Mage Veigar

Chapter 418: Playing dumb?

The flags covered the sun.

In just three days, the West Coast of the Dynasty transferred the remaining 20 main forces of the Stone City to the Black Gold City. At the same time, the assembled reserve forces, led by Aiden Gary, officially entered the Stone City.

Standing on the city wall.

Letting the cold wind blow on his face, Aiden Gary felt more proud than ever.

All along, he had always lived under the wing of his uncle Ferreira Gary. Although he was always mentioned when military achievements were reported, in fact he had never commanded a real war. He didn't even know why he had climbed to the position of lieutenant general.

Every time at a banquet on the upper level.

When the noble girls asked him in an admiring tone how he won the war, he could only stammer and perfunctorily answer, and finally made up an excuse to go to the toilet and ran away.

It's really embarrassing.

The result of all this was that he lost an entire brigade in a campaign to quell a rebellion.

From then on, his uncle Ferry Gary no longer trusted him and kept him by his side, only giving him military merits without letting him have any access to even the slightest command power.

But this time is different.

Because Ferry Gary had been stirring up trouble in the court and had finally forced Admiral Theon to death, Ferry Gary needed to take this opportunity to expand his influence and had no time to lead his troops into battle himself.

This also allowed Aiden to finally break away from Ferre Gary's wing.

"I want to prove myself!"

Lieutenant General Aiden's fat face trembled with excitement in his heart: "I must prove to my uncle that the last time was just my mistake. I, Aiden, am a true military genius, not the trash that those people say."

At the banquet, some people who knew the truth "affectionately" called him waste.

This made Aiden afraid to attend some high-society banquets recently, and he hated the names of "waste" and "fake". He thought that he just lacked an opportunity to show himself, and now the opportunity was in front of him -

Defeat Vega and pacify the lower reaches.

On the way here, Aiden had done his homework. He learned that his opponent was a world-famous officer. Even the kingdom's military gave him the title of "War Devil". He was also a recognized legendary general.

But but but——

The person who holds these titles is just a 13-year-old child.

"That's really an exaggeration."

Disdain flashed in Aiden's eyes. He naturally thought that Vega had gotten to this position through military merit just like him... No, how could he confuse himself with that brat? He was a true military genius who just lacked an opportunity to show his talents.

"You are destined to be my stepping stone."

Aiden waved his big, fleshy hand and said in a resounding voice, "Order the entire army to prepare. We will launch the attack tomorrow. I want to pacify the lower reaches within half a month... no! Within seven days, and let my uncle, His Majesty, and those who look down on me know how powerful I am."

There is no battle plan.

There was no preparation before the war.

There is no war situation investigation.

This was purely a spur-of-the-moment idea of ​​Aiden. He was so arrogant that he thought that the so-called commander just gave an order to attack, and then his subordinates would naturally solve all the problems for him.

"I'm sorry I can't obey your order."

The staff officer Colonel Orlando Darry pushed up his glasses and said bluntly, "Lord Ferre Gary's order is to hold your ground. I have been ordered to assist you in commanding this war, so I naturally cannot let you do whatever you want."

"Do you know what war is?"

Aiden pointed at Colonel Orlando's nose and cursed: "I am the commander of this war. You are just a colonel and a staff officer. What qualifications do you have to point fingers at me, the lieutenant general and the commander-in-chief? Now prepare for tomorrow's war."

Orlando was unmoved.

He pushed his glasses again and frowned as he said, "Forgive me for being blunt. Although you are the commander of this war, you do not have the authority to command it. According to Lord Ferry Gary's order, I have the authority to command it, and I will not give it to you without authorization." "Of course, please rest assured, Lord Commander."

Orlando smiled and said, "All the military merits of this war belong to you. It will also be made known to the public that you were the one who commanded the entire war. I will not overstep my bounds in the slightest."

"asshole!"

Aiden raised his right hand and swung it straight at Orlando, but Orlando did not dodge.

In the end, the fist failed to hit Orlando's face. He remembered his uncle Ferre Gary's warning and immediately stopped fighting: "Good! Very good! Colonel Orlando Darry, right? You'd better win this war, humph."

With an angry snort, Aiden's round body walked down the city wall.

But he took a wrong step and fell down. The soldier next to him wanted to help him, but Aiden pushed him away.

That night.

Aiden Gary openly left the barracks and went to the Rouge Land to get drunk.

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A week passed in a flash.

Vega, who was in charge of Gray Crow City, also received a series of information about Aiden.

First, he ignored military affairs and was addicted to drinking.

Second, the time spent on prostitutes was longer than the time spent in the barracks.

Third, he seemed to have irreconcilable conflicts with his staff and had insulted them in public.

Fourth, he openly accepted bribes and accepted all offers.

Fifth, he is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

……

Veigar read through them one by one and found that what the new commander did was very different from what Theon did before. Judging from these deeds, he was even slightly inferior to an ordinary middle-level officer.

of course.

As a qualified commander, one cannot only focus on the enemy's weaknesses and ignore his strengths. A commander who is so despicable must have outstanding qualities in some aspects, otherwise how could he sit in the position of lieutenant general.

Therefore, Vega turned to the second page of the information.

Generally speaking, the first page will describe the enemy's weaknesses, and the second page will describe the enemy's strengths.

But this time Vega miscalculated.

He opened his mouth, his head full of black lines.

I saw that the second page still had written about his shortcomings, such as molesting decent women, bullying the good, and bullying the villagers... It seems that this commander has been here for more than ten days and has done nothing but these weird things?
Vega turned his gaze towards the scout. “Is that all? Doesn’t this Aiden have any special qualities?”

The scout broke out in a cold sweat.

He said timidly, "Well...well...please forgive me, Commander. My whole team has been keeping an eye on this commander named Aiden for a week, but we really can't find any shining points in him."

The scout felt aggrieved.

He really tried his best to find the outstanding qualities of this commander, but in the end he found nothing. Well, if being able to eat counts... that was probably his only advantage.

Vega waved his hand and asked the scouts to retreat.

He stared at the intelligence form of the enemy commander thoughtfully, and even began to suspect whether the enemy commander was trying to show weakness to the enemy by playing dumb and making the enemy lose his vigilance?
"Know thyself, ever-victorious."

Vega muttered to himself, “Perhaps… I should get in touch with this commander in person.”

(End of this chapter)