A few hours before midnight
"How is it? Any info from the scout team?"
Ainsley leaned back to a tree trunk as Jevon and Elliana sat on her left and right side. Of course, Cellino took Ainsley's lap as his privileged seat.
Jevon, the one in charge of informing the other generals and five buds, immediately looked at Ainsley and nodded.
"Yes, milady. The scout team said that the enemy is well-prepared." Jevon clicked his tongue before continuing.
"You see, there are already many troops surrounding the mausoleum to protect it."
"How many people?"
"100 for each gate and they have four gates.. Their number is more or less the same as ours."
When Ainsley heard this, she couldn't help but squint.
'It is too coincidental for the enemy to bring the exact same number of our troops…this must be that spy's doing. He leaked the number of our troops so that the enemy can prepare.'
Ainsley shook her head and sighed.
"How many air troops do they have?"
"Roughly the same as ours…they are prepared against our attack. It seems that they already know in advance that we will attack them."
Jevon scratched his cheek and slowly brought his face closer to Ainsley's before whispering right to her ear.
"Is this the result of the spies we caught in the tournament? The enemy already knows about our movement…must be because of them, no?"
"Well, not really. We never tell them about the invasion until we finish the tournament, right?" Ainsley shrugged casually, but Jevon looked as if he just ate a fly.
"Does this mean there are more spies that we don't discover??"
"Mmmm, maybe. It's not that important, though. I'm sure the enemy is already prepared because they predict our next target will be their mausoleum."
Because many people already knew about the Godfather being Ainsley's contracted spirit. It's logical for the baby to target the Godfather mausoleum, right?
"Anyway, did the scout team manage to enter the mausoleum? The mausoleum has an open entrance…I think the team can easily enter?"
The mausoleum had four gates, but they're empty gates, just a symbol to mark the four entrances.
Thus, the scout team should be able to enter the mausoleum easily. Unfortunately, Jevon shook his head.
"No, they didn't enter the mausoleum."
"Huh?" Ainsley tilted her head in confusion. "Why is that so?"
"Hum…aside from the number of troops outside of the building, the scout teams also said that barriers are protecting the mausoleum."
"Barriers?"
"Yeah, and only authorised personnel can enter. I heard that the barrier is also made to trap the spirits inside the mausoleum so that they can't leave."
"Wait. A barrier can't possibly do that. They should have a spirit-trapping array as well."
"Yes, milady, and I think this has something to do with– "
Jevon was about to mention the exorcists when out of the blue, Martin popped out of the bushes and ran toward them.
"S-sorry to interrupt, boss. Our patrol team…huuu…had just…discovered some scouts sent by the enemy side!" Martin clutched his chest as he tried to control his chaotic breathing.
"We believe that the scouts will report our location to the enemy side, and the war might begin sooner than our plan!"
If this were someone else telling the information, Ainsley would have panicked. But because it was Martin, Ainsley calmly looked at Elliana and signalled her to check the truth.
She didn't need to say anything, and Elliana already understood her. The woman stood up and left in a hurry, just like the wind.
Once Elliana was gone, Ainsley looked up at Martin and smiled.
"Calm down, don't panic. I know that the enemy will discover us sooner or later. But our tactic isn't an ambush, anyway, so there's nothing wrong."
Ainsley beckoned Cellino to follow her as she walked to Martin's side.
"Say, Martin. Did the patrol guard discover anything wrong aside from the enemy scouts? And what other information do we have?"
Ainsley stepped bit by bit and stopped right a meter away from Martin. In the darkness, only Martin's torch lit up the surroundings.
The orange-reddish fire danced following the night wind.
"Other…information?" Martin unknowingly gulped. Somehow, he had a feeling that Ainsley was acting weird…
"Yesh! For example…if there's a sacred beast on the other side, or are there other types of ability users aside from the usual offensive and defensive users."
When Ainsley mentioned this, Martin almost dropped the torch in his hands.
Other types of ability users? You mean…the exorcists?? No, no, the boss didn't know yet. She must be referring to other things…
"Uh, the scout team didn't say much, but they said there aren't any sacred beasts. There are possibilities for shamans, though."
Ainsley looked at Martin, and when she saw his expression, she knew that he hid something from her.
'Maybe there is another force beside the shamans? But what can they be…array masters? They're not that useful in war because their abilities take time to show the effect….'
Ainsley had this nagging feeling in her heart, but since she didn't find anything wrong, she let it go.
"Alright, get it. Thanks for the info. Now let's go back to the team and get ready for war." Ainsley decided to leave Martin and went to check on her troops.
It seemed that they couldn't wait until midnight to attack the mausoleum. After all, the enemy side was already waiting for them.
Maybe they had already arrived before her troops arrived.
As such, after confirming the news through Elliana, Ainsley commanded her people to get ready for war.
In just 30 minutes, all teams were ready to enter the flat field area.
The war is starting.
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