"Spies, come forth." He called out his men who were hiding under the ground.
The Spies are typically a group of troops whose work is associated with secrecy and ninjutsu. They have made a small Chamber under the ground, with no way a person could see where they are. Because it has no opening, no ordinary person or werewolf could enter inside the chamber. No one can notice what is under their feet unless you have the Power to perceive your surrounding.
"Aye, captain." *A deep hollow voice*
A man appeared in his front from beneath the earth, without deforming the surface of the earth.
He is wearing a black Robe and he has covered his face under the eyes with the long strips of Cloth. He is looking like an old and experienced spy, his skin is dark in color. It is not like he has dark skin and he isn't even that old, but it is due to his magic, the soil in this area is actually black and fertile unlike a typical rainforest, also the work of a spy is generally under a dark night. He had to make his skin color dark in accordance with the earth color, it will help him easily camouflage.
Principally, there is a separate class for Magus, they operate in their own way and have little to no direct contact with Troops during an attack unless it's a large-scale war.
It doesn't matter if you can use magic or not, you aren't going to be recruited as a Magus. A person in the magus class is not just a magician, but they are rather very experienced and efficient in controlling their magic.
Sometimes there are also other fields where magus is needed, like in Archery for a tactical and ranged attack, Swordsman who use different Elemental magic to fight. There are many other fields like spying, defense, and hiding where magic is used.
Even then, Magi's aren't some ordinary folk's, they are regarded as the person of high echelon and can't be compared with any other group of society.
Magic may be perceived as a spectacular thing by others and being bestowed with magic, might be a huge blessing for many beings. Even then the magic is almost an ordinary thing for human beings on this planet, two in five-person can perform basic magic.
A person can learn to enhance his magic, but he can't grow very much if he is born with only a weak wisp of Elemental magic. Although magic is common and many can perform it, but being an actual Magus who can perform various magic is a real honor. They are separate classes because they are regarded as most skilled and are almost undefeatable if battled with a group of normal soldiers who use standard magic.
The spies generally use Shadow magic for hiding but the leader of this group is using Geomancy, unlike others. He is also very skilled in his magic, as an ordinary magus can't use his power as efficiently as him, also the variety of power comes with practice and experience.
Having a geomancer as a spy is giving them an edge in this attack, as they can spy in many locations and any time without much hindrance. They can spy in many places, even in air and water, except for some places which would limit their power.
The captain found it dubious, that he can't see other subordinates of the spy, so he asked him "where are your Lackeys, are they alive?".
Generally, a group of spies consists of six members, one is the senior leader and the other is his subordinates' that will help him in his work. But judging by the situation it looks like that his subordinates are lost or captured by the enemy. The captain seems a little worried, as it may lead to the failure of their mission if their enemy already knows about their master plan.
"Ah! captain, they are fine. I have already sent them to confirm the situation of the enemy and coordinating the exact location of the defensive wall." He replied hurriedly as the captain might do a misinterpretation of the situation. He already saw his captain coming, so to not delay the task he ordered his men to advance. He is a very experienced spy and has already made a huge contribution in defeating the Enemies in past twenty years. He was actually a Lone Spy of a province before the kingdom of "Daemon Land".
"Well! Excellent Hugo, you are perspicacious person... It won't be forgotten, your fealty to your duty." Amzi praised him for being one step ahead in his task. Then he waited for the spies to come, he positioned his cavalry soldiers according to the previous planning. He then rides towards the prince, to greet him and to notify him of the information that they have reached near the outpost of the enemy.
// Amzi is the name of the captain, Hugo is the name of spy //
Well, he actually goes there for getting praise. He starts to tell the prince about his previous achievements and the perfect preparation he had done before coming here. After covering the part of his self-proclaimed achievements, he then started to make flattery of Prince. He was expecting that the prince might get interested in him through his flattering words, but on the contrary, the prince got disgusted and looked away from him. Now instead of getting praise, he got scolded by a senior Magus. "Pfftt~Oops! I should stay low-key". He returned with a red face full of embarrassment, even then he didn't fail to put on his haughty air around his troops.
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// Enemies Fortes //
By observing the shadows it can be seen that the guards were still alert, though they were less in numbers. It looks like the enemies are confident about their defence. Open closely scanning the area, you can see that there is a wall of 'Invisible defensive Wall'. The wall serves both as a defence and basic alert device for any breach and incoming attack. So the spies have to be more cautious in investigating the base of the enemy.
The wall has many types and function, they are used for various purposes like Incoming alert, camouflage. It can also be used as very sturdy defences against the enemy, the defence wall is itself very efficient and requires less skill and power to operate. A group of ordinary magic-user can activate it for defence, by injecting their mana in its core. Some "Defensive wall" also has variety of elemental function, unlike an ordinary single elemental "Defensive wall". They are very powerful and use much more mana, but also they are extremely rare and expensive.