Chapter 1063: Section 671: Art (Part 1)
Standing in the crowd by the roadside, Malin was watching the float parade. Contrary to what Malin had imagined, besides various flowers decorating these floats, they were predominantly draped with one Chaos Battle Flag after another. According to Meng Quyi, all major Thainan cities have this kind of display, and it’s said that in those large settlements not occupied by Chaos after the Great Cataclysm, they have thousands of Chaos Battle Flags at their disposal.
The Thanans are so warlike that even Khorne couldn’t wait to play the role of Confucius, seemingly wishing to drag the entire Thainan race into Subspace. During this same period, Master Wu seemed to have emerged, giving Malin a more certain estimation of the appearance time of the Lord of Justice—the Lord of Justice did not appear for long in the Western Human World, but in the Eastern Human World, he appeared not long after entering the Second Era.
After the floats passed by, Malin followed Meng Quyi to the edge of the square where there was a stone tablet. Malin stood under the tablet, reading the inscriptions below—it recorded all the fallen members of the City Guard from ten years ago. Many young people from various families appeared in groups on this tablet, and under the Zhang family section, Malin saw the names Zhang Mingxing, Zhang Mingjun, and Zhang Mingcheng, and he couldn’t speak for a long time.
Above these, there was a sentence.
May Master Wu guide them on the return home.
There’s no mention of Confucius. Speaking of which, during the Second Era, the Thanans indeed believed in Khorne because he came to this world in the guise of the War God. However, not long after, they confirmed the true identity of this unknown War God. Since then, Confucius’s legacy was lost, yet to lull Khorne (who now had the world’s coordinates), some sacrificial Thanans still chose this belief.
Though perhaps the soul of this Thanan might therefore spiral downwards, before that downfall, Thanans who believed in this Master would choose to purify themselves.
It’s not to say that Thanans who truly believed in Khorne didn’t exist, but compared to regular Thanans, their numbers were scarce. According to Meng Quyi, the main force of Khorne believers were actually the refugees from the Peninsula. Due to these ingrates, the Chaos Tide of the Dead from the North remains a major threat to Thainan Union until today—because their leader rose to power in the North, each time this scoundrel brought the Chaos Army directly into this world.
Every century, hundreds of battle groups suffer total losses in defense of the Chaos Tide of the Dead.
The Thanans would rather die than become the minions of the Chaos Evil Gods.
This made Malin both happy and filled with awe, because Thanans truly do not fear sacrifice, whether for others or for themselves.