"The Spiritual Palace Sect, Your Majesty. The absent families are mostly powers that are mbers of this organization... But there are so noble families not connected to that sect that are not present as well." That mber of the Gray Clouds Sect inford Minos.
Upon hearing that, Emperor Stuart made a serious expression, not liking that at all. The powers that had been missing were all organizations their leaders had chosen to believe Mortir would be the big winner of the conflict.
So he couldn't just stand by and do nothing against them!
These people needed to be punished as souls who had chosen to rebel!
Not everyone deserves death, but soone would undoubtedly need to die to pay for the many cris they had committed.
Otherwise, how could the state remain peaceful and without chaos if any rebel could escape the consequences of such a troubleso act?
Minos then ordered. "Send so high-level elders to investigate the whereabouts of these people."
"All right." That elder said, finishing leading Minos' way to where the representatives from all over the empire were, then imdiately leaving to resolve those orders.
Minos then entered that hall, where several groups of people were gathered at various points, talking among themselves, many with worried expressions.
As he entered, Minos made them all stop talking and look at him with looks of respect, fear, envy, and various other feelings one would have toward their superior.
Minos saw this and noticed that his people had wisely divided those into three groups.
Those who had sided with him and the imperial family, the neutrals, and those who had joined Mortir.
Each group was surrounded by mbers of the Gray Clouds Sect, where so individuals from that sect held flags, indicating the positions of those groups.
Minos then waved to his allies and then to those who had not chosen a side. Finally, he looked aningfully at the enemies who were now regretting the choices they had made.
"I see there are many rebels here... Among you, the Mountains Sect, whose master attacked the capital." He said calmly, making the mbers of that organization feel chills in their souls.
"Sect master Stuart, our leader, was mad and did abominable things." The strongest elder of that organization, level 78, said this while lanting. "But we are ready to accept any punishnts, even if we did not agree with Nathaniel's follies."
Minos ignored that man and looked at the rest of the traitors of the empire. "What about the rest of you? You didn't even think twice before changing sides...
I don't know if I would want people like that in my state. What good is it to have subordinates who, in difficult monts, are absent or rebel?
For , I'd instead eliminate people like that."
Not only did those who sided with Mortir tremble at these words, but those who chose to remain neutral in the confrontation also feared the worst.
Minos continued. "On the Black Plain, I have faced several opponents stronger than my territory could handle. But even in a poor and weak area, I could always find n willing to die for the greater good, to ensure the prosperity not of but of their families.
But you, with such great powers and influence, would rather fear an opponent with a re one-level advantage than fight...
Tsk!
Even a poor Spiritual Warrior on the Black Plain has more courage than so of you!"
"Sect Master Stuart, we could die..." Soone from a family that had previously been neutral said that.
"Yes, you can." Minos changed the verb tense, indicating what might happen to so of them as punishnt. "I don't know how the imperial family will punish you, but I assure you this is your luck.
If I were the emperor of this state, I would give you the option to sacrifice yourselves to secure the future of your sects and families... But as I said, you are lucky. I am not your leader."
Gulp!
Sounds of saliva being swallowed resounded through that area, with those people feeling how close to losing their lives they had co.
It was a blessing for them not to be Minos' vassals since they knew he would do what he said.
Hell, he had already done sothing like that to Brown and Cromwell... So it wouldn't be too unusual for Minos to repeat his deeds with them.
But the Edwardstone family could never afford to sacrifice so many specialists.
That would be too dangerous and bring an unprecedented crisis to the state!
Hence, these powerful local experts were sowhat relieved, as their punishnts would certainly not involve anything so drastic.
"However, even though I am not the one who will give you the punishnts, don't think that I will simply accept your repentance. Those of you who have stayed neutral in the war can forget about getting good deals with my organizations and state.
I recomnd that you no longer get involved in matters related to nor stand in my way. Otherwise...
Uh, better we don't talk about that now." He smiled awkwardly. "As for those who acted with Mortir, I will not let you go free easily. In addition to the punishnts you will surely receive from the imperial family, I will charge you separately for your defiance."
"What does that an?" An elder from a family that had chosen Mortir asked in doubt.
"You people made waste my ti in this state instead of being in my empire, minding my own business.
At the sa ti, so of you have dared to attack mbers of the Gray Clouds Sect since the confrontations began.
The first ones will have to pay for my ti here, and the latter will be exemplarily punished.
I will exterminate the entire family of those who has hurt my n." He said firmly, making half a dozen people there regret that they had chosen to surrender.
Minos did not care if these people were surrendering to him. Just because a criminal surrendered wouldn't an they would get rid of the ultimate punishnt for their cris!
A man scheduled to die by the guillotine would not be spared because he surrendered and regretted his cris!
That was nonsense!
Compassion for the enemy was the sa as self-hatred!
Minos felt no restraint in killing an unard man after such one surrendered. If soone was marked for death, they had to die, whether or not they were ard, willing, or unwilling to surrender.
As such, he would not accept the surrender of those marked for death and would still destroy the entire lineage of those who had wounded his n in the short war against Mortir.
In Minos' view, a strong state was the one that could avenge its n!
"That's unfair, sect master!" One such culprit shouted, despairing of his situation. "We only did what we did because of Mortir! What could we do? He could kill us if we didn't obey him!"
"If mory serves right, I warned you before all this what would happen to those who chose to stand against , didn't I?" Minos looked into that man's eyes calmly. "Well, now don't stay in my front saying this nonsense!
Take what you've done like a man!
Die with so dignity!"
With those words, Minos' eyes flashed brightly, and he brought imnse pressure down on the body of that level 77 Spiritual Saint, quickly making such a man kneel down.
In the blink of an eye, that individual's head exploded, causing everyone in the area to take steps backward amidst the silence that would last for a full minute after that.
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