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Massacre","bear-school-astartes-chapter-607",607,"\u003Cp>There’s not much to say about the process of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, it couldn’t even be considered a battle at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when the refugees burst out of the defensive line and briefly disrupted the Niflgaard infantry approaching, it didn’t really help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In feudal times, armies were no better than bandits murdering and looting at one’s doorstep to the common folk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t kill me, don’t kill us, we...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Niflgaard people slashed down every refugee who ran towards them in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they were unarmed, with their wives and children in tow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men beneath the black armor had declared upon entering Sintra: Niflgaard would save Sintra and bring civilization to this land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with blades slicing throats, and sword tips stabbing ribs... the Niflgaard people were smiling as they killed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, the role of soldiers is simple—a killing machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empire trained them this way. So for these Niflgaard people, they just felt their ’subjects of work’ were easy and weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which made the job all the more satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the wailing and heart-wrenching pleas... these were long-tired cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides... are the Northern People even considered human? Who would waste compassion on a group of uncivilized barbarians?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like how no one would pity the roast chicken laid out on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkley thought that controlling the fire was more important than this group of refugees, so he went to command the troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the infantry battalion ordered to massacre was self-commanded by the humiliated Duke Adal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this duke was narrow-minded and arrogant, he nonetheless originated from Niflgaard’s great noble family and had successfully inherited a hereditary title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commanding an overwhelmingly powerful force to crush a group of refugees was completely unsurprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fight! Fight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passionate battle cries erupted continuously from Stuart’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Sintra! For Calanthe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining dozens of wounded soldiers stood against the Niflgaard infantry, led by Stuart and Hacksaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They swung their weapons fiercely, striking the black-glazed armor with ’clang’ sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their injuries hampered their physical capabilities, and long-running left them fatigued. Now, the enemy had a comprehensive advantage in both numbers and strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Stuart and Hacksaw could only watch helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching their fellow warriors scattered and separated by the strong, well-nourished Niflgaard people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then several Niflgaard people pinned the warriors to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They laughed, watching the Sintra warriors struggling on the ground, clawing at the dirt and rocks helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a Niflgaard soldier leisurely used a longsword to target the gaps in the armor, then thrust down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"pfft\" sound of the blade entering flesh, followed by the splatter of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warriors’ limbs stretched tight, struggled, twitched, only to powerlessly slacken, unable to change anything in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...like slaughtering a herd of pigs or sheep about to be served on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not intense, and devoid of dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, behind Hacksaw’s soldiers, the refugees huddled like quails, crying, shoving... merely watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of Sintra soldiers were pinned and slaughtered like livestock, swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as per the Duke’s instructions, no one yet did the same to Stuart and Hacksaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Hacksaw was also fighting, even though he had never fought in his entire life, he was waving that steel staff, fighting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Niflgaard soldier fighting him didn’t even draw his sword, using a boxing stance instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed the slow-moving and obvious staff trying to snatch it, but suddenly withdrawing his hand found it unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he reacted and smashed a punch at the side of Hacksaw’s helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang,\" and inside the helmet, Hacksaw’s eyes went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he kept muttering something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Merciful Meretelli... forgive them... warm their souls...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking the punch on the head, Hacksaw’s hand finally released the grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Niflgaard infantry soldier forcibly took the staff from him and turned to hand it to Duke Adal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will show you what insult awaits a noble person,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Adal said, tipping Hacksaw’s helmet visor open with his toe, staring into his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw, finally recovering from dizziness, laughed, unlike his previous smiling demeanor, now he was euphoric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, then you must show me, haha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw’s laughter made Adal’s eyelid twitch, \"Break his legs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The order given, the soldiers beside immediately followed. A claw hammer retrieved from the waist, pounded on Hacksaw’s greave, the leg and the armor crushed into a twisted mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood trickled from the armor’s gaps, ’drip drip’ outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw began to scream, but even as he screamed in pain, he was laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter made Adal even more furious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, he even forgot his most valued goal, and his noble demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crouched, clutching the edge of Hacksaw’s helmet, pulling his head off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re still laughing, are you? Let me guess, you seem like a noble, is your family already dead? Or did you send them to safety? Redania? Temeria? So you can bring these maggots to death in peace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hear the screams? Hear the cries? This is all because of you! It’s your responsibility!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw grinning with his bloody mouth, \"Of course, this is certainly my responsibility. So, my family is neither dead nor gone, they are here! Always have been here! With me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? That’s brilliant.\" Duke Adal spoke in a low, sinister voice, \"You hid him among the refugees, hoping to give your poor family a quick death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t hide, I’m right here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Stuart shouted, his head pressed into the mud by a Niflgaard soldier’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His helmet long removed, his face pinned sideways into the dirt, immovable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite this, he loudly declared his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Stuart Lynne! Knight personally appointed by Queen Calanthe! Son of Hacksaw Lyn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, a hero!\" Adal shouted angrily, interpreting the enemy’s bravery before him as contempt and humiliation, \"A family of heroes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",966,"2026-06-06T10:40:25.444Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3dada9cbaa55a4516595e2e185ad99b96617cd535281cfbc349fc49d7cad177","bear-school-astartes-chapter-608","bear-school-astartes-chapter-606",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]