CH154 Armoured Troll
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"A troll?" Lieutenant Cross frowned. "Why would a troll come all the way into the Dankrot Forest? Is the Alpha sure it's a troll?"
"It gave me a description. I was the one who concluded it was a troll from that," Alex replied. "Is there a problem?"
Lieutenant Cross nodded. "Trolls are notoriously lazy. They don't move unless forced to. They're one of the few Wildkin groups from the Ironmourn Desert who rarely attack human settlements during Wildkin raids. They're neither battle-thirsty like orcs nor starved for food, since they can eat anything with meat—including other trolls and Wildkins."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Add in their laziness… a troll wouldn't normally make such a long journey from their territory deep in the Ironmourn Desert to here—close to the eastern border of our lands. That's several hundred kilometres."
Now that Cross had pointed it out, Alex couldn't help but frown too.
