Chapter 1229: Chapter 1228: Killing
"Quick, follow me. If weāre late, the General might get angry!" The warrior said, giving Ling Feng and the other three a push.
Ling Feng and his companions were surprised to find that it felt as though there was a force within their bodies driving them to move forward.
Following behind the warrior, Ling Feng and the others saw the wounded moaning, and the dense Evil Qi and bloodthirsty aura shrouding the battlefield!
"This place feels just like a real battlefield!" Daphneās voice reached Ling Fengās ears.
Ling Feng glanced at Daphne, noticing her face had turned pale, seemingly uncomfortable with the scene before her.
"My lady, are you alright?" the Western man beside Daphne couldnāt help but ask.
Daphne shook her head, "Iām fine... I just recalled some unpleasant memories from the past!"
As she spoke, Daphne looked at Ling Feng.
Ling Feng frowned slightly, it seemed Daphne hadnāt forgotten the scene of him saving her back then?
"Alright, weāre here!" After following the warrior for a distance, they arrived in front of a gallows. In front of the gallows were four shirtless men tied up. Their bodies were covered in scars, and their somewhat youthful faces showed a gaze full of hatred.
"Hey, are these the new recruits?" A tall General approached, looking down at Ling Feng and his group saying, "Rookies, itās time for your initiation ceremony!"
With that, four long swords were tossed over to them by the warriors, and the General said indifferently, "A warrior should have Blood Qi, but since youāre just rookies, I wonāt expect much from you. Pick up those long swords and kill those four captives for me!"
Kill them? Ling Feng was the only one whose heart didnāt skip a beat among the group.
"Canāt do it?" The General chuckled, "Know this, they are our sworn enemies. Donāt be fooled by their young appearance; three years from now, they would become fierce warriors, causing severe harm to our empire! So, to prevent future troubles, you need to kill them with your own hands. Only by killing them will you be qualified warriors!"
A warrior on the side said flatly, "From left to right, each of you kill one, starting with that golden-haired guy!"
The golden-haired guy was indeed the Western man.
He took a deep breath, picked up the long sword from the ground, and walked to the first boy.
The boy suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with the gaze of a starving wolf, seemingly wanting to tear the Western man to pieces.
"Ah!" The Western man shuddered under that staring, stepping back involuntarily, his long sword slipping from his hand.
The General frowned, "Rookie, what are you waiting for? Kill him now!"
The Western man suppressed his inner panic, picking up the long sword from the ground once again. He approached the boy.
The boyās face showed a mocking smile, as if waiting for slaughter by fate was not him, but the Western man instead.
For some reason, under the boyās gaze, fear surged in the Western manās heart. He wanted to swing the sword to kill the boy, but he couldnāt do it!
"Rookie, what are you waiting for?" The General barked, "If you canāt do it, then leave; my unit doesnāt need losers!"
The Western man gritted his teeth, then swung down hard, and with a crunch, a spray of hot blood splattered on him. He shivered, staring blankly at the fallen boy, his expression somewhat bewildered!
"Very good, promising material!" The General laughed, "Next one!"
The next one was the masked girl; she walked to the second boy. The boy raised his head, eyes filled with a pleading look, "Big sister, I donāt want to die, please donāt kill me, okay? I really donāt want to die!"
The masked girl held the long sword, looking into the boyās pleading eyes, she closed her eyes and dropped the sword, "No, I canāt do it!"
"Canāt do it?" The Generalās face darkened, "Heās the enemy, our sworn enemy, and youāre telling me you canāt do it?"
"In my eyes, heās just a child!" The masked girl raised her head, fearlessly staring at the General, "Besides... Killing an unarmed child, is that what you call bravery?"
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The General said grimly, "Fine, fine! I never thought Iād encounter a merciful rookie! Rook, you donāt want him to die, do you? Iāll agree, but in exchange, you will die for him! Howās that?"
Die for him? The masked girl instinctively glanced at the pleading child. The child dropped to the girlās feet, crying and begging, "Big sister, save me, please save me!"
Looking at the silent girl, the General scoffed, "If you canāt do it, donāt talk to me about your ridiculous mercy! This is the military, this is the battlefield, this is the human purgatory, not some flowery backyard, you got it?"
The masked girl slowly nodded, "I understand..."
"Since you understand, kill him!" The General said sternly.
A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of the masked girlās eyes, "General, I said I understood, so please, take my life in exchange for this boyās life!"
What? The General was momentarily stunned, then angrily roared, "What did you say? How dare you say such things to me? Are you defying me?"
The masked girl shook her head and said, "No, Iām just staying true to my heart! If it were in battle, I could kill him without any mental burden, but now, heās just an unarmed child, a child hoping to live; I will not do it!"
"Fine, fine!" The General said coldly, "If thatās the case..."
With that, he waved his hand, a white light flashed, and the boy was suddenly freed from his bindings.
"Kid, kill her, and I will let you live!" The General said coldly.
The boy was overjoyed at these words, hurriedly picking up the long sword.
But when he saw the calm eyes of the masked girl, his body trembled, and the long sword fell to the ground.
"No, no, I canāt do it!" The boy stepped back, shouting repeatedly, "I canāt kill her! I canāt!"
"If you donāt kill her, youāll have to die!" The General said, "Donāt you want to live? If you want to live, then kill her!"
The boy looked at the masked girl again, and she nodded, "Go ahead, if killing me allows you to live, then do it. But I hope, if you live on, youāll be a good person, and never return to this human purgatory!"
With a clang, the boyās sword dropped, and he fell to his knees with a thud, "If she dies I live, if I die she lives... Ha ha ha, someone can die for me, so whatās it to die for her?"
With that, the boy fell forward with a crash, having shattered his own heart pulse! Yet there was no fear on his face, only a satisfied smile.