A few hours earlier

“Do what I say Dit, they can build the houses again...”

Before Ban could finish what she was saying, Median spoke up, “What are you even say-”

“Shush.”, Ban looked straight at Median, with darkness in her eyes and a finger on her lips.

“I order you to stop talking.”

“Ogr-”

‘You too. Stop talking...”, she added and sighed. “I order you both to not say a single word in front of me.”

Ban looks at both Ogre and Median touching their necks, trying their best to speak.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Wouldn’t want to lose to lose half of our attack forces due to blood loss.”, Ban started to laugh again.

“Haaa, where was I...”, she looked at Dit who seemed used to this, and spoke, “Carry all the bombs you can. We’re going to need it.”, she smiled baring her teeth.

“It’s time to put what Esting taught you to use!”

Dit nodded.

“Where might you all be going?”, said the principal, joining in the conversation out of nowhere.

Ban laughed, “None of your business is where we’re going!”, she looked at the principal and smiled before adding, “You should try it sometime!”

“Come on, let’s go!”, said Ban while looking at her attack squad who all followed her as she started to walk outside the cave.

“Stop!”, screamed the principal, but it fell to deaf ears as the attack squad moved on toward their target.

“We should run... the knights... they are not a force to be trifled with!”, he screamed to the top of his lungs, but even that failed to gain any attention, whether by force or willingly.

“Just give it up...”, murmured John who saw all of the spectacle happening from a distance.

The principal did not hear that, not that it would’ve mattered. He went on. It did not matter if no one cared, it did not matter if no one listened. Saying what was on his mind gave him a sense of power, power that he missed.

“Look around you!”, the principal took a moment to catch his breath. “These slaves and many more before them... They are all gifts, gifts from me and the duke... I will not let you squander all of this away!”

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He stopped for a moment and looked at the ground, with tears almost forming in his eyes, “If only the duke...”

Before he could say another word, Ban threw a dagger right at the principal’s neck and he fell.

“If you miss him so much, then join him.”, she laughed before leading her attack squad out of the cave.

John came near the principal’s body as he looked down on it with pity, the man who tormented him all those years ago. The very thing he dreamed of was now finally in front of him, but he did not feel happy or sad.

“You finally chew something more that you could bite...”, said John, still looking down not knowing what to feel as he touched the slave collar still attached to his neck and sighed.

The attack squad went on their merry way, led by Ban, followed by her brother and two unwilling participants who could not speak or scream as they watched what happened in horror.

Median looked over at Ogre, right at his eyes. He knew what Ogre was going to say as he always did.

The collar he wore had no ropes attached to it but he couldn’t help but get pulled by the ones before him.

“Hurry along!”, said Ban with a serious look on her face. “We need to do this before sunrise!”, she added as she saw Dit’s face, worried.

“What’s wrong?”, she asked.

She sighed before adding, “Is it what happened before? How my dagger...?”, She copied her past actions but with an imaginary dagger in her hand.

Dit nodded and replied, “Was that alright?”

“Yes! Of course, it was!”

She scoffed before adding, “He was nothing but a pest.”

“Good riddance, I say!”, she laughed. “Or as he would’ve said.”, she scoffed again.

Dit didn’t reply. He just agreed in silence.

Soon they reached the village.

Ban laughed, “They don’t know what’s going to hit them!”, she smiled.

“You.”, she looked towards Median. “Flank them.”

Median tried to hesitate for a bit but his body couldn’t help but follow, so he nodded.

“And you!”, she looked towards Ogre. “Go down as soon as the flames hit and you hear screams!”, she smiled again.

Ogre tried his best to say ogre.

“Good.”

“Did you bring all the bombs?”, Ban added while shifting her attention towards Dit.

Dit nodded and passed some to Ban who smiled as she looked at them, firmly in grasp.

“Let’s go!”

Ban and Dit ran towards the trees and jumped on them before starting to throw firebombs at the houses below them, almost no buildings could escape their wrath as Ban laughed away.

The screams started soon after which made Dit question what they were doing, but all it did was make Dit lag a little behind Ban’s bomb-throwing score as he tried his best to catch up soon after.

“Heh.”, Ban smiled. “This will do.”, she laughed and dropped down in the middle of chaos where she saw Dave trying his best to guide the royal guard trying to save as many people as they can.

“Long time no see!”, she screamed and smirked which was enough to catch Dave’s attention even in the middle of chaos.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”

“What... What was that...”, said Ban in shock, as she shook her head trying her best to come back and enjoy the chaos she caused. Her eyes laid upon Dave again, clenching his sword with a serious expression on his face.

Ban took out her daggers and said, “Let’s Dance!”, before rushing straight at Dave, smiling throughout.