Chapter 197 Reconquest 2 (1/2)
Amelia gave a sigh and jumped down from her giant hawk and came face to face with Mars' smug face and gave another sigh
”yeah you win...”
”come on now it was not a contest”
”oh... I see in that---”
”cause you never had a change in the first place”
Amelia looked at Mars' smug face and was slightly stunned before she suddenly had an urge to punch him in the face, but before she had a chance to act Mars turned around and began walking into the elders building which left her stomping her feet in rage for a few moments before she gave yet another sigh and followed after Mars...
After a long and tedious meeting with the Black woods elders Mars found the nearest bar and ordered some beer from the barkeep and sat down at the bar and waited, Amelia sat down next to him and leaned on the bar while she ordered something strong to drink for herself, even though Mars had been drinking all night he felt fine and in need of a beer
'wait, I'm not turning into some kind of alcoholic am I?'
Mars shook his head and reassured himself that it was fine, just then his beer arrived and Mars took a swig of the clod beer and felt his very soul rejuvenate
”that's the stuff!”
Mars then proceed to down the rest of his beer before he ordered another and gave a sidelong glance at Amelia that was tracing the rim of her glass with her finger, Mars gave a small sigh and asked
”something on your mind?”
Amelia stopped tracing the rim of her glass and took a sip before she gave sigh
”yeah it's about your plan... what did you call it again?”
”the grand master plan where Ule gets destroyed on a battlefield of death?”
”yeah that... is it really necessary to spread those what are they called..? flyers?”
”yes, that's a completely necessary part of the plan of the reconquest”
Amelia gave a sigh
”I just don't understand how announcing our intentions to attack is going to help?”
”well it's certainly unwise from a pure militaristic standpoint... but we need to prove that what Ule did was unethical and cowardly to the citizens of Ule”
”....but why?”
”because that will lower their morale to a point where I need it”
”I see....”
Amelia still didn't understand and quietly sipped from her glass of whiskey while Mars downed his 3rd beer and swiftly ordered another before he spoke up again
”you know how there's 4 main cities we need to reconquer right?”
”yes one in the south, west, north and east”
”what do you think will happen if we announce to attack the northern one first?”
”well if they believe us then they will muster troops in the northern city right?”
Mars gave a nod before he took a swig of his beer and spoke
”exactly”
”...but why is that a good thing?”
”because you have me there, it doesn't matter how many of them there is, plus there's another living god that will be joining on our side too, so they will have no change anyways”
”I see... but are you really sure it's for the best?”
”yeah, bedsides it's better if we crush them quickly, have something to do in 25 days”
”okay...”
Amelia stood up from her chair and downed the rest of her whiskey before she turned to Mars
”I'll go inform the elder council of your decision”
”sure... you know where to find me afterwards”
Mars gave a small wave to Amelia that walked out of the bar before he downed his 4th beer and swiftly ordered another...
Early the next morning Mars made a trip back to Green river with Amelia, after they stepped out of the portal they made their way towards the central elders tree, on the way there Amelia could not hold back her curiosity and asked
”what are we doing here?”
”we need to borrow the press”