110 The preparation
They go outside imdiately to welco the troops from the capital. Justice was standing in front while they heard the galloping of the horses that co their way.
They weren’t disappointed. There are few troops that co but it was sufficient for the crown prince.
Vale counts the army that arrives. There are two dozen knights, ten magi, ten huntsn, and eight healers, one even a healers captain. To their surprise, Vale’s subordinates and Xavier’s subordinates all ca to their captain’s request.
“Are you sure? This is not the official request, you will gain nothing from it.” Xavier tried to reason with his subordinates.
“Oh, co on captain, this is such a fun adventure, we are not going anywhere.” Said the youngest subordinate, nad Malek.
“Speak for yourself Malek, your partner already tire himself the last ti he was here.” Xavier points at Junjin, who’s ready by the looks of the polished armor that he wears.
Junjin chuckles at his captain, teasing him, “Well, the last ti I was here, I lost my captain out of nowhere.”
Smiling at Junjin’s remark, Xavier hold his shoulder and said, “I owe you my gratitude, Junjin, if it wasn’t for you, my sworn brothers will never be here.”
“They would co anyway, captain.” Said Junjin to Xavier.
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In the other place, Vale looks at his subordinates with disbelief on his face.
“Both of you co? Why?”
Martin and Brom just gave him a shrug but demanded to have a bed to sleep in.
“I need my beauty sleep before the battle, captain.” Said Martin to Vale.
Vale let out a sigh and then looks at Brom. He demanded a reason from him as well.
Brom yawned and said to Vale with a disinterested, as always, “? I just need to sleep.”
Gruntled at the sight of his subordinates, Vale calls the two of them to follow him upstairs, “Just use my bed for now.”
“Good, can I cuddle with Martin?” asked Brom.
The groan ca from Martin, and while the three of them go to the second floor, Justice t with the healer captain that ca along with the troops.
“Nice to et you Captain, good to see a senior healer on the field right now.”
The healer captain bowed to Justice, “Thank you so much your majesty, my na is Nathan, the senior healer at the main hospital. The chief gave the permission after I revealed I wanted to help my hotown.”
Justice frowned at Nathan. “Wait, Wolgala is your hotown?”
“Yes, the huntsman Xavier wasn’t the only one that ca from Wolgala,” said the senior healer at Justice. “Most of the volunteers here are calling Wolgala their hotown.”
“Fascinating, I never knew that they are plenty of people that beca civil servants from Wolgala...” Suddenly another concern ca to Justice, “They... they are not...”
“No, your majesty, they’re not lycans. Six of them are Werewolves, but most of them, like , are just ordinary people.” Said Nathan to Justice.
Justice nodded his head. He lead Nathan to the hideout where the old man already waiting, “Alright, let us talk in the room first, the others will get a rest for now.”
When Justice and Nathan enter the room, the old man assesses the senior healer and is impressed by it.
“I assu you have more experience from the looks of it. Welco to the team.” The old man couldn’t even hide his excitent at seeing Nathan.
“Thank you so much. It’s good that I could co and help my hotown.” Said Nathan to the old man.
The old man was a bit surprised by Nathan’s confession, “Wait, you’re from Wolgala?”
“I was born here, but... my mother took away from Wolgala seven years ago,” Nathan explained his situation to the old man.
“Ah, I see your family escaping the purge.” The old man muttered with a dark expression on his face.
Justice rembered the purge, he was a teenager when his mother talked with the three kings about the purge that happens in Wolgala. The lycans were on a rampage, killing endlessly and without rcy to anyone.
The empress needs to bring her personal troops to put the lycans in check, sadly they forget to save the werewolf. Half of the werewolf pack was eradicated during the purge. They have failed to see the big picture. That’s why Justice doesn’t want to give the information to the empress, since his mother would never have agreed to the eradication of the lycans.
“The purge killed my two fathers. The only ones who got away were , my mother, and my two sisters.” Nathan said with a certain glum on his face.
The old man steps In front of Nathan and holds his shoulder, “Don’t worry son, today you will have your revenge against those lycans.”
Justice hates those words. There’s nothing good that ca from an act of revenge. He just wanted to help Xavier and help the people from the lycans’ threat. Turns out, the old man has one thing on his mind.
“We should probably wait for two hours before we begin the eting. The troops were exhausted. Nathan needs to build the healer’s tent as well.” Justice said to the old man, while he instructed Nathan to go with him.
The old man looks towards the crown prince before he goes out with Nathan. Nathan looks around the inn, trying to decide the perfect space to build the healer’s tent.
“If I rember correctly, you’re one of the senior healers on the second exam, right?” Said Justice to Nathan.
Turning around to look at Justice, he finally rembered the crown prince beside him. “Yes! You were there! Observing your favorite...” After the slips of the tongue, Nathan corrected his sentences right away, “My apologies, your majesty, I an, you were there to observe your candidate.”
Chuckles, finally Justice, knew that the rumors already circling around about him and Anne’s relationship, “No worries, I knew about the rumor already.”
“Then you already know what happened to miss Anne, right?” Said Nathan, trying to figure out a bit about Justice.
Justice could see that Nathan was trying to assess him. He just gave him a smile and said, “That’s why you don’t see miss Anne here. She was already on the way to the capital.”
“Oh yes, we have t them, sir Henry was also there,” Nathan rembered the odd shape carriage with four Horses that they have t, “I just say, it was a good choice, your majesty, the new rules need her to be there to hear the result or else, the imdiate dismissal will be given right away.”
Hearing Nathan gave him the new rules, Justice needs to hide his sigh of relief. That was close. If they asked Anne to stay, she will get imdiate dismissal for sure.
“This is a new rule, right? We have got no imdiate dismissal of the exam result before.” Asked Justice with a calm face.
“Yes, actually it was one chief that suggested the rules. I don’t know who’s the chief, though.” Nathan answered his question with no thoughts.
“One of the chiefs? Interesting...” muttered Justice. He will investigate this matter.
“Ah, I prefer this side for the healer’s tent, your majesty, close to the kitchen and fresh water.” Nathan gave the location for the healer’s tent. Justice look the location and gave him permission to build the tent.
“Better to get so rest first. We are going to have a eting in two hours.” Justice gave his suggestion to Nathan, which he gratefully accepted.
Two hours later, all the captains and subordinates attended the eting.
“So, tomorrow, the feast begins in the moonlight. They probably killed the first victims right before the moon ca.” The old man explained to everyone in the room.
“Wait, we need to save them before they’re being killed, then.” Said Nathan, “So, probably ambushed them by noon?”
Xavier shook his head, “No, worst idea. The lycans will gather in the afternoon, right before the first kill, so we need to act fast, but right on ti.”
Nathan looks at the map. He was worried now. “That would be almost impossible, then. I don’t want innocent people to be hurt in the process.”
“That’s why the magi will beco our first garrison, along with the werewolf and the knight.” Said Vale to Nathan.
“What?!” his two subordinates clearly didn’t receive the note. “Captain, are you sure that is a good idea? We are always the second or third garrison in every battle.”
“Not for tomorrow’s battle. We are going to save the victims and let the werewolf and the knight fight their way. After we rescued those victims to the healers, then we assisted the troops.” Vale explained to his subordinates.
Justice looks at Vale and admires his initiative and bravery, “A good one Vale, I agreed, we need to save the victims first, I’ll be in the first garrison as well, to make sure the victims are saved and the lycans don’t go out from the circle.”
“Then the huntsman and so of the werewolves are waiting for the second wave as the second garrison.” Said Xavier to the old man.
The old man, thinking about it for a mont, got so concerns about placing the troops. “I don’t want all the magi in the first garrison. Maybe put two or three at the second garrison as well.”
“I can feel your concern. I’ll put two magi in the second garrison.” Vale said to the old man and then converse with his subordinates for the candidates.
Justice’s eyes are lit with excitent. This is the first battle where he got the initiative and command. Sadly, the battle will beco his encounter with a certain soone, the one that he desperately needs to defeat and conquer.
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