( Rocky's POV )
After close to 34 hours of constant war planning, the final war plan was finally formulated with everyone in agreement that it was the best strategy to adopt.
"Are you sure you want to take such a risk though Rocky? I do have faith in your judgment of the situation, however, if you're wrong, it's not the lives of my guild members that will be at stake.
It will be only you who will die a horrible death alongside Erin and Buhara" Karna said, as he pointed towards one particular war plan, where Rocky proposed taking on a huge risk.
"I'm sure.... I know Sophia better than anyone and I have a strong gut feeling about this" Rocky assured, as Karna nodded his head in understanding.
Nobody was stupid enough to bet their own lives on something impossible and hence since it was Rocky's life that was on the line here and he was confident of making it through alive, Karna decided to trust his judgment.
"Alright, with the war planning complete, it's now time for us to meet the other guild masters helping us with the raid and present the final strategy.
And after that we also need to hold an internal guild meeting with all the squad captains and explain them their detailed role in this war" Karna said, sounding exhausted as he took a big yawn right after.
"What do you mean 'we'? I'm just a humble tier two climber.... All that falls under your purview.
I'm not attending any meeting–" Rocky protested as Erin and Buhara seated beside him nodded in agreement.
The trio of kids were tired after the war strategy formulation and did not want additional responsibilities.
"I think you forget at times that you are the Champion Of Gemini, Rocky.
"The next war that we're having is against her family and brother.
So in-case she betrays us in favor of her family, please understand that it wasn't anything personal.
She probably had no other option" Rocky said, as finally he did not have the courage to tell Buhara that Sophia was a bitch and instead decided to present the matter as delicately as possible.
"Oh?" Buhara said, sounding confused as he truly believed that Sophia would probably never betray them, however, in-case she did so for the sake of her family, Buhara felt like that would be reasonable too.
"Yeah, me and Erin suspect that she's working with her family to betray us. So, don't trust her in this next war....
Don't make it obvious that you don't trust her, but just for this next war don't believe her words either." Rocky said as Buhara nodded in understanding.
"Aye" he said, agreeing with Rocky before focusing back on his food, as Rocky and Erin breathed a collective sigh of relief.
This conversation had gone smoother than they initially feared, and with this forewarning, they hoped that Buhara would not be emotionally hurt when Sophia eventually did betray them.
However, nothing could be said for certain when things came to the loving orc that Buhara was, as unlike them, relationships were not transactional for Buhara and were rather connections to die for.
Unfortunately, not everyone in the universe was deserving of a friend like Buhara and Sophia just happened to be one of those undeserving people.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the GT Target. Good job everyone!
Thank you so much for all your love and support! ///