Remus breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the crowd disperse on their own, almost ecstatic that the whole incident was resolved without requiring the spillage of blood.
If the crowd had really attacked, although he was fully confident in being able to fend them off, Remus could not guarantee all his own men would come unscathed.
Not to mention what kind of horrendous casualties that would cause among the civilians and the subsequent political backlash from it all.
Remus might not be very well versed in such tedious intricacies, but anyone with half a brain could see the consequences of a foreign army slaughtering the natives of a city in their very land.
Such a thing could never be good.
Hence, Remus let out a swallowed sigh seeing the crowd slowly but surely retreat, as the legionaries kept banging their sword on their shields to encourage the act.
