Chapter 191 - You're not a Man yet, Kiddo!

The entire Unit doesn't need to follow Commander Alia for a task who doesn't have a firm certainty of success, it is best for half of the Unit to stay near the fancy Barn. Her going alone towards the Kingdom in aims of negotiation isn't the wisest idea either so they chose to split the Unit in two in order to continue this task! I know what you might be thinking, splitting isn't the best idea!

Well, both sides are buffed with Security. Eric will be going with Commander Alia in order to provide dependable protection, he is pretty much the most powerful person in the entire Unit of 24 individuals, even more powerful than Mogranius actually, that is well established before. Along with the two, 10 Guards will join as well. This Signifies that Commander Alia will be absolutely safe.

And if the situation comes where Commander Alia might need back up, Mogranius taught Eric how to handle the situation. "Blast a large Fireball towards us. It would take a while to arrive so don't worry about the Unit's safety. I'll protect our own." Shooting a Fireball towards the Unit might not be the best idea but it's the best they got, because if he shot it towards the sky it wouldn't be as noticeable compared to seeing a 6 foot wide Fireball Approaching towards them, there are 10 pairs of Eyes to aid if Mogranius doesn't manage to see it right away. As for who is protecting the Unit carrying 25 hundred Kilograms of Wheat Grain, Mogranius obviously but Isabel a.k.a the Guardian Angel too.

Throughout this journey however, Eric gave his self value a lot of thoughts. Sure he wants to help Gaster Kingdom progress as much as he can, but is it really his responsibility to walk around Ignis to buy Wheat Grain when his potential is far greater? Bargaining aside, he should be in Maleemia right now or at least half way there, he should be in Septemtrionis Ignis. 

An entire damn Continent collapsed and the rest of the World has no idea that it even existed to begin with, furthermore Ignis went past a 100 year long war and through another 100 years after continued a silent genocide. There used to be nearly 130 thousand people in Ignis and only 15% of them were Ignites, he should be doing a lot more than what he is doing right now.

As for the population at the moment, with so many ill.u.s.train Soldiers dying on the hands of the Snow Ignites in Maleemia, it is for sure that the Population was forced through a large Continental shift. They wouldn't know the actual results for sure unless Mogranius meets his father again, knowing the overall population wouldn't make much of an impact though so let's forget about that for a moment.

These were his base thoughts of course, he started it off with all of this. But afterwards he came into confirmation that King Michael is an amazing Mentor and has pure intends with an undying motivation to tackle those intends. He helped Eric to untangle the problems he had with forming a proper Fire Shield. Eric is stronger than ever now that he knows how to protect himself, King Michael is to thank for that.

Maleemia however is still Eric's Goal at the moment, he needs to meet the Revolution leader and consult a very important topic, consult King Michael's theory. Demonite! If the Snow Ignites were so selfish to wipe out a Continent of 400,000 people just to win a War who is already over here on their homeland, then they sure wouldn't be Eric's friend.

Furthermore, he doesn't intend to cooperate with the Snow Ignites especially if they scooped that low, even though they share large race similarities. Snow Ignites are just a sub breed after all, even though they were quite ahead with their technology Power-wise.

For now, he put that thought behind his mind and focused on the main task he has here, protecting Commander Alia from any possible danger coming from any direction. With a Fire Shield he can prove more than useful with protecting all 11 until Fire Power arrives. As for Maleemia, they will go there once him and Mogranius part ways with the Unit at Dragon's Flame Kingdom. From there on, they can even fly to make travelling a lot easier. There literally isn't anyone who can shoot them down, even King Xakro is quite harmless for that matter.

"I think that's the stable of which the Farmer talked about." Pointed out Commander Alia as soon as she was able to take a small peek at it. A moment after she started speed walking her way there, the Unit had to keep up with her speed of course. It wasn't too difficult though as most of them were as excited as she was.

"Yes that has to be it, I see Horses." Assured Eric, well all they need to do now is to strike a good deal. That shouldn't be too hard right? The Unit is carrying a couple of sacks full of Gold, together they sum up 1,000 Gold Coins. As for Horses, all they need is a couple of them, they will prove quite useful at Gaster Kingdom too because they would be firmly considered the Kingdom's property instead of something that they have to give back to King Zar.

"Let me do the Bargaining please." Reminded Commander Alia, her position is made clear in this Unit but she still likes to remind them before time in order to avoid casualties even if those casualties have roughly 5% chance of happening. "It is better to be safe than sorry." Is what she always thinks but rarely expressed by word, in fact she expressed it differently. Why do you think she argues about Eric's choices in Lan Zhe? In most cases it wasn't about egoism.

They walked in the Horse Stable's... best called bargaining room(Or rooms.), the first person to appear in front of them was a short ill.u.s.tratian woman, well no. It was a kid, she seems to be around 13 years old but of course could be slightly older or younger, she seems slightly younger than Eric. The Unit didn't bother to ask about such unnecessary information, they literally don't need to know. The little teenager greeted Commander Alia with a wide smile that appeared quite genuine and called. "Mom! We have Customers."

"I'm coming!" Yelled the Mother from another room behind this little kid. The Stable seems to have three rooms in total, the room where the mother is could likely just be some sort of partially filled Storage Room. "Hello, how can I help you?" Greeted the mother with a warming smile as she walked in.

But at first Glance, Commander Alia was able to notice that this Mother was a bit uncomfortable with 11 men entering the Stable, she was carrying a forceful smile and was quite nervous. So she swiftly ordered the Unit that accompanied her. "This place looks quite safe. You 10 men can wait outside for me." The Mother quite appreciated the thought, this might prove as a bargaining advantage soon enough.

As the 10 men left the building after asking Commander Alia, "Are you sure?" around 7 times in order to assure safety before they finally left. Commander Alia expressed, "Not you Eric." When she noticed that he is trying to get out too, and quite possibly understanding his reason for doing so as well! Afterwards with a gentle laughter she grabbed his wrist and pulled him back. "I said the 10 men, you aren't even 16 years old yet kiddo."

You might ask why Commander Alia tried to keep Eric here, well apart from making his cheeks red in slight embarrassment in front of these two ladies, there is more to this. It isn't about protection either. She walked in a Barn full of men once and walked out without suffering a scratch or bruise, may I remind you the genital slicing day?

No no, she kept him here because of the nice ill.u.s.tratian Teenager sharing this room with the rest. These two ladies have been welcoming Commander Alia with a wide smile even though they portray them as Ignites. "Excuse my son, he tends to lose focus due to nervousness when he meets new people." She knows Eric so much to read him like a book, she knows his behaviourism. But to publicly portray him as a son? It is quite new! Either if she is trying to form a proper cover or not, it felt nice to hear. "We need a couple of Horses." They didn't expect the owner here to be a Woman, it isn't quite common even for the ill.u.s.tratios. The Farmer didn't specify any gender either and the entire Unit subconsciously assumed that she will be dealing with a man. Maybe this will be for the best, maybe it will turn out to work to their advantage?