Chapter 256 - Azure Bridge (1/2)
”What? Does someone want to attack the village? Who would even want a village among the snowy hills?” Evan asked, puzzled.
He liked the area. It was cold in the north, and everything was covered in snow and even ice blocks. It was calm and quiet here, no one wanted to hold any events in places like this, at least not out in the open. He didn't expect anyone to want to attack a village somewhere on the outskirts of the kingdom.
Virion shook his head, ”The thing is, this village is not far from Darkfil. Many light organizations assume that one of our bases is here. But, they don't dare to attack, they know they will die. Even if they use enough power to destroy us, we will be helped by our friendly dark organizations, one of which is the Demonic Tree. They don't want to take that risk. A simple battle will escalate into a war in which they will lose.”
”They want to use this village to set up some base here and prepare for battle?” Evan asked..
Virion only shrugged, ”I'm not exactly sure, but your theory seems to be true. Maybe they want to make war, but they're trying to strengthen their position as much as possible.”
”I take it you're going to attack and kill them?” Asked Evan the obvious question.
”Well...no. In any other situation, we would, but we don't want to reveal our presence. It's unnecessary trouble. Besides the light organizations, a lot of neutral organizations don't like us as much. And they don't even realize that our base is under the mountain.”
”Which organization will attack the village?” Evan asked.
”Azure Bridge.” Briefly replied Virion, ”Evan, I'll be blunt, don't you want to defend the village and kill every member of Azure Bridge who gets there?”
Evan frowned, ”Can I do it alone? No argument, I need that village, and I have a vested interest in ensuring that no one's hands but mine touch the people of that village. I understand that you don't want to reveal your identities, but you have plenty of mage friends.”
”You're right, we do have many friends, and we wanted to send them a request for help, but I asked the elders to take their time to decide. I told them that there is one person in Darkfil who is capable of destroying the Azure Bridge group.” Calmly Virion said.
In particular, the Emerton family and Virion himself had a lot of influence in Darkfil and the vampire world in general. Virion, a member of the Emerton Family and a vampire noble, had the right to give Evan the special amulet that made Evan a friend of the Emerton Family and all vampires. But, he still had to prove his position and justify Virion's actions.
To some extent, the Emerton Family's reputation depends on Evan's next actions.
”I don't know what kind of game you're up to, but I don't like it. Do you even know when the Azure Bridge detachment will arrive, what its numbers and strength are?” Evan asked.
He didn't really mind warming up and testing his enhanced spells in practice. But, he wouldn't be able to deal with opponents who were at the - Two-Pointed Star stage, especially if there were more than one such mage.
”Not much, it will be a small scouting group. That's why I decided to ask for your help, we don't want the scouts to know anything about this place and tell the whole kingdom about it. They must continue to only guess at what's going on here.”