orcs, the more that it seemed like it was something else. With the way that these mutated orcs were moving, it even seemed like they were some kind of stragglers.
It all seemed like they were heading in a specific direction, as if there was something gathering them.
"Just what are the forces of Destruction up to?" I couldn’t help thinking to myself seeing all of this.
"They’re still following us."
That was the report that many of the representatives from the other countries of the racial alliance gave.
I didn’t even need to ask who it was that was following us to know.
There was only one group that could be following us in this place.
"It seems like they’re up to something."
After all, they had said that this was too dangerous and yet they were still following us.
Was it because they were afraid that the Democratic Union would actually be kicked out of the racial alliance because of this? Or was it because of something else that they wanted that they were following us?
Regardless of what it was, it wasn’t as if they would be able to do anything.
Even if they were one of the human empires, that didn’t mean anything when there were three other human empires here. Along with all of the forces from the other races, it really wasn’t a fight if they really did anything.
Regardless of what all of this meant...
"Right now, the only thing that matters is reaching our destination. Keep watch over them, but don’t do anything if they don’t do anything."
The different representatives nodded in agreement.
They were all aware of what the most important thing was.
Since we didn’t hold back at all, we soon arrived at the place that the cloaked orc said the array was.
Even before approaching, we could feel the pressure that came from in front of us that showed that he wasn’t lying.
It was so powerful that we could even feel it in the air.
For many of those from the racial alliance, they couldn’t help knitting their brows.
After all, they had been there when we encountered Famine of the Four Omens.
This feeling that they felt now was very similar to that feeling.