Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 589

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Chapter 589: Chapter 589 - Taming the Swarm - 4

"Third floor, west wing. It normally has two guards, but with the crisis..." Larissa looked toward the window where she could see guards being redistributed to defensive positions throughout the castle.

"Probably only one, or maybe none if everyone’s focused on the defense," Liora added, though her voice carried uncertainty about whether they could count on such luck.

"The problem is getting there undetected," Matilda observed. "The main halls are going to be monitored."

Luna studied the problem, her mind working through possibilities...

"Can we teleport inside?"

"Larissa and I can’t," Liora said, disappointment clear in her voice. "We generate light flashes when we do it."

"I don’t generate light," Luna smiled, touching the shadows that seemed to respond to her presence. "My shadow jumping is completely silent and invisible."

"Yes indeed, you’re the best one to take the seal," Larissa concluded.

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Arturo was buried in his desk, surrounded by maps, troop lists, and logistical documents that seemed to multiply every time he looked up. He was managing the mobilization of almost all troops at his disposal, a task that normally required at least three competent people working in coordination.

But such remained the magnitude of the crisis that no one was helping him.

He had to obtain and send orders and resources through flying beast messages, didn’t even have a secretary to take notes or bounce ideas off, and didn’t even have the usual two guards at his door. They had been reassigned to support managing soldiers at more critical defensive points.

Not that someone of his power level really needed personal guards, but their absence was indicative of how desperate the situation had become.

Handling all the logistics without Julius’s help was an enormously complicated task. Normally his brother helped him coordinate troop movements and resource distribution. But since Julius wasn’t in the city, having left pursuing Ren, he couldn’t leave this critical responsibility to anyone else.

His half-brothers didn’t have Qilins, which severely limited their capacity to handle the situation required. Victor, though competent in combat, frankly wasn’t very good at the paperwork and detailed organization that a mobilization of this scale demanded.

His mind wandered momentarily toward Larissa.

She would have been perfect for this type of work. Her political mind, education and meticulous attention to detail made her an ideal candidate for handling complex logistics. But she also didn’t have a Qilin, which disqualified her from the most critical functions.

’Maybe an antiquated rule system if it does leave out real talent...’

Arturo lamented this fact and sighed deeply, allowing himself a moment of melancholy while thinking about his younger sister and the complicated situation with their father.

He had only received a dry pat on the shoulder from Julius along with a brief message about "handling things while he was away". But as a brother and son, he could understand the pain of missing an absent father.

Perhaps because he was more accustomed to Dragarion always spending much time outside the kingdom, he had already developed certain emotional resistance to paternal absences. But he had still suffered that sensation of abandonment during his youth...

Suddenly he felt a strange energy near his office.

Someone knocked gently at the door.

His perception was elevated due to his rank and experience, though nothing comparable to the supernatural level Ren had developed with his fungus or the specialized capabilities of creatures designed specifically for detection.

Still, his high level allowed him to perceive mana patterns quite clearly, and he could tell that someone was deliberately hiding themselves.