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Liam was still at Leafvile. He had just finished conducting the soldiers' training in the last session of the day. The soldiers immediately dispersed after Liam said their training was more than enough for today.
The man looked around, his eyes caught sight of Elisa, who was standing outside an apartment. The woman chose to wait for Liam to finish his job rather than interrupt him.
"What's the matter?" Liam asked, curious.
"Is Tobias not back yet?" asked Elisa.
Liam shook his head, walking over to the woman while rubbing his palms together, trying to get warm from that afternoon's chilly temperature.
"It looks like he's guarding the place for a while, considering he managed to repel the Valcke army's attack," Liam explained.
Elisa narrowed her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest with her eyes fixed on Liam, "Can't he just ignore the village? There's no impact on Leafvile."
"Of course, he can't do that. The fall of Westre
***The next day."I need to check the records at Tobias' residence," Elisa said.She was the busiest person in Tobias' plan for troop mobilization. Given the large number of men he had, she needed to organize the logistics that Tobias' troops would need.To find the right number, Elisa had to calculate it through the record book that Tobias always kept in his residence.She walked up to Tobias' house, opened the door, and to her surprise, discovered that there was a beautiful girl in the house. Earlier, she was sure there was no one in the house."Who are you?" she asked, curious."Is Tobias back yet?" asked Myrcella, worried.Elisa seemed to shake her head slowly, "Tobias won't be back. He's going to lead the great war in the Western lands.""What did you say? The Great War?" asked Myrcella, surprised."Who the hell are you?" asked Elisa.The woman's eyes were fixed firmly on Myrcella. She was really jeal
"They actually carried out my orders," Tobias said.Tobias sat on a horse belonging to one of the cavalry soldiers in Westreach. He had a clear view of Valestria City, where the main road was filled with people dressed in dark blue.The young man could see it clearly because he was on a hill, seeing a long and majestic military march. Tobias guessed that Liam's army would take one to two hours to get out of Valestria.While Tobias was waiting on the hill watching Valestria, a cavalry soldier arrived with some information. Tobias had previously ordered him to go to the village in the valley.Tobias had just discovered that the village's name was Highvalley, a place where Equestria's traitors grew up.Due to the necessity of war, Tobias would need that village for coordination and strategizing. However, before doing that, he had to ensure everyone in the village was evacuated first.Tobias turned his head to the side, asking about the progress
***"What? Valcke's spy?" asked Laura."That's right. Liam and I were caught by them before. Those spies, they were assigned to kill me," Tobias replied."What a bastard! How dare they betray Equestria," replied Gunnar Muntz, the infantry leader.The bald-headed, muscular man couldn't accept that people were taking advantage of this war. His right hand was clenched into a tight fist, the veins of his strong muscles showing as he pounded on the table in the village hall meeting room.Tobias turned to him, his long black beard and scarred face giving him an authoritative image. The 90,000-man infantry army obeyed, and no one dared resist him."Keep your anger for them. The spies number more than 20," Tobias explained."They're hiding in the hills behind the village. We can't just go there because they've planted many mines," Liam said, pointing to the south where the hill was."Then what's your plan?" asked Edgar Stock, the caval
Tobias and Liam were right at the bottom of the hill, hanging out with Laura, Gunner, and Karin. That afternoon, they had sent troops into the hill, totalling ten groups.The number of groups was based on the number of paths leading up the hill. There were eight paths and two main roads leading up the hill; the location of each route was different.Not only were the soldiers going up the hill, but Tobias could also see that there were ten soldiers close to Laura, sitting cross-legged with magic circles created under their bodies."These ten will serve as the recipients of the magic messages from their mapping," Laura replied."I've also stationed a soldier in the village hall to do the same, but the difference is that he will print the mapping on large sheets of paper," Laura explained, pointing towards the village hall.Tobias smiled. He understood how they worked. Now, it was just a matter of waiting for the results of their hill mapping.
"I-I'll do it," the woman said.Half-heartedly, she stood up and prepared to lead the way without mines to the Valcke spies' hideout. But Tobias wasn't going there alone.He grabbed her by the neck, dragging her away from the forest to the main road, where Laura was waiting for him, accompanied by Karin."What are you going to do?" the woman asked."Shut up, and don't ask many questions!" said Tobias.The young man continued walking through the hillside forest's bushes and trees until his eyes caught sight of Laura and Karin back to back, guarding their front and behind.Laura sensed suspicious movement from the right side of the forest. The woman had deactivated her area detection magic and replaced it with attack magic. She aimed the activated magic circle at the forest area to the right of her body.Tobias' appearance from the forest surprised them. Laura and Karin initially thought the movement came from the enemy."You sur
"AAAKH!"There was a scream of pain from the room below the stairs. Tobias guessed Gunnar had done something to them.He and the spy woman began to walk closer to the stairs, looking down and witnessing the fight Gunnar was inevitably in."How many people are in this place?" Tobias asked."About six people, including our group leader," replied the woman beside Tobias.The man quickly walked down the stairs. He walked right behind the spy woman, preventing her from escaping. The groans of agony were relentless, growing louder by the second.Just as Tobias arrived at the basement, his eyes saw something horrifying yet tragic. Gunnar's military shirt was stained with the blood of the slain criminals, while Karin and Laura were trying to heal the people who had been kidnapped by this group."What's going on here?" asked Tobias.Gunnar turned his head quickly to Tobias. Now, not only was his face red, but so were his eyes. Gunnar's
Tobias pulled a wooden chair over to the small prison, allowing the spy group leader Valcke to see him. He came with a cart of scrolls with blue ribbons, about to read and confirm it to the woman."So, the rumors of internal conflict in their kingdom turned out to be true," Tobias replied."It happened in the fifth month after they captured Atrea's territory. Two princes wanted to use the Atrea territory as different bases; the first wanted to use it as a production base, while the second used it as a military base," the woman replied. Tobias knew the name of the woman before him, Enzy."Is this why the dispute within the Valcke Kingdom is over the right to use Atrea's territory?" asked Tobias."More than that," Enzy replied.Enzy's words brought big attention from Tobias, his eyes squinted sharply with his gaze fixed on the woman."More? Is it because they both want power?" asked Tobias. Enzy nodded."The two Valcke princes are twins
Tobias stepped out of the room inside the stone first. The air inside was stale and humid, unlike when he set foot outside the stone.From behind, Laura stepped out along with the soldier who came with her. Tobias looked back, checking on Enzy's condition."Burn the place down," Tobias said.Laura nodded. She turned around again, stretching her arms forward with a red magic circle appearing in the air. Ancient script adorned the magic runes that continued to spin clockwise.There was an intense burst of fire after Laura cast the fire magic spell. The inside began to burn quickly, as most furniture and items were wood.The fire burned quickly, spreading to every place until it created black smoke rising from inside. When it was enough, Laura stepped back as she deactivated her fire magic; the flames stopped.Enzy didn't react at all, considering Tobias had defeated her. She could only surrender her life to Tobias; whether he would let her die.The stone door was tightly closed. There w