More than a dozen female captives knelt in a row on the ground, waiting for the final moment.

In the wee hours of the morning, Broken Mouth and his team arrived at the Luodao stronghold. Purely fortunately, their scouts found the figure at the door of the stronghold from a distance without revealing themselves. After a short and heated discussion, they decided not to hide this time and fight them hard.

"Please, be merciful, be merciful. I was sold to them three months ago. I did go to the Divine Will battlefield, but I didn't kill anyone, I'm still a recruit. One of the captives wept bitterly and pleaded, turning to one of the nearest slaves, "Oh, sister, my sister, I see your tattoo, you're a one-orderer, aren't you?" You can feel it, tell them, tell your man, I don't have any powers, I really haven't killed anyone. Tell them, please. "She was so frightened that she couldn't speak incoherently." I am willing to accept conversion, I am willing to be slaves to them, I am willing to do whatever I am told to do, please don't kill me. ”

Without hesitation, her sister exposed her lies in front of everyone.

"No, you're a slave. I saw you in the main city, and you were with one of the captains of the 2nd Regiment. Just last month, before you went to war with him. You didn't buy it, they took it. If you hadn't gone to them, you wouldn't be here. You used to be one of us, but now you're part of them! ”

We? They? This clear distinction between friend and foe sounds really pleasant, I thought to myself.

The captive let out a desperate roar.

"Table smash! Table smash! I curse you! How dare you, how dare you harm me? You're going to die! Do you think you're loyal? When your transformed feelings are completely dissipated, you will abandon them like me! She was hysterical, her distorted face covered with tears and snot, and she completely lost her mind, "And you! You all are! Without the conversion of the priests, sooner or later you will become like me! ”

The captive turned to the men around him, "Did you hear that?" Bedbug! Sooner or later, they'll become like me! Abandon you! Betray you! Ahh ”

This poor woman is crazy. Broken Mouth sighed and shook his head and turned around and walked straight away.

The day before yesterday had caused the Broken Mouths team to lose their captain, as well as many brothers and slaves. The elected acting captain canceled the team's planned trip to the Northern Fortress, and he vetoed the proposal to withdraw to the main city.

"Our opponent must have set up some other ambush in front of him, and going to the fortress is self-defeating. It was also inappropriate to return to the main city, the way back was all plains, unsheltered, and easy for them to catch up. Said the slave of the acting captain.

"I couldn't agree more, it's a dead end, both forward and backward. We've killed so many of them, and they're not going to give up. Only by retreating into the mountains and relying on the advantage of familiarity with the terrain can we get rid of the pursuers. ”

Then, as the acting captain expected, their opponents did not give up, and sent many small groups of pursuers. After a bit of ability, the Broken Mouth's team wounded three more people, killing four, including their only priest.

"Hey, Broken Mouth! Let's have fun! ”

A man shouted at him and threw a torch onto the roof of the thatched hut. The other men and slaves picked up stone hammers and smashed the piles of tools to pieces. The footmen drew water directly from their personal space in the river, ready to wash down all the clay pits. The order of the acting captain was very clear, to completely destroy the entire stronghold before retreating, leaving no one behind the enemy.

Broken Mouth was not originally called Broken Mouth, because he asked a few words in the encounter the day before yesterday, and was reprimanded by the acting captain afterwards, so the nickname Broken Mouth spread in the team, replacing his original name.

Broken Mouth himself didn't care about it, he didn't like his original name anyway.

The death of the priest was a major blow to the Broken Mouth's ranks, and everyone was afraid of being injured in the next battle, and their morale was much lower. The acting captain decided to take a risk and led the group along the easily spotted river valley to the North Seventh collection point, commonly known as the Luodao stronghold, which was far away from them.

"A friend of mine is there, and he's the most powerful priest I've ever met. As long as there is still breath left, even if you are chopped into meat sauce, he can restore you to your original form. ”

However, Lady Luck played a small joke on them, and the enemy did not notice them, but took their destination one step ahead of them.

"Ali, why is this called Luodao? From the mountain, the shape of the island does not look like a snail at all, but rather a sweet potato. ”

"I heard that a long time ago, there was a big man named Luo here. When I'm as awesome as him one day, I'll definitely give this place a better name, how about calling it Snow Island? Or it's not bad to call it Kirishima. ”

The acting captain's words made his slave giggle, and the two of them were in love with me, which embarrassed the broken mouth who came to report. You big idiot, you should have coughed a few times before you entered the door, now what? Sneaking away? Or pretend you don't exist?

"Ahem, someone's coming." As soon as Broken Mouth made up his mind to sneak away, the woman saw him. She hurriedly broke free from her master's embrace and bowed to each of them. No matter how intimate the relationship between the two is in private, when outsiders are present, some necessary etiquette is still indispensable.

"Master, slave retirement."

The acting captain withdrew his gaze from the woman's hastily departing back, looked at the broken mouth unhappily, and said in a cold tone, "What's the matter?" ”

Calm down, man. You've already begged him twice, behave better, don't ask for a third time. Broken Mouth cheered himself up secretly and saluted with his fists, "Captain, you have an eyebrow about the things you told me to pay attention to." It has been pointed out that among the captives were indeed slaves who had followed us in the last battle of the Divine Will. ”

The acting captain's expression changed from impatience to solemnity, and he frowned, "Tell me more details." ”

Broken mouth did this and that, while peeking at the boss's reaction. It seems that he has diverted his attention from the unhappiness just now, which is good.

The acting captain was silent for a long time, he stared out the door, half of the stronghold was already thick smoke billowing and flames were soaring into the sky. If there are enemy scouts nearby, they will soon realize what is happening here.

"Broken mouth, pass my orders. The whole team assembled, took all the prisoners, and prepared to be transferred. ”

Broken Mouth was stunned for a moment, "That, captain, did you just mean to take all the prisoners?" ”

"Yes, take all the prisoners, and the original order of execution is canceled. Now it seems that it would be more useful for us to keep them alive. ”

When it was slightly dark, the team of Broken Mouths had no trouble getting rid of the half-awake female sentry. They crept into the stronghold, each touching a sleeping enemy, and using a telepathic channel to signal to the acting captain that they were in position, and it wasn't long before everyone received the order to do so.

Half of the women in the colony lost their lives in such a daze, and many more were awakened and were busy looking for weapons, and then collapsed in pools of blood. The rest fell into a panic, screaming and scurrying around. Faced with sporadic resistance without organization, the fighting quickly turned into massacre.

At first, the acting captain thought that since the enemy had occupied the stronghold of Luodao, the original people in the stronghold must be more than lucky. Enraged, he intended to kill him cleanly, but his slaves dissuaded him in time.

"We also have the wounded, Ali, three seriously wounded. Your friends aren't here, but they still need priests! ”

Then Lady Luck smiled at them again, and one of the women they captured happened to be a priest.

"Hi you! Chick! "When Broken Mouth found her, she was using his abilities to heal the injured man." Good news for you, the order to execute the other captives has been lifted, and they can come with us. ”

"Really? Is your captain finally willing to trust me? The priestess replied blandly.

We didn't kill anyone in the colony, they gave up on this place of their own accord, please spare my teammates. When she pleaded, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance was in his eyes, which made him feel the urge to hug her into his arms and comfort her gently.

But as soon as the words came out, why didn't they involuntarily change their taste? Broken mouth couldn't help but scratch his head a little.

"He's always believed what you say, chick." Otherwise, he wouldn't be in the mood to play with his slaves. "I don't promise you because they are not as valuable as you, and it is easy to expose our traces if you keep them. If I had the final say, I would have slaughtered them all, leaving no one but you. ”

The priestess opened her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Broken Mouth raising her hand.

"Don't, don't talk, don't ask me why he changed his mind again, I don't know why. I'm just a rookie, and he's a second-order samurai, a veteran captain of the hundreds. I can't guess what he thinks, you know? "I want to know why more than you do, and who's going to tell me?" Now hurry up, pack your things and get ready to go. There's still a long way to go. ”

The team quickly set off and gradually disappeared into the mountains. Compared to when they came, there were more than a dozen more captives with their hands tied behind their backs, and they faltered, their eyes full of hesitation.

Behind them, in front of the door of the burning stronghold, on a mountain of naked corpses, a deranged woman sat motionless, her expression not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

"Ali, what's wrong with you? You've been frowning since Broken Mouth approached you, what are you worried about? ”

"Ah Tong, let me ask you a question, if you had been on the battlefield of divine consciousness with me, what do you think you would be like now?"

"I think? I think I'm going to either run back with you, or I'll be the same as I am. Either it will fall into the hands of the enemy, and it is difficult to say what will become of me. ”

"Let me ask you another question, if you fall into the hands of the enemy and are relieved of emotional transformation and regain your freedom, are you willing to follow them and infiltrate back as a tail, engage in assassination, guerrilla fights and so on?"

"No, being a tail is the work of the dead who have been judged by the high priest. If I were unconverted, I would most likely choose to go to their country and start over. Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless they do everything they can to fight a continuation of the war, to annex the men's country, and I think they will win in the end."

"Hehe, Atong, that's what I'm worried about."