In April 7145 of the Bright Calendar, the charming goddess of spring returned to the Qinglan continent with light steps, and the winter snow covering the territory of the Gilgidian Kingdom melted, and the gorgeous flowers rushed to bloom.

Cangyun City, the capital of the king of Gilgias, has a lively market in the east of Cangyun City, this market is about the size of two football fields, and the merchants of the royal capital sell goods in this market on weekdays, and there are exquisite goods from various kingdoms in the Qinglan continent here.

But today, the most lively bazaar in the royal capital was ordered to stop selling goods, and although the bazaar stopped buying and selling, the bazaar was still full of people, and today, more people came to the bazaar than in the past.

In the center of the bazaar, a wooden platform was imposed, on which stood a square wooden frame nearly ten meters high, and below the wooden frame there was a wooden trough, the center of which was just enough to fit a person's neck.

Above the wooden frame hung a diagonal blade, suspended from the top of the wooden frame by a thick cable, the other end of which was tied to a column on one side of the wooden platform, and a strong man with a masked face and bare arms stood by the column and waited.

With the dull sound of a bell, tens of thousands of people gathered in the market turned their eyes in the same direction, and a prisoner car slowly drove towards the center of the market.

In the prison cart sat a black-haired man, this unkempt and sluggish black-haired man was Meng Fan, the lord of Blackstone City and a former assistant minister of the royal family.

Due to the failure of the rebellion, Meng Fan was captured by the royal army, and after the discussion of the royal family's meeting, the royal ministers unanimously agreed to put to death the lord of Blackstone City, Claude Kuru, and today is the day of execution.

Generally, the executed criminals were taken outside the city to be executed, but due to Meng Fan's prominent status and the serious crimes committed by Meng Fan, the commander of the Gilgi Runner-up Army, and now the only remaining auxiliary minister, Nice, decided to execute Meng Fan publicly, and the place of execution was chosen in the most lively bazaar in the royal capital.

The prisoner cart passed through the crowd and came to the wooden platform, the iron gate of "Bang Dong" was opened, and two Praetorian Guard soldiers stepped forward and dragged the black-haired man in the prisoner cart out, one holding an arm, and the Praetorian Guard soldiers pulled Meng Fan onto the wooden platform.

Meng Fan, who was brought to the wooden platform by the soldiers, saw the simple wooden equipment and guillotine on the wooden platform, and the name of this equipment floated in Meng Fan's mind.

Like pianos and clocks, the guillotine on the Qinglan Continent was also made by the great inventor Frosa five hundred years ago, and Meng Fan knew that Master Frosa came from the earth like himself.

Meng Fan, who was dragged onto the wooden platform by the soldiers, knelt on the side of the guillotine, and the executioner, who was covered and shirtless, stepped forward and pressed Meng Fan's body into the wooden trough.

"No......" Meng Fan suddenly struggled violently in horror, unwilling to stick his head into the guillotine.

"Bastard, be honest. The executioner pressed Meng Fan's head into the wooden trough with force, and a soldier quickly inserted another plank, and Meng Fan's head was caught in the wooden trough.

"Let go of me, let go of me......" Meng Fan shook his head vigorously, but his neck was stuck in the wooden trough.

"Let go of me, don't kill me......," Meng Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, cried and begged bitterly, but the executioner ignored Meng Fan's cry, turned around and walked to the wooden post with the cable tethered, and reached out to pick up a sharp axe from the ground.

The emotions of the people around the guillotine suddenly became enthusiastic, and tens of thousands of people stood on tiptoe, poked their heads, and stared at the black-haired man who was constantly struggling and crying under the guillotine.

With a look of wonder and anticipation in the eyes of these people, the people of the royal capital had neither anger nor pity for this traitor who was about to be beheaded.

Meng Fan once led the army to defeat the Bretan army that invaded the Kingdom of Gilgia, and made outstanding military achievements for the Kingdom of Gilgias, but the ambitious Meng Fan wanted to seize the throne, and the failed rebellion Meng Fan was ordered to be executed by the king, and no one in the royal capital raised a voice of opposition.

Not long after Meng Fan came to the royal capital Cangyun City, the people of the royal capital only existed in rumors, and not many people really felt the benefits given by Meng Fan, if the place of execution was in Black Rock City, then the situation would definitely be different, and the people of Black Rock City would definitely not agree to their lord's public execution.

Standing by the cable and with a sharp axe in hand, the executioner set his sights on a white-haired general on a horse. The white-haired general who stood among the Praetorian Guards on horseback was the commander of the Gilgidian Army, and now the most prominent auxiliary minister in the royal capital.

Ness glanced at the black-haired man who was weeping under the guillotine and raised his hand slightly.

After receiving the order, the executioner raised the sharp axe in his hand, and the people standing around the guillotine held their breath at this moment, and tens of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the oblique blade hanging on the guillotine.

The axe severed the cable attached to the column, and the diagonal blade hanging above the guillotine fell rapidly.

Boom, the blade slammed into the wooden trough, and blood spurted out of the guillotine.

A head rolled down from the guillotine, and the people standing by the guillotine scattered in horror.

The shouts, screams, and voices of the people gradually disappeared in Meng Fan's ears, and at the moment when his consciousness was about to dissipate, Meng Fan seemed to see a figure standing quietly in the crowd.

There was a strange smile on his pale face shrouded in a black cloak, and his blood-red eyes were like two candlelights leading to Hades............

Act I: Darkness Rising: End