Chapter 275 - The Hooded Ones (1/2)

”F-Fith sister...”

His throat was so dry that just saying her name felt like swallowing blades.

He stepped on top of the severed hands and feet and reached out to her, pulling her away from the tens of thousands of other corpses.

Her bright red hair that she was so proud off had patches missing along with her scalp making a bloody scene. It seemed like someone had pulled her hair with such force that the skin itself came off.

Both her legs were bent backwads, her arms covered in bloody scratches. She was missing the nails of her fingers. Seemed like they had been pulled out.

Her ribs were poking out of her abdomen, proof of the numerous beatings she had received.

Her pretty face was perhaps the only body part left intact.

Her eyes seemed hollow and weary with dried streaks of blood stuck to the side of her face. But out of all the things, it was her expression that caught Hao Xuan's eye. It wasn't one of pain or disgust, but one of relief.

She was so relieved at her time of death that an expression of relief was embedded in her countenance even after the soul had left the body.

That's what hurt Hao Xuan the most. She was tortured to the point of crying bloody tears and even welcoming death with open arms.

He shook his hand and a robe appeared in his grasp which he used it to cover her up, giving her some modicum of dignity after death.

”Who....?”

That was the only thing he wanted to know. A name, just a single name would be enough to get started. To start a bloody massacre from one side of the kingdom to another.

*Beep*

Baracus's hesitant voice rang in his ears, waking him from his daze.

”Something....is coming.”

He gently laid down her body near the edge of the platform and closed her eyes.

He wiped the tears from the side of her face with his shirt with a half smile on his face. A smile that would send shivers down the spine of everyone that was unfortunate enough to witness it.

”Don't worry, they will not have an easy death. The ones that did this to you, not a single one of them will have a complete corpse by the time I'm done with them. I'll show them what real pain is.”

He whispered into her ears as if she could actually hear him. But it wasn't for her, it was more of a promise to himself.

With a wave of his hand her body disappeared. He couldn't leave her in this wretched place and carrying it out while fighting would not be feasible, so he stored it away in a storage ring.

He stood up and looked at the innumerable other corpses in front of him. Most of them were in an even worse condition, missing limbs and whatnot.

The more he looked at them, the colder his eyes became. There was an entire pile of corpses on the side made up of children. And it seemed like they had been treated the same as the others.

*Tap*Tap*Tap*