53 The Order of Eclipse. (2/2)

However, Ozul looked towards Oliver with a deadpan expression and asked;

”And why was I not informed?”- He was curious as to why no one mentioned anything about this to him. Even Borin only said that all the Cities surrounding the Capital were inflicted!

Oliver could not understand where this conversation was heading, but he replied;

”Oh, everyone just thought that the culprits did not have so much the resources to affect all the Cities. So, it doesn't matter...”- Just as Oliver was speaking, he was cut off by;

”You know Oliver, I thought of you as a smart man...”- Ozul sighed while shaking his head a little.

”W-what? Did I do something wrong?”- Count Oliver knew that Ozul was a smart man, so he wondered what happened, for him to say that.

”Oliver, the Eclipse's Order dared to move against the Silverbird Kingdom... Do you think someone who does not have such resources... would dare to target this big of a kingdom?”- Annoyance was apparent on Ozul's face as he said this.

”How can you people be so arrogant... to even think that your enemies aren't prepared? You didn't even bother checking those Cities?”- Oliver was speechless as he realized the situation, but Ozul continued;

”And besides, now that you know... their Leader is a Rank-8 Mage... Do you still think that they can't afford the resources?”-

Each time Ozul stated a fact, Oliver's face dropped in shame. He considered himself a clever man, but such an undeniable fact escaped his eyes; it was a big hit to his pride.

”Anyways, tell me about the City Lords in those Cities.”- Ozul said as he knew that he should not continue berating Oliver. Even his higher-ups did not think about such an obvious point, so he could not only blame him.

Oliver came out of his self-deprecation and started telling about those two Cities.

One of them was Sester City, while the other was called Prinas City. The names were weird as most of these Cities were named in ancient times, and no one bothered to change the names.

Count Oliver explained that both Cities were under the jurisdiction of a Count. However, one of them was a greedy bastard, while the other was an old man that had his head filled only with women!

This meant that they were indeed the best options if the Eclipse's Order wanted to do something shady!

”Request for your higher-ups to check on those Cities... Inform me if they don't...”- It would be better if these people would just do all the work, but if they don't, Ozul would just have to work extra.

But for now, Ozul wanted to have rest as he had done more than enough already.

. . .

On the way back home, Blaze had some questions;

”Why would they neglect such an obvious point?”- Blaze did not understand how the kingdom could be so careless. Not that it mattered to him, but he was just curious.

Ozul looked towards Raven and saw that she was also just as curious, so he sighed before explaining;

”The Silverbird Kingdom is one of the top powers on the continent... After decades of not struggling... they've started to think that they are invincible..”-

”So, what are we gonna do now?”- Raven asked because she could not think of anything except going for those two Cities.

”I will think about it later... At this moment, I only want to sleep.”- Ozul lazily replied.