The plan went smoothly.
The five bandits were separated from each other and sent to different routes to show the next base's clear path was a success. All the different routes at the end eventually led to one path and that path led straight to the next closest base.
Sure, we were worried for only sending a single officer with each bandit but they had armor, weapons and rings while the bandits were tied and only given little freedom to move. So if they tried to escape, they better have a good enough plan to kill the officer and escape.
But after three hours of waiting in a ground where its stench only seems to worsen as time went, we finally saw sight of the first team. Then a few minutes later one more, a good thirty minutes later another and finally the last two came together as they took the longest route and met each other at the end.
While I stood grinning under my armor, I gave a pat to Calvin who suddenly felt the air knock out of him, "Told you."
