Gurnam clenched his fist, using all his self-control not to punch the smug smirk on these people's faces. Of course, he didn't do anything in the end. For one, these people were still town-level. It was foolish to make a scene so publicly.
He did wonder: Why was the first order to 'kill' rather than to 'capture'? Was their own fun more important than getting more elementalist slaves?
Or was this new territory impossible to win unless they fought to kill?
Either way… it was worrying.
"You would be led by Inko guards—and some of ours—back to the territory and use the arrays there," Hesso said, looking at the side where a couple of dozen Inko guards stood. "You will likely arrive in enemy territory in the midst of war at the latest.
"By that time, the enemy territory would've suffered greatly with our allied forces—a combination of six villages—and make it weak enough for you to enter and damage them at their core."
