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 members of Circus when meeting with fellow members.
"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 mean?"
"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 some 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 immediately. The moment 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 came here for. We came 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 becomes 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 become 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 me 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 mention the name, 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 moment 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 members 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 meeting,"
…..
As soon as the meeting inside the tent ended, Natas immediately returned back to meet up with Kayn.
Kayn was still waiting at the same spot, so he easily spotted him.
"So, how was it?" Kayn asked Natas.
"You were right. They are indeed members of Circus,"
"I knew it. This changes everything! Let's quickly meet 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 means he won this war,"
"But it's not for certain whether he had really killed the members 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 members of Circus alive, then that's when we intervene to kill them,"
"That…"
"
"Intervening in the natural order of time wouldn't necessarily always bring us benefit. Sometimes, 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 meet 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 meet 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 meeting,"
"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 member of the Assembly of Freedom,"
"You're wrong for believing that. The previous Chief was also a member of the Assembly of Freedom,"
"Are you telling me 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 members 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 something else… Only members 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 me 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 me that once we are done with that we will immediately 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 someone 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 marksmen, twenty-five are guardians, and the rest are knights,"
"It's impossible that there are no Assassins,"
"They are probably hiding somewhere…" Gilbert suddenly realized something. "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 time 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 members 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 immediately 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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