System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1237: Solving Problems

The branch leader engaged in a battle against Howard and the vice captain of the Demon Extermination Squad.

While all three of them were spirit grandmasters, the Ardagan family boosted both of them with runes.

As a result, both of them had far surpassed the branch leader.

In just a few exchanges, Howard was able to cut one of his arms while the vice captain subdued him.

The rest were either killed or captured, concluding the mission in such a fast manner.

On the other hand, the rest of the Demon Extermination Squad was handling hundreds of demons the organization freed.

With Shale as the center, they took down the demons in just less than fifteen minutes.

”Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Howard. If not for the Ardagan family, we wouldnʼt be able to catch all these people.” Shale extended his hand.

Howard shook his hand while saying, ”Youʼre welcome. The mistress has specifically asked us to hand over every person we capture to the Demon Banner Army. We hope that theyʼre able to be punished.”

”Of course.” Shale nodded with a serious expression. Shale looked at the captured people.

Normally, the Supreme Devil Organization branches were hard to come by. Even if they had information, it was impossible for them to gather enough men to surround them.

However, Anna found them easily through the Wheel of Destiny. With Dimitri confirming the ability of the Wheel of Destiny, they were able to organize the manpower to surround the enemy.

And because of this very reason that Anna was able to ask for reinforcement from the Demon Banner Army.

Before the organization noticed, they had approached them and surrounded them. Meanwhile, the Demon Extermination Squad took advantage of their speed to reach their position from a farther position, allowing them to create an ambush that sealed the enemyʼs escape route.

Still, the Demon Banner Army had truly fought them quite a lot. The fact that they knew there was poison that these people would take in case they were captured had been seen through by them.

As a result, out of the 69 people, 27 people were captured.

”If itʼs not much to ask, weʼd like to also investigate the base. If possible, together,” said Howard.

There was only one reason. It was to transfer their knowledge so that the Ardagan family could independently take them down in the future.

Besides, this would be building trust between the Ardagan family and the Demon Banner Army.

At first, it looked like a gamble for Oscar to simply trust Annaʼs words and send the Demon Extermination Squad. But after this, they would definitely believe if the Ardagan family asked for another reinforcement.

As long as this trust wasnʼt broken, the Ardagan family could easily gain the reinforcement of the Demon Banner Army.

This was Annaʼs plan. Unfortunately, Noel didnʼt plan to tell her anything on how to utilize the Wheel of Destiny correctly.

In other words, Anna had to know who to attack and when they should begin. Although it was a bit frustrating for Anna, it was also a good learning opportunity.

The investigation didnʼt take a long time as the Supreme Devil Organization had started transferring their resources and evacuating.

So, they couldnʼt find a clue about the Supreme Devil Organizationʼs headquarters.

The only thing they could find was that the branch was related to one of the Devil Saints, who happened to be Laufey Ardagan.

The cooperation ended with no major issues.

”I see.” Anna looked down, falling into deep thought. She had just listened to Howardʼs recount of the event.

”Do we need to raid another place?”

”Not yet. With that branch gone, the Supreme Devil Organization will need a lot more time to reorganize them. And even if they rebuild a branch near our location, they would have to go up north, as far as possible, so that we wouldnʼt even discover that place for a long time.” Anna shook her head.

”How about raiding the place around our allies?” Howard asked. lʼe-

”No. It will raise suspicion. Thatʼs what we donʼt want to do right now,” Rose explained before turning to Anna. ”How about removing the spies in this city? It should be possible, no?”

”Yes, but Noel wants to let the spy remain here. By showing that weʼre harmless for the time being, you will give us some time.” Anna noticed one other possibility. ”No, we can actually remove the spies, but we wonʼt do it now. Weʼll wait until weʼre about to depart for the Zaecuria Kingdom.”

”So that they will be cautious?” Rose and Howard saw through her intention.

”Thatʼs right.” Anna confirmed her intention. ”For now, weʼll stay quiet. Looking at the previous attack, itʼs clear that the Third Prince is planning to make a big mess soon.”

”Yes. The previous attack seemed to be just them measuring our strength. Now that they know our strength, they will try something bigger this time. Iʼm planning to spread my soldiers even more right now because Iʼm afraid other cities or villages will be the victims,” Howard gave his insight as a captain of their army.

Anna looked down, muttering inwardly, ʼThe Wheel of Destiny should be able to show us where theyʼre going to attack but not the timing. In other words, we still need some information.ʼ

Anna turned to Howard. ”I want you to focus on strengthening the army. We are thinking about letting the soldiers train to operate.”

”Ah. The one where you want to transport a thousand people at once?”

”Yes. For a short distance, I think this is the best method. And weʼll try to calculate the time for each city and create a new camp for our soldiers. This will be the center of our military.”

”But shouldnʼt the military focus on the main city?”

”Because of our cityʼs location… no.” She shook her head.

”Understood. Iʼll arrange the soldiers accordingly.” Howard nodded and took his leave after receiving his order.

Anna then turned to Rose and said, ”I want you to cooperate with Harley and locate all those spies. The purge will be a few months later, but just make sure we keep an eye on them.”

”Alright.”

Noel didnʼt know that by the time he returned, Anna would have solved half of their security problems.