Chapter 43 - A Guide To Coup Détat (1/2)
”Mitchell, where do these arrows come from?”
”Who brings so many arrows here; is it you and Eddie?”
”Woah, I saw their price on the shopping list a moment ago; each arrow costs 8 SP.”
”What? That much?”
”There are almost a hundred of them here...”
*Murmur*
*Murmur*
Upon receiving the never-ending questions towards him altogether with the sounds of people murmuring to one another nonstop, Mitchell suddenly spoke up...
”Ahemm... Alright, guys, gather everyone available here. I will tell you guys all at once.”
After those people had heard those words, they could only do as Mitchell said...
”Okay...”
”Alright...”
...
Soon, out of 43 people, more than 38 people were gathering at one place, according to Mitchell's request...
As for another five people, four were recuperating at the same corner where they had fought with the monsters earlier. In contrast, the last one was actually a female nurse who was tending to the wounds of those four wounded people.
Actually, Jeremy was the 44th one, but he was currently standing at another place minding his own business, so he was excluded for now...
Consequently...
From 50 people that had arrived inside this chamber, including Jeremy, there were only 44 people left after experiencing only two hordes of monsters...
The death toll so far was six people...
Also, two fatally wounded people were lying unconscious at the corner, while two more people had their arms broken from the fights with skeleton soldiers.
From this point onwards, those people might not be of help anymore...
As a result, if Jeremy were somehow included while excluding the two fatally wounded people, two broken arms people, and one female nurse, there would be only 39 people available from now on...
Moreover, another six people comprised teenagers and elderlies who couldn't fight, which resulted in their current fighting force being 33 people...
Please do not forget that a small portion of 7 people from those 33 people had acted selfishly earlier, as they only hid behind the formation without any thought of holding any weapon up to fight...
At last, if somehow Jeremy was included when the next wave of monsters came, there would be 'only 25 people' left to fight those terrible creatures...
...
”First of all, these arrows you see here are a small gift from our benefactor, Jeremy over there...”
When everyone had heard that, they got a bit emotional at their great warrior's generosity.
Did he even spend his hard-earned SP to buy these arrows for them?
He was a good guy, after all...
Upon seeing that everyone was going on track as he had planned, Mitchell continued...
”Now, please listen... I want to say thank you to everyone for the earlier cooperation. I have to say that you guys did very well in the fight with those monsters. I appreciate your efforts and endeavors to the utmost. So, please let me be the first one to give you guys hearty applause.”
Right after finishing his speech, Mitchell started clapping his palms with an expression that said, 'I'm so proud of you people'...
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*
Upon hearing that sentimental speech after experiencing a brutal and bloody fight not long ago, those people who had fought at the front line were suddenly hit with a flood of emotions...
His speech was such that... it had lit up their deepest fragile emotions...
Their hearts started shaking even more after hearing his hearty applause...
*Clap*
*Clap* *Clap*
The clapping sounds came from Eddie's hands; he was the first one to clap following Mitchell...
*Clap* *Clap*
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*
Just like that, with the power of a domino effect, everyone started clapping their hands one by one altogether.
Even those who didn't fight earlier couldn't help but clap their hands unknowingly following the big tide.
Who would dare to go against such a huge current in this kind of situation?
Soon, the clapping sounds echoed loudly within the spacious chamber...
”Hurray!”
”Cheers!”
”For humanity!!”
”Victory!”
Not long after, from clapping, it slowly became cheering, then shouting excitedly, like they had just won a lottery...
Only after a few minutes did the atmosphere started to die down, with Mitchell spreading his two palms out, signaling everyone to settle down.
”We can indeed rejoice at our victory...”
His voice suddenly resonated clearly within their heads...
While saying that, Mitchell swept his gaze past everyone slowly. As for the audiences, they were feeling quite confused at his sudden obscure speech.
What did he mean by that?
Fortunately, Mitchell didn't keep them waiting for long; he continued...
”However, you must remember that our victory comes with an equal loss...”
”For we... have lost one of our valiant brothers, while another two are currently laying unconsciously at that corner!”
Having said those emotional words with a heavy voice at the end of his speech, Mitchell pointed his right index finger towards the corner where many people were recuperating there...
”Do you see that? Those people are our caring brothers and sisters, who had risked their own lives to protect us. However!! Earlier in that fight, we had already lost one brother!! And right now!! We are going to lose two more of our brothers soon!!”
Mitchell spoke with a heart-breaking emotional voice altogether with sentimental and sad expressions. As a result of those actions, they had significantly induced those listeners' emotions to correspond naturally with his.
For that was, human's nature...
Upon seeing the sight of those whom were injured from fighting valiantly against the monsters, most people suddenly felt emotional and downcast...
Everyone felt sympathetic towards their brothers and sisters...
However, who was actually at fault here?