Chapter 224: Stealth Operation
Kim didn't hesitate. As soon as she encountered someone in the camp, she waited until she saw an opening before making her move.
The first person they encountered had passed between two tents and Kim waited for him to pass before coming up from behind and using the hilt of her short sword, she quickly knocked them out. Though, as his body fell to the ground, she couldn't help but wince at the noise it made.
Then after a minute, when no one came to investigate the sound, she breathed a sigh of relief. While she wasn't sure exactly how many of the army had gotten armor rom the orcs, she at least was confident that it was over half of them. Not to mention she couldn't be sure at the moment how far it had spread since they fell under the enchanter's control.
She had contemplated using Elmo's magic to just put them to sleep, but as she thought about it, she had a feeling that doing so wouldn't help them out much. While they wouldn't ben under the enchanter's control when they woke up, provided they didn't end up losing before they were done, they wouldn't be available to help them either.
Knocking them out, while a little dangerous, given it could end with them dying before it was safe to have Elin healing them, it at least made it possible for them to increase their numbers. Which would make it easier to deal with those still under the magical control once the enchanter became aware of what they were doing.
Although, she hoped that it wouldn't occur too soon. It wouldn't be hard for them to be overwhelmed at the moment either. To end up being forced to wear a single piece of that enchanted armor, which would put any of them under that enchanter's control.
Pushing those thoughts out of her mind, Kim immediately began undoing the straps holding the enchanted breastplate on the soldier, taking it off before motioning for Elin to do her thing.
Elmo did his best to keep an eye out for anyone who might detect them, but Kim didn't really expect much from him. At least not with how dark it was outside the firelight. If he had some of Jonas' abilities in regards to the dark, then maybe she'd feel more confident in his abilities to spot danger right then.
Still, she had to admit that it was better than nothing. If he wasn't there, she'd have to just go on pure hope that she wouldn't be spotted. As she preferred to put her entire focus in this endeavor. That way she would be more confident in not making a mistake when it came to taking down another person to try and add them to their numbers. Otherwise she was sure that she might make a mistake, not knock the person out and end up with an alarm essentially being sounded.