"Where is she?" asked Priam.
"I don't know. Anatole, Anne and two Generals have been missing for several hours."
"Gone to set their trap, right?"
"That's what we think. The last order I got from the two present Generals was to tell the snipers to force an attack."
Priam watched his prisoner for a mont. He seed to have made peace with his death, and was beginning to give him information on his own. Priam stood up slightly to allow Corentin to breathe.
"You're with now. If you do anything, I'll kill you straight away. Between now and the end of this battle, you're going to help destroy the Revenants. Okay?"
"Okay," replied the ssenger in a clear voice. Either he's a good actor, or he's out for revenge and redemption.
"Swear on your Potential that you will follow my orders to the letter and do your best to destroy the Revenants."
Corentin swore, and Priam relaxed slightly as he felt the Concepts' magic. He stood up and held out his hand. Corentin took it, and Priam helped him to his feet.
"Good. Any idea where Anatole is?"
"No. There are underground passages beneath the camp. So Abominations have been specially created to dig the ground, but the entrances are hidden. Even though we're linked by a common cause and a desire to live, information is pretty partitioned. In case one of us decides to betray the cause, I suppose," Corentin sneered.
Priam looked at him for a mont. The man in front of him was going to die, and he knew it. Yet he smiled. The pressure of death and the horrors he endured had made him unstable...
"Any idea how to find these underground passages?"
Priam had no desire to prevent Anatole from provoking the Earl's Tribulation, but he didn't want Anatole or Anne to run away afterward. After all, it was unlikely that Revenant officers would stay close to an Earl's Tribulation. The collateral damage promised to be titanic.
Corentin thought for a second before answering. "There may be a way. There are two guest officers representing factions allied with ours. They've invested a lot of resources, weapons, and cores in this conflict. I suppose if they asked to see Anatole, the Generals would lead them..."
Priam took only a mont to think. With every passing second, he risked being caught in the sa trap as the Earl. I need information about their trap.
"Right. You're going to tell them that a Viscount is coming their way, so they need to evacuate. Then you leave and let them panic. They'll go straight to the Generals and ask them for a way out. Normally, one of them will warn Anatole, or he'll lead them to him. I'll just have to follow them."
Priam noticed Corentin's grimace.
"Is there a problem?"
"Why not do as you did with ? Threaten to kill them and tell them to ask the Generals to take them to see Anatole?"
"Because they co from a real faction," Priam explained. "The difference between them and you is that aliens who have been enslaving people for thousands of years don't want their recruits to betray them. They've undoubtedly signed a contract, taken an oath, or are hypnotized not to betray their faction. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't help ."
Corentin nodded. "These factions are deceitful."
The System made you promise to kill your fellow man Corentin. It's this world that's deceitful...
"No ti to lose. I'm watching you."
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