98 – Midland-13

“One last question. Do you really have no intention of resolving this peacefully?”

“Why are you scared?”

I was mistaking my patience for fear. The fear slowly diminishes on the faces of the poisonous scorpion mercenaries. The empty place is filled by the anticipation of the spoils they will claim.

“Seriously, I’m sorry. I have enough gold coins. It won’t be much, but I brought grain as a down payment. Enough to fill the wagon behind me.”

You don’t have to kill everyone here. Even the people who point spears and knives at me here are only victims after all.

However, not all victims can be saved.

“We can kill you and take you away. Why do we have to negotiate with you?”

“I’m not carrying all the gold coins in my pocket. You have to take a long look.”

I continued to speak with regret, but I did not expect that this situation could be resolved peacefully.

However, ranking arrangements accompanied by violence do not have to end brutally.

The difference in level is too great. Even without seeing blood, this level of human being could have been cleaned up enough.

If I risked my life to fight, I felt like I could inflict a fatal wound somehow before I gained the power of a hero.

“Aren’t there a lot of mercenaries attached?”

“What if those swans betray us after cooperating with you? No, they wouldn’t even consider it a betrayal if we cut our throats and handed over our personal belongings to the guards? They’ll think we’re cleaning up the trash and filth of society.”

He must have thought I was completely frightened, and slowly approached me, waving his sword in a sloppy manner.

“Very, Captain. It’s dangerous. Let’s observe the situation here for now…”

“You’re burning candles for nothing!”

The left hand of the mercenary commander split the wind. The man who looked a bit harmful was slapped on the cheek and rolled on the floor.

“Hey, can you see? If you don’t want to be like that, then you have to take care of yourself. In this situation, I’m not negotiating, I’m asking for your life to be spared because I’ll give you everything, whether it’s women or money, okay?”

He pinched my cheeks with both of his fingers and slowly raised his hand.

“It’s cute, huh?”

It is easy to endure. If saving this person is the way to save more lives, I can endure this much with a smile.

“I ask you one last thing. It’s not about taking a loss. Even if I take on the job, I won’t place it in the same place as the Swan Mercenaries.”

You just have to show your strength. You just have to shake off this hand right now, just subdue him with pure force and end the situation.

If he doesn’t give in, the situation will be prolonged, but there is no problem.

Eleanor and Nerwen’s skills and combat experience would be more useful than mine, who could fail to control their power in a chaotic situation. No one can die.

“No, if a person speaks, at least pretend to listen? I don’t want to kill you guys either.”

Even my words were speaking without sincerity, but there was no way I could afford to listen to him.

It was just a waste of time. Passing time full of lingering feelings that if he showed even the slightest possibility, we might be able to solve it without killing him.

“Leave the woman, but if you leave the gold coins, carriage, and weapons, I’ll let you wear the clothes you’re wearing.”

Even if we end the situation with him alive now, it is meaningless unless it is a sustainable peace. He has already threatened me once and reaped results. A poor response only breeds resentment. I can’t fully control the mercenaries.

“Why can’t I understand words!”

He slapped me hard on the cheek. However, my face did not shake in the slightest.

Even if a person hits an elephant’s foot with all their might, the elephant cannot blink an eye.

is a common person If he had stabbed him with a sword, he might have been able to cut through the skin, but it was barely enough to slap him in the face.

“Well…”

First, I met the eyes of the man who had been hit and fell. At that level, at least, I would be able to make a distinction. It seemed that he would not commit dangerous loot or outrageous crimes.

“You, what are you? What is it?”

Having made a decision, I had to decide how. He grabbed my collar, but didn’t take the sword away. It was too easy to knock him to the ground with one push and grab the holy sword.

However, it seemed that if I subdued him with even a little bit of distance, I would have regrets. I didn’t have much time.

If you have already made the decision that you cannot save that person, you must act.

“Ha, bastard. Isn’t that funny? You’re strong, huh?”

It was also necessary to instill fear in these people. The impression should not be given that this was done by mere chance, by surprise. You have to show that you are different from them. They must think of me as a fearful being.

“Chew? How dare a non-f*ck bastard!”

If I finished the job too quickly, I thought I’d consider it nothing.

it’s what i chose I have to take responsibility, and I have to accept the consequences.

“What are you… coke!”

It only took a moment to put him on the ground. And it took even less time for my fist to shoot into his fallen heart.

The light was not visible. All I could feel was the unpleasant feeling of my knuckles and the blood gushing from his body.

Perhaps it was because I had plunged my fist too deep, and I felt the gritty sand on the back of my hand.

Her hands, burning with collision and friction, were blazing as if they were going to burn him who was already dead.

And blood as hot as the heat soaked my knuckles. Blood trickles down between the knuckles, sticking to them sticky.

The appearance of myself and the one who was alive just before was quite visually disturbing.

Around his chest, blood and muscle, bone and flesh protruded out of his body in a disorganized mess.

I, who was very close to him, couldn’t avoid the blood that burst out, and I didn’t even try to avoid it. The blood that burst out enough to wet my face and shirt fell back to his body drop by drop due to gravity.

“Ahh…”

I felt a stinging sensation on my fourth ring finger. I didn’t notice because it was covered in blood, but my finger was slightly cut and bleeding.

It was probably bone. Because the only thing that could scar my otherwise fine body was his ribs that were horribly broken.

I raised my head with difficulty. Im sad.

killed a person I can’t seem to get rid of the smell of blood on my hands.

so i killed it I thought cutting people with a holy sword would be so neat and simple. I thought it would be so easy that I feel like an idiot that I haven’t written this before.

I looked at his face as he closed his eyes in pain. I didn’t listen to him enough.

If I had had a little more time, I would have had the time to understand him.

He should have known why he started this mercenary life, whether he had ever felt remorse, and whether he was willing to give up his evil deeds if someone helped him enough.

But now it’s all meaningless. i killed him By my personal judgment and calculation of profit and loss, which is nothing, I killed someone who was not necessary and ‘deserved to die’.

The lingering feelings that seemed to disappear after killing him, ironically, burned more fiercely now that he saw the corpse.

Wouldn’t it be enough to just moderately suppress it, scare it, and proceed with the contract? Should I have killed him?

If I did, he would eventually get out of my control and make another victim. I do not regret my choice.

However, is it the right thing to do when you die after convincing the person you’ve only seen twice, ‘What will this person do in the future’?

The blood still on his hands is slowly drying up. The sticky red liquid permeates between the palms, planting a smell that will not be washed away.

he was an evil man They tried to kill me just by having an encounter with the Swan Mercenary Corps, and they tried to take everything from me.

It might have been unusual for a person like me, but given the attitude he was accustomed to threatening others with, he wouldn’t be an innocent person. Like Eleanor said, he’s already been wanted once.

Still, I have no right to kill such a human being. If he had been a necessary person, he would have believed that he could somehow rehabilitate him and saved him.

The blood on my hand felt even heavier. If I lowered my gaze a little, my arms and legs, which I could see, felt disgusting.

However, there was no time to stand still like this. It was not desirable for him or for me to just blankly suspect me for killing him without condolences or remembrance.

The purpose must be achieved. You have to finish what you set out to do.

“Are you going to be the captain?”

I look around, everyone averting my eyes, thinking they’re looking for their next victim. Some of them were incontinent, and some mercenaries had already fled.

But the man who had just been slapped raised his hand in fear.

“The organization’s… No. 2, was me.”

“I see. The captain of the former squadron had an unfortunate accident and it seems difficult to entrust the request. I will give you a generous advance payment, so would you like to sign a contract with me as the captain of this mercenary?”

He nodded slowly.