
Hearing Anrateon's decision, Yovan immediately shouted loudly "I understand, chief! I'll tell the rest of the squad to get ready".
Anrateon nodded "Go! We will attack them as soon as possible! If we wait until next week before attacking, the enemy will be ready for our attack. I'm sure the people from the Red Sword Bandits definitely never thought we would dare to directly attack them today. Therefore, let's surprise them with our courage. Although it was not enough to defeat them, it could at least give them more losses by using surprise attacks".
"Understanding!", cried Yovan who rushed away from here as quickly as possible, she understood how important the matter was this time.
After Yovan left, Anrateon took his sword in the corner of the room and walked away from his residence, moving towards the training ground where the soldiers should have gathered.
At first Anrateon's plan today was to check the group's finances as well as food supplies, but due to the arrival of the letter from the Red Bandit Group then he changed his mind. After all against the attacks of the Red Bandits, their group of bandits would most likely be destroyed. Therefore, there is no point in thinking about food supplies or group finances.
"In addition, I need to send a letter to master! Although it is most likely that a new letter came to you after I died, at least you need to know that I am no more", Anrateon muttered as he walked "I am curious, will you be angry when you find out that I decided to die without permission first?".
Anrateon shook his head and threw away all the doubts he had, understanding that he was reporting to Myro first and waiting for his decision on what action he should take, Myro must have refused to let them die but instead used other plans such as making them escape or hiding first. There was even a chance that Myro would make them hide in the Late City, although it might endanger Myro himself because if Anrateon and his bandit group were hiding in the final city, the Red Bandit group must have hunted them all the way there though.
So Myro and his army would take part in a risky fight against the Red Sword Bandits, Anrateon had no interest in making Myro risk such a death.
As he got closer from the field, a bandit who was supposed to be patrolling at the front of the headquarters gate walked up to Anrateon.
He saluted Anrateon before saying "Master, there are troops approaching this direction! Based on the reports we received from the reconnaissance troops, the approaching troops belonged to Lord Myro!".
Anrateon was surprised, he did not understand why Myro suddenly came here, even he had thought the soldier who reported was lying because according to what he knew, The Final City will be rebuilt which will certainly take months. For that reason, Myro should have stayed there as well until the city was completed. But Myro turned out to come here, leaving the city built so Anrateon was a little incredulous.
The problem was that the soldiers who reported were the 400 elite troops who had followed him from the beginning, they were all loyal troops that made Anrateon believe this was neither a trick nor a trap. In addition, they had also met Myro so it was impossible for them to mistakenly recognize him.
Under curiosity, Anrateon said quickly "Let's go ahead to welcome the master's arrival!".
Without waiting for the soldier's reply, Anrateon rushed towards the front gate of the headquarters first, he was worried about making Myro wait.
As he approached the front gate, Anrateon found that there were quite a number of people gathered there.
Myro waved his hand "No problem, your headquarters is indeed in a fairly hidden location, but you have already notified its location before we leave for the End City so that we do not need you as a guide".
"Sir, why did you suddenly come here? Shouldn't you be busy rebuilding the City of End? If there is a problem with the construction of the city, sir can tell me. I definitely did my best to help" Anrateon said firmly. Although he and his group were in a state of life and death due to the threat of the Red Sword Bandits, he still prioritized the interests of Myro first.
Facing Anrateon's question, Myro waved his hand "Not that, the construction of the Final City went smoothly without any problems, you don't have to worry. I came here because I happened to have to pass through these mountains, so I decided to come here for a while so that my troops can rest for 1 night and check your situation here. What about you guys here? Has there been any progress towards training new bandits and expanding your group's strength?".
Hearing Myro's question, Anrateon hesitated for a while before finally sighing "I'm actually embarrassed to report this matter to master, but I can't lie to master either. Anrateon is prepared to accept any punishment for failing to perform the task you have given me".
Myro was slightly surprised at Anrateon's reply "Why? Is the time I give you too short?".
"The time you have given us is enough for you, but our group is facing another problem, the Red Sword Bandits", Anrateon began to recount the problems they had encountered to Myro starting from other bandit groups that often obstructed them as well as the threatening letter he had just received.
Slowly Myro's face turned cold, after all Anrateon and the others were Myro people, how could he be happy to hear that they were being threatened to be killed?
"Charles, according to the information we have received, how much longer until winter in the barbarian region occurs?", asked Myro.
Charles thought briefly and answered "Prince, based on the information that the Welvaart Chamber of Commerce has given us, 2 weeks until winter arrives. The problem was that the barbarians would be gathering food before winter arrived, therefore the time of their invasion of Atrof Province was most likely next week".
"That means I have a week, I think that's enough" said Myro, who immediately made the troops "Tell the whole army that we'll rest here for a few days, since the group of Red Sword bandits as well as the others dared to try to eat my bandit group, they should be prepared to accept the consequences".
"Good!", replied everyone around firmly.
Despite the sudden change of plans, no one objected to their decision because they knew how important the Anrateon bandits were to attack the barbarians.
For that reason, this time everyone agreed to Myro's decision, even Kanson who often objected even though he agreed.