Shedding Weight
Alexander's generous time limit caused a booming cheer to erupt from the soldiers as they rapidly dispersed like ants on a hot pan, eager to wreak unimaginable havoc on the ancient beautiful city and its inhabitants.
As the file of soldiers in front of the temple rapidly thinned out, there was a small contingent requested to stay behind by Alexander.
And if one were to look closely the soldiers there were from Alexander's original group, plus Melodias's.
Alexander shouted, "Men, I am sure you want to know why I stopped you from having fun, instead forcing you to guard the inner gate and the temple gifts."
"Ahem," Alexander cleared the phlegm in his throat and resumed, "That is because this a different kind of mercenary from Nestoras's or Aristotle's. A kind of mercenary where there will be no looting or killing of innocents and certainly no rape."