The General

Next day. Gor had few thousand Iron Guard soldiers march around near the dungeon area, making it look like they were preparing for war. Of course, it also served as a training for the soldiers. Discipline and order and morale are the three most important things in an army. Once the army loses any one of these, it will crumble and finally be defeated.

The sound of weapons clashing, clanging armors and marching over the next few days made the ??ssassin fear more. If they were to do as they said, then it was possible that his family and tribe being wiped out from existence. They have that kind of power to make it real. He should have never accepted this mission, it was all his fault.

On the fifth day, Saito visited the dungeon the ??ssassin was in with his group, Gor and a few soldiers.

The ??ssassin, he was miserable. He was at the corner of the cell, curled up like a ball and repeating the same thing over and over. "I shouldn't have done it! I shouldn't have done it! I shouldn't have done it!" The ??ssassin was repeating it.

Saito smiled. Just what he wanted. Herjar was also interested in the show Saito promised him an hour ago.

*clang* *clang*

"Oi, get up, we're going out for a hunt." Saito said with a wicked smile as he hit the cell bar. The ??ssassin snapped, again.

The guard sighed. It was the seventh time this guy snapped and every time he does, it was a pain to deal with.

"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING! PLEASE DON'T DO IT! I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH!" The ??ssassin begged Saito. It was a show indeed. Saito smirked at Herjar. Herjar just shrugged. He turned towards the ??ssassin again.

"N..... No... I.... I know... Who ordered the hit.....!" The ??ssassin shuttered. He was filled with fear. Not of death, but of Saito.

"Go on." Saito said.

"It's... It's... It's Yukvan... Yukvan Kingdom." The ??ssassin said.

Yukvan Kingdom. A medium sized Kingdom located in the central region of sub-race continent. Their military power is nothing to brag about, but their wealth is nothing to look down on. Yukvan Kingdom used to be a smaller Kingdom on the central region, but they suddenly had a huge economic surge and became a mid sized Kingdom. No one knows the reason for the sudden rise in their economy, but it was alarming. After that, many neighboring kingdoms eyed them so the king of Yukvan made a decision, he raised an army, a huge army.

Yukvan kingdom's military consisted of six thousand swordsmen, a thousand spearman, two thousand archers, eight hundred calvary and a few catapults. Nothing to be amazed off. But after their sudden rise, now their military consist of thirty thousand swordsmen, twenty thousand spearman, seventeen thousand archers, ten thousand calvary and few hundred trebuchet set in their capital. Their offensive power may not be that strong compared to others, but their defense is nothing to look down up on.

"Yukvan you say? Stop lying, we never had any encounter with them in the past, there is no way they would do something as stupid as this." Gor stated.

"Herjar?" Saito asked with a side long glance, hinting him to clear his doubts.

"Yukvan kingdom, not so strong in offense but they have a tight defense and their natural terrain makes invading them a nightmare." Herjar said emotionlessly. They weren't worth his attention. Even if they have a tight defense, only armies can't get in, not ??ssassins. To Herjar, he can kill everyone in their capital's castle before they could even finish saying "Jesus Christ what the fu??k?" thus they aren't worth his attention.

"What's your evaluation?" Saito asked. This is what he wanted to know. They can have the fu??k??n?? delta force for all he care, he just wanted to know if they were the type to send ??ssassins to kill others or not? That's what bugging him.

"Oh? Then it's without a doubt Yukvan who sent these ??ssassins." Saito said while looking at the ??ssassin, trying to decide what to do with him.

"Wha-? How do you say that? They have no reason to do this!" Gor said. Yukvan trying to start a war? Is this a joke? He did not believe it or more accurately, he did not want to believe it. Fighting Yukvan isn't something easy as picking an apple from a tree. If a war does break out, he is sure that the Iron Guard can push them back hard and with the Wyvern Riders Corps, it's a sure win. But they will suffer heavy causality on their side plus they will have to exhaust most of their fighting power which means their home will be less guarded, their military power will receive a huge hit. They will be open to invasions.

"What do you mean Saito? Why would Yukvan kingdom..... Wait, you don't mean.....?" Herjar finally realized.

"Yes, exactly what you think." Saito said as he looked at him from the corner of his eyes.

"What.... Do you mean?" Gor asked. His confusion can not be explained with simple words.

"Send this ??ssassin back." Saito said. Emotionlessly.

"What-!? What do you mean!? He's the only lead we ha-" Gor stopped before he could finish his sentence. Saito glared at him. His eyes, cold as abyss, dangerous.

Saito crouched down in front of the ??ssassin.

"Remember, the moment you leave the border, you should forget everything and live an honest life, if you don't, then don't blame me for being merciless, I'll always be watching you." Saito coldly stated. His voice was even more terrifying than the demon kings. It was like that of a demon Lord. He had never seen one and probably never will, he witnessed the existence of a being close to them.

"Master Saito........ What is this all about?" Gor was very confused, but he dared not talk back after witnessing the events that just unfolded itself just now.

Even Herjar was a bit surprised and shocked. That aura he just released. He may or may not be aware of it himself. But that aura, he can never forget it. It was the same aura he felt that day. The aura that even suffocated him. The Demon Lord.

The ??ssassin was taken away by the soldiers. Only Saito, Herjar and Gor was there.

"Master..... Saito...?" Gor called out timidly.

"You want to know why Yukvan sent ??ssassins?" Saito asked as without turning back to look at him.

*gulp*

"Yes..." Gor answered.

"Hydral." Saito said. That one word was enough to throw Gor's mind in chaos.

Throne hall.

"This is madness....." Rukkendi said with his hand massaging his forehead.

"No, this is politics." Saito said emotionlessly.