Chapter 44 (2/2)
”Do you knohat you should do?” Oskar threw himself tiredly in the chair His whole body was drenched in his oeat Even though the headache had subsided a little by now, he had never felt so sleepy before in his entire life! ”da the next ti anymore” The prince warned himself
”Hey, I' man raised the head of a captive up whose face was filled with terror
”I know! II know!” Makario was full of regret His troop leader had received so to take this business, but they were naïve enough torid of one child should not have been much trouble, and no one would knoho did it However, now things had coht he would ever be placed in such a miserable situation
”Well, just as before, when I ask you a question, you will give me a truthful answer Presuave up all the information they had, but they still could not escape death Do you knohy? I'll give you a serious warning, theLet's say if you have answered a question wrongly, then you will first lose one finger If theanswered truthfully, then ill be waiting ahead of you will be the cross You know, I prepared ten of them, and if you want to have that last one, I would be happy to present it to you”
”I understandIIfully understand,” Makario was about to collapse He looked around hiuys were not huh he had also tortured prisoners before, he never thought of such a brutal tactic
The tent was filled with the stench of urine thanks to the traumatized captives The small tent was filled with ten people before, and noas only left with Makario alone in less than an hour
Four people surrounded Makario quietly He clearly remembered all these men from this afternoon; that butler was the archer; the old man was the insidious one; and that child was the prince, whose portrait was distributed to everyone in the mercenary troop As for the doctor, Makario treuy smiled at hi so cruel as tothe unlucky guy still have a sane, conscious mind He could never be a real doctor, never!
”It's good that you understand the rules!” Oscar accepted the coffee the butler handed hiood for the wound, but at least it allowed him a short, sober moment ”Then listen well, the same question, I have repeated it nine times, I believe you will make me satisfied Tell me, your identity, nationality, and whatever business it was that you participated in”
”Your Honourable Prince, my name is Makario My public identity is a fur trader, but I aroup of Italia”
Oscar digested the inforlimmer, ”Doramy!” he shouted
The first person to react to this cry was, of course, Makario, ”Oh, no! You knohat I' the truth! I am oh… No! Oh God!”
The King of Sins did not care about the screa With ers and removed it from his hand in one swift cut Makario's screa of Sins believed this shrill screa off the mountain
The Poison Doctor Percy snatched away the cigar in between the fingers of the King of Sins and he blew on it until the tobacco burned with bright red eainst the wound of the prisoner, and the blood iain and struggled wildly, but he could not move an inch away from the thick leather that rapped around his body
The foul smell of charred human flesh filled up the tent
Oscar took out his handkerchief and covered his nose ”Hey, this is only the first question, do you damn bastard think I'roup need a decent status to cover up his identity? I'll ask you just once more What kind of business is it that you do?”
Makario burst into tears Although he was discouraged after witnessing what had just happened to his coreat pain hi information from the cruel prince
”OkayOkayI also provide soencies in Italia, but I am only the informant Really, I provide infor more than the deployment of the titan troops at the border, and sos that happen in theelse! I just play aa small role”
Oscar was once again challenged Why would the military institutions in Italia suddenly be involved? It sees were far more complex than expected
”So, here comes the second question, who told you to do so? Do not tell uys before you had no idea about that, but you, you are the deputy, and if you want to ”
”I really don't know!” Makario interrupted the prince before he could finish his sentence He urgently filled his expression with pain and tears, ”I swear! I really don't know, all the arrangements are made by the leader… Oh, yes! My leader, his name is Hondolas, nicknaence agencies Your Highness! You can ask him, he must know more than me!”
Oscar laughed slyly, ”Two!”
”Oh no!”
Extre out from the tent
The Poison Doctor took out a small bottle from his pocket It was his treasure, the re contained in this little bottle was called ”musk,” a word that he could not pronounce, but he knew it could wake even the deadest soul The priceless little bottle was one of theprice of it on the black inable
Makario akened by an extre sretted that he had not died
”Who ordered you to launch this attack?” The prince asked again with much patience
”Waa…waaa!” Makario dropped to the ground like a weightless feather ”I can't say it! It will cost me my life!”
”Think about it,the tiirls on either side And look at where you're at now? Giving up your own life just because of a secret? Just tell rant you a bag of gold later Although that ht not be any more valuable compared to h for you to retreat to a remote and secluded countryside town and spend the second half of your life in peace” Oscar tried to convince the prisoner
”You swear to God?”
”I swear it by my faith!”
”Well, okay It was near the end of May, when a secret agent who had always been in contact with us visited our caets, he even paid a deposit beforehand It was only until half a o that we received the confirmation, and all of us, our whole troop entered the h we found your procession and began planning the layout of the attack”
Oscars heard the sudden sound of the bugle froreat difficulty, even though he was exceedingly reluctant to leave the comfort of the seat
”Makario, thank you for your cooperation I a to retreat now, but I also need to knohat is the name of the person that entrusted you with the task, how he looks like, not to forget the guide, and also how you guys got in touch with the assassins that had been wanted to murder me And… oh hey, my trusted friends!” Oscar turned to his cri in ht now, and I can't stand it anymore! Ask those important questions on my behalf, and do not let our Deputy Head Makario stay idle for even one moment”
”Attention!” A loud coht
”Respect to the warriors who sacrificed!”
The knights were in a formation of neat rows They pulled out their swords, and held the hilts to their chests with the sharp tips pointed towards the sky
”Light the fire!”
His Royal Highness Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette walked out from the queue with a torch in his hand Behind him was his mother, sister, and a few other ladies; while in front of hie pile of dry firewood mounted with numerous warriors' bodies
His Royal Highness Prince sloalked froorously The sound of bodies burning acco firewood
The fire burnt violently up into the sky, and vague ihts in battle seehts in formation were immensely quiet and they did not make a sound However, their eyes revealed an unprecedented lint What they needed to do at the e their comrades
Most of the Narcissus Knights did not attend the funeral of their co the area, cleaning up and guarding the caainst enemies Only when the fire was lit, they pulled out their swords and observed athe direction of their co to heaven
Oscar did not say a word These people sacrificed for himself If it were not for this trip,on the battlefield and even if injuries could not be avoided, but at least they would not die confused on their own soil They could have fallen under the swords of Persians ene a reward for soroup
The funeral held was rather simple There were no farewell crowds nor seas of Narcissus What they had were only the young lady's tribute and the knights' heartfelt wishes
The flaht into the eyes that looked towards it, but no one wanted to avert their gaze away froht The people within the sea of fire had earned their honor and trust in the nificent way, and if the prince had the choice, he would no doubt lead those knights once again The young man finally felt as if a corner of his own heart had been broken When he lit the fire, he saw the iuard who had taken a sword attack for hiht who told hie, and also that attendant who taught him how to set up a tent, and he also saw the Narcissus scout that had hunted with him
He was the first to leave the funeral, as he could not find a reason to stay He did not kno his father, the cohts, took part in this kind of funeral He intended to ask his father after returning home, to learn from him on how to deal with sacrifices, how to face the ene - after all this, how to deal with his broken soul
”Oscar!” the scream came from the foot of the mountain! ”Oscar! Oscar!”
The young ritted teeth, the little fatty dragged his weak and injured body towards the direction of the sound that was calling for him
Several Narcissus Knights escorted Sarlat Drosha to the prince They saw the young rabbed the reins of the former paladin with one hand
”Haha! Sarlat! May the God of Light bless you! Where is the da man exclaimed excitedly at his return
The Hedgehog jumped neatly off his horse He noticed Colonel Kamille also rushed over to their direction
”Oscar, Kamille! Paul and I discovered the campsite of the enemy It is to the west, at a mountain pass only nine kilometers away from here”
”Really?” ”How many people are there?” Oscar and the Colonel asked at the same time
”First can I have a drink?” Sarlat licked his pale lips before answering He had not had a drop of water since afternoon until now The knights rushed off to find a water bag for him as they were impatient to hear about the news They now looked at theSarlat as if he was a saint
Sarlat accepted a water bag fro water down his throat He was extre to drink the last few drops
”Ahthose dauys set up their camp under a cliff, and on its either side were also steep mountains Only one side of the forest slope is considered alright, and they did not send out scouts, they only set up a few traps around their ca to the number of tents they had in their cath So, what say you? Should we give them a shot?”
Both Oscar and Colonel Kamille Rayen were silent The opposition had more than five hundred! That ice their size!
The prince was a little hesitant He could not wait to dash off to the enemy's campsite immediately, but he had to consider the consequences He knew nothing of war, but the warring blood of the Andrew family inside him instinctively told him that it was a truly unique opportunity He carefully solicited the advice of the colonel
”Kamille, what do you think? They do not have scouts, and we could sneak past effortlessly Moreover, our man Snowstorm is still in there, and we could just as well catch them by surprise”
Kamille was also a little hesitant The eneet rid of 500 people without alar anyone He hness, let us not talk about the enemy first, let's talk about ourselves I believe we could indeed launch an attack, but we still have the wounded, and we have a few ladies who cannot be harmed If we leave them hereThatthat's too unsafe, a mere reconnaissance squad from the enemy can have them all buried six feet under I mean once we don't have any more protection here”
Oscar gripped his htly until his knuckles beca urgently through the machete to his whole body He knew he had to make a decision!
”Kamille, listen up! I have decided, we need to attack, we cant sit here and be sitting ducks So I want to attack, us being severely wounded, the enemy will never expect us to launch a counterattack so soon Bring the ladies along, and let all the wounded who canalong too If ant to fight, we should pour in our full strength It is a matter of life and death! This is the decisive time!”
The paladin considered the decision repeatedly There was nothing more difficult to do than to le horn that had been passed to hi left to be held back The prince was right! Co on full attack was definitely more attractive!
”Your Highness! Is this your final decision?” Kamille asked one last time
”Yes, and that is hness Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette answered firmly
”Woowoowoo!” The silent valley akened by the bugle horn The patrolling Narcissus Knights heard the call and pulled their horses to a halt, and carefully identified the signal This was the attack command! Andrew Haila! They had to attack!
”Hold up!” Oscar held up a guard as about to leave with his horse ”Knight, go to e Tell hi of Demons from hell Ricky will kno to deal with that captive! I believe he will! Certainly!”