Chapter 400: Utter Massacre (1/2)

Walking around with his trident, it looked as if he was taking a simple stroll. But the demon soldiers around him ran around killing anyone that was barely even breathing. The group of chained demons all just stood there in shock at it all.

”Those explosions... Were they caused by those things in the crates?”

”What have we done? How can we face our children knowing what we've just committed?”

”They're dead. They're all dead.”

Some fell to their knees, unable to handle all of what they witnessed. Any semblance of life here was burnt to ash, destroyed by an explosion strong enough to level cities. It was a horrific scene made worse by the screams of dying men.

The demon soldiers reveled in it while Hai Zhu acted as if nothing was wrong. He just scanned the area for any survivors anyone that was still alive. Those that still breathed were met with a swift end by his trident. But the Tide King didn't enjoy this one-sided victory at all, he only looked further into the land, towards where Guardian's Keep was. He wasn't going to leave so quickly, he was going to capitalize on this momentum.

”Finish up here. Then we move further in. I will not be satisfied until we take full control of the lake!”

He shouted, raising his trident high. His men all yelled out in excitement whilst the chained prisoners looked in horror.

”You aren't finished yet? You've won. Everyone here is dead, everything is destroyed. Aren't you satisfied?”

He turned back to them, giving them all a look with his fish-like eyes.

”No, I'm not satisfied. I will continue this until every human learns of this incident. Until my name is like a flash of lightning, I want them to quake when my name is mentioned. Even after I am dead, I will get the recognition I deserve. I am not some lowly demon, I am the Tide King and you are useless to me now.”

Without hesitation, he pierced the demon in front of him and went on to slaughter every one of his prisoners.

”No, please! Don't do this!”

”Run! Everyone run! Back to the waters!”

They tried to escape but with their shackles, they could only struggle to the end. Hai Zhu was quick, killing each one of them with a single strike. None of them could fight back, they were scared and shaken. Their minds were weak and their will was frail. Perhaps they could've overpowered him together but none of them were of a sound mind.

It wasn't long before there was only one left, surrounded by his dead kin. It was the father of those two children, the Varuna clan head, himself.

And tears were running down his face.

”Then... our children? What will become of them?”

He asked weakly, a defeated tone in his voice.

The Tide King looked at him.

”The same fate as you, death. Or perhaps, I shall raise them as my own personal soldiers. What would you think of that?”

The demon replied not even giving the clan head any time to speak before stabbing him in the chest.

”Ah-ugh, yo-you monster. Even in death. I will haunt you for the rest of your life. This recognition you crave, I hope that you will never have it.”

With his dying breath, the clan head fell to the ground as blood flowed from his wounds.

Hai Zhu stood over him, over all of the bodies. He wiped the blood from his trident and turned away, leaving this bloody scene.

The soldiers before him gathered around, eagerly waiting for his next orders. They were grinning from ear to ear, asking to chase.

”Come on then, let's go hunt them down.”

Merely a day passed before Ming Yue's group made it to the site and Shen Varuna hid behind her. Something like this was not for the eyes of a child.