The Grand Magician's Baptism (Third Update, Bonus Chapter 3/54)
Bloody Mary was extolling Liszt's terrifying prowess to Crimson Peggy, while Liszt stood in the bathing room, looking over the Smoke mission. Bathing took only five minutes; he was mostly thinking.
Thinking about the vampire incident, thinking about the Pioneer Order war.
And thinking about the new mission.
"Mission: It is not only bats that move in the dark night. There are also quite a few rats mixed in among the knight orders setting out for war. Perhaps they are about to reveal Roaring River Estuary's battle intentions. Please crush the Grand Magician's baptism at the port. Reward: a hand-drawn map of ruins."
That was the content of the new mission. The reward, a hand-drawn map of ruins, could be set aside for now. What he was considering was the information revealed by the mission itself.
"Rats?"
"So the Sapphire Grand Duchy's plan to focus its assault on Roaring River Estuary will be uncovered?" He could not help frowning. "The plan was only finalized at the meeting this afternoon. Even if the rats learned the direction of attack, it would be difficult for them to deliver the news in time... unless they boarded fast sailing ships and reached Roaring River Estuary a day ahead of the ordinary fleet."
The Sapphire Grand Duchy never disclosed its direction of attack in advance during a Pioneer Order war.
It was only on the eve of the offensive that the Grand Duke personally gave the order.
This greatly reduced the possibility of Eagle Kingdom rats obtaining the battle plans. After all, launching an attack by sea was different from attacking over land. No matter how fast the rats could run, they still had to take ships. And when it came to ships, the Grand Duke's