Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 194
◈ 194. [Side Story] Punishment Unit
Crossroads Prison.
Wow!
Kuilan imbued his fist with magic and tore off the metal handcuffs that bound his wrists..
“Ugh, stupid empire bastards..”
Kuilan then tore off the handcuffs that restrained his feet and clapped his free body..
“I am Kuilan, the one who catches bears with just his bare body. Did you know you could tie it up like this?.”
Kuilan looked around the prison. Inside the iron bars, I could see colleagues lying down, resting, and refugees..
‘How long will it take to escape and take them all away?.’
The place we were brought to was the fortress city of Crossroads. It is the front line that fights against monsters all year round. The level of soldiers must be considerable..
‘……It's going to be a bit of a struggle. shit. It was a mistake to touch the prince.’
Just to make a few bucks, I decided to ruin everything..
But a misjudgment is a misjudgment, and now we must first think of an escape. If you stay quiet, your head will be blown off..
Kuilan loosens his fists and gets lost in thought.,
“Cough, Cough! Ku, Kuilan.”
Someone called my name accompanied by a dry cough. Kuilan looked in the direction where the voice came from..
It was a young man with red pigtail hair wrapped around his neck, just like Kuilan's..
A skinny body, a face with obvious signs of illness, and one particularly thin leg..
Kuilan grinned at him..
“Kureha.”
He is Kuilan's older brother, Kurehada..
“Cough, Cough!”
Kureha coughed harshly and smiled vaguely..
“Kuilan. The handcuffs are off..”
“Now I will release you too. I'm going to free his men too, let's all escape together..”
“Don't do that, Kuilan..”
Kureha slowly shook her head..
“you run away alone.”
“what?”
“Even if you are, it's impossible to take everyone trapped here and leave..”
Kureha gestured outside..
“go alone.”
“…….”
“You worked hard to take care of me while I was sick and these idiots. I live for you now, Kuilan. Stop doing things like banditry.…….”
Damn it!
Instead of answering, Kuilan opened the iron bars of the prison cell where Kureha was trapped, bending them left and right. Kureha shouted in embarrassment..
“Kuilan!”
“Don't talk nonsense, bro..”
Kuilan fully opened the iron bars and squatted down in front of his brother with a grin..
“My brother raised me and protected me all my life, but he told me to give up and run away.?”
“…….”
“We'll all be able to escape together. After all, who am I? Kuilan of good fortune, Kuilan of miracles.”
Kuilan smiled confidently and pointed to himself..
“He miraculously found a way out at any time and in any situation. Same thing this time too. Just trust me and rest a little more. brother.”
“…….”
Kureha just looked up at her younger brother with wide eyes..
It was then.
match. match. match.
“Ah, it's a very touching story.~!”
A sarcastic voice was heard along with applause from the prison entrance. Kuilan and Kureha looked in shock..
“I didn't know that the famously vicious bandit king had this kind of brotherly love.?”
Prince Ash and his knight Lucas were entering the prison..
“But you'd better not even dream of escaping, bandit friends. If something goes wrong in my city, then it's really... … Because you will end up in something unbeautiful.”
Grinning evilly, Prince Ash traced the lower part of his neck with his hand..
“Tsk……!”
Kuilan clicked his tongue and raised his fist forward..
If they continued like this, they would all be executed anyway, so they were trying to make a difference by rushing to the prince, even if it was only him who had freed himself from the chains..
sreung!
However, Lucas approached at once and aimed his long sword at Kuilan's neck, which was much faster..
Moreover, Lucas secretly directed his intention towards Kuilan's back - Kureha. The intention was clear.
-If you do something stupid, I will kill your brother..
“Pfft!”
Kuilan had no choice but to grit his teeth and stop..
Ash looked around the prison and smiled cruelly..
“Everyone is probably curious as to why I suddenly came here in the middle of the night. yes?”
Fear appeared in the eyes of the bandits and refugees. The cruel smile on Ash's lips grew deeper..
“Well, is there any other reason? For the punishment is appointed for you..”
punishment.
Perhaps it was because the words came from the prince's mouth, but the resonance was louder. The prisoners' faces turned pale..
“You bandits have been attacking the people of the empire and causing enormous property damage, and you refugees have tolerated this. Moreover, they even dared to kidnap me, a member of the royal family..”
Ash's pitch black eyes widened..
“I have to pay for my sins?”
Rumble!
Behind Ash who said that, Ader and the soldiers came in one after another..
‘Are they really trying to get me executed right now?……!’
The moment Kuilan gritted his teeth in confidence..
Soldiers began to go to each room in the prison and put food in them..
“……?”
Bandits and refugees looked puzzled as they accepted the suddenly provided meal..
I was hungry because I had starved for a full day, but I did not understand why they were giving me food at this time. Should we at least have the last supper before execution??
“Listen while eating. The punishment I will give you is... … It is ‘forced conscription’.”
Ash started making strange noises, still grinning evilly..
“Bandits. You are forcibly conscripted here as a ‘punishment unit’ on the monster front..”
Punishment unit).
This refers to a unit in which prisoners serve to atone for their crimes..
Ash chuckled evilly..
“The period of service is 3 years! And the first half a year is a probationary period. During this probationary period, only 70% of the salary of existing soldiers will be paid..”
“……?”
“There is no right to veto! Your salary will be paid on time and on a weekly basis, accommodation will be provided, and meals will be provided separately, but in any case, you will be forced to fight monsters on this front.!”
The bandits' expressions became perplexed. He had a face that said he didn't understand what punishment was..
“And you, refugees. You too are subject to forced labor..”
Ash smiled evilly even at the festering refugees..
“We were starting a large-scale project, but since this city was located in a remote area, there was a shortage of manpower. Your probationary period is half a year. During the probationary period, only 70% of the salary of an ordinary worker is paid..”
“…….”
Refugees looked at each other with puzzled faces.
Now, is this prince saying that he will hire them, refugees from another country, as laborers??
“And, Kuilan!”
Ash flicked his index finger at Kuilan, who was also dumbfounded..
“Your sick brother will be forcibly hospitalized and treated at this city temple. Intensively in a single room, under the supervision of all priests..”
“……?”
“Tsk tsk, if you are worried about your precious brother's life, you must take responsibility for your subordinates and supervise them. And you should listen to me carefully.”
Kuilan and Kureha's expressions also became strange..
“This is your punishment.”
Ash shook his head as if he was afraid of his own evil..
“Forced conscription is also terrible, and the probationary period is as long as half a year, and the pay during that time is only 70%! What a terrible punishment this is!!”
Forced to be conscripted to the dangerous front lines fighting monsters..
When you become a soldier, you have to fight monsters directly, and even workers who do not fight directly on the front line can unexpectedly encounter danger..
In some ways, it is definitely a punishment. however.
“……Doesn't that just mean they'll hire us??”
Looking at it another way, it also means providing decent jobs..
A confused Kuilan asked Ash back..
“Now, I mean this with all my heart.?”
To be honest, it was an embarrassingly good proposal for someone who was prepared to face the death penalty..
So it was even more difficult to believe and I was suspicious of his intentions..
“We are bandits and refugees driven out of your country. And what harm did I do to you? Are you willing to accept us under your command? why?”
“Well, there are many reasons, but I will tell you two..”
Ash grinned and pointed his fingers..
“first. Crossroads needs people. Even just one person requires many soldiers and manpower..”
Crossroads has always had a chronic manpower shortage..
In this situation, Kuilan, an SR-level character, his party, and the battle-hardened bandits were talents that Ash did not want to miss..
‘As long as you can keep the leash securely fastened, it is worth using..’
And it so happened that Kuilan had a sick brother..
If we place it in the temple for treatment, Kuilan will have no choice but to follow our orders..
“second. Your sins are not that serious..”
Kuilan was a bandit who was notorious for attacking only imperial citizens. But he was a bandit who kept the line he had set..
Although wealth was taken, lives were not taken carelessly, and hostages were released cleanly when a ransom was received..
Although he had been renowned for a long time in the southern part of the continent, there was a reason why the imperial army did not make efforts to capture him. I didn't hold a grudge too much..
‘Whether it was because of his beliefs or simply to be less tracked, he decided on a set of principles and moved accordingly..
These people are fully capable of being educated..’
and third.
There was no need to tell them, so I swallowed it to myself..
‘Crossroads took its own path, different from that of the imperial family..’
What does the independent route ultimately mean?.
This means that, while not receiving any support from the imperial family, the operation of this front can be carried out without the imperial family's attention..
In other words, it means that there is no need to follow the principles maintained by existing empires..
‘Those whom the empire has regarded as enemies. Those who looked down on them and looked down on them. Those who were driven out of the territory... … everyone can be accepted.’
Not just refugees, but knights from countries destroyed by the empire. The remnants of defeat… … And even different races. I was able to embrace all kinds of wanderers..
Those accepting this time were just the beginning. Ashe planned to rally exiles from all over the continent to this front..
‘And Kuilan. I know where you and your brother come from..’
Ash glanced at the red hair of brothers Kuilan and Kureha..
Red hair was not that rare in this world. Right now, even Lily was caught red-handed. But the purity of red was different..
Lily and other red-haired people had more of a reddish brown hair..
But these two brothers had red hair as pure as flames..
‘Friends of different races in this world must be tired. Your lineage is revealed by the color of your hair.…….’
The four major races on the continent - Elves, Dwarves, Mermaids, Werebeasts.
Among them, Kuilan inherited the blood of the werebeasts and beastmen..
Ash suddenly saw green-haired elf shadow troops. And I thought of Serenade, who inherited mermaid blood and had blue hair..
They are all bright colors so they stand out..
‘Anyway, recruiting Kuilan will be helpful when uniting the remnants of different races in the future..’
That's why Ash wanted to recruit Kuilan even more..
“You said you were lucky, Kuilan. Indeed it is..”
Ash grinned and pointed to himself..
“Because you met me.”
“…….”
Kuilan stared at the prince with deep, fierce eyes like a tiger..
“For the next three years, come under my command. I'll give you everything you need.”
“…….”
“You said you needed a lot of money, right? Rather than accumulating irregular income in hopes of making a quick buck, saving the weekly wages I receive will accumulate much more.?”
Ash gestured to Ader. Ader handed Ash the draft contract he had prepared in advance..
Kuilan's shoulders trembled when he saw the amount written down. Ash smiled sinisterly..
“This is a base salary, and there will be additional incentives depending on how hard you work..”
“…….”
“Of course, first of all, you have to faithfully spend half a year as a probationary period..”
“…….”
“Now, what should I do??”
Ash suddenly remembered the time when he recruited Jupiter..
Whether then or now, on Earth or here, there is always only one way to definitely get a character from the lottery..
screaming until it comes out!
“…….”
Finally, Kuilan's head nodded heavily. Ash smiled and nodded as well..
As expected, the capitalist Indian rainmaking system was always successful..
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