THE REBIRTH OF A GENIUS. CREATOR/DESTROYER

Chapters 164. Speculations

Sam thought for a moment and asked the Duke.

"What test?"

"I'll give you an army battalion and during the war after the first eight months, you'll be tasked with defending the border town with that battalion. If you can do it. It is considered your victory.

If you lose. I'll still give you some points based on performance and you'll have to bury the axe with the General."

The Duke explained as he looked at Sam, as if he wanted to see it fully. But he can't do it.

Sam thought for a moment and said.

"I agree with the deal. But I have some conditions.

My team members in the camp will be given to my battalion.

My training methods and practices cannot be copied, hindered, or questioned.

I need access to the outside world without any restrictions. I will be authorized to bring my people with me."

"Agreed."

The Duke did not even think twice before agreeing.

Sam looked at the General with hostility and was about to leave. But the general stopped him.

"The problem with Jim."

"What makes you think I'd agree?"

"Sam, this is between me and you. Don't involve him."

"Then, you shouldn't have involved him in the first place."

"What do you want in return? Call it."

"Do you think you can buy me? Do you have enough value?"

Sam said these words and left the place. He was quite satisfied today. Not only had he returned to the Thunder wolf army, he had also fulfilled his hidden agenda.

That's right, Sam has a hidden agenda and it's fulfilled now.

Since the first day of the military camp, he had devised an elaborate plan to obtain two things from the Duke.

One of them is obviously points in military tests and the second is information.

Information about the competition and the people behind the scenes of this competition.

Ever since the Marquis said that Sam was now under the protection of someone and anyone who was not part of the candidate would be dealt with, if someone killed him, Sam became interested.

He was interested in people who could make the empire do their bidding. But it is not possible to get the necessary info from the authorities.

But would Sam just let it go? Not at all. So, he wanted to pry for information and gather whatever he could.

And this time, he wanted to gauge the importance of the candidate and the tolerance of imperial authority towards the candidate and not only that he also wanted to know the factors that could influence the importance placed on a particular candidate.

He felt that his conflict with the General was the perfect opportunity and actually proved to be one of the perfect opportunities.

At the moment, Sam's actions are arguably outrageous. Demanding a General to step down from his position, asking a noble to remove the status of his subordinate nobility, destroying the Starter's army, paralyzing the General's disciples and threatening a General and a Duke with the lives of innocent people.

Any action can be used to impose the death penalty.

Even if his identity as an expert in various professions would not help him much. Because, the Duke and General can downplay the situation because they have enough power and the problem will be ended by demanding an incredible amount from Sam as compensation in the best-case scenario.

If Sam himself were in Duke's place, he would slap the perpetrator to death and then would think of a way to cover it up.

But Duke didn't do it. There may be two reasons. Duke is too good of the most unlikely person and unreasonable reason and the second one is the most likely reason is, the people behind the scenes.

From what Sam could have guessed. The people behind the scenes seem to attach great importance to candidates. That can be observed from how the Duke did not want to kill Sam,

And the importance is also relative. This can be summed up by how Duke tried to create a test to stop Sam from taking immediate action and from the condition after winning, he could only come to the General after he was competent enough.

If it was a typical candidate, even if Duke could not kill him, he would at least use force to put him in his place.

But he didn't do it and Sam believes that it has something to do with his professional status.

That's why he thinks that interests are diverse. A Duke clearly knew better than a Marquis.

And from Duke's reaction, Sam guessed something.

First, the importance of a candidate can be influenced by his or her area of expertise. The candidates are tested in various ways.

There may be two reasons behind this. One is that the people behind the scenes need a potentially multi-skill youngster and the second is the emperor using this opportunity to find a bride for his daughter and son.

There is a high probability that both are correct and in both cases the addition of his professional expertise will give him a high chance of succeeding.

This led to a second speculation. Sam might have a chance to gain status and influential authority that could definitely take control of the Duke and the general. That was why the Duke proposed tests and conditions that would not affect the Southern star much except the General.

The third speculation is, the people behind the scenes are watching the candidates. Otherwise, why would the Duke be so careful. He could only finish Sam off and seal the news.

The people behind the scenes had a very low chance of learning it because few people knew about this meeting.

That meant Sam would definitely be marked by someone and any of his great movements might have been observed by them.

But from Sam's experience, he didn't feel the stares or people tracking him. And it would be rather difficult to follow Sam for every place because, he moved many times with the help of the shadow mouse.

So, the other party might have used some techniques to track him down. Sam has to think about this and he has to do it as soon as possible.

In his previous life, Sam spent half of his life under someone else's control. Now, he doesn't want to do it.

So, he had to figure out a way to find out how he was being watched.

He has a lot of secrets, after all.

After Sam left the palace, he was again escorted by the same officers back to the camp.

The general had a sad expression. He looked at his students who were also sluggish.

Then he looked at the Duke.

"I'll talk to the head of the Pharmaceutical tower. But I can't guarantee."

The general nodded his head and after hesitating he asked.

"Why would you propose such a test? What exactly happened to the competition? What exactly do they want?"

The Duke shook his head and said.

"The less you know, the better. But there's one thing I have to say to you. Sam must have been a seeded candidate by them and you should not mess with him. If I don't propose this test, Sam will carry a grudge and then the entire southern star will have to pay the price.

Why this particular competition.

The duke of our enemy kingdom sent an envoy. He wanted to hold a competition of young commanders in the border town.

He might try to accentuate his son in front of 'those people'. I was thinking of choosing someone, but I can only use this to deter Sam.

If Sam dies in this battle, there's no need to worry, but even if he wins, at least I have a chance to mend the grudges.

But then you will be in the most dangerous situation. I hope you understand that I don't have much choice here."

Said the Duke and fell silent.

The general understands this as well.

So, he fell silent.

The next day, two things happened. One was the head of the Pharmaceutical tower tower invited to Dinner at Duke Palace and the other was the announcement at the military base camp.

A battalion will be formed and Sam will be the battalion commander.

All soldiers from various regiments can apply for a spot. Otherwise, the soldiers would be randomly selected and would be assigned to the battalion.

There are three days to apply.

Sam doesn't care about the recruitment. All he knew, no one would apply and he had to choose his own candidate.

So, he did not care much and visited his estate.

There was no one on the estate at the moment and they were all busy with his business. Sam looked at the impact crystal excavation process and noted that there was not much progress.

Even if Kelly and Philip worked full-time, they might not have had any progress, let alone when they were busy.

So, Sam took out Yanwu, the panther, the blazing earth bull. All kinds of fire beasts he had with him and let them work on it.

Panther is Level 2. So, they could take the time to practice controlling the flames from the fire poison.

The Blazing Earth Bull stopped at the peak of Level 2 and it was difficult for them to grow beyond that.

Sam let them use their flames to clear the collision crystal under Yanwu's lead.

He had several other things to do and one of them was to find a method where he was being monitored. So, he took out the termite queen Zoi.