The Goddess Made A Mistake Again - Chapter 376: 376 - Success and Sharks

Chapter 376: Chapter 376 – Success and Sharks

The plan went smoothly.

The five bandits were separated from each other and sent to different routes to show the next base’s clear path was a success. All the different routes at the end eventually led to one path and that path led straight to the next closest base.

Sure, we were worried for only sending a single officer with each bandit but they had armor, weapons and rings while the bandits were tied and only given little freedom to move. So if they tried to escape, they better have a good enough plan to kill the officer and escape.

But after three hours of waiting in a ground where its stench only seems to worsen as time went, we finally saw sight of the first team. Then a few minutes later one more, a good thirty minutes later another and finally the last two came together as they took the longest route and met each other at the end.

While I stood grinning under my armor, I gave a pat to Calvin who suddenly felt the air knock out of him, “Told you.”

Calvin only smiled and went to hear the reports. Just as I said, all of the teams took different route but at one point, they all collided into one route that was the safest and good enough to take the soldiers without getting ambushed.

Calvin smiled as he gobbled down a large glass of beer, “Shit! That tastes good!”

He was in a jolly mood over having the crazy gamble work. Right now, he and the other officers who took my side celebrated while Lucian and the others murmured weak words while giving us smiles.

“To think your idea actually worked!” Calvin smiled and in his slight drunkenness gave me a rough pat in the back. He forgot that I was still wearing my armor and his hand was the one that got hurt.

“Argh, that stung!” Calvin flayed his arms a bit before looking at my armor awkwardly “Why are you still wearing your armor?”

“I thought we would start leaving immediately after getting information, so that’s why I didn’t change.” I say.

“You’re proactive. That’s good, you would definitely make a good fighter one day.” Calvin said, kinda forgetting what I did today.”

Then he started thinking, “You are right though, we got our next mission and we should start prepping for it.”

The officers all heard that and looked at Calvin, “Do we tell the soldiers then?”

Calvin shook his head, “No no, don’t ruin the fun.”

“We just achieved total victory on our first fight and the soldiers are having fun while moral is high. Stopping it like that would cause moral to stagger, let them have some fun. We still have a lot of time.”

“The next base is only three hours away. We will rest for two hours, have lunch and we’ll start to leave after a small break, alright?” Calvin told them.

“That sounds good, sir.”

“Yes, the soldiers would be all be appreciative of it.”

“Okay, you guys have fun. Meanwhile, I’m gonna take a nap.” Calvin stood up and went to the main bed of the bandit leader’s. His steps staggering to his destination.

Now with Calvin gone, I was left with the other officers.

The Sharks.

Finally having their chance, they jump on me.

Thɪѕ 𝙘hⱥp†𝓮r 𝒾𝘴 p𝟬𝗌†ꬲԀ bƴ 𝖪𝙞ƚ𝙚𝕟𝖔𝘷𝖾𝓁

“Mr. Tax, how is your academic life going? I heard that you’re quite the famous person now a day.” A Lieutenant said, “You know, I have a daughter the same age as you, I can let you meet her.”

“Well, I also have a daughter.” Another Lieutenant said, “And mine’s a year older and people call her to be a beautiful maiden. She could help you out with your studies.”

“Forget about the academy, he came out here not to talk about studies and that.” Another same rank said, trying to seem better than the others, “But I hear that you’re making a lot of good business decisions lately and that you also have some pull in the political world. If you want, I can definitely help with some sponsor or other things.”

The Staff Sergeants and others who were a bit more self-conscious didn’t know what to do. They weren’t as experienced as their seniors, yet also didn’t want to be left out of the fun.

Every single one of this people wanted the same three things.

Money, Power and Women.

While they certainly had all three, humans were never a species that were satisfied with having their quota. They always wanted more and even after getting it, their hunger only seems to get bigger by time.

Lucian knew of this and yet this was the first time he had seen everyone look so… sickening. He couldn’t believe these were the people he called his brothers.

He understood that if it was called for, they would definitely kick him under the bus to preserve a nice seat beside some powerful people.

Meanwhile I was just taking in all their words. It was exhausting to get hauled at like this, but information and connection were very important, I would be stupid to let go of this connection.

Who knows when a lieutenant could come in handy for me?

Maybe one day, I just wanted to take care of a certain castle guard and needed someone disposable? These people may need me more than I need them but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have a few hidden cards under my sleeve.

…

At the designated time to leave, everything was prepared exactly as told.

The Soldiers got ready with their weapon ready once more for action. The officers cleaned their armor and prepared their shields to defend themselves at crucial moments.

Calvin got up on his horse as he pulled out his sword and pointed it up in the sky, “Is everyone ready?”

“Yes, sir!” They all answer him.

“This morning we journey on our first quest to peace and justice. We may have lost some of our brave brothers but be well knowing they died honorably.”

“And now we will go on our next quest! This one far difficult then our previous one… tell me brothers, are you afraid?”

“No!”

“Will you lose your life by those dirty hands that grope innocent women?”

“No!”

“Will you let them kill others anymore?”

“No!”

“Then will you kill them for me? For your families? For the Religias House?!”

“YES!”

The soldiers all chanted loudly while tapping their foots on the ground.

“Religias!”

“Religias!”

“Religias!”

Hearing them chant so loudly, I thought of something.

‘The enemy base wouldn’t hear our loud chant, right?’

With uncertainty, I followed behind Calvin and the lieutenants on towards the next base. We went with the designated route pointed by the bandits and found no trap or sentries on our way.

On the way to the base, a lot of officers gathered around me to talk. But their talks were quickly thwarted when they saw the glare Calvin gave them.

He nodded to me as I came closer and started talking with him.

Calvin wasn’t like the others. He was quite satisfied with his current position.

So we only chatted for a bit and he even gave me permission to join the fight with him.

By three hours, we came towards the base that was hidden behind a mid-level forestry and good defense. But the five bandits had told us all the information we needed for this attack.

With me in the fight, it didn’t take much before this base fell too.