I am General Roman Barkov, your superior and commander of these territories.
"Genera Barkov…" Crusch growled out in a threatening tone.
"Commander of these territories…He's the one ordering these soldiers…" Wilhelm said with a grunt of anger.
"Not for long…!" Garfiel growled in his chair with gritted teeth. "Capn's here now! He's goin' to fuckin' fall from high!"
Several people found themselves smirking to the tiger boy's words.
"Damn right." Felt commented, grabbing her big bro's collar.
As they approached, Subaru had a better look of the place, which was a bombed-out bazaar, completely destroyed, dilapidated and raided. Several holes pierced the ceiling as dust and little rocks were falling from it while the entire other end of the ceiling was missing, seemingly destroyed as well.
"Well this place knew some shit." Al commented with a whistle.
"Damage of war…Poor people." Anastasia winced.
Inside, Subaru saw more Russian soldiers abusing the civilian populace. As he passed by a Russian soldier with a guard dog that barked to him, another one dragged a civilian inside a store and shut the door. Earning Subaru's attention as he looked back and forth to the door and Farah who looked away, as a man shouted.
"No…NO PLEAS-"
"Oi…Oi…OI!" Garfiel screamed.
"What are they doing?! What was that?!" Emilia uttered in fear.
Frederica instinctively covered Petra's ears as she took her in a hug.
Only to get cut by several gunshots echoing behind the door.
Everyone startled in fear as they suddenly froze in place, eyes stuck to the screen as they crippling eyes slowly started to blink again.
"Wha…" Emilia tried to speak, slowly turning towards Crusch who looked at the screen, paralyzed as well.
"Bastards…" Felt whispered between her teeth as her face slowly contorted in fury. "BASTARDS!"
Subaru breathed out loudly as he stared at the door, until he met the eyes of a Russian soldier who noticed his eyes and found them unpleasant.
"Subaru…!" Julius shouted as he looked at the screen in alarm.
"Don't try anything stupid…Come on man, don't!" Al shouted…Wishing for his bro to listen.
"What's your problem?! You want to get shot?! Back the fuck up!" He yelled in Russian.
"Don't you TOUCH him!" Beatrice screamed, emptying her lungs.
"I'M GOIN' TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" Garfiel roared in sheer anger.
"Garf! Calm down!" Otto exclaimed as he pulled his brother back on his seat.
Subaru stepped back as Farah looked at him from afar, before making a sign with his hands to apologize to the solider.
"Now you see what I see in a daily basis. I understand your anger." She whispered to him as he came back to her side. "It does relieve me in a way, that you feel like this for us. It proves that you have the heart to stop this as much as we do."
"It is more than that…" Reinhard winced as he clenched his fists in anger. "He feels far more than that…"
"Subaru-dono…" Wilhelm whispered as he held a hand on his wrathful eyes.
Subaru sternly nodded to her as he kept walking to the other end of the passage, where several other civilians were situated.
"Barkov's forces occupy the entire city. They separate our men and women. Today will be very strict. Their officers are coming." She explained.
"Will Barkov show up?" Subaru asked with a glint of bitterness in his voice.
"Woah, he's already set to kill the biggest fish of all?" Ricardo praised with a glint of anger remembering the general. "I freakin' like the little boss more and more."
Anastasia huffed as she found the will to smile to her mercenary's words.
Comradery was a very good thing between members of the same faction.
"Almost never. He hides while others do his dirty work." Farah replied with a growl.
Subaru and Farah walked out of the bazaar and into open air again as they witnessed the Russian soldiers standing guard over the civilian workers, directing them to their places.
"What kind of dirty work?"
"Punishment. For fighting back."
"They oppress them. They occupy them, beat them…And when they fight back, they punish them…" Emilia whispered in a dread tone.
"Damned dogs…" Priscilla growled in fury.
"Come on, miss Priscilla! Damn it!"
Several people got startled by the warden suddenly appearing…Until they leaned closer to see the crushed hand between the hand of the fiery princess getting slowly healed.
Emilia, Crusch, Rem and Felt all glared to her in anger as they saw the hands of Subaru, only for Priscilla to simply click her tongue as she kept ignoring them, focusing on the screen.
We already know goddess can do mistakes!
As they came closer to the area, another solider approached them, showing directions.
"Men on the work line! Women to the trucks!" Shouted the soldier.
"They're not beating around the bush with their authority." Winced Julius.
"Yes, it seems they even enjoy it." Felix continued, noticing the tone and behavior of the soldier to be familiar.
"This is where we split up. You'll need to comply to blend in... Get through that main door. I'll find you on the other side."
Farah then walked off with the other women to the trucks while Subaru blended in by joining the male workers that are taking the cinder blocks.
He grabbed one and started carrying the cinder block to the main door where the Russian guard scoffed as he mistook him as a worker and let him pass through.
While he was walking to the working area, a voice started to echo again in the loudspeaker, which was the general Barkov.
"In spite of my generosity and protection, there are still forces in Urzikstan... who refuse to learn the lessons that will keep them safe and bring them peace and prosperity."
"What protection are you talking about?!" Otto shouted in anger.
"YEAH!" Garifel growled out. "Wait until capn' finds your ass! Damned fucker!"
"Protection uh…Damned Fucker." Subaru growled between his teeth.
Both Otto and Garfiel looked at each other in shock before smiling wide and laughing their asses off, as they pointed the screen with a proud expression.
"That's our boy!" They screamed in unison.
Reinhard, Julius and Felix grimaced to them…In envy and jealousy. They wanted to be able to shout like them. They wanted to shout with them.
They hoped to have this occasion.
As he passed through to the other side, he saw a Russian soldier spot Farah and raise his rifle at her.
"Don't move! Sto-" He tried to yell, before getting shot through by a throwing knife piercing his head.
"Woah!" Mimi jumped while widening her eyes.
"That was fast!" Tivey continued.
"Those are some damn skills!" Al whistled.
"She's good!" Ricardo added.
Emilia and Crusch both grunted silently.
Subaru faintly whistled to the clean throw as he continued to advance.
"Go left, down the alley." She told him.
Subaru took left, down the alley where he spotted a lone Russian soldier standing guard while the screams of a woman were heard, seemingly in front of the soldier.
"No, no... please!" She cried.
"Get over here! NOW!" another solider shouted.
"What is happening…" Rem uttered, fear in her eyes.
"A woman's screaming…They're torturing someone?!" Anastasia exclaimed with disgust clear in her eyes.
"…" Ram glared heatedly at the screen as she clenched her fists. "Barusu…What are you waiting for?"
Subaru heard the screams and looked at the solider, trying to think of a plan to act, until Farah spoke.
"See that soldier?" She noticed him.
"Yeah…" Subaru growled.
"Approach him, slowly. Get his attention..."
"Teamwork in action?" Petra said, urging Subaru to save this woman.
Frederica wordlessly gazed to the screen as she comforted Petra…Urging the same thing to the black haired boy.
Understanding that the commander had a plan, Subaru walked further, making noise with his footsteps to make the soldier look towards his direction, immediately raising his weapon.
"Stop right th-" He tried to shout.
Farah suddenly bursted through the door into the alley and kicked the Russian soldier's knees, debilitating him. While he dropped to his knees and tried to aim to her, Farah stabbed him again quickly, killing him immediately before grabbing his body out of sight.
"HELL YEAH!" Garfiel and Ricardo screamed at the same time.
"That lady is a tiger." Wilhelm complimented.
Priscilla nodded her head as she appreciated this demonstration of strength.
Emilia winced a bit to the kill she assisted, but couldn't deny that these were enemies and deserved it.
"Help! HELP-!" The woman continued to scream.
First impressed, Subaru rushed in the house through a blown-out section of the wall, where he saw the woman crying as another soldier continued to physically abuse the woman as he stands over her and hits her.
"You fucks killed my friend. Did you show him mercy? Yell all you want. No one is coming!" He shouted in Russian.
"You motherfuc-" Felt started to growl.
"Fuckin' asshole!" Garfiel growled as he stomped the ground…Until realizing something as he widened his eyes.
"Uh oh…" Al chuckled.
"He's done." Priscilla smirked.
Subaru rushed closer and kicked the back of the man, projecting his face right in the wall. As he turned around immediately to see his attacker, Subaru smashed his face with the cinder block, crushing the back of his head against the wall and the front against the block.
The soldier then dropped dead on the ground, as Subaru threw the cinder block into his face, to vent his anger and make sure he was dead.
"He deserved worse, I suppose." Beatrice huffed.
"Holy…" Ricardo winced for the dead man with a small laugh.
"Got what he deserved." Felix said with a smirk of satisfaction.
Crusch seemed a bit taken aback by Subaru's brutality. However she couldn't hide that she was satisfied by this man's death.
Emilia on the side, really wasn't okay with Subaru performing such gruesome acts.
All the while covering the little maid's eyes, Frederica nodded to the man's death. Without really accepting the gruesome way he was killed.
Farah went ahead towards the woman to help her back up.
"K-Karim?" She whispered with shock and relief.
"Stay safe, sister." She told her in Arabic.
The woman nodded her head as she got back up and walked away.
"You're resourceful." She praised him, looking towards the dead solider. "Good."
"You bet he's resourceful." Otto winced, sorry for the man's death.
Priscilla smirked widely behind her smile, utterly satisfied with what she saw as she tapped the sleeping boy's hand with her finger in amusement.
Farah opened the door and looked out to be sure everything was clear, as
"Let's go. I have contacts posted just ahead. They'll have more explosives for us. A bigger blast will pull more forces away from the Russian base." She explained.
"They're really going all out." Felt commented, eager to see the explosions.
"Yes…I think that's for the better. If that will help these forces to retreat…" Reinhard voiced out, holding resentment for the Russians soldiers.
"Better off dead." Felt replied with a huff.
They both walked down the alley as they suddenly noticed a couple Russian soldiers standing guard by the building.
"Shit. Barkov's soldiers have found my contacts. They may be dead already…" She growled.
Subaru observed the soldiers and looked all around him to see any way of solving the situation, scanning the area with his eyes and spotting everything he could.
"I can't see any other way. We'll have to make some noise…"
"You all saw that?!" Ricardo shouted in amazement. "He made a recon of everything around in seconds!"
"His training must been impressive as well…" Nodded Julius as he noticed how fast Subaru did the same thing as he did; observing the situation.
"So they'll fight?" Anastasia pointed out. "Mh…They have the surprise effect on their side at least."
"Yes but the sounds of the guns might alert the enemies nearby." Crusch informed, keeping her gaze locked to see what Subaru would do.
"I-I'm sure he has a plan." Emilia stuttered. "He wouldn't do something as reckless…"
Emilia tried to somewhat defend her knight…Though she wasn't sure herself of her words.
"Find an oil filter. It will silence your weapon.Check civilian cars. I'll keep watch on the guards." Farah informed him.
Subaru nodded to her before going in a nearby garage to open looks for an oil filter in a parked van, while Farah stood guard behind a truck and watched the soldiers converse with each other in Russian.
"He's looking for…An "oil filter"? What's that?" Otto wondered as he scratched his cheek softly.
"Why would oil need a filter?" Mimi questioned.
"Maybe not the same oil?" Tivey continued.
"The locals are arming the women and children."
"Children?!" Emilia repeated in shock.
"What does that mean?! Are children combatants?!" Crusch continued in anger.
"What kind of messed up situation is this…" Anastasia growled in anger.
"The leader of the militia is a woman..."
"Animals... Barkov warned us."
"I will not be killed by a female."
Crusch, Emilia, Anastasia, Priscilla, Rem, Felt, Frederica, Ram, Mimi and Petra all huffed haughtily with a glint of anger in their eyes to the man's words.
All of them could literally kill him in seconds.
"Watch out for the women, I'm telling you."
"There are other ways to tell the difference.
"Well, shit- I guess they were terrorists...
"Gregor's a damn wolfhound."
"Get him to go door to door then. We'll find them all in a week."
"Nah, Barkov needs some alive."
"What for?
"Free labor. The women serve and the men work 'till they die. He told us, "Learn to use every part of the animal."
Absolutely everyone in the room, even Roswaal, felt disgusted and angered by the last soldier's words. So much the cracking of the chair handles could even be heard.
"Reducing people to animals…" Emilia whispered in a dread, threatening tone.
"You damned…" Anastasia bit her tongue before speaking further, knowing they would be dealt with anyway.
"These monsters…" Crusch growled out. "You don't even have any shame…!"
"Fuckin' Russians…" Garfiel roared silently. "I hope you deal with them good Capn'!"
"How ironic for a pathetic dog to call others animals…" Priscilla spat in disgust.
"These insurgents continue to launch senseless attacks in the name of so-called "freedom." These homegrown terrorists are the cancer in this great country."
"It's impressive, I never knew I could hate a guy so much the more I hear him talk." Ricardo growled in disgust."
"I hear you." Julius commented as she glared at the screen.
As he found the oil filter, Subaru pulls out a red cylinder that he attaches it to his sidearm.
"That'll do it."
"What will that do?" Tivey asked in curiosity.
"Hey, remember? Big bro had the same kind of thing on his…Gun last time…" She reminded everyone.
"Could it be…" Crusch thought loud as she started to understand.
"Good. Head back and flank right." She replied him.
Subaru stepped out of the garage and want down the right side of the truck past Farah.
Inside the building, a woman is heard screaming.
"NO!"
Before gunshots were heard.
"Fuck…" Subaru growled.
"By the dragon…" Reinhard winced as he understood.
"You must feel horrible boy…I am sorry…" Wilhelm added with gritted teeth.
"You get two. I'll take the rest." Farah said with a grim tone.
Subaru put himself into position, hidden behind cover and aimed his weapon at two of the Russians before shooting them. Farah throw a knife in the third soldier by herself and kills him as a fourth soldier opens the door and walks outside to investigate the noise he heard.
"Woah! It…" Garfiel stuttered.
"That's it." Crusch concluded with wide eyes and a smirk. "It silenced the gun's noise."
"Oh…Smart~" Anastasia praised.
"…That was lady Farah's idea though…" Petra whispered to herself.
"What the hell?!" He yelled in Russian.
Farah immediately charged forward and tackled the last Russian soldier. He tried to counter attack but Farah kicked him in the belly, before taking another knife and stab him multiple times until he dies.
"Clear. Stay low." She said while panting a bit.
"SHE'S GOOD!" Ricardo yelled with his arms up.
"YEAH! COME ON LADY!" Garfiel cheered, making a certain catgirl pout behind him.
"She's not to be messed with too eh? I like her!" Felt added, impressed to see her fight.
"Yup…" Subaru answered, looking at the dead man.
All the men laughed to him wincing for the poor man who just got beaten.
"Wouldn't want to be him, that's for sure." Julius snorted.
"I think no one would pal." Al chuckled.
Subaru then followed Farah inside the building where she peeked around the corner for signs of trouble. There, she spotted three Russian soldiers inside the next room, searching for weapons while a dead woman lies on the ground nearby.
"Hold up. Stay away from the door." Farah says as she stopped Subaru from coming closer.
Inside, the soldiers started to speak to each other.
"Watch for traps, they had explosives."
"Now, go check the back room.".
"Do you have a shot?" Farah asked.
"Yep."
"Take two. I'll take the other."
Subaru and Farah then breached inside as Subaru shot two of the men down, as Farah threw a knife in the head of the third.
"Woah, they're making a great team!" Otto laughed.
Emilia glanced towards him with a pout on her face…Subaru was her knight! He should look good with HER.
"This way."
Subaru saw the knife stuck on the wall that Farah left and grabbed it as Farah took the backpack filled with explosives that her contacts had been holding for her.
"Sorry about your contacts." Subaru said in a low voice.
"We have the explosives. Their sacrifice will not be in vain. Hide the gun. We're going back outside." She said, not taking the time to take a look at the body. "Follow me. I'll lead."
"She seemed…Unfazed by her comrades deaths…" Julius said in a low voice, troubled. "It's disturbing…"
"She said it herself." Priscilla replied to him with an expressionless face. "She lives like this every day."
If there was one woman who knew more than anyone how to grow unfazed by war thanks to the days passed on a warzone…It was her.
Farah leaded Subaru back out into the open. As they go out, Subaru's eyes widened in wrath as he came upon an execution staged by Russian soldiers, hanging three civilians with a crane that is slowly lifting up, as they struggle and screams with bag on their heads.
Gasps of fear, shock and anger were heard from everywhere in the theatre at the brutal display they were witnessing. Some still couldn't process this was an execution, others glared with an anger so great that the room could be shaken off by their strength gripping the chairs and stomping the ground.
"They are hanging them…" Emilia whispered.
"This is a public execution..." Crusch said as she looked away, clenching her fists.
"..." Beatrice just stared at the screen, expressionless.
Anastasia was paralyzed, eyes glued to the screen as she felt the needed to rub her scarf and squeeze the hand of the black haired boy as hard as she could to relieve the anger slowly building up inside her.
With crippling eyes…Otto was surprised to find a hand gripping his cape coming from his right. As he turned slowly…He met with Frederica, head hung low as her blonde bangs covered her eyes…
Seeing her like this only made Otto even more angry, as wrath was clear in his eyes.
Taking his courage in his hands…The merchant boy raised his arm to approach Frederica closer as she buried herself in his arms, while holding Petra in hers.
No one was there to notice them. No one had their eyes for it.
No one had their hearts for it.
The other civilians are forced to watch the executions as they are held back by the soldiers. On the side, several more accused civilians stood bound by the soldiers. Awaiting their turns and their deaths.
"If you defy General Barkov, you will be made an example of!" The soldier shouted loud.
"Barkov…" Reinhard growled in a threatening tone.
As they passed by it, one of the Russian soldiers spotted a man comforting a weeping woman and walked over to them.
"What is this?" He inquired.
"Please- she's just scared..." The man answered.
The civilian male stepped forward only to get aimed at, in check by the soldiers raising their weapons at him. The chief soldier waves them back with his hand.
"Stand down. I know what she is." He says as he come closer to the woman, grabbing her shoulder. "Do you understand why we do these things? They hang because they killed our soldiers. Now look at them."
"THEY HANG BECAUSE YOU ARE MONSTERS!" Otto screamed in fury, holding the maid a bit tighter.
"Go burn in hell! Damn it!" Ricardo growled out as he covered the twins eyes.
"I would kill you myself…" Felt growled out. "I WOULD SO KILL YOU MYSELF IF I COULD!"
"This is inhuman…There is no honor and no merit in this!" Julius screamed as he held his knees and glared at the screen.
"RAAAAAAAAAHHH" Garfiel roared in fury as he stomped the floor, making the entire theatre shake.
The soldier then left her and walks around in front of the people, speaking loudly for everyone to hear.
"We can live peacefully, but only if we help each other! It is the terrorists who cause the pain for all of us! Unite our causes, expose these terrorists, and you will be rewarded!"
"Oh they're calling for snitching?!" Felt spat in a outraged tone.
"Collaboration in exchange of favors and rewards…They are calling for the population to betray each other!" Reinhard said in shock.
"Their disgusting tactics knows no bounds nya!" Felix shouted with disgust clear in his eyes.
"They want to divide them to better control them." Priscilla spoke out loud for everyone to hear. "This is a common tactic. By making them feel safe on their side, they're taking out all threats to eliminate all resistance…Then, when all the non fighters are left…"
"They are done for…Either enslaved or killed." Crusch finished with her eyes glowing in fury.
"I so hope to be by your side just so I could cut them down myself, Subaru…" She whispered to herself.
"Let's get moving." Farah says as she walks off.
However, Subaru stood there looking at the hanged civilians with a wrathful glare. Farah noticed it and went back to take Subaru's arm, telling him to move.
"CIA, we need to move…" She told him, as he stood as a rock, glaring heatedly to the people getting killed.
"Subaru…" Emilia whispered in an emotional and tone, tears forming in her eyes.
"He's about to lose it!" Ricardo shouted as he nearly jumped out of his seat.
"No!" Felt shouted as she held onto him. "There is too many of them! He can't do it!"
"Come on capn'…" Garfiel grimaced to the screen.
"Don't be an idiot, in fact!" Beatrice shouted. Tears finally forming in his eyes.
He knew more than anyone that feeling. He was sharing the exact same thoughts of his captain right now. The urge and the rage to murder all these men on the spot. But he wasn't stupid either…He couldn't survive this man guns pointed to him and so his captain couldn't…
"CIA!" She said a bit louder, gaining his attention.
When he turned to her, Farah backed up a bit, eyes wide as a shiver ran down her spine to the wrathful eyes she just witnessed. However, she gained her composure back quickly.
"She was frightened for a moment…" Anastasia noticed.
"I think anyone would my lady…" Julius said as he sighed in frustration.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to meet Subaru's eyes right now." Felix admitted.
All of them were afraid for him in this situation. But if they would be afraid of his eyes directed towards them right now, that was a certitude.
"This is a fucking war crime…" He growled in disgust.
"A war crime…?" Crusch said as she narrowed her eyes to these words.
"What could a war crime be…?" Otto thought out loud…As he turned to meet Frederica's face in front of his own, looking at him with confused eyes…
Until both of them finally noticed they were still stuck to each other.
They immediately let go of each other as they turned to the opposite side, a large shade of red on each's faces.
Thankfully, no one noticed them…Except a certain little maid.
And a dogman smirking.
"I told you that Subaru's world had rules when it comes to war, I suppose." Beatrice explained to everyone, holding her contractor's jacket.
"Do you mean…That they have rules when it comes to the battlefield?" Wilhelm asked with surprised eyes.
"Yes." Beatrice concluded. "They have strict rules about weapons and actions. Such as killing civilians and unarmed combatants."
Everyone looked at each other in shock and surprise. Rules in war…?
"What happens if they don't respect it?" Anastasia asked to the spirit, curious.
"Either they get punished by other countries or attacked in justice by a coalition regrouping different countries of a continent, forcing them to atone for their crimes." Beatrice explained.
"So there is still solidarity in justice in this world…?" Reinhard asked with a glint of hope in his eyes.
"Only when it matters man." Al said as he shook his head.
"Remember about the song, remember about the boy's thoughts. No one is a hero there."
They all turned again to the screen…Mixed feelings in their minds.
"This is a punishment, for the stolen gas... Barkov blames us for stealing it." She answered as she led the way.
"And What can we do?" Subaru inquired.
"Accomplish our mission, and put an end to Barkov's cruelty forever..." She sternly replied.
"That he will." Reinhard answered in a stern voice.
"Damn straight." Felt continued with an equal tone.
Subaru and Farah entered a building and climbed up a ladder to the roof.Several helicopters fly outside and landed on the nearby rooftops of the adjacent buildings.
"Barkov is sending in helicopters. We take them out, forces from the base will come running..."Farah explained.
"Giving us a window to attack..." Subaru answered, observing the helicopters.
"Yes. Set explosives on the helicopters. I'll cover you. Guards get in your way, take them out- quietly. Meet back here when you're through."
"So she's staying behind while Subaru will go and do all the work?! "Emilia inquired, a bit outraged.
"Someone needs to keep guard, Emilia-sama." Crusch stated. "She is certainly letting Subaru-sama go because she knows he is more competent."
Emilia winced as she was still a bit mad at that Farah girl, but couldn't deny the duchess's words.
Subaru nodded to her as he went down and started his way to the first helicopter.
As he advanced towards it, the loudspeakers in the city started to shout again, with general Barkov's speech.
"There can be no order and no peace... until those who side with these savages are permanently eliminated. I am a fair general, and a man of swift justice. There is no judge or jury here. There is only crime and punishment. One by one, we will eliminate these agitators from our streets... and create a safe place to work and prosper, under my authority. This revolt brings war to the peace-loving citizens of Urzikstan. These "freedom fighters" and their collaborators... threaten the safety and security of those who follow the rules. Today, they will be punished. Those who believe that my forces will be defeated by these terror tactics and secret plans... have made a grave miscalculation. I will never, ever, be pushed out of this land by an army of thieves and terrorists... We will root out these interventionists and hold this territory, forever. There will be no victory for our enemies... only death. Russia is here to defend your lives, your liberty, your independence. My reserves of manpower are inexhaustible. I will not be defeated by citizen soldiers. Urzikstan is bleeding. Her reserves of manpower are dying out. These terrorist criminals are destroying this land and today... we can make an example of those who refuse to follow my orders. These enemies are your friends and family. These conspirators among us are carrying out unspeakable acts against our people... with the blessing and support of the United States and their partners in the UK. ANYONE who collaborates with these groups, will be sentenced to death. Today, the people of Urzikstan are far better off under my command. This country could share in its riches... but it must earn that privilege through loyalty and obedience. Together, we can build industry and harvest raw materials. Russia is your ally. We can be partners here."
"That's a lot of talk for nothing but bullshit right here, general." Subaru growled out as he sneaked near the helicopter.
"Pathetic scum." Priscilla spat. So much words and so much obvious lies in that snake's voice.
A combination of lots of thing she couldn't stand.
"Was about to say the same." Ricardo laughed.
"I hope that guy dies!" Mimi shouted.
"I'm sure it's only a question of time, Mimi." Julius pointed out.
He was too disgusted by the general's words. But he knew there was Subaru, A.K.A the CIA agent right here in his territories.
He wouldn't stand long. The greatest knight knew it perfectly.
As he approached from below the first landed helicopter, Subaru stopped as he saw two guards speaking to each other, keeping the alley. Thinking quick, he immediately stopped a man walking towards him with a cinder block to take it. The civilian looked to his eyes only one moment, enough to understand, before thanking him and walking away.
The two guards snorted to this and continued their talk, as Subaru walked towards them his head hung low.
Once behind them, he whistled faintly, making one of the soldiers turn around, only to see a cinder block smashing his face with such strength it projected him against the wall, the sound of his facial bones breaking, echoing loudly in the theatre.
Immediately after, he made another swing to the other soldier's face, breaking the cinder block on his helmet as he pinned him on the ground, before stomping his throat down the dirt and killing him on the spot.
Everyone leant back in their chair to the demonstration of power that Subaru just held before them, some blew out of their mouths in reflex about the pain these soldiers had to feel when they got attacked.
"Hell he's not even using his guns!" Ricardo laughed.
"That was brutal…" Felt uttered. "Damn right in their faces!"
Emilia got taken aback by her knight's brutality, again, it didn't feel like him…
"I think he's venting a little bit…" Otto pointed out as he grimaced by the sheer kills.
"Well you can blame him? I would too after seeing this bullshit." Al spat on the side, making many agree with him.
The people in this room were rather the first one to act impulsively while angry after all. They all did.
Priscilla snorted in amusement to the boy's takedown. They were so satisfying to see.
"Well…That was something." Farah scoffed. "If you are that skilled with nothing but a cinder block, I wonder how you do with weapons."
"You would be surprised while he can do with barely nothing lady." Julius commented, remembering his friend's adventure.
"I think he'll get another one if he keeps going." Al laughed.
"What do you mean?" Rem asked, curious. Along with several other women.
Al just shrugged. Probably to avoid something dangerous.
"Yeah. You know about the citation saying that world war IV would be fought with sticks and stones?" Subaru replied as he took one of the part of the broken cinder block.
"Wouldn't that be some useless weapons?" Wilhelm commented with his eyes in suspicion.
"I believe it was Einstein." Farah replied.
Subaru climbed the stairs, ending up behind the pilot of the helicopter who was checking something on the side, before smashing the block on his face and dragging his body away.
"Yeah, well maybe he was right. Cinder blocks are effective." He chuckled as he approached the helicopter and placed a charge while the two other soldiers were talking to each other.
Most of the room chuckled and laughed to the black haired boy's actions and words.
"Man, I really don't want to have him as an opponent, fuck it." Ricardo laughed out.
"You bet." Al replied, laughing as well.
"Charges set. This'll make one hell of a distraction..."
"That's the plan... Now get to the other helicopter." Farah informed.
Subaru acknowledged and started to make his way to the other helicopter, passing under the pad and joining the stairs.
"Use the stairs. Stop! There's a guard- top of the stairs, left side!" Farah noticed, making Subaru stop as he saw the guard on the left.
"That was close…" Otto said as he noticed the soldier too late and held his heart in feart.
"Good eye..." Subaru whispered, taking his gun.
However, the solider got shot before his eyes, a bullet right in the eye.
"You have cat like reflexes…" Subaru praised.
Ricardo, Al and Garfiel whistled in awe.
"I'm more of a dog person." She replied with a scoff. "Regroup on my position when you're done."
Subaru quietly posed the charge and left the rooftops, returning to Farah's position as he looked around to be sure he wasn't followed.
Farah waited for him up the stairs, watching over the helipads.
"We're clear. It's time." She said as she nodded to him. "Blow it."
"Fire in the hole." Subaru sighed, pushing the button.
"So basically those helicopters will explode right?" Anastasia inquired to the rest of the room.
"Should we cover our ears? It was loud last time!" Mimi pointed out.
"That's true! I would rather do it." Tivey said as he covered his ears.
As he detonates the C4, the helicopters to explode. The entire ground is shaking a the helicopters explodes, making everyone scream and panic in fear. The commotion causes some shouting among the civilians and the Russian military that disperses everywhere.
Everyone widened their eyes at the sheer destruction taking place in front of their eyes.
"Woah! You talk about a party!" Al snorted;
"That's a distraction?" Crusch said in shock. "May I be damned it this doesn't work…"
"Fucking beautiful CIA, Well done! Now, this way..." She informed, ready to go.
"Wait... Take the left!" She said while she stopped him, telling him to take cover.
As Subaru crouched , he glanced to the side to see an ambulance driving through the streets with its sirens wailing, followed by Russian military vehicles as they came to a stop. Paramedics jumped out of the ambulance while soldiers jumped out of the trucks to secure the area.
"What are those? Never red cars like these!" Anastasia pointed to the little spirit.
"Yes, those are ambulances. Cars designed to carry and heal wounded people." Beatrice explained.
"They are really prepared for everything…" Felix whispered in surprise to see what he could qualify as healers going out of the cars.
"The speed in which they reacted is impressive." Reinhard praised. "They didn't even wait more than a minute."
"This is the kind of things where they are always ready pal." Al informed. "They must be set to go anytime."
"Look, it worked! Troops from the base are rushing in to defend." Farah exclaimed, happy to see her plan working.
Subaru smirked as he saw them taking the bait. When the troops passed, both of them went down of the balcony towards the trucks and started to crawl under it, Farah taking the lead.
"Looks like their plan is working well." Priscilla said as she leaned back in her seat, closing her fan.
"Now let's see the next steps."
"Okay, the trucks are undefended. We'll take them out next. Come- Under the truck!"
As they both crawl under it, some other soldiers are seen coming towards them, making the 2 fighters freeze until they pass. When they were finally out of sight, Subaru turned back in front and froze again, as he was right in front of Farah's behind. (Again.)
"Are they gone?" She whispered.
"Y-yeah. It's all good." He said as he forced himself to look elsewhere.
"Yo he was lookin'!" Ricardo laughed.
"DEFINITELY!" Al laughed back." I mean who wouldn't?!"
"LUCKY!" Garfiel screamed as he cursed his captain's luck, only to get slapped on the back of his head by Frederica, outraged by her little brother.
Julius and Felix both sighed in disappointment to the others male of the theatre, while Reinhard had an uneasy smile on his face when he glanced to Subaru…
As Emilia growled in fury, wanting nothing more than smack Subaru on the head for his dirty behavior. He did look!
Crusch snorted, disappointed by Subaru's behavior…As she quietly glanced towards the boy with a glint of anger clear in her eyes, before quickly glancing to her back.
'Isn't…No, mine is bett-"
Anastasia frowned with a dead expression as she huffed to Subaru's disgusting behavior.
Rem pouted in anger as she thought about lecturing Subaru for not looking more at h-
Priscilla narrowed her eyes in annoyance as she gradually squeezed the poor boy's hand harder, outraged by him looking at another woman's a-
"Yo. I'm watching you."
Farah grunted as she crawled forward, taking a bomb out of her bag and sticking it under the truck.
"A parting gift- for when they return." She said with a chuckle of malice.
"How generous of you..." He chuckled back.
"I really like that gir- HEY!" Garfiel shouted as someone just kicked the back of his chair, turning to see Tivey looking at his sister confused while she huffed and looked away.
Ricardo shook his head in disappointment to the tiger boy, staring at them confused.
"Minus 20 points boy." He spat in a hushed tone.
Both of them crouched out from underneath the truck and made a run for their next position, needing now to join back their base.
"A shame to miss the show, but we have to get on with our attack before it's too late. The next street will lead us back to the tunnels, under Tariq's-"
However, just as they turned a corner, they encountered a large group of Russian soldiers heading in their direction along with large armored vehicle.
Everyone gasped in fear at the sight of the approaching troops.
"FUCK!" Garfiel roared out.
"SUBARU! NO!" Emilia screamed.
"SUBARU!" Crusch screamed.
"RUN, I SUPPOSE!" Beatrice yelled as she held on him closer.
"DON'T STAY THERE, BIG BRO!" Felt continued as she held onto him.
"Shit! Go! Get back!" She shouted as she turned in the opposite direction, throwing her explosive filled bag towards them.
The backpack exploded in a loud roar, however screams and sounds of engine approaching. Subaru and Farah made a run for it as they spot more Russian soldiers closing in on them and opening fire on their position.
"Fuck this one was loud!" Ricardo yelled as he held his left ear.
Mimi and Tivey much did the same.
"We're getting boxed in!" Subaru yelled, following Farah as he kept his head low to avoid shots from the enemies coming from everywhere.
"I'm going to blow it!" She replied as she pointed the truck.
"What? Another?!" Frederica yelled as she prepared to cover her ears.
They both took cover behind a wall just as Farah detonates the explosives under the truck. The explosion taking out another group of Russians, before Farah ran down the alley with Subaru following in tow.
"Right CIA! Go right!" She yelled.
"They need to get the hell out of here!" Julius growled with a frustrated tone, his legs shaking.
"Come on…COME ON!" Otto yelled.
"Don't stay here Subaru!" Reinhard yelled as well.
"Natsuki-kun! Go faster!" Anastasia ended up screaming as well, much to her knight's surprise…If he wasn't sharing the same thought .
They both ran inside a builiding that rumbles from the explosion.
"Holy shit!" Subaru cursed as some gunshots pierced the door behind him.
"SUBARU-KUN!" Rem cried, emptying her lungs.
"Stupid Barusu! HIDE, NOW!" Ram yelled out.
"How the hell is he avoiding this?!" Al uttered in disbelief.
"Subaru-dono! Keep running!" The old butler voiced loud as he leaned forward.
"What a thrill…" Priscilla whispered behind her fan. A large smile forming as she felt her heart beating slightly faster. She wasn't about to fear for him like these people. She knew he would go out of this. She just wanted to see more of his exciting actions, her hand on the boy's softly caressing it.
"Window!" She pointed, not losing time.
Subaru and Farah jumped through a window and out into an alley, as they opened another door leading out to a yard. Inside the yard, they came across piles of civilian corpses murdered, mutilated and seemingly tortured regarding their wounds.
Everyone in the room widened their eyes in absolute disgust and fury. Frederica immediately caught Petra just like Ricardo did for the twins as Reinhard cursed himself to not be by his lady's sight, looking at the scene with crippling eyes.
"What…The…Fuck…"Uttered Ricardo.
"Goddamn it…" Al said as he coughed under his helmet in disgust.
Roswaal kept his malicious smile as nothing of this truly impressed him much…However, he did feel a slight of uneasy feeling in him.
Ram widened her eyes in fear, unable to close her mouth as she noticed children between the dead, mutilated bodies.
Emilia held a shaky hand to her mouth while staring at the scene with a disturbed and broken expression…How could this be? Who could do this…?
Rem completely thought like she was about to throw up just by the sight of the children murdered. She already saw something similar when they observed Subaru's journey in this world.
It didn't become easier.
Beatrice gritted her teeth in sheer anger as she hugged the front of her contractor, disgusted and afraid.
Otto stared at the screen with a look of morbid, disgusted and shocked expression. His eyes Just empty, like he blacked out from this scene.
Garfiel just held his head in both heads, roaring loud and breathing in and out to the cruelty he had to witness…By his captain's eyes.
Crusch's eyes burned with sheer fury ass he nearly shredded her gloves with her nails as so much she was clenching her fists right now.
She was absolutely disgusted as her heart screamed justice for these poor souls.
Wilhelm simply stared at the screen with a wide opened mouth and broken eyes.
Felix gasped in fear as he felt anger slowly growing in him, wanting nothing more than kill these soldiers with his own hands and water magic.
Felt began breathing out loudly as soon as she saw the dead bodies of the children and instantly buried her face in the back of the black haired boy's face to soothe her nerves, much like the duchess to her left did before her.
Anastasia could barely process what she was seeing. She saw things similar. She saw the cruelty of the men everywhere…But this was still too much.
Frederica looked away as she kept holding Petra in her arms…Taking a grip on Otto's cape as she herself needed something to hold on.
Priscilla just held her fan to her face, eyes hidden in darkness as the only thing visible was the fire of her eyes glaring at the screen in sheer fury.
"Oh you..." She whispered behind her fan.
Subaru's breathing hitched as he looked around with, eyes crippling in confusion.
"Farah…What the hell is this?" He growled out.
"More of Barkov's war crimes." She coldly replied, a glint of hurt in her voice.
"That fucking son of a…" Ricardo spat out, disgusted to the core.
"Wait for it…" Al whispered as he shook his head. "Just fucking wait for it. He's coming for your ass "general"!"
"Y-…YOU DAMNED BASTARD!" Garfiel roared as he punched the floor multiple times to vent his anger.
However, voices of Russians were heard as they were coming close.
"The blast came from the street!" One of the men pointed out.
"Get down!" She silently shouted as she heard them coming.
"No…There's no way out…What are they doing?!" Emilia voiced out loud, worried for Subaru.
"I-I think they have another plan in mind, Emilia-sama…" Otto pointed with wide eyes as he saw Subaru lying down.
"What he's about to…" Reinhard bit his tongue as he understood.
Subaru and Farah crouched down in the tall grass amid the bodies as several Russian soldiers appeared in the yard, looking for the perpetrators of the attack that just shook the city.
"Hide your gun, there's too many..." She whispered.
"Stay awake, boys, they could be anywhere." One of them said as he walked in the middle of the field.
"Oh dear dragon…Please…" Julius said in a hushed tone as the entire theatre was silent, so silent the sound of multiples heartbeats could be heard everywhere inside.
Like they were all there, with him.
Subaru stood immobile, slowing his breathing as the soldiers passed near him, mistaking him for one of the dead bodies. When they were past, the only ones that were left were 3 men pouring gasoline on corpses.
"It worked…" Felt whispered as she didn't let go of Subaru's neck.
"Yeah, they're going away…" Anastasia continued.
Crusch glared to the screen as she saw the three other soldiers who stayed coming in the field.
"There's more…"The duchess said as she observed them. "What are they doing?'
"They are…Pouring water on the bodies?" Felix said with a confused voice as he turned to Wilhelm, who shrugged as he didn't have a better explanation.
"Arf, that stinks!"
"That's why we are burning these things."
"Yeah, maybe they'll get the message this time."
"They want to burn the corpses!" Reinhard exclaimed in outrage.
"Not even respect for the dead…You damned scum!" Julius growled out.
"How could they do this?!" Felix continued with disgust clear in his eyes.
"Burning?!" Mimi said as she looked at her brother.
"The water can burn them?!" Tivey exclaimed in shock.
"That's not water kid. That's gasoline." Al spat aside. "You combine that to a spark and the entire thing is on fire in a blink of an eye."
"They want to burn them down to send a message?!" Rem inquired in fear.
"Or maybe to hide their own crimes…" Wilhelm spoke out, making everyone glare at the screen in absolute disgust.
"Yeah, had to be that Karim."
Farah is looking at them as she prepared a plan, yet Subaru started to slowly get up before her. She wanted to catch him back, but he didn't wait for her.
"What is he doing now?!" Emilia exclaimed in fear as she leaned forward.
Priscilla smirked behind her fan as she giggled silently. She wanted to say how he was about to deal with this.
Frederica took the reflex of hiding Petra's eyes as she knew Subaru was about to get brutal.
As he stood up, Subaru rushed towards the first soldier, whom he sliced the throat in a swift move. However, he screamed before dying, alerting the two others who turned around to see their comrade down as Subaru was now aiming for them.
Flipping his knife, Subaru threw it right in the eye of the farthest one as he rushed to the third and last soldier.
He tried to aim his weapon; however, Subaru was already too close from him and kicked in his rifle, making him drop it. He then pinned him against the wall with his forearm placed on his throat to choke him.
The soldier tried to fight back, as he tried to reach for his knife in one last attempt. He grabbed it and tried to stab Subaru, who saw it coming as he grabbed his wrist and slammed his forearm against his throat to destabilize him as in he same time, he grabbed the knife and plunged it in his throat, looking at him slowly dying out.
"And burn in hell." He uttered between his teeth.
Once again, all were taken aback in fear and awe to Subaru's demonstration of power, as he single handedly took out three armed men in seconds.
"HELL YEAH!" Garfiel roared loud. "THAT'S IT CAPN'!"
"FUCKING YES." Ricardo roared back.
"You got it bro!" Al whistled." You damned got it!"
Everyone in the room were satisfied to see these scums die. Even Emilia regardless of her knight's brutality, couldn't lie about feeling nothing for these people's deaths.
"You deserved even worse!" Felt spat out "Damned bastard!"
"May you burn in hell indeed." Julius huffed.
Reinhard cleared his throat, uneasy to see such brutality. However, he knew Subaru didn't have a choice.
"May they all rest in peace, knowing they are slightly avenged." Wilhelm spoke in solemn respect, having mixed feelings as he didn't know how to feel about the boy's actions.
Priscilla however…Was absolutely delighted by what she saw. She wasn't just satisfied, no. The brutality and the rage she held towards these men was perfectly translated by Subaru in his actions right in front of her eyes. As such she couldn't be more satisfied than she was right now.
Would he be awake, she would have rewarded him.
Farah stood behind him, eyes wide as her mouth was certainly wide open in shock if it was not for the scarf covering it.
She briefly shook her head as she came closer to take the lead again.
"I like your style…" She chuckled. "Very efficient."
"JUST A QUESTION OF TIIIIME" Al laughed to Ricardo as some people still looked at them in confusion.
"Yeah. Only when I have to be…" He whispered to himself as he glanced towards the dead men.
"Don't worry. No one will hold you accountable for this." Crusch whispered with an understanding look.
"I think you did well, at least."
"To the tunnel, quickly. More may be coming." She told him, as she climbed up the wall.
As they reached the other side, up ahead at the end of the alley, Subaru and Farah watched as several Russian military helicopters flew by in the direction of the explosions.
"Look- reinforcements from the airbase. Our plan is working!" She said with a relieved tone.
"Now that I see what these "Russians" have done…I'm quite glad their plan is working so well." Anastasia didn't hesitate to say.
Many nodded their heads with her.
Both then reached a corner and took cover to hide from more Russians coming on them. They watched as the Russians ran in the streets in front of Tariq's safehouse.
"Stop! Shit, Tariq's door is open." Farah said with a bitter tone.
"Where's Tariq?" Subaru asked, looking at the commander.
"Dead." She coldly answered. "He would never abandon his post..."
"…Another dead one…The cost of war is truly horrible." Wilhelm said as he looked down in grief.
Both waited until the Russians cleared out of the area. When no one was in sight anymore, they made their move towards the safehouse.
"Let's