The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 630: Scar Tiger’s Ordeal

To Henwell, Scar Tiger's explanation is bullshit.Henwell roughly understands what happened. When the three countries besieged Peace Haven, Scar Tiger believed Peace Haven was doomed.

For the sake of his own future, Scar Tiger prepared to find a new patron.

Henwell has long known this man is an ungrateful wolf that can never be tamed, so Scar Tiger's choice does not surprise him at all.

Henwell can ignore the rest of his excuses.

What Henwell cares about most now is whether Scar Tiger revealed any intelligence about Peace Haven.

It is not that Henwell fears Scar Tiger leaking some secret. If he revealed Peace Haven intelligence to Dilio, it would leave a hidden flaw in his identity.

After all, Scar Tiger is now Viscount Hodith. He is an important member of the Dienbos family and should not know too much about Peace Haven.

Henwell taps the table lightly, thinking about how to obtain benefits from this plan.

Listening to that rhythmic tapping, Scar Tiger breaks into a cold sweat. It sounds like the countdown to his own life.

Just as his thoughts run wild, the tapping stops, and his heart seems to stop with it.

Henwell suddenly asks, "Did you tell Dilio anything about Peace Haven?"

Scar Tiger drops to his knees again with a thud. "My lord! I really said nothing. I would not dare."

"As long as I said I was one of Peace Haven's people, neither Lumir nor Ika would have let me live."

Henwell says mildly, "You are not stupid. I know that when you went to Dilio, you must have used some intelligence as an entry ticket."

"I only want to know which intelligence you sold first. Was it intelligence about the Dienbos family, or intelligence about Peace Haven?"

"Think carefully before you answer. Do not deceive me, because this concerns your safety when you go undercover at Dilio's side."

Scar Tiger sobs with tears running down his face. "My lord, I really did not say anything. How could I betray you?"

Henwell stays silent for a long while, then suddenly smiles. "Scar Tiger, it seems you are not lying."

"However, there is one point I must correct. It is not that you did not want to betray me. You simply did not have time to betray me."

Seeing Scar Tiger about to beg again, Henwell waves a hand. "Enough. I look at results, and right now the result is still good."

"You have also paid enough for your recklessness and shortsightedness."

"Next, people from the Military Intelligence Office will contact you and give you a complete plan."

"Take my advice."

"Scar Tiger, you may be a ruthless character, but when it comes to scheming, you are far inferior to those noble lords."

"Do not gamble with your life again. Next time, you will not be this lucky."

"Just be an undercover agent properly, and you can still enjoy wealth and rank."

"Yes, you will be controlled by others, but who in this world can live without restraint?"

"You were never a noble in the first place. Now I am giving you the chance to become one."

"Just enjoy it honestly. Do you only feel comfortable as a horse bandit?"

Scar Tiger knocks his head against the floor again and again, thanking Henwell for his forgiveness.

Henwell has Scar Tiger stand, then continues, "I will not give you any extra missions. Most will basically be missions from Ika."

"And this matter was arranged by the Grand Princess. She is not a fool, nor will she give you missions that are certain death."

"My side has only one requirement. Climb as high as possible and train the army well."

"You once led the Wind Raider Guard. You know how the armies under me are trained."

"You have also attended officer training classes, and I personally taught you."

"Overall, although you are no genius commander, within Lumir, especially under Dilio in the future, you can still be considered a qualified officer."

At this point, Henwell's expression grows serious. "Scar Tiger, there is one thing I must remind you of."

"An army will always be your greatest trump card for staying alive."

"You must put your whole heart into building your army."

"When you have a thousand-man unit, people will think you are useful, but only somewhat."

"When you have an elite warband, people will have to take your role seriously."

"And when you have an elite legion that can truly be shown off,"

"believe me, you will find the people around you becoming exceptionally friendly."

"When you have ten elite legions."

Henwell points at himself and says, smiling, "Look. You will be like me now."

"At that time, no one will be able to speak loudly to you, including me."

"By then, you will also become my good brother."

Henwell is not afraid of Scar Tiger growing too powerful. Leaving aside whether this man even has that ability, even if he truly commands heavy troops in the future, Henwell has plenty of ways to make him submit.

After painting that rosy picture for Scar Tiger, Henwell asks what leverage Ika Kingdom actually holds over him.

Scar Tiger immediately complains through tears that after the Ika Kingdom captured him, they tortured him heavily, and in the end he could not withstand it.

Following the requirements of Peace Haven secret agent training protocols, he revealed a relatively important secret.

By doing so, he concealed the more important secrets and bought enough time.

Ika has taken the bait. They are already shocked enough by Scar Tiger impersonating a noble, so naturally they have not imagined that he is also Henwell's planted asset.

After Ika decided he could go undercover beside Dilio, they took advantage of the fierce palace struggle in Holy Lake City and captured one of Dilio's children.

They forced Scar Tiger to personally kill the young man as proof of loyalty.

In Ika's view, Scar Tiger no longer has any chance to betray them.

After killing a member of the royal family, neither Obilian nor Dilio would ever give Scar Tiger a chance to live.

The only side Scar Tiger can rely on is the Ika Kingdom.

Hearing this news, Henwell cannot help grinning.

Ika's judgment is actually not wrong, if Scar Tiger were not Peace Haven's planted asset.

But now Scar Tiger has a new choice, which is to continue working for his old employer in exchange for protection and a chance to survive.

With this card in hand, Henwell's control over Scar Tiger becomes much more secure.

Next, Henwell sends Scar Tiger to the delegation's station.

Then he has the Military Intelligence Office agents there secretly send him out of Holy Lake City.

At the same time, the news is passed back to Peace Haven. Chick will personally arrange Scar Tiger's line.

When Peace Haven treated the wounded before, it had already developed quite a few undercover agents.

Now it is time to activate those undercover officers.

Within two months at most, a warband of veterans will gather in western Lumir one after another.

By that time, Peace Haven's weapons will also have more or less arrived.

As for how far Scar Tiger can go afterward, that depends on Scar Tiger's own ability.

When negotiating with the Grand Princess of Ika and the others earlier, Henwell also lied in some places.

Peace Haven does not disregard western Lumir, nor has it failed to plant assets there.

To be precise, Peace Haven has scattered large numbers of planted assets throughout Lumir.

As the positions of these planted assets change, Peace Haven will provide different levels of support.

Compared with Ika's pettiness, Peace Haven's scale is much greater.

For this high-secret Pillar-Swap Plan, Peace Haven has invested more than ten million gold coins into a ten-year support operation.

From military affairs to politics, from civilian life to industrial development, the support covers everything.

Taking advantage of the coming transformation of Lumir, Peace Haven begins comprehensive infiltration.