Chapter 375: Another Five Years
"Now, do you still think it's cruel? Look at the corpses of our soldiers and answer me."
Listening to Teacher's words in his ear.
Looking at the sad expressions of the soldiers around.
Rami knelt on one knee, bowing his head in shame:
"Teacher, I was wrong; I will not show mercy to the enemy in the future."
His pleading for the enemy.
Was disrespect to his partners.
It was another knife stabbed into the corpses of the dead comrades.
"Mm, go back and reflect on it."
Will nodded gratifyingly.
This is also where Rami surpasses Kazan.
After realizing his mistakes, he can admit them frankly, accept them, and correct them as soon as possible.
But Kazan would be very stubborn, refusing to accept the fact that he made a mistake.
Except for Will, anyone else, including Dresa, saying he is wrong, he won't take it to heart, and even consider if there is something wrong with this person.
Both are pieces of jade.
Rami is very rough, but soft in texture, easy to carve into an ideal appearance.
Kazan is hard in texture, difficult to carve, but he himself is closer to the ideal appearance.
Both have the aptitude to become King.
It depends on which one Dresa prefers.
"Yes."
Rami nodded, turning towards his tent.
Feeling the gazes of others, he suffered greatly in his heart.
'Teacher is right; Kazan is more suitable to be King than me. Maybe, it's better for me to take over Teacher's position to assist him in the future?'
Rami murmured in his heart, somewhat confused.
Speaking of which.
He himself has no desire to become King; he is unwilling to fight for the throne with his brother, leading to a worse relationship.
A month passed.
The spies of the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles in the camp were dragged out one by one.
In the subsequent few times, Rami was no longer merciful, interrogating them together with Kazan, and really interrogated a lot of key intelligence.
Relying on this intelligence.
Later, the two brothers together wiped out the Blessed Isles army that came to snatch Chargestone Cave.
The frontal combat capability of the Blessed Isles army itself was inferior to the Kingdom of the Vale's army.
Moreover, intelligence was leaked in advance.
Less than a quarter of an hour into the battle, the formation of the Blessed Isles army was completely dispersed.
Will stood at the rear of the battlefield watching the scene in the center.
Kazan rushed at the forefront, swinging the Blade of the Ruined King with all his might, killing enemies together with Pawniard.
Rami held a spear and Golett circled around, escorting them.
Although these two brothers often have disputes, when really fighting, they are very tacit understanding.
Will nodded.
Brothers joining hands, Blessed Isles soldiers couldn't even get close to them.
The outcome of the war was of course a great victory for the Kingdom of the Vale.
Rami and Kazan won a battle leading troops for the first time; the brothers ran back to Will excitedly, waiting for Teacher's praise.
"Well done."
Will looked at them with a smile.
However.
The Blessed Isles army was not completely annihilated in this war.
When they died mostly, the remaining hundreds of people and Pokémon knelt directly to surrender, becoming prisoners.
"Teacher, how to deal with these prisoners?"
Rami looked at Will subconsciously.
"Discuss it yourselves; I'm going back first."
Will shook his head, not intending to intervene.
How to treat prisoners of war is also something that needs to be learned.
Will prepared to let Rami and Kazan try it themselves.
And on this issue.
Rami and Kazan had a dispute again.
Rami felt they should try to incorporate these people to fight for the Kingdom of the Vale, or let the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles exchange resources or land for them, preferably signing a ten-year peace treaty.
This is not mercy.
But Rami trying to learn Will's method, squeezing out the remaining value of these people.
Anyway, prisoners cannot be killed.
Two sides at war, don't kill prisoners.
This has been an unwritten hidden rule since ancient times.
If all these prisoners are killed.
Then the reputation of the Kingdom of the Vale might plummet. Even if the entire Unova land is unified in the future, people from the other two continents might not have good feelings and respect for the Kingdom of the Vale, maybe even thinking of rebellion at all times because of this matter.
Even not talking about such distant things.
Right now, it might also trigger the Kingdom of Plenty and the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles to join forces to attack the Kingdom of the Vale.
At that time, it will be another devastation.
Rami doesn't want to see such a picture appear on this land.
But.
Kazan didn't listen to him at all.
He didn't think the army of the Vale needed such a group of wastes surrendering during war, nor cared whether it would trigger a joint attack from the other two countries.
Could even be said.
Kazan wished for this.
That way the Kingdom of the Vale would have a chance to annihilate two countries in one fell swoop, unifying the continent completely.
As for the reputation of the Kingdom of the Vale?
When there is only one master left on this land, their reputation will be decided by themselves; what traces will be left in history, that is also written by them personally.
Finally.
Kazan considered Rami's opinion slightly.
He led people to kill the relatively strong humans and all Pokémon among those hundreds of prisoners, leaving only those with weak combat power.
And these people.
Kazan prepared to take back as slaves for the Kingdom of the Vale, specifically responsible for mining veins in various parts of the kingdom for them,
Until they die of exhaustion.
Wait until this incident came to an end.
After returning to the palace.
Will reported this matter to Dresa.
The latter occasionally frowned, but was mostly happy in his heart.
At night, the master and two disciples came to the rooftop.
"Although the final handling was still improper, after all, it was your first time commanding personally on the battlefield. Overall, the outcome was very good. Perhaps this land will usher in peace in your hands in the future."
Will summarized the actions of the two.
When speaking the last half sentence.
His tone actually had a bit more worry and doubt.
Because he knows the future, but doesn't know if he can change it.
When saying that sentence, a doubt arose in Will's heart...
Can this land really usher in peace in the hands of these two brothers?
"I will let Teacher see, Unova continent peaceful and serene."
"I will let Teacher see, no more wars in Unova continent."
Rami and Kazan's rousing voices sounded one after another; firm and confident smiles appeared on their faces respectively.
Seeing them like this, Will's worries dissipated instantly.
"You two join hands; that future will definitely come."
He chose to believe his students.
In the blink of an eye.
Another five years passed.
Have to say.
Rami had more foresight than Kazan in predicting the future.
Five years ago, the Kingdom of the Vale's indiscriminate killing of prisoners angered the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles; the invasion from the Blessed Isles started again. Of course.
Being angered by indiscriminate killing of prisoners might just be an excuse.
Actually, it might be because in these ten years, copying various policies of the Kingdom of the Vale and stealing technology of the Kingdom of the Vale allowed the combat power of the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles to reach a new height.
Then the Kingdom of the Vale was relatively low-key, didn't beat them, which made them unable to judge their own strength clearly.
Simply put.
They felt they could do it again.
A week ago.
The Kingdom of the Blessed Isles dispatched a special army, actually capturing a remote small town in the south of their western continent.
Before the opponent's army entered the city.
No one discovered them!
Because this was an underground army; all Pokémon mastered the skill of Dig, entering the city directly from underground.
The Kingdom of the Vale certainly has such an army too, and more than one.
Even air force and naval force exist.
They can even skip the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles to launch an attack on the Kingdom of Plenty now.
Just that these armies stayed in important towns in the country all year round.
No one expected the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles to launch an attack on their remote small town.
Right now.
In the council hall of the palace.
Dresa's hair, cheeks, and lips have turned gray, but he still chose to leave the bedroom to see how the two princes planned to solve this matter.
"Tell me your views."
Will stood at the very front, looking down at the two groups of people below.
Standing at the forefront of the two groups were exactly Rami and Kazan, who were 18 years old and adults.
"Father King, Teacher, the urgent task is to send the air force to the border quickly, protect the people of our Kingdom of the Vale well."
Rami stood out first.
Now he is 1.8 meters tall, with a long knife hanging at his waist, posture upright, appearance gentle.
Although still unable to get rid of that gentle temperament on his body, he more or less had some appearance a leader should have.
Golett has also evolved into a Golurk with a huge height of five meters.
"Air force cannot be dispatched. This is a good opportunity; I have a great responsibility. Dispatch underground force or land force to annihilate the Blessed Isles scum."
As soon as Rami finished speaking, Kazan spoke up immediately.
His height has reached an exaggerated two meters; the Blade of the Ruined King which originally seemed too huge now looked not so exaggerated carried on his back.
Beside Kazan stood a Bisharp more than three meters tall.
"They already said, if Teacher is not handed over within three days, they will kill all the subjects of that town. We must arrive at the destination within three days and annihilate them. Except for the air force, other forces don't have this speed."
Rami turned around, looking at his brother Kazan.
"I will lead people from the air force to take down three towns in the north of the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles within three days, creating a defense line for our Vale army to station in the central part. Using people of one small town to exchange for their entire underground force plus three towns, very worth it. Don't worry, I will kill all people of the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles without leaving one, avenging the subjects in the town. After this, we can launch a general attack on the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles."
Kazan also turned around to face him, face calm, then looked at Dresa and Will,
"Father King, Teacher, we only need to confirm the number of enemy troops now; the rest can be left to me..."
"Kazan!! Compared to confirming the number of enemies, isn't it more important to confirm the number of people we need to protect?!"
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