- Then we'll talk details when it's time to go back to Savoyardi. We still have things to do here! - Dukun sat down in his seat, - By the way, our charming Martha showed her face and came to see me the other day.
- What did she want?
- She liked your plan, Master. She asked for a squad to visit a certain mithril mine.
"Goat! And there's a profit to be made!"
That's not what was said out loud, of course.
- A woman's commendable zeal.
- That's right! Letting a woman in charge is completely stupid! But I don't want to refuse her either. She's a strong Magus. So why don't you go with her?
- Your Excellency! I'm just an observer!
- You'll be observing! Martha will be in charge. And you'll be with her. And it will be clear to everyone who's really in charge!
There was nothing to object to. Except to refuse in a harsh form, but I shouldn't have done that. So the vampire bowed and the mages began to discuss the details. Ten minutes later, a servant ran after Martha, and after a while the three of them discussed a plan to attack the nearest mine, the one where mithril was mined.
When the fortress of Zalon was founded in ancient times, it was to cover the silver mines to the north. Lunar silver was discovered later, and mithril was only discovered about two hundred years ago. So their target was far away. If you counted the journey there and back, the whole thing should have taken almost ten days.
But Martha insisted, the archmage was ready to do what the girl wanted, and the knight was the ultimate in the whole situation and just had to satisfy the desires of both of them.
Retiring to his room after the meeting, the first thing Alexander did was to collapse on the bed. The normative bed was already beginning to dream him. The vampire hugged his pillow for a while, and then with a sigh he got up and went out. He had to find out how things were going in the squad, and then visit the gendarmes in the forest.
The easiest part of the plan was to talk to the mercenary commanders. The warriors cheerfully reported that the detachment was in good order, there were no problems with the convicts, there were no sick men, and the soldiers were only interested in when it was planned to return back and end the siege.
Having assured everyone that the siege would continue for the time being and having informed about the soon avalanche increase in the number of convicts, Alexander listened to a few curses and left his brave soldiers scratching their heads and thinking about the future. He himself quietly went into the forest, saying that he needed to be alone.
Leonid met the triumvir with a smile and a full burden. Greedily sipping the offered blood, Alexander patted his face contentedly. The rebels sitting in Zalon were still steadily sending men to search for the missing artifact. Of course, one could be amazed that people kept banging their heads against the wall and expecting a different result than a broken skull, but it suited the vampires just fine.
And who would be unhappy with food appearing in the refrigerator by itself? So the vampires didn't analyze the correctness of their opponents' actions. They like losing people? That's fine! And we like eating them!
- Why are you so happy? - Alexander could see that Leonid was suspiciously happy, which was hard to expect from a man who had been living in the forest for over a month.
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