26 Returning Home (1/2)
The moment everybody saw Buencamino on the ground and the women who were thought to have left on their own accord, glaring at him like they wanted to rip his throat out, everybody already had an idea as to what happened.
Luna walked up in front of the crowd, then he spoke. ”Everyone, my name is Luna. You might not have heard of me before, but I'm sure you've heard of the <Nation> I've founded. The <Sovereign Nation>.”
The moment he mentioned that, everyone, including the soldiers looked at him with shock. During the past few days, they had all received the notification of a <Sovereign Nation> that has been blazing through this new world. To think that they would see the leader of that very same nation here. Some found it hard to believe.
”Yesterday, some of your fellow evacuees made their way to our territory. A certain Hans Garcia and a woman by the name of Gabriela Silang. The wife of Diego Silang, who was murdered by Buencamino's men.”
”Diego? I thought he left with his wife? He's dead?”
”Hans, isn't that one of the soldiers who tried to stage a coup d'etat?”
”Are you all stupid? Look in front of you, those are the very same women who disappeared! Use a bit of common sense and you'll figure out that scumbag Buencamino has been lying to us this whole time!”
Luna signaled for everyone to quiet down, then pointed towards the women who were sexually abused. ”Correct, these women were found, in chains, while Buencamino and his men abused them on a daily basis.” Looking towards the women, Luna nodded his head, after which, Sura handed each and every one of them a pair of Itak Tagalogs. ”The justice you seek is in your hands.”
Buencamino, seeing his fate tried to beg for his life, to no avail. ”No no no! Please! I was wrong! Forgive me! NO! AUGHH!!!” The women were planning to butcher him until he was unrecognizable. As his life was ebbing away, Luna went up and dealt the killing blow. He could always use more VIS after all, the more his nation had, the more he can invest in their safety.
Most of the people in the crowd couldn't handle it and started puking. There were a few who endured it, especially since some of these women were the ones they admired as well, they were filled with hatred. Even when Buencamino was already dead, some of them kept hacking at him still.
Luna stepped in and stopped them. ”Enough.” hearing this, the women finally came back to their senses.
”You are all welcome to join the <Sovereign Nation>, as long as you abide by our rules and our requirements. If you want to stay here, that's up to you as well. We leave by the next morning. Let this all be a lesson to everyone. This new world is unforgiving, pretty soon these walls alone will not do anything. The reason why Buencamino thought he could get away with his deeds, was because the Philippine Government has collapsed. There will be no one coming to save you after this day. Only you can control your fate now.”
One of the victims stepped forward and knelt down towards Luna. ”Lord Luna, you've saved this life of mine, if you'd allow it, I'd like to join you. I wish to become strong, so that no one, man or woman can ever control my fate ever again.”
With that said the rest of them swore their allegiance. After all, besides Luna having saved their lives, they were all still incredibly weak. Being chained in that basement, they had no opportunity to level themselves.