The Golden Throne

Chapter 145 - War Prisoners

Damascus went forward and spoke with Liu Man to the side. The both of them went into one of the bigger buildings for some privacy, and some of the senior officers, along with the generals. They went in, leaving the city itself in control of the city.

The civilians who were rounded off in the middle of the city plaza were crying, just thinking about the horrible fate that they would face made them lose all hope in life. The children were all snuggled in with the parents, who were wailing, and just hoping that their kids would have a chance to live properly.

"Shut up. If I see any one of you move from your positions, I am going to kill you. Wait, no, I won't kill you. I will make you see something much, much worse.", a soldier threatened a mother of two as he smiled sinisterly.

The woman staggered back as she fell on the ground. Her two children did not say a word though, and they just stood right next to her, as they looked at the soldier menacingly..

"The both of you, sit down facing me. If I see something even remotely fishy, haha, you will start calling me your father.", the soldier laughed. The children trembled, but they complied nonetheless.

Meanwhile, most of the army had entered the city. Among them were the children from the mage tower. They walked through the empty roads, and wondered where all the civilians were. One of the disciples looked at the soldiers who were walking next to them.

"Where are all the people? A city like this should have so many people.", the boy innocently asked. The ones next to him, a few others who were orphaned in one of the worst ways possible, just trembled at the thought of this, and looked at the soldiers with the same menacing gaze that the two children of the poor mother did.

One of the kids saw the shivering civilians. He went and squatted in front of them.

"Aunties, why are you shivering so much? It might be late, but it is not that cold is it? Are you sick? Do you need any medication?"

One of the soldiers saw him conversing with them and went to him. "Hey kid. What is your problem? I thought that I made it clear that all of you should be sitting down facing outside. Or should I make an example of you?"

"What are you talking about? When did you tell me anything? And, this aunty might be sick. You need to go get her medicine."

"Looks like you do not understand war, kid. Let me make you.". The soldier slapped the kid and threw him towards the civilians. The boy started crying.

"Now, you better behave, or I will murder you next time around. Stop crying, it is getting on my nerves. Look at everyone around you. They are not crying. They know the future they are going to have, and have come to terms with it."

The boy continued to bawl. The soldier's face turned ugly, and he stepped forward to hit the boy again. The boy looked at him and shouted, "You are a bad man. Master said that I can hit bad man like you."

As he said this, a bright flash appeared, and the soldier flew back. All around him, the people became silent. They looked at the boy who attacked the soldier.

The soldier who flew back looked at the boy. He stuttered, "You-you were on our side. Why did you not tell me that. I would not have attacked a child from mage tower."

As he was on the ground, he turned to see a foot land next to him. It was smaller than that of an adult. He looked up to see that this was another child. He was wearing robes of green, and had a symbol of a lion on them. He went to the boy and consoled him quietly. After the boy quieted down, he looked at the soldier.

"The mage tower only participated because the master owes a favour to the lord of Dilheim. It seems that we are not welcome here. Each child from the mage tower is a treasure, yet a soldier attacked him. If we are not given an appropriate answer, then we will have a problem."

"What the hell is happening over here?", a loud noise came from the side. Damascus came forward, to see the soldier on the side and the two boys among the civilians.

The soldier replied, "Your majesty! Please save me. I mistook the boy as one of the civilians and thought that they were trying to do something. It was an honest mistake. I would not have done anything if I knew that he was on our side."

"The boy with the green robe laughed coldly. "So if my friend here was not from the mage tower, then what you did is excused? What a joke? I thought that the reason that this war is even happening is because we are fighting demons, to save humanity and all of Dicain. If this is a simple war for power, then the mage tower has no reason to join this fight."

"That- This is a war! All of these things will happen. Please tell him, Your majesty. Surely you can understand the casualties of war.", the soldier said.

Damascus sighed. He walked up to the soldier and kicked him on the face. The soldier flipped to the other side. He looked at the boy who was slapped by the soldier, and then at the other boy. "The soldier will be given a hundred whippings for his offence. The civilians will be released upon daybreak, and no soldier is allowed to touch them. I hope that this conclusion is satisfactory."

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