You must die
"So, in this plan you guys will bait the goblins to the trap and then the soldiers and I will take care of the rest. Any questions?"
There was a pin-drop silence after he finished explaining the plan. Their faces turned even uglier but they help their anger back.
Esdras didn't beat around the bush, he directly told them that they were bait. He wanted to see if they could still hold back after knowing the rest of the plan.
Esdras took the three of them to the place where the action will take place. A trap prepared by their own hands. It was a half circle made of huge stones under a small hill.
The center of the half circle was the only opening and exit. This was not a natural formation of course, it was the busywork they did last week.
Or what they thought of as busywork, it was not. It was intentional preparation by Esdras. Though he did enjoy seeing them suffer and whine about it.