God of Tricksters

Akbar lowered his head for a moment before saying, “As long as I get help from the beggar association, controlling the information is easy. As for the military itself… I’m not very sure. We can try to threaten them, but if we don’t know who is the spy and who is not, then our reach is limited.”

“Hmm…” Rea was contemplating while Agata tried to suggest a different thing. “How about using those five commanders and spreading their influence? As for the stand-in commanders who are focusing on individual regions, how about letting the organization in charge of that area lead them?

“At the end of the day, we will be relying on their experts as well. So, the military is to bolster their number and supervise their actions while the organizations handle the rest.

“With this, we don’t need a lot of military commanders since the spies are high ranking people.”

Akbar agreed with the suggestion, but he had to confirm something. “Still, I don’t think it’s enough to rely on individual organizations.”

“That’s where the Griffith Family comes in.”

“Ah!” Akbar finally understood Agata’s plan. She wanted to spread a web that covered the entire base. With the people from the military and organizations taking care of the border, they could create an information network with the help of Akbar and the beggar. And to make sure everyone worked together, the Griffith Family would supervise them.

This way, they didn’t need a lot of military commanders since the organizations would have their chief planners as well. And if they didn’t have one, they could simply follow the big plan from Agata and Rea.𝒐𝚟𝒍xt.𝑐𝗈𝕞

“It’s possible.” Akbar nodded in agreement. “Let’s go with that. Who will handle the negotiation with the beggar association?”

“I’ll take care of it.” Rea raised her hand.

“Good.” Agata smiled. One problem had been solved, so she continued to the next problem. “Then, how should we split our group, especially Felix, Ruth, Rea, and Ava? You four are Transcendent Level Experts, so your strength will be needed greatly in this battle.”

“Since Felix is our leader, he should remain in the headquarters. He will be deployed when the situation has turned for the worst.” Rea pointed at herself. “On the other hand, I think it’s possible for me to spread my defense area. Although I’m not as good as you or my teacher, I still can employ a few tactics and tricks.”

“In that case, there are a total of six Transcendent Level Experts that could be deployed, three from us and three from the base. We should form a hexagram with each point being controlled by a Transcendent Level Expert,” added Agata.

“That’s good. Since we’re facing those people from the north, how about I take the northeast point?” Rea asked. Since they were from Canada, they believed most of the attacks would happen in the northern part of the base.

Of course, they couldn’t deny the possibility of the enemies looping around the base to hit them from behind, so they would put less important people but still strong enough to handle the threat.

Hence, Agata glanced at Ava, asking, “Can you handle the northwest, Ava?”

Ava, who was watching the entire meeting quietly all the time, was startled since she thought she would just get a less important role due to her being a monster.

Though, Ava also had a weakness that she had acknowledged herself. “I can work together with Theo, but most of the plans come from him. So, I’m afraid I can’t handle everything myself. And they surely won’t listen to a creature like me.”

Agata pointed at Ergene. “Ergene will be helping you.”

Ergene was blessed by a general, so her ability to command the troops was above average. It was a good suggestion to put Ava and Ergene together since one could be the strength while the other could be the brain.

Ava and Ergene exchanged looks as if asking each other, “What do you think?”

They ended up nodding at the same time. “Alright. We’ll go according to your arrangement.”

“Then, I shall take the east point.” Ruth was the last one, so she just grabbed one of the less important points.

And no one objected to her decision. There was only one problem. They were confused as to who to put in the opposite direction.

They had two candidates, the Great Mage and the King of Fighters. The King of Fighters had a grudge against Theo and the red slime. They might be able to take advantage of that hatred, but his action was a bit unpredictable with all that hatred. The only one who could control him was probably Theo, but the latter wasn’t in the base.

And this information couldn’t be spread even to the ally since the spy could use it to inform the enemies where they could launch an all-out attack.

Though, Agata had another question. “Still, I’m a bit confused about this attack. The slime surely has the army to decimate us, but why is he not attacking us right away?”

The instant the question was thrown, the room became silent as they didn’t have a concrete answer. In this world, Theo might be the only one to have that answer.

Of course, Ava also had some clues after following the Lightning Saint for a while.

“I heard my teacher saying something like, ‘If one looks at the history, there will always be an event that wipes the planet’s population like a great reset. It annihilates everything and creates everything anew.’ I think Theo has the same opinion.”

“…” Agata looked down. As his fiancee, she obviously had heard about the great reset.

Still, she didn’t understand the great reset. Only Theo knew that the great reset would happen when the slime reached the singularity rank.

And due to Theo speeding up the process, the slime couldn’t launch an all-out attack. It was waiting for the time when it could reach the singularity rank before wiping up the planet.

That was why the slime hadn’t launched an all-out attack yet.