Chapter 408: Mysterious Master
The Scarlet King moved with the Marshal as they reached the gate and entered Evernight City. His eyes wandered around with curiosity, something that did not draw attention since it was a normal response for someone who had never visited the capital of the Immortus Atrox Empire.
As the Scarlet King observed the ordinary people of the Atrox Immortus Race, he couldn’t help but silently smile as he remembered the description given by the teacher at the military academy back in the Imperial Lightning Fort.
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’Should this be a ferocious race full of bloodthirsty warriors that flay their opponent and wash in their blood? The only things I see are normal people going about their lives.’
No matter how you saw them, the way the members of the Atrox Immortus Race behaved was no different than the way people of the Godslayer Humankind did, with adults caring about adult stuff and children going on with their simple lives.
As for the Scarlet King’s first interaction with an Atrox, where he saw the Level 3 Wave Warrior torture beast and people, he now knew that person was probably brainwashed.
All the customs and behaviors that the Godslayer Humankind Empire taught about the Atrox Immortus Race to their juniors, such as their rite of passage in which children were put through a cruel trial from a very young age, were widely exaggerated and distorted.
The children of the Atrox Immortus Race did go through a trial, but it was at fifteen, and the survival rate was actually over 95%. From a certain point of view, it was no different than the military service that Cain and other children of the Godslayer Humankind went through.
As for the tendency of the Atrox Immortus Race to torture their enemies, it was also an exaggeration. They did have a tendency for sadism, but it was the same tendency as the human race toward greed, not something that controlled their behavior.
As the Scarlet King saw all these people who were supposed to be members of an enemy race and were supposed to hate to the bone, he could not help but feel odd. Not because there was anger or disgust in his heart but because he felt nothing at all.