113 Chapter 113: War Plans (1/2)

Faust was the first person to have a reaction, he immediately took a step forward and bowed deeply.

”Because of our weak security and traitorous scum, you've had to suffer greatly, I am ashamed of my clan… Please, let me do you a favor in repayment so I can sleep at night” he said whilst gnashing his teeth and tightening his grip until his knuckles became white.

Caesar sat down at the end of the table and folded his fingers, ”it is not only I who had to suffer, but your entire clan also suffered… with the information gained, we could have stricken back, alas, instead, she was brutally murdered in front of our own doorsteps” Caesar replied to which Faust's face became even more embarrassed.

Caesar suddenly stood up and walked toward the map laid out on the table, ”though, I did not call all of you here for us just to wallow in the past, it is a shame the girl did not live long, however, we have more pressing matters to attend to…” he stated with a calm voice and beckoned for the others to sit down.

Soka, Falthor, Musashi, Ahri, Faust, and Khan all nodded their heads and sat around the map, awaiting his next orders, none of them wanted to talk more than they had too… Although Caesar was putting on a calm facade, they could tell he was in a bad mood.

Caesar first turned to Khan, ”the two that we arrested today, I don't know their names, however, I want you to investigate them while also searching through their belongings, look for anything out of place or seemingly hidden” Caesar ordered and then turned toward Faust, Falthor, and Soka.

”As for the three of you, we need more troops, with Musashi's body constantly deteriorating and the tournament coming up soon, I doubt the trolls will wait much longer…it's already miraculous that they haven't been pressuring us more than they currently are” Caesar said.

”Okay, what do you want us to do, boss” Soka said while licking his supple lips.

”The enemy of our enemy is our friend, these three clans are surely pressured by the trolls… I want the three of you to lead some elites towards each of the specified areas and recruit them into our ranks, granted if they decline, either move on or if they are weak, take their food by force” Caesar ordered and circled three locations on the map with his slender finger.

”What if we get ambushed by the trolls?” Faust suddenly asked.

Caesar rolled his eyes, ”as long as you don't tell anyone where you're going, there should be no problems, however, if there does happen to be an ambush, that would mean you leaked the information somewhere. Please do me a favor and keep this to yourself besides your few trusted elites, don't tell anyone, even your son and wife” Caesar emphasized the words 'son' and 'wife'

”You suspect my son and wife?” Faust asked with a low tone.

”Don't take it too personally, I currently don't trust anyone besides the few in this room, of course, Joe is an exception” Caesar said leisurely, in fact, he already knew that Charlie was once a spy, alas, the information he possessed was pitiful, to say the least.

Faust nodded his head with a grave expression and sat back down, at his side, Soka and Falthor were already contemplating about more troublesome matters.

”I have confidence that I can complete the task you ask of me, the only problem being that I have no soldiers to command, I am no clan head after all,” Falthor said while holding his chin.

Caesar glanced at Musashi, ”I assume that problem can be solved with a few simple orders from Musashi, worst case scenario, me, you, and a few other strong allies can go together” Caesar said after a moment of thought.

”Don't worry about the soldiers, I can supply them, although I won't take from the clan heads personal forces, there are still quite a few strong soldiers that don't align themselves with any faction” Musashi spoke up from his throne at the end of the room.

Falthor and Soka breathed out a sigh of relief before leaning back in their chairs, it was clear that they weren't anxious about the upcoming mission in the least.

”What do you want me to do?” Ahri abruptly asked from the corner of the room, garnering everyone's attention.

Seeing her expression that screamed 'I want to help too' Caesar couldn't help but tap the desk with a troubled face… The order he wanted to give was necessary as a leader, however, he himself, didn't want to order it.

After a few seconds, Ahri grew impatient, ”well, what is it?” she asked in an irritated tone.