When the city guard battalion captain heard this, he showed not the slightest intention of backing down.
"Battalion Captain, although most of the dead and wounded are men of your city guard."
"We all belong under the God of Flame, so you should be reasonable too."
"There were many people present at the time, and they all saw that it was your city guard who deliberately humiliated our garrison soldiers with words first."
"And after the argument broke out, it was also your city guard who struck first. Your city guard killed a garrison soldier, and only then did they rise up in resistance."
"So, although the deaths of those several city guards of yours are truly regrettable, the blame cannot be laid entirely on these garrison soldiers."
"Of course, since they killed people, they certainly bear responsibility, but what I want to say is that this responsibility surely does not deserve death."
"Why not hand them over to the Civil Affairs Hall to decide and pass judgment? Would that be acceptable?"
Hearing the other party's haughty words, the commander of Nuk City and the commander of Xiya City still kept their tempers in check and tried to explain, tactfully requesting that he spare the men this once.
But the city guard had long looked down on their garrison soldiers.
In this battalion captain's eyes, garrison soldiers killing city guards was the same as commoners killing soldiers.
Thus, they naturally had to be punished heavily and severely. Otherwise, the loss of a few soldiers' lives was a small matter; letting the city guard's prestige be swept to the floor was the great one.
"Impossible. You two captains should go back. Besides, the order to punish these men was given by our commander!"
With that said, the battalion captain had no