The 5 Elemental Lord
Reveal the traitors
The next day, the meeting was held again according to what Zeno had asked for. Zeno was present this time and saw that this meeting was attended by more than eight unlike yesterday. Probably about thirteen people attending the meeting. Surely those who attended this meeting were not ordinary people, but rather the most important people in the empire like Nefd and Barou who were the higher-ups of the empire.
“Alright, Zeno. Can you explain how you plan?” Emperor Aurrora opened the meeting.
Zeno closed his eyes for a while before he spoke, “But before that-.”
Suddenly, the clone figure of Zeno in his wind robe appeared from behind Barou. Without the slightest hesitation, Zeno's clone hit Barou's neck very hard, as a result of which Barou instantly fainted with his head lying on the meeting table.
The entire crowd was greatly shocked after seeing what Zeno's clone had done. Hitting the country's top brass for no reason at all, made them instantly angry and looked at Zeno with a very terrible face, even the emperor Aurrora and general Zhuo though.
“Hey! What are you doing!” At once they said in a very high tone.
“Traitors should not have attended this meeting. It seems that it is not only the higher-ups of Barou who have betrayed, please for those who feel betrayed to stand up. Or if not, then I will treat you guys just like Barou. I know here, who betrayed emperor.” Zeno.
Everyone was shocked by what Zeno said. Betraying the emperor? They seemed to be in disbelief at what Zeno had said. Even a few of them denounced Zeno as one of the rebels for having carried out the act without evidence.
“I count to three, if you don't stand up, then I will kill you.”
“One-.”
The entire crowd fell silent and no one stood up, they were still confused by what Zeno said regarding the traitor, he said, they even considered this Zeno a person who was already very crazy and felt great pretentious in front of the emperor.
“Two-.”
“Zeno, stop talking, or you'll feel the consequences.” Nefd yells.
“Ti-.”
When Zeno wanted to say the count of the third, there were four people who participated in this meeting standing with very scared faces. The four people were among others from one who did not say too much yesterday, as well as the rest were important people who had just attended the meeting held by emperor Aurrora.
“Good, I even thought that there were only two traitors, namely the higher-ups Barou and you who attended the meeting yesterday. But who would have thought that there was another traitor who had just attended this meeting. Looks like you guys have been bribed by Northern so willing to commit treason.” Zeno smiled broadly.
Emperor Aurrora immediately stood up with a face so furious. He did not expect that in this meeting there were traitors who were the people of his own empire. He also did not expect that the person had taken a bribe from Northern just like what Zeno had said.
“Is it true, you are traitors?” Emperor Aurrora asked in a very high tone.
“Be-right noble.” Said one of them nervously. “Actually, the Barou official already knew that all these problems came from Akram. And Akram himself has given 500 gold coins to Barou officials to sell information to Northern empire.”
“That's why I didn't give you a direct strategy from yesterday. Because I learned from the imperial mistake of the water country, which one of the elders had betrayed. Maybe if yesterday I gave you a strategy, then I'm sure, tomorrow we will lose the war because they have sold an Information.” Zeno smiled broadly.
“So you mean you're spying on them?” Nefd says.
“Not only them.” Zeno closed his eyes for a while while removing a wide smile.
Slowly, there were six Zeno clones that also appeared behind the people who attended the meeting yesterday. Even behind the emperor Aurrora also appeared Zeno cloned with a wind robe. It made the emperor frown his forehead and say, “You spied on me? So you mean the emperor can betray in his own empire?”
“Do not rule out the possibility that you are a fake and not an actual emperor. So I'm just in case.” Zeno said while removing the entire clone that turned into a gust of wind.
Emperor Aurrora smiled as she clapped her hands, then followed by the entire crowd who attended this meeting. Somehow they became happy with Zeno, even Nefd who previously looked disgusted with Zeno now had to applaud and admit that Zeno was careful before stepping. Especially general Zhuo, he also smiled widely after seeing his son really cannot be underestimated.
“You're really careful, I'm so proud of you.” Emperor Aurrora.
“Don't tell me whose son.” General Zhuo also smiled as he stopped the clapping of his hands.
Before, when after he had a meeting and was in the room that had been prepared. He pulled out seven clones without anyone's knowledge. Then, he used a wind robe on each of his clones to dissipate himself. So that he could easily spy on people without anyone knowing.
Right in Barou's higher-up room, Zeno's clone listened to something very awkward. Which is where the higher-ups of Barou are a little annoyed with the figure of Zeno who has killed Akram, because the higher-ups of Barou himself are indeed Akram's direct subordinates, so he is really furious with Zeno's actions. Then he was also upset with Zeno for stopping a meeting, even though the Barou official wanted to listen to the war strategy quickly, so he could sell the information quickly too.
It was the same with one of the people who attended the meeting. Although he did not say much, but who would have thought he was a traitor whose status was the same as Barou, which was Akram's subordinate and sold all information to Northern.
When Zeno threatened the person during the meeting, but who would have thought that three other people who had just attended a meeting stood up and admitted that he had betrayed. So Zeno only sighed because there was no need to bother revealing traitors one by one.
Currently the five people including Barou's superior who was fainting were led to the prison by some emperor's summons soldiers. Emperor Aurrora was truly unrelenting to praise Zeno who managed to reveal the traitor, perhaps if not, then he did not know somehow the fate ahead of him.
“Alright Zeno, you can open the map thrown by the top brass of Nefd and give a strategy.” Emperor Aurrora.
Zeno nodded, then he took out a piece of scroll that he had not touched at all and opened it. It seems that he was a little upset, the problem was that he was not too familiar with Southern and its territory, but had been required to formulate a war strategy.