Premeus had fully accepted the deal. In exchange for thirty soldiers, they had given food, weapons, armor, and various supplies.
Haru turned to Premeus. Premeus now seemed to trust Haru once again.
"My lord, when the game day comes, let's not place our soldiers in the game area immediately. Let's place our soldiers in the area where they will arrive. This way, maybe we can kill Rei or his soldiers even before he reaches the game area."
This time, Premeus didn't object.
"Alright. Let's do that."
On Rei's side:
"Let's sleep early tonight, Lie. I'm going to carry out an action tomorrow."
"What action?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow. I'm going to bed. You should sleep too. I don't want to be watched tomorrow."
"Alright."
We went to our room. I lay down on my bed. I fell asleep within a short while. The fifth day had come to an end.
When I woke up in the morning, I ate breakfast and took care of my needs. Lie came to me again.
"What's the action we're going to take?"
"Here's the thing. Premeus's side has way too many soldiers right now. They could place soldiers along the roads leading to the game area. I need to bring both the goblins and the elves to the game area in a way that they can't see each other. If Premeus does that, it will be very difficult for me to succeed. So instead of bringing them, I'm going to use the information that they will come to the game area. First, I'll tell both sides that they don't need to come. Wait for me here."
"You're going to use the information? I didn't really understand, but alright. I'm waiting."
Within thirty minutes, I first went to the goblin king and told him it was no longer necessary for them to come to the game area, explaining the situation. Since they didn't want to bother anyway, they didn't question it further. I left the nest and used my teleportation. I told the same idea to the elf king. I also said I wouldn't be bringing the archer soldiers to the battle.
"Are you sure, human?"
"Yes. Having certain people think they will come to the area is enough for my plan."
"I'm honestly curious about what you're going to do, but I won't question it. We can continue focusing on our peace, then."
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"Thank you for your understanding."
"What do you say about marrying my daughter, then? After the game?"
"I'm sorry. It's not possible. Like I said, I have too much to do."
"And after that?"
"After that, I could consider it, my lord."
"Good."
Then I came back to Lie. I touched her shoulder with my right hand.
"Come on. We're heading to the game area. I got two shovels from the storage."
"Shovels?"
I nodded. I walked toward the game area at a brisk pace. Lie increased her pace and caught up with me.
"What are we going to do with the shovels?"
"We're going to dig up the entrance path to our mountain. There's only one entrance, after all. We'll buy time this way."
"I see. Simple but logical. You're saying they won't notice?"
"They're probably dealing with the dark soldiers these days. Plus, it's morning."
"Alright then. Let's move."
We advanced to the game area. We spent two hours digging up a portion of the entrance to our own team's mountain. There was now a deep ditch on the path. It was not a distance that could be jumped over.
"Alright. The bridge is destroyed, and now this path too."
"When did you destroy the bridge?"
"I destroyed it a while ago."
"You really do everything on your own, don't you?"
On Premeus's side:
Premeus turned to Haru with a smile and voiced his idea.
"Haru, gather the soldiers. We're going to force the witch to give us potions!"
"I see. That's logical, Premeus. Let's do it."
Within thirty minutes, they went to the witch's swamp with nearly a hundred soldiers. When the witch saw the soldiers, she was forced to hand over all her potions. On the way back, Premeus looked at Haru with arrogant eyes.
"Haru, look! We have more types of potions than we ever wanted. We're definitely going to win this game!"
"Exactly."
There was no trace of their former desperation left. Both of them were feeling motivated. They began gliding in comfort. They spent their time having fun.
On Rei's side:
Meanwhile, after dropping Lie off at the village, I visited the goblins' nest again and borrowed an iron cage. Within a short time, I advanced to the game area again. I placed the cage in a random spot on our own mountain.
The cage had only one meaning: I wanted them to try to figure out what it was about and direct their focus toward meaningless things.
They were overflowing with arrogance because of their number of soldiers. I could guess that they wanted to attack quickly.
Tomorrow was the seventh day. That meant today was the last day. I had to make sure my preparations were complete. Bakugan had already switched to the opposing team.
I used my teleportation to return to the village.
Celebria came up to me and tried to talk.
"Rei, do you need more potions? I can bring you as many as you want."
"Thank you, but I don't need any more."
"Are you sure?"
"As sure as my own name!"
I had said this with a comical facial expression, raising my hand in the air to make Celebria laugh. When she saw my gesture, Celebria couldn't hold back her laughter. She felt good because I had entertained her.
"I trust you, Rei! You can win!"
"Thank you. I trust you too."
The day had passed quickly. It was already nighttime, though I could still hear the sounds of some birds. I went to my room and tried to fall asleep quickly. But I tossed and turned in bed for a while. I was impatient about tomorrow. I stared at the ceiling and thought.
Tomorrow I'm going to kill myself twice in a row. It's going to be a strange experience. I hope it works.