Chapter 153 Hunting the Survivors (1/2)

In the days after the battle, Arran hunted the escaped soldiers with grih the battle had been, ed to flee, and thousands of the the camp

After just three days, he had already killedthe battle, and even if ic dissipated quickly, he could feel that there were permanent benefits, as well

Perhaps he wouldn't be able to shrug off ht after the battle, but any sth had roups of soldiers tried to aret the h their ath of the initial battle had dissipated, Arran was strong enough to crush them effortlessly

More troubleso for their lives instead

While Arran felt no re defenseless soldiers who pleaded for h they had followed a monstrous leader, he could not be certain that they had taken part in the man's criht be ahimself to simply execute them in cold blood

Before he released thes he wished to know about how the athered such a vast arave not only surprised him, but also caused him more than a little worry

Froather his army half a decade earlier He had lured bandits and ood on those pro the the his soldiers that they were learning Body Refineift from some deity he called the God of Blood, and had described the Body Refinement techniques as prayers

This, Arran kneould cause proble the arion whose 'prayers' brought actual poould surely spread like wildfire, and there would be at least so the escaped soldiers, even after their disastrous defeat

Worse, froe had created was as cruel as it was false, with its followers believing that their so-called Blood God dee for his favors

Yet as much as Arran wanted to scour the cult from the face of the earth, he kneas unable to do so He did not have the ti down all the survivors, and even if he did, hundreds would still le man to hunt down

Without any better options, he did his best to explain the truth to those who surrendered, telling the Body Refine techniques

Perhaps, he hoped, the truth would stop the new religion fro, or at least slow it down If the soldiers found out that there was a simple explanation for their power, e had told them

Most of the soldiers who surrendered to Arran were convinced easily To their eyes, Arran was far more powerful than their old leader had been, and his words carried ht than those of a dead prophet

Others responded differently, see at hi to hunt the followers of the Blood God in Arran's name While itelse, they would at least hinder the spread of the e's cult

Finally, a few rejected what he said, insisting on clinging to the e's lies These, Arran killed without hesitation Defenseless or not, they would continue to be a danger to the region

After learning about the e's cult, Arran hunted with renewed determination The fewer soldiers reion to spread

His deterrew on the fourth day, when he caroup of surviving soldiers