Chapter 112: A Difficult Choice
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After a long silence and struggle, Wren finally stood up, looked around at a few of his companions, and said his decision in a deep voice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"These women and children can't stay! Once our... Whereabouts leaked, the cost is too great... We can't afford it. Wren's heart was still struggling, as if trying to convince himself, Wren explained intermittently but gritted his teeth.
"They...... Must die! ”
For a long time, Wren's somewhat hoarse voice sounded, as if he had come out of the cold ice of Northrend after a thousand hardships, with a bit of coldness, exhaustion and madness to the bone. In the end, after some fierce struggle, Wren gritted his teeth and made this decision that made him feel ashamed.
The more than 200 warriors of the raiding detachment had already stood around Rennes before they knew it. At this moment, these strong men also stood silently aside, quietly waiting for Wren's decision. By the time Wren finally came to this conclusion, most of these warriors who were on the battlefield, fighting and fighting, and did not frown when they were really alive and dead, their breathing became short, their brows began to tighten, and their hands clenched their weapons, clenched and let go......
"Wren, you can't do that, they, they're just unarmed women and children, they're not warriors! We're not those centaur scum either! A somewhat old and desolate voice rang out behind Wren, and a minotaur warrior with his left eye obscured by an eyepatch and two broken horns, carrying a huge totem pole, came behind Wren. Some of their old but still solid bodies were covered with dense scars, which were clearly visible because they had taken off their heavy armor.
Rim Rockhoof, the great warrior of the Minotaur Rage Totem Clan, the younger brother of the first hero of the Rage Totem "Earth-shaking Sacred Cow", an old man who is old but still active on the battlefield, an old instructor who joined the Black Yao Legion three years ago, and an old soldier who is a little stubborn and admits death, at this moment, because he can't agree with Wren's decision, he got out of the crowd and said:
"Slaughter these women and children who have no ability to resist? Rennes! This decision will bring shame on the Black Glory Legion! You are turning your back on the glory of a warrior! You're looking up to the centaur dregs! ”
The old man's urgent and angry rebuke resounded throughout the Boar Man camp, and the angry roar shook everyone's ears. As a senior Minotaur who is still active on the battlefield, the totem pole in his hand once did not know how many centaur invaders' brains were smashed on the battlefield, and almost all the members of the Black Yao Legion had been taught and instructed by him.
The old man, who has been in the battlefield and the barracks for many years, with his merits and qualifications, is more than enough to be the deputy commander of the four main forces of the Minotaur, and many high-ranking Minotaur leaders, including Kane Bloodhoof, have begged him to take up a high position. But the old man has always stubbornly thought that his wisdom is average, not that material, he can't be such a big official, and he won't obey to death.
is still fighting on the front line as a first-class sergeant major, teaching those recruits who are still reckless and immature in his eyes every day, teaching his battlefield experience, and teaching these young people how to kill the enemy on the battlefield to save their lives.
This old man has escaped death from the battlefield countless times. Almost all his life was dedicated to the barracks, to the Minotaur tribe. Many of his old friends and those minotaurs who had been taken care of by him had tried to persuade him to take a back seat, take care of his old age, and not linger on the dangerous battlefield, but every time he was sternly rejected by the stubborn old man on the grounds that the crisis of the minotaur had not been resolved, and his old bones could still carry the totem pole to fight.
"Without my teachings, those recruits, I don't know how many, would have lost their lives in the first battle! When we settle down, I'll retire and find a place to raise a few Kodo. These are the words that this venerable old man often puts on his lips, and his plain words are imbued with the sense of responsibility of a Shuharu veteran.
This veteran soldier with a low official rank and not the best strength has an unparalleled prestige among the Minotaur troops, and many of the warriors who once fought under him have now grown into figures who can take charge on their own.
Those Minotaurs who had been cared for by him and worked with the old man affectionately called this amiable and respectable living fossil of the military camp "old man", and respected and loved him like his father.
But now, it was such a prestigious veteran soldier who couldn't agree with Wren's decision, stood up and reprimanded Wren fiercely. Hopefully, Wren can retract his decision and reconsider.
At this moment, Wren, hearing the heart-wrenching reprimand and lesson of the old man behind him, was already full of bitterness, how could he hope that he would become a butcher stained with the blood of innocents?
As an ordinary person who grew up in a peaceful era, although he used to be a killer, he respects life more than anyone here!
But what made him even more unbearable was the failure of the entire plan and the disasters and sacrifices brought to the entire Minotaur tribe because of his own decision-making mistakes.
"Old man, there is no other way, the whole plan cannot be allowed to fail, and we Shuharu cannot afford any more losses. If... If we don't kill these boar people, we may be greeted by a complete disaster..."
"I, Wren Bloodhoof, have sworn in the name of Mother Earth to lead Shuharu to prosperity and to do everything in my power to keep all of my people from being sacrificed! I swore an oath! No more people will be ruined and their wives separated! I will never allow the entire Shuharu tribe to be in danger again! For the sake of my oath, for the sake of the Shuharu tribe, I have no choice! ”
"This is war! The war for the survival of the whole of Shuharu! We will not be allowed to be merciful, and we will not be soft-hearted. For the sake of victory in this war, we have no choice. If what I have done today has made me turn my back on the glory of a warrior, I will be ashamed of the title of Legion Commander, and even let me be spurned and reviled by others, even if I will be saddled with the shameful title of executioner, butcher, and demon for it! For the sake of Shuharu, I have no regrets! ”
Wren's tone changed from low and confused at the beginning, to crazy and intense, until the end, it was full of high-pitched and firm, categorical and unhesitating.
"Old man, I have no choice. For the future of Shuharu! They... Must die! ”
"But today, here, there will only be one weapon stained with shame and blood! There will only be one executioner of shame! There will only be one... Those who turn their backs on the glory of the warriors... Butcher! That's me, Wren Bloodhoof! This shameful massacre will be carried out by me... Do it alone! ”
Wren said in a heavy tone, picked up the dragon scale sword in his hand, and walked slowly but firmly towards the boar people and women and children on the side.
Looking at Wren's determined figure and loud words, the old man Rim Rockhoof, stunned and didn't know what to do, sighed heavily, carried the totem pole on his back, pushed away the crowd, and walked towards the gate of the wild boar man camp with a gloomy face.
He knew that this junior he had always liked was right, but he really couldn't tolerate witnessing the fall of a warrior full of honor and raising a butcher's knife at the innocent!
"Hey, damn war...!" The old man, who was gradually moving away, muttered to himself a little distractedly.
ps. May there be peace in the world!