Chapter 30: Chapter 30. Commander Brent

Commander Brent should have known better than to rely on the cocky Silvers to do the scouting. Though, it didn’t help that he didn’t have a single proper scout to send out.

He sighed in relief. He and the brotherhood had avoided another disaster that could have been the final nail in their coffin. While what happened was a tragedy, it wasn’t for him and his organization.

He had to tame his excitement and joy at seeing not only one, but two death lord heads dropped off at his feet. This was an absolutely fortunate turn of events. He couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome. Not only did none of his men die, but the Silvers lost half the men they sent in. And two lieutenants. While he didn’t take any sort of delight in the death of others, Silvers or not, it certainly gave him a talking point he would be happy to bring up again and again.

It was exactly what the Brotherhood needed to secure more funding and to be taken seriously at the Table again. Though the table was round, and some even called it so, it was abundantly clear which seats held power and which were there merely as tradition.

At the same time, he also had to tame his optimism, it’s not once that a seemingly promising path had ended poorly. Ever since his injury, Brent needed someone capable to take charge in the field. Jack seemed to fit the bill and then some.

Still, Brent didn’t want to push his luck twice the same moon. It was best to send Jack and his group on a simple mission. It would allow them to rest. And he didn’t mind doubling the bounty by using his own coin on such a promising prospect.

The flap to the tent opened and a tall man entered. He brought hot air from the outside with him. Brent had a feeling it would be him. Of all the captains of the ten divisions in the Order of the Silver Wings, Glodan was the one he despised the most. In fact, he wasn’t certain if he liked any of them.

Glodan stepped forward, eyes locked on Brent. His step was silent as if he floated over the ground. The violet of his number stood out against the flowing silver and white robes that fluttered in the moving air.

“You have my sincere condolences on the loss of your men,” Brent said. It was this captain’s lieutenant that had died, and his men too. However, Brent wouldn’t stoop so low as to gloat about their death and sacrifice.

Glodan’s ageless face showed no emotion, and he didn’t respond. His sight shifted from Brent to the two heads before his table.

Brent grinned. “How do you like that?” It was a rare moment indeed where Brent could gloat before the Silvers, and he fully intended to savor every succulent moment of it.

Glodan raised an eyebrow. It was the most emotion that Brent had ever seen him display. “Killing a mortally wounded animal isn’t worthy of praise.”

“Is that so?” To Brent it sounded like he was trying to take credit for the two heads.

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“Neither is looting the battlefield.”

Brent furrowed his eyebrows. The captain was accusing Jack of stealing the heads. “And do you have proof to your claims?”

“Do you take me for a fool to believe that an amber killed these two death lords?”

Brent smiled. “Lysander is alive and well. I’ll trust his word.”

Glodan’s eyes turned cold. He stared at Brent as if he thought he could intimidate him.

Brent wondered if Glodan forgot how to speak. Was he looking for a witty response? Perhaps all that cold had gone to his brain and froze it over.

Finally, Brent shooed him away with his hand. “I understand that there are corpses down in the crypts in need of burning.”

“If you weren’t a cripple, I would have killed you on the spot for that.”

Brent chuckled. “Don’t lie. You wouldn’t dare to touch me.”

Glodan clenched his jaw, turned on his heel and stormed out the tent in silence.

Brent sunk back in his chair. Things were looking up. He hadn’t felt this well in a long time, back pain or not.

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