As time entered the second half of the night around three in the morning, the entire monster camp fell into silence.

Especially the orcs, who had no sense of responsibility and discipline to begin with, were either already sleeping soundly or taking a nap with their eyes closed.

As for guarding the prisoners...

Feel sorry!

They didn't think that humans who had done a day of hard labor and had not eaten much were capable of escaping from a camp full of monsters.

What's more, orcs are still half human after all.

When treating humans, dwarves, halflings, and gnomes, no matter how badly they treat them, they will never treat them as food.

This is also the reason why orcs were arranged to guard and manage the prisoners.

If it were gnolls, ogres, and trolls, they would probably throw all the captives into the pot and cook them in a few days.

Orcs are slightly better. Although they don't eat humans, the males will abuse the captured females without mercy, forcing them to become pregnant and give birth to mixed-race children.

As for the snake people and lizard people, they would be very happy to offer these captives as sacrifices to their gods.

To sum up, the captives are actually relatively safe under the supervision of the orcs.

But if you run away, that’s not certain.

However, the orcs did not notice at all that while they were sleeping and napping, an owl flew silently over the camp and made a complete circle.

Then it turned around and landed on the shoulder of a female half-elf in the woods, tilting its head and making a cooing sound.

Needless to say, this female half-elf is none other than Jaheira who had just been rescued.

Through the druid's special professional ability of [Understanding Animals], she quickly learned a lot of useful information from the owl, then turned to the other two and said in a low voice: "There are about two thousand prisoners in the camp.

There were about two hundred orcs guarding them, and some very alert and cunning wargs.

If we want to rescue people, we must first get rid of the wolf and the sentries guarding near the door.

The entire rescue process must be very quick and not make too much noise.

Otherwise, once the other monsters around are alerted, it will turn into a terrible disaster."

"Don't worry! Leave this matter to me."

Zuo Si pulled up his hood to cover his face, and then tapped himself with the [Invisibility Wand].

The next second...

He simply disappeared into thin air.

If it weren't for the faint footprints on the ground that were gradually moving away, no one would have noticed that there was a living person hiding here.

Watching Zuo Si disappear into the darkness, Jaheira immediately asked in an uncertain tone, "How do you think he will deal with those wargs and orcs?"

"No...no...I don't know. But I don't think he looks like a human boy of ten years old at all." Khalid, who had a stutter, replied stutteringly.

"Indeed! He looks much more mature than his age. Plus his name is Soth, so if nothing goes wrong, he should be the person we are looking for." Jaheira analyzed with narrowed eyes.

It was clear without asking that she had recognized Zuo Si's identity.

After all, he has black hair and black eyes and an oriental face, and the time, place and name all match perfectly. If he still can't tell them apart, he doesn't need to be a harpist anymore.

"Do you... do you think the box is really in his hands?" Khalid asked cautiously.

Jaheira shook his head slightly. "I am not sure. But judging by his behavior tonight, he is not an evil person. Perhaps we can find a chance to ask him in person after we rescue the prisoners."

"Alas - Ka... The stronghold in Kalin Port was destroyed too quickly. Otherwise... we should have known what was in the box by now."

There was a hint of sadness in Khalid's tone and eyes.

"Whatever is in that box, we must ensure that it is not obtained by the people of the Church of Cyric. Both for the sake of those dead companions and to prevent the expansion of evil." Jaheira said firmly.

Just when Khalid was about to say something, Zuo Si suddenly lifted his invisible state and appeared in front of the two of them. He pointed at the camp behind him and said in a relaxed tone: "It's all done! You can go in and organize the prisoners to escape now."

"Wha…what! Done?"

Jaheira's face showed disbelief.

She really couldn't imagine how this "little guy" in front of her could kill so many wolves and sentinels silently in just a few minutes.

You have to know that even the top shadow thief assassin in Amn is far from being able to achieve such killing efficiency.

"That's right! It's all done. If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself."

After saying this, Zuo Si made a gesture of invitation.

At his "cordial invitation", Jaheira and Khalid approached the camp with doubt.

After a while, they saw orcs and wargs lying on the ground in all directions, as if they were dead asleep, and they did not respond even when kicked.

But Jaheira, a druid, was keenly aware that these enemies were not just sleeping, but were really dead.

A dark, cold, negative energy emanates from the body.

moment!

The thought popped into her mind: "These creatures must have died from necromancy magic."

After all, apart from necromancy, other spells simply cannot kill so many targets at once in a short period of time, and also leave traces of negative energy in the opponent's body.

"You...how did you do that?"

Khalid, who was not very shrewd, asked directly, and there was no longer any suspicion or contempt in his eyes when he looked at Zuo Si.

Because in the continent of Faerun, no matter young or old, just or evil, as long as you have great power, you will naturally be respected.

Regarding this point, look at how the Lords of Waterdeep and the Chosen Ones of the Goddess of Magic treat the mad wizard Halaster Blackrobe, who keeps digging mazes under Waterdeep, summoning and imprisoning all kinds of dangerous and ferocious monsters and alien creatures, and causing chaos more than once.

Instead of calling for the killing of this crazy legendary wizard from the evil camp, they did not.

Instead, after a big mess has occurred, a team must be sent to rescue the "culprit" who has been captured or trapped.

So in Faerun, as long as you are powerful enough, you can really do whatever you want.

Zuo Si undoubtedly noticed the change in the two people's attitudes, and immediately said with a smile: "I have some experience in summoning and controlling shadow creatures. The corpses you saw were all touched by a large number of shadow creatures in an instant, and they could not withstand the erosion of negative energy and eventually died."

"No wonder!"

Jaheira understood instantly.

If it were any other time, she would definitely not be able to resist lecturing.

After all, shadow creatures, like all kinds of monsters, are unnatural in the eyes of druids and must be destroyed.

But now, she knew that saving lives was like putting out a fire, so she walked into the camp where a large number of human prisoners were held without any nonsense, and woke up the sleeping people one by one.

Half an hour later, more than two thousand people woke up from their sleep, holding hands and running towards the direction of the Myratma gate.

Among them, the warriors and militiamen picked up the weapons and armor from the orcs and consciously assumed the responsibility of protecting civilians.

Although they were very careful not to make any noise, they were eventually discovered by a few goblins who got up in the middle of the night to urinate because of their large numbers.

Then, a burst of shrill screams and shouts accompanied the commotion, and the other sleeping monsters woke up...

(End of this chapter)