Fredrinn Firecrown: The Weakest Villain

Chapter 146: Spy

Just like that, three days passed in an instant.

The day of the mission finally arrived.

Fredrinn led the Mad Bear Corps to the Green Lake Valley. Their numbers totaled at about fifty-two thousand including Kris Vone's newly assembled troops. With this number, it was no longer appropriate to call them a corps, but Fredrinn was still not a General so they couldn't be called an army either.

After the reorganization, the Mad Bear Corps now had ten divisions with each division having five thousand soldiers.

To prevent Kris Vone from causing trouble, Fredrinn divided his ten thousand soldiers and sent them into different divisions. Surprisingly, Kris Vone didn't give much of a reaction to his decision.

During the reorganization, Fredrinn also discovered one more suspicious individual under Kris Vone. It was another guy at the 10th Layer of the Nascent Soul realm, making him the third at that level including Kris Vone and Bryan Roy. With this discovery, Fredrinn realized that Kris Vone might be plotting to eliminate him during the mission together with those two other guys.

The Mad Bear Corps traveled for five days before they finally caught a glimpse of the valley.

"Let's set up camp here." Fredrinn issued a command.

Everyone immediately set up camp and erected some defenses in case of enemy attack.

"Sir, should I send a team to scout the valley?" Ullyses probed.

They didn't encounter an enemy scout during their march which made him feel uneasy. As a veteran soldier, he felt that there was something wrong with the path ahead.

"There's no need for that." Fredrinn shook his head.

In truth, Fredrinn had also noticed the unusual peace in the area. Knowing that an enemy was waiting for them,  he was expecting to encounter some of their scouts, but they didn't find anyone.

Fredrinn put two fingers on his mouth and made a unique whistling sound akin to a bird's cry.

A moment later, two birds appeared and circled above them, emitting screeching noises as if answering his call. These two were the Soaring Red-eyed Eagles that he purchased from the Fate Shop a few months ago. After consuming a lot of resources, they transformed into giant magical aerial beasts.

As for their cultivation, Fredrinn managed to elevate their strength to the 10th layer of the Qi Gathering stage. Just one more step and they would advance to the Foundation Establishment realm.

A few days ago, he sent these two to scout the path in advance. However, after three days of aerial observation, they didn't report anything.

"Have you guys found the enemies?" Fredrinn communicated with the birds. The two eagles didn't know how to speak the human tongue, but Fredrinn could understand them through the spiritual connection they shared.

The two eagles descended.

Fredrinn alerted the troops and instructed them not to attack the eagles.

Looking at him petting the two magical beasts, the soldiers realized that they must be his pets.

The eagles made cawing sounds.

Fredrinn narrowed his eyes after hearing the eagles' message.

It turned out that the enemies had changed location!

The valley was sandwiched by two large hills. According to the intel they got from Commander Galleon, the enemy had set up camp on one of the hills. The other hill was left with only a thousand soldiers to act as a distraction. However, the eagles told him something different from the information he had.

Both hills had five thousand cavalry soldiers waiting in ambush, while the remaining forty thousand soldiers were quietly hidden beneath the hills.

It was impossible to see them on land because of the tall grass fields. The spiritual perception of the Nascent Soul martial practitioners also failed to detect them. Fredrinn guessed that they possessed an array formation that blocked their presence. This gave the enemy the chance to set up this trap.

It was a well-planned trap, but it was impossible to set this up without enough preparation and knowledge of the Mad Bear Corps movements.

Thinking about this, Fredrinn's expression darkened. 'There was a spy among his troops!'

In the past few days, he was occupied with training them so he didn't have the time to check the soldiers one by one. It was a miscalculation on his part.

The first person he suspected was Kris Vone. He was the most suspicious considering their past alterations, but he didn't have any proof.

While Fredrinn was deep in his thoughts, someone suddenly approached him.

"Corps Commander, why don't we sneak up on the enemy camp while they are still unaware of our presence?" It was Kris Vone.

His suggestion increased Fredrinn's suspicions.

Fredrinn sneered in his mind. "No!" He shook his head.

"Once we go through the grass fields, the enemy scouts will immediately discover us. They have a higher vantage point so it's easy for them to notice our movements." Fredrinn explained.

Ullyses who was quietly standing behind him, nodded in agreement.

Kris Vone furrowed his eyebrows. 'This guy is so cautious. Did his birds discover something?' To eliminate Fredrinn, he even decided to send information about the Mad Bear Corps' movements to the enemies.

He planned to make the Mad Bear Corps and the enemy clash. When Fredrinn would be occupied in battle, he would then assassinate Fredrinn together with the two experts sent by the Evergreen Supreme Household.

Fredrinn noticed the slight fluctuation in his eyes so he used the favorability meter function.

[Kris Vone] Favorability: -1 (Hostile)

Seeing this, Fredrinn became certain that this guy was the spy! He almost grabbed his guandao out of anger, but he held himself back. Kris Vone was still unaware that he had already seen through his schemes.

"We can't stay out in the open for long, sir. They might discover us soon and we will lose our chance to catch them unprepared. Please reconsider your decision." Kris Vone didn't give up immediately.

Fredrinn laughed coldly in his heart. This guy was really good at playing innocent. If it was someone else, they might have already fallen into his trap.

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"Don't worry, Sir Kris Vone. We will attack the enemy camp tomorrow evening. We will make use of the night to ambush them." Fredrinn muttered. A plan was slowly formed in his mind.

Hearing this, Kris Vone furrowed his eyebrows as if he were against the idea.

'Then I will let you live for another day. Tomorrow, I will have your head!' Kris Vone thought as he concealed his true thoughts.

He wasn't aware that Fredrinn was already two steps ahead of him.