Chapter 253 Soldiers of the Empire (1/2)
A random soldier's POV:
I was in front of one of the ten generals. All the people in my unit has been called as well, and now that I look around me, there are a lot of different units present here. This might be a bigger deal than I initially thought. It has been a long time, since I received orders aside from the order to simply protect the Border.
I started checking my surroundings, and noticed that the others seem to be somewhat confused. It seems like, the same as me they had no idea why they were called here. Still as Soldiers of the Empire we remained disciplined and simply stood in our positions until ordered otherwise. While I was thinking about the reason for this summons, the general spoke.
”Soldiers of our great Empire, hear me. The time has come for us to show those pretentious slaves that they are nothing more than the servants of the Empire! The time has come for us to stop sharpening our fangs, and use them to bite onto our enemies. It is my pleasure and privilege to announce that our great and powerful Emperor, has finally decided to allow us to showcase our might to the world! Let's take back what is ours, from those slaves! For the fatherland! For the Emperor! For the Empire's everlasting glory!” The general who spoke with so much passion, made our bloods boil in excitement. A burning sensation suddenly filled our bodies.
”HAIL THE EMPEROR!” ”GLORY TO THE FATHERLAND!”
”HAIL THE EMPEROR!” ”GLORY TO THE FATHERLAND!”
”HAIL THE EMPEROR!” ”GLORY TO THE FATHERLAND!”
I and the others couldn't help but scream. The time has finally come to make those cocky Berdonian b*stards know their place. We can finally retake the land they took from us. Those dogs that bit their master's hand should all be killed.
The adrenaline and the rage of excitement were now taking over me. I could feel the bloodlust of my companions as we geared ourselves for war.
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It has now been three days since that announcement of our invasion into Berdonia. We were waiting for the signal at the borders. It would seem that General Tang had already placed five men to infiltrate the Berdonian borders, for weeks now.
As expected of the oldest among the ten generals, the foresight he has was incredible. While I was thinking this, I saw the signal flare. We all charged into the fortress that we always thought was invincible, but today the door was wide open for us.
The enemy wasn't prepared as we stormed in. It didn't even take that long before we took the base under our full control. From the distance, I saw the general talking to the commander of this fortress.
”What are you doing, this goes against the international law of war!” The general then smacked the noisy enemy commander onto the ground. Seeing that felt so satisfying.
”This isn't a war, this is us just cleaning up the trash.” After saying that, the general proceeded to shoot the enemy commander.
”There is no need for mercy! Clean up all these thrash!” Hearing the general's order we proceeded to kill all the soldiers present in this base.
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On the fifth day of our purging of the Berdonians, most of the battalions headed to different cities near the border. Yet I and some other soldiers were called by the general. It would seem like he would be briefing us for an important mission.
As we stood before the general, his face showed a stern expression. He scanned all the soldiers present, before speaking.