26 Enemy at the Door (1/2)
”A military spy?”Chanakya had never heard about such a thing.
”Yes, the one that will infiltrate the enemy camp, get the detail of it, assassinate important people, sabotage their plan, poison their well, take hostages and do those kinds of stuff.”
'Doing those kinds of thing is unethical.' A smile surface on his face with the thought, 'When did he thought about ethics, to begin with?' He said wearing the same expression, ”Well it is a time like this when I think you are not a good leader to follow.”
Kinoya laughed it off, ”I told you that, didn't I? I am that kind of person who would do the bad things without hesitation, as long as it doesn't go against my way.”
”War is a field where you kill people for one reason or another. How can there be an ethical way of doing it? The only way is to survive the longest.” The words were still ringing in the ears of Chanakya. He didn't agree with it last time but he couldn't find any point to argue about. No matter how harsh it sounded it was true.
”They are coming.” Kinoya's words broke Chanakya's thought, he opened his eyes but couldn't see anyone. Before he could ask four lights appeared at the four corners of the city centre and started to move through the stone, scorching everything in its path. It started with a large circle then they divided into 8 fires and created squares. It continued to divide and create a more complex pattern.
Unlike Chanakya, the array didn't seem alien to Kinoya. He had seen it before and much aware of its results. But he didn't know a way to stop it. The light didn't stop moving but people started to appear with constant flashes. They moved out of the city centre in different directions.
*Boom*
A commotion broke out at the city gate. First, it was just shouts and cries but soon the clashes of weapon could be heard too. The pattern continued to move and people continued to appear but none stayed at the centre. Almost 50 people vanished in the dark before the magical array was able to complete its form.
It completed with a flash. But when it returned to normal the whole place was full of soldiers. As soon as they moved out and there was another flash, then another. It flashed for 6 times then before the floor of the centre cracked with a loud bang.
”They are more prepared than I thought.” Kinoya shook his head.
”I don't think they will be able to take the city down with just 12-15 thousand.”
”They are never going to do that, they have another plan for sure.”
”Are you saying there are army hiding in the vicinity?”
”No, that is not it, they must have come for a reason. You can send a hundred people in a suicide mission, even a thousand is okay but you can't or won't send so many people to their death.”
”Didn't you say the strategist of Torria's army is amateur?”
”That is also the reason why he won't do anything that won't bore any fruit. He can only use simple strategies… OH…” Kinoya cry caught Chanakya off guard. But he didn't care, ”He never wants to beat us. He just wanted to kill us all. They didn't want to open the door, they want to close it so we can't go out. They will poison the well, burn our food, destroy our supply… but even with 15 thousand people, they could not stop us from going out.”
”What if they create a blocked around the city?”
”No, the news is true, there is no army close to the city.”
”They can use transportation circle.”
”It takes 10,000 gold to create one even that can transport 3,000 soldiers. Do you really think that they are going to go such an extent? And top of that they took all the citizen away, that is the important point. Almost 150,000 soldiers fit in the city so easily, and the border town is the best place to business, still, the city was left with just 30,000. And except the garrison only woman were here.” The moment he realised it, he thought he would faint.
”What is the problem captain?”
”They are going to blow up the whole city, tonight.”
”What? How?” Chanakya's computational speed couldn't keep up with Kinoya's comprehension level. All he could do was to ask Kinoya to explain it to him.
”I don't know how. But it's just baiting and trapping technique again. They gave us a little fight, just enough so that those idiots didn't suspect anything. Gave us the women to satisfy us. Create a diversion to make us believe that the attack was actually their plan while they blow up the city.”
”Captain, but how?”
”I don't know much about how to blow out the city. Maybe an explosion, bomb the city, gas the city, whatever is more effective. What about a high-grade spell?” Kinoya understood how concentric his vision was about the world.
”I don't know what is 'bomb the city' but the high-grade spell can work. But that will need a wizard.”
”That is easy as pie.”
”Only if the pie falls from the sky.” Chanakya shook his head as he explained, ”There are only 11 wizards on the continent. Out of them only 3 of them are human. Though Torria has one, but if they can't afford those magic circle they won't be able to afford the wizard.”
”How that can even be possible? Isn't it supposed to be a magic continent?”
Chanakya didn't beat around the bushes, he knew very well that it was not easy to get the magic related information. ”When you learn magic you will become a grade 1 apprentice, it will go up to grade 5. Most of the magic casters are at this level. Above it is mage, archmage, wizard and people say there is a legendary level called 'Saint'. But there is no known saint on the continent.”
Kinoya wanted to think about how cool it will be if he was able to become a legendary saint, but he had a more pressing problem in front of him. ”But how to blow up the city?”