Chapter 338 Damage Control (1)
Vicente sneaked into Millfall as soon as he arrived in the city. Using his concealment and sensing techniques, he used the less traveled paths to enter his city and soon made his way to the army headquarters.
He didn't need to hear from his family what had happened in his absence. Considering the number of Mages who had stayed behind, it was quite obvious that his family would have lost the battle for the weed if they had dared to go ahead with his plans.
But it didn't make sense that Rory hadn't used the herb. After all, the longer they had the herb, the greater the chance they would get into trouble, not only with the local powers but with the powers of nearby cities.
Using the herb in his absence would be dangerous, but keeping it with no guarantee of his survival could be even more so!
Therefore, Vicente had in mind that Rory had risked the herb and lost it in battle since there was really no way the Mazzanti family could deal with the Viscount and Commander Hogan at the same time.n--o)-v-(e-/L).b)-1.)n
In that case, those two men should have won the battle for the herb, already divided it, and then gone their separate ways.
For Vice, Christopher Hogan was probably meditating at that very moment!
Where was the best place for someone like him to meditate after securing a valuable resource?
The army headquarters, the safest place in town!
So Vicente was on his way to such a place right now, ignoring the chatter of the people on his way while only worrying about his damage control plans.
The worst problem he could have right now would be with the army, so eliminating the one in that force who knew about the situation at The Vile Altar was a must.
As for the third group of enemies he faced there, Vicente didn't have much information about them, so he couldn't do anything for the moment.
Arriving at the outskirts of the royal army headquarters in Millfall, Vicente was able to get a feel of the entire structure of this post from the outside of the barracks and identify alternative ways for him to get inside.
The army headquarters was very well protected and built. In addition to all the surroundings that were being observed, it had several defensive mechanisms around it and a building with few weak points.
But like any such building, this place also had an alternate exit.
'As much as there are defensive and offensive formations here, they are not activated casually.' Vicente thought to himself as he devised the best plan he could think of.
One couldn't use defensive formations all the time. Generally, some kind of initial action was needed to activate such devices.
For example, a powerful attack capable of destroying the barracks building could activate the defensive formations there from a distance. But a simple bird flying between the barracks and the surrounding area would not cause the same effect.
Vicente realized he would have problems breaking into this place through the alternative exit because to get there, he would have to use magic that could activate the barracks' defenses. He looked at one of the entrances and narrowed his eyes.
Then, he moved away from the headquarters and quickly changed into Arthur Hogan's clothes. He smeared his face with some kind of oil and then rubbed ashes into such a body area, also using a blade to make shallow cuts here and there.
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