"He is indeed very concerned about Durandal." Kant said, "It's just that it doesn't look like a great commander."
When Bandak heard Kant's comment, his whole body tensed up suddenly. Nervously explained: "Derrick's character is the type that will take the tasks assigned to him and be responsible to the end wholeheartedly. This is not bad."
Kant asked with a smile: "This time he came back from Durandal's vacation, have you two talked in private? How is he getting along with Yadonis?"
"I have talked." Bundak nodded and replied: "I haven't heard much about Yadonis, but he said that the work at Durandal's side is going well."
During the few days when Durandal came back from vacation, Bundakt asked for two days off, and accompanied him to visit Dherim, eat and chat in taverns and so on.
"I guessed it. Derrick is relatively taciturn and silent in front of people." Kant said.
"Well, not really. It's the more easy-going kind." Bundak hesitated after thinking for a while and said.
He tried his best to preserve Derrick's image in Kant's mind.
"Among the scouts sent to the island this time, the soldiers who were in charge of helping DeWitt manage the soldiers were Derrick's old unit. I heard that when their group passed by Durandal, Derrick had a lot of conversations with them. ’ said Kant.
"Keke...Ray Monte? I can remember his name. He and Derrick really have a good relationship." Bandak replied: "This person has a similar temperament to Derrick, but younger Some, when staying in the military camp, often accept other people's care, appearing more childish. I don't know what kind of training they will be during this trip."
"Both Derrick and you have a good opinion of him," Kant nodded and said, "When the scout army returns, let me see how this soldier is doing."
Bandak sensed a bad atmosphere, hesitantly said: "Your Highness Kant, you want to."
"If there are really good talents who have been left behind in the army, they should be promoted and given confidence." Kant said his plan.
Bandak's eyes widened, he hastily resigned, and retreated from the hall.
Kant watched his leaving back, and sighed: he admitted that Derrick is indeed a smart person, and he has always maintained a harmonious relationship with the people around him, and he can get satisfactory feedback on anything he entrusts to him, but one day this will not be enough. The tepid attitude has become a threshold in front of him, and he has to find a way to break it.
Derrick is a person who can make a lot of achievements even if he works alone, and Kant's current focus is: whether Derrick can break through the thick wall in his heart and lead everyone forward from the position of leader. If he can't, it also proves that he is not suitable for his current position. Kant should also remove Derrick in time and replace him with other new characters.
And Bundak is the button that Kant identified in his heart, reversing the pattern of Derrick's life.
After Bundak returned to the barracks, he immediately wrote everything he heard today, as well as his own thoughts, into a letter and sent it to Durandal.
"Lord Kant must not be allowed to replace Derrick." Bundak murmured in his heart.
"Eh? Did it snow last night?"
In the early morning, a soldier of the reconnaissance team walked to the fence of the camp and asked while looking at the frost on the wooden posts.
"How is that possible? It's only the end of November." A soldier yawned and said from the side, "But it's really cold. I need to add a thicker layer of clothing to the tent."
It had been three days since the reconnaissance team had ascended the forest where the target was located.
This mountain is more difficult to climb than imagined, and it covers an extremely large area.
The soldiers have gradually become familiar with the taste of sleeping in the forest.
It's just that as the altitude of the mountain road rises, the temperature also drops a lot.
"Do centaurs live in such a high place?" A soldier hid in the grass and drank the leftover broth from yesterday, looking up at the mountains.
"Fortunately, it's almost here. The first food of the day turned out to be the food left over from the night before. It's too sad." A soldier wailed.
"gather!"
Abel's voice called the two squatting in the grass back to the center of the camp.
"Everyone, we are almost at the location of the centaur market. In order to arrive as soon as possible, please follow me now." Abel said with joy.
After days of busy running around, this moment finally came.
The ground became a little slippery due to the frost, and everyone climbed carefully on the mountain road.
"Look! Here!"
A soldier pointed to the ground and shouted to those around him.
The surrounding soldiers looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a depression stepped on by a horse's hoof on the soil.
"There are really centaurs here." The soldiers exclaimed.
After several hours of climbing on the narrow mountain road, the soldiers walking in the front row suddenly had a wider field of vision.
"It seems that the area of this mountain is indeed extraordinary, and there is such a wide flat land." Claremont said in surprise.
After carefully comparing the vegetation on the flat ground with the bushes seen below the mountain, DeWitt concluded: "This should be the place we have been looking for."
"But there's nothing here but the lawn," Claremont said, looking around.
Abel looked at the other side of the plain, and after not finding any buildings, he also had some strange feelings in his heart.
"Go ahead." Abel ordered.
The soldiers moved slowly on the flat ground.
"Da da ta da!" The sound of a horse's hoof stepping on the grass.
DeWitt looked around and found several centaur warriors in armor hidden behind the woods.
"Stop!" DeWitt ordered.
Everyone was shocked. After looking around, some sharp-eyed people discovered the existence of centaur warriors and told each other about them.
DeWitt stepped out of the queue of soldiers, took off his armor and weapons, and placed them on the grass. He said loudly to the Centaur soldiers hiding in the dark: "We just heard about the existence of the Claude Market and came here to buy and trade. We don't mean to invade the Centaur territory privately."
After DeWitt's voice fell, the scene was quiet for a while.
A centaur soldier stepped across the grass and walked up to Dewitt.
This is the first time DeWitt has seen the centaur tribe. The centaur's muscles are as developed and strong as those described in the epic portraits. The limbs of the lower body look - they are also very tense, as if they can smash the ground.
(end of this chapter)