“We’ll instill fear into the townspeople to prevent them form making unruly behavior. Otherwise it could interfere with the next battle. Frankly, it is something that can only be done now. The re-education of the people, to treat you all fairly, will require a lot of time. But that is talk for after we win this war with the kingdom.
“Oh”, Isshi then added one more thing.
“I’d like to make this building a new base. The main fort is not bad, but this building is wastefully large and luxurious. It will end up heavily damaged if we were to resort to siege warfare. That’s a little wasteful. The building was literally built off the backs of the taxpayers. So lets use it to the utmost ability.”
As he said so, the door suddenly opened by itself, and then closed.
There was no one to be seen.
However, a smell vaguely like nectar, tickled Isshi’s noise.
“Have you returned?”
At his words, the air moved slightly, and Marigold appeared before Isshi.
“How was it? The state of the town?
Marigold was under special orders from Isshi, to go and investigate the condition of the town and its people.
“Yes, at the mercenary office towards the south end of town, I found Guregin. He appears to be pooling his fighting forces downtown. So are we to take the field soon?”
“Oh, I’m not against this” “Let us take up arms” In reply, Arge and Nacht gleefully prepared themselves.
“Can the number of enemies be confirmed?”
To Premier’s question, Marigold nodded “of course”.
“Approximately 200 people. It’s about 30 times our forces”
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“Hehe, I think we gathered enough”
Around 200 men have been gathered by the mercenary office.
It is the fact of the town under Mayor Deanne, violence controlled all, so many answered the urgent summons of 100 executioner, Guregin.
Since he ran the mercenary office in town, no one could ignore his orders.
“You’ve gathered well. First of all, I thank you. For the enemy this time is tough to beat. You cannot afford carelessness!!”
To the raised voice of Guregin, one of the gathered men asked,
“From the urgent summons, we knew it would be a tough enemy. So don’t be pretentious, and tells what monster it is and how many of them there are?
The other men voice their agreement with the statement.
“chi” Guregin clicked his tongue for being interrupted, and said,
“They are Homunculi, the evil dolls.”