OBS Chapter 228 Discovery
Chapter 228 Discovery
Howard has encountered many people with connections before.
Some people who have connections obviously rely on their connections to get to their positions, but they think they are very powerful and start giving orders blindly.
However, some people who have connections are quite self-aware and know their own worth. Such people can easily become the good guys in the workplace. Because their technical skills are not up to standard, they can only maintain good relationships with other employees.
Howard doesn't like either of these two types of people, but to be fair, Howard still hates those with connections who give blind orders more.
If the situation described by Gloria was true and not embellished, Howard estimated that it would not be a big problem for him to persuade the supreme commander to cooperate with the Eldar.
If his analysis was correct, and someone had set a trap for the supreme commander to fall into, then no matter who that person was, he would be happy to see the supreme commander cooperate with the Eldar, because this was another trap.
The death of countless imperial soldiers could perhaps be seen as a misjudgment of the situation. Although so many people died, the human base on this planet was not lost. For an empire where human life was not valuable, as long as the position was not lost, the death of some people was not a big problem at all.
But cooperating with the Eldar is a serious matter, unless one is a top-level dignitary. Even if an official on Terra cooperates with the Eldar without permission, he will probably be shot after being caught.
Just as Howard was about to continue thinking about how to convince the commander, a small stone fell to the ground, and the sound it made broke him out of the inertia of thinking.
what……
Howard was stunned for a long time, then held his head.
"If" "If", after my own analysis, how many conclusions are preceded by the two words: if:
This is probably one of his bad habits: thinking too much.
Now, he hadn't even met the Supreme Commander, yet he easily determined the general direction of the matter based on Gloria's few words. Who did he think he was? A player with the third eye?
The easy consequence of overthinking is preconceived ideas. If everything is the same as his analysis, it's fine, but once there is a discrepancy, it will be difficult for him to change the inherent impression that has been nailed in his mind in advance, and he will be more likely to make wrong judgments.
For example, two days ago when he was planning to pull a soldier over to open the door, he thought too much and had everything planned out. But when he pulled a female soldier over, it was different from what he had originally planned, so he got stuck instantly.
So Howard gave up thinking. He couldn't decide what it would be like based solely on Gloria's words, so Howard put away his thoughts. However, he soon discovered another problem.
Since he and Gloria hid here, including the time they spent arguing and thinking, at least half an hour had passed, but Mei had not returned.
"Sister..." Howard opened his mouth to ask Gloria's opinion, but Gloria gestured to shut him up.
Howard immediately fell silent, and Gloria also quietly hid in the darkness, holding the butt and trigger of the grenade launcher with both hands.
It was already late at night, and the light from the four celestial bodies surrounding Karenya was not enough to pierce the polluted and dust-covered atmosphere, and the sky was pitch black.
But the earth was not dark. Fire flickered in the windows of the distant spire, and thick black smoke belched out from the top of the tower, like the breath of a fire-breathing dragon that feeds on sulfur. After being occupied by the orcs, the fire in the fortress was still not extinguished, and it was still working all night long.
Even though we were in an abandoned mine, the sound of machinery running in the distance could still be heard here.
But soon, after Gloria signaled Howard to be quiet, new sounds were heard here, which were some scattered footsteps.
Judging from the sound of footsteps, there was definitely more than one person coming. The only creatures that could move in groups here at this moment could be orcs, so Howard's nerves involuntarily tensed up.
The sound of footsteps came closer and closer. Through the gaps in the stacked abandoned mine carts and the dim light, Howard saw three orcs walking towards him. These three orcs wore worn but still glowing mining lamps on their heads and held various strange digging tools in their hands.
There was no doubt that these were three orc miners.
Howard held his breath and hid in the darkness. He hoped that the three orc miners were just passing by and would not stop here.
But what you fear will come to you. Just as Howard was thinking this, the three orc miners actually stopped. And through sound analysis, the place where they stopped was just in front of where Howard and Gloria were hiding.
Then Howard heard the three orcs chattering about something, but he couldn't understand what they were saying at all. Orcs don't have their own language, and many of them can't speak at all. Once the orcs form a large group, they will need to communicate, so they will use the Empire's Gothic language to communicate. However, it is impossible for the orcs to hire a special Gothic teacher, so in the process of dissemination, the Gothic language was changed beyond recognition, forming a dialect unique to the orcs.
After a lot of chatter, Howard heard the sound of ping-pong outside again. He tiptoed to the edge of the gap and saw that the three orcs were forming a circle and digging a hole.
Suddenly, an orc's nose moved, and then he looked towards where Howard was hiding with a puzzled look.
Howard thought to himself that something was wrong. He was sure that he did not make any sound, but as a carbon-based life form, as long as he and the battle nuns were still carrying out their life activities, they would inevitably produce unnatural smells. Orcs, as living weapons, had a very strong sense of smell. Even if he hid in the darkness like he did just now, he would still be discovered.
The orc who discovered the abnormality alerted his other companions, so the other two orcs stopped digging and slowly approached the place where Howard was hiding.
Howard looked at the Battle Sister. Gloria also understood the seriousness of the problem. She slowly lowered the handle on the bolter and pulled out the chainsword, but had not yet activated the power.
Once the power is turned on, they will be exposed immediately.
At this time, they were in the orcs' lair and could not shoot. Once they fired, all the orcs within two kilometers would be attracted. Gloria could only try to use melee weapons to eliminate them all before these orcs sounded the alarm.
The orcs gradually approached, and Gloria gradually prepared for the attack, but suddenly, Howard, who was observing through the gap, found that the three orcs raised their guns.
Even when mining, these orcs still carry weapons with them.
Orcs don't have the patience to carefully observe any abnormalities that occur. They usually shoot at the place where the abnormality occurs and destroy the problematic area.