"Well, he jumped right to it," Jun said, sighing.
They wanted to minimize the damage by egging the aborigines to send themselves to prison first. It was always a fool-proof way they used to handle troublesome aborigines who could actually injure people.
This batch was a little smarter though, so only a few managed to go using that method. All the talking and no action apparently consumed all of Baku’s patience.
Anyway, the attack became a signal for an all-out chaos to explode. Each one of Patte’s team trying to escape on their own.
The elementalists showered them with attacks in response. Some tried to take hostages or meat shields, but they didn’t realize that every single citizen could at least defend themselves or run away as needed!
Some even got to the scope of an internal sentry, and that took care of one of them!
The last level 20 was handled by Baku, who pretty much threw him all over the place.
"AHHH!"
Bang!
"GAHHH!"
Boom!
"NOOooooo!"
SLAM!
When that person was left half-dead on the ground, Baku shifted his attention to another person. That person flinched and paled in fear, immediately deciding to attack a nearby passerby instead.
His heart was filled with hostility, genuinely trying to inflict damage even if he had to be taken down for it!
With a flash of light, he disappeared without succeeding in hurting anyone, but he did not mind as much as he thought. When he landed in the stifling system prison, he had never been so relieved!
Of course, whether he’d be fine after being beaten up by the people already in prison was another topic altogether.
Anyway, back in the streets, the cleanup was about to be finished, with most already handled though they were all half-dead already.
Even until now, the passerbys had not left—they only increased. Of course, they made sure to stand out of the way so they didn’t become hostages or meatshields for the enemies.
"Wow, Baku’s showing his fangs," the bystander from before said. This was Baron, and he finished his drink as if he wasn’t targetted just now.
Their amusement decreased though, when the enemies started to insult their favorite tiger!
"Don’t touch me, vile creature!" the enemy yelled, desperately trying to avoid Baku’s hold.
"Hey! Don’t insult Baku!!" the citizens yelled, throwing rocks (or whatever) at him. Because there were so many, some ended up hitting him.
"Ugly bastard!"
"Disgusting scum!"
The aborigine’s eyes twitched in anger. "YOU—"
Baku’s lips twitched. To be honest, he was so used to the prior insults that it no longer affected him. Seeing the citizens passionately speaking for him though, made him soften a little.
"It’s fine," Baku said with that low, gruff, voice of his. "Go on with your day, people."
Baku was the only half-orc in the territory now. Gochi and Maomao were clearing different parts of the region with a relatively large team. Maomao was also a guard now, given exemption without anyone questioning it at all.
(It helped that many people saw Maomao kill a low-level monster with a single kick, so there was that.)
The popcorn-eating crowd lingered for a bit, but some were quite obedient and went on their way. They didn’t forget to turn back to see if there was more drama though.
Fortunately, the gathering of the prisoners was relatively uneventful. No one had the energy remaining to escape, and they could only be dragged off obediently. The guards pulled the chains while Baku and a few others remained at the back to make sure there were no accidents.
Gill went to Garan to make his report. "Captain," he said. "A few of them are in prison at this time. Should we collect all of them here?" frёewebηovel.cѳm
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