Sordil had no idea that what he had said and done a few days ago had already reached General Langu's ears through a special messenger. Of course, even if he knew now, it would have made no difference. Commander Sordil had focused all his attention on finding prey and had no time to deal with such trivial matters.
"Can the adjutant confirm they'll take this road?"
"Rest assured, Commander! I had the scouts' vanguard track them for a long time. If they return to their stronghold, they'll definitely use this road."
"Good! Pass down the order: each squad leaves two men to watch the mountain path below. Everyone else should go down and rest first, conserving their strength."
"Yes, Commander!"
"Boss, we heard that Kaysir City's only knight order has already disbanded. Do we really need to be this careful?"
Seeing his underling's careless attitude, Lorenz was furious. He casually gave him a knock on the head, raising a lump, then impatiently explained, "What do you know? The chief said they didn't disband—they got a new commander. The old members were afraid of losing their power, so they all requested transfers. That's why the camp was left empty."
"Oh, so that's what happened!"
"That's not all. I heard that as soon as the new commander arrived, he immediately stepped up the soldiers' training. Not long ago, word came that he had decided to carry out a major purge of the bandits in the area. Even the chief doesn't dare leave the stronghold easily now, afraid of being targeted and made an example of, let alone us! We'd better be careful, or we might die without even knowing how."
"If it's that dangerous, we'd better be more cowardly... uh, I mean, more prudent."
Although the two bandits at the