Chapter 734: Traitors (2/2)

The shameless behavior of the traitors angered the entire Empire.

Crown Prince Arshavin was known for his discipline and strict rules. Also, as a royal, he couldn’t stand betrayal.

Therefore, even before the battle was over, he sent out elite troops and surrounded the residence of the nobles who sent letters to the enemies just in case these people tried to escape.

Now that the battle was finished, Zenit’s God of War was going to deal with them one by one.

The nobles who were accused of treason and got evidence against them were all killed with their families.

In just one hour, 17 noble families were exterminated, and more than 1,000 people were killed in the execution grounds in St. Petersburg. They were decapitated, and their heads were hung as a deterrent for those weak-minded individuals.

Under the rage of the Royal Family of Zenit and the anger of the public, not a single member of these noble families was pardoned. Blood formed rivers, and corpses piled into mountains.

Outside the execution grounds, crowds of citizens stood together and shouted.

“Kill them! Kill these despicable traitors!”

“Hung them! Cut them into many pieces! These damn b*stards! They enjoyed the privileges of nobles, but they betrayed us in the face of danger! They are unforgivable!”

The citizens of Zenit were so angry that they broke through the lines of soldiers who were keeping order and attacked these fallen nobles. While the ordinary citizens and poor people were on the defense walls and fighting with the invaders with their lives at risk, these nobles who had prestigious status and enjoyed wealth, privileges, and honor were doing dirty and shameless things! These people used the word patriotism all the time, but they didn’t practice what they preached.

Nobles were pulled onto the hanging stands one by one, and some of them were directly decapitated.

Further away at one execution ground, there were about 20 to 30 nobles who were tied together by rough ropes; there were males, females, elderly, and children. The few young men who were tied up had good strengths, and they had bloody scars on their bodies, telling others that they fought back before they were arrested. However, their shoulders were penetrated by iron hooks right now, and their warrior energies were locked. Under the lead of elite soldiers of the [Iron Blood Legion], they were escorted to this execution ground.

The crowd in the area suddenly discovered this, and they all got emotional and irritated. Angry and furious expressions appeared on their faces as they shouted, “They are the Royal Family of the Xuelun Kingdom! They deserve to burn in hell! They are finally arrested…”

“Hang them! The gods are on our side! They are the family members of the biggest traitor, [One Sword]. Such a coward appeared in the Xuelun Kingdom! The royal members should have already committed suicide due to the embarrassment! Why are they still alive? They are shameless!”

“This is better; suicide would be too easy on them! Each piece of flesh should be cut off them! [One Sword] betrayed the empire, and his family members probably are bad eggs. They are all b*stards! Kill every single dirty member of the Xuelun Kingdom!”

As if a handful of salt were splashed into hot oil, the people in the crowd started to shout and curse uncontrollably.

[One Sword] was known as the biggest traitor in this war. It was heard that the Ten-Empire United Troops were only able to get into the territories of Zenit this easily because of him. Also, he showed his face when the enemies attacked St. Petersburg. Therefore, he was the person whom all the warriors of Zenit wanted to kill.

Before [One Sword] committed treason, he followed Crown Prince Arshavin to the Spartax Battle Zone and earned a lot of military merits. The Royal Family of Xuelun Empire all came to St. Petersburg to be awarded, and they were waiting for the Royal Family of Zenit to host the ceremony.

However, the tragedy occurred out of nowhere, and [One Sword] became a traitor. Therefore, all the Royals of Xuelun were arrested, turning from nobles to criminals.