Luis turned his attention to the body of Lee.
Thinking for a while, he took out a magic stone from his pouch. He handed it to Xiao Wei.
"Crush this magic stone and spread it on his body," Luis instructed. "This way he won't turn into an Undead in this place."
Xiao Wei nodded at the instruction.
Northern Wasteland is a place plagued by undead disasters. If a large amount of body is accumulated, it will turn into undead. So, normal people in this wasteland directly burn the body instead of burying.
As for nobles and rich people, they crush the magic stone and spread it to the dead body while burying. Magic stone has suppressing effects against evil and dark creatures.
The knights quickly dug a hole and buried Lee while Xiao Wei spread the magic stone around the body.
The morning had already passed, so the group of 4000 soldiers made their way towards the Gandu Region. This time Theodore didn't dare to paddle. He had a cold face as he hurried with others.
The group traveled the whole day without resting, and at night they finally reached the designated region. Normal soldiers felt the weird atmosphere when traveling. Both the commander and son of Baron Felipe had a cold face.
They headed towards the Alvarez Pioneer Knight city. This city was already hit by orcs, and they needed to investigate.
It was night when they reached the city. As they neared the city, Luis could already smell the thick scent of blood in the air. His heart raced, and unnecessary thoughts filled his head.
From a distance, the small city was eerily quiet, and every soldier's heart became heavy. The tension in the air was palpable. As they reached the outskirts of the city, every knight following Luis had a pale face.
Luis, too, had an ugly face. Blood was flowing through the streets, with the bodies of the people laying scattered, limbs torn apart, and bite marks over some of their bodies. These were the bite marks of wolves and those orcs.
Luis stomach churned at this sight. This was an unsettling scene; he has never seen so many dead bodies. They slowly entered the small city, hoping to find any kind of life.
But the deeper they went, the more cruel the scene became. Those dead bodies had a look of horror on their faces.
The new knights following Luis became visibly sickened by the brutal scene. Liam and the older guys hidden among the knight had no expression, as they had seen much worse.
Luis remembered his mother warning to him, 'You have no idea how terrible war can be.'
"Is this your answer? Just dismissing me because I'm a kid?" Luis's voice trembled with restrained anger.
"Sure, this might be my first time on a battlefield, but I know how war is fought. You, on the other hand, are nothing but a coward—a money-hungry bastard who values gold over lives!"
"I can't handle this bullshit anymore. Liam, bring him down." Luis shouted
Without hesitation, Liam vanished from his spot, reappearing right in front of Theodore. In a flash, he aimed a strike directly at Theodore's head.
Theodore barely managed to dodge the punch before he was again attacked by Liam.
"You don't respect the War Council and dare to attack the commander. Prepare to be punished." Saying this, he attached Aura in hand to attack Liam.
Liam also attached Aura in his armor; however, this was Vortex Qi, something much stronger than Aura. He took the punch head on without breaking a sweat.
"What—?!" Theodore gasped in surprise as he was brought to ground by Liam immediately. Despite Theodore's struggles, Liam held him down with ease, delivering a solid punch to the back of his head to silence him.
"Dare to hit commander. Wait! Wait! I will definitely get you punished." Theodore shouted weakly, his voice full of desperation.
Luis strode forward, his eyes filled with disdain as he grabbed Theodore by the hair, yanking his head up to face him.
"You are nothing but a coward."
"I can feel it—you're terrified of facing the orcs. You hide behind your title, pretending to be strong, but you're nothing more than a hypocrite."
Theodore's eyes darted around, but he was helpless under Liam's grip.
"You try to act tough in front of your people, coward; you wasted my time," Luis spat. "It was my mistake ever following someone like you in the first place."
He released Theodore with disgust, letting his head fall back to the ground.
Xiao Wei also strode forward and kicked the head of Theodore. He was not afraid, as his face was hidden behind the armor.
Luis glanced at Xiao Wei but said nothing, silently approving of this act.
The soldiers around were shocked when they saw the scene unfold. They were just happy to receive the order of looting the city; now seeing this, they were scared. In this conflict, taking any side could go horribly wrong.