Ironstone Collar, the closest town to the Iron Mine is Soot Town, on the square in the center of town.

"Light a fire, burn them, burn me! Ha! That's it! ”

A burly man sat on a high platform and let out a wild laugh.

Beside him was a ragged girl, who was held in his arms, and the skin grasped by the palm of his hand was pressed with bruises.

And below him, a clearing.

Coal, firewood and hay, which were originally used to heat the stove, were piled up to form a huge bonfire brazier.

In the brazier, crosses were erected, on which were bound with iron chains of all kinds of people.

Among them were the mine overseers, the soldiers, but also the women and children of the town.

At the command of the strong man on the high platform, the surrounding subordinates threw the torches held high in their hands into the bonfire brazier and quickly lit the hay piled up above.

Tongues of fire swam in all directions, like the devil's giant mouth swallowing the crying crowd on the wooden shelf.

While countless people roared excitedly as if they were enchanted, some people couldn't suppress the nausea in their hearts and covered their mouths with their hands in disgust.

Behind the crowd in the square, a former mercenary hurriedly squatted down and kept vomiting.

"Kate, block Oro, be careful not to be seen by the woman on the high platform."

It was a middle-aged man who spoke and beckoned to a companion in leather armor beside him.

The two stepped forward and silenced the vomiting man.

"What a eye-opener for me! I'm okay with tying up those overseers, how the fuck are you burning those innocent people? There are children in there! ”

After spitting up all the digestive juices of the barbecue he had eaten in the morning, Aoro cursed in a low voice.

The middle-aged man patted him on the back and made him feel better.

"Cleo was bewitched, or rather, he was inspired to an evil nature." The middle-aged man said.

He looked at the strong man on the high platform, but the attention in his eyes was not on him.

Instead, he focused on the brown-haired girl beside him.

The ragged miner's suit didn't serve the purpose it should.

Large areas of snow-white skin are exposed with bruises and bruises, and even the most critical parts are clearly visible.

Not only him, but most of the slaves and mercenaries around him couldn't help but turn their attention to her, and even the crazy burning at the stake could hardly take away their attention.

"What the hell is going on with that woman? I remember that Clio used to have a bad brain at best, not to the point of going crazy. , do you know how sick I was to my stomach in the morning when I learned that the barbecue I ate came from those soldiers? Fortunately, it has been spit out now. ”

Oro cursed, and couldn't help but look at the girl.

He remembered that when he was first taken to the mines, he saw such a beautiful girl being pressed under him every day by the overseers and soldiers.

At that time, his heart was about to break, and he wanted to kill those beasts and save the girl immediately.

Unfortunately, the slave shackles around his neck and the long sword in the overseer's hand calmed him down.

But soon, he realizes that he was wrong, very wrong.

That night, the maiden came alone to the hut of their slaves.

Oro, who was the first to discover her, thought that she couldn't stand the abuse and quietly escaped. Just as he was about to come to help, the girl laughed at him and pinned him down.

Recalling that scene, Oro showed a look of shame, if it was just himself.

But after that night, the girl would come every day, but each time she chose a different person!

The soldiers and overseers seemed to know nothing, and let her come and go as they pleased, every night.

At that time, Oro thought it was the disgusting fun of the mine overseer, and when it was even more uncomfortable, suddenly everything changed.

Cleo, the strongest man among the mercenaries, suddenly kills the Overseer with his men and rescues them all.

This would have been a good thing, just as everyone was thinking about how to escape.

Clio, however, insisted that everyone follow in his footsteps, fight the Heman family, and kill everyone in the realm as revenge.

Someone questioned it, but he brutally hacked him to death on the spot.

And the large number of mercenaries and slaves who gathered around him also went crazy, raising their weapons and shouting to kill everyone.

Forced by the situation, they attacked the town of Soot not far away.

What made him even more incomprehensible was that in the face of heavily armed soldiers, the slave with a mining pickaxe and hammer actually showed a fanatical fighting spirit that would rather die than retreat.

Relying on the advantage of numbers, he forcibly killed all the soldiers here at the cost of more than 300 lives.

Are you kidding! If the mercenaries and slaves had this kind of desperate fighting spirit, they would have overthrown the nobles of the kingdom long ago, and the army would have to go around them.

After taking over Soottown, these people's emotions became more and more strange, and they became extreme and crazy.

Oro suddenly discovered one thing, many of these people had been seen with the girl by him.

And when Cleo appeared in front of them with the girl in his arms, he was sure that this matter was inseparable from the girl!

Fortunately, he was so frightened that he pushed her away that day, and Oro secretly rejoiced.

"I've heard a rumor."

The middle-aged man lowered his head and said to himself. "Vampires are able to grow stronger by drinking blood, and there is a group of people who can gain strength from the extreme emotions that arise from the abuse of themselves."

"Not only that, but this group of people also has the ability to manipulate the minds of others."

"What kind of monster is this, devil's believer?" Oro's body couldn't help but tremble, and he looked at the girl in horror.

"Perhaps, I'm more concerned about the next battle than this, and Cleo will definitely not give up the battle with the Heyman family. Not only that, but from what I know about the family, I'm afraid they have already informed Blackstone City, and the army of Blackstone City may also participate in the war at that time. The middle-aged man sighed, his face full of sadness.

At this moment, there was a sound of wings fluttering in the sky.

"Quack, quack!"

Oro looked up, and when he saw that it was a flock of crows, the look of despair on his face intensified.

"Damn, I hate crows, and I always feel like I'm going to die."

Stopping not far away, a crow's eyes on a branch turned to the girl on the high platform.

Then, with its wings flapping, it flew down.

"Wow wow, what's the matter, I'm not dead yet! Don't look for me if you're in a hurry to eat! Go, go, fly far! ”

Seeing that the crow actually flew onto his shoulder, Oro was stupid and hurriedly wanted to drive it away.

Until the crow's throat twisted and swelled, and then came to his ear and opened its mouth to speak to him.

"Do you want to live?"