After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1258

The spies were also asked to monitor Fargo's movements. So far, they knew he was working with the Rongo Mercenary Team, which had attacked Alterra back then.

They also heard he became the leader's lover.

That alone made them have a small but mean-spirited celebration.

He had also tried recreating their weapons and only had minor success with the crossbow, but had major failures when it came to gunpowder.

Heh, that's what he got for being arrogant. Did he think things would still go his way as it always had back in Terran?

However, it seemed like he was no longer in the Territory. They surmised he had probably traveled on foot because his oaths probably would not allow him to use a war array.

Another thing they had to consider was where the Lord was during wars. Each Lord had a different strategy, but in most cases—they'd be in hiding. After all, one never knew when they'd get attacked and lose the token.

Most citizens wouldn't mind this. Rather, they also preferred this most of the time. Even if the territory didn't disintigrate after the Lord's death during wars, the internal battles for the token afterwards tended to be quite bloody.

The Token's detachment during was not widespread, but it wasn't exactly a secret either, especially not in places with a Post Office like Towns.

For one, there were people who spread it out during wars to cause chaos during wars, as what Baltimore tried to do with Alterra back then. There were only a few Lords like Baltimore who could take such risks, but—after many years—how could it not spread among the well-informed?

Hence, even before the territory had become a Town, Bentro—the Lord of Basset Town—would usually hide in the Warehouse during wars.

There were also dozens of loyal and oath-bound guards assigned the warehouse, on top of the guards already assigned there.

There were even high-level walls and sentries placed around the warehouse, making it appear like a large building with citadels around it.

Although not a requirement, the spies naturally aimed for the best case scenario: To take the token away from the current Lord, one way or another.

Destroying the warehouse would be too difficult, so the best way to get the token—or at least get rid of the Lord—was to stop him from getting inside the warehouse in the first place.

Only the sentries received specific instructions. During wars, it would attack anyone, who was not the lord or anyone oath-bound to him, approaching the Warehouse.

Bentro was a top level person himself at level 42 when he was only 60 years old. Eagle was only level 27 and Chris was level 26. Not to mention the man's guards, they simply could not do anything about it.

However, they wanted to insist on taking the token—by nook or by crook—but they'd need some advice from the Elders to do so.

These were all things they had reported to Alterra via the messenger birds a few days ago. Today, they received a reply. The two of them headed to their room and opened the voice blockers. They also used Terran language in the small chance of someone spying in the walls and could do lip-reading.

"What did the letter say?" Eagle asked Chris, who had just received the letter through various inconspicuous methods.

"It's from Captain," he said, and the two went to read the instructions together.

'The Elders commend you for the diligence and resourcefulness in gathering the information.

However, we disagree with the plan you proposed. While taking away the Lord Token and/or killing the Lord would indeed be convenient for Alterra, it is not a requirement for winning the war.

To win, Alterra simply has to defend against the forces that comes our way. We have the resources to achieve that without having to sacrifice anyone from your side.

What the Elders had decided you can do—provided that it would not cause any of you harm—is to find a way to entice the nobles to fight for and obtain the token from Bentro.

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