Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 1127

This must be hell.

I can’t breathe.

No, I’m afraid to breathe.

In a huge open space, like an endless area, many people stood in rows.

It was strange. These people all had a powerful feeling around them, but their faces were all pale.

Their hands were shaking as they held long, scary spears.

Everyone feels fear sometimes. But this scene was different. These people, shaking like children, were the ‘mad dogs’ of the Four Faction Alliance. Just the name of this group made people in Gangnam terrified.

“L-Lord Alliance Leader! P-Please! Please, spare me… …”

Wham!

The blade fell hard, cutting off a man’s neck. The head was cut off and flew into the air.

Thud.

Dark red blood gushed from the body, collapsing like a straw bale.

The faces of those who watched the scene grew even paler.

They were all part of the evil groups. They had seen many people die before. Usually, they didn’t feel anything special when someone died.

But what they were seeing now was very different from any death they had seen before.

“Next.”

With Ho Gamyung’s cold voice, the corpse, not yet cold, was dragged away like rotten wood. And another was dragged to that spot, like a cow being led to the slaughterhouse.

The next man’s eyes were bloodshot, completely filled with fear. He cried out desperately.

“L-Lord Alliance Leader! Lord Alliance Leader! It wasn’t me! I’m not a fool who resists you! Lord Alliance Leader! Please, believe me! Pleeease!”

His cry was hard to listen to.

Perhaps the man being dragged now was also a villain who had taken countless lives with his own hands. But even such a man was no different from ordinary people when faced with his own death.

“Lord Alliaaaance Leaaader!”

As he was pulled into the open space, he raised his trembling head and gazed at the front of the main hall.

“Hoo… … Hoo… ….”

He gasped for air. He looked terrified, not like the powerful man he was known to be.

But no one here could criticize his pathetic appearance. Anyone who saw this scene would have no choice but to react the same way.

The main area was new. It was built after the Four Faction Alliance was created. In the center was a large open space made of white marble. It was very fancy, showing what Jang Il-so liked.

When the sun shone, the plaza looked like it was covered in snow. It was a symbol of the Four Faction Alliance.

But the dazzling marble was now stained dark red with blood. Blood flowed everywhere.

Who could stay calm looking at this?

“Ugh… ….”

The strong smell of blood hit his nose. His pants got wet right away.

“L-Lord Alliance Leader! Lord Alliance Leader, please spare me! If you spare me, I’ll do anything! Anything! It’s all a frame-up! I have never once opposed you! Please! Please, spare me! Lord Alliaaaance Leaaader!”

He screamed desperately, a cry that was not quite a shout or a moan, and looked up with desperate eyes.

His gaze passed over the blood-stained ground and went to the tall stairs leading up from the plaza.

The ground was covered in blood. But as you looked up the stairs, they became whiter and whiter. At the top, the stairs were pure white, like a holy place.

This big difference in color showed how different he was from the man at the top of the stairs.

At the top of the stairs was a grand, huge jade throne, and a man was sitting slouched on it.

“L-Lord Alliance Leader… ….”

A red robe with a dragon made of gold thread. Beneath it, a pure white hand lightly grasped a wine cup placed beside him.

“Hmm.”

The man, Jang Il-so, who raised the wine cup, looked down at the screaming man with lazy eyes.

“Lord Alliance Leader!”

The man cried out like someone who had seen the last lifeline at the bottom of a cliff. But Jang Il-so looked bored and leaned back against the back of the jade throne.

Then Ho Gamyung spoke.

“Execute him.”

The cold voice sounded scary.

Those who jumped a little when they heard the voice moved immediately. And they dragged the screaming man away and pressed him against the platform for execution.

“Hee… … Heeheehee!”

Wham!

The blade came down hard and cut off his head right away. The head sprayed blood in all directions and rolled helplessly on the floor.

Those who watched the scene without being able to lift a finger gulped.

The name of the man whose neck was just cut off was Jo Pyo. He was one of the leaders of the Black Ghost Fortress, and he was known as a monster in Fujian.

But such a man was beheaded like a bug without even resisting properly.

Who could have imagined such a sight even just a month ago?

The people here were not afraid to die. When they joined the evil groups, they knew they might die in battle and be eaten by flies.

But they never thought they would die like *this*. No one imagined being dragged like a criminal, unable to fight back, and having their head chopped off.

Not all deaths are the same.

This meaningless killing was enough to make even those who were prepared to feed the plants tremble with fear.

“Boring.”

And, in this space filled with a strange atmosphere, there was only one person who was not related to fear.

Jang Il-so took a sip of the good wine in his glass and opened his mouth.

“How many are left?”

“There are a total of three hundred and sixty-two scheduled for today. Jo Pyo was the one hundred and seventy-eighth just now.”

“Half are left.”

Jang Il-so sighed and leaned back on the jade throne.

“If you are bored, I will finish the remaining executions.”

“No, no.”

At Ho Gamyung’s words, Jang Il-so shook his head slightly.

“They were once people who shared meals, so isn’t it polite to watch them die? I am a thoughtful person.”

“⋯⋯.”

“And… ….”

Jang Il-so slowly lowered his head and looked at the people filling the plaza. Jang Il-so’s lips spread into a satisfied smile as he confirmed their terrified appearances.

“Originally, the leaders should be together for such events. Shouldn’t it be more meaningful that way?”

“You are right.”

Ho Gamyung glanced at Jang Il-so’s expression and asked.

“Then, making the executions faster is… ….”

“Tsk tsk tsk. Gamyung-ah.”

“Yes, Lord Alliance Leader.”

“They are guys who lived like pests, and they are bad people who are hard to control, but aren’t they still people?”

“⋯⋯.”

“It is not right to kill them quickly because it is annoying. Carry it out as planned.”

“Yes, Lord Alliance Leader.”

Ho Gamyung nodded reluctantly.

Well. I don’t know.

These people are going to die today, no matter what. And they also know that they will die today.

Doing the executions slowly seems to give them a little more time to live and breathe. But on the other hand, it only makes them wait longer in fear.

‘Pitiful.’

Ho Gamyung was not one to have pity for anyone, but he could not help but feel pity for those who were waiting for their turn, trembling with fear.

But that was it, this was going to happen anyway. From the moment they thought about betraying the Overlord, they were going to die.

“Continue the execution.”

“Yes!”

At Ho Gamyung’s cry, the executioners started working again. Another criminal was dragged out.

Jang Il-so watched without emotion and raised his wine cup.

“It’s a good sight.”

One life disappears, and one glass of wine is emptied again.

One life, and another life.

The executions, one after another, with blood everywhere, continued until the sun set in the west, coloring the sky.

The particularly red sunset today dyed even the pure white marble where Jang Il-so was sitting with blood.

“Hmm.”

Jang Il-so, wearing a pure white robe, stared quietly at the wine cup.

Looking at the cup of wine that wasn’t moving, his heartbeat slowed down.

Jang Il-so raised his head and turned his gaze to the servant standing next to the bed.

Suddenly, Jang Il-so’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“Oh, dear. Why are you trembling so much?”

“L-Lord Alliance Leader… ….”

The servant’s face, which was already pale white, was now almost blue.

“Are you not feeling well? Go and rest.”

“N-No, Lord Alliance Leader! How dare I… ….”

“Tsk tsk.”

Jang Il-so clicked his tongue like he felt sorry. Unlike when he was looking at the warriors below the stairs a little while ago, his gaze was very soft.

“Then go and bring me some stronger wine. The smell of blood on my body is so strong that I can’t smell the smell of the wine.”

“Y-Yes, I will.”

“There’s no need to rush. Take your time.”

“Yes.”

As the servant hurriedly ran out with a pale face, Jang Il-so chuckled.

“I don’t know why those children are so afraid of me.”

In fact, it was reasonable to have such a question.

Aren’t there many cruel leaders who kill or hurt servants? But Jang Il-so has never killed a servant who has not learned martial arts even once. He has never wanted to sleep with them or hurt them for fun. Instead, when the servants quit their jobs, he even gave them a lot of money.

Even so, it was a strange thing that the people still looked at him with fear.

“What would servants know? It’s just hard to look at him.”

“Tsk tsk. You’re doing that again.”

Jang Il-so sighed softly.

“They are not lowly. Why do you keep calling the servants who are doing their job well lowly?”

“⋯⋯.”

“The word ‘lowly’ is not for these servants. It’s for people who act like they are better than they are, people who try to be more important than they should be.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

“Don’t just say it, try to understand it, Gamyung-ah.”

Jang Il-so scolded him. But Ho Gamyung looked at him with the same expressionless face and opened his mouth.

“Lord Alliance Leader.”

“Speak.”

“⋯⋯Do you intend to continue the execution tomorrow?”

“Isn’t there still about two days left?”

“That is the plan.”

“Then we have to. Hmm. I’m getting frustrated from sitting all day… … This must be what the position of Lord Alliance Leader is like.”

“Too many people are dying, Lord Alliance Leader.”

Jang Il-so smiled deeply at those words.

In the light of the lamp, his face looked even scarier.