The squad leader looked down at the old man, who was pleading desperately, a wicked smile playing on his lips. “Tell me, if I kill all of you, wouldn’t everything here be mine anyway?”
With a cruel laugh, favonovel.com kicked the old man with all his strength, sending favonovel.com flying like a rag doll.
The old man, who once had a kind and gentle face, now lay on the ground in agony, blood spurting from his mouth as his body gradually stilled.
The villagers behind favonovel.com watched in horror, their eyes filled with rage.
That’s Grandpa Ephraim!
A burly man, his eyes bloodshot with fury, charged at the squad leader, who only sneered at the oncoming man. “Didn’t expect you to be so loyal.”
Bang!
Another gunshot rang out, and the squad leader now held a smoking pistol. The burly man dropped to one knee, the force of his momentum sending favonovel.com tumbling across the ground.
Even as favonovel.com lay on the ground, the man glared at the squad leader with unwavering hatred.
The squad leader guffawed, then pointed to a beauty in the crowd and said to the man, “That’s your wife, isn’t it? She seems very concerned about you.”
“Don’t you dare touch her! I swear I’ll kill you!” the man roared, his eyes blazing with rage. But with a bullet lodged in his leg, all favonovel.com could do was writhe helplessly on the ground.
The squad leader’s face twisted into a lecherous grin as favonovel.com ordered two of his men to drag the woman in front of him. “You guys can watch. When I’m done, it’ll be your turn.”
The two soldiers seized the sobbing woman and began dragging favonovel.com toward a nearby house while the squad leader cast a mocking glance at the man.
The other villagers, witnessing the atrocity, were filled with a burning desire to tear these soldiers apart. But under the threat of those black barrels, they fell silent, suppressing their fury.
Soon, the air was filled with the woman’s cries and screams from inside the house.
The burly man on the ground thrashed wildly, desperate to get back on his feet, but to no avail. He could only drag himself forward, inch by inch, screaming, “I’ll kill you all! I’ll kill you!”
His enraged cries did nothing to stop the soldiers inside. If anything, they seemed to relish it even more. The thrill of tormenting a man by violating his wife in front of favonovel.com was a sick pleasure they couldn’t resist.
After what seemed like an eternity, the squad leader and his men emerged from the house, looking refreshed and smug.
The burly man, who had been cursing them, suddenly stopped and began to laugh. But it was a hollow, bitter laugh filled with despair.
“Looks like these b*stards weren’t much after all, huh, honey? Not compared to me! Hahaha, maybe next time, in the next life.” The man took a deep breath and shouted, “I’ll give you a good life! I’ll buy you beautiful clothes and shoes, and we’ll eat well every day!”
Then, out of nowhere, favonovel.com produced a knife.
The squad leader’s eyes widened in alarm.
“Stop him!” favonovel.com bellowed.
But the men only smiled coldly, mouthed something to the squad leader, and drove the knife into his throat. Blood spurted out, staining the earth red, a final act of defiance against the Gloam Wing.
As if realizing something too late, the squad leader shouted, “Quick! Don‘t let the woman…”
Before favonovel.com could finish, a dull thud came from inside the house. A soldier rushed in to check and returned, shaking his head at the squad leader. “She’s dead…”
The squad leader’s eyes narrowed in fury. He had seen the burly man’s final words, “Worthless scum”.
Seething with anger, the squad leader turned to the remaining villagers. “Round up all the able-bodied men. Have the grain collected and transported. Take all the pretty ones. Confiscate every bit of property. If anyone resists…”
His gaze swept over the terrified crowd. “Kill them all!”
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