Assassin's Chronicle - Chapter 424

Chapter 424: Appointments

The mercenary leaders walked over and joined Anfey . Anfey glanced around and nodded . He turned to Blavi and said, "Go find Lord Marino . I wish to meet with Bernedo, Uri, and Shashibi . "

Blavi nodded and hurried out of the room .

Anfey fell silent again . The mercenaries knew that he would be discussing important issues, so they did not say anything and did not interrupt his thought process .

After a few minutes, Blavi returned with Bernedo, Uri, and Shashibi . The three of them bowed at Anfey respectfully, but did not sit down with the other mercenaries .

"Sit," Anfey said, waving at the chairs . "Don’t be nervous . "

The three nodded and sat down quietly .

Anfey smiled and said, "Let me introduce you . This is Christian . He will be the head of all mages in the alliance . "

The three turned to Christian and nodded . Even though Anfey gave Ozzic many tasks, everyone always thought that Blavi was Anfey’s most trusted man because Blavi never referred to Anfey with any honorifics . However, anyone who had spent time with Anfey would know that he trusted Christian more than anyone else .

"I’m sure you already know Suzanna," Anfey continued, "so I wouldn’t reintroduce you . This is Lady Alice . She is responsible for all internal business within the alliance . Christian will be her deputy and will assist her . Suzanna will assist Christian . "

Alice turned to look at him in shock . This was the first time Anfey recognized her position of power . In the past, she had been in charge of Moramatch, but she had to be careful, because one misstep could be disastrous . Now that she was in charge of all internal affairs, she had power over most people in the alliance, including Christian and Suzanna . Alice knew that Anfey wanted Christian to practice his leadership skills with her . Suzanna’s position was a bit baffling, but Alice was smart enough to figure out Anfey’s intention . Suzanna may have been a master swordsman, but she had no leadership skills or experience dealing with internal affairs of a large group of people . Her appointment was to make Alice and Christian’s positions seem more special .

Alice frowned and licked her lips . She was excited but also nervous .

"As you know," Anfey said, "I’m not the most capable person . The only reason the alliance has been able to reach this size is because of all of you . I did not form the alliance, you know . Alice is the one that had this idea, not me . Without her, none of us will be sitting here right now . Without Alice, we will all be scattered throughout the nation, fighting zombies or dying . "

"I agree, sir!" Ozzic said . "Lady Alice is a very smart and capable woman . There’s no alliance without her . "

"Wait, let me finish," Anfey said with a smile . "We all know how brilliant Alice is . This was why I put her in charge of internal affairs . We have more than ten thousand men, which is something I never thought I would say .

"It is no easy task controlling and regulating all of these people . The only thing we can do is try to figure it out ourselves . Since the founding of the alliance, we’ve been supporting each other through thick and thin . I want everyone to know that the alliance will not become a reality without the work of all the mercenaries .

"Lord Marino is supportive of our cause, but we can’t be certain how the others will react . Glory, Storm, and Tiger of Tawau mercenary groups may not react as nicely . They will likely band together against us . We need to work together to resolve this situation .

"They say I’m a butcher, a murderer, but I don’t think I was wrong . If I had let those people go, who knows when they would come back and attack me?"

"You’re right, sir," the head of the third legion, Tiger, said . "Lord Bernedo here has attacked my men before . "

Bernedo looked at Tiger with a mix of shock and confusion . Clearly, he didn’t remember what Tiger was talking about . Mercenaries attacking each other in the Forest of Death in order to steal spoils was nothing new .

Bernedo stood up and bowed to Tiger . "I apologize for my past behaviors, my lord," he said sincerely . "I do not know when or where I attacked you, but I hope that I can earn your forgiveness . "

"What is past is past," Tiger said, shaking his head . "We are allies now, aren’t we? Don’t worry about it . You probably don’t remember me, though, because I was hiding then . "

Bernedo nodded . He was confused . Tiger was such a tall man, it was hard to forget him .

"Sit, Bernedo," Anfey said . "Tiger is right . The past is in the past . We should not let it interfere with how we treat each other now . "

The other mercenaries all nodded and agreed .

"In order to control the mercenaries better, I want to reorganize the legions . We also need more scouts, and I want Long and Ling to be the heads of the scouts, but we will discuss that further when they get back . " Anfey paused and turned to Ye . "Ye, I want to form a policing force, and I want you to take charge of it . "

Ye froze and turned to Ozzic . He knew that if he turned this down, it could affect the later appointments and Ozzic .

Ozzic smiled at him and nodded . "I believe Ye is more than capable for this position," he said .

Ye nodded and accepted the appointment .

"I want to reorganize the alliance into five legions," Anfey said, "with approximately three thousand men in each . "

The mercenary leaders glanced at each other, murmuring . Three thousand was a large number, especially for those that had been in charge of smaller groups in the past .

"Ozzic, you will be the leader of the First Legion . The original Fourth Legion will combine with the original First Legion, and Stein will be your deputy . Blavi, you will be in charge of the mage coordinator in the First Legion . "

"What is mage coordinator?"

"I can’t divide up the mages," Anfey said . "In an emergency, the coordinators will be the commanders of the mages in their legions . In a normal battle, the coordinators will be assistants to the leader of the legion . "

"There are three thousand men," Ozzic stood and said . "I don’t know if the three of us can keep them in line all the time . "

Anfey smiled . Ozzic not only accepted Blavi’s position, he had implied that Anfey should send more people to help him . He was sincere enough to be a good example . "You’re in charge of the legion," Anfey said . "You will do as you please . " Ozzic nodded and sat down .

"Shinbella, you will head the Second Legion, and Tiger’s original Third Legion will join you . Tiger will be your deputy and Riska will be your coordinator . " Shinbella glanced at Tiger and Riska and nodded briskly .

"Orsie, you will be the head of the Third Legion and Khufu will be your deputy . Zubin will be the coordinator . " Orsie nodded . The rest of mercenaries muttered to each other . The mercenaries who had been demoted were not fond of this decision, but they knew that they did not have seniority .

"Thompson, you will be the leader of the Fourth Legion . Shashibi will be the deputy and Feller will be the coordinator . " Thompson and Shashibi glanced at each other and nodded . Feller grinned .

"Bernedo will be the leader of the Fifth Legion and Uri will be the deputy . Sante will be the coordinator . " Anfey paused . "I don’t have experience leading so many people . None of us do . We need to depend on each other to figure everything out . "

"I need a chief of staff," Alice said quietly .

"Who do you want?"

"Hui Wei . "

"Done," Anfey said .

Hui Wei frowned but did not say anything to turn down the offer .

"Kumaraghosha," Anfey called . "I know you but… I need you to see someone . Come to me after you talk with him and tell me what you want . "

Kumaraghosha glanced at Ye, who smiled at him, and nodded .

"Anything else?" Anfey asked . The mercenaries shook their heads . While they were happy about how big the alliance had gotten, they felt pressured by their new positions . Alice watched the mercenaries shuffle out of the room and walked over to Anfey .

"Don’t you think something’s missing?" she whispered .

"What is?"

"Hope," Alice said . "Prize . Benefits . "

Anfey shook his head . "I have more than five hundred mages, Alice," he said . "I can’t use the crystals . "

Alice pursed her lips and nodded . "Do you trust Marino?"

"I do," Anfey said . "Don’t worry about that . "

"He’s going through our spoils," Alice said . "He didn’t participate in the battle . "

"He provided us a place to rest," Anfey said . "Tell me, Alice . Why did Baery tell you to find me?"

"I already told you," Alice said .

"You can go talk to him yourself," Christian said after he made sure no one was eavesdropping . "He’s coming here in a few days . "

"Do you know what he wants?" Anfey asked . Baery was Christian’s uncle, so maybe he had told Christian things he had not told the others .

Christian shrugged and shook his head .