Chapter 86: Let another repetition of the second life play out exactly in the third life
"For the Circus!"
That is the standard greeting exchange between mbers of Circus when eting with fellow mbers.
"Everyone, take a seat," Chief Kylo gestured his hand. "How have you all been?"
"Just massacred dozens of people before coming here,"
"I went to that gathering spot where they said there are normally hundreds of people that gather materials. What a scam! There weren't even more than ten people at that place,"
"What a dumbass! There's no gathering spot where there are hundreds of people gathering materials,"
"Exactly!"
"How would I even know that?!"
"By using your brain, idiot!"
"Does any of us even have one?"
"Well…"
"Jokes aside. Are the plans set in motion?" Chief Kylo interrupted.
"Yes!"
"A total of twelve Villages. All loyal to Old Chief George, including the Green Horn Village, will certainly disappear today!"
"How certain?"
"Fifty,"
"Is there any problem?"
"Old Chief George was more prepared than we expected,"
"What do you an?"
"Our scouts have found out that Old Chief George's twenty Green Horn Knights, or at least seventeen of them, are present in those eleven Villages,"
"You can never really underestimate what that old man can do," Chief Kylo smirks. "Considering that there are only seventeen of them, I am assuming that so of them only have one of the Green Horn Knights while the others have two, am I correct?"
"Yes, but…"
"But?"
"Those Villages that only have one Green Horn Knights don't actually need one in the first place,"
"Yeah, those Green Horn Knights could have just gone to protect Old Chief George. Or perhaps as we speak, they are already making their way back to the Green Horn Village,"
"That's the exact reason why we have to attack the Green Horn Village imdiately. The mont the Green Horn Village is destroyed, the unity built in 'The Bridge' by Old Chief George would instantly crumble once the other Villages and Towns heard the news,"
"It's not that simple," Chief Kylo didn't hesitate to shake his head. "We cannot simply go and attack the Green Horn Village. That's not what we originally ca here for. We ca here to kill Old Chief George himself. If you are thinking that once the Green Horn Village is destroyed there won't be any unity anymore, then you're guess is wrong,"
"Old Chief George is the reason for the unity, not the Green Horn Village. Do you seriously think that the Chiefs of the other Villages and Towns won't volunteer to offer their seat to him if we destroy the Green Horn Village?"
"It would be fine if he only accepts becoming a Chief of a Village. But it will be a completely different story for us if he becos a Chief of a Town. And considering that we easily destroyed a Village, he would most likely choose the latter. By then, the unity that we wanted to break might just beco even stronger than what it is now,"
"Where would he even get such an influence if he doesn't have anyone to support him?"
"That's right! Once the Green Horn Village is destroyed, Old Chief George is nothing!"
"With no power, there's no need for other Chiefs to fear him, let alone give him what he wants,"
Chief Kylo chuckled for a few seconds before responding, "You see, my father, the previous head of the Assembly of Freedom, used to always tell that the only reason why there isn't a City in 'The Bridge' yet is because the only person who can establish one choose to not do it. I think everyone knows who exactly that person is,"
Even without needing to ntion the na, everyone inside the tent could easily guess that Chief Kylo is speaking about Old Chief George.
"The reason why Old Chief George never bothered to promote his Village into a Town is that he is very much aware of the fact that the mont he does, the other Towns and nearby Villages will volunteer to make his territory their capital. And by then, the first ever City in 'The Bridge' is going to be created,"
"So now, do you understand why we have to make sure not only to destroy the Green Horn Village but to also make sure that we kill Old Chief George?"
"Yes,"
"We understand,"
"We'll follow whatever our commander says,"
Seeing the other mbers of the Assembly of Freedom agreeing with Chief Kylo, the others who were feeling disappointed at him taking so long to attack the Green Horn Village finally relented.
"Now, let's begin the eting,"
…..
As soon as the eting inside the tent ended, Natas imdiately returned back to et up with Kayn.
Kayn was still waiting at the sa spot, so he easily spotted him.
"So, how was it?" Kayn asked Natas.
"You were right. They are indeed mbers of Circus,"
"I knew it. This changes everything! Let's quickly et up with Gilbert so we can deal with them before it's too late,"
"Wait!"
"What?"
"I think we shouldn't intervene,"
"Why?"
"In the second life, Old Chief George was able to get out of 'The Bridge' alive. I might not have seen what exactly happened in this place, but I am certain that Old Chief George being alive ans he won this war,"
"But it's not for certain whether he had really killed the mbers of Circus,"
"I am not telling you that you shouldn't kill them. All that I am saying is, we shouldn't intervene in the war that's happening right now. Let it flow according to the second life. If we find mbers of Circus alive, then that's when we intervene to kill them,"
"That…"
"
"Intervening in the natural order of ti wouldn't necessarily always bring us benefit. Sotis, we also have to see another repetition of the second life play out exactly in the third life,"
"I understand,"
"I am glad to hear that,"
"Since we are not doing that. What do you suggest that we should do,"
"You will et up with Gilbert, and inform him of everything that you found out here, except the part related to Circus. Return to the Green Horn Village to report to Old Chief George and let him do exactly whatever he wants to do,"
"Okay,"
With that being said, Kayn went north to find and et up with Gilbert again.
As soon as Kayn arrived north, it was Gilbert that went to find him instead.
"What took you so long?"
"Chief Kylo was at my side. I was listening in their eting,"
"Fair enough. So, what did you learn?"
"I was right,"
"Are you serious?" Gilbert felt disbelief. "I can't believe that the person the previous Chief of the Tenderfoot Village has chosen is actually a mber of the Assembly of Freedom,"
"You're wrong for believing that. The previous Chief was also a mber of the Assembly of Freedom,"
"Are you telling that the previous Chief of the Tenderfoot Village was killed by his own people?"
"What do you expect from an organization made up of anarchists?"
"Well, if you put it that way, that indeed sound reasonable,"
Anarchist is people who don't want anyone telling them what to do and not to do. They are basically the type of people who does whatever they want to do.
Their organization might have a leader to lead them, but because of their nature, their mbers would naturally also have a say in the decision-making for their organization.
Perhaps the previous Chief of Tenderfoot Village cross a line, and that's why he was killed by people he treated as comrades. Or maybe it was sothing else… Only mbers of the Assembly of Freedom can answer that.
"Let's quickly return to the Green Horn Village and report to Old Chief George what we found here,"
"Not so fast,"
"Why?"
"We haven't even seen the structure of their army yet. Are you seriously telling that we will return with only this information in our hands? Since we are already here, let's also scout how many soldiers they have in their army, their soldier's subclasses, and their battle formation as well,"
"Please promise that once we are done with that we will imdiately leave,"
"I promise,"
"Alright,"
With no other choice, Gilbert could only give consent to Kayn's plan. It wasn't really dangerous, but staying here any longer would definitely pose possible dangers to them. After all, it's not impossible for soone else to discover that there are dead soldiers buried under the cover of the greeneries at their rear.
Standing on top of a tree hidden under the veil of the night, Kayn and Gilbert could overlook the entire army not so far from their location.
"I am guessing that there are a total of two hundred fifty soldiers in this army. Twenty-five are healers, fifty are mages, another fifty are marksn, twenty-five are guardians, and the rest are knights,"
"It's impossible that there are no Assassins,"
"They are probably hiding sowhere…" Gilbert suddenly realized sothing. "We need to get out of here, quick!"
"Why?" Kayn was confused.
"If there are no assassins here, then they should be in the forest around us,"
"That…" Kayn quickly understood.
"We are lucky that they still haven't discovered us, or maybe they have already but they've just mistaken us as one of their comrades,"
"You're right," Kayn seriously forgot about this. He might have encountered and experienced countless wars in his life during his second life. But most of the ti he would do things on his own as he is powerful enough to the point that he doesn't have to use any strategies nor the help of the other mbers of his guild to face the army of his enemies.
Speaking about the devil.
Before Kayn and Gilbert could make a run for it, five assassins suddenly arrived in front of them.
One assassin landed right in front of them, while the other four assassins are standing on the branches of the trees not so far away from them.
"Where are you two going?"
Gilbert imdiately looked at Kayn, ready to carry the latter to run away from this place once things turn sour for them.
Contrary to Gilbert though, Kayn just calmly responded, "We are about to move,"
"Why?"
"Well, look," Kayn pointed at the army that has now started moving. They're very fortunate that they were found out by these assassins when the army was about to start the invasion in the Green Horn Village.
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