Alfred, the newly appointed Court Strategic Advisor to the King of Thessalonica and a trusted confidant of Bernifax himself.
As a former Norman pirate who had also studied at the Holy Solomon Empire's military academy, Alfred possessed both the cunning instincts of a Norman pirate and a mastery of various Divine Luo style tactics and strategies.
Therefore, with the intrusion of the Mage Assassin and their continued evasion of capture, Bernifax entrusted the command of the Personal Guard directly to Alfred, while he hurriedly left the stronghold, escorted by guards to return to Thessalonica.
"The enemy's strengths and weaknesses are both quite clear," Alfred said, standing before a sand table in the command building, where the terrain and distribution of buildings in the town had been roughly modeled.
"The arcane ability of flames, as well as control abilities similar to mind, desire, or dream, make this assassin almost impossible to deal with in a one-on-one situation."
