Chapter 212: The War that Decides the Fate of 'The Bridge' Part 15
Two days passed, and Kayn's group continued destroying one base of the Assembly of Freedom after another. Of course, they still went for it at random so that Jericho's Herald Guild won't be implicated.
Needless to say, they have the choice to not do it until Jericho's Herald Guild got accepted into the Assembly of Freedom. However, if they truly did that, it would make things very suspicious and would no doubt make Wesley think that the reason for the attack to suddenly stop is because the real perpetrators are currently waiting to be accepted to their side
Instead, what they did was that they ordered some men of the Thieves Guild Alliance that got into the Herald Guild to fake a pursuit of them.
These people already went through a thorough investigation and it was confirmed that they are members of the Assembly of Freedom.
In other words, other than cleaning the Daze Village of men from the Assembly of Freedom, they are also cleaning out the rats inside the Wing Boots Auction House and Herald Guild from any more heretics that believe their vision of the future is better than their current situation.
On the third day, Wesley returned to the Wing Boots Auction House early morning with supposedly good news from the Assembly of Freedom.
"I have good news for you, Jericho," Wesley approached with a smile. "And for you too, my dear captain,"
"Don't call me that," Kayn was disgusted.
Wesley chuckled in response.
"It better be news that the Herald Guild got accepted in the Assembly of Freedom," Jericho acted like he was hopeful.
"That's right! You're in!"
"Are you serious?"
"Here's the proof," Wesley handed a piece of document to Jericho.
After accepting the document, Jericho openly went to approach Kayn for assistance.
"Did something happen in the past two days I wasn't here," Wesley was very surprised.
"I promoted him to become my personal assistant,"
"That's wonderful! Now you're getting closer to standing on the same level as us. I seriously can't wait for that day to come," Wesley expressed how happy he was.
However, Kayn noticed a murderous intent coming from Wesley's eyes. The latter is definitely planning something and it surely doesn't mean good for him.
Kayn shook the thought out of his mind as he'd be dealing with that in the future. For now, he has to focus on the document.
"Is this real?" Jericho pretended to ask.
Kayn knew a lot about Circus, which is the main organization behind the Assembly of Freedom. So, he knows if the document is true or fake.
"There's only one way to find out," Kayn gathered fire element mana on his arm.
"What are you doing?!" Wesley became fully alert at Kayn's action.
In the next moment, Kayn touched the document with his hand that was covered with fire element mana.
Contrary to expectations, the document didn't burn to dust. Instead, it shone a black-colored light as if to resist the fire element mana.
"I know there was something very strange about you!" Wesley finally understood why Kayn caught his attention. This man knows a lot about the Assembly of Freedom.
"It is real," Kayn informed Jericho.
"So, the real document doesn't burn?" Jericho felt curious.
"No," Kayn shook his head. "The real document won't be destroyed with this simple method,"
"How?"
"They probably use Dark Oak to make their important documents. As we know, Dark Oak has a trait that allows them to naturally resist any type of mana,"
"That's right!" Wesley confirmed. Since the reason why they picked the Dark Oak to make their document is already revealed, there is no use hiding it anymore. "And if you add a few Runic patterns to it, it becomes nearly indestructible. Of course, that's only the case if you use simple methods. If you blast it with, say, <<Blaze>> spell, it would instantly get burned to dust. Its only purpose is to test the legitimacy of the document, not to resist destruction,"
"After all, there are times when we must destroy evidence, if you know what I mean," Wesley wink at Jericho meaningfully.
"I'll take note of this special material," Jericho has learned a better way now to avoid counterfeits with his important documents.
"Anyway, I reckon you went to visit the city in the past two days? At least you tried, but you realized that it was surprisingly gone," Wesley changed the topic.
"We did," Jericho didn't bother hiding it. "I didn't mind it though because I was busy dealing with those people who were trying to destroy all of your bases in the Daze Village,"
"I heard," Wesley smiled. "It was unnecessary though as I believe that men that I assigned are more than capable of handling them,"
"I understand that you're confident with your people, but you see, despite that, every base they decided to attack was still destroyed. And two of your newly appointed Chiefs of the Daze Village didn't even last a day in their office. That's not even enough time to warm the leather of their chair," Jericho sneered.
"That's because I thought they will continue attacking alone," Wesley accepted his mistake. In truth, it isn't that he didn't expect their enemy wouldn't attack their bases in a group. But he assumed that they'll only do that once they lost one or two of their own from a careless attempt. Turns out that they weren't stupid enough to underestimate the capability of the Assembly of Freedom.
"I might not have been able to save one of your destroyed bases, but I did get a clue," Jericho handed Wesley an emblem.
"Green Horn Knights,"
"That's right,"
"No wonder they are so difficult to catch," Wesley finally understood everything.
"And I heard that they're not only attacking this side of the Slumbering Forest, but they're attacking everywhere except for the Drowsy Village,"
"I do wonder about that, but it's probably because it is the headquarters of the Thieves Guild Alliance in the Slumbering Forest. And as you know it, they are our allies,"
"Exactly!" Jericho smiled. "So I have a plan in hopes of stopping them from attacking,"
"You just joined the Assembly of Freedom and you already can't wait to make contributions," Wesley chuckled.
"I want to strike while the iron is still hot,"
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