Chapter 526: The Rise of the Kingdom of God (11)
Seeing the Holy King of Dusk City transform into a legendary dragon in front of him, the expressions and reactions of the citizens of the kingdom can only be described as extremely shocked.
Some people cried and screamed to escape from the square, some rolled their eyes and fainted on the spot, and some people were even so frightened that they were incontinent on the spot.
Todd retracted his wings, curled his tail, looked at the chaos in the square, turned his head and whispered to Emerson who was standing beside him, signaling him to make a move.
The poor Prime Minister didn't dare to look up at the black dragon at all, his legs couldn't stop trembling, and he could only nod his head indiscriminately in response.
Emerson shouted in a trembling voice, "Next, it's time to execute the prisoner!"
The soldiers of Froststone City, like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, first brought a group of pirates and mercenaries to the high platform.
"This is the rumored King of Pirates, the Barbarossa who can stop the cry of a baby and terrify everyone by just reporting his name!"
With the shouts of the judge, a burly, majestic, wounded man was carried up by two orcs.
As the first criminal to be executed, Barbarossa looked at the crowd of people in the audience, and then at the chilling black dragon in the distance, lowered his head and said self-deprecatingly: "The world is unpredictable......"
Dressed in white and wearing a white scarf, Aisha held a scimitar and walked up to the high platform behind Barbarossa under the gaze of everyone.
"Do you have any last words?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Barbarossa turned her head, looked at the woman behind her, and said with a smile: "My daughter, I didn't expect that the feud between us would end in such a way. ”
Aisha looked at Barbarossa's neck, slowly lifted the scimitar, and said coldly: "I will return the harm you did to my mother today!"
Barbarossa tried to turn to the side and face Aisha, but the beast that grabbed her was too strong to move.
In desperation, he could only squint at Aisha and said softly: "Your mother is the woman I love the most in this world, how can I hurt her ruthlessly? ”
Aisha roared, "I don't believe you!"
Barbarossa smiled wryly and closed her eyes: "My life has come to an end, I don't need to deceive you. ”
Aisha gritted her teeth and raised her scimitar to her father and slashed downward, but the blade stopped ten centimeters above Barbarossa's neck.
Feeling the hesitation of the woman behind her, Barbarossa slowly opened her eyes and said calmly to Aisha, "My legend is over, and your legend has just begun. But no matter what, I know that sooner or later, my daughter will be the queen of the whole ocean!"
Aisha held the scimitar in both hands, and her hands began to tremble as she looked at the face in front of her.
Looking at the long-delayed execution on the high platform, Todd raised his head and turned his gaze to the father and daughter in question.
Barbarossa looked sideways at the black dragon's cold dark golden pupils, and for a moment, he roared: "Aisha, one thing is true! It was indeed me who stabbed the dagger into your mother's chest with my own hands, and it was also the woman I watched the most beloved die in her arms! If you want revenge, hurry up! You are my daughter of Barbarossa, a descendant of the King of Pirates, don't let weakness and cowardice tarnish this name!"
Aisha let out a heart-rending cry, and the scimitar in her hand slashed down with determination and rage.
Blood gushed out like a fountain, and the head of the legendary pirate king turned with the sea breeze, and his gaze was finally fixed on the blue sky overhead.
As soon as Barbarossa died, the captured pirates and mercenaries were also pushed to the execution ground one after another.
Pleas for mercy, cries and screams echoed over the Plaza de Dusk.
Nearly 200 captives were beheaded in front of the citizens of the city of Dusk.
The smell of blood and the tragic scene made everyone present tremble and stand unsteadily.
But what they didn't expect was that this was just the beginning.
When all the pirates and mercenaries were executed, a second group of condemned prisoners was pushed to the top.
They were all rebels in the Twilight rebellion, some were native soldiers who joined the rebels, some were money-bribed officials, and some were criminals who took advantage of the turmoil in the kingdom to loot and set fires.
If the citizens of Twilight City were only uncomfortable with the execution of those pirates and mercenaries just now, then the execution of these own citizens who betrayed the country really made them feel deep fear and trembling.
Many of these people were friends, colleagues, relatives and even children of those present, and some citizens fell to their knees in the face of their deaths, risking their lives, begging the executioners to keep them behind and raise their noble hands.
Listening to the cries and pleadings coming from the square, Emerson secretly glanced at Todd beside him, and the latter seemed to guess what the former wanted to say, and responded directly: "These people betrayed the entire kingdom for money, if they are forgiven, then how should those heroes who fought to the death to protect the country last night deal with themselves?"
Hearing this, Emerson sighed and did not intend to speak again.
Due to the wide range of layers and the large number of traitors, even a rough calculation puts them at more than 1,400. Therefore, the execution time for the second group of condemned prisoners is much higher than that of the first batch.
Blood soaked the entire platform, leaving small ankle-deep pools of blood in the square, and the severed heads rose higher and higher, and from a distance it looked like a hill had been piled up in the square.
The executions lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., during which time people passed out, some from shock and some from grief.
After the second group of condemned prisoners was executed, the firing squad brought out the last group of condemned prisoners.
These prisoners were all the participants in the rebellion and their family members, including the famous Daurson family, the families of the former ministers of the Silver Ring, and other members of the Chamber of Commerce who directly or indirectly participated in the rebellion.
Using the ability of Soul Link, Todd had already found the list of these families and the list of each family member from Rutledge's memory.
During the arrest operation, the Froststone Wargroup took all the members of these chamber of commerce families and brought them to the execution ground according to the information provided by the children of the gods.
Among those arrested were men and women, elderly people with lost teeth, and children who were not yet minors.
An old woman with white hair, blind eyes, and having to rely on the support of others to walk, knelt down in front of the high platform and cried in the direction of the palace: "Wise king, merciful king!
"I know that my son was involved in the rebellion and killed soldiers loyal to the kingdom. But my child, my grandson, who is still in the womb of my daughter-in-law, is innocent, and I beg you to give him the right to live. As compensation, I am willing to give my life as an atonement ......"
Todd lowered his head and looked at the group of chamber of commerce families who had been captured by the Froststone Warband, some of them were unforgivable, but some did not participate in the rebellion, and logically speaking, they were indeed not guilty to death.
Emerson watched the dragon fall into deep thought and whispered, "These people are not the same as the ones before them...... The people who came before them, whether they were pirates, rebels, or traitors, each of them had unforgivable karma on their bodies, and their deaths could be said to be deserved. But these people were implicated just because someone in their family was involved in the rebellion, and they are indeed guilty, but perhaps not to be deprived of their lives?"
Todd looked at the trembling group of members of the Chamber of Commerce family, and suddenly the words of Cúchulainn's past rang in his ears.
"We are tyrants, we are beasts, we need flesh, we need killing!"
Todd shook the dragon's head, swaying the dragon's tail back and forth, and his dark golden pupils flickered in the struggle in his heart.
Suddenly, he raised his two dragon claws high, and pale blue soul particles spilled out from his fingertips, slowly drifting across the square.
Carefully controlling the free soul particles and touching them with every creature present, it took Todd a lot of effort to finally complete the soul link with everyone.
In the next second, Todd urged the soul power with all his strength, bringing all the creatures in the entire square into his soul space.