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Detling was very careful; he sat with his back to the enemy, his mountain-like body completely obscuring the faint glow of the smoke.
Besides, with the battlefield engulfed in flames, no one would notice this tiny spark.
After exhaling a smoke ring, the farmer couldn't help but ask, "Tell me, what did these beastmen do wrong to be sent here?"
"I'd like to ask what I did wrong to end up here," Payne said, sitting there dejectedly with his hands in his pockets, shaking his head without saying a word.
Detlin took a deep drag of his cigarette, inhaling it completely to the end.
He then forcefully stubbed out his cigarette on the ground and said, almost solemnly, "Sending orcs to the battlefield is the most despicable thing in the world."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two saw several figures carrying stretchers flash past behind the trench, and they realized what they should do now.
Detlin got up and walked toward the source of the groans. After Paine told Lacey to go find the other beast girls, he took two steps forward and came to Troy. Looking at the horse girl lying on her back with the lingering look of fear on her face, and then at the pile of messy internal organs that had fallen out of her belly, he was at a loss for what to do.
He also wanted to tidy up Troy a bit so she wouldn't look so miserable, but looking at the intestines that had protruded more than ten meters long, he was at a loss.
Am I supposed to manually stuff this still-steaming mess back into her belly? ...
A foul stench gradually filled the air, and Payne had no choice but to light a cigarette to mask the smell.
"Why did we name you Troy back then... With intestines this long, you should have been called White Dragon Horse, 'Brother Dragon is a tough guy, ruthless and full of guts'..."
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In this way, Troy was able to make the most of her remaining energy.
Just as Payne was thinking about some wicked things, he heard Lacey call his name. When he turned around, he saw four beast girls standing neatly in front of him.
“I’m fine. Are you all alright too?” he asked.
"Yes, no one is injured..."
Little Horse took the initiative to speak, and then walked eagerly toward Troy, but stopped halfway there.
At this moment, the sky was beginning to lighten, and the wind was crisp and cold. In this bleak hour, Xiao Ma's face grew even more ashen.
“I…I was with Troy at the time…” Little Horse’s voice trembled with tears, “I…I didn’t have time to tackle her to the ground…I’m…I’m so sorry…”
"It's okay, it's not your fault."
Payne sighed, looking at the pony wiping away tears with her bandaged hands, then at the lamb hiding behind Ruby with trembling legs, and said:
"In fact, it's quite surprising that you two greenhorns survived... Generally speaking, for every veteran lost, five to ten new recruits will huddle together for you."
After a moment of silence, he asked again, "So... does anyone know what happened? Why did she suddenly start running around like a madwoman?"
Ruby shook her head. "I don't know. I was looking after the lambs at the time. She was so nervous that she was stiff all over. Dragging her into the trench was no easy task."
Lacey paused, then hesitated, "Could it be from before..."
Payne didn't respond, turning to look at Little Horse. "Do you know anything? Were you... with her back then?"
Little Horse covered his face, still speaking in a slightly tearful voice, "I...I don't know..."
"When the shelling came, I...I immediately jumped into the crater without a second thought, not even noticing where Troy was..."
"When...when I finally noticed her, she had already run past me like a madwoman...I called to her, but she didn't respond...I tried to tackle her, but she was just too fast, I...I couldn't catch her...I'm...I'm sorry..."
"Okay, okay, it's alright, it's not your fault."
While comforting her, Payne was making wild guesses in his mind.
Troy was probably really crazy.
She had witnessed too many deaths of her kind, so when a shrapnel ripped through her abdomen, her internal organs and blood spilled out in disarray, and the intense pain burned through her brain, she died in that instant. What followed was nothing more than the body's unwilling spasms.
If she still had a chance to say a few words to me, what would she say? ... "Save me?" or "Kill me now?"...
Payne had no idea, nor did he want to guess.
He simply rubbed his face with his mud-covered hands, pointed at Troy's corpse, and said, "We...we need to deal with her..."
Ruby scoffed, "What's the point of dealing with this?"
Amidst the bewildered looks of the group, she walked past Payne and casually drew the dagger from his waist, saying, "Lend it to me."
Payne watched blankly as she squatted in front of Troy, extended her dagger and severed his intestines as if cutting an ordinary sausage, then threw them directly into the fire beside him.
Then she cut off Troy's tattered uniform, wiped the blood off her face, and covered her stomach with it. "Didn't you just want her to look presentable? Isn't this it?"
Payne's lips twitched as he turned to look at the lamb who had almost fainted from fright. "Wasn't that... a bit rough?"
Ruby grinned. "Me, rough? What if she gets thrown into a mass grave like a sack of potatoes? No matter who dies, they're just a piece of flesh. Why care about that?"
Payne was speechless, only watching as she stuck the dagger into the ground and stretched out a pair of small, dirty hands stained with Trojan blood. "Alright, stop standing there and hurry up and get the kettle so I can rinse myself."
……
The losses were far lower than expected: including Troy, the entire B Company suffered only six dead and ten wounded.
This was just a brief barrage of fire.
The sky had fully brightened, and in the dim light, the soldiers silently lined up in a single file and retreated along the path they had come from.
An hour later, they saw the truck and climbed on one by one. The medics frantically carried the wounded, groaning and sobbing, as they were lifted onto the truck.
As soon as he got in the car, Payne saw the blond guy who had been so high-spirited yesterday. Now, his face was covered in blood, his eyes were glazed, and his hands were fidgeting, fiddling with his gun and scratching his face.
The carriage seemed a bit more spacious than when they arrived, because not only could they now sit on the floor, but even someone as petite as Ruby could curl up into a ball and lie down to sleep.
Of course, the big tail is kept in his own arms and won't be given to Payne for free.
However, Payne doesn't care too much about this now, because ever since Ruby showed her ruthless methods, the little sheep has chosen him as a safe haven.
Although the shy lamb didn't quite manage to hug his arm, she pressed herself tightly against his body, transmitting her trembling to him without reservation.
Payne wanted to pat the lamb's head to comfort her since she had started vibrating, but instead, the vibrations only intensified...
Payne looked at the other three beast girls. Ruby hid her gloomy expression with her big tail, Pony stared blankly at her bandaged hand with her head down, and Lacey also had droopy ears, looking very sad.
After a moment of absentminded thought, Payne suddenly said, "I've already decided, Little Sheep and Little Pony, your new names."
When the four beast girls looked at him with somewhat confused expressions, he announced in an almost solemn tone:
"Little Lamb, from now on you will be called Xiao En."
"Little Ma...you will inherit Troy, and from now on you will be called Troy."
Chapter 18 XVIII. Master, what kind of work do you do?
Payne and his men were reassigned to another front.
When they heard that their encampment was near a small village, some distance from the front lines, the group cheered slightly.
As long as I can get a good night's sleep and have a hot meal, there's nothing to worry about.
Therefore, even after arriving at the base and discovering that they had an additional task of digging trenches, the group did not complain much.
As Lessie was wielding a shovel like a seasoned civil engineer, bringing the soil from the ground to the surface to dry in the sun, she saw several unfamiliar German soldiers approaching from afar. They appeared to be troops already stationed there.
Perhaps he was worried about these new beast girls, so he came to check on them?
The thought made Lacey a little nervous. She quickly turned to call Payne, "Master, Master, two people are coming over there... um?"
At this moment, Payne was not working. Instead, he was holding a shovel in one hand and stroking his chin with the other, staring thoughtfully at the little sheep Shawn's butt.
Xiao En was very thin, except for her buttocks, which had a slight curve. As she dug, one could even observe a slight jiggling motion, like jelly.
It looks and feels great to the touch.
Thinking that her master's attention seemed to be entirely focused on Xiao En these past two days, Lacey even forgot about the soldiers and took two steps forward to Paine's side.
"What are you looking at?"
Payne remained completely calm and whispered, "I'm wondering how her tail feels."
Following his gaze, Lacey could clearly see that Shawn's tail was making his pants bulge a little.
Lacey's tail twitched involuntarily, slapping against Payne's leg intermittently.
Payne immediately reached out and grabbed Lacey's dog-tail-like tail.
Lacey shivered and slapped his hand away. "You're so annoying."
"None of them like me touching their tails..."
Payne muttered a couple of things under his breath, then stepped forward and grabbed Xiao En's protruding tail with his groping hand.
"Meow!"
After a signature bleat, Shawn the sheep stood still, mechanically turned his head, and looked at Payne with a pair of big, watery eyes that were both confused and aggrieved.
Payne had no idea what he was doing and bluntly asked, "Aren't you feeling stifled?"
Xiao En's big eyes rolled innocently as she continued to look at him with a puzzled and aggrieved expression.
Seeing that Payne not only showed no sign of letting go, but even squeezed it as if to check its feel, Lacey finally couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to grab his arm. "Okay, okay, let me ask."
"Xiao En, do you want me to modify your pants so that your tail sticks out like mine?"
As she spoke, Lacey turned to the side and wagged her tail happily at the lamb.
Xiao En covered her tail and took two steps to the side, her eyes darting around, "No...no need..."
"Why? Aren't you feeling uncomfortable holding it in?"
"It's...it's alright...my tail isn't long..."
"But what I see in yours is... a... big dumpling?"