Rescue

Grabbing a nearby torch one of Zheng soldier start to burn all of the supplies on the wagon quickly before taking off in a run for the trees where the rest of unit 1 are waiting.

Taking a deep breath Zheng yelled "ENEMY! It's an enemy attack! They burn all of our supplies! He ran that way!"

Alerted by Zheng and seeing a buildup of smoke in the distance, many soldiers start to run towards Zheng location. After noticing that the material really is their supplies which is a lifeline for soldiers like them. All the yen soldiers franticly trying to put out the fire by dumbing water on it while some who doesn't have a bucket try to pee on the fire which resulted in many of them getting their pubic hair burn off.

Merging with the crowd Zheng thought 'this should be good enough for them to take out the rest of those guards and rescue the villagers…I hope unit 1 can handle the pursuers as well. Hmm, where is the leader of these yen soldiers though because he haven't showed up yet….'

At the village chief house….

Surprisingly the place is completely intact and the lights from reflection of candles can be seen. With a mixture of loud noises escaping from the house and one of them is the loudest "Hahaha, you sure got a nice wife for someone your age village chief. Did you force her to marry you or something huh?"

The man with the loud voice is actually the leader that Zheng was looking for and his name is Shen the brute. At this moment he was actually fucking the village chief wife right in front of him, one of Shen soldiers is keeping his head from lowering and they even cut off his eyelids to prevent him from closing them!

All he could do was repeating the same words as tears of blood continue to run down his face while watching his beloved wife being violently violated "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

Although the village chief is suffering endlessly right now but it's nothing compared to the woman with her dull eyes and hysterical laugh. She is beyond saving now but as the two suffer, Shen was enjoying it even more since his pleasure comes from others suffering. But before he could continue on with his sick pleasure, the door to the room was push open as a soldier ran in.

Taking a deep bow, the yen soldier said "detachment commander Shen! Unknown enemy have infiltrated our camp and burn down all of our supplies! And another thing…all the villager is gone! All we found was dead body of the guards left to guard the villagers."

"HAHAHAHA!! Serve you bastard right! Now you will all continue to be lost in this forest until you all die from starvation! Without my villagers guiding you then all of you will never leave here!"

Listening to the village chief provocation, one of Shen soldier was about to reprimand him but Shen was a step earlier then him.

Whooossh

As the village chief continues to throw curses at Shen and his men, a blade have already slice across his neck sending the head flying up into the air.

With a menacing look on his face Shen hold on to his blooded sword and begin to walk out of the room but before he could leave. One of the soldiers said "detachment commander Shen, what should we do with the woman?"

"Let her die slowly, with how hard I was on her earlier. She will die due to internal bleeding soon enough while suffering until the end. Hahahaha" replied Shen as he left the building.

Looking at each other the two yen soldiers swear to never provoke their commander no matter what as they rush to catch up with him.

Back at the camp….

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully finishing step 1 of the two-step quest! Reward have been send to the host inventory!]

'I guess it is time for me to get out of here as well, to bad I couldn't get my hands on the leader right now. Otherwise, the second step of the quest would have been completed easier.' Although he was happy that the villagers are safe but still feel somewhat disappointed for not getting his hands on the leader.

At the meeting point near a giant lake that one of Zheng cavalryman found as he was assigned to look for a safe place at least 6 miles away from the village to hold the villagers once they are rescued. Hundreds of people from the village are hugging and crying as they was informed by Zheng soldiers that everything will be ok now.

After reaching the meeting point, rather than taking advantage of the villager's unstable emotion to get them to join him. Instead, Zheng immediately round up his men as he start to take food out of the inventory and ordered "get these dry meat, fish, and rice to the villagers. Since we can't start a fire with the enemy nearby, this will have to do for now."

"Understood, Unit Commander Zheng"

After taking Zheng order and the food, the soldier begin to pass it out to all villagers fairly while Zheng who was observing it all thought 'all the food cost me 200 life points….but I guess it will be worth it in the end.'

While going through some things in his mind Zheng noticed that a strong looking man have stand up and walk in his direction away from his wife and daughter which catch everyone attention.

"Hey, isn't that Xin from our village?"

"Yeah but why is he walking over to that young man. Who is he exactly?"

Whispers continue to circulate around the villagers but that didn't stop the man from continuing to move toward Zheng. When the man reach 5 feet away from Zheng, he drop down on his knees saying "thank you lord for saving us and even share your food with us, if it wasn't for you and your men then I couldn't even imagine what would happen to my wife and daughter. Thank you!"

Then the man proceeded to kowtow towards Zheng but was stop and in the man line of sight was a sharp pair of eyes staring straight at him. Zheng proceeded to say "what does a little danger and food even worth compare to all of you? As a human being we should care about each other, help the weak against the strong, protect the innocents from tyrants, and stand together against all injustice in this world."

"Also, don't thank me so soon because I want to let you all know that the very same group of soldiers that destroy your village will soon catch up to us and when they do I don't know if my men and I will be able to fend them off."

Silence…..

"However….with your help then we might stand a chance. You all are not as helpless as you think, find your courage! And if you can't then find your motivation to fight!"

Hearing Zheng speech has hit their very core especially Xin who took a look at his wife and daughter before turning back to look at Zheng and said "I would not declare that I am a man of courage but for my family, even if I have to die in exchange for their freedom and safety then I will gladly give up my life!"

"I want to protect my mommy too! Sniff sniff, my father die protecting us when those bad man try to touch my mommy! I want to avenge him and also be like my father protecting my mom!" a young boy who barely 7 years old stand up while looking straight at Zheng with great determination.

"I want to protect my family as well!"

"Me too! Those bastard killed my entire family, I want revenge!"

"We will fight with you!!!!!!"

"Then I Zheng swear upon my ancestors that even if my blood run dry and my bone crushed. I will fight by your side until my last breath!"

"HOOOOO!!!"

'Aria, use whatever life points I have left and purchase as much weapons along with armor as we can!'

[Understood! Purchasing now!]