"I can't just stand by and watch them being taken away and executed..."
Man Xiu shook his head forcefully, his voice growing softer.
"Have you heard about what happened in Giant Stone City?"
Luo De slowly opened his mouth and asked, "I've fought my way from the Northern Territory to Giant Stone City with strict military discipline, without any massacre or looting incidents."
"But in Giant Stone City, Count Blue Lake surrendered, and the Dawn Church killed five thousand of my people."
"Were those five thousand civilians innocent?"
"I know, that Bishop Salido is a lunatic."
Man Xiu nodded vigorously, then lifted his head and said with sorrow in his eyes, "But the four young women hiding in my carriage are very kind... They have all helped wandering beggars and cared for orphans without parents."
"This is war, Man Xiu, not a play."
Luo De stared at Man Xiu and said slowly, "In war, where enemies confront each other, can you tell me which soldier is kind and which is evil?"
