Chapter 370: Bloodbath at the City Lord's Mansion, Duke Carret's Family Executed
At this time, in the City Lord's Mansion, all three hundred soldiers fell in a pool of blood. The tragic scene was shocking. Duke Carret's family was all escorted to the hall of the mansion.
Kashin sat upright, with two senior magicians standing beside him. At this moment, another beautiful woman was roughly escorted in, holding a young child tightly in her arms, trembling violently.
The beautiful woman's face was as pale as paper, and her originally delicate makeup was now a mess of tears and fear.
Her lips were pale and trembling constantly. She seemed to want to say something, but could only make vague whimpering sounds.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with endless fear and despair, and her gaze was wandering, as if looking for a glimmer of hope in this terrible nightmare.
The child in her arms snuggled tightly in her mother's arms, and her small body kept trembling.
The child's face was distorted with fear, and he burst into tears. His cry was sharp and shrill. His frightened little face had already turned red from crying, and his tears kept rolling down like beads from a broken string.
Kashin glanced coldly at the beautiful woman and the child, without a trace of pity in his eyes. There was even a scornful smile at the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't care at all about the fear of the mother and child.
When Duke Carret saw the miserable state of his wife and children, his eyes widened instantly, his eye sockets were about to burst, and he roared angrily:
"You beasts! Let them go!" His voice became hoarse due to extreme anger. He struggled hard, trying to rush to the beautiful woman and the child, but was held down by the guards beside him, unable to move. His face was full of pain and despair, and his heart was filled with worry about the safety of his family and self-blame for being unable to protect them.
The beautiful woman tried to cover the child's ears with her trembling hands, wanting to shield the child from this cruel reality, but her own body was shaking even more violently, as if she would collapse to the ground in the next second.
Kashin said calmly: "Is everyone here?" His voice was so calm that it was chilling.
Carret shouted angrily: "I want to see the king, I protest, you are abusing lynching, you are a robber..." His face was full of anger and unwillingness, thinking that he had served the kingdom all his life, but now ended up like this.
Kashin nodded and said with a smile: "The king has become a heretic as defined by the church. Your family has a strong religious atmosphere. A dignified duke is not in agreement with my king, so he is harboring an enemy. The king said that the princes who are not heretics are traitors, and it is guiltless to kill them. Haha! Your whole family will go to heaven today. It is a happy day. The heaven you pray for day and night will be realized by me..." Kashin had no mercy in his heart. He firmly believed that he was executing justice for the king.
The hall was instantly filled with wailing, insults, and pleas. Some people cried out, "We are innocent, please let us go!" Others angrily accused, "You demons, you will be punished!"
Kashen said indifferently: "Brother junior magicians, you have never seen blood. These 47 people are left to you to execute!"
A magician stood up, his face solemn: "They are just ordinary people, we cannot kill them indiscriminately, I can't do it." His heart was full of struggle, morality and orders collided violently in his heart.
Kashin smiled and said, "Brother Mage, it is because of them that other civilians suffer endlessly. The nobles may not know that their decisions have caused the people to suffer, because we do not care about the suffering of the people. But it does not mean that they are innocent. The conflict between the king and the church is completely because the whole country is troubled by the church and has no choice. These nobles stand on the side of the church, and they are enemies of all living beings. If the whole country is full of such nobles, the king will definitely lose, and the whole country will fall into a dark age of ignorance, and the people will have a harder time..."
From the political perspective, the struggle between the king and the church has reached a white-hot stage, with each side fighting for its own interests and beliefs.
The choices of these nobles undoubtedly affect the direction of the entire country. From the perspective of social influence, the behavior of nobles often has a demonstration effect. If they cannot stand on the side of justice and the people, then social fairness and justice will be difficult to guarantee.
The junior magician had indeed been studying in Vita, and this was his first time participating in training. He did not expect that the first order he would carry out would be to kill these ordinary people. He wanted to see blood, but he simply could not bring himself to do it.
These junior magicians have been immersed in the study of theoretical knowledge and the training of magical skills in the Wit Tower. The world they come into contact with is full of ideals and beauty, and they have never really faced such a cruel and bloody reality.
At this moment, their hearts were like a turbulent sea, with moral condemnation and the pressure of orders colliding violently in their hearts.
Kashin gave these junior magicians some time to think, then raised his hand and asked someone to bring the beautiful woman over.
The woman's face had already turned pale, she knew that this was the king's man, and because of his ambiguous relationship with the church, his whole family now had no way to survive. She could not help but tremble and hugged the child tightly.
Her heart seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss, and she was enveloped by endless despair. Recalling the past prosperity and warmth, and now facing the tragic situation of a broken family, her tears could not stop flowing, and her body trembled like a leaf in the wind.
Kashin looked at the child, who was about the same age as his own son, and couldn't help but feel compassion. He said coldly: "Madam, the child is innocent, give him to me! Let him live..."
There is actually a soft corner in Kashin's heart. When he saw the child, he thought of his own young and adorable son. The childlike smiling face and carefree laughter flashed through his mind.
When the lady heard this, she was delighted from the bottom of her heart and reluctantly handed the child to Kashin.
Kashin took it carefully and checked it with his mental power. The child was very healthy, plump and fair-looking.
The child looked at him with clear eyes, as if he didn't understand what was happening. Kashin couldn't help feeling emotional.
Kashin walked out holding the child in his arms: "My two colleagues, the child must not be frightened. I will go back first and let the junior magician do it. This is an order! It is not a matter of bargaining. Only when you have seen blood can you understand the preciousness of life. If you don't think carefully about the meaning of life, you will die unclearly! The Duke's family is deeply sinful and unforgivable."
Kashin's steps were firm and heavy. He knew very well the consequences of his decision, but he also understood that in this cruel political struggle, there was no room for leniency.
"Captain Kashin, farewell!".
The beautiful woman suddenly knelt at Kashin's feet: "Sir, save me, the child cannot be without a mother." The beautiful woman's voice was full of pleading and despair, and her eyes revealed the last glimmer of hope, hoping that Kashin would change his mind.
Kashin exerted force and kicked the beautiful woman several meters away. She walked out of the hall without looking back and didn't even look at them again.
As soon as Kashin thought about it, the Silver Wolf ran in from outside. He looked up at the starry sky and sighed: "If you make the wrong choice, you will die. This is politics..."
The stars in the night sky twinkled, but they could not illuminate the haze in his heart. He rode on the silver wolf and left. The figure of the silver wolf gradually went away in the night, leaving only a breeze.
The senior magician in the room saw Kashen going away and said: "Junior magicians, kill with knives, don't use magic. This is an order! Look carefully, the weak will die like this. I hope all colleagues will take this as a warning..."
The senior magician's voice was cold and resolute. He knew that in this cruel world, only by learning to be cruel and decisive could one survive.
Junior magicians can only obey orders. This may be the first lesson in their lives. Things that are not in books can inspire their respective understanding of life.
Their hands were shaking, their hearts were filled with conflict and pain, but under the pressure of orders, they had to raise the knives in their hands.
Such scenes are common in countless dynasty changes and power struggles. The cruelty of politics often forces people to make choices that go against their hearts, and such choices in turn affect the fate of countless people.