Chapter 201 (2/2)

I let out a laugh and turned my attention to the rest of the Council

“Ki—Councilreeted with a respectful nod “Councilwomen”

“General Arthur,” Priscilla Glayder replied “You’ve coreed “We were still going over your report”

“Arthur!” Alduin Eralith exclaihtened “Take a seat, you two”

“Welcome back,” Merial Eralith chiratefulness in her voice

“Thank you,” I replied I walked passed the for a seat with Sylvie next to Buhnd

Virion sat back down and rolled the trans as the rest of the lances are out on , but before we say anything, I’d like General Arthur to give a full debrief on what happened at borders of the Elshi+re forest

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After taking a sip frolass of water in front ofout froe It took the better part of an hour to get the rest of the Council, and my bond, up to date on what had happened

“It seees’ level of abilities,” Virion replied thoughtfully

“Underesti, learning that those Alacryan bastards are so liictheree with Councilman Blaine on this one,” Alduin added “I think this is a clear weakness to their fighting tactics”

“I don’t think it’s as siht

“If we look at it surface level, their specialization can be seen as a weakness,” Virion agreed “But fro and training ic to their people seem a lot more advanced than Dicathen’s oay”

“How so?” Merial asked curiously

Buhnd spoke up again, a tinge of excite at this point, but with the systees of Alacryan seem to be hyper-focused on a spell and its alterations and evolutions That es of Dicathen focus on various spells of their attributed element, or elees spend their lives honing a single spell and building off only that”

“What Elder Buhnd says adds up to what I’ve seen on the field,” I added “One of the ‘strikers’ that I had battled against, only used one spell, but froic in coe around the level of a yellow core And the fact that these specialized ate their weaknesses, I’d say that only our veteran her can actually exploit their ‘li; In the forefronts of war, versatile es aren’t as useful as specialized soldiers that are darimly

“Looks like we’ll have to send this inforuilds and ainst these ‘specialized rumbled in frustration

“I stoppedd by the Wall and told the captains there,” I informed

“Good Now let’s discuss plans on how to best spread our forces,” Virion said heavily “I had originally wanted to discuss with Lord Aldir about this, but seeing as him and the rest of the asuras have ceased contact with us, we’ll need to go forth on our own for now”

The ht a sharp throb to ht then and there, but I held et far if I say it now, I thought

‘You’ll need to tell everyone eventually,’ Sylvie sent back before she paused ‘But maybe once the discussion is over’

True tothe bo had soon turned into a full-blown debate as the ued with one another where to es The round to cover

What Agrona and the Alacryans had done well—as oals nearly unreadable From the battles so far, we knew that that the Alacryans were spending quite a bit of resources into getting through the Wall so that the corrupted beasts would have free reign over the eastern borders of Sapin

The Alacryans have also been able to utilize sodom of Darv to transport their forces from the southern coast all the way near the borderline of Darv and Sapin From what Buhnd had told us, there seemed to be a faction of radical dwarves so discontent with their positions and lives in Dicathen that they actually wanted the Alacryans to take over in order to reap the benefits Buhnd e in eradicating this group as soon as possible

As if it wasn’t enough, there were still Alacryan shi+ps being sighted all along the western shores that forced coastal cities like Telmore, Etistin and Maybur to build defenses on not only the eastern side—in case the Wall doesn’t hold—but their western borders as well

The Council had reasonably concluded that the brunt of the Alacryan attacks would be devoted to Sapin, but my last two missions proved otherwise Towns as north as Ashber, which had the fastest access to the Grand Mountains and to Elenoir’s main cities within the Elshi+re Forest, had Alacryans hidden within theoal was toin from the western shores, but with these last attacks directed toward elven territory co from the Beast Glades, the Alacryan troops up north could actually have been ai east toward Elenoir

Alduin and Merial’s do troops into Elenoir and spreading even thinner the already lacking forces stationed all around Sapin

And with Buhnd and es focused on their own civil dispute with the radicals trying to aid the Alacryans, the debate was getting nowhere

Throughout the debate, I could tell Virion was trying to be the diplohout the entirein his thoughts on specific scenarios that could happen

“This is why I wanted to wait until Lord Aldir was here!” Blaine huffed in frustration “He’ll know that it’s foolish to spread our forces even thinner than it already is”

“Coone back to Elenoir afterthe for of Sapin

“Yes,” his latest transmission scroll had him in the northern city of Asyphin

“Does he know about the attacks that had broken in the south?”

“He was oing “Perhaps it’ll be in both his and our best interest if he helps survey the south for any suspicious movement”

“The Elshi+re Forest spans hundreds of miles No matter hoerful Elder Camus is, he’s just one man,” Merial rebutted

“And General Aya,” Virion added, turning to Blaine and Priscilla “With your two lances as well as General Mica being mostly in Sapin, It’s acceptable that I keep a lance in Elenoir, right? She can be pulled if absolutely necessary and we still have General Arthur”

Blaine looked like he was about to say so, but Priscilla intervened “That’s fine”

“It’ll have to do as a teaze toward him and his wife “If attacks escalate toward Elenoir, we’ll need to send troops capable of navigating through the forest back to defend”

“Don’t sugarcoat it Just say you’ll take the elves back because defending Elenoir isall of Dicathen,” Blaine shot back

“Enough!” Virion snapped, shooting a deadly glare at both parties “If that’s all, we’ll end thethe gaze of everyone in the rooenda that I feel we should address as soon as possible”

Virion raised a brohile everyone else looked at me with similar curious expressions “Oh? And what is that?”

I looked at Sylvie one last ti out a deep breath, I began, “It’s about the absence of Aldir and the asuras…”