As one of the first veteran players, Barbarossa had also signed Lin Ruoyu's list, contributing the Reputation Points earned from his second-class Sword Medal to recruit a warband follower for the Extreme Warriors.
In theory, Barbarossa was a founding member of the Extreme Warriors, so he should not have been kept in the dark about any major warband operations.
When the warband received the mission to raid this unidentified force, they had indeed notified Barbarossa.
However, after sending Lin Ruoyu information about the valley while offline and notifying the warband, he had switched off his smart assistant's private messaging function. Once online, he had gone gallivanting around the wilderness.
As a result, Barbarossa had no idea that the entire Extreme Warriors warband and most of the players had already set out from Bich Town. They would arrive nearby around midnight and launch a night raid.
Thanks to the food Chris supplied, none of the warband's mercenaries suffered from night blindness, making a night raid feasible.
The Crouching Tiger Cannons led the attack, opening fire first to knock out the camp's watchtowers. Then more than twenty players who had already crept into position around the camp launched their assault, targeting the sentries who were still awake.
Marion jolted awake at the muffled, thunderous booms. Still wearing his chain mail, he quickly scrambled out of his sleeping bag, grabbed the guarded rapier beside him, and rushed out of his tent.
Marion's tent stood at the very center of the camp. When he emerged, his limited view kept him from noticing the assassinations along its edges, and the players did not notice him either.
That changed when Marion began shouting, ordering the disorganized soldiers nearby to rally around him.
**"Soldiers, over here! Rally to your commander! Don't panic! Stay orderly! Raise the