The Goddess Made A Mistake Again - Chapter 374: 374 - A Scare-Tactic?

Chapter 374: Chapter 374 – A Scare-Tactic?

My entrance brought in a great number of awkwardness. I don’t know how to explain it but the others looked at me with such deep and yet simple gazes like ‘What the actual fuck’.

Was it because I broke the wall a bit earlier? Was it the guy I so easily punched to death or was it the over flashy way of my entrance?

After a few minutes later, I understand what really happened.

It was the guy I punched to death.

Turns out, He was the bandit leader. The one I announced to kill just a second later… yeah, talk about turning something so cool into anti-climactic.

But after that it all turned out just fine. All the bandits gave up when they saw their boss dying so easily and that stood a monster at their escape gate… oh, let’s not forget the hundred and eighty soldiers that were with us.

The only downside was that; 20 soldiers had died taking down a base of over 140 bandits. But to me the losses were way lesser than it could have been, so it’s a win for me I guess.

Yeah, I know I might have had a little part in that, but let’s not hog all the praise, right? Calvin did good too… whatever he did and Lucian, the guy’s only thing was the pity kill, definitely not something you would say as an accomplishment.

So in total, 93 bandits died in the attack and 47 surrendered.

Now me, Calvin and a few other reputed soldiers stood in the half broken base. They were talking about what to do with the captives that were tied and placed outside under the soldier’s eyes.

If I was to take charge of the matter, I would say to kill them all and steal everything here. Why have things that would cost men and drag you down?

But contrary to my beliefs…

“We should send them to Lord Commander’s and have them interrogated.” A soldier with the rank of Lieutenant said his thoughts and most of the other men agreed with him.

Thḭ𝓈 𝕔h𝗮pţ𝖾r 𝕀𝐬 p0𝓈𝑡𝑒𝐝 b𝗒 Ҡɪ𝙩𝗲𝖓ℴѵҽ𝙡

Hey, it’s not a bad idea… but why the extra trouble?

We already have information on their bases, it wouldn’t do much to have more information right.

But I also could be wrong, let’s not forgot the faulty or outdated information about the bandit numbers here.

“That could work well… but what if one of them sets loose, runs away midway and spreads information of us?” A guy of Staff Sergeant rank said and turned to the previous soldier, “Not trying to debate with you, sir, but isn’t our main mission right now to finish off some bases as fast as possible.”

A few acknowledging nods went to him.

The soldiers talked amongst themselves. Clearly the base was divided in two ways right now.

One was to take the rational route and get them to jail and the other is to cut off their life line right now without wasting anymore time.

I sat at the end of the table with a chair of my own. My helmet was off and I was drinking a fine glass of wine for my first victory… that ended a bit awkwardly.

The soldiers were a bit relieved to see that I am actually human inside, especially with how carelessly I drank my wine. Most of them couldn’t believe that I was the man that did a few horrific acts earlier, told by Lucian, that fucker.

Yet, nobody dared asked the future leader’s fiancé about his wartime acts.

“What do you propose Captain?” They finally looked at the main man who sat right opposite to me in the main seat.

“Hmm… it really is a bit of a dilemma.” Calvin turned his head up to the cracks and scratched his beard, “Lord Commander said to quickly finish off each base before waiting for further approach. He didn’t say what to do when so many bandits have surrendered.”

At the end of his word, all the men in the base, quickly grasped my face and saw that I was still focusing on my wine. Not the least bit interested in this crucial decision.

Well, that’s what I wanted them to see. Sometimes acting indifferent is another way to look cool.

“I suppose we can do nothing but wait. But it won’t cause trouble to think of some other plans in the meanwhile.”

“Correct” A Lieutenant said and turned to Lucian, “What do you think we should do?”

Lucian like other times, wasn’t flustered or shaken. He answered calmly with a graceful face, “We should do just as the Lord Commander said, but in the meantime, why not interrogate them with a few scare tactics?”

A lot of nods went in the tent. A reminder of how popular Lucian is in the Religias army. Some even had thought that Margaret would come to marry Lucian, the up-and-coming champion of the Religious army.

They looked at me again, trying to find some sort of imperfection and they would have found many too… but, the army mostly ruled by one factor and that was Power.

Seeing my great physique and how I seemed to be clearly defenseless but not truly, they turned back, not trying to think of something excessive anymore.

And some already seeing my prowess started to broker relations with me.

“Mr. Tax” A Lieutenant who had praised me like a talent manager earlier asked, “What do you think we should do?”

“Hmm” I look up, acting almost clueless, “Me? You’re asking me?”

“Of course.” The guy nodded and spread his arms, “Let’s not forget who made the biggest contribution to our mission here huh. If it weren’t for you, the bandits would have been quite a bit more hectic before surrendering.”

“Yes, your absolutely correct.”

“Mr. Tax, you did quite the move today.”

“I can see why our madam is enamored by you.”

I act flattered by their fake words and say, “Thank you and truth to be told, my idea is kind of the same as Lucian’s here.”

Lucian looked at me, his sharp eyes trying to figure me out.

“Oh, really? Do you also want to use scare tactics on them?”

“Yes… but it’s not really a scare tactic.”

Calvin felt interested by my words and leaned forward, “Mind explaining a bit?”

…

A Few Hours Later…

The Bandits who had been tied and were being looked upon by the soldiers outside the base were now gathered together. They were all placed in a single row and forcefully bend to their knees.

One soldier standing behind each of the bandit with a sword placed on the back of their necks.

The Bandits were clearly out of their shit. They begged to be free and not do what the soldiers were about to do. But the soldiers didn’t listen to their words, all of them raised their swords at Calvin’s signal and chopped down.

Heads upon heads rolled down on the ground as the whole ground around the base was filled with a bloody presence. So many bodies produced so much blood that it almost went above the feet level by a bit.

But the strange thing was, at the end of the row were five bandits… alive.

Five heads that weren’t cut off as they looked at the scenery and felt life quickly knock out of them.

“Clap!” “Clap!”

They hear metallic claps ringing and saw the monster coming towards them in his huge knight armor that had blood tattooed on it.

“Congratulations bastards! You won the lottery.”