Dollet.

Admittedly, Asa had never been there before. It was supposedly a rather quaint little town, with warm sandy beaches and various high class establishments to cater for tourists. The people were known to be rather friendly, and considering it was the final remnant of the Holy Dollet Empire, there wasn't very much to note at all.

Now however...Dollet looked entirely the opposite of what Asa envisioned.

"I've never seen so many dead people...." One of her squad members spoke up with a noticeable tremor in his voice, his eyes glassy as he stepped over a dead corpse in a Dollet uniform. "Th-There's...so many..."

"Fett." Ace's voice was low and stern, an authoritative tone that she had developed over the years. "This is a battlefield. What did you expect, a marching band?"

"N-No, sir," Soldier Fett's voice sank into a quiet murmur, his face ghastly pale underneath his helmet. "I just...I thought I was ready but..."

"But what? The army wasn't what you expected?" Ace cut him short. "Let me make this straight to you all. This is not the place for self-doubt, or for pity on your enemies. Because the minute you start using your head more than your weapon-"

Ace stopped in her tracks and held out a hand for the rest of her squad to stop as well, listening acutely to the wind whilst soldiers looked at her in bafflement. "Uhh, sir, what-?"

Fire suddenly brewed in her palm before she launched it above them with a fierce swing, a scream following shortly as a soldier plummeted down from the cliff, their bones cracking as they fell until they crumpled in a heap before their feet. Singed flesh pierced their nostrils immediately afterwards, causing several of the soldier to grimace whilst Private Fett looked like he was about to retch.

"-You lose your head." Ace finished, her expression grim as she picked up the sniper rifle the Dollet soldier was carrying. "Let's move on. We have an objective to complete." With that, she led her squad onwards, each of the soldiers sparing a conflicted glance at the dead soldier before following suit.