Chapter 44 - Which Would You Choose? (1/2)

”They are not innocent! Killing an entire group of people just because some mustache man said they were evil is unjustifiable!” yelled Mavislin.

Raiyen was taken aback, he had never witnessed the Valkyrie lose her temper before. Sure, she was playfully punching people or hurling a tree or two. But she was never violent with her words, to Raiyen's current knowledge.

Was she always like this? Or had something happened within those 600 years difference? The Time Mage could only inwardly ask himself as the situation before him increased the stress levels in the room.

”And killing all these soldiers is?” he retorted back.

”They are merely soldiers. They are just following orders. They are performing this because they have no choice. Defy, and they will suffer. Tell me, which would you choose?” interrogated the man.

That question yielded no proper answer, both would be taking lives. There was right or wrong when it came to deciding on the battlefield. If one were to kill for the sake of protecting and sparing others, it would nonetheless appoint the person as a killer no matter what.

A life is a life, no matter how evil or cruel the being was. On one hand, it would seem honorable to save the more vulnerable ones. But on the other hand, it would be unreasonable for the enemies' family. And the worst, the enemies possessed no clue that they were being manipulated into doing such acts.

That was how the charismatic Chancellor of Germany manipulated the Germans. By preying on the fears and confusion of civilians, the Chancellor was able to generate the fears into loyalty by pushing the blame on the most prosperous people in war-torn Germany.

Using fear as a factor to execute the innocent, it was a disgusting fact. Soldiers slowly turned into killers after constant orders of slaughter. The line between protection and cruelty starts blurring as the soldiers carry on with their daily routines.

The man who dared to challenge Mavislin. His eyes captured the look of a spent soldier. One who claimed many lives just for the sake of protecting others. He was guilty, as liable as the soldiers that were about to capture the family.

He took friends away. He slew fathers. He eliminated countless others. In the same sense, it was scarcely reasonable for the ancient soldier to submit to fate now. He will eternally be haunted by those who begged for their lives. He knew this matter vividly.