Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 868

Chapter 868: Chapter 868 - Taming the Fifth Year - Cold Diplomacy - 2

The silence that followed was different from the previous uncomfortable pause.

The leader’s face went blank.

The woman’s artificial smile finally cracked. Not disappeared, she caught herself before that, but momentarily faltered before being forcibly reconstructed.

The younger man’s military posture stiffened further, which shouldn’t have been possible given how rigid it already was. But somehow he managed it, tension radiating through shoulders and neck.

Arturo felt his own understanding crystallize as Selphira’s implication became clear.

5000 soldiers pulled from the defensive perimeter. That many missing should create an exploitable gap. Mutants attacked opportunistically, probing constantly for weaknesses in the wall defense. They didn’t think strategically but they seemed to sense vulnerability through mechanisms nobody understood.

So when so many soldiers disappeared from their posts, leaving sections of wall with maybe 10-20% of normal guard strength...

Mutants should have attacked...

But according to Selphira’s observation, and she would have verified this before making the accusation, no attacks had occurred.

Which meant either the mutants had somehow failed to notice an obvious vulnerability, which was unlikely given their consistent behavior...

Or they hadn’t attacked because someone told them not to.

"Unless, of course, someone is controlling where the mutants attack. And more importantly, where they don’t."

The leader opened his mouth. Closed it.

She looked at Arturo. Her expression said everything she didn’t speak aloud.

This isn’t just hostage situation. This is something bigger. Something worse.

Arturo looked at the three negotiators. Saw the confirmation in their reactions. In what they didn’t say as much as what they did.

The rebels may have mutant control.

Which would mean every attack on Yano over recent months, every casualty might have been deliberate. Orchestrated as part of a larger strategy.

But they weren’t certain... Maybe it was indeed a big coincidence, maybe the control was situational, regional or even temporal.

They needed to understand all of that to be certain. Still, the circumstances made it clear... It was very likely so.

Arturo felt cold recognition settling in his stomach.

Not the sharp alarm of immediate danger. Something worse... The slow, creeping understanding that arrives when you realize something has changed and you hadn’t noticed until someone pointed it out.

Selphira was absolutely right. He had no proof, yet also no doubts.

If mutants attacked on their own, exploiting any weakness in the defenses with consistency...

Why weren’t they attacking now?

Now when big wall sections were being left without appropriate personnel.

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