I'm a villain, not a devil

At night, the Imperial City was still bustling with people.

The city was still in chaos, and the military camp was brightly lit.

"Marshal, why did you give him a reserve team..." A general whispered to Wu Xiao.

The Marshal just shook his head, and after a moment, he sighed deeply: "Prepare according to my plan..."

"Yes!"

Wu Xiao looked up and looked far away. That was the direction outside the city, and there, the tree people had advanced for another day, and now they were less than 100 kilometers away from the imperial capital!

Sean's words were still echoing in his ears, but the smile in that voice made people feel cold.

"I asked you to give me a group of people who are not afraid of death, not a group of veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles."

"Tsk, veterans are indeed not afraid of death, but it's a waste, ha, besides veterans, don't forget that new recruits are the ones who are most likely to be excited."

The fists under the table were clenched tightly together, and Wu Xiao was shaking in a high position that no one noticed.

"Sean... who are you..."

...

The young reservists were gathered on the training ground. They looked straight ahead with their heads held high, quietly waiting for the arrival of the new commander.

But for some reason, they were led to an abandoned area far away from the military camp.

In the darkness, footsteps sounded, and the recruits immediately straightened their chests.

A beam of light came down from nowhere, and then a man walked slowly with his hands behind his back to the center of the beam.

Everyone subconsciously tensed up and looked, but the man's face shocked them.

Is it the empire's most wanted criminal, Sean? !

Is he the new commander, or something happened?

This scene made everyone at a loss as to what to do, but Sean in the center of the beam slowly showed the White Moon Token in his hand, and everyone stood up straight again.

Although they still had doubts on their faces, the state of discipline still made Sean applaud with satisfaction: "It is worthy of being the best unit of the Imperial Army."

Reserve and excellence are probably not the same thing, but Sean's words still made many people's blood boil.

Sean put his hands behind his back and glanced at the recruits in the shadows. He introduced himself: "My name is Sean. You should all know me, right? As for why I am here, everyone should have their own guesses - but as a soldier, what do you need to do?"

The answer to him was a uniform roar: "Obey!"

"Very good!" Sean glanced at everyone with satisfaction, and then smiled again, "So, before joining the army, did you think about what this would bring to you?"

This question is rare, and many people subconsciously looked up to see the expressions on their companions' faces.

However, Sean had already walked into the crowd, and the beam of light moved with him.

He picked one at random and asked, "Tell me about it."

The one picked was a young man with a bruise on his chin. He looked to be in his early twenties, and his vest was bulging with tendons trained in the military camp.

He tensed his body, looked ahead and said loudly, "It will bring glory!"

Sean nodded, "Glory, that's right - what else?"

The young man hesitated for a while and shouted again, "It will bring more territory to the empire!"

Sean waved his hand, "Besides this, what about you?"

He swallowed and lowered his voice unconsciously, "After joining the army, my parents won't have to pay taxes..."

Sean laughed, "Well said."

A beam of light followed his beam and stayed on the top of the young man's head. It seemed that he suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.

Sean picked another one, "What about you?"

Also a young man, he hesitated for a while and whispered, "Joining the army will give you a sum of money, so my brother can enter the Imperial College..."

The light stayed.

Sean continued to randomly select: "You."

The young man was a bit naive and shouted: "The girl I like likes soldiers! I can marry her after I retire!"

The crowd suddenly burst into a booing sound, and Sean also laughed: "Not a bad reason - this, you also say it."

"That... After retiring, I can work in an official organization, so I don't have to worry about the problem of retirement..."

Sean laughed: "Very real, a good reason."

He kept selecting people to answer questions, and the beams kept splitting out. Gradually, this place was almost illuminated by the beams.

Everyone has a different statement, for family, for friends, for themselves...

Finally, Sean walked to the end of the team, and everyone turned their backs.

He looked at the countless beams and said calmly: "Then have you ever thought that becoming a soldier will bring you...death."

These short and heavy words made the recruits who were just beaming pause, and many of them subconsciously clenched their fists.

Some people wanted to open their mouths and shout "I'm not afraid of death", but for some reason, the people around them didn't seem to be ready to do so.

Sean said calmly: "You should be afraid of death."

Finally, someone couldn't help but stand up and shouted: "Sir, I'm not afraid of death!"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and someone took the lead, and the voices gradually increased.

"Yes, we are not cowards!"

"Sir, do you want us to be the death squad? I'm not afraid!"

"No one in the Imperial Army is afraid of death!"

After they shouted for a long time and the voices finally became quieter, Sean finally spoke: "Think about my previous question again. What will becoming a soldier bring to you? Then ask yourself, why are you not afraid of death?"

Everyone fell silent. For some reason, they who had just shouted loudly suddenly had some strange emotions.

Sean said slowly and cheerfully: "Originally, I didn't plan to make so much trouble. I wanted you, and you just need to obey. That being said, I still want to ask you, why are you not afraid of death?"

No one answered.

Sean continued: "I always like to do some strange rituals, so now I give you a chance - I will take you to die, and it will be a meaningless death. Those who want to leave can leave directly."

All of a sudden, all the lights on the field went out.

Sean added: "Those who leave will not be held accountable, and you will be assigned to the safest logistics unit, and those who don't leave will definitely die."

Finally, there was a rustling sound of footsteps.

Sean didn't say anything, just waited quietly.

There were chaotic footsteps, but the pitch-black environment made it difficult to see who had left.

Until the footsteps stopped, the light lit up above Sean's head again, and he came to the front of the crowd again without knowing when.

Then, the light gradually expanded and expanded to the top of everyone's head.

They looked around and found that nearly half of the people around them were missing.

A container was opened, full of weapons.

Sean put his hands behind his back and looked indifferent: "For everyone here, the military gave me a pension of one million lira, priority rights for my family, and I personally provided another three million lira and... a resting place for the soul."

He finally laughed: "Now, everyone pick up their weapons-catch up with the previous group of people and dig open their stomachs."

Everyone felt the hair on their backs explode directly.