Chapter 58 Eve of Battle <TOC> Chapter 60 Knights in the Smoke
Translator: SumTLMan
The wilderness, the armed camp of the candidate councilor, was bustling with people and horses, burning brightly in the bonfire.
The camp was roughly divided into five parts, with tents recklessly erected, like a bustling market. These soldiers were almost completely undisciplined and even more disorganized than the marauders.
Not only were the soldiers drunk, but many of them were gathering together to gamble, with the winners grinning from ear to ear and the losers grumbling.
Susanto sat in his luxurious tent, playing with the delicate radiation watch in his hand, and the pointer in the watch was slightly swinging between the green and red areas.
He wore a heavy GD-12 heavy military armor. The armor used a double layer of hardened alloy and high-molecular lining for protection, weighing over forty kilograms, and could easily withstand direct shots from most light weapons.
“Old master, many people are dissatisfied and want to go back to Orin,” said his steward, approaching cautiously.
“They say that so many people in the wilderness will attract descenders.” Susanto sneered twice.
“Attract the descenders, I think they are afraid of encountering those marauders.”
Due to the presence of the Soul Sect, the number of descenders in the Orissa jurisdiction is actually much fewer than in other jurisdictions. The cultists of the Soul Sect claim to have driven them away as the masters of the soul.
“Spending so much money every month to support them, they actually start to fear war when they encounter the enemy,” Susanto laughed: “Who was the loudest?”
No one knows the quality of his subordinates better than Susanto. These rascals may be good at suppressing the civilians, and if they encounter the marauders, they can also show some fighting ability if they hide in Orin Town. But if they are dragged into the wilderness and fight with the marauders, all kinds of strange problems will arise.
However, it is not necessary for them to show much fighting power, as long as they can hold back the marauders.
The steward shuddered, he knew that the old master had made up his mind to kill when he showed that cold smile.
“Trexi, Jesse and Harbak.”
“Kill them all and hang their bodies on the tree,” said Susanto in a cold tone.
“Disobedient dogs, there is no need for their existence. Let those fools stop drinking and gambling,”
“Yes.”
The butler stepped back and prepared to arrange for execution.
“Wait.” Susanto stopped him: “Tell the rest of the people that after the mission is over, regardless of whether there is a battle, everyone will receive twenty more silver Takas upon returning to Orin.”
After giving the orders, Susanto prepared to call a female slave to serve him to sleep.
Everything was because of that damned impostor security officer, he planned to let the female slave change into a security uniform to vent.
Not long after, three blood-stained bodies were hung on the trees outside the camp. Along with Susanto’s silver bullet attack, the complaints in the camp immediately decreased. Drunk soldiers were doused with water to wake up, and gamblers were directly dispersed with clubs.
However, the other candidate council members began to be dissatisfied, they brought out a lot of people this time, if they were to give money like Susanto, that would be a large sum of money.
They found Susanto and blocked him on the bed, using the fact that this mission was organized by him as a reason to make Susanto responsible for part of the commission.
“Is money the only thing in your mind?”
Susanto rubbed his aching temples and drank some sugar cane wine to invigorate himself.
“If we can’t give the Soul Sect an explanation, the people of the Soul Sect will strip all our skin, transforming us into monsters that are neither human nor ghost. This time, three cultists died, they are not some pets, they can come to Orin town to enjoy life, do you think they have no background in the Soul Sect?”
He violently smashed the wine glass to the ground.
“And you, you are still lamenting the money of those few gold Lasus, don’t you start regretting until the Soul Sect’s skinning knife cuts on your forehead!”
Although the lipstick marks on Susante’s face reduced his persuasiveness, the four candidate members were still convinced and returned to their respective camps to pacify their subordinates.
The Soul Sect’s accumulation of power in the Arvendega state for hundreds of years was even more prominent than the Governor.
Just then, a dull gunshot suddenly echoed outside the tent. The whole camp was quiet for a moment, then it exploded like a boiling oil pot.
“The marauders have come! The marauders have come!”
Panicked soldiers fired blindly, not knowing where the bullets were coming from, as if pulling the trigger could bring them courage.
Heavy machine guns did not kill many people, and these soldiers who fired randomly actually killed a large number of their own people.
Susante climbed out of bed panting, kicked the slave girl next to him.
“Quick! Quick, put on my armor for me!”
There were bullets flying everywhere, some even penetrated the tent and flew overhead. At this point, he could no longer maintain calm.
“Dammit! Dammit! How many people are there outside?!”
Soon after, his butler rushed into the tent with a rifle, his body covered in blood, both his own and others.
“Master! Master! It’s all a mess outside! We’re finished!”
Susante raised his hand and gave a slap.
“Don’t talk about these useless things, how many people have come?”
“I…I don’t know, I only know that it’s all a mess outside, it’s too dark, everyone is firing, I don’t know how many marauders there are at all.”
The butler held his swollen face and cried as he spoke.
Outside the camp, Li Mei stared blankly at the completely chaotic camp, then lowered his head to look at the heavy machine gun in front of him.
She clearly only fired a short volley, how did the camp become completely chaotic.
“These council members’ soldiers are like this. They have no faith, no organization, and have never been trained. They are completely organized together by money and personal prestige.”
Li Mu was not surprised by the scene in front of him. He had discovered this during the inspection, these candidate council members’ soldiers were all mobs, if they could cause some trouble in the alley fighting, if they were pulled to the wilderness, they would completely be unable to withstand a blow.
“Not to mention that these soldiers have also absorbed and assimilated the subordinates of the former council members, making the organizational structure even more chaotic and fragile.”
Susanto is ultimately just a local dignitary in the remote state of Avonigarda. He doesn’t know and doesn’t have the ability to form an army.
Playing conspiracy games in Orin Town may be okay, but pulling a team to the wilderness to fight is beyond his knowledge.
Even so, the chaos and fragility of this team was beyond Li Mu’s expectation. He took out a headgear, put it on his head, grabbed his horse whip, and rode on the stolen horse.
“I’m going to charge and kill a bit, create more chaos, and kill two more council members.”
Chapter 58 Eve of Battle <TOC> Chapter 60 Knights in the Smoke