Book 10: Chapter 6
“Mom!! I need them alive!! I need a few alive!!”
Mommy Vyvyan’s fury had begun to come down on the anthropods, but she fulfilled my wish in the end, nevertheless. She left around several thousands of anthropoids alive on the dark ground.
They were frozen stiff on the ground. They were clueless as to what to do without their commander. Their eyes were filled with utter terror. The soldiers, who came out from the city, restrained them with iron chains properly, and then threw them into the iron prisons before settling things down around the city walls’ vicinity.
“Don’t let them die. I still have a use for them.”
I pointed at them, and then reformed the ranks. My guard unit was exhausted. Their clothes were torn and tattered. They no longer looked as awe-inspiring as they did before. Many of them no longer even had a weapon. They resembled a group of refugees when they stood together. However, what made me saddest was their loss.
I lost a number of my guards again. They’re elites who’ve have gone through many battles. Every time we suffered a loss, it was an irreplaceable loss. The militia lost close to a third of their personnel. They fought on the frontlines right from the start. They created distance for my guards’ shots, therefore suffering the most significant losses, as well.
Tanya walked up to my side. Her small body was covered all over in blood. Nobody knew where her hat had flown off to. Her hair was sticky with blood. It was as if she had glue in her hair. She grabbed my cape and tugged at it. She looked up at me, and I looked back at her. I smiled and stroked her head, but all I could feel was sticky blood.
“Good job, Tanya, very good.”
“Uhm…”