Chapter 3: Confusion

"Next...... Wait, who are you? Your name is not on the list. The clerk looked at Snowland.

"Snowland, a traveler." Snorlan replied honestly, now that his heart was also flustered, and seeing that it was about to be his turn to be tortured, where was the opportunity for Bourkeso to say? However, the clerk's question regained his confidence.

"Snorlan......" The clerk carefully checked the parchment scroll in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and then turned his head and asked the officer on horseback: "Your Excellency, his name is not on the list, what should we do?" ”

The officer on horseback pondered for a moment and commanded the clerk: "Punished with the rebels, he who mixes with them at this time will not be a good man!" ”

The clerk received the order and replied loudly: "Yes!" ”

"Snolan, is there any objection to the death penalty for rebellion against the Empire?"

Snowlan's heart is getting colder and colder, what about the opportunity that Bourkeso is talking about? Why is he going to be beheaded now? Are you going to be one of the most aggrieved traverser series? The more he thought about it, the lower it became, and finally his heart was ruthless, just think about it, don't let the executioner push him down on the execution table, lie down on his own initiative, at least some manhood.

Snorlan shook his head, signaled that he had no objections, and did not wait for the soldiers to push and shove, he walked onto the execution table by himself, and lay on the execution table by himself, his heart full of despair.

The clerk nodded, signaled the executioner to begin, and the executioner picked up the axe, stretched his waist, and raised the axe high, and just as he was about to cut down, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, an explosion came, and the executioner and Snorlan were near the center of the explosion, only to see that the executioner was swept away by the shock wave in an instant, falling heavily, and began to vomit blood in his mouth.

Snorlan was lying on the ground, not swept away by the shock wave, but fell to the side, but it was fine, he shook his head, came back to his senses, and looked around, only to find that the central square that had just been full of people seemed to have changed its appearance, bricks and stones were flying, rubble was everywhere, countless injured residents were wailing loudly, and the Segou officers were trying to maintain order on horseback, but their own soldiers were also suffering heavy casualties, how could they have the strength to organize order? The stampede brought by the chaos took away countless lives, and in the blink of an eye, the central square was full of bloody corpses, like hell.

Before Snorlan could come to his senses, he was dragged by a powerful hand, and Snorlan was startled, only to find that it was Arturius. Arturius and his brothers took advantage of the confusion to untie the ropes in their hands and prepare to flee, when they saw a dazed Snorlan and pulled him out of kindness.

Arturius helped Snorlan untie the rope, and Snorlan was about to thank him when suddenly there was a shocking shout of killing in the distance.

"For the glory of Roe!" "Kill all these Segu dogs!" The shouts of killing were incessant, and Arturius knew it in his heart, and said to Snorlan with some joy: "It's the Roe! Also, this is the border between the two countries, and it is not surprising that the Roe people appeared. Let's go! ”

Snorlan nodded. Ignoring the dust on his body, he followed Arturius away from this place of right and wrong.

At this moment, on the other side of the square, the Segou officers who were escorting Snoran heard the shouts of those Roeans, jumped to their feet in anger, quickly turned over and dismounted, and took the soldiers with them to find cover, and regrouped to prepare for a fight.

"His Majesty the Emperor, the people of Segou, is watching us, and now that the Roe mongrels have the audacity to come to our territory and spread the wild, it is time for them to witness our wrath! For the sake of glory, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, rush! The officer raised his sword and swung forward, and the soldiers around him rushed forward shouting slogans, their resolute faces with cold cruelty, they had suffered heavy losses in the explosion, and the rest of them were also disgraced, they were unable to organize into any effective formation, but they still rushed forward with a fierce force. They are not some pampered young master soldiers in the belly of the empire, they are all veterans who have been crawling around the border all year round, even if they do not have such high military literacy and not so sophisticated equipment, but the ruthlessness in their bones can often keep them alive.

The Segou soldiers began to charge, unprepared for battle, but they knew that they had a better chance of surviving by rushing forward than by fleeing backwards.

However, the truth is brutal. The unprepared Segu soldiers rushed forward in a swarm, putting some pressure on the Roys at first, but when the Roues came to their senses and regrouped, only the Segu soldiers were killed.

While the Segou soldiers were fighting with the Roe, Arturius quietly gathered with Snorlan and a group of rebel militiamen, and took advantage of the chaotic situation to slowly touch a two-story house next to the square. The dwelling had apparently been uninhabited for some time, and the lock had long since been broken, and the door opened with a slight push, and it was covered with dust, and it was evident that anything of value had been taken by its former owner or by the thieves who had come to visit. There was only a tattered table on the first floor, and next to it were two stools, one barely enough to sit on, and the other looked like it was about to fall apart.

Arturius stood at the table and gathered the militia, who he planned to organize and escape from Riptide together.

Arturius looked around, counted the number of survivors, counted twelve of them, nodded his head, and said in a low voice, "Brothers, we should not die today, and since the gods have favored us so much, we should also seize this opportunity to return to our homeland." Do a good job of this house, brothers, find someone who can take advantage of it, there is going to be a war, and you can't do it empty-handed. Immediately, Arturius picked up the stool that was about to fall apart, and with a little force, he removed one of the legs of the stool, which he weighed in his hand, and felt that it was quite handy. Seeing this, the other militiamen did the same, dismantling the remaining stools and tables. A few other militiamen went up to the second floor, looking for weapons to pick up.

Arturius turned to Snorlan and said, "Friend, do you want to come with us?" ”

Snorlan had just recovered from the chaos just now, he thought about it, he had nothing to do but follow Snolan, he was a fugitive from Segu, and the Roe who came later killed people when they saw them, and he couldn't fall into the hands of either of them, so he still had hope of living with Arturius. So he didn't hesitate, nodded, and said, "Okay." ”

In the square, the Ségou soldiers stubbornly resisted the Roe, but as time went by, the Ségou soldiers gradually dwindled, and the Koroés still poured in like a tidal wave. They may not have been as well-trained as these Segou soldiers, but they were well-armed and fearless to death, while the Segu soldiers were tired and unprepared for battle, and could only be wiped out by the tide of the Roe.

At this time, the Segu officer, who was surrounded and protected by the Segu soldiers, gritted his teeth, stuck his saber into the ground next to him, took out a beautiful small bag from his arms, took out an oval round purple crystal from the small bag, and pinched the crystal tightly in his hand. Immediately afterward, the crystal glowed slightly.

Officer Segu said to the crystal in his hand: "The captain of the fifth squad directly under the picket brigade of the second combat division of the third frontier regiment of the Segu Frontier Regiment, Lieutenant Knight Lieutenant Gaude Galeman, reported to the headquarters that our unit was attacked by the Roe when it was carrying out a stability maintenance mission in Riptide Town, it is well-equipped and numerous, and it is difficult for our unit to resist and continue, I hope that the empire will avenge us and for Segou!" For the glory of Your Majesty! ”

Officer Segou let go of the crystal in his hand, the light of the crystal disappeared, he threw the crystal to the ground, and stomped it to pieces, then drew his sword and shouted: "For the sake of the Empire, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, let these Roe dogs know what war is!" Immediately, he rushed at the Roe, and the Segou soldiers roared and followed him towards the Roe. Torches were scattered on the ground all around, but the burning houses nearby provided a bright glow that reflected on their faces, illuminating their swarthy faces red. The flames melted into their eyes, their hearts, their blood, igniting their last rage. They shouted words that were meaningful or meaningless, and were mentally prepared to die in battle – of course, they had already come to their senses.

This squad is a detachment directly under the Internal Guard Regiment of the 2nd Operational Division of the 3rd Frontier Regiment of Ségou, which is responsible for maintaining discipline and border law and order in the army, and is responsible for security around Rapids. Although they were picket troops in charge of law and order, they had been on duty on the conflict-ridden southern border for many years, and they had long been mentally prepared to die in battle—the pension of the Central Military Department was enough for their wives and children to buy some family property and small business in some cities, and live a decent life. Now that the Central Military Department of Segu has arranged the aftermath for them, the fierce and brutal side of these soldiers is vividly reflected. In war, they show no mercy to their enemies, even if they are unarmed villagers, emaciated women and children; But they are not willing to settle for anything when they are in a desperate situation, and for them, there are only two options in war: fight or die.

The Segou soldiers engaged the Roe. These brutal warriors knew in their hearts that this was their last battle, and they stabbed their blades into the chests of the Roe, taking the lives of one Roe after another. But they were alone, facing an enemy ten times their size, and their high-pitched anger and stubborn will were just another spectacle in this slaughter.

The massacre in the square ended as the chest of the Segou officer was finally pierced by the sharp blades of the Roeans. The massacre began with a battle cry from the Ségou officer, and ended with a muffled snort from the Ségou officer. Strangely, instead of shouting as the victorious soldiers, the Roues were quiet, with only the bloodthirsty light in their eyes, as if they were not soldiers, but a group of madmen who took pleasure in killing. They were calm, some of them stayed behind and methodically gathered the corpses in the square, and the rest scattered to all corners of Riptide Town, bringing death to every corner of the bustling town.

Today, at this very moment, Riptide is destroyed. The Seigu people will definitely rebuild a new Riptide Town, the Seigu people need a stronghold here to ensure the security of the border, but in the future, the Rapids Town will no longer be this prosperous Rapids Town, the Riptide townspeople living here have disappeared in history because of the massacre of these Roe people, they are not the first victims of the blood feud between the two countries for generations, nor will they be the last, their deaths have added a trivial touch to the blood feud between the two countries.