The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 75



"Chechen, Chechen. Don\'t move, don\'t move."

Pedro pressed Cherchen\'s head to prevent him from getting up from the grass.

In the distance, rudnia has become a sea of fire. Fire demons wreak havoc in every corner. There are not shouts, cries for help, metal impact and crazy laughter.

These voices knocked on Chen\'s heart, as if to tear it to pieces. Chechen\'s eyes were full of flames. His fingers were inserted into the wet soil. He used so much strength that his nails were broken.

"Uncle, uncle. Let me go, let me go." there was a cry in Chechen\'s voice.

Pedro didn\'t speak. One of his hands still pressed Cherchen\'s head, and the other hand covered Cherchen\'s eyes. Pedro tried to comfort Cherchen with this silent way.

Chechen is in great pain that he can\'t save when he sees death. Why isn\'t Pedro. In terms of his feelings for the mercenary regiment, Pedro is no less than Chechen. Not to mention that Franco has been his partner and comrade in arms for many years, even Ruth and Fidel, who have shared weal and woe for several months, also let several people form the friendship of comrade in arms and brothers. But uncle and nephew were unarmed. Facing hundreds of red eyed bandits, they would not change the fate of the mercenary regiment except to fill in their own lives.

Gradually, the cry of killing gradually decreased. In the light of the fire, the bandits were still making a final search around ludnia village.

"You, you, and you. Go over there and see if anyone is hiding in the grass."

A voice of command came to Chechen and Pedro\'s ears. Obviously, some of the executioners escaped in the dark. They wanted to kill them all.

Three figures with torches appeared in the distance. With flails in their hands, they kept beating the grass and the ground.

"Come out, I see you."

"Don\'t hide, you hateful fellow."

Did they shout loudly, trying to scare out the survivors who might hide in the grass.

The three men came to the place where Chechen and Pedro were hiding. Although it was still far away, Pedro still covered Cherchen\'s mouth and held his breath.

At this time, a figure jumped out of the grass on the left of the three people and fled quickly to the direction of the forest.

Obviously, this is a survivor of a mercenary regiment. He had hoped to escape into the forest under the cover of grass. But the bandits found it here, and it was so close to him that he could no longer hide.

"So you\'re here."

One of the bandits laughed cruelly. He took out an axe from his belt, held it above his head, bent like a bow of a full moon, and then threw it out.

The axe crossed a parabola in the sky and finally hit the runner on the back. The man let out a scream and fell to the ground.

The three bandits walked in the direction of the dead. They went to the dead man and pulled out the axe inserted in the dead man\'s back. Because the axe cut like a spine, there was a sound of bone fragmentation when pulling out the axe stuck in the bone.

After killing people, the three people refused to stop. They continued to cut off the dead man\'s head with an axe, then took it in their hands and walked back laughing and talking.

Obviously, they concluded that there were no other survivors nearby.

The fire in rudnia burned all night. Gradually, the sky began to whiten and the fire began to go out.

The bandits ended the killing and began to organize their belongings and retreat. This is also the order given by Gregory to them to try their best to act as if they were really attacked by bandits.

The bandits loaded their belongings into carriages, left a piece of ruins and left.

Worried that the bandits would leave some people in ambush, Pedro and Cherchen were still lying on the ground for a long time. After it was confirmed that all the bandits had left, uncle and nephew got up.

At this time, rudnia has become a hell. The ground was littered with bodies and burnt tents.

They found Franco\'s body under a charred birch. The head of the brave and wise mercenary commander was separated from his body, and his body was full of signs of fighting.

Behind a blackened wall, they found the bodies of Ruth and Fidel. Ruth\'s hands were cut off, and the blood on the broken arm had coagulated and turned black.

And Fidel kept fighting until he died. He held an iron Rowan in one hand and a pot in the other. He fought with the bandits by relying on these two things. He also died the worst: only a trace of skin on one ear was connected to his head, his knees were broken by flail, and there were three or four bullet holes in his body, and his blood had dried up.

Because there were so many dead, Cherchen and Pedro couldn\'t be buried. They had to dig a pit first, put Franco\'s body in it, cover it with earth and bury it.

"Uncle, I want revenge."

In front of Colonel Franco\'s grave, Cherchen personally nailed a cross made of two branches and said to Pedro.

"Oh, yes."

Pedro stood beside Chechen and answered unconsciously. When he reflected what Chechen said, the old mercenary panicked.

"Do you know what you\'re talking about?" cried Pedro.

"I want revenge. Uncle Pedro, everyone is dead. Captain Franco is dead, and so are Uncle Ruth and uncle Fidel. They all surrendered, but they were still slaughtered and died so miserably. Shouldn\'t we revenge them?"

Pedro was silent. He had never thought of avenging his old friend. But reason told him it was impossible. Not to mention the main messenger Yakov and his adjutant Gregory, there are hundreds of bandits who can\'t be dealt with by themselves.

Moreover, revenge is a near death. It\'s just an old life. But Chechen is still so young. He just plans to pass on his one to him to inherit. How can he die in distant Poland for revenge.

"Uncle! There are only two of us left in the mercenary regiment now. If we go back to Spain like this, what will others think of us and the aleval family? How can we shame the spirits of our ancestors!"

Seeing that Pedro didn\'t speak for a long time, Cherchen said anxiously.

"You go back to Spain right away."

Finally, Pedro made up his mind and said firmly.

"Me? What about you?"

"I\'ll stay here."

"Are you going to assassinate Yakov and Gregory alone?"

Chechen guessed the purpose of Pedro\'s return to Spain.

Pedro responded with silence.

"How can I leave you alone. Of course we\'ll go together if we want to go. One more person is more sure."

Che Chen said anxiously.

"One more person is just one more person to die. Listen, Chechen. My uncle was hesitant about revenge because he didn\'t trust you. But you\'re right. We can\'t shame the heroes of the Alwar family ancestors and let people say that we are cowards. So my uncle is going to take revenge. But you\'re different. Remember what my uncle said to you, you want to inherit my uncle Blood. So you must live. You\'re only fourteen now. No one will say you\'re timid, "said Pedro sincerely.

"But I will feel guilty all my life."

Chechen strongly disagrees with the idea of letting his uncle Pedro take risks alone.

Uncle and nephew were so deadlocked that no one could convince anyone.

"Well, since none of us can convince anyone, let God decide."

It happened that a ladybug stopped on Chechen\'s collar. Chechen pinched it gently with his fingers.

"Let the angel of God decide. I let it go. If it flies to the left, you let me go with you. If it flies to the right, I\'ll go back to Spain right away." Chechen said to his uncle.

Pedro nodded in agreement.

So Chechen raised the ladybug in his hand and put it on his fingertips. The ladybug obviously didn\'t realize that its significance was so great. It crawled around at Chechen\'s fingertips, but didn\'t fly away.

"Fly quickly!" Chechen shouted anxiously.

Maybe it\'s to respond to Chechen\'s anxiety. I also want to be tired of climbing. The ladybug finally flapped its wings and flew high.