Chapter 99: An army without any generals part 5

Chief Kylo didn't feel nervous earlier even though he only has Diaz as his general left. That's because there are people with the potential to become generals in the mercenaries. Even though they can't replace the generals who had thoroughly trained with his army, they'd make do with the situation right now.

The reason for his confidence was that he was very sure that Old Chief George would immediately kill Margie and Rose the moment they cross his Village's border, just like what the Green Horn Knights did with Adolfo and Lotte, probably after extracting some useful information from them.

However, to his surprise, Old Chief George actually had another plan in mind.

"Considering that they are your generals, they probably know a lot about you, right?" Old Chief George muttered.

"They do. But that doesn't mean everything they say is going to be the truth," Chief Kylo tried to deny any words that would be coming out from Margie and Rose's mouths later on.

"Under which circumstances would they tell a lie, I wonder,"

"When they are given the chance to live,"

"Why would I do that? If I can just torture them to the point that they would beg for me to kill them,"

"Then what makes you any different from the members of the Assembly of Freedom?"

"The fact that although I still commit crimes, at the very least, I don't do it just because I want to do it or for the sake of causing havoc,"

"Anyways, let's begin!"

Old Chief George turns his attention to Margie and Rose who are trying their best to escape from the rope tying them down.

No matter how much Margie and Rose try to move their body around though, it was proven futile as the rope that's being tied to them is being imbued with mana by Kimberly and Cedrick. Moreover, they found themselves being unable to cast any magic spells for some unknown reason.

"What did you do to us?!" Margie stared hatefully at Old Chief George.

"Margie, I am scared.." Rose cried for help.

"Don't worry, my darling Rose, I'll get us out of here, I promise," Margie reassures Rose.

"Are you sure that you can keep that promise to your dear girlfriend?" Old Chief George can't help from interrupting.

"I'll do it even if it's the last thing I have to do!"

"Quite the strong emotions you got there. And because of that, why don't I give you a chance to save Rose?" At first, he was thinking of torturing them in front of everyone until they eventually yield the information he wants. But seeing that there's another perfect and less gruesome opportunity to make them reveal the truth, he immediately changed his mind.

"If it's about telling you any information related to Chief Kylo, then I won't do it! As a general, that is something that's against my principle,"

"Oh, that's too bad. I guess your girlfriend here, doesn't love you as much as she claimed to have, Rose," Old Chief George looks at Rose. "I wonder. If I have proposed such a plan to you, would you do it for her instead?"

"I would.." Rose can't help continuing to cry.

"I.." Margie is now stuck in a huge dilemma.

"I can't believe you! I thought that you love me,"

"I do! But.."

"Is Chief Kylo more important to you compared to me?"

"Would you really betray Chief Kylo for me?"

"I would!"

"I.." Margie can't help switching her attention from Chief Kylo to Rose multiple times while contemplating deeply in her mind.

"Are you seriously taking that long just to consider who is more important in your heart?" Rose felt disappointed. She turns to Old Chief George and instantly said, "Just kill me!"

"Why would I do that? You hold so much value for Margie to the point that she is considering betraying Chief Kylo,"

"I'll betray Chief Kylo instead! But promise me that you'll let Margie go once I do it,"

"No!" Margie exclaimed loudly to stop Rose.

"You can't stop me! I have already made up my mind!"

"Let me do it instead!" Margie finally made up her mind after seeing Rose willingly offering her life just to save her.

"Don't listen to her! Let's quickly complete our trade!"

Strangely enough, Margie was suddenly able to use a magic spell.

Whoosh!

Margie instantly used her one and only chance to possibly escape from Old Chief George onto Rose so that she would stop talking.

"Now there's no one to interrupt us anymore,"

"I am guessing that you've already made up your mind?"

"I do," Margie turns to look at Chief Kylo. She never truly wants to betray him, but seeing the action of the girl she loves, she has to choose Rose now instead of Chief Kylo.

"Don't listen to Old Chief George, Margie! He would never let Rose live!" Chief Kylo tries to change Margie's mind.

"I am betting on the little chances that he would honor his promise in front of all these people watching him," Margie could only hope for the best in their situation. If she doesn't do anything, they would still die. But by doing this, at the very least, she would be able to give Rose a chance to live.

Turning her head to face everyone, Margie cleared her throat before muttering, "Chief Kylo is one of the higher-ups of the Assembly of Freedom!"historical

Margie instantly dropped a bombshell on everyone.

On the side, Old Chief George can't help showing a bright smile on his face. This was exactly what he wanted Margie to do. Albeit, he was feeling slightly regretful after glimpsing at Rose.

"Luckily for me, my girlfriend is not like that," Kayn can't help saying in a remark.

"I'd rather have an ugly girlfriend than have a viper as a partner," Gilbert added.

"How unfortunate for Margie," Jackson genuinely felt sad for Margie.

What Margie doesn't know is that the moment she turns her head around, Rose's eyes actually shifted to a shrewd look.

It is quite evident that Rose is happy because she had successfully fooled Margie into giving her life away for her.

Honestly, from the moment she understood Old Chief George's intention, she instantly thought of persuading Margie to betray Chief Kylo. All the things she had said and done before were nothing more than just an act to get Margie's sympathy so that she'd yield to Old Chief George's proposal.

While all of that was happening, Margie continued to bombard everyone with bombshell after bombshell of revelation about Chief Kylo. She made sure not to keep anything hidden in hopes of giving more chances for Rose to live.

Meanwhile, Rose's lips hidden on the cover of vines grins wider and wider the more secrets that Margie revealed about Chief Kylo.

As soon as Margie finished her speech, the attention of the entire army instantly shifted from Margie to Chief Kylo.

Disbelief.

Betrayal.

Speechless.

Those were just three out of the countless emotions that everyone is feeling right now.

They simply can't believe it..

The most trusted person in their Village.

The Chief who has promised them a good future in 'The Bridge'.

The person who helped them live in this god-forsaken place.

Unexpectedly turned out to be a member of the most infamous organization on 'The Bridge'.

Some people can't help thinking that perhaps all this time the only reason why Chief Kylo did all of those compassionate deeds for them was actually just to prepare a bunch of sheep for the predestined slaughtering day.

Back on the wall, Kayn could thoroughly understand what everyone is feeling right now. This was exactly the same feeling he felt when he realized that the people he trusted the most turned out to be the people who would betray him.

"I hope you'd honor your words," Margie whispered to Old Chief George.

"Rest assured, I've never gone back from any of my promises in the past,"

Without any hesitation, Old Chief George slit Margie's throat.

While blood constantly oozes out from Margie's neck, she tried to turn her head to look at Rose by her side.

However, to her surprise, Old Chief George stood in the way as if to prevent her from seeing Rose or perhaps something else.

"Can I?"

"I am afraid, but I can't," Old Chief George shook his head. This was the last shred of mercy that he could offer to Margie.

"Why?"

"It's much better for you to die believing that what you did was right,"

"Okay.."

"Although you're a member of the Assembly of Freedom, I commend you for your strong loyalty to love," Old Chief George expresses his thoughts.

"I am glad that at the very end of my life, I received the recognition of my enemy,"

For any Hero or Villain, receiving the recognition of their enemy is one of the greatest achievements one could ever receive in life. After all, it's very difficult to make your enemy respect you because in almost everything you do, they would find even the smallest of reasons just to attack you and express their never-ending hatred.

Margie finally took her last breath.

As promised, Old Chief George immediately freed Rose from the restrain.

Rose instantly tried to kill Old Chief George the moment she was given freedom. But because Friedrich and Roshan were just beside Old Chief George, her attack was completely fended off.

Despite that though, Friedrich and Roshan didn't try to attack back. They simply stared at Rose intimidatingly while protecting Old Chief George.

With no other choice left but to retreat, Rose immediately jumps off the wall and runs in the direction of Diaz.

Strangely enough, no soldiers of the Green Horn Village tried to stop Rose.

Rose simply believes that the soldiers are letting her go because that was what Old Chief George had promised to the dead Margie.

Diaz also runs in the direction of Rose after seeing her escaping from the walls of the Green Horn Village.

Seeing such a sight, Rose can't help feeling excited that she can finally reunite with her comrades and escape from the dangerous claws of Old Chief George.

However..

Whoosh!

Rose's point of view suddenly turned upside down and she started feeling like she is flying away.

"Why..?"

"Although we are members of the Assembly of Freedom, it's one of our unwritten rules to never ever betray our comrades,"

Despite the fact that anarchists hate rules, there is still some order that their members must obey otherwise they'd be punished. There's only a handful of them, so the majority of their members don't see a problem with it.

"Betrayal has never been welcome regardless of whether you belong to the dark or the light side," Diaz muttered as he sheathed his burning sword.

Thud!

In the next moment, the headless body of Rose with a burned neck fell to the ground.

Soon followed was Rose's head whose face is expressing disbelief and was full of regrets.

"In your next life, never ever betray the people who showed love to you. That's something that people like us could hardly get in our life, yet you actually dared to waste one,"