Chapter 334 Colonel Wilkes

Chapter 334 Colonel Wilkes

After a few more minutes, the group broke up, and one of the teachers came over with a note in his hand.

"You are with the new arrivals from the church, right? Commander Karl and his team?" The aging mage asked.

"That's right. What can we do for you?" Karl replied.

"We have an update for you. The second Commander for your team has been selected, and a bunk has been prepared for you in the male dorm tents." He explained.

"Is it acceptable to set up my own outside the camp? I sleep better that way, and I'll be close enough to hear mission orders." Karl asked.

"That is fine. If you prefer an individual tent, they are set up behind the line, you can pick a spot and set up. But the Commander who is assigned to the second half of your mission team has just arrived, and he seems somewhat perturbed, so perhaps you could help set his mind at ease?" ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

"Of course. Where might he be?" Karl replied.

The teacher gestured for Karl to follow him, and they walked through the camp to the bus parking area, where a familiar looking mage in his mid-twenties was having a smoke. He wore an officer's uniform with a Colonel's bird shaped badge on it, but Karl didn't recall meeting many Colonels in his time, other than Valerie. They were one of those ranks who got stuck either in an office or leading a very large group of soldiers, so they would be in a back line Command Station, not anywhere near Karl.

He looked up and gave them a rueful smile, which seemed odd to Karl. He didn't recall this man having anything to be apologetic for.

But then, he realized who he was. That was the silent General from the meeting that sent them to take on the Royal Rank Frost Giant. If Karl recalled right, the man was a fairly accomplished mage, which would be useful in the team to keep Jimmy and Ali off primary defensive duties.

The teacher introduced them. "Commander Karl, this is Colonel Wilkes. Colonel Wilkes, this is Commander Karl and his team. The four Ascended members you will be partnered with will be here shortly. Your teams will be working together for the next few missions."

Karl walked over and shook the man's hand. "It seems we have some catching up to do, General."

Wilkes nodded and took a drag off his cigarette, the smell startling Karl, who had gotten used to Doug's being distinctly not tobacco.

"Indeed we do. Is there somewhere private?"

Karl waved to them, and a few understood, but they were even more curious, as they understood what was happening, but they had never seen it in action before. Commander Rank spider silk could stop even skill enhanced arrows if it was layered, and they had made such a large fort that they had to be planning to spend some time here.

The line was unlikely to move, but they had made a fort larger than the fifty-person dorm tents for a five-person team.

[It's a masterpiece. They're going to love it, and I even decorated a little.] Rae announced when she was finished.

That got Karl's interest, and he motioned for the team to go up while he spoke with the teachers.

"It makes Rae happy to get to try out new designs for her forts everywhere that she goes. She says this one is a masterpiece, and it's not interfering with anyone else, so I didn't see any reason to stop her." Karl explained to the group that had come to see what they were doing.

"Can we enter? Or is it a personal thing to her?" One of the warrior instructors asked.

"That should be fine. She likes it when people praise her hard work." Karl agreed.

The teachers went up next, and Karl laughed as he heard the gasps and laughter of them discovering what Rae meant by a masterpiece.

He climbed up the ladder, and looked around what appeared to be their new sitting room, as Rae had made a half dozen hanging chairs to swing in, and found that she had decorated the tree with necklaces of gems and bits of bone stolen from the dead Frost Giants.

It had a very shamanistic vibe to it, and the magical gems glittered in the twilight under the tree branches.

That led into a kitchen area, where Lotus was already hard at work building counter space with [Plant Growth], and then open bedrooms with curtains between hammocks, and one more large open room, which Karl assumed was for guests.

"It's a whole house, built in the trees in what? Five minutes?" One of the teachers asked.

"With all new beds and swinging chairs. Those are new, we didn't have those last time." Lotus added.

"Is this how you live on the front lines?" The warrior instructor asked.

"It is now."