The Fat God System

Chapter 202: Ambush

After Hugh ordered Beru to come back towards him, he transformed back to the platoon leader. Then, he walked towards the platoon with no expression.

When he looked at the guard, he did not see a sign of suspicion on his face. This meant that the guard did not find out about his secret.

"Let's depart," Hugh said.

Once the platoon had done their preparations, Hugh ordered them to March away. They were now planning to counterattack the Shark Loan company.

The problem that Hugh had to figure out was where the attack would take place. The only thing that he had to consider was what part of the army was vulnerable.

This meant that the most statistically probable attack that could occur was the army's supply lines. This would cut off the lifeline of the military.

The reason why Hugh thought that the attack would not occur on the main army was that the Shark Loan company had no way to attack the military.

The army was thousands of men strong, and the Shark Loan company could not fight them off like that. The best bet of the Shark Loan company was to chip off their numbers.

This was why Hugh thought that the attack would occur at the supply lines again. Therefore, Hugh had to order his platoon men to March back towards the supply lines.

As the platoon marched away, they saw the supply lines a few miles away from them. Soldiers protected it, but the supply was too ample for that small number of soldiers.

Once the soldiers saw the platoon of men coming towards them, they got scared and wary. However, Hugh let the flag of the Cheroque army wave off to signal their friendliness.

Once the soldiers in the supply carriage saw the flag, they all let down their guards. They were all relieved to find out that reinforcements would protect the supply carriage with them.

The previous attacks had spooked them, and they were wary of any attacks that may come. Once they saw Hugh and the platoon, they were happy.

In truth, the soldiers in the supply carriage had thought that they were destined to die. Since they were close to the kingdom, there would be less emphasis on the supply line.

Even if the supply lines get carjacked, it would not matter as much for the commander if they were to die. Now, it seemed as if the commander had a heart of gold.

However, it was only Hugh's persuasion that the supply lines were to be guarded. There was no other way for the commander to care about some trivial thing.

"Sir, I thank you for the reinforcement," a soldier said as he faced the guard next to Hugh.

However, the guard did not even take a second to look at the soldier. The soldier thought that the guard was the group leader since he seemed to be the most capable based on the muscles on guard.

Of course, no one would have ever thought that a skinny guy like the platoon leader would become the right-hand man of the commander.

"This is sir Hugh, the right-hand man of the commander," the guard said as he pointed at Hugh.

Hugh could tell that the guard did not like the attention from the soldiers. Therefore, he had an excuse to push all the publicity towards Hugh.

Everyone was surprised. The soldiers all looked at Hugh as if it was a joke. They were already thinking about their strength compared to Hugh.

With the platoon leader's skinny body, everybody felt like they could take him on. This led to the soldiers having no regard and no respect for Hugh.

"I don't care if you all think low of me," Hugh uttered with a nonchalant expression.

"But if you disobey my order, you will suffer a fate worse than death," Hugh said.

Everybody could feel the temperature of the airdrop down a few degrees. Those looking in Hugh's eyes get like they were sucked into a deep and dark abyss.

Cold sweat dripped down their backs as they all realized that the platoon leader was no joke. Although the platoon leader had no tremendous physical ability to be seen, everybody could feel the aura around him.

Even the guard was surprised to see Hugh exude that kind of aura. The only person he had seen with this kind of aura was the commander.

The guard felt like he had underestimated Hugh too much. This just has been the reason why the commander had taken Hugh as his right-hand man.

The guard felt like he had not done his job correctly since he had only found out about this right now. He should have got something when he first met Hugh.

Of course, Hugh was also more impressive since he was able to hide that kind of aura. The guard decided to himself that he would never take Hugh off his sight ever again.

Hugh could feel the sharp glare from the guard. He internally sighed as he felt like he was being strangled.

Although the guard had given him a much tighter leash, he had to show off some of his power. If he did not do it, then the soldiers would not follow his orders.

This would have made things harder when the Shark Loan company attacked. The only thing he needed right now was complete control of his assets.

"Good," Hugh said, and immediately, the soldiers looked down as if to show absolute respect for Hugh. "This is what we are going to do."

Hugh started to debrief the soldiers of their plan. Everyone listened to Hugh's plan and unanimously agreed that it was doable.

The plan was simple. They were going to March towards the army as they would typically do. However, Hugh's platoon would hide in the outskirts and wait for the attack.

It was a bait and switch plan. Once the Shark Loan company attacks, then Hugh would surround the attackers and kill them off quickly.

Of course, if everything went well, the battle would be easy to win. However, Hugh did not want that. He wanted things to be messy and chaotic for his palm to work.

If everyone was fighting and even the guard was occupied, Hugh would sneak out and capture one of the Shark Loan company leaders and interrogate him.

Serena knew this plan, and she would have propagated this plan to the rest of the platoon. The only people that should not see the project were the guard and the soldiers in the carriage.

Of course, a variable could not be controlled since not everyone was on the same page. The soldiers in the carriage could mess things up.

However, Hugh would have a plan that could take into effect if this ever happened.

With everything in place, all they had to do was wait.

They did not have to wait long as they reached a forest that's as filled with trees and lined with mossy floors. The carriage could only track through a narrow stone road.

This was the most effective place that the Shark Loan company could ever attack. The carriage could only go through one road, so it was predictable.

Hugh ordered the platoon to spread out and hide in the bushes and behind the trees. Some more physically abled soldiers climbed up the trees and hid there.

Then, Hugh ordered the carriage to stop and pretend that they were taking a break. Hopefully, this would attract the attention of the attackers.

This way, Hugh and his platoon would have the advantage since they would be prepared for the attack.

Hugh hid on the top of the trees with the guard right next to him. He could never get rid of the guard, and it pissed him off.

As they all waited, Hugh suddenly heard a small and quiet crack of a dry leaf. Nobody seemed to have listened to this except for Serena.

Hugh knew that this was the Shark Loan company. With his eagle eyes, he scanned the area and saw bandits sneaking over towards the carriage.

In total, there were about fifty men with swords about to attack the carriage. After they got closer, Hugh signaled the platoon that they had arrived.

He waited until the attackers got too close for comfort. This way, the attackers would have a slight advantage.

He only did this so that the fight would not end too quickly. If it did, then Hugh's plan would be wrecked. Then, he noticed that three persons were walking behind the bandits.

Hugh looked at them closely and could feel the power emanating from their bodies. He guessed that these people were not ordinary people.

These were people who had powers and Desires like Hugh and Serena. Hugh smiled. With this, the fight would be more even.

Then, he signaled the platoon to attack.

"RAAAAHHHH!!!" the soldiers screamed as they ambushed the bandits. The bandits seemed to have been completely blindsided.