Chapter 1337: Chapter 76: Rebuilding Our Holand (Part 4)_2
Major Felter couldn’t help but lant in his heart: the water source being cut off beca the final straw for the soldiers’ collapse; even though there is still a lot of water stored now, the loss of hope brings a harm far greater than a hundred tis the damage of water cut off.
What’s more, the Major has always deliberately ignored a fact in the propaganda to the soldiers – even if he is captured or executed, it might not be a bad thing for the soldiers.
Ultimately, there is a divergence of interest between him and the soldiers, and his reasoning is untenable.
Once the soldiers are roused, the already shaky tower of trust between the two sides will rapidly collapse.
“Alright then!” Forced to a desperate situation, Major Felter was determined to take a final stand, he surveyed the soldiers around him and shouted: “We’ll negotiate here! Right here! In front of everyone! Let’s hear what the rebels have to say!”
The rebel’s negotiation envoy was brought out again. He rubbed his swollen wrists, silently eyeing Major Felter.
“Mr. Envoy, you are quite fearless.” Major Felter praised with a different implication and then changed his tone, spreading his arms: “But to take Maple Fort, courage alone is not enough. You have courage, and so do we…”
“I know.” The rebel’s negotiation envoy sneered: “You have tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder.”
Major Felter was stunned for a mont.
“You have tens of thousands of pounds of gunpowder.” The rebel’s negotiation envoy repeated, stamping his foot: “Buried right under this reservoir – I’ve heard it so many tis my ears have grown calluses.”
“If Blood Wolf doesn’t satisfy us.” Soone among the soldiers threatened: “We’ll go with Maple Fort and…”
“Mutual destruction?” The rebel’s negotiation envoy suddenly turned around, staring fiercely at the speaker: “Fine, you can light the fire now.”
Everyone couldn’t believe their ears, and even Major Felter was caught off guard.
The rebel’s negotiation envoy surveyed the scene condescendingly, enunciating slowly: “If you have the courage for mutual destruction, light the fire now.”
The soldiers were infuriated.
They pushed and shoved the rebel’s negotiation envoy, taking him to an armant cave under the west wall of the fortress.
The armant cave is a space carved directly into the fortress wall, about as big as a bedroom, originally used to hide personnel and store ammunition. Inside the armant cave is a staircase leading down into darkness.
A soldier pointed to a coil of hemp rope at the mouth of the stairs, threatening the rebel’s negotiation envoy: “See that! That’s the fuse leading straight to the powder magazine! If your n dare co, we’ll…”
“Mutual destruction?” The rebel negotiation envoy scoffed, dismissively saying: “Then I’m here already, light the fire.”
The soldiers were stunned.
The rebel’s negotiation envoy glared, shouting fiercely: “Light the fire!”
A soldier was unable to contain his anger, shouting and, with red eyes and clenched teeth, extended the torch towards the fuse.
The soldiers in the armant cave exclaid in surprise; it was too late for others to step forward to stop him.
However, just when the flas were only about a foot away from the hemp rope, the torch stopped. The soldier holding the torch could not extend his hand any further.
Everyone’s hearts, which were almost jumping out of their throats, finally resud beating.
Major Felter wiped the sweat from his forehead, attempting to say sothing, only to see the “rebel” negotiation envoy suddenly rush forward and grab the soldier’s wrist, pressing the blazing fla onto the fuse.
The sound of “hiss hissing” burning imdiately followed.
The soldiers, realizing what was happening, wailed in dismay, scrambling and crawling out of the armant cave.
Only Major Felter, after a brief daze, hurled himself into the depths of the armant cave, grabbed the bucket prepared in the staircase, and deftly doused the fuse.
After the chaos, only the rebel’s negotiation envoy remained standing, motionless.
“Don’t use an unattainable threat to scare people.” The envoy looked at the soldiers without disdain anymore, standing proudly among them, calmly stating a fact: “In terms of fearlessness, you are no match for us.”
“I… you…” Major Felter, holding the bucket, still felt his hands trembling uncontrollably.
He struggled for a mont to find words, finally bowing his head: “I am willing to hand over Maple Fort intact to Captain Montaigne, but could we…”
“Impossible. Don’t count on it!” The rebel’s negotiation envoy coldly preemptively refused the Major: “The more you resist, the more you expect special treatnt? We refuse to let such erroneous information spread. If it weren’t for soone having rcy, you’d all be hanged to set an example in the square of Maplestone City!”
Everyone’s expressions instantly darkened, and their gaze towards Major Felter carried a hint of resentnt.
The negotiation envoy changed the topic, looking at the surrounding soldiers, guaranteeing: “But if you surrender now, I assure you, that fate will not befall you. Your treatnt won’t be better than that of previous prisoners, but it won’t be worse either. Most of you will undergo a period of labor in the Prisoner Camp and will then be released ho. But rember, Blood Wolf’s patience and rcy are limited. Don’t squander this last chance.”
With that, the envoy opened a docunt pouch on his waist, retrieving a stack of folded letters, showing them to all the soldiers: “These are letters from your families in Maplestone City, entrusted to to deliver. If you don’t believe …”
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