Part 614: Robin B

Lah-di-da, do-di-doh, ~ fee-fi-fo-fum, bom bom bom... ~

Henry, what are you drawing in the soil? A magic sigil? Do you mind me asking what it's for? I must say it looks rather sinister...

Aw, Robin, you worry too much. It isn't sinister at all! Not one bit! I'm just going to use it to summon an army of Risen.

Wh-what?!

If I get it to work, we can have them all fight on out behalf! Then we can sip tea for the rest of the war and collect the accolades once it's over.

Well I understand the idea in theory. It could reduce casualties on our side... But there is one slight problem. Have you given any thought to how you'll control these soulless warriors?

Oh, they can't be controlled. You just let them loose to attack anything that moves. But we'll be safe so long as I draw the sigils far enough away from camp.

WE might be safe, but won't they turn on local villages, wreaking death and mayhem?

Yeah, probably. Would be surprising if they didn't, actually. Still, we'd win the battle.

Unacceptable. We cannot sacrifice innocent lives for the sake of victory.

See, now you're just not thinking logically. We've killed countless people in this war - what's a few more souls on the ledger?

Those deaths were necessary. We had to kill our foes or be killed ourselves. But killing the enemy isn't the same as sacrificing innocents for victory.

Seems like an arbitrary line to me... But all right. You're the tactician! No more unholy summoning sigils.

Good.