Chapitre 973: The Verna Army - Part 5

To their left, Captain Hawthorn stood up, and grunted, apparently having seen enough. General Karstly changed his tone to something a degree more cheerful and acknowledged his departure. "Oh, have you seen enough, Captain?"

"I have, thank you, General," he said gruffly.

"There weren't too many men for your liking?" The General asked. It seemed innocent enough, but given the conversation that they were just having, Oliver thought it to be a probing line.

"That many men is always going to be impossible to count," the Captain replied. "My job is simply to cut through what you tell me to, General. Now that I have seen my foe, my purpose remains the same."

It was with a great effort that the General tried to make himself look nonreactive, but he couldn't quash his pleased look entirely.

"Very good, Ser. A valuable trait for a soldier," the General said. "Whoever else is next? Hawthorn has made room for you."