Cale held back yet another sigh and followed behind him while Choi Han peeked toward the corner before pushing his hood down and starting to walk.

� Human, Toonka seems to be frozen!

Cale was ignoring Raon�s comments as usual.

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Cale soon arrived at the location where many soldiers and warriors were gathered.

He could not smell the fragrance of spring in the winds here.

All he could smell was the scent of dust and dirt.

That was normal for this spot.

The 1000-man Commander who escorted Cale over headed toward his unit while Cale and Choi Han headed toward Harol and the other chiefs.

Harol stood close to Cale and slowly started to speak.

�There�s less than you expected, right?�

�I assume that the rest of the soldiers are over at Maple Castle, Chief-nim.�

Harol accepted the respectful demeanor of priest Cale as if he was used to it before responding back.

�That is correct. Over half of them were moved to Maple Castle once the Empire declared war. The plan is to move the rest of them there today.�

Cale lowered his voice so that nobody else could hear.

�You somehow managed to get the soldiers to buy into using magic scrolls.�

The Empire could invade at any moment. They needed to move as quickly as possible, and there was nothing better than teleportation magic for that.

Once Cale pointed at the soldiers while turning toward Harol, Harol avoided his gaze and responded back.

��The Whipper Kingdom�s citizens hate and despise magic. However, they still fear dying.�

The soldiers did not want to die.

They had already suffered from the pillar of fire that was at Maple Castle last time. That was why they knew about the dangers of alchemy and magic more than anybody else.

That was why they had determined that it was fine as long as they were not working directly with mages, thus allowing teleportation magic scrolls and other magic scrolls to be used.

They were inconsistent.

Both Harol and the soldiers were inconsistent with their beliefs. That was why the leaders and even the soldiers were trying their best to keep their use of magic scrolls hush hush. JrNovels.com