Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Soldier

"No...... Don't, let go, help! In the distance, there were bursts of miserable cries for help that continued to reach the eardrums, accompanied by wanton laughter, and the sound of tearing clothes, this is the so-called soldier?

In the extreme north of the empire, there is a group of ethnic minorities who have relied on the terrain, climate, and empire for hundreds of years, and today, the imperial general Estes is leading the army to the north.

The blood had stained the snow beneath his feet, and in the distance lay corpses with spears, swords, and even some agricultural hoes and iron rakes, all of which pointed vertically to the sky.

......Seeing such a tragic situation, he didn't take a long breath, he was wearing a military uniform, the bandages on his forehead had been removed, and his hair was scattered to cover his left eye, and he said to the herald next to him, "Order the whole army to set off immediately, without delay." ”

An adjutant with a long knife on his waist next to him heard what he had said, and hurriedly dissuaded: "But sir, we are the vanguard army, and we must not go deep into the enemy's hinterland, otherwise not only will the food supply not keep up, but also the timely support will not be obtained." "In the face of this newly transferred inexperienced commander, almost every command is very brainless, and it should be the son of a prince and nobleman who was sent to the battlefield to be gilded," and the soldiers could not get rest, and it was easy to bomb the camp. ”

"Rest? Are they really resting? He didn't mutter, with a bit of sarcasm in his tone, this was the second village they had visited, the previous village, he just listened to the adjutant's words, resulting in no survivors in the entire village, although there were still some armed resistance from the Northern Expedition ethnic minorities in the village, but it was not to slaughter the village. And in the village, from the old women in their seventies and eighties to the girls in their five or six years, they were all humiliated to death, what is the difference between such behavior and robbers and bandits? It was too late to find out, and it was thought that the war was started by the ruling classes of the two sides to fight for interests, forcing people to kill each other, but as we see now, all the fault is still man.

"Set off immediately, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law."

The lieutenant sighed, and in his opinion, the new commander, though very resistant to some of the vices of the army, was too young to think about the consequences, and now he just wanted to quietly watch how it was over.

A long trumpet sounded, and the voices ceased, and the shouting and curses rang out, and gradually people came out of the village, most of them still dressed, and walked reluctantly and procrastinatingly, swearing......

Seeing such a military appearance, he no longer had a nameless fire in his heart, remembering that a few days ago he boasted that this was one of the best elite soldiers under Estes, and his anger was even greater.

By the time no one went out, the number of people had not been counted, and there was still one less! Before his face darkened for a moment, several of the people standing below glared at him with mocking meaning, and they held weapons at random, and some even threw them on the snow next to them.

"Find." No one moved, and several people even laughed, holding their stomachs with their hands, and some even sat on the ground and said angry words.

Before he clenched his fists, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, like a volcano that would erupt at any time, and the adjutant next to him sighed again, and was about to call a few people into the village to find someone, when a surprising scene happened......

For some reason, several crystal spears suddenly stretched out from the ground at the feet of the group of soldiers, instantly piercing the bodies of dozens of people, seeing that they could not live, and then, more spears poured out from the ground, and the unknown soldiers roared wildly, and a few who were not dead screamed in pain.

"Oops! There is an enemy attack! The adjutant roared, drew the long knife from his waist and stood in front of him, looking around vigilantly.

"No need." A cold voice sounded, without a trace of emotion, and the adjutant felt that he had been pushed away, and one stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

When I went to see the group of soldiers again, more than half of them were killed and wounded, "How is it possible?" In an instant, he ......" Then, as if remembering something, he turned his head sharply, and found that he had not looked at the group of soldiers with a blank face, and the four were not moved in the slightest.

Could it be him? The adjutant thought to himself, this person actually had a strength similar to that of General Estes? It's horrible.

I don't know when, no more spears will come out of the ground, and ninety percent of the soldiers will die here. The blood stained the swath completely, and some of the remaining survivors shivered and huddled together.

"I don't kill you, not because you're better off than them, but because I need someone to find that person." No longer turned his back to them, "Why don't you get out of here?!" "Unlike the momentum just now, he is like a high monarch at this time.

The rest of the group was frightened and hurried towards the village.

"Kill ninety percent of the elite soldiers at once, you are really ......," the adjutant muttered to himself, "don't you think they should be killed?" There was something unkind in his tone, and he asked rhetorically.

"Drink, what about killing? Don't forget that we are only the vanguard army, there are such people in the large army behind, can you protect these people for a while, can you still protect them for a lifetime? The adjutant's series of questions seemed to pour cold water on him and sober him up.

yes, even if you kill all these people in the team, what's the use? Not everyone thinks the same thing.

"Boy, let me have a few words with him." Kurowa didn't speak, he didn't feel his body twitch for a while, and then he lost control of his body.

"So, is that why you don't act?"

"Being in this environment, slowly assimilated? Oh yes, it can't be said to be assimilation, rather, is your heart numb? "After that, I haven't taken back control of my body.

"When you see the darkness and don't stop it, you don't know that you've been swallowed up by it, poor man...... Understand that the most terrible thing in this world is not the lack of the power to change reality, but the lack of a heart to change reality. ”

Every sentence was like a heavy hammer, striking the heart, and the adjutant never said anything again.

Before he spoke, tears gradually overflowed from the corners of his eyes, yes, wasn't he like that before? Cowardly, for a while.

"I didn't expect you to say such philosophical things." Bai teased again.

The adjutant didn't say anything, he stood there dumbfounded, and soon, the group of soldiers took back the soldier who did not obey the order, he was not wearing any clothes, naked, and the group of soldiers put him in front of him, and when he was far away, the man was still scolding, and the voice spread far away, and at this moment, he saw the corpses of his colleagues all over the ground, but he didn't dare to let go of a fart, and knelt tremblingly in the "blood" field.

"Why don't you obey the military order when you hear it?"

The man didn't say anything, probably didn't know what to say, "As a soldier, why don't you wear a battle robe?" ”

"Still don't say it?" He hadn't turned his back anymore, "Ah!! A scream came.

"They all say that you are one of the best soldiers under the general, so ......" "Ah!!"

Spears stretched out from the ground, pierced his knees, and plunged into his abdomen, but they avoided the vital point, and he would not die for a while.

"Do you know what is the most painful thing in the world in this world? It's not death, death just refers to the moment of deprivation of life, and it's not very painful. The real pain is the process of dying, take your time and enjoy it, you deserve it. "This pain can only be experienced if you have experienced it yourself. I didn't laugh at myself from the bottom of my heart.

"Don't worry, since it's an elite, I'll do my best to let you enjoy it."

It was only less than ten minutes, and the man couldn't hold on any longer, "Please, please, kill...... Kill me, kill me! ”

"It's just a little time, are you really in such a hurry to die......

"Now, little ghost over there, come here." Before he turned his head to the village, after a while, two weak figures appeared.

One boy was a little older, and the other was a little girl of five or six years old, with tears on her face, all dressed in the most ordinary civilian clothes, and her body was stained with a lot of blood, and the little girl curled up behind the boy, cowering and looking at them timidly.

"Do you think that's enough?"

The two of them looked at him in fear, and after a while, he still didn't react.

He didn't throw a dagger in front of the man, "You can choose to kill him now to take revenge, but I still have to remind you that being alive is the greatest torture for him." ”

The boy seemed to have made up his mind, and walked over and picked up the dagger, "Please, kill me!" The man shouted again, and the boy was startled, and the dagger fell back to the ground.

"Please...... Please, kill me, kill me! The man was already a little delirious, shaking his body frantically, which also exacerbated his pain.

"Remember to tell General Estes that he and Chester have managed to infiltrate the enemy," he said to one of the surviving soldiers, "and they will be back as soon as they gather information." ”

"Yes......"

Without nodding his head, he and Adjutant Chester had changed their clothes, looking more like ordinary civilians.

The two children had already left, and in the end, they didn't kill the man.

"Sir, are the two of them really okay?" Chester asked cautiously.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He replied as if he was no longer joking, and then sighed again, "War is always wrong at any time." It is always innocent civilians who are injured. ”

"So, since wars are all so wrong, what is the use of us soldiers?"

"We are just weapons for the high-ranking to plunder. A pawn that can be discarded at any time. ”