Chapter 527: An Important Assignnt
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Shinbela, what are these people here for?" Anfey asked in a low pitch, as he looked at the swordswon in the arena.
"Master, didn’t you hear about it? I thought I had told you about it," Shinbela answered in surprise.
"Did you tell about it? When?" Anfey asked.
"Few days ago. Lord Christian..." Shinbela tried to explain.
"Oh, Christian." Anfey imdiately rembered when Shinbela ntioned Christian. Christian told Anfey that he felt it was not convenient for Alice to have male rcenaries as her safeguards. Suzanna and Shinbela could not be with her all the ti, so Christian was thinking of forming a personal safeguard team with all won. Anfey thought Christian would pick so won from the League of rcenaries, which was why he did not put those unfamiliar swordswon together with Alice’s safeguards. He paused for a second and asked, "Where are those swordswon from?"
"Master, there have been a lot of rcenaries who ca to us for help over the past few days. These won were the best of them all," Shinbela said.
"A lot of rcenaries? It is just the beginning," Anthony said with a smile. "No one knows better about how those rcenaries think than I. The Country of rcenaries used to be under the control of four super rcenary groups. They collaborated, but also fought with each other, which left so room for dium or small sized rcenary groups to survive in gaps.
However, it is different than during old tis. Smart people could tell that joining the League of rcenaries was actually their only option. They knew that, the earlier they could join, the more benefits they could get. They knew they either could join the League of rcenaries or leave the Country of rcenaries."
Anfey nodded. He got what Anthony ant. Anfey asked, "Shinbela, are you thinking of forming a safeguard squad with those swordswon for Alice? You must be kidding ."
"I have talked about this with Master Alice. We know neither about those swordswon’s backgrounds, nor the reasons they wanted to join the League of rcenaries. If we ask them to be Alice’s safeguards, there might be trouble down the road," Shibela said.
"I am glad you see that," Anfey said slowly. "What did Alice say about it?"
"Master Alice said she had an idea about what to do," Shinbela said.
"What does she an?" Anfey asked with a frown.
"Master, I do not know," Shibela said.
"Ok, I will go and ask her later." Anfey went silent for a while and asked, "Shinbela, do you know the woman who always gives you trouble?"
"Master, do you suspect her?" Shinbela asked.
"No, usually, spies know they need to keep a low profile, to not attract others’ attentions. Won like her, who make trouble everywhere, could not be spies," Anfey said.
"Master, you are right," Shinbela said in a low pitch, "I know her. Her na is Midof. She used to be the commander of the Mars rcenary group. We had so conflicts when we were on assignnts. We even had a physical fight. She is a senior swordswoman, pretty powerful, but she was at a disadvantage in a few fights with . It was because..." Shinbela suddenly stopped before she could finish her sentence. Her face turned a little pale.
Anfey patted Shinbela’s shoulder. He knew what Shinbela was going to say. Back then, Manlyn was still alive. When Shinbela and Manlyn fought together, Midof was not a match for them. It looked like Shinbela had healed yet. "Isn’t Mars a powerful na for a woman’s rcenary group?" Anfey changed the topic.
"Hahaha... it is nothing unusual," Anthony said with a smile. "The weaker the rcenary group was, the more superior the na they gave themselves. Nas like, "Dominator", "Protector",or "Invincible", sound terrifying, but they could have less than ten people in their rcenary groups. They are just jokes for others."
"Indeed." Shinbela smiled.
"But master, you did a great job on the na for our rcenary group," Anthony said.
"?" Anfey was shocked for a second.
"Yeah." Anthony nodded. "The League of rcenaries. The word ’league’ showed your vision and your ability to take in others’ opinions. It does not sound grand, but has a long, reaching aning."
"Master Anthony, if I did not know about you, I would think you were being sarcastic."
Anfey did not know if he should cry or laugh. "I just randomly picked a na, because I did not want to spend ti on it."
"If you gave it a lot of thought, it would have sounded pretentious." Anthony must want to keep kissing Anfey’s ass. "We usually could tell a person’s true personality from whims."
Anfey felt that he had totally lost this ga to Anthony. He had to switch the topic again. He knew the answer of the question, but he asked it anyway, "Shinbela, did Midof give you trouble because of the problems in the past?"
"Yes." Shinbela nodded.
"This should stop. We need to give them so real life experiences to rough them up, which will help them grow," Anfey said with a frown.
"Master, do you really want to give them the training?" Shinbela asked.
"Yes," Anfey said.
"Master, it will be a lot of work," Shinbela said.
"A lot of work? Hehehe, not at all," Anfey said.
Shinbela blinked. She did not get what Anfey ant. Of course, she would never understand it.
"I am going to talk to Alice about it later. Shinbela, can you stay and watch them?" Anfey asked.
"What about the training?" Shinbela asked.
"It is easy. Ask them to run 100 laps around the arena first. If they finish it before I co back, then ask them to run another 100 laps. Oh, and they are not allowed to use combat power," Anfey said.
"What training is this?" Anthony asked in curiosity. The highest level of those swordswon was senior swordswon. Anthony wondered how Shinbela could ask them to run 100 laps.
"You will understand in a few days." Anfey smiled. "Shinbela, are there any wells in the garrison?"
"There are two wells," Shinbela said.
"Dump stones into them and block them. Are there any mages?" Anfey asked.
"No." Shinbela shook her head. "Master, if the wells are blocked, where can they get water?"
"I will ask Feller to send two mages over." Anfey thought about sothing for a while and said, "And no one is allowed to leave without permission. If they leave, they will not be part of the league. Do you understand?"
Anthony and Shinbela looked at each other, They really had no idea what was on Anfey’s mind.
Alice did not look too good. Governing eight provinces was not the sa as when she had managed the League of rcenaries. Back then, she got Anfey’s support, so she had ways to complete her assignnts. Moonlight City was in a totally different situation. Marquis Legoya left with a group of royals and city officials. There was a gap in the administration, having no one in dium or upper level administration.
Orders from Alice could not get passed down, because of the gap. She wanted to fill the gap, but she could not find any people she could trust. Yolanthe reminded her several tis that she needed to use people from the Shansa Empire to govern the Shansa Empire. The reason for this was to keep Moonlight City in order at this mont, and in the future.
Alice knew Yolanthe was right. If she appointed non-Shansa Empire people to be in the upper administration, people from the Shansa Empire would not be happy about it, even if Edward IIIV did not take advantage of it and make rumors.
Baery and Saul insisted to follow Yolanthe’s order. They were only in charge of military affairs. They had no business in administration. Alice took all the administration jobs upon her shoulders. Governing a province was a lot harder than managing thousands of rcenaries.
She was not concerned a lot, when she was in the League of rcenaries. As long as she thought it was the right decision, she could insist upon it, because Anfey, Christian, and others could understand her. She had to think a lot before she did anything in Moonlight City. She was afraid of creating problems, because she was not able to take anything in consideration.
The most important thing was that Yolanthe made the decision that she needed in order to take it easy and not be greedy. For every action she took, she had to be sure she could handle it. As it was said, before Alice could return the Moro Province to order, Baery’s troop stayed where they were, to wait for the order.
Yolanthe had another reason for doing this. Edward IIIV did not want to sit and wait. He had been trying hard to recruit people for his troop. Yolanthe wanted to give Edward IIIV enough ti to let him try. Edward had already lost his feeling of security. He would try to take money from civilians and force young people to join his military. The more pressure civilians felt, the more Shansa civilians would want the Maho Empire to take over the city to save them. By then, nothing could change the fate of Moonlight City.
Regular military officials might not understand the battle at the strategic level. Even if Edward IIIV rebuilt a troop with thousands of people, and had a general as good as Scarlet, he still would lose the battle. Every step Yolanthe took, he was sure he would succeed. He did not give Edward IIIV any chance to turn the situation around.
If Baery could take over several provinces at once, Edward IIIV should have more problems back ho. There would be so ssy provinces and tens of thousands of scared civilians. No matter how capable Alice was, she could not put everything back on track in such a short period of ti.
Anfey walked to Alice’s office. There were people everywhere in the hallway and rooms. The door of Alice’s office was open. Suzanna stood at the door, quietly watching the people. People could be quite different. Each of them had different facial expressions. Niya smiled before she said a word.
Niya’s smile was so genuine and happy. In Niya’s eyes, people were generally good, except for a few. Alice always wore a smile, but the smiles were her mask, yet not everyone could tell they were just a mask. For example. Manlyn used to be attracted to her, even wanted to dump his fiancé for her, and forgot how he beca the commander of the rcenary group.
Suzanna did not like to smile, especially to strangers. Even though her smile could lt people’s hearts, she always looked distant. People were scared to talk to her, even when they did not know who she was.
Suzanna’s job was to protect Alice, so she was very sensitive to her surroundings. When Anfey stepped on the staircase with just one foot, Suzanna had turned around to him. When she saw it was Anfey, her smile grew bigger and bigger on her face. It all started from her eyes, then mouth. The smile was so big and bright that it could lt snow. When people saw her smile, they might feel as warm as the sun shining in the spring breeze.
It might be because Suzanna was happy, satisfied, or for other reasons. She always smiled when she saw Anfey, even though they had been married for about half a year. Suzanna smiled genuinely, not because she wanted to appease Anfey. Her smile was not a routine either, just a real smile from her bottom of her heart.
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