Alexis Teikoku Kouryuuki - Vol. 2 Ch. 6 - Folklore 3

[MangaDex]

 

[BowlOfMisoSoup]

He should've killed them all.

 

[Satans_Cookie_Mallet]

@BowlOfMisoSoup you're missing the point that was being made. The idea was to be seen as a hero, and not a villain. By killing those unwilling to fight, the rumors would be more solidified as a villain rather than a hero.

Now as it is theres a mixture of those who see him as a hero and those who see him as a villain.

 

[talas]

In other lesser mangas, he would kill them all and still be seen as a hero. I really dislike all the glorifying of murderers going around in many popular mangas and I'm glad this is not taking that approach.

 

[Cinnamonalt]

RIP Laurier

 

[Sylveran]

If his plan had been to subjugate, then killing them all would have been more important. But since his goal is to improve his reputation and build a legend, then restricting the carnage to the leaders only is more effective. Those villagers were so outclassed and so close to death, they'll mostly be scared straight. Those that think of sliding back? Well... They know who will come after them.

 

[Fuko]

wait a minute... that was a guy?

 

[RavelGuy]

Looks like a Guts and Griffith characters have been established

 

[kojirokakita]

Well betting those former bandits reappear as a peasant militia when the inevitable Civil War happens

 

[karanga]

this bitch got so pisssed lmao

 

[Doomer]

they didn't deserve to be spared, they were willingly joining a bandit group, during their time in the group even if they didn't do it themselves they helped to rape, murder, torture and enslave innocent people, these people are evil scum and every single one of them deserves to die.

 

[nono177013]

That was quick... From being hated by the people to quickly getting praised as a hero

 

[Santichai]

It's 2 years since he received the nickname Nosferatu by his bastard elder brother idea.
The MC keep hunting bandits until now, it isn't so strange for his reputation to be better.

 

[Kisato]

Tonal issues were a bit better this chapter. Still feels like it can't decide on whether it wants to be a shounen story or a war epic.

 

[Arkos]

Ah yes letting a bunch of men free to live who participated in the murder, rape and pillaging of a village is much honurabu and much respect.
It is not like letting them off for heinous crimes committed sets a bad example for further criminal behavior for them or others who hear of it but also allowing them go free without supervision couldnt lead to the exact rape, pillage and murder like the last chapter. Lets not also talk about the genius play to say "hey live and repent for all sins done" considering what they did and again without supervision. Not like your also spitting on the graves of all the people who died to these misunderstood bandits who also let said villagers get uber raped when they willingly joined said bandit group to take from the rich but are all so eager to attack defenseless villages. Not at all it is just fiiiiinnnneeee.

 

[hokujin]

Laurier didn't deserve to die like that. And the fact some of her rapists and killers got to live because of some "200IQ L33T STR4T3G15T decision" is an insult not only to the character, but the readers as well.

 

[Fussion007]

Wait,, did the MC just let those scum go??
They just rape, plunder and destroy a village!

Author have a hole in his head or what??

That's fckin insult, dammit

 

[Phelix]

Subjugating bandits to gain rep? Sure.

Letting them go to gain rep? Fuck no.

These are, by practice, some of the most motivated men in your entire country. They are willing to become outlaws and engage in violence to make a living...fucking conscript them to your micro army. It is a waste to let them return to just being peasantry when they are so very obvious willing to fight to stake their own claim in this world.

You have internal enemies just as you do external enemies, and they can't simply be beaten by showing the people what a nice guy you are. They are your competition and mean to see you dead no matter what so long as you retain any semblance of power, so you need to gain more power.

Alexis is a luxury, for you, it's fine to dream about retaking it one day. First, however, comes the purging of your traitorous allies. Unless, for some reason, you can magically beat the foreign army on your own-Alexis comes last.

 

[Titanfan548]

Dude is talking like hes gilgamesh but has no balls, he probably hasnt even fought a person equally 1 on 1 since they probably threw the match to make him seem the victor(they also dont want to be charged with injuring royalty), cant wait for Leo to put his bastard of a brother on a Pike

 

[Roadrunner9000]

pseudo strategy... any halfway decent totalwar player is better at tactics than that bandit and can give that strategist babe a run for her money

also dear shitty prince with no prospects (dead eitherway be it when the claude kingdom crumbles or gets revived by the mc) if you didn't want your brother to become a hero why bot use a few braincells and overpower and bully his folklore strategy from the start... its your fault that you didnt do squat for two years

if you realy wanted to screw him just find a few survivors of the bandit raids and have them accuse the mc of letting bandits go aka aiding the bandits instead of executing justice