Fredrinn Firecrown: The Weakest Villain

News about the Blood Saber Army's defeat spread quickly, making Fredrinn a hot topic once again.

His successive victories with overwhelming results gave everyone the image of a peerless martial practitioner.

With this victory, he had already solidified his position as one of the most powerful generals in the Star Wind Kingdom!

Below the Void Tempering realm, he was invincible!

***

Two days after the victory over the Blood Saber Army, Fredrinn made a surprising decision.

"General Fredrinn, you shouldn't be hasty!" The person who spoke was Nate. He expressed his disagreement with Fredrinn's plan.

The others didn't say anything and just pondered in silence.

Fredrinn planned to leave the plains to Lester, while the rest of the troops would march onwards to attack the last key location, the Grand Beast Gorge.

Fredrinn already expected that this guy would cause him trouble.

Nate was a spy from the Blue Sky Kingdom so he didn't want Fredrinn to take control of the last ley location. Once the Star Wind Kingdom occupied all key locations, the Blue Sky Kingdom's troops would have no place to maneuver.

"Vice Commander Nate, I have already thought it through. Now is the best time to attack the gorge." Fredrinn responded with a deep look.

Nate shook his head and sighed as he feigned concern. "General Fredrinn, we just won a major battle. The soldiers are still exhausted and we are also running out of supplies. Besides, you still haven't fully recovered. It is too risky to march there given the state of our troops."

"The injured soldiers will be staying here with General Lester and the Swift Wind Troops. As for me… I have recovered for a while. I just pretended to be injured to lure out the spies hidden in our troops." Fredrinn stared coldly at Nate.

Hearing his words, Nate's eyes flashed for a moment.

'Is he suspicious of me?' He thought.

"What?! You were just pretending to be injured?" General Lester smiled wryly while shaking his head.

Ulric who rarely spoke suddenly asked with a look of interest. "Have you identified the spies, sir?"

Everyone perked their ears.

Nate unconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife hidden on his right leg. For some reason, he felt that Fredrinn was talking about him.

After a few seconds of silence, Fredrinn replied while shaking his head. "No."

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Everyone was a bit disappointed by his response.

Nate also loosened his grip on his knife.

"Since you are just faking your injuries, I'm no longer worried. Let's do it." Nate's acting was superb. No one was even suspicious of him and this was what made him more dangerous.

Fredrinn couldn't take him down at the moment since he had no evidence that would prove Nate's identity as a spy. He had to catch Nate off guard.

His decision to march towards the Grand Beast Gorge was part of his plan to expose Nate.

As a spy, Nate would definitely send a letter to the people in the gorge to guard against their attack. Fredrinn was certain of this. He also believed that it was the reason why Nate was trying to delay the march. He must have wanted to buy some time to give the people at the gorge enough time to prepare.

With these thoughts in mind, Fredrinn's lips curved upwards. "We will depart tonight. Get your troops to prepare!"

No one objected.

Fredrinn had already proven his remarkable leadership. They even believed that they could win even if they were up against an army five times their size as long as Fredrinn was there. This was how confident they were about Fredrinn's commanding ability.

After the meeting was adjourned, everyone left.

"Nix, I have a task for you." Fredrinn beckoned to her, signaling for her to come closer to him.

Nix silently obliged. She walked to his side and waited for him to speak.

"I want you to follow the man who sat there." Fredrinn pointed at the seat where Nate had sat.

"He is a half-step Void Tempering powerhouse so you must be careful not to let him notice you. Your mission is to intercept the messages that he will send out and bring them to me."

Nix nodded her head indifferently.

"You may go." Fredrinn waved his hand.

Nix left without uttering a word.

After she left, only Fredrinn remained inside the tent. He dribbled his fingers on the table with a cold smile on his face. "Do you think you can hide from me, Nate? I can't wait to tear off that mask on your face."

***

Nate's expression was unsightly as he returned to his tent. Fredrinn's decision to head to the Grand Beast Gorge was outside his expectations. He thought that the guy would wait for the main camp's command.

'Dammit! I need to alert our people! We can't allow them to conquer the gorge! It would be over once they take control of that location…'

Nate released his spiritual perception to check the area around his tent.

After making sure that no one was nearby, he took out a piece of paper and a quill pen from his storage item. He then took his seat and started writing down a letter.

While he was writing, he also kept his attention around the area. If someone came, he would immediately destroy the letter.

He didn't want to be careless since Fredrinn seemed to be suspicious of him lately.

It took him five minutes to write the letter. He then sealed it and placed it inside a small storage item that looked like a ring.

It was so tiny that it wouldn't even fit on a child's finger.

Nate released his spiritual perception again. He didn't know why, but he felt like someone was watching him.

'Tsk! Just thinking about Fredrinn makes me feel uneasy.'

Once he had made sure that no one was spying on him, he bent down and dug the soil beneath his table, slowly revealing a buried glass bottle.

Inside the glass bottle was a weird-looking insect the size of a ping-pong ball. It looked like a mix between a butterfly and a mantis.

Nate took out the insect from the bottle and put the tiny ring in its abdomen. Conveniently, the ring adjusted itself to the size of the insect's abdomen.

Nate poked a small hole in his tent and released the insect. "Go!"