Lance directly rebuked them, his tone unusually severe.
"What I need are warriors who can take responsibility, not cowards who flee at the slightest setback!
I'm deducting a month's salary from both of you. Now get back there, investigate and figure out the security issues thoroughly and solve them.
I want the corrective plan on my desk within two days, not to have you think resigning allows you to shirk responsibility and pretend it never happened."
The Lord issued the directive, and they had no choice but to take responsibility and hurry back to handle it.
Lance watched their departing backs, his furious demeanor quickly dissipating.
If what was stolen were those hero relics, Lance would definitely blow up; not just those two, every single night guard on duty wouldn't get away with it — of that, there's no doubt.
Because those items truly represented the lives of the soldiers, a testament to loyalty, not to be desecrated.
