YM778.TV Chapter 62: Leaf In The Calm
"Don\'t be acting spoilt, while you\'re crying for the sex, I\'m here stuck wondering if I will ever get to see my unborn child, know its name, urghh, why did I join the army" another man with a similarly bare chest spoke, also digging into the ground with his shovel and packing out dirt.
"You guys should be grateful we got assigned to dig the trenches because unlike our colleagues who will be going in first, we will be at the back acting as the last line of defense since we will be recuperating from all the labour we\'ve been doing," another man, this one with a blue cap and wearing overalls spoke, this standing a bit away from the other two but instead of digging into the ground, he was busy inserting spikes into several holes on the ground,
"That just means we get to die last." The first man spoke.
"We get to die last or we end up as one of the many survivors of the war." The second bare-chested man spoke.
The first man wanted to argue his colleague\'s positive logic, but a man dressed in combat clothes having on a chain mill on his chest walked towards them and looked at the trench they were digging while nodding his head.
"You guys should mind what you say and not go around spreading fear, and besides you don\'t need to be so pessimistic, our enemies aren\'t going to be the main force of the underworld, they are instead scouts that the enemy wants to implant in the country, the man with the chain mill said his very same words, being repeated by several key people all throughout the army
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"That\'s impossible, I said nothing of such nature" Hannah said with suppressed anger to the middle-aged man in front of her, this man being Marzel, one of her lieutenants and the person with the highest authority after her in the brigade.
"Then you know what it means commander, we\'ve been infiltrated and are being sabotaged," Marzel said with a bitter expression, and Hannah\'s face couldn\'t help but carry a slight frown.
The news that someone was moving about and sharing news of how the enemy they were going to face was not the main fierce of the army had been shocking to Hannah, and it wasn\'t because that was a lie, but because it was a top-secret matter which had been kept to just the ears of the top leaders.
Whilst truly, the little intelligence Hannah had been supplied with spoke about how the underworld army which was going to be unleashed today were just scouts, at the same time, it wasn\'t a hundred per cent certainty, and that in conjecture with the fact that Hannah didn\'t want her men to slack off thinking they had an easy battle ahead of them had made her decide to keep this information a secret.
"Commander, how do we deal with this " Marzel who was beside Hannah asked, the other officers behind her on their horses looking at her but in the end, all she did was shrug.
I initially planned to command the first hour of the battle from up here, but now I\'ve changed my mind, we won\'t go for the long drawn-out strategy but rather we will be swift and deadly.
Everyone should return to their units and while keeping in mind the several formation and tactics we have planned to implement, also be ready to adapt to any new chaotic situation.
You\'re all officers handpicked by me after I reviewed your abilities, and I believe I can trust all of you to know when the situation has turned chaotic. "
As Hannah spoke these words, she looked all the 5 officers before her in the eyes and then she paused.
"Where is Rachira, don\'t me she\'s not back yet" Hannah said looking towards the secondary military camp which she could get a blurry image of from her elevated position.
"She isn\'t commander" one of Hannah\'s subordinates answered, this making the commander\'s forehead scrunch up as she remembered that Blake had also moved with her.
Hannah\'s eyes narrowed at the absurdity of Rachira being absent but then there was a sudden change in the atmosphere around them and Hannah and all her officers froze for a second before looking to the predetermined spot for the rift opening.
"Seems our enemies are ready to make their appearance," Hannah said with a chuckle
"In my lifetime, I never thought I would get the chance to slice into the flesh of creatures straight from hell, this is going to be thrilling, " Hannah said looking away from her officers and staring at the valley below a vibrant aura oozing off her being.
"Hannah\'s words made a smile come to the faces of the officers, some of them shaking their heads and they remembered just who she was, the reason why despite her not being among the top three oldest of the officers she was their commander."
"You seem excited today, I\'ll remember to keep my soldiers clear of your path commander" Marzel commented with a shake of his head.
"And what about the infiltrator, what if they seek to cause chaos amongst our ranks while we engage the enemy" A female officer who held a spear in her hand asked.
"Don\'t worry I already have a plan to deal with that, and after we\'ve won this battle, there will be an intense screening of the brigade," Hannah said shaking her head with visible frustration as she talked about the screening and then she tapped her horse and had it begin moving down the hill they were on.
"Let\'s move, the least performing officer is going to join me in doing the paperwork for this battle," Hannah said her words sending groans and cheers leaving the mouths of her officers.
As Hannah rode Winstrel, moving to take her position at the front of her army, she couldn\'t help but think of the number of lies that had spewed out of her mouth just because of this battle, the most prominent being her lie to her husband about why she couldn\'t follow him to the village and the lie she now gave to her trusted officer about having a way to deal with the infiltrator.
Truth was that with the current situation, Hannah had no means to deal with a spy in their midst, the mission had been so impromptu and restrictive that she barely had any time to gather necessary resources, talk less a means by which to effectively deal with a spy.
"I don\'t even know the kind of monsters I am going to face, their strength or weaknesses, all I can tell my men is that they are evil beings to be eradicated from our country."