"It seems that losing the opportunity to serve the nobles may not necessarily ruin your future, right? They are not important to the point of being irreplaceable."
After a moment, Zhang Ge said, looking at the woman next to him whose expression remained unchanged.
There might be two changes in what happens next.
First, the other party has been completely alienated in the nobles' long-term taming. Although this cannot be blamed on her, for the sake of more people, Zhang Ge has to make some regrettable decisions for this.
Second, she hasn't reached the point of being beyond saving.
Soon, the woman made a reply. Fortunately for her, judging from her next words, it was the latter situation:
"...Are you going to take us in?"
Although long-term cognition still made her unwilling to comment on the nobles - she had learned many words of praise, but in the current situation, if it was not purely flattering, it was obviously difficult to give a positive evaluation, so she simply skipped this topic.
"Have you received military training?"
"Some, from the age of six to eighteen, about two hours a day. If someone can live past the age of eighteen, they will be trained for a longer time, but most people... sorry, I said too much."
"That's enough. Can you use a Boltgun?"
"Ah? Ah, I can use it."
Zhang Ge's question in the second half, which was somewhat off-topic, made the other party stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted.
However, despite being prepared for the changed topic, what happened next still exceeded her expectations.
Zhang Ge took off his Boltgun and handed it to the woman.
"Among those people, find a target, and then fire."
Bang.
As the words fell, a gunshot rang out.
The Bolt, ejected from the level gun body, flew downward with its tail flames, drilling into the skull of a noble in a straight trajectory. The adamantine-tipped warhead easily shattered the hard skull, and ultimately shattered the upper body of the noble in the explosion.
At this distance, the Boltgun basically hits wherever it is aimed. For someone who has received long-term training, even a woman can easily hit a human-shaped target with little movement.
Of course, both sides knew that this was not just a question of whether or not it could be hit.
However, everyone did not mention a key question.
The woman also understood what Zhang Ge wanted them to do at the moment of firing. In a brief gunshot, she completed a simple change that had no sense of ceremony.
"Then, next it's my turn to prove that I can make you do what I want you to do."
After nodding towards the woman, Zhang Ge casually connected to a communication application record stored in the Vox-caster. Looking at the chaos at the city gate, after confirming that the other party was one of the nobles below, he said:
"Don't move, turn on the amplification, so that the people around can hear what I'm going to say next."
After this sentence, which did not show emotional fluctuations, was transmitted, the noble seemed to realize something. Although he did follow Zhang Ge's instructions and turned on the amplification, he didn't say much, only leaving a stifling silence and slightly rapid breathing.
After Zhang Ge confirmed that the nobles had gradually stopped the riots and were standing in place, he continued to speak:
"Although I don't know which family you come from, it doesn't affect what I saw you do. The severity of the crimes I have seen is so painful that I don't want to describe it again from my own mouth. However, you did nothing about it after taking over... Now, I give you two options."
"One, if you think I misjudged the situation and wrongly blamed you, then you can let me report this matter, go through the formal investigation procedure, and then let the corresponding people make decisions based on the investigation results."
"Two, admit that this is a shameful dereliction of duty."
Silence continued, however, at this moment, not responding itself had already become a response.
"Very good, it seems that we no longer need to add trouble to each other. Then, I will continue the execution procedure."
Turning off the communication, Zhang Ge's expression did not change. It was as if he was just talking about what he should eat tomorrow afternoon. He turned his head to the woman and said:
"Continue."
In the simple gunshots that sounded again, blood and minced meat gradually filled one side of the street. Countless remnants of corpses were mixed among the flowing internal organs, emitting a bloody smell that meant death.
It was not until all the Bolts in the magazine had been fired and several pulls of the trigger only made a crisp click that the woman barely broke free from her trance.
"What I want you to do next will not be any different. Find people like them, and then give me the information. If I decide to fire, then fire, it's very simple, right."
Zhang Ge made the decision to control such incidents, but he was only a Colonel in the Astra Militarum after all. Although the military and political resources in his hands were slightly more than those of ordinary colonels, at least he believed that they should not have reached the point where they could be unscrupulous like Founding Chapters.
Therefore, he decided not to use the existing overt armed forces to do this, but to find another group that was sufficient to take on this responsibility.
This group needed to have sufficient reasons to be hostile to the nobles, needed to be more capable of fighting, and also needed to be between conspicuous and tearing the face, so that people knew that they were commanded by Zhang Ge, but not as sensitive as directly dispatching Astra Militarum.
The Clan in front of them was obviously a good choice.
"To serve you, Master...?"
As the woman spoke, she had just knelt down, wanting to kiss Zhang Ge's feet, when she suddenly found herself being hugged straight by a familiar face.
It was one of the female slaves who was originally standing next to Zhang Ge. She lifted the woman's body and then quickly whispered something in her ear.
This allowed Zhang Ge to escape an upcoming awkward situation. After all, it would be fine if he said that kind of thing once or twice, but if he encountered this situation and said it every day, he would feel like he was showing off to some extent.
But... if he didn't say it, he wouldn't feel comfortable himself, so, in this situation, it was a good choice to have someone else do it for him, and the female slave knew this very well, so she did it without special reminder.
After hearing the whisper of others, the woman also understood the ins and outs. However, although she changed the etiquette to just bowing, she did not intend to change the title in her mouth:
"Master, please allow us to continue calling you that. The current situation is special. If there is a clear object to serve, integrating the power in the Clan will be much faster. This can complete the tasks you give faster."
After she finished speaking, she smiled, and a tear mole at the corner of her eye decorated the side of her eyes, which revealed some special meaning.
Although he realized that the other party's purpose should not be as simple as it seemed, this statement did make this title easier to accept... In some ways, is this person really as obedient as she just showed?
Zhang Ge, who had agreed to the other party's request, suddenly felt such a faint sorrow in his heart.
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