Chapter 172: Who Will Win

If it were still in the border city where Difo was stationed, he would indeed have the qualifications to order around the leaders of these Mercenary Groups. As long as these guys still wanted to survive on the surface, they would have to give this local military officer face. Otherwise, with just one word from Difo, he could make them have no business to do, and even make them become wanted criminals of the Griffin Kingdom.

But now the situation was very different. Because now everyone had reached a life-and-death moment. Who would care about future things? If it were normal times, Difo would definitely not do such a stupid thing. But today, he had completely lost his cool. The cutting off of the water source represented not only the end of a mission, but also equaled the end of his future prospects. In addition, he suspected that the people who did this were the Mercenaries, so his mood naturally lost control a bit.

And those few Regiment Leaders were not fools either. They naturally knew what Difo meant by interrogation. It basically equaled cruel torture. As leaders, who would be willing to send their Mage comrades, whom they had worked so hard to get, into the tiger’s mouth? So they were all immediately filled with anger.

One of the Regiment Leaders was the most cunning. He did not mention the matter of the Spy, but directly asked, “Respected General, the matter of the Spy can be put aside for now. Our most urgent matter now is to discuss how to distribute the remaining water source.”

“Yes, that is the big problem!” another Regiment Leader immediately agreed.

“May I ask, how much water do we have left?” the third Regiment Leader asked directly.

“You don’t need to worry about this!” Difo frowned and said indifferently, “Anyway, if there is enough for us to drink, naturally there won’t be less for you!”

“But what if you don’t have enough?” a Regiment Leader asked aggressively.

“Nonsense, if we don’t have any, how can we give it to you?” Difo immediately said angrily.

Several Regiment Leaders carefully looked at the miserable scene, and then looked at each other a few times. They almost simultaneously shook their heads helplessly. Obviously, they could see that the remaining water was too little. It was absolutely impossible to supply more than 2,000 people for more than ten days. Obviously, some people would need to be sacrificed. But if the water was always in Difo’s hands, then there was no need to ask who the sacrificed people would be.

So they gave each other a few glances and secretly exchanged some information. Then they all said together, “Then alright, we will go back and bring the Mage to you!” Saying that, the few people were about to leave.

But Difo sensed something was wrong. After all, he was a person who rolled around in officialdom, so he saw the little movements of these people in his eyes. He immediately became vigilant in his heart. Seeing that they were about to leave, he immediately called out to them, “Wait a minute, you can just send someone to call them. You don’t need to run this errand personally for such a small matter! Everyone, you’d better stay here.” Obviously, he wanted to put the few Regiment Leaders under house arrest to prevent them from jumping over the wall in desperation.

The few Regiment Leaders naturally also knew Difo’s intention. Upon seeing that they were going to be put under house arrest, they knew that if they couldn’t leave now, they wouldn’t be able to leave later. So they simply suddenly rushed outside, while drawing out their swords and cutting down the soldiers blocking the way. Moreover, they shouted in the direction of their own camps, “Everyone pay attention, prepare for battle!”

Seeing that they actually made the first move, Difo was immediately very angry, and at the same time, he affirmed their identity as Spies in his heart. Since the facade was torn, he had no scruples. He directly roared, “Damn it, kill these Spies for me, assemble, assemble!”

Unfortunately, by the time Difo’s subordinates reacted, it was already too late. The few Regiment Leaders were all Level 6 Experts. Their speed was naturally extremely fast. Before the Human Race troops could receive the order, they jumped and ran back to their own camps, and joined up with their subordinates who had already completed combat preparations.

“Brothers, that son of a bitch Difo lost the water source, and still wants to frame us for it, and wants to kill us. Tell me, what should we do?” a Regiment Leader roared.

“Kill him!”

“Kill him!” a group of people roared one after another.

“That’s right, if we don’t kill them, we won’t have water to drink. Brothers, those who want to live, follow me!” a Regiment Leader shouted while taking the lead to kill towards the water source where Difo was. The other Regiment Leaders also knew that if they didn’t grab the water today, they would just wait to die of thirst. So without any hesitation, they immediately followed and killed their way over.

Naturally, Difo would not sit and wait for death. He hurriedly gathered his subordinates to resist. For a time, the two sides, who were friendly forces just now, directly started killing each other in the night, and very quickly, their eyes turned red with killing.

…

Just when the two sides were fighting each other, they didn’t know that 2,000 meters away from them, four Wyverns were staying there. Old Xie, Chris Chen, Pars, and Cyclops King Shalas were sitting on the Wyverns’ backs, watching that tragic scene.

Old Xie took out a few bottles of good wine from the Space Ring in his hand, and casually threw a bottle to each of the other three. Then he opened the lid himself, took two sips, and laughed, “How is it? Simple, right?”

It turned out that the person who really destroyed the water carts was actually him. Actually, speaking of it, it was very simple. After eating dinner today, he took the Wyvern returned by the Elves and flew straight to this troop. A distance of 500 li was naturally extremely troublesome to walk on the ground, but if flying, it was only three or four hours.

Although it was dark when they arrived, with the eyesight of the four experts like Old Xie, they naturally would not fear this little darkness. Relying only on the weak starlight in the sky, they could see the military camp formation below clearly.

When they discovered that Difo’s troops had gathered all the water carts densely together and strictly protected them, Old Xie was immediately overjoyed. Obviously, although Difo’s arrangement eliminated the possibility of enemies attacking from all sides, he had ignored the danger above his head, and this was exactly the advantage Old Xie possessed.

Without any hesitation, Old Xie directly left the three people and flew alone to the sky above the large camp, and then threw down eight Goblin Mines. While a loud boom came from below, he drifted away, clapped his hands, and did not take away a single cloud.

Because the sky was very dark, the people below had also fallen into a sleep state, so no one could discover Old Xie flying in the air. As for those people guarding the water carts, although they saw something falling from the sky, they all died in the subsequent explosion, and simply could not pass this message out. Thus, a beautiful misunderstanding was created, making Difo firmly believe that this was the doing of a Spy who had sneaked in. It brought a trace of opportunity for the rupture between the two sides.

Actually, even without this matter, they would have fought sooner or later, because this was obvious. The remaining water was only enough for a few hundred people at most, but there were 2,000 people here. As long as they didn’t want to die, they had to fight for water. It would be strange if they didn’t fight.

Hearing Old Xie’s question, Pars first smiled fawningly, “It’s really too simple, my respected Master. You are simply the model of wisdom and martial arts!”

“Alright, stop flattering!” Lan Fake directly knocked Pars on the head, and then laughed, “He just got lucky. If that idiot General hadn’t gathered the water carts this time, do you think he would have succeeded so easily?”

“So what if they were scattered?” Old Xie immediately said disdainfully, “I brought my entire stock, more than a hundred Goblin Mines. Throwing one on each cart could also blow them up!”

“But you wouldn’t have that many chances!” Lan Fake curled his lips and said, “People are not idiots, especially those Mercenaries. They are all battle-hardened guys who have seen aerial surprise attacks many times. If you stay in their air for a long time, you will be discovered very quickly. At that time, you will become a target for Mages and high-level Archers!”

“Hehe, no, if they were scattered, I would give you some Goblin Mines too. At that time, the four of us would throw them together, and it would definitely be done quickly. It’s impossible to give them a chance to deal with us!” Old Xie said confidently, “Otherwise, why do you think I brought you along?”

Hearing him say this, Lan Fake could only smile bitterly, “You kid really know how to calculate!”

“I have to calculate, who told them there are so many people!” Old Xie suddenly said, “By the way, who do you think will win in the end?”

“Definitely the Human Race. They have large numbers, and their cooperation with each other is also very tacit. Moreover, the officers in the army are also experts who know Battle Qi. Although not as many as the Mercenary Groups, they can at least block a bit. Plus, they are on defense, and the Mercenaries are attacking. They themselves have an advantage. If they can lose even this, it would really be too unreasonable!” Pars immediately replied.

“Cut, you think too simply!” Lan Fake sneered, “If it were daytime, and both sides had set up their formations in advance, perhaps the Mercenaries might not necessarily be able to defeat these Regular Army. But the problem is, it is night now, and there is no fire around. Under this kind of situation. The vision of ordinary Human Race soldiers would be greatly limited. They can’t even see the figures opposite them clearly, and have difficulty distinguishing between enemy and friend. How can they cooperate well? I can assert that the final victor must be those Mercenaries! After all, there are too many experts among them who know Battle Qi, and they are basically not affected by vision. Sighted people fighting blind people, how could they possibly lose?”

“Hehe, you are wrong too!” Old Xie immediately laughed wickedly, “I bet that neither of them will win in the end, because the winner can only be me! Haha!”