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Although the number of enemy soldiers were estimated to be about 200, it was only after they arrived at the encampment area in forest did, they realize that there was almost a battalion. Cornelius and Baldwin were shocked by what they saw; Even so, they knew what that this wasn’t the time to lose composure. They signalled their men to stop, and the duo called Credi and instructed him to scour the perimeter, moving through the trees to get an estimate of the layout of the encampment.Credi saluted silently in acknowledgement and took three of his best men and scattered in different directions, soaring into the skies using the trees. Cornelius and Baldwin waited patiently while formulating a general combat plan. After about 20 mins later, Credi and his crew returned; each drawing a rough map of the area they covered on the ground with a stick for Cornelius and Baldwin to review.Corenlius pointed at the armoury that was located at the two ends of the enclosure and marked it with an ‘X’;
Jack started the fire while the men filled the cauldron; the men’s eyes widened in shock as they saw the young lord start the fire and turned to Bari; Bari shrugged nonchalantly as he went out and returned with a pile of logs.“Are we returning?”“Yes… just give me a few minutes.” Jack answered as he continued his actions of tossing whatever his wife handed him into the cauldron.Bari saluted playfully and went downstairs to gather the men. Once Bari left, Mira quickly entered space and bought out a bucket of water and a pot of peasant stew “Husband tip this water into the cauldron, quick.” Mira whispered anxiously as she eyed the entrance.“You could have asked the men to bring more water…why take the risk?” Jack frowned as he saw his wife’s frightened expression, even though his hands obediently poured the water into the cauldron."It's not the same." Mira shook her head "Husband, the water from the spring has healing properties but we cannot use a lot, or we might get into trouble."
Jack turned back to look at his beautiful wife one more time but he didn't see her; he knew that she was watching him and only slipped into space quickly so that he wouldn’t be delayed. He rushed to the side of the man with severed limb and asked, “I am not sure about what I am about to do. Do you trust me?”“With my life.” The man didn’t have to think twice; a man who wouldn’t leave him to rush to the sovereign’s aid was someone worth entrusting his life to. Everyone knew the importance of being valued by the sovereign.“Even if what I do next could potentially harm you.” Jack questioned once more, his eyes fixed on the man.“Yes.” The man nodded without hesitation and continued seeing Jack’s eyebrows that were hooking up questioningly “If there was a better way, you wouldn’t consider what you were about to do… considering there is none, why should I have any grievance?”“Hur…hur…hur…” Jack chuckled at the man’s blind faith and shook his head helplessly; there was nothing wrong with t
“How many are injured?” Jack turned to Parker, ignoring the man on the ground; he had no time to quibble, his father and godfathers were waiting for him to assist.“Three mortally wounded and four with serious injuries.” Parker answered seriously without taking any offence.Jack turned towards Bari and one of his men, hooking his eyebrows, the same question lingering in his eyes although he didn’t verbalise the question.“Two injured, none dead on our side.” Bari spoke frankly without mincing words. Jack’s man shrugged to indicate that none of them were injured.Jack nodded as he narrowed his eyes “Let’s get the wounded back to the space we met earlier before marching forward.”Parker hesitated; he didn’t know how Cornelius was faring, and he had never been even a step away from Cornelius from the time he decided to become his shadow at the age of seven; their friendship however started way before that when Cornelius’s mother saved him and his mother from the clutches of debt collector
Jack’s group reached their destination, which was one of the clusters assigned to Parker and realized that this one had already been completed; rather than walking to the other three, he sent 3 of Bari’s men who were the nimblest to scout ahead and find out where they were needed. He chose Bari’s men as this was their land, and they knew it better than anyone else.The scouts returned and pointed at the cluster that was waiting for action; Jack nodded towards the rest, and they set off for their target. They were now like a well-oiled machine, there were no need for even gestures, they knew what was needed, the only order they needed was which one was theirs for the killing!Thomas was in more luck as the cluster he had chosen was still unattended to; he had seen the wisdom of Jack’s strategy and passed the same instructions to his men. They finished in no time due to the smaller number of targets in the cluster and set off to next destination; Midway through, they met with Amice and h
Jack and his men moved stealthily towards their next destination; as they got closer, Jack lifted his hand to gesture his men to stop and communicated with gestures that the area up ahead had men patrolling. He gestured to ask who among them were good at climbing and walking through trees.Bari and three of his men raised their hands; two of Lazarus’s men also raised their hands. Jack gestured for them to go ahead using the trees as their cover, eliminate the roadblocks ahead and return. They saluted and took two different paths. They weren’t gone long but each passing minute seemed to be like daggers pressing against their throats for the ones who were waiting. Finally, the six men who had left earlier arrived and gestured to indicate that they had successfully completed their task.Once again, at the entry to the enclosure, Jack gestured for Bari and his men to go ahead and mark their fellow civilians. This time they returned much quicker even though the area was larger and the news