Chapter 398: A Series of Executions (2/2)

“Execute!”

Chop!

“The Lesi Family committed the following crimes. First……”

“Execute!”

Chop!

Chop!

Chop!

In less than 20 minutes, the leaders of the seven noble families who disobeyed Fei’s order all got executed. Although they were powerful and influential before, they were no different to dead animals in a forest. The seven corpses lied on the defense wall, and their blood stained the ground below them. The blood flowed between the stone tiles, and the smell of blood was everywhere.

“Hang their heads on top of the west gate. Anyone who dares to disobey military orders shall get the same treatment!”

Fei gave another order, and the soldiers around him picked up the seven heads and put them into a small rusty metal cage. This cage was hung on top of the west gate of the city, and blood dripped down to the ground from time to time; this was a warning to all soldiers and nobles about the consequences of disobeying orders.

“Pierce and Drogba, you guys lead 500 soldiers and confiscate the properties of these seven noble families; they shall be used as the fund for the military. Also, make sure that the Military Judge would finish counting all the military merits for each soldier and compile the list of the brave soldiers who died in the war so far. They shall be rewarded according to the structure I just mentioned!”

“As you wish, Your Majesty!” Pierce and Drogba replied and left the defense wall.

“Move their corpses and give them back to their families,” Fei said as he looked at the seven corpses on the ground and frowned. He waved his hand, and soldiers walked up and moved the bodies away.

After all that was done, Fei stood up from his chair and walked over to Soroyov and the nobles who were shivering in fear.

A series of merciless executions had already terrified these nobles.

It was way too surprising to see people they were familiar get executed, and it was way too shocking to look at these people’s heads that were being hung on the city’s gate as warning signs. Five nobles already fainted due to the trauma, and other nobles including Mayor Soroyov sweated a whole lot and didn’t dare to move; it felt like their knees were already cracked from kneeling down too long.

They all knew that the king of Chambord was trying to establish his dominance.

By using the heads of these arrogant and guilty nobles, he was able to build an absolute dominating image in the shortest time.

With their heads lowered, the nobles could only listen to the footstep of Fei. When Fei’s boots that were stained by blood appeared in their vision, their heads turned blank; as if the sickle of the Grim Reaper was placed on their necks, they were so nervous that they forgot to breathe.

This was a critical moment.

Their lives were under the control of King Alexander.

“You guys……” the devil-like voice sounded, and the hearts of the nobles started to race. As they licked their dry lips, that voice continued to speak, “Your crimes are all recorded in those scrolls. If I follow the law of Zenit, none of you could escape the execution.”

Puff!

One of the nobles was so scared by what Fei said that he lost control of his lower body; he defecated all over himself, and it smelled disgusting.

“However, since you guys obeyed my order this time and helped with the defense, I will give you guys an opportunity. If you guys could earn enough military merits in battles, I will pardon you guys from the death penalty. If some of you earned a lot of military merits, they could cancel out all the crimes that you committed; I will treat it as if nothing had happened,” Fei said.

“Ah? Really?

“Thank god! Thank you, King Alexander!”

“Really? We don’t need to die?”

After hearing this, the nobles were stoked. As if they escaped from the hug of the Grim Reaper, they quickly praised Fei for his generosity and justice.

Some of the nobles were so excited that they cried, and even Soroyov shouted, “Thank you, King Alexander, for your generosity.”

At this moment, a strange smiled appeared on Fei’s face. He recalled a famous phrase that a novel commenter liked to use and said it out loud, “You can be pardoned from the death penalty, but you can’t escape from punishments.”