Episode 316 Prisoner of War (1)
The office of Knight Commander Dmitry.
Jonathan read the report with a stiff face.
“… … “It seems like there are our prisoners in the Kronos Empire?”
“yes. It’s not clear yet, but a message arrived 10 minutes ago with coordinates beyond the Western Front. As stated in the report, the entity sending the message listed short words such as ‘help, here, prisoner’, and considering that it was connected through a direct magic transmission to Dmitri, it is highly likely that it was a prisoner of war.”
It was a hypothesis.
Although there is no solid evidence, the fragmented information strongly suggests the possibility of a prisoner of war.
“Currently, we are comparing the short voices left in the communication records with the voices of soldiers whose whereabouts have not been confirmed and who have been treated as dead. “If it really is a soldier belonging to Dmitry, we can confirm your identity within a few days at the latest.”
“Hmm.”
Knight Commander Jonathan looked troubled.
Missing people.
It was truly an ambiguous entity.
Those whose bodies have been identified can be marked as dead, but those who have not returned and whose bodies cannot be identified have no choice but to be classified as missing.
The problem is not that they are necessarily dead.
Some may have deserted during the war, and others may have been captured.
However, most of them were classified as ‘missing’ because they died so gruesomely that their bodies could not be identified.
if.
If there was room for survival, Dmitry would not have treated the missing as dead.
‘During the truce negotiations with the Kronos Empire, they said they released all the prisoners. In fact, after the war ended, some prisoners returned to Dmitry. Since Master Roman did not keep Kronos’ prisoners alive in the first place, the story about the prisoner exchange did not proceed naturally. If what the signalman said is true. We can conclude that the Kronos Empire lied during negotiations.’
It was a serious problem.
ceasefire negotiations.
When reaching an agreement to end the war, there was a possibility that the Kronos Empire lied.
That means.
It meant the cancellation of negotiations.
If the existence of prisoners of war were revealed and they were held accountable, the worst possibility was that war might break out again.
My head started pounding.
Dmitry was still in the process of finding stability, but the shallow lies of the Kronos Empire were making a mess of the situation.
‘How will Master Roman react?’
When the war broke out.
Roman Dmitry was not bound by his captive existence.
Rather than making sacrifices to save his own prisoners, he boldly cut off the enemy’s head and achieved victory.
Everyone agreed with Roman Dmitry’s bold choice.
If Cronos had shown himself swayed by captivity against the great nation, the war would certainly have gone worse than it is now.
“Pack your materials. I will report to Master Roman and hold a leadership meeting.”
at last.
The decision was up to Roman Dmitry.
* * *
That’s when Dmitry went crazy.
Sigh.
A black hand grabbed the man’s hair.
The man grabbed the communicator and tried to speak somehow, but was kicked in the face and let out a scream.
Kwasik.
“Kaaak!”
My nose was crushed and blood splattered out.
As the man held his face and lowered his head, a booted foot stepped on his head.
Sigh!
“Hey you bastard. What did I say? I clearly said that if you live quietly and focus on your work, even if you are not like a human, I will not kill you. You’re such a complete idiot. “Why can’t people understand what they’re saying?”
kicked in the head
He pulled me up by the collar and punched me in the face several times.
Wow!
Crack, clap!
My head jerked back.
The man’s sturdy frame seemed stronger than the violent being, but his emaciated face, perhaps due to not being able to eat, did not have the strength to resist.
There was no end to the violence.
As the man’s face was stained with blood and he groaned as if he had lost consciousness, the being presumed to be a knight frowned and shook the blood off his hands.
“f*ck, my hands all hurt.”
his name.
It was Jason.
He, a knight from the Kronos Empire, looked down at the man and growled as if he was going to eat him.
“You’re thinking of taking the magic communicator and contacting Dmitri. You are amazing too. by the way. I’m asking this because I’m really curious. If you contact Dmitry, do you think Roman Dmitry will come running to you in a month to save you? It’s such a misunderstanding. “Roman Dmitry doesn’t value prisoners.”
I squatted down on the floor.
He grabbed the man’s face as he groaned in pain, and slapped him on the cheek every time he didn’t respond, waking him up.
Wow!
“Listen carefully. In the war against us, Roman Dmitry killed all the soldiers of the Kronos Empire without even considering ‘prisoner exchange’ in the first place. That is the reality of the being you serve. Dmitry is already regaining his composure, why would he even worry about prisoners now? The ceasefire negotiations are over, you bastard. “The fact that you were not mentioned at the negotiating table talking about the truce means that Dmitry is aware of your existence and will not go to any lengths to bring in prisoners.”
“Oh, no… … hey.”
“Not really.”
Sigh-!
My head turned.
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Sweat and blood mixed together, staining the ground.
The man went limp.
Jason stood up as if he was not amused and spoke to the soldiers waiting behind him.
“Take them to the torture chamber. “I will take this opportunity to clearly show you how to deal with a rat who disobeys orders.”
“yes!”
The soldiers raised the man up.
For this opportunity.
Dmitry’s captives will learn for sure what the price of manly behavior is.
* * *
Pak-
“… … “Ugh.”
The man was thrown to the floor.
Traces of torture were evident all over his face and body.
The upper body had no intact wounds due to knife cuts, and all the fingernails and toenails were torn off and pus was forming.
Moreover, my skin overall became red.
Due to torture such as pouring hot water and shocking with electric magic, some parts of the skin were in the process of necrosis.
“Carol!”
“are you okay?!”
Beyond the darkness.
Men flocked in.
This was a prison for prisoners, and Carol was abandoned here again after her torture.
“You damn bastards!”
“How can humans make other humans like this! If I get out of this prison alive. Jason, I’m going to rip that evil bastard limb from limb. “I will kill you no matter what!”
The men gave in to evil.
All of them.
Dmitry was a prisoner.
They were clearly recorded as dead on paper, but how did they end up imprisoned here?
It was during the war.
When the Kronos Empire attacked the Western Front, the castle collapsed and many soldiers were taken prisoner.
At that time, the prisoners were subjected to various tortures by Hannibal and then died.
The prisoners, including Carol, were trembling because they didn’t know if they would die at any time, but when the Kronos Empire decided to advance, they took some of the prisoners to the rear.
This was because prisoners could act as a risk factor.
So, the prisoners were moved to a territory called ‘McHeaton’ in the eastern part of Kronos.
After some time.
There was a rumor that the war was over.
Looking at the enemy soldiers making noise outside, the prisoners were confident that they could escape this hellish place.
However, no matter how much time passed, there was no order to release the prisoners.
The atmosphere clearly meant a truce, but the enemy soldiers’ gazes toward them were unusual.
One day.
Jason said.
“Dmitri abandoned you. I’ll give you a choice now. “Are you going to remain McHitton’s slave, meekly following our orders, or are you just going to do it now?”
at that time.
Prisoners who raised their voices had their heads cut off in front of everyone.
The prisoners chose slavery to survive.
It was the beginning of hell.
There were many places in McHeaton that needed manpower, such as quarries, and the prisoners did the hard work while eating only enough food to sustain their lives.
It didn’t discriminate between day and night.
The prisoners who went to work carrying equipment could not stop working even as they watched their colleagues being crushed to death by stones.
If you don’t follow orders.
The pain came.
The harsh, scorching whiplash tore through the reddened skin.
Still, I endured it.
They believed that Dmitry would save them, but one of the prisoners received devastating news.
“… … I think the Kronos Empire said in the truce negotiations that there would be no more prisoners. So Dmitry treated the soldiers classified as ‘missing’ as dead. So, we are not living prisoners, but people who are already dead. Dmitri will not come to save us.”
I fell into despair.
A situation where even a ray of hope has disappeared.
So Carol risked her life.
They hoped that Roman Dmitry would somehow rescue the prisoners by informing them of their survival.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”
I swallowed a moan.
A man said while looking at Carol’s suffering face.
“… … We’re done. Carol hasn’t been able to properly communicate, and Dmitry has already negotiated a ceasefire, so he won’t want to mention our presence. We can’t start another war with the Kronos Empire just to save dozens or hundreds of lives. Although it is cruel. “This is our reality.”
It was a self-mocking voice.
They faced reality with blank faces.
Like Carol, who was tortured, they will face death as slaves here in McHeaton.
* * *
That time.
In McHeaton’s conference room, the leaders were talking with serious expressions.
“… … Could it be that Dmitri noticed the presence of the captive?”
“You’ll never, ever notice. The time the captive was able to communicate was extremely short, and the flow of mana was not smooth, so words would not have been transmitted properly. Even if Dmitry received the communication. “With words divided into pieces, it is impossible to fully understand the situation here.”
“Hmm.”
Even in Jason’s words.
The leaders were not relieved.
said Baron MacHitton.
“This all happened when Roman Dmitry killed all the prisoners. What a duplicitous guy. On the surface, he acted as if he cared for the people of Dmitri, but he killed all the soldiers of the Kronos Empire without even thinking about exchanging prisoners. Roman Dmitry must have known. What will be the consequences of his own actions. Yet, he ignored the truth and left no prisoners behind.”
“you’re right. “This all happened because of Roman Dmitry.”
ceasefire negotiations.
At that time, the Kronos Empire had already secured many prisoners.
But an order came from above.
Since Dmitry does not have any prisoners with whom to exchange prisoners, the Kronos Empire cannot allow the return of prisoners without compensation.
In this way, the existence of the captive was hidden.
At the negotiating table, they said that they had already freed the prisoners whose actions were revealed, but behind the scenes, they secretly sent some prisoners to the quarry and used them as slaves.
It was petty revenge.
I wasn’t worried about being found out.
If the prisoners’ existence was deliberately hidden, Dmitry had no way of knowing that the prisoners remained.
however.
A problem occurred.
One of the prisoners had established a magical connection to Dmitry.
Jason, the person in charge, took control of the situation.
“You all don’t have to worry too much. Dmitry is unaware of the prisoners’ existence, and even if he were, it would not be an easy matter to upset this situation when a ceasefire was negotiated. Besides, didn’t we proceed with this matter under orders from superiors? Even if something goes wrong, there is no reason for us to take responsibility.”
Everyone’s expressions softened.
Like Jason said.
There was no reason to worry about something that hadn’t even been discovered.
It was then.
The soldier who opened the conference room door and entered delivered news that seemed like a lightning bolt.
“… … W, my lord! A little while ago, reports came in that Roman Dmitry had crossed the border with his troops!”
Moment.
Everyone stopped acting.
We discussed various situations after the discovery.
The unannounced border invasion was a development they could not have imagined.
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