Only after all of Turalyon's troops had entered the camp did he come to headquarters.
As soon as he entered, he heard General Ireland ask, "Turalyon, what exactly happened? Did you wipe out those Orcs?"
General Ireland was not the only one at headquarters. A group of officers who had just received the news had also hurried over.
"That's right. We wiped them out not long ago. Even before we left, I noticed something unusual about these Orcs, but I never suspected they would attack Boulder'gor. We all thought they were lying in ambush nearby.
"But just over a week ago, Allen sent someone to bring me some information. Only then did I realize what was happening.
"Captain Buck and I originally intended to return immediately, but I gained something on the way back. I captured an Orc Warlock. At first, the Warlock pretended to be deaf and mute, trying to deceive me into treating him as an ordinary Orc. But the nauseating aura of decay around him gave him away. I threatened him with death, and he soon talked.
"He told me he was an adviser to an Orc officer named Morlade. Not long before that, however, this Orc named Morlade had failed in an attempt to seize power and been killed. So he had been forced to flee for his own safety.
"In the end, I also wheedled the Orcs' hiding place out of him. Captain Buck and I didn't hesitate. We took everyone and destroyed the enemy's lair. Afterward, I had the Warlock interrogate the prisoners and learned of the Orc troops' plan to lie in ambush.
"Then we ambushed them on their way back. Those heads were all the fruits of our ambush. The only regret was that their leader was too powerful, and he broke