Arberus took a rifle from one of the conscripts and shot the man in the head, his body collapsing onto the piled remains of his men. “A trifle harsh, Major,” Lizanne commented as Arberus lowered the rifle. “When the Scarlet Legion took Jerravin,” he said, “they chained up all the surviving defenders and made them watch as their wives and daughters were raped and beheaded. Then they doused them in oil and burned them alive. I stood and watched them do it, laughing along with all the other butchers, because that was my role then.” He turned and handed the rifle back to the conscript, the manager
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