Bab 164: Odd Alliances

The fight wound down as the last of the Lizardmen was killed by the concerted efforts of the warriors, and the second team collapsed onto the ground in relief.

"You have no idea how thankful we are you showed up when you did. The attack seemed to go on forever, they just kept coming." The team leader thanked Bob with a tired smile.

"No problem. It's right at the edge of our territory for the search, and we heard the fight. There are more, unless you killed some ogres before we arrived. Our scout spotted at least ten ogres this morning around our zone, and there are only three here." He replied.

This battle still left them with plenty of questions, like if Hawk's description of big green things were all Lizardmen, or a mix of them and Hobgoblins. The fact that the lizardmen had pressured the Goblins into working for them wasn't too surprising, but allying with the ogres was.