Vol 3 Chapter 9 (1/2)
LEVEL 3: Even the Best Laid Plans go Awry, but Such is This World
Chapter 9: Briefing for Kittens
“…so that’s how it is”
Bri had a bit of a cleft chin No, not “a bit,” not “slight,” it was a huge, raging cleft chin that jutted out from the bottom of his face His lips were black thanks to the black lipstick he wore and though he wasn’t beastly person, that lipstick sure made him look it His eyebroere thick and bushy, and Haruhiro wondered if they were natural or stick-ons His rosy red cheeks were obviously painted on with blush In fact, his entire face was covered with a thick layer of makeup
Leaving aside his face, he was dressed in full plate armor today, complete with a sword at his belt Hisin its own right His aronal emblem, which probably made him a Paladin like General Waters
Bri regarded everyone gathered with eerie pale blue eyes and swiveled his hips around suggestively
“…And that’s the status of the immediate area around Capomorti Fortress,” Bri finished “To summarize, the fortress is surrounded by scattered orc camps centered around lookout posts Each of these cauards I’ht not, so I’e
“What we call “Capomorti Fortress” actually includes the main fortress plus the lookout posts and all the ca? Any questions? No? No questions? Good I can’t be bothered to answer them anyway Onto the main fortress then”
Bri spread a round and drew a la of the main fortress area of Capomorti Fortress
“The heights of the walls surrounding the fortress are as follows,” Bri continued “The ate is located in the southern wall and about twenty-feet high The eastern and western walls are both lower at around thirteen feet Opposite of theat more or less sixteen feet Just inside of the northern wall is a set of outer stairs that leads to the rooftop These stairs are the only way to reach the first floor because no other access point exists The outer stairway is here,” Bri used the point of his scabbard to indicate a spot on the map that depicted the rooftop area
“As you can see, the outer wall is built to connect to the main keep with an extension in the southeast corner The outer stair to the rooftop, however, is located on the eastern side of this extension In other words, even if ere to break through the ht clockwise almost all the way around the entire fortress in order to reach the stairs After that, we’d have to fight our way up the stairs to the rooftop, ht our way back down to the first floor inside the main keep
“Everyone knohy the fortress was built in such a ht? Defense, of course! Once you reach the first floor, there are stairways to the watchtowers located on the northwest, southwest, and northeast corners of the keep Oh yes, this is mostly information for you rookies out there, but these are three fabulously tall towers That’s why they’re called watchtowers The ht to reside in one of these three towers Everyone got a e of the place now?”
Haruhiro stared at the htly That was the place they were about to attack He still had trouble believing it
“Next is an overview of the attack strategy,” Bri shi+fted his sword to one hand and started to casually spin and twirl it around It looked like a pretty heavy weapon, but he was handling it as if it was feather-light “Our attack will begin at first light, but no worries! It’ll be fiiine We’re detached from the main army so our role is to create a diversion We move in first to attack the eastern and western walls After we lure the eneh of their forces to deal with us, the ate Divide and conquer! Twenty parties will stay with me to attack the eastern wall We’ll be called the Green Stor fifteen parties will hit the western wall under Kajiko’s coood naht?”
Kajiko raised a single brow and replied, “Yeah, not bad at all”
“I’ve already divided the parties into their respective regi to call out io… You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, and… Renji”
“What,” Renji said
It wasn’t a question
“You’re with me,” Bri said “Too bad, eh, Kajiko?”
“Who you talkin’ to, huh?” Kajiko deot a death wish, Brittany?”
“Nahhh, if you kill me then I can’t score with any lance at Renji “Right, Renji-boy?”
Renji didn’t even blink He just met Bri’s eyes with a blank, impassive expression which, in and of itself, was iave even Haruhiro, who had nothing to do with the exchange, goosebu
“Drat,” Bri sighed with a creepy suggestive sht at Haruhiro, then said, “And you”
“U-uh,” Haruhiro stuttered “Yes Ma’am—I mean, Sir”
“Lastly…” Bri pointed to the leader of Choco’s party “You guys That ot it?”
Everyone responded and no one reement Even if they didn’t like where they had been placed, no one had the guts to bring it up with Bri He was obscenely creepy
“Kajiko, you’ve got a watch, right?” Bri asked
“Yeah,” Kajiko raised the pocket-watch dangling underneath her breasts for Bri to see
“Ohtoa pocket-watch he was holding in his own hands but thought better of it and said instead, “Someone’s spent a pretty penny somewhere No, no, no, this won’t do at all You make mine look like a P-O-S”
Kajiko snorted “That’s because yours is a piece of shi+t”
“Let’s get one thing straight,” Bri replied “Mine is expensive because it’s old, okay? It kind of stops working randoot watches, we can coordinate our ti I’ll let you knohat time to commence the attack later For now, let’s talk attack plan Once the operation kicks off, we’ll advance towards the outer walls while taking down all the orc ca the way Whichever parties run into orcs, kill them all, quickly If you don’t, the orcs froet surrounded and be in real trouble That’s Phase One”
Mogzo nodded vigorously He needed to calth for when he really needed it, Haruhiro thought
“Phase Two begins after we reach the walls We’re going to attack, but the ene arron on us the entire ti to the scouts in our Thief unit, there are about two hundred orcs e nuet hit by an arrow in an unlucky spot, it most likely means instant death So that’s e’ve prepared shi+elds!”
Bri’s chin twitched to a spot along the road where a bunch of flat boards that looked like shi+elds had been stacked
“Everyone, be sure to pick one up before we move out,” Bri continued “The shi+elds are disposable, so no need to return them!”
“Super generous of you!” Ranta yelled with a grin, but Bri ignored hihly
“There aren’t any gates for us to use, so once we’re at the base of the walls, we’re going to scale theot the ladders prepared, of course, but we’re going to need people to carry theet the ladders to the proper spots, asseot four ladders each for both the Green Store of assigning the ladder-carriers for her regilorious ladder-carriers will be…”
Haruhiro had a bad feeling about this He always turned out to be wrong whenever he had a good feeling about so predictions were always spot on And this tiain Bri pointed to Haruhiro and then to the leader of Choco’s party
“You people will be in charge of the ladders,” Bri ordered
“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?” Ranta’s froas so deep that Haruhiro thought his jaw ht twist off “What the hell!? Why do we have to be the ones with the sucky job? We gotta carry shi+elds and now you’re e!”
Ranta… Haruhiro thought You’ve sure got guts Before Haruhiro could say anything out loud though, Bri drew his sword and put the tip to Ranta’s throat
“I’ree with o home Of course, I’ll have to ask you to return the advance payment you received”