It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 781

Daisy looked toward the sky and saw that it was already noon. It seemed that due to her efforts, the soldiers were not acting as timid as before. At their current pace, they would be able to climb over the mountain and reach their next destination this afternoon.

"Colonel, where have you been?" Mark asked anxiously as he saw Daisy return to the command area.

"Oh! Something came up. What happened?" Daisy pursed her lips and swallowed a few sips of water. The sultry weather and the battle had made her sweat all over.

"Well, some villagers went into the mountain while we were not looking. I was afraid they would accidentally get hurt by our soldiers." As Mark said this, he thought, 'I've got soldiers at the entrance to the mountain. How did the villagers slip in anyway?'

"Don't they know that this is a military drill base? I can't believe it! Arrange for some soldiers to find them, or we're done for." Daisy frowned and thought, 'Is there something wrong with my plan? Why don't the soldiers follow my orders?'

"Okay, Colonel. We will figure it out." As soon as Mark said that, he sprinted quickly to fulfill the orders. However, he didn't know if he could find the villagers in time.

Daisy felt very uneasy somehow. This had never happened before. People living nearby always knew this was a military training base, so they never rushed into the mountain. It could be that those who had entered the mountain were not natives, so they did not know that outsiders were not allowed in.

The waiting period was extremely long. Daisy not only feared that the villagers could be accidentally injured by her soldiers, she was also afraid that the entire training program would get compromised. Both outcomes were undesirable to Daisy. She hoped fervently that Mark would find the villagers as soon as possible. Although real bullets were not used during the training, the soldiers could use force. The villagers could fortuitously get hurt.

As the clock ticked by, Daisy waited long without hearing from Mark. So she put on her hat again and marched into the thick forest. To increase the difficulty of the training, many small traps had been set up in the forest. The longer the villagers stayed inside, the more likely they were to be in danger. If they accidentally fell into the pitfalls, the consequences would be serious.

As a drill commander, Daisy was the first person who would be held accountable.

As Daisy crept along the path into the mountain, she thought, 'This matter may not be as straightforward as I think. If they were just ordinary villagers, my soldiers would have found them long ago. What if they are hiding from the soldiers?'

Wondering at this, Daisy no longer walked along the mountain path, but chose a more secluded place with lush vegetation to move forward. She found the entire affair very strange. 'I placed many soldiers on guard at the foot of the mountain. Usually, the villagers would never sneak up the mountain without encountering them. They must have done it on purpose. But why would they do that?' Daisy pondered on the answer all the way on the path.

Many plants on the mountain had spines. They stabbed at Daisy's uncovered skin, but Daisy didn't care about that at all and bent to move forward stealthily. 'The grass and the uneven bushes along the road have been trampled. It must be them! They must have just passed from here!' Daisy thought.