Chapter 288 Fear (7)
Thanks to the help of the new barbarians, Billy's tunnels fast approached the next target. However, when they were just one day away from that place, he noticed some tremors on the ground. He created a path toward to check what was going on, and when he saw all of the people of that town leaving the place… Toward the opposite direction. Things were taking an unexpected turn again, but he had an idea to what was going on...
"She is batshit crazy… How does she plan to accommodate so many people in her capital?" Billy asked. "She also won't have food to feed all of them…"
"That is definitely the direction the capital is…" Gilles said. "I suppose she realized that things would get difficult if she let us do this for any longer."
"We can send some people to infiltrate the capital and see what is going on," Svan said. " I know of some soldiers that can blend it easily, but I suppose your people would have an easy time doing that."
"True, but… At this point in time, the same thing must be happening everywhere," Gilles said. "It will be harder to do what we did until now. Moreover, it will take a while for Billy's tunnel to reach the capital."
"It doesn't matter. I will use this chance to crush her," Billy said.
"You will need help," Svan said.
"You already fell for her magic once, so it will happen again," Billy said.
"What about me?" Gilles asked.
"You will protect Rosalie while she moves around and makes people realize that they still will have a leader once Jeannette is defeated," Billy said. "I will try to move the fight away from the capital to avoid too many deaths, but who knows if I will succeed. That crazy bitch still is a mystery."
Gilles nodded since that probably was for the best. Besides, he didn't know anyone stronger than Billy right now. Even though he lacked the experience, Billy probably could beat him. Still, he felt like Billy was taking things too lightly. For someone who orchestrated the downfall of an entire state, even if she was young, it wasn't wise to try to duel Jeannette. He also didn't know why Billy was dead set on facing her alone. He assumed that Billy was thinking about the casualties, but he was only thinking about keeping his secret. Those who were dumb enough to keep following her were no longer a problem.
"Well, select the people that you are going to send. I will move them to the capital tonight," Billy said. "In the meantime, I guess I will write a letter to my wives."
In the end, Billy might be able to return sooner than he had expected. Still, he decided to be open to them about facing Jeannette. Keeping one big secret was already troublesome enough, after all. Aside from that one, he wanted to be as honest as possible with them. Hopefully, the reply won't come too soon since Billy knew that he was going to be scolded. There was even the possibility that his friends might come… However, without his vehicles, the time of the letter to arrive and for them to come to the dungeon town… It will take at least three weeks. Hopefully, that will be enough time to solve the problem.
After that was done, Billy went to take a nap and only woke at night when a few people were guarding the entrance of his tunnel. He was planning to keep that sealed all the time to prevent people from using it without his permission, but that would mean that he didn't trust his underlings in the dungeon town. It was troublesome to be an understanding leader.
In any case, Svan and Gilles had chosen three of their people each for that kind of job. They also chose people that couldn't quite understand how Billy's magic worked. Most people didn't understand, but those six were as clueless as they could be. That was a precaution in case they were captured.
"With this many people, can we reach the capital?" Gilles asked.
"No problem," Billy replied since his magic cart had been accumulating fuel over the last two weeks.
The capital was pretty far away from Billy's tunnel. It would take at least one full month to reach that place, perhaps more since the trip back to the dungeon town would also take a considerable amount of time, even on his magic cart. In any case, after traveling for one hour, they reached the other end of the tunnel, and from that point, they traveled above it. After moving so far east, Billy realized that the Toles state was a lot less green than the Hiloh state. It wasn't an infertile land, but it certainly couldn't produce as many crops. Maybe Ignace was considering that when he tried to wage war, the first one was for the sake of the resources of a dungeon, after all. Still, causing the deaths of thousands… it wasn't nearly impossible to justify that.
In just three hours, they reached the central part of the Toles state, but they didn't have to go even further even though the capital was in sight. The reason was the fact that many people were moving to that place. The capital was completely walled and was at least twenty kilometers wide and seven long. It could easily receive a few dozen travelers… Svan and Gilles' spies could join in one of those groups and then infiltrate. However, Billy would need to go as well.
"I will join them in order to find a good spot to create a tunnel," Billy said and then pointed toward his magic cart. "Since you guys are famous, you will wait here and watch this."
"We are pretty far away from the capital… how many days will it take for you to dig a tunnel up here?" Gilles asked.
"Two days, in the worst-case scenario," Billy replied.
