"Okay, everyone, just watch quietly!"
"Actually, with this plan of mine, if Kandel is really rational and has enough goodwill towards the civilians in the city, then such a thing will definitely not happen."
"Because I, Nalant, have always been a man of my word. If I say that I will give the civilians in the city one day to retreat, I will definitely give it to them."
"But now I did give him a chance, but Kandel didn't take it."
"Not only did he not catch him, he also killed Priest Rem because of this incident, and once again prevented the civilians in the city from escaping. This is the reason for the internal conflict in Machile City!"
Nalant waved his hands towards the priests and leaders, indicating that they should not be so surprised.
"Lord Nalant, did you think Kandel would make such a choice before?"
Although everyone understood what Narant meant, they really couldn't guess how Narant judged that Kandel would not care about the lives of civilians.
"I do have some speculations about this, because judging from the depth of the previous heavy rain that submerged the city, it has reached the limit of this Machile city."
"If I had issued the order to stop the rain even half a day later, at least half of the civilians in the entire city of Machile would have been drowned."
"And faced with such a situation, Kandel did not choose to send someone to negotiate with me, or simply surrender directly."
"This shows that Kandel no longer has the civilians in the city in his mind."
Nalant nodded to everyone in response.
"This Kandel is really unworthy of being the commander of Machile City. Not only did he ignore the life and death of millions of civilians, but he even killed the Rem priest!"
"Yes, this Kandel must be crazy. Why is he doing this? If even the civilians in the city are dead, what's the use of guarding the city of Machile?"
Everyone and the leader had been puzzled by Kandel's stubbornness before.
At this time, it was natural that he no longer had a good impression of Kandel.
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At the same time, it can be said that there is an undercurrent surging in Machile City.
Although the civilians in the city were temporarily dispersed, the previous killings finally ignited the civilians' dissatisfaction with Kandel.
Kandel not only killed Rem Priest, but also blocked their chance to escape.
As a result, more and more civilians gathered in the streets and alleys of the city.
Although there is no attack now, everyone has already agreed that once darkness falls, they will raid the rear or side walls to ensure that they and others can escape from Machile City before the deadline issued by the Io continent army.
Naturally, there are also wealthy people among these deliberating people.
The rich are smart and know that relying on themselves and others is definitely not enough.
But if civilians throughout the city join in this escape activity, the success rate will be very high.
For this reason, these wealthy households specially sent their subordinates to quietly provide some weapons to these civilians, so that they could better confront the soldiers defending the city later.
"What happened to the untouchables?"
On the city wall, Machiavelli looked ugly.
He really didn't expect that what he thought was an offensive and defensive battle with the enemy would turn into an internal strife.
These untouchables are afraid of death and want to escape.
Kandel naturally refused to let them escape.
If they escape, what will be the use of Machleh in the future?
Besides, some of the soldiers guarding the city are the family members of these civilians.
Although they are in the minority, once their families are allowed to leave, these soldiers will definitely lose their faith in defending Machiel City.
In this way, no one in the city can even think of escaping.
Waiting until the invading team outside the city took a detour, Kandel would open the city gate, restore order, and wait for the arrival of the army of the God of Waves!
"Your Majesty, the civilians in the city have been temporarily driven away, but according to soldiers' observation, those civilians are still gathering on the streets of the city."
Upon hearing this, his subordinates immediately reported the situation in the city to Kandel.
"Still gathering? What do these untouchables want to do? Do they want to riot?"
"Collier, I will give you five thousand soldiers, and you can go to the city immediately and drive all the untouchables home."
"Tell them that Machile City is under curfew. Anyone who dares to stay on the streets will be treated as a traitor and killed on the spot."
Kandel also knew not to give these civilians too many opportunities to get together.
Otherwise, once there are more people, these untouchables will embolden each other and become a mob.
The only way to stop this is to suppress it with the force of thunder.
As for using soft methods, he is not Rem, and he is not that free.
After all, the most important thing to deal with now is the intruders outside the city.
"This... Lord Commander, will this make the conflict between the civilians in the city and us more intense!"
The subordinates hesitated a little when they heard this.
In fact, the best way now is to open the city gate and let the civilians leave.
The battle doesn't depend on them anyway.
In addition, if you don't want to let them go, then comfort them.
Use your faith to appease the civilians and continue to stay in the city.
And given the civilians' devotion to the God of Fire, if they were allowed to stay in the city for the God of Fire, the vast majority of the civilians would definitely not object.
The most unsafe way is to directly suppress the civilians, which may directly cause the civilians in the city to resent the soldiers defending the city.
"The conflict is getting more intense. Do these untouchables deserve it? If these untouchables really resist, they will be killed on the spot."
"Collier, this is a time of war. You must act decisively, otherwise you may be attacked by the enemy!"
Kandel had no scruples at all.
"It's the Commander-in-Chief!" Collier said although he was not very willing to do this.
But after hearing what Kandel said, he could only accept it bravely.
Collier quickly led five thousand soldiers towards the city.
When you come to the streets of the city, whenever you see civilians gathering, you will immediately rush forward to chase them away.
At first, the soldiers' drive was quite effective near the city gate.
But away from the city wall and going inside the city, the effect gradually weakened.
Because now the soldiers in Machle City are basically gathered on the four walls.
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In this way, after being driven away, the civilians were indignant and whispered to each other on the street.
Even when they saw Collier bringing people here, these civilians didn't have much fear.
You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the street at this time.
This is just the main street.
As for other streets, I'm afraid there will be more people gathering.
"All civilians, listen up. Commander Kandel has issued an order. From now on, a curfew will be implemented in Machle City."
"All civilians should return to their houses immediately, otherwise they will be treated as traitors if they continue to stay on the streets!"
Seeing that the civilians were still indifferent after he and others arrived, Collier immediately began to shout loudly.
"Captain Collier, our house has been flooded and there is no way we can live in it now, so we can only stay on the street."
"If Commander Kandel really wants us to leave the street, it would be better to open the side or rear door so that the door can directly leave Machile City."
"Impossible, Lord Kandel has already issued an order, and none of you can escape, because the temple of Lord God of Fire is still in the city."
"Do you really want to betray the Lord God of Fire?"
Collier had some sense, he didn't dare to be as straightforward as Kandel, but he knew how to use the God of Fire to talk things over.
"But Captain Collier, Priest Rem wanted us to leave Magile City safely before the sacrifice. After all, only by being alive can we continue to contribute our faith to the God of Fire. It is obviously Commander Kandel who does not want us to escape privately."
To be continued...