585.Popok's first escape from death - more updates【27/30】
585.Popok's first escape from death - additional update [27/30] (page 1/2)
（More updates for the brothers "Little Rag who doesn't eat fish"【2/5】）
Mr. Popok, the warlord of the "Black-Eyed Clan" who performs reconnaissance duties for the Black Disaster Army, is now very annoyed..
Don't worry about this weird name that doesn't sound like a jackal at all, but has a bit of halfling semantics..
It is said that this was when Popok was born, and his clan happened to capture an unlucky halfling explorer. In order to survive, the explorer flattered the clan chief, Popok's father, and gave the baby a gnoll. name, and successfully survived by relying on this trick.
Although the explorer was stabbed to death by the grown-up Popok after several years of savage life, looking at the bright side, Popok did have a name that stood out among the jackals, and he ate a lot of food that night. Very fresh "meat of wisdom"”.
No shortcomings except being a bit old.
In short, Warlord Popok Black Eyes is a very powerful hunter and has a "noble" origin. Although the Black Eyes clan he comes from is not one of the five most powerful clans in the Dark Mountains, it is still a large tribe in the middle reaches..
The young warlord was therefore dispatched and assumed important responsibilities during this black disaster..
It should have led the elites of the Black-Eyed Clan all the way to the Black Flame Pass to conduct a detailed reconnaissance of the difficult position, and send back information to the Grand Overseer who had emerged from the Moss Valley. However, now, Lord Popok is very irritable..
Because it has received disgusting failure messages twice in a row.
“What does 'no news' mean?’？”
In the Black Eye Clan's makeshift camp, Popok's roar echoed through its tent..
The young Overseer growled at the two scout captains:：
“The day before yesterday, three centurions went out and never came back! I sent two more cannon fodder centurions this morning to check the situation, but they still haven't come back! Now I just want to know where my soldiers are？
You two told me you didn't know！
Shouldn't they have already tested the position at Black Flame Pass?？
Even if they all die, at least a few lucky guys should come back and report the situation.？
Although those guys are not the elite of our clan and are just cannon fodder of the vassal clan, I have a total of twelve centurions under my command! Hell, half my soldiers were gone without bringing back any useful information.！”
As we all know, when a jackal is irritable, it is at its most dangerous. The scout captain who was scolded did not speak to him at all, lest his own warlord make him a target for venting his anger..
After Popok finished roaring, another older scout captain spoke.：
“It's not that there is no news at all. This morning, someone saw smoke in the direction of the mountain pass. It seemed like there was a battle. The second team of scouts we sent could match the time. But the problem is that the place is not the Black Flame Pass at all..
It's an unknown highland, and it's still far away from the Black Flame Pass..
Perhaps the Blood Alliance vampires guarding there sent their hunting dogs to stop our soldiers..
I suggested last night that you should not be so anxious to send more people..”
“Um？”
Overseer Popok stared at the subordinate in front of him unhappily, and he roared:：
“So, you're saying it's all my fault？”
“No, no, it’s just those unlucky fools who have bad luck. It has nothing to do with you, but what should we do now?？”
The old scout was well versed in the art of conversation. He changed the topic and asked：
“Although we lost a lot of people, it at least proved that the Black Flame Pass was not easy to fight. Although the vassal clans were not good at fighting, they were fast runners and had wargs, but even so they were unable to escape..
I think it’s better to send a message to Lord Hurley, who is in charge of us, and ask the Whiptail Clan or the Bonegnawing Clan to send more warriors. We’ll stop here and wait for them to come and join us..”
“That's right, Warlord, our clan is originally a clan attached to the Whiptail clan. Although we can benefit from things like black disasters, we have to survive until we can reap the benefits first..”
Another scout captain yelled twice and tried to dissuade him.：
“When the old chief sent you out, he specifically reminded us that we should be a little more obedient and humble. Whether we can grab things is secondary, and preserving the clan is the most important. We have already lost so many people, and we can't give them away now. Got it！”
“Shit！”
The persuasion of the two scout captains made Popok very angry.，
It is a young and courageous jackal. The last black disaster happened to his grandfather's generation. His father has been mediocre all his life. He has finally caught up with the good times of the black disaster, so he should ask the King of Bone Grinders. Learn and use your own knife to grab the fertile land under the sun for the gnolls.
The ambitious Overseer Popok would definitely not be able to listen to such "weak" comments from his two subordinates..
it yelled：
“They all want to preserve their strength, how can Black Disaster win? The Bone-Gnawing King failed because other clans wanted to reap benefits and were unwilling to fight to the death with cowardly humans! ah! How can we deal with the black disaster with bugs like you?？
If you are afraid, take your own people and go back to that old man. I will lead the brave young people in the clan to win glory.！
Both King Bone Gnawer and King Whiptail will reward me for this..
roll！
You all get lost！
I don't need idiots like you in my clan..”
It kicked and punched the two cowardly old scout captains away, and then asked its guards to blow the horns, planning to take the remaining five centurions to the Black Flame Pass to conduct a reconnaissance in person..
The two old scout captains didn't get used to it either. They were the true confidants of the black-eyed old chief. How could they be so angry? After being scolded by the prodigal young chief, he left here with two hundred elite members of the Black Eyes clan without saying a word..
No one can stop Popok from taking people to die. Anyway, the soldiers under his command are all motley crews, and the real elites of the clan are all in the hands of the old chief..
The most important thing is that the old chief has more than one child.
Popok also has a sister who is more stable, smarter and not lacking in courage. The status of females in the Gnoll clan is not low. There are also many female Gnoll chiefs in the Dark Mountains. The Splitclaw clan, one of the five major clans, is directly descended from Den Mother Takes Charge.
These are probably the only advantages of gnoll civilization..
However, although the young gnoll warlord Popok Blackeye is reckless, he is not stupid..
It said it wanted to make great achievements, but in fact it was still afraid of death, so it led the guards to walk in the center of the five centurions and advanced towards the Black Flame Pass at a very slow speed. As a result, the forward was not gone for two hours. The scouts brought terrible news.
“What did you say? What's in front? A flag? what kind of flag？”
The scout's confusing report made Popok very unhappy, but looking at the scout's appearance, it was clear that he was a little frightened, saying stupid things like "brain", "tower" and "crazy human"..
But there is definitely something ahead..
This made Popok immediately come to his senses. He knew that this place was still some distance away from the Black Flame Pass, so whatever was in front of it could not be the main defender of the Blood Alliance Knights..
If they had eaten the two centurions they sent this morning, then they must still be resting and recuperating now. No matter how powerful the human army is, it is impossible to defeat the elite Jackals without being injured. They are definitely not at full strength..
If you take advantage of the opportunity and steal a wave, you might be able to accomplish something big.！
Driven by this idea, Popok immediately mounted his warg decorated with various skulls, howling and speeding forward with the young gnolls who were willing to follow him..
Soon, it saw the scene ahead.
On a deserted highland, there stands a towering flag. The bloody battle flag looks very majestic, but what is shocking is the base of the flag..
head！
All jackal heads！
They were chopped off and piled up in the same posture as when they were about to die, and some guys threw new heads on top..
There were other flags planted around the damn high ground, like a damn flag-raising platform. There was also a convoy transporting "trophies" leaving in the distance. The convoy had blue and golden flags on it, like a group of looters. Taking away the dignity of the jackal.
The ferocious jackal can endure this kind of injustice？
Immediately there were roars one after another, and even the wargs began to roar..
“Come with us! Sly Popok！”
an angry gnoll hunter shouted：
“Those humans are humiliating our warriors! Are you just looking at it? Those are all vassals of our Black-Eye Clan! Popok, do something.！”
“I want to kill them all！”
Popok roared..
But it did not rush immediately, but with a hint of doubt in its anger, it turned to a hunter next to it and asked：
“Is this high ground an important position?？”
“Well, it doesn't seem like it. The terrain is not dangerous and it's far away from their position. There's no water or anything like that. It's not even a good place to camp..”
“Then why do they put up this flag here?？”
“Uh, I don't know, maybe it's just so we can see clearly from this direction.？”
“So, weak humans are deliberately provoking us？”
“Uh, I don't know, but it should be like this.”
“Um”
Popok rides on a warg.
It looked at the high ground in front of it with a suspicious look. There were some defenders next to the high ground. They must have just experienced the battle and seemed very tired and scattered. Some guys ran to lie down far away from the position. I don’t know what I’m doing on the ground..
Hey, he's so lazy, he looks like an elite soldier at first glance！
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