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The person behind the hood was Jassin, the one who secretly fell ill on the first days of the journey.

It turned out he purposely poisoned himself to create doubt inside Arthur’s heart, and inside the heart of everyone else present.

“Why did you do this? Answer me!” Arthur said.

He was yelling during the night, which made all the others wake up from their tents and come out to see exactly what was happening.

“Akhur, what happened?” Siora said.

Arthur already knew Siora and Jassin had that intimate moment, therefore he suspected she might have something to do with this.

He explained everything that had happened, and none of them could believe it.

“Jassin, is that true?” Siora said.

Jassin laughed maniacally, and said, “if only this person was not that strong. How did you notice my presence?”

Everyone knew now that Jassin was indeed the culprit behind the strange poisoning and now the murder attempt towards Arthur.

The reason behind it? Even Arthur did not know. He tried to get some answers from Jassin. Whoever Jassin did not mutter a word, even after feeling pain.

It was trained to do these type of things, so pain resistance was one perk Jassin had.

“We can roam around with a prisoner. That would hinder our movements,”

“He tried to kill me, so his penalty would be death, anyway. So, killing him now would not be a problem, right? What do you think?”

Arthur would kill him anyway, even if the opinion of the rest of the squad was different, however he wanted to know more about how they think.

Laeroth, one that barely talked during the journey, said, “kill him. He is a traitor. We have an important mission to accomplish, and having him with us, why bring more dangers than good things?”

“I agree with him.” Folen said.

The only one that did not express any opinion was Siora. It was understandable considering she somewhat had a romance with Jassin, but after putting her thoughts together, she nodded in response.

“Return to the tents. I will deal with it.” Arthur said.

Arthur grabbed Jassin and left the campsite area, going towards a more remote place.

He tried one last time to get some answers from him, but it did not work out, no matter what type of torture method Arthur used.

“Whatever.”

With a snap, Arthur broke Jassin’s neck, and he died on the spot. After that, he returned to his tent as if nothing had happened.

~~~~

The next morning started with a breakfast. Meat, again. Arthur could feel the atmosphere around the squad was darker than before, but what could he do?

Only time would fix that, and he only wished that Jassin’s death would not affect their performance during the mission.

It was a mission important not only for them, but for the kingdom, and all the elves that lived there, and also for the humans who fled from the Dragon Scale Empire.

“We should eat. The border with the Dragon Scale Empire is near, and the dark races are sure to be there.” Arthur said.

A chunk of red meat crushed by his teeth, sending a sensation of pleasure and fullness to his body.

They took their time to properly eat during the morning, and after everyone was done, they packed everything and continued on their journey.

The closer they got to the border of the Elven Kingdom, the stranger things become.

There was a feeling in the air, as something bad would happen. Arthur noticed that the air had turned more smoky and a smell of rot permeated through the air.

Arthur was almost sure that was the smell of the rotten corpses. It seemed the dark races did not even bother to move the corpses of the Dragon Scale Empire army.

They reached the border in no time, and with slow steps, they scanned the surrounding area.

At first glance, the place was empty of any dark creature, and perhaps they were only inside the deeper parts of the empire.

“Remember that our mission here is not to kill a high number of dark creatures, but to scout the area and get as much information as we can for the actual attack.” Arthur said.

“Understood.”

Their mission was to scout, and to think only the four of them could wipe the dark races was a pipe dream.

Arthur was not dumb, and he knew some creatures had similar or above strength than him.

After everyone got their bearings together and remembered why they were there, they kept finally entering the Dragon Scale Empire.

When they reached it, everything looked similar to the Elven Kingdom itself.

Obviously the forest was not the same as the one in the Elven Kingdom, but everything around them was still vegetation, and that’s it.

There was a small cabin near the border, presumably the home of whoever was there to ensure everything was correct within the two countries, although the protection in the border was small.

The Elven Kingdom was their friend after all, and there was no need to watch the border with that many men, especially with the war on the other side with the dark races.

Therefore, only a cabin remained, and when Arthur and his squad made their way to it, it was empty.

Empty not of furniture or trash, but there was no one inside. The dust all around made Arthur guess whoever lived there was long gone.

Perhaps went to the other side to fight with the dark races? If only one person was stationed here, that meant whoever it was had decent strength, therefore it wouldn’t be strange for that person to go fight the other side of the war.

“Lets keep moving.”

Staying in that cabin was a waste of time, but they still made a quick search to see if there was anything interesting inside, and there was not.

They left the cabin and continue forward to the heart of the Dragon Scale Empire.

~~~~

“Do you think they are coming?” A woman said.

Half of her body was a snake-body, and her eyes were amber with pupils just like that of a snake.

The person who was talking with her was Kymil’s father, the traitor general.

“Yes, they are. One member from that squad is under my command.”

“Good. What will the Elven Kingdom do when I get their king?” The snake-woman laughed maniacally.