The Biography of Albrecht - Chapter 46 Translator: Nezu *** Sigmund was an excellent commander and an experienced bandit. The soldiers who had won the battle had become hard to control. They began to scatter as they started to pick up the spoils of war. To plunder King Leopold’s garrison, some men made a detour in advance, blocking off the retreat of the people inside, surrounding them and raiding. The world was filled with the most miserable sounds humans could make: mad laughter of soldiers, cries of babies, screams of women, and voices of men begging for help and mercy. Those who fled the garrison to the forest became the prey of the knights. Instead of trampling over them with their horses, they threw ropes and dragged their bodies back like animals. In this world, plundering was the right of soldiers and their way of gaining wealth. It was also this world’s most terrible aspect, the most cruel self-portrait of humankind. Albrecht silently watched them as they claimed their ri...