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Chikov's tone was a little unfriendly. He knew what the other party meant. It seemed like a storm was brewing. But that was precisely why he didn't want to follow this woman around.

Since the captain is not here, he is the first military leader here, and he should not be the bodyguard of a person of unknown origin.

"Don't you think it's a waste for these people to stay here?"

Kashena asked back?

Her words made Chikov silent for a moment. He probably knew what the other party wanted to do, and shook his head and said

"This is unrealistic, and no one will accept them."

He felt that Kashena still didn't know enough about the situation here.

Anyone who was rescued from the mine by them would not have any good feelings towards the Ursus soldiers. Even the villagers were often bullied by the patrol teams.

It is unrealistic to want to let go of hatred for each other.

Kashena remained unmoved. She just stood in front of a floor-length mirror, carefully checking whether her clothes were appropriate.

"Of course I know, Chikov, but you have to understand one thing."

The corners of Kashena's mouth in the mirror were slightly curved. The smile looked gentle, but it made Chikov feel an inexplicable chill.

"Everything has its use. A piece of rag can be used to clean the table. And after being cut, who can recognize that this rag was a piece of rag before?"

Chikov thought for a moment.

"You mean..."

It was obvious that Lexington knew everything Kashena did, but she indulged her actions.

Lexington means what Zhang Miao means.

Kashena's toothy smile looked like a snake showing its fangs, which made people feel eerie and terrifying.

"Whether they are cannon fodder or death squads, or just a wall of flesh to hold back the enemy, these people always get the job done."

"I don't know how many of you there are, but it's clear that you are not sure of winning, or rather... Tallulah is not sure of winning."

She had been with Tallulah almost every day for a while, and she had hidden her emotions very well, but as the date progressed, Tallulah's emotions had begun to surface.

How could Kashena, who could almost see through people's minds, not realize what Tallulah was thinking?

But this should have been expected, but Zhang Miao was not here.

Arrogant? Or forgotten?

This is impossible, it only means that the other party doesn't care.

Silence is the greatest contempt.

He didn't care about the Ursus army at all.

In his eyes, there was no possibility of failure in this war.

What is Tallulah so nervous about?

Zhang Miao will not fail, but Tallulah may not be the only one who fails.

This was something Kashena could not tolerate.

Since she cannot replace Tallulah, Tallulah must not fail. She must do her best and must stand to the end, even if her enemy is Ursus.

After all, Tallulah was the one she chose.

But what can Kashena do?

The property of the Duke's Mansion has been divided up, and the guards will not listen to her. In other words, if they knew the current situation, they would probably be the first to come and kill her.

It is too late to activate the snake scales that were deployed in the past.

Therefore,

She set her sights on these prisoners of war.

This group of people is a good chess piece.

"You want them to betray Ursus. That's impossible. Even if they have lost their fighting spirit, they can't turn their guns against the Empire."

Chikov simply didn't believe that Kashena could do such a thing.

His questioning did not cause the slightest emotional fluctuation in Kashena.

She wasn't doing it for Chikov.

"People who fall off a cliff don't care who's holding out a hand. With a little help, I believe they will be happy to help Tallulah."

loyalty?

glory?

Kind?

It's all a joke.

As a product of the subconscious sea, no one knows better than her how horrible the darkness hidden beneath the human skin is.

However, in daily life, in order to integrate into the collective society, they use moral and legal provisions to restrain themselves.

Because this maximizes interests, and following the rules is good for everyone.

The power of the collective is always stronger than that of the individual, and they can live better in it.

So in the end, isn't it all about interests?

As long as the things are in place, empire and glory are nothing but foolish dreams.

Chapter 101: The Female Demon Kashena

There are countless people.

What’s more, there are nearly 20,000 people.

The originally very spacious playground seemed a bit crowded with so many people at once.

Looking down from the stage, it was dark and crowded with people.

Fortunately, the hottest summer of the year has passed, otherwise with so many people crowded together, there would probably be accidental deaths from heat stroke within half an hour.

There were no chairs or benches prepared on the scene, so some people simply sat down cross-legged, and soon others followed suit.

Anyway, they have just been transformed from gray animals into labor camp prisoners. When there is no need to be particular, there will only be some sand and dust on the ground. They can just pat it down when the time comes.

Although the sun had not completely set, the high walls of the playground blocked the last ray of light and no lights were on. The world seemed to be shrouded in darkness, and the whispers around made people feel even more irritated.

The entire space is filled with a depressing and stuffy environment. The people sitting inside, wrapped in high walls, seem like sardines in a can, small and powerless.

Sudden.

The headlights on the surrounding walls were all lit up. The dazzling white light made the prisoners' eyes, which had just adapted to the darkness, extremely uncomfortable. Many of them were stimulated by the light and shed tears. They quickly turned their heads to the side and covered their eyes with their hands.

Vaguely, they saw a figure appear on the stage in front of them, but because they were facing away from the headlights, they couldn't see the person's face at all. They could only guess that it was a woman based on her body shape.

"What should I call you?"

A huge noise came from the loudspeakers nearby. I don't know if it was intentional, but the sound was mixed with some noise, making it sound a bit harsh.

But what was even more piercing was the content of her words.

"Are they the surrendered Ursus Empire soldiers?"

"Or an overseer defeated by the infected?"

"Or livestock to be slaughtered?"

Kashena's words irritated the nerves of the prisoners.

This was the cruelest insult to them.

Are they the Imperial Army?

Do not!

They are beasts!

In the eyes of those high-ranking military officers and nobles, these grassroots soldiers are nothing but beasts fit only to eat slop!

The only thing that could bring them some comfort was their identity as Ursus soldiers.

It seems that the strength of the country and the victory of the war can bring them immense glory and enrich their impoverished hearts.

In fact, they have nothing.

The economy that developed from the country's strength belonged to the nobles and the emperor.

Of the wealth plundered from the victory in the war, they could only pick up half a copper coin from between the fingers of their superiors.

Ascending path.

A general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. How many people can really climb to the top?

But what they are trying to get is the only thing they have.

Life!

Don't they know clearly?

They knew very well that they were just using the so-called glory to numb their nerves, but they dared not resist.

Since we are beasts, let us make others beasts too, so that we can live better.

So they vent all the bad things they encounter in life to the people below them - the infected, a perfect social emotional trash can.

And now, this cruel truth has been blatantly revealed, causing many people to stare at Kashena on the stage with murderous eyes.

If there weren't so many black gun muzzles pointing at her, she would probably be in great danger.

But she seemed unaware of the malice in the audience and continued to insult the prisoners unscrupulously.

"Look at what you are like now. Where is the glory of your empire? Why didn't you die gloriously on the battlefield? Is it because you know that even if you die, your pension will be embezzled?"

"Or are you expecting some miracle, hoping that the Ursus army can get here and rescue you?"

"How did Ursus treat those who surrendered? Whipping? Exile? Throwing you into the mines? Or did they treat you as the embarrassment of the empire and beat you into slave labor?"

There was no foul language, no wanton insults, it was clearly just a statement of facts, but it made these prisoners feel extremely humiliated.

The prisoners wanted to refute, but they found that what they said could only deceive themselves.

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They surrendered because they were cowardly and afraid of death.

However, Ursus may not be as terrible as she said. Whipping is inevitable, and it is unlikely that he will be forced into slavery. The greater probability is that he will be drafted into a death squad in the next war and sent to the most dangerous place.

If you survive, you have washed away the shame of the past.

But now they don't have such rational thinking. Under the continuous words of Kashena, they are first angry and then turn into fear.

After all, the tyranny of Ursus is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and those of them who guard the mines in the snowfields and work on the patrol teams are considered the lowest level in the army, and it is impossible for them to be shown leniency.

The emotions at the scene became more and more agitated. They just wanted to bury their heads in the sand and be quiet like an ostrich. Anyone who wanted them to face reality would be treated with the greatest malice by them.

These people's insults were much more direct than those of Kashena. All kinds of dirty words were flying around, and even Chikov's face turned black.

Kashena seemed unaware of anything and continued to look coldly at the people in the audience.

"So, the current Ursus soldiers are only capable of this, and they don't even dare to rush up and tear me, who insulted your empire, into pieces?"

Among the prisoners of war who were being mocked, some could not bear it any longer and wanted to rush forward, but when they were pointed at by guns all around, they immediately backed down.

If it were the Ursus soldiers of the past, even if the Witch King was standing opposite them, any troop would be able to launch a desperate charge forward without batting an eyelid.

In just a few decades, it has become like this.

The speed of this decline is even faster than Kosice's estimate. If there are no external factors, Ursus will probably perish from internal friction in a few generations.

But this is exactly the situation that Kashena wants to see now.

Fear and anger will dominate the prisoners' brains and make them lose their reason. The continuous threats make these prisoners feel that they are standing on the edge of a cliff.

Even though there were nearly 20,000 companions around them, they could not feel safe at all. It was as if they were alone in the raging tide. Kashena's words made them even more panicked.

This is exactly what Kashena wanted Tallulah to learn in the past, to control people's hearts with fear, to win over groups with interests, and to achieve rule with violence.

Next, she only needed to use a little bit of illusory benefits and promises, coupled with the inducement of language, to change the attitudes of these prisoners of war.