Two days had passed and it was now the weekends. With only two days left until the operation begins, all of the members of [Operation Cleanup] had gathered towards the briefing room in the Hall of Sentinels considering that most groups are acting independently, Draxus had decided to focus on one group each time.
"Alright, since everyone is here let's start with the mission briefing." Draxus stood in front of the white board. Olivia is present to record the entire mission briefing in the meeting logs. "First is Olivia, I'm sure you all know her now." Draxus patted Olivia's head with his hand and started the explanation. "She's going to be operating as HQ, the main communications channel. She will relay orders coming from me and you can relay reports through her. She will be assisted by Abigail here in the Hall of Sentinels [Operation Room]. Surely some of you have entered that to make your reports." Most members understood what Draxus is talking about, having someone to report on and relay information to Draxus would allow him to give insight on things to do in certain situations.
"Now, first is the [Hunt] group. This is composed of a small group, the targets are the nobles listed in here." Draxus lowered what seems to be a long list of noble names. "Some of these are likely in the capital, but in the off chance that they are outside of the capital, you can take care on dealing with them. Do not be merciful. They will try and bribe or even resist, trying to look for a chance to survive and move somewhere where they can exploit their noble power more. If by chance some nobles are resolved to die without resisting, capture them and send them towards Preeliance's Automated Prison. They could likely be given rehabilitation and hopefully recover from their darkness." Everyone in the room listened, as they understood that the operation is important. They knew to get rid of the ones that are rotten, while sparing those who still hold integrity. "[Hunt], you will be travelling from town to town, you may end up fighting against private armies or some minor defenses from [People of Earth] at most. But it will be a long drawn out battle, since there's only five of you, you need to be at one town per person. Wesley, you need to look at your mana consumption well, because you will be transporting your team throughout the many towns in this country." Wesley nodded in understanding, the mission is completely harsh for him, as he was the only one with fast travel abilities in his group.
"[Trap], there are many of you here, but you will be fighting around the outside of the capital city, you will need to deal with many [People of Earth] members, knights, and even the army of the country along with the nobles that are the target of this operation. We will cause enough chaos inside the castle that the nobles will try to evacuate. Good luck fighting with a thin layer of defense against them. Keith, your capabilities will be very important here. Having to run around the perimeter of the city constantly will be taxing for you, but if the nobles organize an escape to try and breakthrough a single path, you need to be able to respond to it first. Think of those scenarios and react properly to both of them." "Got it, I'll prepare something for every scenario." Keith nodded as he sat back down listening.
"Now for the [Core], this place I'm not so sure on what be happening here. I'll leave it to Olivia for the whole strategy book in the case there is an enemy with a magic dismantling barrier. However, we will be operating in a harsher environment. Since most of the castle seemed to be under the [People of Earth] already, we're going to go for some bloodshed. Gayle, you know what to do right?" Gayle nodded, seemingly able to understood Draxus' intentions easily. "Good, now the true operation begins when we reach the quarters of the King and the Queen. Since Lily and Julie are the only royal children of that country, it would likely mean that they won't be able to push the country into a new heir. We will be spelling the end of that country. Lily, Julie, be sure to capture your parents and follow the two scenarios. If we are fighting against an MDB, go outside the castle and contact any Sentinel outside. Livi, if you receive a report about them, contact Wesley immediately. However, if we aren't faced with a MDB, go towards me immediately and I can send you back to the Hall of Sentinels." Draxus wrote down the scenarios on the white board, first giving various scenarios to the [Core] group. "So in battle scenarios, we have a lot. Pauleen, Juniper, you'll likely fight against the hero with Gayle and myself. Audrey will be dealing with any knights, royal guards, or [People of Earth] members." Draxus explained scenario A, where they don't have to face any major threats.
"Scenario B will include Lawrence, the leader of [People of Earth]. The rest of the scenarios will follow here as well, if any major threats appear in the mission like Lawrence of any member of the council, farlands, or depths, I will fight them alone. I doubt Cronus, Magna, or Kenós will show up here. But if they do, I will still fight them alone. Once the hero dies, we instantly retreat. The mission is not about them, we simply have to get rid of any traces of [People of Earth], while removing this country from out list of threats. So in case of Scenario B, Pauleen, Juniper, and Gayle will be fighting the hero alone." Having heard of the possibility of fighting the hero alone with just the three of them without Draxus' assistance, Pauleen and Juniper were concerned. Gayle however felt determined, wanting to get rid of the hero completely.
"With that said, I will now disclose to everyone other scenarios that the enemy can pull off. The likelihood for these strategies is low, but please keep them in mind. It wouldn't be great if we missed a strategy that the enemy can pull off." Everyone was impressed, since Draxus normally fights with extreme pace of improvising, they wondered if his strategies could possible just make full control of any wars that may come up. He uncovered any potential weaknesses of every group that the enemy could exploit and brought up a possible solution for it, which impressed everyone with what Draxus is truly capable off in terms of strategic planning.
After the full briefing, everyone left with either nerves, excitement, and concern. Olivia, after finishing to record everything in the logs looked at Draxus. "So you're going to be spending tomorrow with Lily and Julie?" "Yeah, since we've done it already, I think it's about time I give it to them as well." Olivia chuckled as she told Draxus what was going on between the two of them. "They were telling each other to go ahead first, wanting to know how the first one felt before the other would go for it. I told them to go together to make it easier for them." "Will I be able to handle both of them though..." Draxus showed some self doubt, without actually being serious about it. "Oh my? Last time we started right after the sun set you know? I'm sure you'll be able to handle both of them." Olivia was confident with her beloved partner, making Draxus feel a bit embarrassed and ashamed as he remember what happened in Olivia's room in Quisterion. "Anyways, good luck with the mission~!" Olivia kissed Draxus before leaving the meeting room. Draxus was left alone smiling as his fiancés were starting to cross the borders that he had originally setup. "Olivia really set me up to force me to make a move on them huh...? I can't say I'm not impressed by her willpower. Oh well..." Draxus closed his eyes and left the room after tidying everything up.
"I guess it'll be a long night tomorrow again."