Thousand-Mile Scent Flower

Back in Fort Whitebridge, Vaan began preparing to receive the empire's infiltrators.

There were more ways to make use of them than simple capture and extraction of information. They could also feed them false intel to mislead the empire into making disastrous decisions.

That said, a single mistake would also give the empire an advantage over them.

As such, it was crucial to reduce some of their numbers and ensure the infiltrators could only act within his area of control, where he could keep track of their movements.

"What are we doing out here, my Lord?" Artemis asked after Vaan led her and Aeliana to a secluded and bushy location eight hundred yards away from Fort Whitebridge.

"If you are asking that question, then I suppose it is safe to assume you have no idea about this secret underground passage?" Vaan casually asked after exposing a trapdoor underneath a tile of grass.