[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Northern kingdoms.
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It had been a few days since Mousesack had analyzed Madara's blood, speaking with some acquaintances through his telescope equipment, but he would have to show the blood personally to substantiate his theses. Days passed quickly as he continued teaching lessons to the children every other day; Madara kept participating in the yard every day, fighting against Eist and investigating the north area, until that moment, the boy had finished his investigation and they were finally starting the plan. Present were Mousesack himself, Lord Commander Varys, and Madara, while the latter pointed out each spot he had found on the map.
"The youngest son of the Rushford family is involved in the kidnapping of children," Madara said.
"Do you have proof?" Sir Varys asked, hoping Madara had evidence that could catch that family.
"Yes, I have documents with these transactions, they are kidnapping children for their own personal use, mainly girls," Madara spat on the ground and continued. "Moreover, they exchange children for drugs, it seems the mage offers a substance they are addicted to, and it is not sold, but exchanged for guinea pigs..." Madara said.
Mousesack picked up the documents from Madara and began to read... "This is really more than what we need, but we still need to catch them and strike all their hideouts together," he finished.
"Not just that," Madara continued, "I've heard from many nobles who are involved, that there will be a tournament, it's a kind of secret arena between slaves brought from the south. All the local nobles who use this type of drug will be involved. If we want to catch them red-handed, we can easily incriminate them by linking to the mage who traffics children." Besides the documents, Madara spoke as both men nodded with that reasoning.
"But I doubt that this can happen so easily. Do you think you will be able to enter the place?" Mousesack asked, frowning toward the young Madara.
Madara nodded with his head. "Maybe not the way you imagine, but I have a plan. I may not enter as a guest or crasher, but I can certainly enter as a slave," Madara said.
"Do you intend to fight in the arena?" Lord Varys raised an eyebrow, he had heard of this place, but never could act against it.
"Yes," Madara simply confirmed. "The only problem is the traitor we haven't discovered who it is..." He said.
"It's not a bad plan, maybe that's what we need," Lord Varys said seriously.
"Alright, let's do it then," Mousesack confirmed. "I will be with Madara in the north region." He said.
"Alright, I will organize the troops to the west. I have some guards off duty today, still, most will be available and as you said there was a spy among us. No one has been informed about our operation since we talked a few days ago. I'll catch my men by surprise and even see their reactions, though I don't think this spy is among my men," he spoke and everyone nodded.
With that, they began to leave the room, Madara went to his room to prepare. Lord Commander went to organize the troops and Mousesack went to see the queen in her room.
"So it's really happening?" Calanthe asked, looking at the report her mage had made and analyzed the whole strategy.
"That's right, my queen," Mousesack said, and Eist seemed interested next to the queen.
"Then let it be so..." Calanthe said, taking her eyes off the paper and turning them back to her mage. "Let's see if this boy really has the value you place in him," she said. After all, Madara was responsible for all the intelligence of the mission, which would determine whether the mission was a success or not, thanks to the clues and information he brought.
She noticed movement at her side and looked at her husband, grabbing his axe, which he carries to all sides of the castle. "What are you doing?" she asked Eist.
"I'm going to get my axe, my queen," he said, with his seductive smile. "Do you really think I would let a fight like this pass?" he commented, preparing to join the fun tonight.
"Be that as it may, just don't die," Calanthe complained. Mousesack bid them farewell as he went back to prepare with his exclusive squad for tonight.
The operation was a secret, so it was not just an operation to capture the alleged kidnappers and dismantle the gangs, now that they knew their hideouts, but also to apprehend all the corrupt soldiers. There was a list of names to arrest during the operation.
Varys began calling all his royal guards, there were 7 of them including the commander himself, while 2 were off duty. He started discussing his plan and looked at everyone, trying to spot the traitor, but despite the surprise, none showed a face with any fear.
Varys trusted his life with these men, he didn't think the traitor was among them or any of his colleagues. Now, he passed the information and asked them to inform nothing beyond a mission of attacking outlaws in the city. The real plan would be informed only when the operation began.
Then, a large group of soldiers began to be secretly organized, preparing to head out to the city in the middle of the night.
Meanwhile, Madara was getting ready. He was going to disguise himself as a slave, an easy thing because he had seen the arena the day before and looked at all the areas of the site; after all, information and knowledge are crucial for his espionage mission and to plot his action plans.
He knew it would be very difficult for him to enter the site the way he acts, at a party, people might find him while he was spying from the ceiling. Therefore, it would be much easier for him to disguise among the slaves who would be there inside.
For this, he left his chest bare and was barefoot with only pants, wearing the same outfit as the slaves he saw on his last visit.
He then set off, heading into the northern region, until he came across a kind of luxurious museum, with a large dome, but the secret was not inside the museum, but beneath it, where there was a type of underground arena built under the nose of Sintra, with illegal games and fights to the death to amuse a noble elite in the capital.
He quickly went around the place and headed toward the sewer nearby, where he would enter through a rather small passage, but ideal for his size.
Meanwhile, the troops began to leave the castle with the Lord Commander leading them to the western region, while Mousesack with Eist had a stealthy squadron waiting for Madara's signal to act.
Madara went through the sewer and entered the place he wanted, as he passed by the guards near the slave cells, he managed to enter through the air vent, and entered one of these cells.
No slave had noticed him there, after all, he was a ninja, a specialist in stealth attacks and espionage, even when he landed, an old man slave looked a bit surprised. After all, he swore there was no one on his side.
"Who are you, child? I don't remember you here," he asked.
"..." Madara did not respond and simply turned to sit on a bench with other men trembling beside him. He picked up some dirt from the ground and began to rub it on his face to look dirty.
"Poor thing," the man couldn't help but exclaim as he saw a child there.
Time began to pass, while Madara just closed his eyes, meditating quietly among those people. This would be a long night, he had brought only 2 kunais stored in the waistband beneath his pants.
"Look what we've found, the little ladies," a guard approached, laughing and banging on the bars of the place as he looked at each of them with a big smile on his face.
"Tonight will be quite interesting," he began, as the slaves seemed to lower their eyes and fear, the man continued: "You know that today we have a large audience, bigger than usual, a big bosses' party!" He exclaimed.
"I want you to entertain them today, no matter how much you have to scream in pain or how many limbs have to be torn off. What I want to see is blood. I don't care about your lives, but I will make you suffer like never before if you can't please the crowd. And today, especially, we will give freedom to the champion," he said. "Not only that, but you'll also earn this here," he showed a little powder in a bag, which made many slaves look at it with drool on their lips.
Madara narrowed his eyes, after all, that was the drug, and it seemed that they used it on some slaves to give them a reason to fight. He just shook his head as a great noise from a crowd began to be heard from outside.
One by one, the slaves were being thrown out. There were no children other than Madara, which caught the man's attention when he encountered him in the middle of the cell.
"A child," he said as he cracked a smile. "I'm sure they will love this. This will be a great show," he mused, imagining how the sadistic nobles would relish seeing the sight of this boy being tortured in the arena in front of everyone. "Come here, boy, now," he growled, and Madara did not refuse as he stood up and easily approached the exit.
"This boy is very good," he said to his guard. "I wish they were all like this, that we didn't have to beat them until they finally wanted to come out, or even use that drug to stimulate them to fight," the man said. Madara showed no resistance as he walked to where the exit was, in front of a gate, with two people fighting in the center of the place, before one was pierced by a sword, while the crowd screamed wildly with excitement.
"Now, my lords, we have a fight that will entertain all your eyes," a man spoke in the arena as he pointed to one of the gates and a strong, large man came out.
"Do you see this man? Today we will do an experiment, let's see how much he can hurt this boy." Then he pointed to the gate that was opening in front of Madara as he began to walk.
But not before receiving an elbow jab from a blunt spear in his back that made him glare at the guard. "Go on, boy, go and die," the guard growled at Madara. And Madara made a mental note to take care of this man later as he started walking to the place, the crowd beginning to scream at this moment seeing a child entering the arena. There were men and even some women watching the boy approach in the middle of the first fight of the area tonight, which would just be the beginning of his victories.
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