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Truth be told, Amaris intended to kill the musketeer, but the moment she was about to send her chain again to strike the unarmed musketeer down, she noticed that the 'combat' had almost ended. The commander had been completely subdued by Rezello, Carnatia and Linceleste's drone while the musketeers were quick to deal with, especially with the unexpected help of Amanita's invigorating spores.

Already screaming in pain and fear due to Mirielle's searing aura, the ones who resorted to melee were quickly dealt with. One by a shot from Osric and the other, who resorted into using his musket as a club had his weapon complete tore to shreds by Amaris' chains. The last musketeer, knowing they had been utterly defeated make a pathetic attempt to run away in the direction of the village, screaming for reinforcements.

[color=silver]"Are we allowed to kill them? I was going to but... They offered so little resistance..."[/color] Amaris asked, turning to Captain Carmen as he shouted for someone to deal with the runner. Judging by tone of her voice, she seemed almost disappointed that the situation was resolved so quickly and cleanly... The fact that she was asking that question to Carmen instead of immediately stopping the musketeer would likely be more than enough to give those listening a sneaking suspicion that she was doing so on purpose...

Unlike Amaris, Ludvig was quick to stop the running musketeer, teleporting himself and the hangman he was holding nearby the running musketeer so both of the enemy soldiers' heads would collide, making them immediately fall to the ground, unconscious.

[color=silver]"Well... That works too..."[/color] Amaris said with a shrug.

Despite being subdued and having his soldiers completely defeated, the sergeant still had quite a bit to say, cursing and threatening them, calling them all kinds of names, from spies to criminals.

[color=silver]"Oh! You are... welcome."[/color] Amaris replied, genuinely surprised to hear Mirielle thanking her before she went to where the sergeant was being held as Carnatia tried extracting more information from the sergeant.

Despite the initial reluctance and resistance to say anything but curses, the sergeant quickly calmed down once Amanita used her spores on him, although he didn't offer much more information for then than what he already had.

In another hand, the peasant who seemed to have more information to give them urged them to leave, due to the proximity from the red stripes' camp. According to the numbers Amaris overheard him saying, there were more than 100 soldiers in their camp.

[color=silver]"Understood Captain!"[/color] Amaris shouted before turning to Ludvig, who was healing one of the musketeers.

[color=silver]"I know you just healed him Ludvig, but... Is it a good idea to leave them... you know... alive?"[/color] Amaris asked, both to Ludvig and to the rest, raising her voice a little bit so they could hear her.

[color=silver]"They know who we are now. If they report us to their superiors, whoever they might be, or their forces, it would make it quite hard for us to move around and investigate the paladin's whereabouts, wouldn't it?"[/color] Amaris asked while going towards her horse in order to not be left behind by the Captain and the others.

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