243 Massacre (1/2)
Eastfell City, like many other cities in the Crawford Kingdom, was designed according to the old feudal system and was made to be self-sustaining with its future growth in mind.
It was a beautiful city surrounded by lush fields of agricultural farming and awash with fresh air, but right now, this once beautiful city, the gem of the Eastfell Region had become a blazing inferno filled with dense billowing black smoke and madness. Buildings burned, fields were ruined, and people scrambled for their lives.
The Southern Valaran Army led by sect members of Bloodfiend Sect was currently razing the city to the ground and slaughtering its people after the army reached the city.
A mother carrying her baby daughter was seen being chased by a group of Valaran soldiers and tripped over a stone on the street among many other scenes of similar cases of people being hunted down by soldiers.
”Nooo!” The mother protected her darling baby within her arms as she rolled on the ground. She looked at the soldiers with a fearful expression and tearfully pleaded, ”Please, at least spare my girl. She is just a baby!”
The Valaran soldiers wore hesitant expressions as they looked at each other as the mother show her baby to them, but a grunt came from the back and their expression turned resolute with gritted teeth as they slashed out with their drawn swords.
”No!” The mother was both shocked and furious at their heartlessness. She retracted her arms and shielded her baby as she suffered the fatal onslaught of their attack.
”Why are you doing this? Are you still humans?!”
Helplessness, despair, unwillingness, and desperation could be seen in the mother's eyes as she coughed up blood and strength were drained from her body, before she drew her last breath not long after.
The baby wailed loudly like it was mourning for her mother's passing. The Valaran soldiers could not bring themselves to kill the baby even after they killed her mother.
”Kill it. Everyone in this city has to die, otherwise, the one to die will be you!”
The voice sounded again from behind and the Valaran soldiers trembled.
Soon, the baby's wail was no more.
The owner of the voice belonged to an inner sect elder. Seeing the deed was done, the person flicked his sleeve and went to supervise a different area.
Similar scenes were taking place all over Eastfell City.
Accompanying the inner sect elder was a group of inner sect disciples and outer sect members. The inner sect disciples remained indifferent, but the group of outer sect members was confused.
What kind of war was this? They were not conquering but destroying everything and blatantly wasting away human resources that could be used for cultivation.
After the group was gone, the Valaran soldiers gripped their fist kowtowed an apology to the dead bodies.
”We're sorry!”
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Eastfell Governor's Mansion.
”What's the meaning of this?! This was not part of the deal!”
The Governor roared to a hooded figure with great fury after seeing his beautiful city burned and his people killed from the top balcony.
”The deal was after we successfully conquer the kingdom and remove the Crawford Royal Family, the Eastfell Region will become independent and belong solely to you, but we didn't say in what state we would give it to you!” The hooded figure sneered.
”Y-You!” The Governor pointed at the hooded figure while trembling with rage. ”Arghh! I'll kill you, you crazy bastard!”
Before the Governor could attack, another hooded figure suddenly appeared behind him and stabbed him in the heart!
The Governor turned to the new assailant and retreated several weakened steps with his strength and vitality rapidly declining. ”Why? How could you burn the bridge after crossing it?! We cooperated for so many years!”
”Without destruction, there can be no creation.” The hooded figure said indifferently. ”Since you no longer see eye to eye with us, we no longer need you.”
What the upper circle of the Bloodfiend Sect wanted the total eradication of the Crawford Royalties and all who worships the Hero King!
”You wanted to wipe out the entire population of the Crawford Kingdom?! That's millions of lives we are talking about! You are crazy! You're all fucking insane!”
The Governor roared with the last of his strength. He passed away with his eyes wide open. Horror and deep regret could be seen in them.