# WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #17: Chapter 16 ## Series - title: Atonement, For Your Cruelty - slug: atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Chapter - number: 17 - chapter_key: 17-ydqnda - title: Chapter 16 - release_date: 2026-11-09 ### Summary Chapter 16 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty depicts the raid on the mercenary base where Oscar von ReichenHart's men are being tortured. When the base leader gets no results from the interrogation, Oscar storms in unarmed with his men and carries out a massacre, learns that the order to hunt spies came from the palace, and then reviews Abel's report. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Mercenaries torture captives but fail to learn numbers or locations of Oscar Von ReichenHart's men. - Oscar asks about phrase the one who sees the world with eyes closed to identify palace suspect. - Translated identity and Abel's 5-day report reviewed, covering market trip, spending, marriage plans. - Oscar interrogates surviving leader, learns spy hunt order came from King of Luxen and royal palace. - Mercenaries discuss money beating status and aiming to become like Beta Union. - After raid leader is killed, documents taken, survivors tied up to look like the dead. - Oscar Von ReichenHart raids the mercenary base unarmed and massacres the mercenaries one-sidedly. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Chapter 16 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty depicts the raid on the mercenary base where Oscar von ReichenHart's men are being tortured. ### Spoiler summary Chapter 16 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty depicts the raid on the mercenary base where Oscar von ReichenHart's men are being tortured. When the base leader gets no results from the interrogation, Oscar storms in unarmed with his men and carries out a massacre, learns that the order to hunt spies came from the palace, and then reviews Abel's report. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 101 ### Content YOU KNOW HOW IT IS THESE DAYS, RIGHT? MONEY TRUMPS STATUS. IT'S BETTER TO BE A RICH COMMONER THAN SOME POOR NOBLE, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. WE SHOULD BE AIMING TO BECOME SOMETHING LIKE THE "BETA CORPS." IT'S TIME TO DITCH THAT VULGAR "MERCENARY" TITLE... ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE TAKING ON JOBS DIRECTLY FROM THE KING. SO LET'S TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE HYGIENIC WITH OUR TORTURE METHODS, EH? WHAT IS THIS DISGUSTING MESS, HUH? IT REEKS OF ROT IN HERE! MY APOLOGIES! SO? DID YOU FIND ANYTHING OUT? LIKE HOW MANY MORE OF THESE BASTARDS ARE UNDER OSCAR VON REICHENHART AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. NO, SIR. WE TRIED EVERYTHING, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BREAK. YOU BEAT THEM TO A PULP AND GOT NOTHING?! HAA... DAMMIT. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CHAIRMAN HOW HE WANTS TO PROCEED. YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. YES, SIR! BOTH OF THEM ARE HALF-DEAD, SO WE CAN'T TORTURE THEM ANY FURTHER. AND THIS WAS AN ORDER FROM THE KING OF LUXEN, NO LESS. WE'RE SCREWED. THE CHAIRMAN IS GOING TO CHEW ME OUT FOR THIS. SIR. HUH? WHY ISN'T HE RESPONDING? SIR— WHAT THE—?! AAARGH!!!! AAGH!!!! WHAT THE... WHAT'S GOING ON UPSTAIRS? AN ATTACK? IS IT A BRAWL? NO, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A FIGHT. IT'S MORE LIKE A SLAUGHTER. DAMN IT... OSCAR VON REICHENHART. YOU... Y-YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE, WALTZING IN HERE! Y-YOU- YOU BASTARDS! W-WHAT ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE FOR?! KILL HIM! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. WE'RE NO MATCH FOR THEM. AND THEY CAME HERE UNARMED! HOW CAN WE BE GETTING THRASHED LIKE THIS? AND SO BRUTALLY. AAAAAARGH!! OOF— UGH... UGH... P-PLEASE... P-PLEASE, HAVE MERCY. IF YOU WANT TO WALK OUT OF HERE ALIVE, THINK CAREFULLY. WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF ROOTING OUT THE SPIES? W-WE DIDN'T FIND THEM INTERNALLY... THE KING! THE ORDER CAME FROM THE ROYAL PALACE! I KNOW THE KING WAS INVOLVED. BUT WHO IN THE PALACE? HUH...? "THE ONE WHO SEES THE WORLD WITH THEIR EYES CLOSED." SOUND FAMILIAR? RIGHT. NO NEED TO DWELL ON AN ANSWER I ALREADY KNOW. BY THE TIME THE SEARCH PARTY ARRIVED, THE LEADER WAS ALREADY DEAD. ANYTHING USEFUL? IT SEEMS THEY TOOK ALL THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY KILLED HIM. ANY SURVIVORS ON OUR SIDE? THEY WERE ALREADY BEYOND SAVING. TIE UP THE REST AND LOCK THEM AWAY. MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THE OTHERS. GO ON. THE REPORT? RIGHT. IT'S THE TRANSLATED ID AND ABEL'S REPORT. IT'S BEEN 5 DAYS ALREADY, HASN'T IT? 5 DAYS. THINGS SHOULD HAVE PROGRESSED QUITE A BIT BY NOW, SO I IMAGINE HE'S WRITTEN A LENGTHY REPORT. MARRIAGE PLANS, A LATE-NIGHT ENCOUNTER, HOW HE WON HER OVER... A TRIP TO THE MARKET. SAUSAGES. CANDY, COFFEE... PANCAKES. 5,200 KERTE? IS THAT ALL HE SPENT? IT APPEARS ABEL IS STRUGGLING. INDEED. AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE WAY HIS SENTENCES ARE SO CLIPPED, AND HOW HARD HE PRESSED THE PEN. HEH HEH. HEHEH. GOOD GRIEF. I DON'T BOTHER DWELLING ON THINGS I ALREADY KNOW. BUT THIS... THIS IS BOTH FAMILIAR AND NEW. I THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE, BUT THIS... IS TRULY ABSURD. HOW STRANGE. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #17: Chapter 16](/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-17-ydqnda) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.