After shooting down the eagle, No.16 returned to No.2.
"The sky has been cleared, I also transferred your order, 2 of the survivors are running now. Waiting for your next order."
No.2 nodded his head and raised his hand. Another weapon then slowly appeared from the void. A weapon that all Soviets are familiar with.
"AK series rifle, the Soviets army weapons, even the Valarian are amazed by how this weapons was built. Moreover, this is just a regular weapon that is equipped for all soldiers. It will be interested when one of the survivors is shot and killed by this rifle when they are running towards the Karak Army. I wonder what will people think about it when hundreds of men seeing their citizens were killed by a Soviet weapon."
No. 16 think for a moment.
"I believe this would make people feel mad about it. But didn't the Soviets launch their nuke and detonate it above the Ashenveil Lake a year before? I don't see how the Karaks are aggressive to the Soviets."
"Well this time it just works differently, someone working and cooperating with the Soviets is then killed with the Soviets-made weapon in the end, I hope this will somehow deter those who are still cooperating with the Soviets."
No.16 nodded his head to show understanding, grabbed the Ak and left.
A little girl was running toward the checkpoint set by the Karak army with her mother. Both of their faces showed fear after surviving the massacre towards their family.
"Stop! Identify yourself."
Soldiers from the checkpoint also spotted them.
"Please help us, someone is killing our family, please send someone to help."
Soldiers looked at their captain, Captain nodded his head.
"Alright please walk her slowly, raise your hand, we will help you."
They listened to the instructions and did what the soldier said.
"Bang!" The gunshot.
A blood streak on the little girl's head, and slowly fell.
"Ahhhhh!" Her mother screamed.
"Go! Go! Go! The killer is nearby, request for reinforcement." Captain immediately issued the order.
However, their pursuit was doomed to fail.
The killing continues throughout the night, according to Ellowen's list, there are 10 lords and businessmen to be purged. They are unlucky, Ellowen came out of this list by checking who still stays in the city.
Until daytime, these 20 men's head was laid on the city gate, showing everyone their death. Thousands of body, their family, maids, and close workers were also been killed, and thrown into the river, their blood made the river turn red.
"Ha Ha Ha! Such a great job, but what happened to the gunshot?" In the palace, Aric was cheering for this fast and efficient purge.
"It was a sudden change of the plan, No.2 from UmbraVine thinks that this might be a good way to shift the blame to the Soviets and deter people who try to work with the USSR."
"Doesn't seem like a good plan, perhaps we should start thinking about the USSR reaction after they know it."
"No need to worry, my lord. The gunshot will only linger in folk rumours, officially, we will declare that this massacre was carried out by the undead as revenge for the Soviets' strike and assault on their land. We have additional evidence, the Umbravine also shot down a mind-control eagle. They believe it was the Soviets, but since they were using undead mind control, we can simply state that this is proof the massacre was perpetrated by the undead."
"Seems logical to me, the undead can't defeat the Soviets on the battlefield and also their rear, only able to vent their anger on those who cooperate with the Soviets. Alright, so our next step is going to be the Social Reform? At least prevent a potential communist uprising."
"Indeed, my lord. Perhaps we should meet King Brutus as you said before, the Valeria has better social structures than us."
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Moscow,
"There was a purge that happened in Karakum last night, according to the latest news, there are 10 lords and businessmen were killed, all were pro-Soviet. The officials claim that it was done by the undead, but we remain suspicious. Before the eagle was shot down, the image we see is a bunch of people using dark magic that is similar to the undead, but also some slight difference. Further verification will be needed."
Chernov, Nikolai Tikhonov new 'adjutant' is reporting the latest news to him. In tradition, a KGB chairman does not have an adjutant, only a secretary, but tradition can be broken, rumours are stating that the high management was paying a lot of attention to Chernov and hoped to train him for a higher position. Thus, Chernov now has the right to check most of the intel.
Some even said that perhaps the Politburo would issue a special decree authorizing Chernov's expanded access and command due to his "dual embodiment of magical and national essence."
"A bunch of people using dark magic that is similar to the undead, so I assume that this is from the Thalor kingdom. So according to your analysis, what are they trying to do? Provoking us? Ready to start a war with us?"
"Probably no, more like a purge in the kingdom. We expect there will be further action in the Karak. Of course, they secretly put the blame on us. Folk rumours are stating that there was a gunshot during the massacre. A little girl has been shot and killed in front of hundreds of soldiers and her mother. Plus most of the magic we are using now is actually the undead magic, so all the evidence is pointing toward us."
Tikhonov has some moments of thinking.
"Perhaps we should let one of our generals return, the situation in Karak might not be stable. I will report this to the General Secretary, we will see by then. You might need to check on the general that return to ensure there is no any potential magic could harm him."