Larve was in a daze for a moment if any one told him a few months ago that he will be serving a Human baron or at least a close one and he will be in the inner circle and above all he will be treated with respect he would have cursed him until the end of time but here he is doing just that.
He adjusted himself and said :' thank you lord for this opportunity from the information we gathered of the people who first stumbled on the ruin first the enemy are mostly made of wolf like creature with few testmonies describing humoniod ones second with time the numbres of this creature keep groing at first the were juste à few now the attaché by the hundred and the are becoming more organised and more tactil in their deploiement of their units as you have seen earlier my lord and finale from the reconnaissance team we have said earlier the caverne tunnel is wide enough to accomadate tewenty man walking shoulder to shoulder give or take some as for what await us at the entrance of the ruins the trams couldnt get too close as the location was highly guarded by the demonic creature's that's all my lord '.
Everyone was pondering the information that they just got from the looks of this expedition won't be a picnic walk like they thought it will be but even then it could be seen in their eyes that only made them think that gains from this opportunity will be equally high as they their is no gain without pain .
Then jack the seconde grad mage took the word and said :' the description of the shaman coincide with what that senior from the order has left in his note the only information that I could add is that only first grade can entre the inheritance land any one higher the defence formation will activate and that he felt a sinister energy escaping through the gapes in the seal as for its nature i am ninety percent sure is a demonic energy coming from there as for its grade he said that it's belowe seconde grade but nearing close and it probably what caused this creature to change over time and became demonised '.
Then Clark who has usually didn't like to mingle with the goblins and any creature like them but this time he took the initiative to speak:'thank you larve for your briefing as for how to use this information I suggest firet lord to give the man a two hours rest then start the marsh in the cavern with a width of ten men to give the legionnaire space to manoeuvre and easily reiforce thise who are attacked second send word back to stonehenge to ask for reinforcement at least three cohort one to guard the entrance and the others to joins us inside to avoid any mishaps'.
After hearing this Damien looked toward Crowley who said :' I am of the same opinion as Clark except I think we should wait until the reinforcement to arrive then launch the expedition'.
After that he looked towards jean and his party who said:' we Don't have a particular opinion about this we follow your lead baron'.
Then Damien asked :' May I know why shouldn't wait for the reinforcement before Starting the expedition?'.
Clark like he was waiting for this question he said :' from what larve mentioned the enemy need time to breed these demonised creature so every minute we spend here it mean more time for the enemy to get stronger so if we deprave them of even a miniscule ability to reorganise and restore their numbers my lord'.
Everyone after hearing this were noding and smiling like they are agreeing with this analysis as for Damien he thought that the more they delay the risquier this operation become so while this manoeuvre is not the safest is the best under this circumstances at worst they will use the goblins as canon fodder to save his legionnaires thus he gave the signal to proced with this plan .
Then he turned to jean and his companions and said :'we will depart In two hours if their is anything you need do it know so we Don't delay our departure '.
Jean answered:' we will just need a place to medidate and relaxed if possible '.
Hearing this Damien said to clark:' assigned to them a tent or more like mine ⛺️ and provide anything they need that is available in the camp and make sure the camp is ready to march '.
Clark :' yes lord please follow me'.
With the party followed Clark and larve thus leaving Damien with Crowley alone.
After a minute or two of silence 🔕 Damien asked :' what do you think of them and what they said is true?'.
Looking at his young master who seems to be improving by the day nothing like he used to be beforing drinking that drop of primordial blood some he thinks that may have changed his personality or that he is an entire different persone as for why he didn't try to verify if its the case this situation for the bettre at leastbhe wouldn't disgrace the master take the meeting that just happened previously he would have caused a scene or at best acted like a buffon as for what he think about those guys from the order or academy.
He sight and said :' I think young master you have let them join easily and they are probably hiding more than they are showing as for their real purpose its one of these things a treasure weapon some heaven defying pill or a long lost spirt herb or the original cultivation technique of the steel order it may even be the entire inheritance if its just an inheritance land at all after all we will only know what's is only when you pass from the gate in my opinion and humble experience it could be a small world since when i came earlier and used my spiritual sense i couldn't pinpoint anything beyond the gate so be carefull inside young master '.
After hearing all of this a tinge of gratitude could be felts in Damien heart it seems that the butler is loyal to the bone then he said :' I know I was a little hasty about accepting their offer earlier but its bettre than fighting them while we would have won the would have caused havoc in our army plus we will have to deal with the faction behind them even with the grand-duchy protection you can't guard against all you life plus once inside we can't be sure who will have the upper hand after all we have an army backing us while i don't like bullying i don't like be taken advantage even more if it nothing else I will take this few hours to medidate notif once we are about to start marching '.
Crowley:' as you wish lord'.
As Crowley was about to exit the tent he heard Damien say :' thank you for your honesty and loyalty I hope you will always stay like that '.
Crowley:'it's my honor to be of help ulyoung master'.
After being left alone Damien close his eyes and start refining blood he had already consumed as power Trump anything else.
Time passed soon Crowley showed up and informed Damien that they will start marching in few seconds he got out and went toward Clark who was supervising the expedition next to him stood jean and his companions as he arrived Clark said :'should we start lord?'.
Damien nodded and with it he gave the signal for the march to start at the head of columns were the goblins taking the lead since they are caverne and tunnel are the natural habitat thus using their expertise armed with stell shields and swords or spears after them the first cohort with their usual legionnaires armour and scutum shields and their swords like the famous gladius or they were musketeers they were with muskets then Damien and the others plus the artillery crew are behind them and finaly the seconde cohort plus a contingent of goblins around a hundred to acte as rear guard and reseve incase of an ambush and for light in each groub a man or two were holding torches but they also found some glowing fangs which reminded damien of a certain game he used to play.
As they went deep in the cavern the width of the tunnel was as described by larve it but any discerning eye could see that it was man-made but what took the intention of everyone else one is they could vaguely see many dense white bones scattered on the floor some are belonged to human or demi-humain others to animals and monsters which made all the more carefull in their march as time passed the sound of crashed bones 🩻 reverberated in the cave which literally killed any hope of surprising their enemy and they also heard from time to time low growls reminding them of danger around them that could strike any time.
Time passed as they arrived to a part of the cave tunnel where it was a lot wider probably it's width is in the hundred meters or so the goblins in the front their instinct was sending of the charts signals clearly an enemy was nearby they hastily took battle formation seeing this the centurion of the first cohort ordered his man in shield wall that commotion didn't go unnoticed specially from Clark and Damien the first his light attribute made sensible toward dark or demonized being and later was technically the favourite child of the night 🌃 then Clark said :' I will move to front it seem we will be shortly under attack please take care of your safety lord'.
Damien while showing a smile:'i am sure that you and my courageous legionnaires will be victorious'.
Clark :'thank you go the confidence my Liege'.
With that heorder the artillery crew to follow him then herode to the front were he inspected the legionnaires ordering them to hold the centre and for the goblins to go to the flanks next to them he ordered the artillery to hold position and use canister shot as for the musketeers their given order was to snipe the enemy instead of volley fire if the enemy not coming in numbers if so wait until close and excite volley fire 🔥.
As just they finished adjusting their rank 'roars' were heard.
With red dots could be seen in darkness getting closer and increasing in numbers juste as they were twenty metres away the musketeers with their archer 🏹 cultivation which put emphasis on enhancing sight could make from their silhouette that the demonized wolfs 🐺 👿 are here battle will start soon