Chapter 125: The Worst of Houses (1) (1/2)
Chapter 125: The Worst of Houses (1)
‘It’s here? What were they thinking…’
‘This is nuts All I see is ice… are we really going to be traversing this place?’
‘Do they think we’re da?’
Tommy frowned as he watched the troops’ h assignment as it is, but if the men’s morale is this low on top of that…’
It was so bad that he even consideredan example out of some of the men
But sucha roup to be united in their cause…
‘If our lord was here… no, if only Sir Taker was here, he would’ve been able to rouse theHe had labored to becoh water, but that did not mean he had the skills to rally the men In the first place, Tommy was unfamiliar with the role of a leader as he preferred to take a step back and quietly focus on his given assignments
It was at that moment that Rick took a step forward and shouted
“Brighten up, the lot of you! Why do you all look to be in such pain? Hmm?”
One of the soldiers opened his mouth
“Well, that’s…”
“H to say, be on with it and make yourself heard”
Rick said to the hesitant soldier, who continued to close and open his lared at Rick
‘Stop that, you idiot’
If this clearly anxious soldier was to talk, his restlessness would be contagious And if that happened, they may really need to summarily execute some men to make an example out of them and enforce discipline
The soldier as encouraged began to speak, perhaps unaware of Tom through it – this is a place where survival is ih this area is no different froht This is beyond our ht, it is not too late to return”
“Indeed”
As Tommy feared, the one soldier’s uneasiness spread to the rest of the troops As soon as one opened the floodgates, the other an to raise their objections one after another
“Dear me… the soldiers are shaken up They would fail their mission at this rate, wouldn’t they?”
Robin muttered as he watched the soldiers express their discontent
Then again, he thought, the order he received from Milton was only to use his shi+ps to drop this unit at their destination – nothing nment, all he had to do was take them aboard and turn back the way they caht? Regardless of how important their work here’s supposed to be’
Robin worried for his own safety first as he watched the agitated men
But then…
“SILENCE!!”
STOMP!
Rick’s deafening roar was acco up the frozen earth He reminded the troops of histhetheir qualms And then…
“I am well aware that this is a difficult task Who wouldn’t be? As it is for you, I a the absolute horseshi+t that is this cursed frozen earth for the first ti this place eaklings like you lot However!”
Rick paused for a moment
“We are at war! Is there any place with respite, without hardshi+ps? I demand that you tell uaranteed! In other places, our fellow brothers in ar the Republican ar into pointed spears as they bear through the arrows raining down upon the but the cold?! Do you still have the gall to call yourselves the sadom?!”
Rick was not the most eloquent or well-spoken of people
But he had a burning fire within his heart, and he had the straightforwardness to manifest that passion unfiltered when he talked
Such a straight and clear-cut speech was bound to find its ht This is war’
‘I forgot that this arti put in the rear for so long…’
‘bloody elow up the men’s faces Rick continued
“This is our battlefield! Our enemy is nature itself, this damn cold! This snowstor northern wind is the eneive up? Shall we run aith our tails between our legs like cowards?”
Rick raised a clenched fist and did not repress his eht and win! Our co the Republican bastards are earnestly seeking our help!!”
Rick’s simple speech offered no particular directive and lacked real logic or reasoning
However…
“We shall fight! And we shall win!”
“URRRAAHHHHH!!”
“UOOOOOOOH!!”
The pure heated passion of it was enough to rouse the troops
On Rick’s side, Touy… was he always capable of stuff like this?’
He discovered that his longtiht of as a simpleton, had this dormant talent
All Rick had done was to be open with theor calculation, but this heart-to-heart connected with the ht be doable’
With Rick having raised the men’s spirits, it was Tommy’s turn to play his part
“Prepare toour supplies! Our food and wararments are our lifeline – stow theroups of ten and link yourselves with a rope We will ensure the safety of one another!”
Whilst Rick’s fiery temper rallied the men, Tommy meticulously directed the scene with his cool and calm approach
It was as Milton said: the two of theh for a small hope to be sparked in this foolhardy expedition
After twoon defense and refusing to attack, Siegfried became privy to his enemy’s motive