Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"What?!" The deputy leader of the remaining Elf Squad looked at Bai E incredulously, "You're going to check it out?!"

As he spoke, he scanned Bai E up and down, then turned back with disbelief, "Our captain has already been captured there, and you plan to go by yourself?"

Isn't it said that human generals only command from behind their massive armies, observing the battle from a distance?

Since when did they dare to charge into the front line?

Of course, the fact that this human officer dared to ride a motorcycle alone away from the main force and arrived first was also surprising.

"Yes," Bai E said with a gentle smile, "and could I trouble you to send someone to guide me?"

Although he could follow the traces left by the elves untouched due to their lack of time, it would take a bit longer. It was better to have these elves, who had just come from that area, to lead the way so he could reach his destination faster.

"Deputy leader."

"Deputy leader!"

The other elves immediately looked at Xunying, the deputy with the most authority in their team. The deputy looked at Bai E gravely and advised, "There's no need to throw your life away. The best course of action now is to return to the city and report the orc incident to the higher-ups of both our sides."

"Wouldn't that take too long?" Bai E lightly furrowed his brow, "Or could you send two to guide me instead? I only need to have a distant look, and if I feel confident, I will advance. If not, we'll just keep an eye from afar, and wait for the reinforcements who are notified to arrive, ensuring we find them at the earliest opportunity. That way, we can prevent the orcs from fleeing to some distant location that's hard to find. How does that sound?"

"But what if the higher-ups decide to abandon the mission?" The deputy locked eyes with Bai E, "You're taking a risk."

This human general before them had not seen the terror of the giant orc, and even just shadowing from afar could pose a great risk.

If their reinforcements did not arrive in time and the surveillance team stayed too long, they might get caught by the orc and eliminated!

"If they decide to abandon the mission, they will notify me right away," Bai E confidently smiled, taking out a small communication device and waving it in front of them, "Then we'll retreat immediately."

As the greatest controller of the internet access, he could reach Minister Eric and Helen at any time to communicate.

If necessary, they would certainly inform him promptly.

Moreover... once they found the group of orcs mentioned by these elves, how the situation would develop was not merely up to them, right?

"This..." The elf deputy furrowed his brow, feeling that there was nothing wrong with this human general's proposal, "In that case..."

To be a member of a hunting squad responsible for external affairs in their community, second only to the captain, this deputy was not a hesitant person.

After pondering Bai E's suggestion and finding no issue with it, he made a quick decision. Then he turned to another elf behind him, "Yue Er, take the others back to the city to report. With our body-cam records, they won't suspect you of falsifying military information. As for me... I will accompany this human general for a look."

Without waiting for his teammates to persuade him otherwise, the deputy laid out irrefutable reasons in their mental network, "I have the least energy consumption when supporting the Gravity Gun, and I preserved the most strength. Even if something unexpected happens, I can protect this human general in time."

Despite how arrogantly elves might behave towards humans, fundamentally, no elf truly wanted to see relations between the two races deteriorate.

After all, in this cruel world, they were the only two intelligent and rational species capable of communication.

Sometimes, arrogance was merely a bargaining chip and tactic for negotiation.

Seeing the elf nodded after looking at each other, the chosen one responded, "Understood, deputy leader!"

"Then let's go, there's no time to lose. Every minute we delay, our captain is in danger for another minute!"

...

Watching his subordinates speed towards the city on motorcycles, the deputy's gaze returned to calm as he addressed the human general, "General, where is your army? Don't you also need to inform them, so they don't run into the orcs head-on? As I said, those orcs are truly extraordinary."

"I will make contact," Bai E waved his hand, wanting to depart as soon as possible to find the reputedly troublesome orcs, "Let's go."

Seeing the dismissive attitude of the human general before him, irritation flashed in the deputy's eyes.

He didn't plan to make contact at all, did he?

Sure enough, the attitude displayed toward them by those humans in high positions was correct! It was consistent with their long-standing prejudice against humans—

Those at the top among humans are only interested in seeking glory, greedy and arrogant. Relying on them to get things done is exceedingly difficult.

The elves were not without the real intention to cooperate with humans; it's just that all the humans they encountered were disappointing.

Continuously failing to find a human city-state with whom to cooperate, they naturally lost patience and started looking only to take advantage of humans.