Meanwhile, in Gavno, a pair of brother and sister who were from the noble viscount household of Petras, Aris and Nali. They were sent in this town to deliver a message to the city's lord, at the same time they decided that they would stay a week to escape from their nobles duties.
The two of them were quite young, each being 22 years old and both of them were quite gifted when it came to cultivation, they were already at the peak rank 2.
"What do you think about this new household that the King gave the title of marquis out of nowhere ?" Nali asked, after all this family directly got the title of marquis and it surprised the whole nobility.
"You mean the family of this former soldier trainer ? What was their name ? I think they chose Tradere, didn't they ? It's quite odd that they instantaneously got the marquis title but who know what happened." Aris replied, he paid less attention to what happen in the nobility than his sister.
"You are right, after all the King only explained his choice by saying that they did great deeds for the country, also the heir of this household is hailed as a great genius, he is already low rank 2 despite being 13." Nali declared, she was curious about what deeds they did, she was also interested in the potential this heir was showing.
They had to deliver their message to the city lord but at the moment he wasn't here, they were said that they would need to wait about 3 days before he would be back. They were quite annoyed, they wanted to profit from the rest they had planned as soon as possible.
However as long as they hadn't delivered the message they couldn't, they were said that it was a message of great importance and that no mistake would be allowed. It was the chance of their family to imrpove the status they had in the kingdom and maybe become a count household.
The leader of their household, their father, saw the opportunity to improve their reputation so he sent them with several guards, they had 25 peak rank men lead by a low rank 3.
For a viscount household this much men with their cultivation level wasn't nothing, the most powerful in their family was the leader, their father, he was a mid rank 4 cultivator.
Aside from him they had about a dozen of cultivator at or above the high rank 3, those ones almost always stayed in their household's domain to protect it.
Unbeknownst to them, all the genius squad was walking at a fast pace towards them, they had to reach Gavno as earlier as possible, they didn't know what guards they would have and they would need a bit of time to set up a plan.
A thing they couldn't do was to kill them in Gavno, the city's lord would certainly offer to accomodate them and he was a peak rank 4, if he wanted to make their mission fail they wouldn't even be able to open their mouth before dying.
Considering this they would need to wait for them to leave, be on their trails and ambush them at the best moment.
If it wasn't already hard enough, they had to be wary of not going too deep in Kartelion's territory, otherwise they would end in a tough spot. The crux of their mission was to not draw any attention towards them.
What they didn't know was that there was a small team of men in black clothes that were following them, nobody noticed them although they were just above them.
"Why did the King gave them this mission, it's too much for them, aside from Bea each of them are too much of a rookie for something like this. What's more, just us could end this mission in half the time they need to get there." One of them complained, what was astounding was that no one in the genius squad seemed to hear him talk.
"I think it's a good training for them and you know the King, he wants them to improve, he trust them in becoming a great backbone in the upcoming war." Another answered.
"If we are here it's mainly because his daughter his going, otherwise why would he troubles the best squad of the Kingdom's secret services, after all why would a whole bunch of mid rank 4 would be needed to protect them." Yet another one added.
"Stop. We just have to follow the orders, we let them do and if they fail or if something goes wrong we make our entrance." One of them ordered, after that nobody else opened his mouth to say something.
The genius squad was getting closer and closer from Gavno, there was still about a day or two of travel. Bea decided that they would take a break so they could plan how they would kill them without being noticed.
"We will attack them once they have traveled for 5 hours, we will wait them at Gavno's gates then be on their trails. We will make it as a lightning attack, focus the nobles, once they are dead everyone withdraw, me, mysterious girl, Xaratus, Galitos, Zach and Taron will take care of this mission. Every other one, you will cover us and stall the guards so we aren't bothered."
Everyone nodded. 'She chose a Blitzkrieg strategy, we come in, kill the nobles and fall back. I don't know if it's the best choice but it certainly isn't the worse.' Zach thought about Bea's plan, after all if he found that it was a suicidal plan he would voice up his thoughts.
Once Bea finish to explain her plan they came back on the road to Gavno, they were pretty fast, Bea decided that it was the best to reach Gavno early and she wanted to send Zach seek fresh water and fresh food, she wanted everyone in the best shape for the mission.
Meanwhile in Gavno, the city lord finally came back and he met with Nali and Aris. "I see, you are the nobles who were sent to deliver the message the King had for me." Both of them nodded, they were frightened by this man, he was tall, 220 cm, he was bald and had scars on his whole face and head and he seemed to be able to kill with just his look.
Nali handed the letter she took out from her spatial ring. "Our mission is completed, goodbye mister." She said respectfully and both of them exited his mansion, once outside they were relieved, being in his mansion gave them too much pressure. They could finally use the free time they had planned to rest, though they had only 2 days.
The genius squad finally arrived at Gavno, a day after the break they took to plan, Zach like it was planned was sent to fetch ressources. He presented himself in front of the gate still with his mask on, the guards took a glance at him and asked him to place his hand on the crystal.
They weren't surprised about someone with a mask, it wasn't so rare that a cultivator would hide his face, age or aura. The only thing that mattered was that he wasn't here to do any evil deed. "Are you here to do any harm to someone ?" A guard asked while pointing to the crystal.
He knew this question would come and he started to sweat from nervousity, he didn't know exactly how this crystal worked so he wasn't sure how it would react. After all he was here to kill people but at the same time he wasn't going in the city to do any harm, just to fetch ressources.
"I'm not, I'm here to fetch ressources." Zach answered and prayed that the crystal would stay white and don't turn red. He looked at it and was relieved when he saw the white color of the crystal.
"You can enter." The guard said plainly, the times when the crystal turned red were so scarce that they don't even expect it to change in color when they ask if people are here to do any harm.
Once in Gavno Zach immediatly went to buy fresh water and food, they would have a great meal this night before going to complete their mission. When Zach was done he strolled in the city in order to glean a few information for their mission.
He obviously went in a tavern, it was a pretty old one, it looked like the one there was in the Middle Ages, it was crude but there was a good ambience, the tables were made of wood and the building was made of rocks. He sat and ordered a beer, he did so to not look suspicious though he wouldn't drink it, what he was doing was too important to drink alcohol.
Once he got his beer he pretended to drink it but in reality he sent it in his shadow, then he paid attention to his surroundings, he wanted any information on their target. He heared everything.
"You believe it ? She didn't want to become an adventurer, what will she do ? Stay in Gavno for her whole life ?" Zach heard some man say, it was irrelevant.
"Pft, those nobles, they are too arrogant, they act high and mighty but they would be nothing without their peak rank 2 guards." When he heard this Zach interest was immediately drawn.
"Man don't talk about that, if they hear you they will execute you and even if you are a low rank 3 against 25 peak rank 2 you won't live long." Someone warned the first, once he heard that Zach got up and left, he gathered everything he needed, now he knew that they had 25 peak rank 2 guards.
It was a pretty important piece of information he had to give it to Bea, if he stayed he certainly wouldn't learn much more.
Zach exited by the same gate he entered and he headed towards the whole squad, once he arrived where he left them there wasn't anyone. He stopped and said. "I have an important piece of information, they have at least 25 peak rank 2 guards."
Once he said that everyone got out of their hidings, Bea had a concerned look on her face and thought about it, it was quite strong and the strategy she wanted to use at first may not be effective.