It was a rather lazy afternoon and I was sitting on my throne, meetings after meetings, making plans after plans.
'The death rate declined last summer; only 67.' Gatotkaca reminded.
'Before that it was nearly 120. We lost almost half.' He said again, sighing deep.
'There was a new one who worked with us right?' I asked and he nodded.
'How many has he killed? And who are they?'
'Apparently he's killed over a hundred fighters. You remember Dyrroth don't you, yes well, he was the one who killed him. Mercilessly but beautifully.'
That sounded impressive but not enough. At least not for me. But it was average and i guess he will learn.
'Okay, I need you to attack the Golad village of the North. I heard there's the red head. And we don't want to miss that opportunity. I will kill him myself, none of you gets to touch him you understand?'
'Yes, King.' Came the answer of all my eleven powerful members.
'I don't think you should rush it though. Your previous wound hasn't healed well. You need few more weeks of rest in order to gain that level of strength.' Kimmy said.
Kimmy is the only girl that our team recruited. Her damage was more than bearable and I would rather have her as my ally than an enemy.
'I don't have time for that Kim. This might be my only opportunity to slice his head open. After what he did.. Nevermind, everyone i need you to get to your roles. We attack tomorrow night. Hold all of them prisoners. I heard Faramis will be there too and he's great at hiding and changing roles. So i need you to be extra careful. Bring him here and I will tell you what to do next. Kimmy, you're not joining the battle. I need you here with Johnson and Valir.' I command and she asks why.
'But i want to go too!'She insisted.
'Listen Kimmy, You'll get to have your fun too but i need you to guard the castle, you hear me? That's hell of the job. If the tower gets attacked while we reach mid-way to the village, we lose our home. So i need you to prepare. Johnson is the most incredible, the most powerful and dangerous tank ever. So he will protect you while Valir can do lots and lots of damage and push. There's no losing.' I say and she settled down.
'Well defending our base in indeed the most important thing. All right, Captain! I'm on it!'
'All right listen up. I've made a plan.' Gatot addresses.
'Ling and new guy, Hanzo right? You two will check to see if the coast is all clear. After seeing everything clear, I will use my ultimate and go straight to the village where Leomord uses his ultimate and so will Claude. Chou, you will capture them, one by one and if they don't cooperate, you know what to do. We have to capture the village within 20 minutes and then we return to the castle where you, king, will be seated quietly taking your regular medicine to heal your wound. No arguments please. Badang, you'll be taking arrival and come with Johnson to the village. Ling and Hanzo will then retreat back to the castle and stay with Kimmy and Valir and safeguard the base just incase something happens. Anyone confused on any part?'
'Yes, since when did you started making orders for me to sit quietly in the castle?' I ask, clearly smitten by the lack of respect.
'I'm sorry King, but you're important to us and we cannot lose you. So we'd ask you to trust us with this. I'll bring Balmond live to you and you can open his head in two.' He says and this time, i soften up. They have been treating me like a family and despite whatever shit i might preach, they've become an attachment for me, which is clearly not good considering the fact that i'm an assassin but if you were me, you'd feel a little brotherhood with them too. Ignoring my feelings, I approve of the plan and dismiss the meeting.
Our team had very brave men and Kimmy but we needed more women and that was obvious. I wanted one Marksman and one mage but we'll see if there's any in tomorrow's hostages. But I don't like forcing people to join us, this should be a matter of their own choice. But again, our group was purely a secret and we never let anyone escape the castle, but only if they're memory-erased or dead.
