"What? My four good-for-nothings took out a gnoll pioneer camp?"
Lord Qin was in Wolfburg, deploying troops to reinforce the conflict that had erupted in the southern Filthy Swamp, when he unexpectedly heard from Five-Wheel Drive about the "great feat" the "Artists" squad had just pulled off.
It was so unbelievable that Old Qin froze for a few seconds. He stared at Five-Wheel Drive suspiciously and said:
"If the Bird Squad or the Silvermoon Squad had done it, I'd believe it without question. Those elite players have the skill, strength, and experience to pull off something so astonishing. But those four guys? They've got no skill to speak of and no real talent, either.
Ask them to do a little work and they come up with all sorts of excuses to slack off. They even said they'd learn a thing or two from me, then ran off halfway through.
Could those four really have pulled off something as ridiculous as attacking hundreds of gnolls?"
"They used a pretty good tactic. Of course, they routed the enemy rather than wiping them out, so the operation wasn't quite perfect. But with the threat posed by the carnivorous plants in the Filthy Swamp, those gnolls probably won't make it back alive to reorganize.
So calling it a complete annihilation isn't that far-fetched."
Five-Wheel Drive spoke up in defense of the Artists squad.
"Besides, those four young people aren't as bad as you make them out to be. You can't expect them to meet our standards. In my opinion, they've done remarkably well for just a few months of training.
According to Honest Dog Egg's report, their fear tactic was risky, but the results were impressive. The sorcerers' Fear spells quickly broke the gnolls' morale.
I think we should promote this approach."
"Hmph. Fine.