“Why did… Master City Lord… do such a thing… why…”
Almost none of the citizens in Ping City questioned any of Song Yuan’s words. They sincerely respected and loved their City Lord who protected them. They were thankful that Heaven had provided them with a guardian spirit like that to accompany them, keeping them free from demon attacks.
But now, everything…
seemed like a colossal joke.
The City Lord they loved and respected had never protected them. He had even… worked with the demons to bring disaster on the citizens of Ping City.
They only suddenly realized it here and now.
Although Ping City had never been attacked by demons, the death rate within Ping City remained high. Although an unending stream of refugees entered Ping City, the number of citizens in the city never grew. The city should have been bursting at the seams, yet the numbers never seemed to grow, but were simply maintained at the original levels.
The Ping City citizens fell ill easily. The people seldom thought more of the deaths brought about by illness. They only felt that life was fragile.
But now…
They finally understood.
The so-called illnesses were actually a huge net cast by Song Yuan, who had worked with the Demon Clan to conceal the number of missing people in Ping City.
The lost souls drifted above the ground, their ethereal expressions watching the devastation of their relatives. They had experienced the world’s most cruel death and had lost their initial shock at everything. To where… they had even resented their own loved ones for being too stupid to notice their strange deaths.
The soldiers of the Wolf Smoke Regiment looked at the devastated appearance of the Ping City citizens and sank into a deep silence. Now they no longer cared about their own hurts, but began to pity these poor folk.
Lu Shaoqing’s expression was especially ugly. Although Ji Fengyan had previously determined there was something peculiar about Song Yuan, and mentioned that Song Yuan might have some relationship with the Demon Clan, Lu Shaoqing would never have imagined that Song Yuan would do something so insane!
Perhaps the citizens of Ping City were stupid, but their respect, love, and support for Song Yuan were evident.
Lu Shaoqing clenched his fists tightly. This was the first time such fierce anger burned in his heart.
“How could Song Yuan do such a thing? All these citizens are his. He was previously a general that the Kingdom of the Sacred Dragon was proud of, how could he… work with the Demon Clan, allowing them to eat the citizens under his care.” Until now, Lu Shaoqing could not understand how General Song, who had been admired by countless soldiers could be… reduced to a lackey of the Demon Clan.
“The human heart is the most complex of all.” Ji Fengyan spoke suddenly. She looked coldly at the citizens who had collapsed among the lost souls, her expression abnormally calm.
She did not feel that these devastated citizens were pitiful. Ignorance was no excuse for stupidity. If they had truly cared for their relatives, would they not have discerned the true reason behind their relatives’ deaths? If they had made the slightest effort to push themselves, they would not have been freely manipulated by Song Yuan.
In they end, they were a herd of dependents who had no ability to think for themselves.
Ji Fengyan watched as the lost souls told the truth. Then she suddenly pulled out the evil-crushing sword that was stuck in the ground!!