Chapter 78 - Controlling The Army

In addition to that, Karoline had to spend coins. C'mon, I got nothing more than these two right now in my inventory!

"Are you trying to brag in front of me?" yet she mistook my meaning and laughed. For a reason there, her laugh seemed pure and enchanting.

"I'm not," I simply took out a large crystal before throwing it at her in a careless manner, "take this as a gift for now."

"This…" once she held my stat crystal, she instantly froze and her face turned ashen white for long seconds. Turning like a clear sky turning into a storm, her ashened face changed into deep red out of excitement.

Even her body trembled!

I never expected her to react this way to my stat crystal. C'mon girl, if I knew that from the beginning then I should have just taken it from the start!

"Do you have more?" She looked at me like she was looking at a large piece of ice cream.

Don't tell me she was thinking about robbing me, right?

"Ahem," I cleared my throat again and tried to act magnanimous, "this can prove my sincerity. Once you join me, you won't have to suffer from any shorting in stats or coins."

"I accept," she even jumped and held my arm while my crystal was instantly gone! "C'mon, what shall I do to join your forces? I'll do anything to prove my worth!"

"Ahem," being so close to me and feeling her rushing hot breaths made me feel slightly uncomfortable in a nice way that I didn't like. "You just need to sign these two contracts," I took out two ready contracts and gave it to her, "with it you'll be officially part of my team."

"Just this?" without even hesitating, she signed both and instantly turned into my lackey.

Damn! A former president's daughter, and an old president's granddaughter was now a lackey of mine! Damn! My luck was really boundless!!

"My lady… You…"

At this moment, the major appeared without warning and tried to stop her from signing the two contracts. But he moved slower than her. As the two contracts vanished in thin air, turning into specks of light, his hands only hit nothing.

"What?" she looked at that major and at this moment I could feel her old self return again. She looked as strong and aloof like before, yet her eyes weren't that dim anymore.

They were both shining and gleaming in the bright light of hope and dreams. She might look the same on the surface, but she was a totally different person than before.

Without waiting for that major to explain himself, something appeared in my hand while I stretched the other with his extended arm.

"Give me a drop of your blood here."

"What?!" the major looked in shock at me. He wasn't the only one, but Karoline also felt the same.

I held my precious rat-detecting compass in my hand. Since I got her, then it was time to clean the house and organise things.

"Leave a drop of your blood here," I firmly said while the major only looked at Karoline, making me look at her in return.

"Just do it," she said without a speck of hesitation, "from now onward, any order from Hye is an order coming from me."

"My lady…"

"Just do it, major!" Karoline didn't know what my compass was for, but she showed her absolute trust in me at this moment.

Good girl!

As he complied with such an aggressive gaze at me, I held my sword out in my other hand, waiting for the traitor's result.

Luckily for him, he was just an enthusiatic dumb patriot major… Not a traitor.

"You are good," I said without explaining much, "gather up all your forces. And tell those helis to descend and their crews to come out."

"Now?!" The major looked again out of habit to Karoline and she simply put an impatient look on her face. "Alright," he helplessly retreated, executing my orders without approving them.

Who cared about his opinion anyway? From this moment onward, I will execute my authority to the fullest here!

I wasn't their boss, but their boss was my lackey!

"What is that?" like a curious cat looking at a flying feather in the air dancing without wind, she came and looked at the compass with shining eyes.

"It's a rat detector," I simply said without saying more. But she was smart enough to realise what I meant.

"You mean… there are people working with them?!" she opened her mouth and even covered it with the palm of her hand.

Girl! Who said you could act in such a way? Damn! You just look too delicious to turn down!

"They are known as traitors…" I started to educate her more about the ugly face of the world we were living in. After I finished explaining these things, the major returned with a large number of his boys.

All the tanks stopped fire, and even the helis started to come down. "We are ready," he said, not to me but to Karoline.

And she turned to me, waiting for my instructions.

"Get in one line," I said before I recalled five of each warrior back and even one dragon. Then I resummoned them and left them around.

Their sudden presence startled everyone, making them feel the pressure of fear.

"Just stay where you are, and don't move," my words came loud and clear, "anyone moving or running, will be instantly barbecued with my mighty warriors."

Karoline gave me a wandering glance, but I didn't say anything anymore. This girl didn't see the past purging ceremonies I held, or saw many traitors running away at one time.

With all my warriors scattered per my arrangement, locking down any possible way for anyone to run, I was ready to start.

Yet I didn't actually start until all the choppers were on the ground and everyone stood in that line.

"The process is easy," I said while the major stood behind Karoline, who stood with her never ending curiosity by my side, "just drop your blood over here and it's done."

Whispers appeared but Karoline's next words that came to support me silenced everyone.

"Follow his orders, they are like mine."

Good girl! But the whispers coming from them weren't all out of their doubts. I bet that many of them were traitors acting in disguise.

I didn't forget those people inside the station. As the station was already underground, with no possible way to run away except from the entrances at the surface or the tunnels at the ground, I left two bulltors to deal with these openings on the surface for now.

If anyone managed to bypass them, then he or she would face the wrathful retribution of the dragon hovering alone midair at the moment.

"Come," as things were arranged, I started my rat checking, "leave your blood here."

Just as he hesitated for a second, he finally left a blood drop before the compass arms danced and stopped on two indicators.

"A human… and a traitor… Die!"

"St…"

I didn't give him a chance to even scream for help. My sword moved fast like wind and cleaved his head apart from his body in a swift way.

If my strength stat was enough to make my swords penetrate the thickly defended monster skin, then against humans they were like cutting cheese with knives!

"This…" even Karoline had to doubt and paused at my actions.

"Go," I didn't explain much, "place your hand over his dead body, "I simply kicked that headless body aside like it was a sack of garbage.

"And?" Karoline asked without moving.

"Just do it," I gave her a reassuring smile. As she moved to touch that dead body, all the gazes of everyone fell on her at this moment.

And all could see her face changing from doubt to absolute shock, then into pure rage.

"That damn f*cking traitor! And he was one of those I trusted during my escape!"

She didn't just shout and curse, she even stood up and started to kick his dead body with great rage.

"F*ck you! F*ck all traitors! I'll kill each and single one of you, do you hear me? All of you traitors will die in my hands!"

She broke into such a bizarre wave of anger that I even felt I couldn't tolerate or control. Jesus! That girl was really scary when mad!

She didn't even yell and few started to run away the next moment. My eyes shone brightly while I simply snapped my fingers.

"Don't kill them," I ordered in a calm way, "just break their arms and legs and bring them for her to kill."

If she was mad, then she should vent that on them better than on me! Besides she needed all the coins and stat points at the moment. So killing them would give her a big boost for now.

As for my share, ten percent wasn't that bad.

"What's going on here?" It wasn't only the mayor who was surprised and puzzled by this. Even the all calm and steady Karoline turned into such a fierce tigress without proper reason.

"Go," I turned to the major as I hinted with my head, "place your hand over that dead body and you'll understand."

The major was a clean person, slightly thick headed and loyal but he was clean.

As expected, and just like his lady, once that major touched the corpse of the traitor, his eyes went wide open and then rage boiled up from his face.

"Damn you!" he stood up and unlike Karoline, he didn't kick that headless body with his leg. Instead he used his pistol and emptied its bullets entirely in that body. "Damn traitor! Damn you all!"

As things were proved again by two different people, I had no reason to stop what I was doing. As things went on, many traitors were found and killed.

Some tried to run, some tried to cause trouble, but anyone who dared to do that was instantly grabbed from his head by my warriors and dragged to Karoline to kill.

The girl didn't show any mercy for any traitor. After all these traitors were threatening not only her plans to escape, but literally her life.

Just thinking about a few people who acted like friends and allies while they were secretly working with the enemy… even I wouldn't act with any speck of humanity or decency with them.

Just in the next half an hour, a big pile of killed bodies appeared next to her. "Go and bring everyone inside that station," as I noticed fewer traitors were detected, so I gave such an order to the major and a bunch of the clean soldiers I just scanned.

"Roger that!"

Since discovering the truth of my words, that major's attitude changed slightly for the better with me. He was a military person, knowing only facts and nothing else.

He went inside the station before returning with a large number of people. I never thought such a large number of survivors were here.

I noticed many reporters and cameramen, a few wealthy and authoritative guys and ladies from their sleek and neat clothes, and lots and lots of youths appeared as well.

The strange thing was that the youths mostly wore uniforms with large words of world student forum on their backs.

"They were going to an event for the world student forum?" I turned to Karoline and asked. Karoline at the moment was someone else.

Forget everything about elegance and cuteness, she was covered by red blood and her face looked vicious and scary. Her anger was now taking control of her, only venting it with loud and noticeable breaths.

"Hoff!" she only answered me with a big blow of breath, big enough to push a few strands of her hair away.

And I avoided her the moment she did that! Never come near a lioness when she is angry, never, you hear me?

"Karoline… What's the meaning of this?"