Well then, Zaos had a problem in his hands. He didn't travel for two weeks to serve as a sacrifice. Still, it seed that Brien assud that Zaos only ca to make sure that they would last for as long as possible in order for the kingdom to make a reasonable, more significant force.
"… Do we have any notion when the enemies are going to attack?" Zaos asked.
"They still are solidifying their position in the town they took the other day," Brien said. "We lost three thousand n in that fight, but they had to work ward to win, so they lost the sa amount of n and used many resources. They already knew that my soldiers would fight until the last n, so they were preparing to build the terrain for a fight where they wouldn't lose many n or resources. My guess is that they will be ready for that in two weeks."
"Resources, huh," Zaos said. "I guess that is all, sir."
"Don't worry, Zaos," Brien forced a smile. "I am sure we will be brought enough ti for you and your n to flee if the necessity arises."
"I am not really worried, sir," Zaos said. "But I appreciate the sentint. Now, if you excuse ."
Zaos left the room while showing a poker face, but as soon as he closed the door, he couldn't help but sigh. What kind of environnt soone like Brien grew to think of himself as that disposable. It was ridiculous that soone with such a mindset beca a commander of thousands of soldiers. Or perhaps, he was promoted because of that… he was relatively young, after all.
Without wasting ti, Zaos went to search for Cohnal and lisse. He needed to have a serious conversation with them. After looking for a while, Zaos found his unit being allocated in so free rooms on the second floor. It seed that a lot of the recruits of that year died or deserted.
"How was the eting, Captain?" Cohnal asked. "By the way, we already organized your things in the first sector of this floor."
"Thanks, well… it was worse than you can imagine," Zaos said after looking around and confirming that no one could see or hear them.
Zaos explained the conversation he had, and for so reason, neither of them seed surprised with the commander's attitude. It appeared he had a certain reputation, and it was the sa type Zaos had imagined.
"We heard that he was promoted recently since the previous commander was killed," Cohnal said.
"This kingdom is so fucked up… promoting a bloody coward to the post of a commander," lisse said.
"Hey, not in front of the Captain," Cohnal said.
"Feel free to say whatever you think," Zaos said. "I also think that Brien is a coward. Regardless, he is dead set that this is a lost battle. So, we are on our own."
"But what we can do? Insubordination is a serious cri," Cohnal said.
"Well, he didn't give any orders, not directly at least," Zaos said. "So we have so freedom. I will leave tonight with a small group of archers and then try to cause so damage to the enemies wherever they are. The enemies are also pretty relaxed since they think that they already won, so I will use that to pave the terrain for us and make Brien change his mind about the whole battle."
"We should go with you, Captain," Cohnal said.
"No, you guys will stay here because if we three leave at the sa ti, the rest of the group will feel restless, even if we return before morning," Zaos said. "I will need you to find the ten best archers of the group and then will have to be archers who know how to keep their mouths shut."
"Understood… rcenaries are pretty good at keeping secrets when they are not drunk," Cohnal said.
"Are you planning to kill so enemies or just destroy their supplies?" lisse asked.
"Both, I suppose," Zaos said. "Even if they are a bit relaxed, the rcenaries won't leave their resources unguarded. So, we will kill so of them."
Zaos seed pretty sure of his plan, so Cohnal and lisse assud that he had so experience in the assassination. That was quite weird considering his fighting style, but they knew that Zaos was a man who had many secrets… or a young man who had many secrets.
While Cohnal and lisse were smoothly selecting the archers that would follow Zaos, he went to the library of the place. He looked for a map of the region. Fortunately, he found one pretty fast and morized the whole area in a couple of minutes. The enemies were occupying the walled town called Toules, located at South of the base. The trip would be long, but it was sothing that he had to do.
When he returned, Zaos noticed that Cohnal and lisse had mobilized a good number of mbers of the unit, but with the excuse that they would for so wood to craft arrows. While the main group does that, Zaos and the archers will leave and head south.
So guards frowned when the group began to leave, even before they had ti to actually unpack, but neither of them tried to stop it. As soon as the base disappeared in the distance, the group stopped.
"You can go now, Captain," Cohnal said. "I assu the trip will be long, so you will need all the ti you can get. Tomorrow morning we will be waiting for you here, but we will return to the base at night."
"That will be for the best," Zaos said. "If soone looks for , say that I am studying the map of the region and that I don't want to be disturbed.
Cohnal nodded once more, and then he presented the ten archers that would go with Zaos. If anything, they sure looked sharp and pretty reliable. Without wasting any ti, Zaos led them to the south.
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