The Little Captain was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself. "Me? Si Shuo Divine Servant, are you saying you want me to manage everyone?"
Si Shuo smiled and nodded. "That's right, you. I'm sure you can handle the two tasks I mentioned, can't you?"
"I can!" Little Captain Xuhua nodded emphatically. He had been assigned to supervise the work here. It wasn't an assignment he wanted, leaving him to watch helplessly as so many Beastmen suffered.
There was very little he could do. No matter how hard he tried, the most he could do was let the miners eat a little more and suffer fewer lashings, but he was powerless to protect their lives.
He watched helplessly as countless Beastmen failed to survive the harsh winter, their bodies blanketing the mountainside, buried beneath the snow...
