The gathering of generals two

"Tell me how immresed in war is…. What's the name again?"

"Genda." Responds the general.

"Well we're at it what's your name?" I asked.

"My name is John."

An ordinary name for an ordinary person.

"Okay. John tell me. What are the main drivers behind this war?" I asked him.

"The four dukes."

"And who are they?"

"There's Olive Yemont. She's man crazy. Then there's Oscar darcy. All he cares about it money. Then there's Agatha Gilder. She's just fighting in this war for fun. Then there's Tristan Graves. He's woman crazy." Said John.

I nodded. They all seemed like unsavoury characters. I'll have to kill them all and replace them with my own people.

"Okay. I'll need them all to die. In the meanwhile. Would you like to take one of the dukes place?" I asked him

He smiled

"I love power. So I'd be very amicable to that. But I don't think it's a good idea to fight them. They all have battalions of people who either are immigrants or have used an artifact to gain immigrant level abilities." John said

I scowled.

That means that I would have to wait for the tribesmen to get here before I start my battle.

I would take them at least one or two days to arrive here.

I guess I'll line up people the replace the dukes while I'm waiting.

"John, do you know of any competent individuals which could help replace the duke?" I asked him

He nodded.

"There's the general of the mountain. He's very competent. There's me. I'm more competent than anyone else. There's miss Bob. She's an angry bitter woman but she is competent. Then there's the big clown. He's competent if a bit terrifying."

"Okay."

I held out my book of maps

"Do you know where they are?" I asked him

He nodded

"Yup." He pointed to three locations on his map.

"There. Here, here and here."

"Okay thank you."

Now that I have the information I needed I shot fire from my feet flew away.

I'd start with the genral of the mountains. He's the closest.

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I flew to a large mountain with snowy peaks and a glaring sun.

In that mountain I found a wide open mouthed cave.

I touched down in front of that cave.

~Okay. This should be the place.~

The mountain man used to be a farm manager before the war. Now he managed the second largest military in the nation for duke Oscar.

I walked up to the cave and knocked hard on the side of it.

*THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!*

"Hello. I'm here to talk about offering you the position of duke." I said

"WHAT!"

With a great billowing wave of air a massive man appeared in front of me.

He had large bulging muscles and stood almost two feet above me. He had a deep red beard and looked at me with almost deranged eyes.

And by my own estimation I was about six foot. So he was really tall.

"You are offering me a Job!" He screamed.

I nodded

"Yes exactly."

He greedy smile appeared on his face.

"Come inside. Come inside." He said

I followed him inside as he requested.

The inside of the cave was strangely warm for such a snowy place. There were blue lights on the ceiling, the ground was rich, loamy and filled with plants.

"These are a lot of plants." I commented

"Yes. The more the plants grow the more my muscles grow."

I looked at him in confusion.

"How?"

He rolled his eyes.

"It's a cultivation method. I'm from the land two mist walls over. The amount of mass that the plants grow is always equal half the amount of mass I will add in a year." He said

I nodded

"Mhhh. Okay."

Cultivation seemed to be popping up quite often recently. Too bad I can't do it. WHAT! No, I can do it! Why'd I say something stupid like that! Tzu was just too bad of a teacher!

It was definitely Tzus fault

"So. I wanted to ask. Are to interested in becoming a duke."

He nodded

"Of course I am. I love power. That's why I organize Oscars military force as a job in the first place. But There's no reason for me to be employed by you. There are many other ways I could become a duke. What do you have to offer that some other king doesn't?" He asked

I looked at him with a face eating rage.

"WHAT!"

I had more to offer than any being on this miserable planet!

He raise his hands in placating manner.

"Calm down. Calm down. I mean no offence by it. It's just that if you are my boss then I don't think you would let me fight whoever I want. You seem to stuck up for that. And fightings fun. I like it too much to abandon it."

I carefully calmed myself down. There was nothing good about killing the talent.

"Would it be a fight to the death?" I asked

He shook his head

"No. It would just be a blood pumping battle where by the end we wound be teetering on the edge of death."

"Then it's fine." I said

He looked at me with a comical level of surprise.

"Alright then. you got yourself a deal!"

"Okay. Go find John. He will do all the organising."

He raised a eye brow

"You mean the general John?" He asked

I nodded

"Yup I mean the general."

He shook his head.

"That man has his fingers in too many pies. It's a wonder they don't get burned."

With that a replacement duke was secured. I had nothing left to do here.

I left the cave and took flight

I was off to meet Miss Bob next.

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It didn't take me long to find Miss Bob. All I had to do was follow the trail of destruction and broken bodies.

Apparently before the war she had run quite a successful company. Which is why John considered her for the Duke role.

But as soon as the war started she went on a rampage of destruction.

I flew down to her.

She was a short heavy set woman with greasy hair and a constant glare on her face.

"What do you want!" She asked her hands clenching into fists

"I was wondering if you wanted to become a duke?"

I response she slammed a fist into my face and walked away.

After recovering from the wound I looked down on my list.

I quietly crossed her name off.

~Well that ones a dud.~

I'd have to find someone else.