"MMP!"
"Those bastards got away."
Standing at the edge of the forest northeast of the Elmwood District, Chu Guang held a pair of binoculars and gazed toward Far Creek Town several hundred meters away, unable to stop himself from cursing.
A few days ago, the Guard's tracked vehicles had patrolled the entire northern suburbs, hunting down the six fleeing hundred-man squads. Three squads had been wiped out, but more than half the raiders had still escaped.
Chu Guang figured that some of those raiders had fled to Lion Fang and brought him news of Black Snake's defeat.
What he hadn't expected was for those people to play things so cautiously.
Not only had they not charged at them, they had turned around and run!
"Fight if they can win, run if they can't. That does sound like the raiders' style."
Standing beside Chu Guang, Vanus held his own binoculars. After observing for a while, he continued.
"...But these fortifications look very much like the Legion's work."
The raiders had reinforced the ruins with timber, dug trenches in the streets, and set up barricades and firing positions.
The place had been turned into a fortress.
On top of a three-story ruin, he even spotted a gun emplacement reinforced with sandbags and wood.
Judging by the reserved U-shaped firing port, it was probably some kind of indirect-fire infantry cannon.
However, the cannon had already been removed.
"They clearly withdrew in a hurry. They only had time to set a fire... Most of the fortifications weren't destroyed."
Chu Guang put away his binoculars and lightly tapped the side of his helmet with his index finger.
"Column One, advance."
"Received."
Five hundred meters ahead, Liu Ding received the order and gestured to the players beside him.
Upon receiving the command, five squads totaling fifty