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Chapter 571 The Tactician
Possibly because of my expertise in flight control, Alynna decided to stop and only give me brief explanations on things that involves the new flight system. Thankfully, it was info that I already knew so I was able to grasp everything without any problem. And with that, the flight lesson ended.
"Go and join the captain. He will bring you to the tactician's office and he will inform the situation. I will be staying here since the people who are with you will also be coming along right? I will also have to teach them flight. And I at least wanted a student who does not learn anything immediately, that is just a bit annoying especially since angels like takes some time to learn how to properly fly and you just managed to do it in one go."
I can definitely feel that Alynna's pride was hurt from what I had just done. After all, she is proud of her race, and to see someone who easily completed her lessons like a natural is just unheard of as she said, Angels also take time and practice to fully fly high. Perhaps I just showed off too much huh?
But in exchange, that allowed me to move to the next phase as soon as possible which is meeting the strategist of this operation. Of course, he was a tactician in name only. He never actually gives strategies at all and most of the time, he is just lounging in his office and getting drunk. He was called the strategist because he makes an analysis that is normally not easy to spot but the tactics he gives are tactics that even normal people who suck at creating tactical decisions can also pull.
Not only that but he is not an honest man. He honestly doesn't have a good reputation during the previous timeline's Pioneer Quest due to how he makes lots of mistakes that the players decided to ditch his tactics and salvage the situation instead since following his tactics just leads to further damage that the pioneers can't afford to happen.
Right now, I still have no idea whether his behavior will remain the same. After all, this is a new timeline and perhaps he might have changed. If he changed his personality, it will take me quite some time to adjust. But I will take this matter closely.
After the lesson, the captain escorted me to the tactician's office which is located high up in the sky. That is also the main reason why you need to learn flight as you needed it to access the highest place to reach the tactician's office, otherwise, you will be using the magical teleporter that will teleport you to the top.
We fly up as I follow the captain to the tactician's room. He didn't say anything but I can see on his face that he wanted to say something. However, I didn't bother to know what it is. If he wanted to say it, then he can do it anytime.
Arriving at the floating cloud where the Tactician's room was located, the captain looked at me and pat me on the shoulder.
"I know that you will be meeting the tactician right now but if you find him a little bit something on the head, make sure to just turn a blind eye alright? As much as you want to smack him in the head, you better not do it as that would make you the enemy of the soldiers here. Perhaps even me, but that would be something out of my choice. So just hold it in, and keep it down and no chaos would occur."
His words would be confusing to someone who still hasn't met the Tactician, but to someone who already did in the past timeline, all I can say is that even if I want to smack him, you can't do it. The guy is guarded by multiple angels behind him so either you die first or die slowly being beaten by them. Without the Versatile Weapon in my arsenal, I wouldn't even bother doing that. Let's save creating chaos for later.
The Tactician's Office is a big city hall type of building. For a tactician, he sure holds quite a lot of power for him to be owning an office that is normally used for a city hall in human cities. The walls are adorned with different gemstones and the pillars have gold and silver embedded in them. Honestly, this doesn't look like an office, more like a mansion. And I will say it, this tactician right here doesn't seem to be a tactician, like at all.
Captain opened the door for me to enter but he didn't come inside. It seems he has a hidden grudge against the tactician but I can only speculate about his feelings. If he doesn't say anything, I won't bother talking to him about it.
Anyways, I entered the tactician's office. Compared to the previous timeline where the situation has turned the worse, it seems like the situation isn't as grim as before, and seems like the tactician is still enjoying his lifestyle in the most obvious way.
Inside the so-called "office" of his, were muscular angels. As much as I view angels as holy, the angels in Alternate World are not. They are just part of the races and like elves, humans, dwarves, and others, they are not part of God's army at all. Anyways, I still didn't expect to see strippers appearing here. There are some of them dancing around with some men, some are topless, some are fully naked and some are still wearing their covers but in a seductive way. This would act like a sort of paradise to some who have some kinks on these gals.
But I am not here to enjoy the view, I am here to start the job and I have no time for bitches. While walking, there are some girls who would send me a flying kiss, some of them giving me a seductive look in their eyes like winking and they even have those bite-in-the-lip things. But I ignore them. I am not here to flirt, I am here to fight.
Ignoring all of them, I went straight to the middle of his big "office" of his where he is sitting on a big sofa with angel girls that have skimpy outfits and some are naked. I can see many other players tempted to do something perverted later on and I don't think they can avoid that from happening.
If I was a new player, I wouldn't recognize who was who and which of these people here is the tactician but to someone who has come from the previous timeline, I have already seen this pretty boy's face plenty of times.
Compared to most perverted rich bastards in many stories, this guy, is not a hulking fat bald man. This guy is muscular, he has a very toned body, with complete six-pack abs as a feature. Not only that, but he is handsome and has a baby face that most girls would like to have in their boyfriends if they are prompted to imagine a boyfriend that is their ideal one. Just like how Alynna looks young, this guy is age 54 but he looks like a gym-buffed 20-year-old guy.
I stood in front of his table and just looked at him currently smooching the girls as they happily lick and kiss him. Thankfully, there is nothing that made them do anything related to making babies and stuff. Sure, some girls are naked but they are not doing those stuff. I only stood there and looked at him. Waited for him to respond or anything. I don't want this guy to underestimate me because he usually does that most of the time. I want to show him that I am not just some softie that would crumble in front of him and he can use me to his schemes.
And while standing there, menacingly, he finally noticed me.
"Huh? Who are you? It doesn't look like you are from here, and what's with that headgear of yours? That looks disgusting to look at."
Even though he is making remarks about my mask, I didn't get angry at him. Instead, I went to deliver the precise reason why I am there.
"Oh, so you recognize me as The Tactician huh? You are a human, right? So seeing that you recognize me, does that mean my name had already spread far and wide already? Damn, that is very cool."
"No, I don't know who you are beforehand but seeing that no one else in here is surrounded by bodyguards and plenty of women around you, only an idiot would not recognize you on that. Anyways, I am here for the info about the situation. Please give me the detailed report."
The meeting between me and the tactician finally commences. This time, you will not be going my way on this.