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Chapter 34 - Assembly

Six months went by very quickly at the Wolf School. Much has happened during this period. Research on traitors has borne fruit. Several traitors have been identified as Raif, an Archmage, Naiz, an Alchemist, and other little magicians or apprentice magicians. In total, around ten traitors have been identified in the school. But this is good news because all the traitors have been identified. To the great ladies of Ronan, no action has been taken against them.

Instead, several plans were issued and followed by our assassins. After identifying the traitors, the assassins monitored them 24/7. They analyzed their habits, their strengths, their weaknesses, their hobbies, their dislikes. They've gathered as much evidence as they can on them, but other than a few things that don't help them thwart the invasion, they haven't discovered anything.

But that may change tonight. Tonight the traitors are scheduled to assemble and talk about the final details of the killing. Magicians are strong, but they are far too arrogant and have not monitored their communications with magic.

This is how Regiis could spy on them by hiding around the places of their rare nocturnal meetings outside the bastions.

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The moon is high in the sky. It illuminates the world with its soft white light. In the forest near the bastion of the École du Loup, several people are gathered around a fire, all witnessing tree stumps. In total, there are about ten people around the fire. These people are magicians, alchemists, enchanters who wish and work on the destruction of the Wolf School.

"So Raif, when can we destroy these mutants. I'm sick of having to be in the same castle as these monsters." Asks a random wizard.

"Soon, my friends, soon. Wait, the preparations are almost complete. We will be able to execute our plan in a year, a year, and a few months at the latest, if we have any problems with the production of the bombs." Raif answer.

"Speaking of the preparations, where are the preparations to make the peasants revolt and storm the stronghold?" Naiz asks.

"We have no problem there. On the contrary, it's elementary to do it. We just had to start some rumors about the school of the Wolf, to say that they are also monsters but with human skin. And whisper a few words of hope to them and they will rebel on their own, thinking that the idea comes from them. With the preparations that we have made and that we are going to carry out to weaken the school, the peasants can destroy the school. 'school without our having to step out of the shadows. " said Raif.

The magicians nod their heads at Raif's statement.

"And for the assassins, what do we do for them?"

Raif rubs his beard while looking at the night sky. "We cannot kill them. Otherwise, the Leagues will be after us, and we have no chance of making it out alive. So we have to move them away and isolate them to prevent them from jeopardizing our plan. You just have to know how."

"We can give them a mission with one of the apprentices. I saw that the young assassins are close to an apprentice so if we give them a mission far from the castle a few days before the attack, we move them far enough away to that they cannot intervene. "

"It may work, but we cannot command them. Under what pretexts can we tell them to go on a mission? We have no authority over them. They only answer to the League, and the League is very secretive. . We cannot infiltrate them. "

"Why don't you put a spell on them that makes them fall asleep before teleporting them to a safe place away from the fortress?" asks a magician.

Raif shakes his head. "We can't do that because Trinity, one of the mentors and alumni of the League, is an archmage like me. She will detect any spells we throw on her or her fellows and trace them back to her. ours."

"So we can only hold them back by luring them into a trap, or we'll drop several monsters or bandits to hold them back while we deal with the witchers." Declare an alchemist.

Naiz looks at his conspiratorial friends. "Anyone has another idea?" He asks.

Those present are shaking their heads.

"Well, then this meeting is adjourned. You can all go home and go about your business." Proclaims Raif.

The magicians teleport to their rooms, leaving Raif alone on his stump in front of the fire. Raif relaxes on his stump and watches the embers and flames of the fire dance. Raif remains there to watch the flames in the silence of the night, interrupted intermittently by the cry of the nocturnal animals which go hunting.

"Crack" Raif heard a noise that broke the silence of the forest and made him come out of his thoughts. The noise comes from a branch that breaks under the weight of a fox passing by.

Raif looks around and notices a barn owl standing on a thick branch.

"Hou Hou," The owl hoots, nodding. She turns her head towards Raif and stares at him with her head turned 90 ° and her big black eyes. The two stare at each other for a few moments.

"Hou hou hou" The owl takes flight and hoots.

Raif watches the owl take flight and fly through the starry sky.

He turns his head and looks at the full moon that lights his surroundings. His face loses its serious expression and leaves only one older adult sad and alone. Her eyes show great sadness.

"Soon, my love, soon your murderer will be dead, and all his fellows will go to hell with him for what he did to you," Raif whispers in the wind, ending his sentence with pure anger on his face.