Chapter 45: Justice has arrived
The City Guard ran wild through the streets, storming into every business listed as having violated the law. The punishment was absolute death, not just for the owners, but for every single worker involved.
It was no longer merely about crime or law but rather it was a message etched in blood. If one participated in crime whether it be direct or indirect then they would face the same fate as those who masterminded it, no leniency and no mercy.
Justice had taken a new form. Not restrained by bureaucratic chains or political favors. It was now swift, unrelenting, and above all final.
The news spread like wildfire, igniting every corner of the city’s dark underworld. The world of crime awoke to the sight of thousands of heads on pikes.
Men who had committed crimes without any help, they were those who preferred to work alone instead of being part of any groups. Some weren’t even known to the major factions, but their deaths sent a clear message that no one was untouchable anymore.
Even more shocking was the follow-up report of businesses indirectly owned by Zorthar and the brothels run by the Lutis clan were being targeted, seized, and purged in the centre region of the City. This was no random sweeping of crime but it was an orchestrated cleansing.
For the common people, who had lived for years in terror under these cruel factions, it felt like divine retribution.
For the first time in decades, hope pierced through the blood-soaked streets. Maybe, just maybe, they wouldn’t have to live in fear anymore.
But inside the criminal syndicates, that hope was a curse as in a dimly lit room deep within a hidden base, Prestor who was one of Zorthar’s most executives was losing control after hearing the news of many criminals who got killed.
"What do you mean our hired killer got beheaded?" he roared, throwing a heavy chair across the room. It shattered against the wall with a loud crack.