OBS Chapter 227 There is a pit
Chapter 227 There is a pit
The Battle Sister's sharp accusation did not cause any ripples in Howard's heart.
Being misunderstood wasn't a big deal to him. On the contrary, the Battle Sister's direct expression of her dislike for him could be seen as honesty, which was actually a good thing. When someone is forced to associate with a liar, the liar will certainly not be honest, so the only option is to be honest yourself. That way, at least the liar can understand the full story. Otherwise, if both parties conceal something, no one will have the full picture, which can easily lead to serious problems at critical moments.
As for Howard's retort, although it did have some sarcasm in it, it might not be his true words.
He is not a diligent person. He was able to get to this point because something was urging him from behind. If it was two months ago, he might have had the opportunity to lie down and play badly, but the moment he accepted the gift from the goddess of life, his value rose from a toy to a chess piece.
The chess pieces cannot rest and must act according to the instructions of the chess player until they capture the opponent's king or are captured.
Therefore, if he could be hanged by the imperial executioner without suffering too much, it would not be a bad ending.
When Howard retorted sarcastically, Gloria became even angrier, but she had no intention of arguing with Howard, or rather, she thought this mortal was not worth arguing with, so she pulled the bolt and moved a little further away, wanting to stay away from this mortal.
Howard was being pushed to do something he didn't want to do, and the same was true for the Battle Sister. Howard had no doubt that this sister was inflicting all kinds of torture on herself in her heart, but she still had to fulfill her duties and protect herself.
Mei hasn't come back yet. Judging from her previous reconnaissance trips, it will take a while for her to come back. Each reconnaissance by Mei takes about half an hour. She not only has to find the next route to take, but also has to figure out the distribution of orcs on the road.
The fortress is crowded with orcs, but fortunately these orcs do not seem to have the habit of patrolling at night.
There is only one thing that is important in the life of an orc, and that is fighting. Everything else serves this goal. An orc can spend a whole day rummaging through garbage dumps to develop more and more powerful combat weapons, but he may not be interested in doing boring work like patrolling. This is why this operation is not so thrilling.
While May wasn't back yet, Howard decided to continue talking to the Battle Sister.
"About your supreme commander...how much do you know?" Howard asked. Seeing that Gloria didn't intend to pay attention to him, he continued, "I need to at least have a basic understanding of what kind of person he is. That way, I can better judge how to persuade him."
The Battle Sister sighed helplessly, softening her tone slightly as she replied, "The current supreme commander of the human race on Karenya is Colonel Esrick. He... he's not a completely evil villain, just stupid."
"According to my understanding, there are also some rumors that he is probably the illegitimate son of some important figure, thrown onto this planet to live a life of idleness and waiting to die," said Gloria.
"Throw him onto a planet at war with orcs to wait for death? Are they really planning to kill him?!" Howard was shocked.
"Do you think orcs are a natural specialty of this planet?" Gloria rolled her eyes at him again. "Orcs have only been here for a decade. Before that, this planet was always human territory. Because of the unique mineral resources on this planet, they only need to pay enough Karenya gold as a tithe each year, and the tax rate for other industrial products is very relaxed. Not only that, this planet also receives a large amount of agricultural products from the surrounding star fields as subsidies every year. As long as Esrik, the administrative governor and supreme commander, pays enough metals every year and doesn't cause any major trouble on this planet, his position will be unshakable. What's wrong with saying he's just living a life of idleness and waiting to die?"
"Since he is not a bad person, why would he let you come here to die?" Howard asked the key question.
"Because he's stupid," Gloria said. "I've only been on this planet for less than two years, so I don't know much else. I just remember one time, a jerk swallowed half of the aid meant for the lower-class civilians. As a result, those starving people started to revolt, and I was assigned to suppress the incident."
"The order I received at the time said that these civilians had been instigated by cultists to rebel. My sisters and I infiltrated the rebels, hoping to find and kill them... but we searched for several days and couldn't find any trace of the so-called cultists. Finally..." Gloria paused, clearly reluctant to recall something. "Finally, due to some events, we realized that the unrest was caused by the middle-class nobles misappropriating the supplies that the lower-class civilians needed to survive. We captured witnesses and confronted Esrik, but that idiot played the good guy and simply asked the noble to send the supplies back. He then resolved the matter without any punishment other than a verbal warning. Isn't that stupid?"
"Well... a little bit, but that still doesn't explain why he sent you out to die," Howard said.
"This guy has no opinions of his own and no brains. He believes whatever others say. If he knew the truth, he wouldn't dare to give such an order even if he had ten thousand guts. But as long as the people under him whisper a little encouragement in his ear, he will act without considering the consequences." Gloria said.
"Oh, so you mean he was instigated by someone, right?" Howard understood.
"It's possible he's gone crazy, but compared to the possibility of him having a mental problem, it's more likely that someone is instigating him to do this." Gloria said, "So you don't have to worry about him not cooperating with these aliens. Just using even half of your lying skills will be enough to make him waver."
Howard nodded, but he needed to think more. Assuming Gloria was telling the truth, the supreme commander was most likely a foolish, good-natured person. So who had instigated him to issue this order, and what was that person's purpose?
Based on Gloria's description, Howard quickly came up with the most reasonable explanation, which was that someone coveted the position of the supreme commander who was just waiting to die, dug a pit for him, and this person actually jumped into it.
The order was given by Esrik, the man died on the battlefield, and two weeks later the Space Marines landed with Esrik's head.