A week had passed since Piña and her escorts had left [Samsara], as well as a week since the arrival of the green invaders.
Kurama had detected how a small group had left [Alnus], possibly to scout and contact the nearby villages, while the rest of them stayed on the hill to fortify their defenses.
Emroy admitted that this was the best option for them, which showed that they knew about warfare, strategy and stratagems.
Kurama wasn't too surprised because if they came from a world similar to his, then they had a long history of wars, in other words, experience to spare.
"Kurama-sama, the small group of humans in green, just made contact with the village where Cato-san lived after passing through the now unoccupied village of the forest elves" - Tyuule said while giving him a report with everything the group of invaders had done so far.
"I see, they move slow, but steady" - muttered Kurama as he pondered - "Has the empire made contact with them?"
"Not for now, Mizari said that they seem to be waiting for the situation to regulate itself, possibly because of Zorzal's actions" - replied Tyuule with a frown - "Speaking of the prince, he's in bad shape, possibly he won't last more than two days alive if this continues."
Kurama just shook his head, after all, it was Tyuule and the others [Warrior Bunnies] decision for the prince to stay alive. If it was his own decision, he would have killed him a week ago, but that was too quick a death for the bastard who had ordered the annihilation of their race.
"That aside, what are the soldiers in green doing?" - Kurama asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"According to the information we have, they are just reinforcing their defenses and expanding their camp" - Delilah replied with a frown - "They are also creating more common areas, so it is possible that they have called for reinforcements."
"It's possible, or it's also possible that they are getting more advanced equipment" - muttered Kurama as he started to think.
"It's possible, the weapons they have shown so far, are too much for a full infantry, I'm even starting to think that your words about them being able to take down a dragon, are not untrue" - said Delilah with a frown - "Maybe we should get some to improve our forces, but I don't think that's possible in the conventional way."
"I can steal their weapons, but that won't be enough because our troops are too many, and if I steal all their cargo, they will obviously notice" - muttered Kurama as he started to think - "I could create them with my skill, but that would be boring, and it would create a huge imbalance, one that the other gods wouldn't ignore"
Kurama was silent for a few seconds before shaking his head, after all, it was better not to disturb the beehive when they were just flying around doing nothing.
Tyuule was silent for a few seconds as she pondered on some way she could get the weapons without having to fight the men in green because she knew her master didn't want to do that for some strange reason.
"Back on topic, are they approaching [Samsara]?" - Kurama asked with mild interest.
"Yes, but they are doing so cautiously, possibly afraid of their actions after what they said at their base" - replied Mizari with disdain - "I have my girls watching them and gathering as much information as possible."
"Perfect, you are dismissed for now, unless you have something else to say" - Kurama replied calmly as he noticed how the three girls looked at each other with a small smile - "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, we've come to ask for our reward" - smiled Mizari as the eyes of the two rabbit girls sparkled slightly,
Kurama let out a sigh before nodding weakly as this was becoming a recurring occurrence, though it wasn't as if it bothered him, after all, he was a man who had experienced many things over the years with his family.
* * * * *
"Those men in green are strange" - muttered Piña as she frowned.
"You mean the invaders that Zorzal-sama brought to our world?" - Bozes asked with disdain and sarcasm, after all, she was not happy with the current situation. She was happy in [Samsara], but now she had to return to her home, which was becoming increasingly oppressive because she was of marriageable age.
Beefeater was in a similar situation, even her situation was much worse because it was one of the princes who wanted to take her. If it had been a few years ago, she would have accepted, but after spending some time in [Samsara], the prince's proposal was not so interesting.
"Leaving that aside, my father told me to try to contact them to ask if they were the ones who captured my brother" - said Piña while frowning - "I honestly don't think it's them, but we can't just do nothing if there is a small chance of finding him".
"If I'm honest, I think it's better that we don't find him, his actions only cause us trouble" - Grey replied as he narrowed his eyes.
"I know you're right, but regardless, he is my brother" - sighed Piña as she ordered her knights to get ready to leave, after all, they had heard about the place where a recon group of men in green was.
"Well, it's better than being in this city with our families begging us to take any idiot as a husband" - muttered Bozes with a frown.
"Yes, if it wasn't because we are part of the knights under the command of Piña-sama, I would have been forced to take as husband a man twice or three times my age" - growled Beefeater with disgust.
"I know, something similar happened to me" - muttered Bozes irritably as she remembered how happy they had been in [Samsara] - "Do you think they'll let us change our nationality?"
"If we finish the job, it's quite possible, I have to fulfill my job as the leader of Kurama-sama's fan club" - replied Beefeater with an embarrassed smile.
"Wait, you are the leader?" - Bozes asked with surprise.
"Yes, I can't forget how handsome and kind he is, that's why I didn't accept the prince's proposal" - Beefeater said quietly because she didn't want anyone to know - "After seeing Kurama-sama, I feel that the other men are left behind."
"I understand what you are trying to say, but I feel that you are being too "loyal" to a cause that is quite possibly useless" - Bozes replied while shaking her head.
"What are you guys talking about?" - Piña asked as she noticed how two of her closest friends were talking to each other.
"It's nothing, we were just discussing how annoying it is that our families are trying to marry us off to unknown men" - replied Bozes with disdain.
"Hmm, I understand you, I suffered from that too until my father assured me that in the future he wouldn't do it anymore because I'm possibly the best one for the throne" - replied Piña proudly.
"Well, now we know why Kurama-sama didn't pay interest in Piña-sama even though she has matured quite well during these three years" - Bozes said quietly.
"Yes, Piña-sama has the mind of a leader for policy matters thanks to the teachings of [Samsara], but in everything else she is quite immature" - replied Beefeater while shaking her head.
"I feel like I'm being insulted" - said Piña with a frown.
"We don't know what you're talking about, Piña-sama" - Bozes replied as Beefeater whistled, completely ignoring the annoyance in their leader.
"Leaving that aside, I think you'd better get ready, we're leaving immediately, and you'd better not let your guard down because we don't know what those invaders will do when they find out we're part of the empire" - said Piña seriously.
"Ok" - nodded the two women as they looked at each other.
* * *
30 minutes later, Piña and her escorts were at the entrance of the capital, ready to depart at any moment.
"Hold on for a second" - said a female voice.
Piña and the others, looked at the source of the voice, seeing a strange woman who was wearing a black hood that covered most of her features, although the tail coming out of her rear was more than enough to show that she was not a human.
"Do you need anything?" - Piña asked in surprise as she looked around the area because it didn't bode well for a stranger to appear in front of them just as they were about to leave.
"Sorry for not introducing myself earlier, my code name is Kuro, I am a member of the [Samsara] information ministry under the command of Mizari-sama" - said Kuro as she introduced herself - "According to the information we have managed to get, you will be going to meet with the men in green"
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