"How exactly do we plan to go about it, handling all the people and keeping them in order." Aldritch asked.
"Well, as discussed, since we are after fast results within a year or less, we diched any idea of a carrot and stick approach, instead, we will only be employing the stick. Think of it as a kind of forced slavery on all the people, where they won't be experiencing any suffering as long as they corporate and offer their blood.
As for my opinion, this is as good as a carrot and stick approach to be honest." Sigmund expressed.
'I had the same thought too.' Aldritch thought to himself, unable to bring up a name of who would be behind such reasoning. Then again, he was aware of this part of the plan.
"For the management, each settlement of ten families will have one vampire managing them. That vampire will be in charge of collecting blood from those families, and if anyone expresses a desire to join us, they will be the ones to bring them before those who can fulfil that wish.
Of course, the witches will also be active in that event, as their enslavement rituals will play an important part, we can't always have you carrying out all these little tasks, lord." Sigmund explained while he was engaged in what he referred to as minor chores, only pausing momentarily from time to time to look at Aldritch.
The plan sounded solid, and was still up for modification just in case, so Aldritch was very satisfied. He did have an idea of what would happen, so he wasn't surprised to hear the plan, it was only natural to progress in that way.
'I'll have to make more blooded vampires it seems.' Aldritch thought to himself. As he was done with what brought him there, Aldritch accepted Sigmund's invite to see around the laboratory briefly before leaving.
Now as it was, capable people were not as lacking as they were before, so the decision and choice of who he would pick was quite easy and didn't require much brain racking.
With nothing left to do now, Aldritch returned to his abode to rest.
With the rest out to turn the noble family heads under them into vampires, Aldritch's plan was coming along nicely.
After returning to base, that same night, Aldritch met with Lodestar who was strangely awake at such a time, for a man who loved his rest, it was very odd indeed.
Apart from Lodestar and a few others, all the high ranking vampires within his family had all gone out to carryout separate tasks.
"Why up so late? That's unlike you." Aldritch asked, drawing Lodestar attention from his thoughts.
"Aldritch... nothing much, I'm just reviewing information that I've gathered so far." Lodestar said. Aldritch nodded in understanding
He turned her into a vampire sometime after Argus took over as family head of his family, even before all the other nobles were turned. She too was a blooded vampire, but her tasks differed from the rest that led their respective units.
Once they approached the innermost wall, Aldritch let Lyla take the lead, rushing inside before everyone else. Her job was simple in these beginning phase, it was to make sure all the noble houses were set and on the move, being where they were supposed to be.
In addition to that, she was to make rounds around the royal palace before their forces assembled fully so she could report back on the current state of the palace and guards before their attack.
Aldritch, once he was at the wall, he stopped and waited for the first group to arrive.
Khal's unit was filled with the assassins and shadow fighters that belonged to Lada, their job, alongside some from Rindher's unit, was to visit the pre-mapped spots around the walls and put the guards to sleep so their infiltration could happen without the raise of an alarm. They didn't need to go all around the wall, just the spots close to where their entry point was.
"They will be done before three minutes are up. The rest should arrive five minutes from now also." Rindher said.
"Good, going as planned." Aldritch said.
Rindher had on his face an excited look, he seemed weirdly happy to be a part of this operation, probably because it had been a while since he engaged in anything fun like this. More importantly, he had another objective to accomplish with the royal palace. It was concerning the very reason why he and Ralwa were even in this lower world, and it was tied to their comrade whom they lost.
According to intel, his whereabouts were tied to the royal palace, since they had found out that he wasn't kept in any other cell. The only guess was that he would be held within the royal palace.
"They should be done soon." Khal spoke.
A few moments later, the unit that left to take care of the guards returned.
"All done, lord. The guards have been taken care of." One of the assassin's said, taking a knee as she did.
"Good, let's move." Aldritch said.
Their next location was where they had agreed to meet.
A few minutes later, the other groups also arrived, gaining access into the innermost wall without a hitch as the guards had been all taken care of.