# WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #13: Chapter 12 ## Series - title: Atonement, For Your Cruelty - slug: atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Chapter - number: 13 - chapter_key: 13-rdw5ty - title: Chapter 12 - release_date: 2026-11-09 ### Summary Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 12 depicts tension on two fronts: a commander issuing orders after losses, and Oscar von Reichenart approaching the capital. The search team finds the bodies of fallen members and learns that the leaders were captured alive but their whereabouts are unknown; the rescue mission is abandoned, all intelligence from Team 3-2 is disregarded, and the leader of the Beta Mercenary Corps is ordered killed within 5 days. Meanwhile, as the train nears Viesse, the previous Marquis's statue in the square and the palace come into view, while the king, enraged by the Reichenheart praise in the newspapers, scolds Count Jerome and swears to kill Oscar and seize the steel company. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - King learns Marquis met King of Felpe and returns by train with mysterious strange young woman. - Wolf leader orders Beta Mercenary Corps leader's head brought within 5 days to cut off scheming hands. - Travelers by carriage discuss square statue depicts previous Marquis, father of His Lordship. - King of Luxen rages at Count Jerome over failed assassination of Reichenheart with no men returning alive. - King demands Oscar's death to seize steel company and orders captured Wolves tortured for information. - Wolf leader orders Team 3-2 intelligence disregarded and halts search for two captives, treating mission as body recovery. - King reflects leaving lone wolf cub to grow was fatal mistake shaking throne power, lacking news from Felpe Bank. - Wolf leader learns fallen members' bodies were found and two leaders were captured alive with unknown whereabouts. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 12 depicts tension on two fronts: a commander issuing orders after losses, and Oscar von Reichenart approaching the capital. ### Spoiler summary Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 12 depicts tension on two fronts: a commander issuing orders after losses, and Oscar von Reichenart approaching the capital. The search team finds the bodies of fallen members and learns that the leaders were captured alive but their whereabouts are unknown; the rescue mission is abandoned, all intelligence from Team 3-2 is disregarded, and the leader of the Beta Mercenary Corps is ordered killed within 5 days. Meanwhile, as the train nears Viesse, the previous Marquis's statue in the square and the palace come into view, while the king, enraged by the Reichenheart praise in the newspapers, scolds Count Jerome and swears to kill Oscar and seize the steel company. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 109 ### Content SO, THEY WERE ALL CAUGHT? YES, MY LORD. THE SEARCH PARTY RECOVERED THE BODIES OF OUR FALLEN TEAM MEMBERS. WE BELIEVE THE LEADERS WERE CAPTURED ALIVE, BUT THEIR LOCATION IS STILL UNKNOWN. AND THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL? WE'RE NOW OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S A BODY RECOVERY MISSION. EVERY SINGLE MEMBER WE SENT IN WAS DISCOVERED LIKE THAT. NOT JUST A FEW. IT MEANS I'M JUST A PAWN, DANCING ON A BOARD SOME BASTARD SET UP FOR ME. WHAT ARE YOUR ORDERS? DISCARD ALL INTELLIGENCE THAT CAME FROM TEAM 3-2. AND CALL OFF THE SEARCH FOR THE TWO CAPTIVES. EVEN IF THEY'RE STARING DEATH IN THE FACE, THE WOLVES ONLY EXIST TO CARRY OUT THEIR ORDERS. SEARCHING FOR THEM NOW WOULD BE POINTLESS. TEARING UP A WOLF TO FEED TO THE HUNTING DOGS, EH? IF I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE KING IS PLOTTING EVEN AFTER TEARING THEM TO SHREDS LIKE THAT... I'LL JUST HAVE TO CUT OFF THE HANDS HE'S USING TO PLOT WITH. 5 DAYS. BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE BETA MERCENARY CORPS' LEADER WITHIN 5 DAYS. SINCE THAT HAND HAS ALREADY BEEN DIPPED IN FILTH, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO REATTACH IT. YES, MY LORD! THIS IS VIESSE, THE CAPITAL OF LUXEN. WE SHOULD ARRIVE IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. SORRY FOR THE HASSLE OF HAVING TO SWITCH TO A CARRIAGE. NO, NOT AT ALL. OH, THAT'S A RELIEF. WHAT A MAGNIFICENT PLAZA. IS THAT THE KING OF THIS COUNTRY? OR... A GREAT HERO? THE STATUE IN THE CENTER IS OF THE PREVIOUS MARQUIS. THE PREVIOUS ONE...? YES, HIS LORDSHIP'S FATHER. THEY DO LOOK ALIKE, DON'T THEY? ESPECIALLY THAT DARK, INTENSE GAZE. SO IS THAT BUILDING IN THE BACK IS THE REICHENHART ESTATE? NO. THAT'S THE ROYAL PALACE. THE ROYAL PALACE OF LUXEN STANDS JUST BEYOND THAT GATE, AS IF TO PROVE THAT REICHENHART IS THE HERO WHO SAVED THE NATION. YOUR MAJESTY. COUNT JEROME. HAVE YOU SEEN TODAY'S PAPER? "REICHENHART STEEL, THE PILLAR OF LUXEN." ALL OF LUXEN'S MAJOR PAPERS TALK OF NOTHING BUT REICHENHART, SINGING HIS PRAISES ENDLESSLY. AT THIS RATE, WE MIGHT AS WELL RENAME THE COUNTRY REICHENHART! EXPLAIN THIS TO ME RIGHT NOW!!! I APOLOGIZE. I HAVE NO EXCUSE. YOU SWORE UP AND DOWN THAT YOU COULD KILL HIM THIS TIME. BUT FAR FROM KILLING HIM, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOUR MEN CAME BACK ALIVE!! AH, OR COULD IT BE...? ARE YOU THINKING OF THE MARCHIONESS? THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT? HE IS HER SON, AFTER ALL, AND YOU ALWAYS KEEP THESE THINGS FROM THE MARCHIONESS, DON'T YOU? YOUR MAJESTY. THIS CANNOT BE LET TO HAPPEN AGIAN! IF I'M EVER GOING TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT STEEL COMPANY, THAT BASTARD NEEDS TO DIE, AND SOON!! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TWO WOLVES YOU CAPTURED? HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING OUT OF THEM? AS I'VE SAID, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY. THEY WILL NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT THEIR MASTER, EVEN IF YOU CUT OFF ALL THEIR LIMBS. THEN GOUGE OUT THEIR EYES. IF THEY WON'T TALK AFTER YOU'VE CUT OFF THEIR LIMBS, DON'T JUST CUT THEM — THROW THEM IN BOILING OIL. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, SKIN THEM ALIVE. TORTURING THEM IS POINTLESS. IT WILL ONLY PROVOKE OSCAR. HOWEVER, APPEASING THE KING'S ANGER COMES FIRST. AS YOU WISH, YOUR MAJESTY. MY FATHER, THE LATE KING, ALWAYS USED TO SAY... NEVER LET A LONE WOLF CUB GROW TO MATURITY. AND YET, I SIMPLY LET HIM BE. HIS FAMILY WAS RUINED, AND HIS OWN MOTHER HAD ABANDONED HIM, SO I THOUGHT HE WOULD JUST FADE AWAY ON HIS OWN. BUT THAT WAS A FATAL MISTAKE. I NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE MIGHT ONE DAY SEIZE POWER. THE POWER OF THE THRONE IS CRUMBLING... NOW THAT IT'S COME TO THIS, I MUST MAKE THAT STEEL COMPANY MY OWN. TO REVERSE THIS MISTAKE, I MUST KILL REICHENHART. AND YET, LOOK AT THE PATHETIC STATE OF THINGS. THE ASSASSINATION FAILED, THERE'S STILL NO WORD FROM THE FELPE BANK, AND I TRIED TO GET INFORMATION BY APPROACHING GRAND DUKE BADEN. BUT EVEN AS ROYALTY, A MAGGOT IS STILL JUST A MAGGOT. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON AT THE FELPE BANK? Suzaku Budo Wine HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY KNOW NOTHING AT ALL? SPEAKING OF WHICH... I BELIEVE THE MARQUIS MET WITH THE KING OF FELPE. IT APPEARS GRAND DUKE BADEN WILL SOON BE DISMISSED FROM HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT. USELESS FOOL! SO, WHERE IS THE MARQUIS NOW? IS HE STILL IN FELPE? NO. HIS TRAIN IS REPORTEDLY ON ITS WAY TO THE CAPITAL. HOWEVER... HE'S SAID TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG WOMAN. SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT A MAID, AND SOMETHING ABOUT HER IS REPORTEDLY... STRANGE. A WOMAN? THE OSCAR VON REICHENHART IS BRINGING A WOMAN WITH HIM? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #13: Chapter 12](/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-13-rdw5ty) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.