Thanks to the Bellemonte captives, they shaved off a good number of mercenaries. It helped the residents move away from Gigante, and the only thing left to do was clean up.
As the residents took the trucks the mercenaries had used, they quickly drove away, following Lola’s instructions to leave Gigante without looking back. They drove themselves to the location they were told, and from then on, they were instructed to burn the vehicles and move on foot.
Lucky for all of them, many had once worked in the mines. In other words, they could use the underground tunnels to move a large group to District Five without attracting too much attention.
As that was happening, those who stayed behind in Gigante continued to move. A few residents, with the help of the boss and the lackey, as well as the Bellemonte captives, gathered the conscious mercenaries.
Lola watched as one of the residents tied them up.
"You fuckers!" the man in charge of the mercenaries—who was lucky to still be alive despite Lola running him over—barked. But raising his voice earned him a stabbing pain in his stomach, making him hiss and cough up blood.
Yet despite the blood he spat out, he ground his bloody teeth and glared at them. "You’re going to regret this!" He laughed. "You are going to be so dead!"
The resident, tightening the final knots of the ropes, glared at him.
"Shut up, or I’m going to kick you," the resident warned. "Do you think you’re still in control here?"
The mercenary glared back. "You fucking dog..." he hissed, enraging the resident.
"Let him be," Lola intercepted, raising a hand to stop the folk from assaulting the man in charge. She let out a shallow breath, eyes falling on him.
Slowly, she approached the man, whose ropes were tied alongside the others. After all, she had told everyone to tie up the ones still alive and gather them in the square.
Lola squatted a few meters away, studying the burning glare in the man’s eyes.
"You whore," the man in charge spat under his breath. "You’re going to be so fucking dead. Do you think you’re getting away with this? You will not, you fucking bitch. They’re going to fucking kill you, and if I get out of here, I’m going to fuck your brains out."
Hearing all those vulgar words spill from his mouth made the corners of her lips curl into a smirk.
"What makes you think you’re getting out of here alive?" she returned, tilting her head to the side. "Hey, don’t think staying alive after getting run over means heaven’s siding with you."
She leaned forward, drawing out her next words. "It’s karma."
The man’s fury swelled, his breathing growing heavy. He stared at Lola with nothing but rage, shoulders straining against his restraints.
"You bitch..." he hissed through gritted teeth, his anger numbing the injuries he’d sustained when Lola hit him with her truck.
Lola shrugged nonchalantly and pushed herself to her feet. She gazed down at them, then glanced at one of the residents.
"Do it," she said.
At her order, the residents picked up gasoline containers and poured them over the men.
They didn’t hesitate. They didn’t think twice.
Gasoline was poured over the mercenaries like water, uncaring of their curses. One of them lingered, deliberately dousing the man in charge while staring at him coldly.
At the same time, others were doing the same—pouring gasoline across the entire town of Gigante. A place where many had lived most of their lives. A place that, despite the struggle, held warm memories of the past.
But the bad memories outweighed the good.
Once the men in the square finished pouring the flammable liquid—earning grunts and curses—a truck pulled up behind Lola.
"Goddess!" one of the Bellemonte men shouted, having already gathered the residents who stayed behind and spread gasoline throughout the town.

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