lcionline Chapter 357 Mercy
Chapter 357 Mercy
Ten minutes later, the reconnaissance team brought the soldiers to Esrick.
The soldiers were covered in dust, their lips were chapped, and they were exhausted. When Esrick signaled for them to get their canteens, they picked up the canteens and drank them quickly.
However, before they could drink to their heart's content, Esrick ordered the other soldiers to collect their water bottles, as drinking excessive amounts of water after severe dehydration could cause health problems.
"Soldiers, can you hold on?" Esrick asked.
Hearing this, the soldiers who had regained some energy after drinking some water immediately stood up and responded, "Yes!"
So Esric ordered people to bring them hot soup and bread, and let them eat while talking. At the same time, he instructed his confidants to keep an eye on the elves, especially Charandi.
The elf couldn't answer a single word of the following questions.
"Tell me what happened," Esrick asked.
Although Blackwater Fortress had previously accepted some soldiers from the retreating third team, most of these soldiers were guards who failed to join the attack on the core area. One of the soldiers who walked the farthest saw the King Kong, but knew nothing about what happened afterwards.
Esrick hoped that this small group of soldiers could go further. If these soldiers could not provide useful information, he would have to hurry back to the Crimson Sword.
"I...we followed the Sister Sister and encountered obstruction from orc mechas." One of the soldiers answered.
This answer alone was enough to keep Esrick listening.
"Go on!" said Esrick.
"The Sister used a holy sword to defeat the orc mecha, and then... then we attacked the cooling tower."
"The cooling tower is packed with orcs, including a terrifyingly large orc. His name is Harden Crazy Fang, the leader of all the orcs on Karenya."
"You were able to come back alive, which means you killed Harden? Was it Mei... the Eldar who did it? Then where are they now? Also, where is the energy source?" Esrick asked several questions in a row.
"No... We didn't kill Harden. He was too powerful. Even if we attacked together, we couldn't defeat him," the soldier replied. "But this orc didn't seem to want to fight us either. So, at Howard's suggestion, we had a duel with Harden to determine who would own the energy source."
Esrick: “Huh?”
Things suddenly took a direction that he couldn't understand.
"Harden asked us to choose three skills to compete with him. If we could win a round, he would give us this energy source. In the end, the Eldar lady chose swordsmanship, the nun chose shooting, and Mr. Howard chose cooking."
"Ah?" Esrick became even more suspicious after hearing this. He first touched the soldier's forehead to make sure he was not having a fever and talking nonsense, and then touched his own forehead to make sure he did not have a fever and had not heard it wrong.
Actually, it’s not his fault. Anyone who listens to this process will be confused.
"Okay." After confirming that both parties had no problems, Esrick forced himself to accept everything, and then asked: "What's the result?"
"Neither the Eldar's swordsmanship nor the nun's shooting skills could defeat Harden. However, during a cooking competition with Mr. Howard, Harden suddenly went mad. He split the earth with an axe and then closed it again. Then he declared defeat and demanded that Mr. Howard make food that could conquer him, or he would give us the energy source. In the end, Howard succeeded, and Harden gave up the energy source as promised."
Esrick felt a little relieved after hearing this. Although he still needed some time to digest the whole process, judging from the fact that these soldiers were able to come back alive, at least the nuns and their team succeeded.
"What about Sister Gloria? And Miss May and Mr. Howard, why didn't they come back with you?" Esrick asked again.
"After we obtained the energy source and left the orc territory, the Eldar lady and the nun suddenly pointed their guns at each other. We asked the nun for an explanation, but she said it was confidential and told us to return." The soldier said, "That was the last thing we knew."
It seems that the nun has really taken that step...
Esrick looked into the distance. Although he didn't know who started the fight first from this brief description, if nothing unexpected happened, a fierce battle was going on at the edge of the Blackwater Section in the distance, and only one of the nun and May could survive.
Esrick mourned for the two ladies in his heart for three seconds. He didn't dislike either Mei or Gloria, and he even enjoyed being with them.
But in incidents involving racial interests, he has only one choice, which is to put aside personal feelings and do what he should do.
For some reason, he suddenly missed the days before he regained power. At that time, he didn't have to get involved in these dirty things. He just ate, drank, had fun and hung out with all kinds of girls every day. He was not as happy and free as he is now.
But maybe this is also a curse of being born into such a family. Even if you know that climbing to a higher position will not bring you happiness, you still have to climb up.
Then he laughed again, bearing a curse. The soldiers and laborers at the bottom of society shed blood, sweat, and tears, while he ate, drank, and had fun, at the cost of a little conscience. What kind of curse was that? If he could give up his current life and become a soldier instead of bearing this so-called curse, would he be willing?
He doesn't want to.
Three seconds later, Esrick suppressed his surging conscience and said to the soldier in front of him:
"You did a great job. Go down and rest. Tell your commander your numbers. You will be commended when this is all over."
The soldiers expressed their gratitude and retreated, but before leaving, the soldier who had just responded seemed to remember something and stopped.
"Governor, there is actually another situation that I'm not sure whether I should report to you."
Esrick: "Speak."
"You asked us to take the energy source back from the orcs, but it seems the orcs didn't want it in the first place, which is why they agreed to compete with us. Furthermore, Harden called it a 'vicious curse.' He said it would initially give you what you want, but would ultimately make you lose everything. After Mr. Howard won the energy source, Harden specifically warned him to stay away from the employer behind the scenes and not have any further dealings with them..."
Hearing this, Esrick glanced at the Mechanical Sage who was standing next to him and had put on his mask again. He could not see any more expression from his face.
So Esrick replied: "I see, you did a good job, I will be careful."