Chapter 1315 - Bloodstained Front (1) (2/2)

“You’ve got to be kidding me!”

Although Celestina’s proclamation stunned the soldiers, perhaps due to the fact that there were no armed guards around or powerful beings to suppress them, and only Celestina, who appeared just like an ordinary noblewoman, was around, the soldiers erupted in anger and displeasure after hearing her words.

“You want to lock us up here?! We’re not going to get ourselves killed. We’re just humans; there’s no way we can deal with those monsters! It should be a monster’s duty to deal with monsters!”

“That’s right! Those officials are always hiding in the back while putting us on the front lines against enemies that are impossible to defeat. They just want us to die and buy them some time to live! Why do we have to die for those guys! If they are that capable, they’ll go to the front lines themselves!”

“Yeah! We’re not that dumb to do it! Kill us if you’ve got the guts——”

But that was the end of their complaints.

At the next moment, a flaming spear punctured the arrogant, screaming soldier. Shortly after, a huge, dog-headed demon strode out of the flames that rose from the ground. At the sight of the flaming spear that penetrated the soldier who was wrought in agony, the dog-headed demon smiled grimly, pulled out its spear, and the soldier collapsed heavily to the ground.

“D-Demon!!!”

Upon seeing the demon before them, many of the soldiers cried out in shock. And it was at that moment that they realized that they were surrounded in bursts of flames. Soon after, a more strange and terrifying-looking dog-headed monster with a flaming spear in hand stepped out of the flames one after another. It only took the blink of an eye for them to surround the crowd completely. The abrupt change in the situation baffled them. The soldiers instinctively drew their weapons and stared nervously at the monsters around them. And at that moment, Celestina’s voice rang out again.

“Isn’t it easy enough to kill scums like you? But I won’t let you have an easy time, huhuhu… I would like to see what else you are capable of.”

“Brothers, go all-out against these demons! Kill ’em!”

Although the dog-headed demons were powerful, there were only around 100 of them surrounding the entire drill ground. Meanwhile, there were thousands of deserters, so it was unclear whether it was out of fear or their number advantage that their confidence was boosted. Shortly after, a number of soldiers drew their weapons in anger, turned around, and rushed toward the entrance outside the drill ground. Upon witnessing this scene, Celestina narrowed her eyes and let out a soft grunt.

“Bunch of scum. Since you’ve already made your choice, there’s no need for me to say anything more.”

Celestina said, stretching out her hand and snapping her fingers lightly.

Shing———!

Along with this action, a scarlet magical ritual appeared on the empty ground, emanating an odd and sinister aura. Shortly after, a thin black flog exuded and the soldiers didn’t even have time to react. Their movements gradually became slower as if they were drunk. They stood for a while before slumping weakly to the ground.

“W-What’s going on?!”

One of the soldiers looked at the sword in his hand in bewilderment. At that moment, he felt really strange. Even though he lay on the ground powerlessly like a drunk man, his mind was still incredibly clear. Although he struggled to move his body, he couldn’t even budge. But soon, he had no time to think of such trifles, for at that moment, with the sound of heavy footsteps, dog-headed demons burning with flames all over their body had arrived at his side. Detecting the ruthless excitement in the eyes of the demons, the soldier trembled from head to toe. He looked up in fear at the demons, gaped, but couldn’t make a single sound. And almost at the same time, Celestina’s pleasant, beautiful voice sounded in everyone’s ears again.

“Master said to kill anyone who tries to escape, so… Be good and die, scums. Please me with your howls and screams!”

With those words, a dog-headed demon raised its flaming spear and pierced the stomach of the soldier in front of it. Then, the demon swung up its spear and slashed open the soldier’s abdomen, while blood and internal organs flew out and scattered on the ground. If it were a normal day, after being treated like this, the soldier would have already passed out from the pain. But it was completely different now. Although he felt agonizing pain, his mind was incomparably clear. There wasn’t the slightest hint of confusion, and for that, the pain of the disembowelment overwhelmed his brain. The unfortunate soldier could do nothing but open his mouth and scream miserably.

“Ahhhhh!”

Horrifying screams filled the fortress. The dog-headed demons strolled along the soldiers, brandished their flaming spears and cut open their bodies cruelly and excitedly, enjoying the unparalleled,miserable, and tragic scene before them. And for those soldiers, it was the most cruel punishment. They had never encountered anything like this before. Obviously, their bodies were slashed open and penetrated, while their limbs were cut off and burned. But there was no way for them to escape. The incomparable suffering of their limbs reached their heads vividly, where apart from enduring the torment, they could do nothing else.

“N-No. I beg you. Please let me go!”

“No! Help…!”

Listening to the pleads of the crowd, Celestina closed her eyes and showed the same ecstasy as if she were listening to a moving symphony of beautiful melodies. Her right hand beat time to the screams as if they were a beautiful song. She raised her right hand and slid it across the air gently.

“Alright then, let’s begin… O’ eternal darkness and death, heed my call and grant these scums eternal pain and torment!”

At Celestina’s call, the dark fog grew thicker as it tumbled to envelop the soldiers who had fallen to the ground, making them disappear in the blink of an eye.