三个女人的秘密工作生活

Chapter 96: An army without any generals part 2

Kayn left Friedrich and the others as he returned to the Green Horn Village while being escorted by Gilbert.

"You seriously left just like that?" Gilbert is feeling a bit regretful that they can't participate in their abduction mission. He was already imagining how fun it would be when Kayn was still trying to describe his plan to Friedrich a while ago.

"Actually, you can participate if you want. I can go back to the Green Horn Village myself," Kayn doesn't see any problem with not having any escort with him.

"You know that I can't, right?"

"Then that's your problem now,"

Gilbert coldly harrumphs.

"Let's just get back quickly. Maybe I will have enough time to return and catch up with them,"

"That is if Old Chief George would even allow you,"

"Hopefully, he wouldn't forbid me,"

The distance from their location to the Green Horn Village isn't that far. Albeit still a considerable distance away.

After tens of minutes of running, they finally saw the wall of the Green Horn Village.

Outside the wall were lines of soldiers of the Green Horn Village, prepared and ready to take on the invading forces of the Tenderfoot Village.

"There's quite a lot of them," Kayn can't help feeling slightly surprised. There weren't this many soldiers back then when he initially entered the Green Horn Village. He wonders, "Were they out on an expedition back then?"

"There's a quest board in the barracks, and most of the soldiers would complete some daily task whenever they aren't assigned to do anything for the Green Horn Village,"

"Oh, no wonder," Kayn instantly understood.

To explain it in another way, there would normally only be a few soldiers assigned in the Green Horn Village. The only reason why all of them would be gathered is whenever a situation that can pose a huge threat to their Village's existence would take place — for example, a war.

"Kayn, Gilbert, over here!"

Just like the previous time, Old Chief George immediately notices their arrival. Behind the latter were two individuals with imposing auras, probably the two other Green Horn Knights who were previously with Natasha and Jackson before.

"Do you have eyes everywhere or something?" Kayn felt curious at how Old Chief George could always see them even before they notices him.

"It's my Gift,"

"Is it something like Clairvoyance?"

"It's one of the Clairs I possess,"

"Are you perhaps talking about Clairaudience, Clairvoyance, Clairsentience, and Claircognizance?"

"Oh, you know about the four Clairs?"

"I've heard of it. It is said that they are the four major intuitive gifts,"

"That's right. I am very lucky that I possessed all four of them. Other people would usually only have one of the four major intuitive gifts,"

"Not necessarily. I've heard people say that when someone possesses all of them, it would usually mean that they are a jack of all trades but a master of none,"

"Be careful of your words, boy!" One of the Green Horn Knights quickly warned Kayn.

"Let him be. He is someone that's part of high social standing," Old Chief George shook his head at his guard.

"Oh, I understand," What that usually means is they speak arrogantly because they look down on them.

"It's not actually like that. I just hold you in such high regard that's why I am now speaking to you very comfortably," After learning more and more information about Old Chief George, especially those he had personally heard from Cedrick and what Natas had said Chief Kylo's description of the latter was, he no longer prefers to act very formal and cautious when speaking to him.

"I guess that's your way of complimenting someone, right?"

"It is,"

"Anyways, you couldn't be any more correct with your assumption. Because I possess all four Clairs, all of them are imperfect. But as long as I put my SP in the right stats and train them all the time, I know for certain that they would develop into greater heights,"

"Well said," Kayn applauded. That's indeed the case when it comes to Gifts. As long as one constantly trains it and puts their SP in the stats that are fitted with their Gift, it would become stronger. Moreover, if they equip themselves with suited equipment and receive buffs, it can also further improve their Gifts. Active Skills and Passive Skills also have a small possibility, if luck is on their side, to increase the capability of one's Gift.

"So, where're the others?"

"They're over there," Kayn pointed at where they have left Friedrich and the others. "They made me and Gilbert return first so that I can inform you of our plan,"

"Tell me,"

Hearing that, Kayn immediately started telling Old Chief George of their plan.

"Oh, wonderful! I wonder who's the one that came up with that plan?" Old Chief George turns to look at Gilbert. The only person he knows that can come up with a smart strategy like that is Friedrich, Natasha, and Cedrick. But they are not the type that will come up with such kind of strategy. Their strategies are usually quite conservative. To be exact, old school and follows a very strict format. He doesn't see that, so he is assuming that someone else came up with it, someone young and bold.

"It was Kayn,"

It was exactly as he thought.

"I must say, you have the potential to become an advisor. Are you perhaps interested in becoming one? If so, I can hire you as an intern," Old Chief George's eyes shone as he looked at Kayn. At this moment, his opinion about the latter has slightly improved.

"Thanks for your kindness, but I have another option that I want to pursue," Kayn respectfully rejected Old Chief George's kind offer. But deep inside of him, a new idea is born.

Honestly, he has never tried being an advisor before or even someone who teaches other people what to do. He had tried being a commander and general though. But it was mostly thanks to his advisors at that time that he was able to win countless battles.

Needless to say, he has learned a lot from them throughout the years and has thoroughly adopted their means and strategies. In addition to that, his experience is also another factor in his capability.

"If ever you change your mind, you can just simply approach me. The offer still stands as long as you need it," Old Chief George turns around to face the army of the Tenderfoot Village. "Let's begin with the plan,"

"Welcome, to Green Horn Village!"

"You're obviously not here to enter my Village peacefully! So, I'll skip the part where I am going to make some peace talks in hopes of avoiding this war,"

"Instead, I want to tell you about something surprising that I just found out not so long ago from someone that I trust,"

In the next moment, five huge posters with the image of the five generals plastered on them were unfolded in front of everyone to see. Two of them though, Lotte and Adolfo, have been marked with an X mark, evidently implying that they are dead.

"It's very interesting, what I've found out. These five people or you all could probably recognize them as your generals, are actually members of the Assembly of Freedom,"

"Since they are your generals and they happened to be members of the Assembly of Freedom, an infamous organization made up of anarchists, I can't help but wonder if they aren't perhaps sending all of you to your deaths?"

"That's just a thought though, so you can just choose to ignore me,"

"Oh, by the way, just to confirm in case someone doesn't understand the meaning of the X mark. That actually means they are dead. And yes, we've confirmed that they are really members of the Assembly of Freedom because they have their logo on their bodies. You know, the two-letters AF that is stacked on top of each other,"

"That's a lie!"

"Yeah! He is clearly lying!"

"I am guessing that he is just delaying us so that they can buy some time for their reinforcement!"

"We shouldn't trust any words that come out of the mouth of Old Chief George!"

"He is a liar!

"A liar!"

"A liar!

As expected, dozens of people immediately refuted Old Chief George.

Old Chief George already prepared a response for them, "If you don't believe me, then feel free to ask your leaders to show their bodies in order to prove to all of us that they are really not members of the Assembly of Freedom,"

"You think that we are idiots?"

"We'll die if we do that!"

"It's akin to a suicide,"

With a grin on his face, Old Chief George suggested another solution, "Well, if you don't have the courage to do it yet, then how about you try it first on those people who were talking just now?"

"They called me a liar, then how about you prove to your comrades that you are indeed speaking the truth and that you are truly an honest person? After all, only someone like that should be trusted,"

They instantly started murmuring with each other.

With a proud look on his face, Old Chief George interrupted, "I probably don't have to prove myself anymore after the long years I've been helping countless of you guys who entered 'The Bridge' for the first time. If there's anyone you can believe here, that would be me,"

"So, if you want to prove that you are right. Then show us that you're more trustworthy than me. That just makes more sense, right?"

Hearing Old Chief George's statement, the army of the Tenderfoot Village started going into contemplation amongst each other.

While watching this scene happening in front, Kayn immediately understands that Old Chief George is simply trying to instigate and create discord within the army of the Tenderfoot Village. At the same time, the latter is also trying to lure the other members of the Assembly of Freedom who have secretly sneaked into the army.