Night Raid / Talulah Has a Clear Goal

A few seconds later, the man finally recovered. When he looked up and saw Hoshiguma's cold gaze, he trembled with fear.

"From which villages are your people now composed?"

Ularov only spoke after receiving approval, but he was very clever and did not ask directly if there were any people from Golden Fir Tree Village inside. Instead, he inquired about the composition of the group.

The man quickly named several villages, but after listening, he discovered that there were no people from Golden Fir Tree Village.

"Hmm, there's no Golden Fir Tree Village?" Ularov pressed.

"Golden Fir Tree Village? Oh, we took that village. According to the orders from above, those people will be scattered into other teams, and then people will be drawn from those teams to come here. That way, even if those villagers want to seek revenge, they won't have anyone to target..."

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After hearing his words, Suika pressed his head and twisted it. His head spun 360 degrees in an instant, and then he lost all signs of life.

Soon after, other teams sent messages, their interrogations yielding the same results as Suika's team: the person who spoke earlier was right, and there were no people from Golden Fir Tree Village here.

"Then we'll launch a surprise attack in a moment. I'll surround the inn with fire but not affect the inside. Next... kill them all, leave no one alive!"

After everyone gathered around Suika, she gave the order without any hesitation.

"But what if some of these people were forcibly brought here, just like the people from Golden Fir Tree Village?" Ularov asked with some concern.

Suika looked at him

"Do you remember what these people said about the composition of their team? Those who participated in this kind of attack on the village would not include the old, weak, sick, or disabled; they would all be strong and healthy men."

Looking at the marks left in this house, and considering the situation in Golden Fir Tree Village at the time, if there were truly people forced into participating in this revelry, would their stance still be so simple and honest?

Besides, with all these people, killing them all might result in some innocent people being wrongly accused, but killing one and letting one slip through would definitely mean that some bad guys would escape.

Finally, you must remember that we have more than a thousand people from the Reunion Movement behind us. When you feel compassion for these perpetrators, think of the elderly, women, and children in the cave.

They might be betrayed by those you spared because of your momentary compassion and kindness, leading to a large-scale military operation and their deaths in these mountains.

After Suika finished speaking, Ularov felt a cold sweat run down his back.

As an ordinary person, suddenly participating in such a killing did make him feel reluctant, but Suika's reminder was a wake-up call for him.

Since he has joined the Reunion Movement and chosen to participate in its actions, the consequences of all his actions will bring unpredictable results to the Reunion Movement.

If, as Suika said, his hesitation led to someone escaping and revealing the presence of the Reunion Movement, he would likely find no way to forgive himself except to atone with his death.

Seeing that Ularov's eyes were gradually becoming firm, Suika and Red discussed their next plan for a while before taking action.

It's called a plan, but it's actually quite simple.

Apart from Suika, the others will be divided into two groups and, based on the information provided by Suika, will be ambushed one by one from the outside in.

Meanwhile, Suika will keep watch outside. If anyone is discovered, she will light a fire to protect the villagers and draw the attention of the New Reunion Movement.

At this point, the two sides attacked while making various noises around them, making the Reunion Movement members think that a large number of enemies had arrived.

"What if they gather together and wait for us to tire ourselves out?" Hoshiguma didn't quite understand Suika's plan and thought it was too dangerous.

"Hoshiguma- nee, what do you think of these New Reunion Movement members' fighting skills? And their discipline?"

"A mob." Hoshiguma replied without hesitation.

"Bingo, you should know that even a professional army can easily be thrown into chaos when suddenly attacked at night, let alone these ordinary Infected have not received professional military training and fight purely out of anger and hatred."

In this pitch-black environment, if anyone panics, that emotion will quickly spread. At that point, Red and Hoshiguma should attack from both sides simultaneously and aggressively. I guarantee these people will just run around like headless flies, and won't even have the thought of gathering together."

Suika's words made everyone suddenly realize the truth.

Throughout Terra's military history, very few instances of successfully counterattacking during a night raid have been successful, aside from instances of counter-ambush tactics.

These successful teams were all among the most elite and powerful troops in their respective countries.

So how could these loosely New Reunion Movement possibly accomplish what most armies cannot?

With this boost of morale, everyone began to split up and take action.

After everyone else left, Suika flew directly into the sky above the village.

Although they should theoretically be easy to spot from the air, it's important to remember that this was a snowy night.

With the wind, snow, and darkness obstructing the view, the Suika in the air was the least noticeable presence.

In her view, the team led by Red and Hoshiguma moved quite quickly.

Following the route planned by Suika, the two managed to wipe out the outermost layer of enemies right under the nose of the sentry.

Then, almost simultaneously, both sides launched attacks on the sentry post.

Just as the other side realized something was wrong, following Suika's previous instructions, the people behind them started banging drums and gongs, creating quite a commotion.

At the same time, Suika detonated several flames from the sky, which, upon landing, blocked the path between the New Reunion Movement and the villagers they had trapped.

Several more petals fell in various locations, making it impossible for the Reunion Movement members, even those nearby, to quickly assemble.

When one side witnesses an attack on the other, people will react in two different ways in this situation.

Either stand in the light or hide in the darkness.

Those people in the light naturally became targets for Red and his group.

Therefore, many people, realizing that the brighter their location, the faster they would die, rushed into the snowstorm.

Red and his men didn't bother chasing after those who fled into the darkness.

After all, going outside in this weather without any preparation is almost certainly a death sentence.

Half an hour later, the battle was completely over, and the two teams led by Red and Hoshiguma successfully reunited.

They looked at the two rooms where the village was being held, which remained unharmed amidst the flames not far away, with some confusion. The outside was in such a mess, yet the inside was as quiet as if it were dead.

"Don't worry, I put everyone inside to sleep."

Suika's words, falling from the sky, put everyone at ease.

The main problem is that it's really too strange that hundreds of villagers didn't make a sound during such a lively event.

But if they're all "asleep," then that's understandable.

"Shouldn't we explain this to them?" Hoshiguma asked Suika.

Suika shook her head

"The Reunion Movement cannot be here; they will definitely go back to report to the authorities as soon as they are rescued."

What should we say then?

So, the Reunion Movement saved them from the New Reunion Movement?

Let alone whether the military would believe us, even if they did, they would thank us?

I think the only way to express gratitude is with cannon fire.

Therefore, we cannot let the people here know that we, who rescued them, came from the Reunion Movement.

I've taken some steps to address this; when these people wake up tomorrow, they'll simply attribute the situation in the village to internal strife.

"Let's get ready, it's about time to leave."

Chapter 347 Talulah with a Clear Goal

After the group left, the people inside the house slowly woke up.

When they woke up, they discovered that the band of thugs who had stormed into their village and gathered them there had mysteriously disappeared.

It was nighttime, and although the room was inexplicably warm, it was pitch black outside for some reason.

Coupled with the wind and snow, the local villagers didn't dare to go out even after they woke up. They just found some hard objects like sticks around them, ready to fight the thieves if they found anything amiss.

The next day at dawn, the thieves still hadn't returned, so the village chief organized a few strong young men to go out and scout for news.

Soon the young man returned, pale-faced, saying that for some reason, there were corpses of thieves everywhere outside, and the surrounding houses also showed signs of being burned.

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Strangely, the fire stopped right outside the side where they were staying.

The villagers hurriedly came out of their houses to check the situation.

After some investigation, the village elders believed that the thieves had probably quarreled over the division of the loot at night, which led to this situation.

Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense that these people outside suddenly died without harming their own group.

If someone saved the village, why didn't they come out to meet them? Instead, they acted like this. It couldn't be that a mountain god descended to earth and killed all these thieves at night, could it?

Puzzled, they reported what had happened to the viscount who governed the area.

Then another blizzard struck. By the time the Viscount successfully sent people over, a week had passed. The traces of the battle in the village had been mostly cleared away by the villagers, and the only information available was from their accounts.

Finally, the dispatched specialist, finding no valuable clues, could only attribute the incident to infighting among the thieves, as the village elders had suggested.

Suika and her group, who had done this, remained hidden and disappeared completely from everyone's sight.

When Suika and her group returned to the cave in the dark, they saw Talulah guarding the entrance.

Talulah breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing them return.

"What happened? Why are you so late?"

Not long ago, because Suika group had not returned for a long time, some people were getting restless.

Chen was about to lead a group to find them when Talulah stopped him.

The reason is simple: Red and the patrol he led were top-notch fighters in the Reunion Movement, plus the mysteriously powerful Suika. If a problem arose that even they couldn't solve, then sending more people would just be suicide missions.

It's better to stay here and wait for them to return.

Talulah believed that the patrol team hadn't encountered any danger, but rather had discovered something and gone to investigate, which was why they were returning late.

To strengthen her resolve and prevent anyone from impulsively heading out, she voluntarily stood guard at the only exit.

That's why they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Suika others return.

Red then recounted in detail how the patrol discovered traces of the New Reunion Movement outside, followed the trail, and wiped out a New Reunion Movement team that had just attacked the village and hadn't had time to carry out any follow-up actions.

After listening to his explanation, Talulah nodded.

"You did a good job, but remember not to overexert yourselves. This time, it was so easy because Suika was in charge of the whole situation. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible to do this."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing Talulah's words; this battle could be described as a complete information aggression.

Although it's unclear how Suika obtained such a detailed map of the enemy's distribution, without Suika finding the enemy's visible and hidden sentries and devising a perfect plan for their successful night raid, it would have been difficult for them to almost completely annihilate the enemy without any casualties on their side.

After this stop, Ularov fully embraced the ideology of the Reunion Movement and decided to stay within Reunion Movement.

"To be honest, there was something I was quite worried about when I came back!"

Suika looked at Talulah.

Talulah noticed the other person staring at her and tilted her head in confusion. "What are you worried about?"

"Because before, you always held the view that Infected were pitiful and needed to be saved, right? I was worried that you wouldn't agree with my actions against the New Reunion Movement."

Suika's words brought a wry smile to Talulah.

"Regarding this matter, my initial goals and ideas were indeed a bit too naive."

It's not inherently wrong for Infected to instinctively vent their emotions and rebel against their former oppressors due to the immense oppression they've endured.

However, when I saw the New Reunion Movement expand the scope of hatred, not only advocating resistance against the nobles who had oppressed them but also dragging innocent civilians into it, I knew I was wrong.

The Rhodes Island agents sent to help us pointed out that the actions of the New Reunion Movement are not only tantamount to the Infected establishing themselves on this land, but their reckless behavior will also deepen the outside world's unease and fear of the Infected.

At that point, the reputation of all Infected will be utterly ruined by the New Reunion Movement.

Coupled with the other party's heinous act of arresting ordinary people and forcibly turning them into Infected, the final result will only push the Infected to the opposite side of ordinary people.

Many of the elderly, women, and children here are people we've taken in who were abandoned by the New Reunion Movement and lost their fighting ability..."

Seeing Talulah's serious expression, Suika was quite pleased. Although the naive and passionate fighter Talulah was worth following.

But when burdened with the expectations of countless people, naivety will only lead the Reunion Movement to its ultimate doom.

Therefore, if Talulah wants to lead the Reunion Movement further, she must abandon her naiveté.

After all, it's impossible to have your cake and eat it too in the real world. You can strive for the opposite, but you absolutely must have a clear understanding of when to make a decisive break.

She looked up at FrostNova, Alina, Patriot, and the other Reunion Movement cadres sitting not far away.

They all listened attentively to Talulah's words, their faces showing agreement.

"Then what about the Rhodes Island people you mentioned? What are their names? I don't see any of them." Suika looked up and around, but didn't see any Rhodes Island personnel in uniform.