RISE OF EROS

Chapter 295: CHAPTER 294

Ignorant of Richard and Donald's thoughts, Andrew returned to Dunnas Palace, as the deadline that had been imposed for the inauguration and opening for business of that pleasure house would soon be met.

Sonia had completed her job perfectly and the courtiers were now manly-looking men both outside and in bed. Obviously, in a single month of training, they couldn't do everything Sonia had planned, but at least now they were no longer shy and had good experience with sex.

She did warn Andrew that, although the courtiers would not have major problems when carrying out their duties, this referred to the normal clients, because if a woman with high demands came, most likely these men would fall short in satisfying their needs in the service.

Although this caused some concern, Andrew let it go, because he was sure that no one could have done a better job than Sonia did and also because, in the immediate future, he did not expect to receive any client with these specifications.

The women with high demands that Sonia mentioned are generally wealthy and of a certain status, that is, possibly nobles, for this reason, Andrew was not worried, because being a new pleasure house, he did not expect to receive this type of clients immediately.

While Andrew and the others finalized the details for the inauguration of Dunnas Palace, on the border of the Cannaris empire and the kingdom of Tripia the battle intensified.

Although, at first, pitched battles were fought with large armies, little by little things calmed down and they focused more on tactics, which meant, sending small groups of elite warriors to deliver accurate blows to the enemy.

This was quite normal in this type of war, because otherwise, it didn't matter who won, the losses would be too many. While 10,000 normal soldiers were not equivalent to an expert, losing so much combat strength, no matter how simple it was, was painful.

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For this reason, they preferred to focus on special and accurate attacks with elite units. Obviously, if one of the armies had taken advantage in the first confrontations, they would have simply attacked, but since the battle was quite even, they began to carry out these tactics.

Regardless of this, many lives were still lost in both armies. It is estimated that between the two armies, nearly 15,000 people died. Thanks to the preparations made by the Cannaris empire, the provisions of its soldiers were abundant, but in the army of Tripia, the situation was not so good.

Belenio again, had let himself be carried away by pride and did not make adequate preparations, because he thought that his army would cut through the enemy army like a hot knife through butter and that mistake was costing him dearly.

This is not to mention that Demon and his men had burned several food warehouses they had in the capital, which created a food shortage. Faced with this situation, he had met with his advisors to discuss countermeasures.

Dulma who watched from the shadows as the protector of the kingdom had a bitter expression, as he listened to the discussion. He had opposed this war from the beginning, but Belenio never listened to him and had told him that he had a hidden card, but so far, he had not seen it.

To him, Belenio was no different than an idiot who was too full of himself. If before he was worried about suffering defeat at the hands of the Cannaris empire, now he was worried about the kingdom of Tripia disappearing like the small kingdom of Nufa to which Oliver belonged.

Suddenly, he heard the comment of one of the ministers that made him snap out of his thoughts, "My king, why don't we just attack the enemy supplies? In this way, we would give them a strong blow and in the process solve the problem of supplies."

With this proposal, everyone gasped with excitement, because they thought it was a great idea, but only Dulma, who saw and heard everything from the shadows, wrinkled his eyebrows, because in his opinion, although it was a good idea, the problem was how to carry it out.

It is common sense that supplies in a war are of great importance, therefore, they will be protected by strong warriors and will move through unconventional routes that allow any mishap to be avoided.

Dulma was increasingly nervous as he listened to them because he did not understand how the senior officials of his beloved kingdom had become so stupid, but then Belenio spoke, "That's a good idea, I'll send an elite group of Zeros."

At the mention of this group, everyone responded strangely, including Dulma, because they did not know this group. They all knew that the kingdom of Tripia had a group of agents called "Numbers", who were the equivalent of "Hell" in the empire of Cannaris. It was these "Numbers" who carried out the attacks in the capital a while ago, but they didn't know that there was a unit called "Zeros".

Seeing the confused expression on his ministers, Belenio smirked and said, "Zeros is an elite group under my command. You don't have to worry even number 1 is inferior to the weakest of them."

Again a gasp of astonishment echoed in the room and Dulma was no exception, but it immediately occurred to him that Belenio had told him that he had a hidden card and that must be it.

This relieved him a little because it seemed that Belenio was not as stupid as he thought, and although he did not know this group, that very fact demonstrated its strength. Dulma is the most powerful expert in the Tripia kingdom and if even he didn't know this group, they had to be extraordinary.

After that, they discussed some other issues of the war and the group of ministers retired, leaving Belenio alone. Dulma was planning to appear in front of him to ask him about the group he had mentioned, but at that moment he heard Belenio say, "01" and a hooded man appeared from the shadows.

Dulma was surprised because he had not been able to detect this man. That made him alert because although the man did not seem more powerful than him, the mere fact that he could escape his detection was alarming.

The hooded man was covered from head to toe with a black cloak and it was impossible to identify him, but Belenio did not seem nervous in front of him and said, "You were listening, right? You already know what to do".

Unexpectedly, the hooded man did not leave or respond, causing Belenio and Dulma to wrinkle their eyebrows in confusion. Dulma thought that this man was not trustworthy and he intended to appear and detain him, but then the hooded man spoke, "Do you know that you have an observer?"

Dulma jumped with fright because it was obvious that the hooded man had discovered him. Every second Dulma was more nervous because not only he could not sense the presence of this visitor, but that man had found him easily.

Doubts invaded him, but like an experienced warrior, he quickly calmed down and appeared in front of the hooded man. Belenio was not surprised by Dulma's appearance, because he thought he was close to him, but avoiding problems he said, "Don't worry about him."

The one called 01 nodded and disappeared again. Dulma tried to look at how the hook man disappeared, but he didn't find the answer and then he turned to look at Belenio and asked, "Are they trustworthy?"

Belenio wrinkled his eyebrows in clear displeasure, "Do you think I would let them into a meeting of this level if they weren't?" He didn't wait for Dulma to speak again and left.

Dulma was still worried because he did not trust these so-called Zeros, but since Belenio did not want to tell him, he just sighed in resignation and muttered, "I hope so," to himself, and disappeared.

It turns out that this group called Zeros was not really a team created by Belenio, but rather an independent organization of assassins and they only did jobs for money.

They had approached Belenio to offer their services and upon seeing their abilities Belenio purchased their services. Although self-centered, Belenio was not as stupid as he seemed and he suspected them at first, but as they completed all the jobs he entrusted to them, little by little he lost this distrust.

He now believed that this group was part of his military forces, but no one knew the truth. While all these plots and intrigues were taking place, the Palace of Dunnas opened its doors for business.

Andrew wanted to do a little publicity, but in the end, it was not necessary, because his parade with more than 20 men when he bought them was enough and the first night he received a good influx of clients.

Most were not wealthy women, but with enough to pay for the services of the courtiers. Andrew personally supervised the opening night, as there could be no problem that day.

However, he was surprised when he saw Yuri enter. Seeing her, Andrew couldn't help but frown, because he didn't expect that the girl who had been calm all this time would show up that day.

Despite his distrust of her, he approached and cordially welcomed her, "A pleasure to welcome you, Miss Yuri." She obviously sensed Andrew's caution towards her, but with her experience, she smiled and replied, "Thank you for the warm welcome."

"Are you coming to receive our services?" Andrew continued and she responded, "Well, I want to see what you can offer." They looked at each other with fake smiles and seeing that he couldn't read her intentions, Andrew gave her a small bow saying, "I hope you enjoy," and left.