Volume 8 Chapter 5 (1/2)
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Not long after, Marshal Valerian's voice cah the door, ”Major Swiss Hepburn, come in!”
”Yes, sir!” Swiss pushed the door open and stepped in
”Bring Viscount Guildford to get his stuff Now he is the chief in command of the 5th war zone His rank is Lieutenant General”
”Yes, Marshal”
Marshal Valerian held Viscount Guildford's hands and said, ”Guildford,on you”
”Leave it to htly, ”But don't you forget, you owe me a box of fine wine”
”Hehhe, you old potato,” Marshal Valerian tapped Guildford's face, ”It's all on you!”
Swiss has never seen Marshal Valerian be so intimate with anyone
Thus Swiss Hepburn took Guildford to the supply departear As he handed the Lieutenant General's uniform from the silver platter onto the hands of Guildford, he surprisingly discovered Guildford's eyes were glistening with tears
”Viscount,” Swiss asked with a quiet voice, ”is everything ok?”
”Nothing, soones just caed in the open air Oddly enough, Swiss found that Guildford was very fluent in changing the uniform
The whole set of general's uniform was very complicated to put on It had dozens of buttons and if one was not careful, the belt and ribbons will meddle Usually, it will take two to put on the whole set Even with help, a regular person could not catch up with Guildford's speed
As Viscount Guildford fastened his belt and eneral’s look in Swiss' eyes
”Clap”, Swiss made a solemn military salute to Guildford
”Congratulations, Your Excellency!” Swiss said from his heart, ”You're now the supreme commander of the 5th war zone!”
”I should be going now” Guildford also saluted, ”Thank you for your work”
”I'll see you off,” Swiss said sincerely He seldoed the old and honest Viscount Guildford
”Lieutenant General, I'thy corridor, Swiss asked, ”You said you were unranked, but how could you be so familiar with military affairs?”
”I thought you'd ask” General Guildford said, ”When I was young, I once served in the same army with Valerian”
”I see” Swiss nodded No wonder Marshal wanted him to command the 5th war zone He must know very well about General Guildford
”We fought together, we rose up in rank together We were good brothers Then finally, we becaether and ere recommended to the Dark Temp for advanced education” General Guildford said, ”But due to personal reasons, I failed three trials So I ended up going home”
”And as that?”
”The exaressive, and the past ” General Guildford ht me home I retired It's such a disappoint on and off the general's uniform”
Swiss recalled his educational experience in the Dark Temple, he knew that it was most probably that General Guildford did not kno the world worked Because in the Dark Te the trials was rare, if he illing to fawn the priests
”When Valerian foundto a friend in trouble?” General Guildford said, ”He eneral”
Swiss thought bitterly, ”Marshal Valerian's prestige is so great that he's able to see the Dark Lord if he wants to How could entrusting a personnel offend the priests? He otten you already”
”Let's stop here, Duke” Guildford turned to Swiss Hepburn, ”You have your duties, farewell”
”Goodbye, General Guildford!” Swiss unprecedentedly shook solad to make friend with you!”
General Guild shty stair At the end of the stairs, a tea for him
Swiss just stood on the stair and watched General Guildford to mount his horse and disappeared in his view
”Sir,” A man reported loudly out of the tent, ”Chief Liaison is back!”
”Bring hiested eyes
As aMarfa entered
”Have a seat” I hinted an empty seat, ”Any news?”
”En…” Marfa first picked a cup and filled in a big sater, ”Our eneht be in position by now…”
”He is?” I frowned, ”Do we have his identity?”
”We don't!” Marfa placed the cup, ”But the ene”
”Be specific”
I unscrolled a map of Camp
”Reo? They were moved out of this war zone” Marfa hinted the map, ”The new troops have arrived, their number ation As far as I know, they not only brought hty infantries but also a considerable amount of slave soldiers! Besides, the borders are sealed noe cannot receive any more information from other empires now
”Good God,” I was astonished, ”what are they preparing to do?”
”The enemy's banners are the same, the 5th war zone's They have established a few solid camps” Marfa said, ”But to my surprise, the camp sites are not close to the transit lines, instead, they built theht line”
”Means they're not in a hurry to push in?”
”Positive, the campsites are not far from each other” Marfa said, ”It means if we attack any one of them, ill be surrounded by their reinforcements in no time”
”To which direction are they pushi+ng forward?”
”We can't tell” Marfa shook his head, ”Nevertheless, once they arrived at a city, they will restore the defense and leave behind station troops They even mobilized common people to be part of the defense affair Looks like they will be residing in those places for a while”
”We're in trouble” I nodded and said, ”Are you agents able to find out who is their new commander? Even a few pieces of information will do”
”It et close” Marfa said, ”Though I could always try”
”Make it happen” I said, ”Let me see”