Chapter 547 - Being Used (3)

The young man followed his older brother all the way back to the Skuld's headquarter. Along the way, these two brothers didn't talk to each other. Instead, the older brother seemed busy arranging some matters.

The young man kept on sighing along the way. He knew that his fate had already been settled. He could not compete anymore for the successor position. Moreover, the Pauper Bandit Group's leader, his trusted aides, had already fawned over his big brother.

The young man could only resign to his fate of being used by his big brother. Yes, the young man was being used by his big brother.

It could be seen from how many bandits were stationed at this passage. The passage should only have around 100 bandits to raid and protect the headquarters.

However, right now, the young man's older brother was here. Not only that, but there were more than 1000 bandits here. And all of them were his big brother's subordinates.

There was no way his older brother would station 1000 bandits here randomly. He must have known that the young man would come here. Instead of helping the young man when he still had many soldiers, the older brother only helped when almost all of the young man's troops had been killed.

Not only that, the older brother had hidden his power thoroughly. The last report that the young man had received said that his older brother only had around 800 bandits. However, the bandits here were surpassed that number. There should be more of them on his older brother's hideout.

The successor of the Skuld's leader had been settled with the young man's failures. Even the young man's second older brother already lost half of his power. Now, no one could contend with the eldest brother. The matter quickly closed.

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On Auron's side, he and Peter had just arrived at the village. With the sun was just about to rise, the village was already bustling with people. The reinforcements requested by the village's head had arrived at this village.

These newly arrived soldiers began to take over the command control. They prepared to clear out the bandit around the area. Of course, there should be no bandits left since almost all of them had already killed or escape. However, they still had to do this.

Meanwhile, Peter and Auron didn't have anything left to do. Auron brought his students and went back along with the elite soldiers sent by the academy.

Auron knew he had failed his mission. However, he was not disappointed with the failure as he reported everything he knew to the headmaster. Throughout Auron's story, the headmaster only nodded his head several times.

At the end of Auron's story, the headmaster asked his students' opinions and comments. All of them replied enthusiastically, especially the girl. The headmaster smiled and nodded again before dismissed the students.

After the student left the room, the headmaster asked, "What do you think about the students?"

"They were great, especially the girl. It seems that the girl also has an interest in the intelligence division. Maybe, you could give her a helping hand." Auron replied with a smile.

The two of them continued to talk for several minutes before Auron asked permission to leave. Since Auron didn't have anything to do yet, he started to back to his routine, raising his level.

Auron began to hunt for the monster for two days when another call arrived at him. The headmaster called him to retrieve his rewards.

Auron was slightly confused. It was because he failed his mission, so there should be no reward. However, the headmaster had clearly said to take his rewards. In the end, Auron could only comply and went back to the headmaster's room.

During these two days, Auron had heard about the other's group's mission's progress. All of them had already completed the assignment perfectly.

When Auron arrived at the headmaster's room, he was greeted by Leon and Charlotte. The two of them quickly pity Auron, "You are so unlucky to be involved with the large-sized bandit."

Auron could only reply with a wry smile.

Not long after, the last two intelligence officers arrived. With everyone present, the headmaster didn't waste any more time. He called the last two intelligence officers first and gave them their rewards. Each of them was given 50 golds. It was not much and not little considering the mission's difficulty.

After receiving their rewards, the two intelligent officers didn't stay and immediately left without saying goodbye. Seeing this, Leon and Charlotte scorned the two people.

The headmaster still smiled and didn't mind it. Then, he called Leon and Charlotte. The two of them got 200 golds each. Their eyes brightened, considering the mission's difficulty, 200 golds were a lot.

Leon and Charlotte received the golds with a smile. They could not stop smiling even after receiving the gold. These two people didn't leave the room yet and waited for Auron.

The headmaster called Auron next. Then, he rewarded Auron with 100 golds. Auron was shocked. The headmaster was really giving him rewards. Moreover, it was more than what the first two intelligence officers got.

Auron was confused and was about to ask, but the headmaster explained first, "Even though you had failed the mission, but you truly gave your all in teaching the students. If you ask about the first two officers, they were not serious in teaching the students. They even took care of almost everything in the mission, which made the student learned little."

"Hence, I reward you more than the two of them."

Leon and Charlotte nodded their head at the headmaster's explanation. Moreover, the two didn't like the first two intelligence officers, who were very arrogant. They were also closer to Auron, so they obviously supported Auron.

Hearing the headmaster's explanation, Auron could only thank the headmaster and bowed to him. Leon and Charlotte also bowed and respected the headmaster as an elder. After that, the three of them leave the headmaster's office with a bright smile.