The five pairs of patrols quickly fell under Cassandra's control.
After verifying that they had truly succumbed to her ability—by making them fall in line with the rest—she promptly ordered them to resume their duties.
After all, if their regular reports were delayed, the enemy would immediately notice that something was wrong.
Of course, we made sure to instruct them: act as if we and the brainwashed soldiers were invisible to you.
With that safeguard in place, we could move freely without concern.
Just to be thorough, I updated the markers on them, changing their designation to purple—indicating a "corrupted" patrol unit.
"With this, we can proceed to Stage Three."
Stage One was locating the Eclipse Sovereign. Stage Two was sneaking in and securing "pawns" to use. And finally, Stage Three—
"We're taking over the Eclipse Sovereign!"
Of course, that was much easier said than done.
