Hearing this, Daemyn uttered a cold 'hmph'. His face was full of displeasure while he spat. "I, Daemyn, am at the rank of a lieutenant. It's not up to you to teach me how to manage my troops."
After saying so, he instructed as if he wanted to provoke Fade on purpose, "Send out my order. We'll start our attack immediately."
"Sir, but Captain Huang said that our formation has not been arranged yet. If we attack now..." A soldier reminded cautiously.
However, an unconcerned sneer surfaced on Daemyn's face. "It's just an attack on a small village. Why do you need a squad? Just charge in and catch them. There's no need to make things so complicated!"
"But..." The soldier still wanted to add something.
Daemyn barked in a cold voice, "This is an order. We'll execute it immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" The soldiers had no choice but to spread order to start the attack.
Immediately, Fade noticed approximately hundreds of soldiers pop up at the surrounding hillsides, about to enter Twin-dragon Village from the foot of the mountain.
Seeing this, Fade felt his heart sink. He glanced at Twin-dragon Village at the foot of the mountain and thought that this dead village seemed very strange at this moment. A sense of danger mixed with ominous feelings welled up in his heart.
Then, his expression darkened and quickly followed behind.
He wasn't worried about Daemyn or Jenski and his cronies. Instead, he didn't wish to see these innocent soldiers sacrifice their lives for nothing because of Daemyn's pride and conceit.
"Brother Chen..." Behind him, Shinnie gave a shout when she saw him approaching them. He was so immersed and nearly forgotten about her for a second.
He wanted her to stay where she was to avoid danger initially, but on second thought, something unexpected might happen here, so it would be safer for her to stay with him. Therefore, he waved to her and said, "Shinnie, follow me. When we enter the village, remember to stick to me firmly and never wander away from me. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" She gave an earnest, heavy nod and followed closely behind him.
When Evelyn saw Fade and Shinnie coming from behind, she couldn't help sneering at them, "Didn't you say that it's perilous here? Why are the coward deserters here again? Are you here to flatter Daemyn after knowing his identity?"
Fade ignored her and looked around. When he found Jacques, he went directly to him.
"Mr. Chen, you're here!" Jacques' solemn face lit up entirely as he saw Fade, exclaiming in excitement.
He cut to the chase, "Jacques, what's going on? The day before yesterday, Daemyn said he would take action immediately. Why are we holding off until now?"
With a helpless expression on his face, Jacques explained in a low voice, "When Daemyn first arrived, he said he was too tired and wanted to have a rest. He ordered a lavish banquet and wine to eat in the camp."
"Then, it turned out he had drunk too much and slept for the whole day. He didn't wake up until yesterday afternoon. In the afternoon, he complained that he had a hangover, so he rested for the whole day. Thus, the plan was delayed until today."
After hearing this, Fade was speechless for a while. "Daemyn is out of his mind. Placing the responsibility of a hundred soldiers' safety and the success of this mission on this kind of unreliable person? What were the troops thinking?"
Jacques answered bitterly. "I don't have a say in this either. I'm just a small commander. This was an instruction from our superior leaders to cooperate with Daemyn and listen to his orders. That's all I can do!"
Fade heaved sighed as well. Then, he ordered Jacques, "Later when we enter the village, listen to my orders if there's any danger. Instruct the soldiers to retreat immediately. We cannot let them die in vain."
"But..." Jacques was still a bit worried.
"I'll take care of the mission. You don't have to worry," Fade said.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chen!" Jacques cried thankfully, his face full of gratitude.
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