Those Who Refuse May Step Forward! (Continued)

The one at the head was naturally the clan chief, that disheveled yet stubborn man.

"What are you doing?!"

The man arrived and quickly noticed Warfarin, who was tied to the stake.

Although many in her clan disliked her, everyone knew that Warfarin hadn't done anything wrong... In fact, she had done everything she could.

Although no one has yet accepted her as one of their own, she is by no means an insignificant outsider to them!

So upon hearing that Warfarin had been kidnapped, they immediately gathered their men and rushed over.

Upon arriving here, he immediately engaged in a standoff with the other party.

"Let her go!"

The man's face was stiff.

The leader of the soldiers, however, merely sneered.

"Traitors have no right to speak to us like that!"

"We have never betrayed the group!"

"Then how do you explain your deployment a few days ago?! If you had acted according to the rules, how could we have lost hundreds of our compatriots?!"

That's your own madness!

The man gritted his teeth, staring intently at the other person.

He roughly realized what the other party was planning to do.

He's trying to smear us!

A few days ago, the group encountered soldiers from the Allied Forces and was routed.

Although no one has mentioned it, everyone understands that someone has to be held accountable for this.

This former mercenary, now Sarkaz soldier, who was conscripted, naturally wouldn't take responsibility himself, so they wanted to find a scapegoat!

"I warned you long ago that you had to speed up your march, otherwise you would likely be overtaken by the Allied Forces. You said you needed to rest, which resulted in wasting precious retreat time! In your attempt to save time, you took the main road, which is why the Allied Forces caught up with you!"

"That's for the sake of the group! You're only thinking of yourselves. Don't you know there are many elderly people and children in other groups? Do you want to abandon them?!"

The soldier leader was prepared for the man's rebuttal.

In fact, everyone knows that once the migration and evacuation are chosen, those with weaker physical strength will inevitably fall behind the group and be abandoned.

This is something everyone should be mentally prepared for.

However, although the issue exists, no one will actually bring it up to argue that these people must be abandoned.

At least on the surface, their goal is still to get everyone safely to the designated location.

At this moment, as long as he uses these words, even if the other party is unwilling, they will not dare to speak easily.

Once you say that these people should be abandoned, they will immediately become the target of public criticism, and their environment will become extremely harsh.

And that is indeed the case.

The soldier leader's words immediately choked the man, leaving him breathless.

Obviously, he couldn't just say he would abandon those people.

The soldiers' leader seized this opportunity and continued the pursuit.

"Besides, we were prepared to fight the Allied Forces soldiers long ago... They slaughtered so many of our compatriots, how could we just run away in such a sorry state?! We are on a strategic retreat!"

"If you had acted according to the rules in that battle, we would have surely defeated the Allied Forces and avenged our loved ones!"

"But because of your cowardice, you chose to run away, resulting in many of our brothers and sisters being left outside forever! How can you still have the nerve to say you're not traitors?!"

The soldiers' leader's words grew increasingly fierce, while the men retreated step by step.

He gritted his teeth, momentarily at a loss for words.

But the man just sneered.

"Ask anyone else how many people would still consider you cowards as their own? You've killed so many of us, and now you shamelessly come back, trying to continue being a bloodsucker clinging to us! Do you think that's possible?!"

He roared, his words suppressed.

The crowds from the various conscripted teams around them also began to turn their heads.

They were certainly aware that there was something wrong with the soldiers' leader's words.

But... that's how the wind is blowing.

They had to be responsible for their group. At this point, only these soldiers knew the retreat route and supplies. They knew these guys were untrustworthy; these mercenaries couldn't change their vile nature.

But what could they do?

At this moment, they have no choice but to follow in each other's footsteps.

Many people have already raised their spears and are aiming them at the clansmen on this side.

The situation is becoming increasingly tense.

Audena grew increasingly angry.

She gritted her teeth, staring at the sophistical soldier leader in front of her, her face flushed with anger.

She couldn't help but shout it out.

You're lying!

"I'm lying? Little girl, what did I say that was a lie?"

The soldiers' leader did not ignore Audena's accusations.

He noticed that the fighting and standoff were attracting more and more people, and he seized the opportunity to continue to smear these clans with all the mud.

"Everything I said is true, and my desire to lead everyone to safety is genuine, but what about you? You don't care about this group at all; you only care about yourselves... You even have a Blood Demon hidden in the group!"

"I even suspect that all our compatriots who perished in their sleep were slaughtered by this Blood Demon!"

The soldier leader continued to call out, drawing others closer.

At this moment, Warfarin finally used her tongue to push out the rag that was blocking her mouth.

After spitting twice, he immediately started cursing.

"You brainless idiot, you want to suck blood? I'd rather die than suck the blood of people like you! A few days ago, when the battlefield collapsed, you soldiers were the first to run. Now that things have settled down, you're trying to act like leaders by borrowing the tiger's might? Bah! A bunch of trash!"

"Shut up! Blood Demon, once we purge the traitors, you'll be next to die!"

The soldiers' leader did not give Warfarin a chance to continue her accusations.

With a single glance, he silenced the others with Warfarin again, while he himself turned to look at the clan leader, whose face was grim.

Then he looked at the man in front of him again.

He soon noticed Maria standing calmly in the crowd.

After giving a signal with his eyes, he spoke again.

"Yesterday we even tried to send people to negotiate with you, to see if you had some unspeakable difficulties, but not only did you not appreciate it, you also hurt my brother... We can no longer tolerate you here!"

"What exactly do you want?"

"What are you doing?" the soldier leader sneered, waving his hand. The other soldiers surrounded him with equally hostile intent. "I will use your deaths to pay tribute to those innocent compatriots who perished!"

He roared, and the surrounding soldiers, as if on cue, charged forward.

In an instant, battle was about to break out!

But...

"Sulfone--!"

The long whip, forged from steel, slashed through the air like lightning.

In an instant, all the charging soldiers were knocked away.

Maria slowly walked out of the crowd.

She glanced at the others present, then at the soldier leader before her, her expression as calm and indifferent as ever.

She didn't use any superfluous words to address the clan's current problems; she simply walked forward calmly, the long whip in her hand silently shrinking into a cane.

The soldiers' leader, however, was clearly unaware of the gravity of the situation.

He watched the soldiers being knocked away and nodded silently in his heart.

He does indeed have some ability.

But...

It's just one person...

He took a deep breath, and his face immediately became extremely serious.

"Look at this, all of you! These are traitors! Even now, they still want to rebel! To wear down our already meager strength! Are you really comfortable entrusting your backs to people like these during the retreat?!"

He roared, his voice deep and heavy.

After hearing the whole story, the already irrational crowd gradually erupted into noise.

A moment later, the noise turned into roars and shouts.

"Kill her! Kill her! Kill her!"

Many of them were injured, including some who had lost loved ones.

Their rationality has been eroded, and many are completely immersed in the pain of losing their loved ones.

They don't care who's right or wrong; they just need an outlet to vent their pain of losing a loved one.

And so, Maria naturally became the one to take the lead.

The soldier leader revealed a triumphant smile, looking smugly at Maria before him.

Now let's see what you can do!

The clan members standing behind Maria, watching her retreating figure, couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

The man in the lead gritted his teeth.

He realized that things wouldn't end so easily today, and he was prepared.

If a fight really breaks out, he will definitely take action.

They'll rescue Warfarin and then retreat.

As for what will happen to their clan after they leave the group... that's a matter for later.

The current situation leaves them no room for further compromise!

Standing in the middle, Maria calmly looked at the group of people with agitated expressions, her face showing no emotion whatsoever.

After a moment, she shook her head.

"Your plan did work somewhat..."

"Um?"

The soldiers' leader was somewhat puzzled.

But as he watched Maria continue forward, he frowned and waved.

Another group of fully armed people surrounded Maria, closing in step by step.

Maria simply transformed her Threaded Cane into a whip.

"But I think you might have misunderstood something."

"So-called strategies are only useful when the gap between the two sides is not large."

Maria spoke softly.

All she could hear were angry shouts and curses, and before her eyes were the ferocious and ruthless soldiers.

In her hand, however, lay only a whip...

She took a deep breath.

Then...

Wave!