25: Ongoing Ploy

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Lianari crunched the paper in her hand. She rides her horse to the destination written there.

She walks into the shop. Knicks and Knacks.

Kyearth: I want to go for lunch soon. Hurry up and choose something ok.

" Big brother... " Her tears rolled down.

Kyearth: ... Little Lia... How did you know I'm here ?

She runs over and hugs him. Tears flowed down her eyes and she cries " you're alive.... I thought... You died. "

Kyearth: not that easy.

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Jin's trusted aide, Mosie approached him " Master. "

Jin : what is it ?

Mosie ; your butler Alex came. Your wife asked you to return home quickly.

Jin : that's unusual

Mosie : unusual ? Isn't that more normal ? I think you're too used to be alone .

Jin ; shut up. You don't understand my wife. She's not the type to call me when I'm in the army just to go home just cos she misses me.

Mosie : that's what married people do. You're just cold. Master.

Jin: so she just wants me to go home to have dinner early ?

Mosie ; yup.

" It's time to get used to getting married. " The Major General added.

Jin kicks him " busybody. "

Mosie; Oh. And she says she found her big brother.

Jin ; oh. That's why. Shenyi. I'll see the rest of the practice tomorrow.

The Major General nodded. " Don't worry about it. "

Jin ; the formation isn't tight enough. Needs more training.

Shenyi agrees " just go home. "

Jin ; ah. Let's go see Ren before we go.

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Colonel Ren bowed as he sees Jin " General. "

Jin: how's the training going?

Ren : ok. I would think. They're stronger than normal soldiers.

Jin ; that's not enough. You.

One of the soldier stepped out " yes General. "

Jin finds a small tree. He snaps the branches and dipped in the mud. He gives if to the soldier " pretend this is your blade. Take it and kill your Colonel. "

The soldier looks to Ren.

Ren snaps a branch as well " come."

The soldier charges forward to Ren. He swings his blade zig zag twice as he advances forward. Ren moved backwards. This went on for two more times as Ren backed up.

Jin ; stop.

Both parties stop.

Jin ; not. Good. Enough . In four stances, the blade should already be so close and so hard for you to avoid you have to counter. An average soldier of this battalion should be that good.

Ren ; I see.

Jin ; have you heard of Lianari's battalion?

Ren ; yes. Her battalion is well feared. Although at size of only 10,000 it's an elite number. Trained to kill and is known to be able to bring down a much bigger battalion than their number.

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