Chapter 209: A Certain Hero's Tale 10 (Irushia)
Ch. 209 A Certain Hero’s Tale 10 (Irushia)
Ten-odd crucifixes line the heart of the execution site. Fastened to them are Adofu’s relatives and the beastman girl with pieces of cloth tied around their mouths.
All of them wore sorrowful, seemingly helpless expressions. I stand alongside the knights between the crucifixes and the townspeople so that I can clearly see their faces.
What a nice view this is. The result of bought-out security. It is a privilege of church officials to be able to see it up close.
It would’ve been interesting if there was someone here who would show more anger towards Adofu, but it seems that phase has come and gone over the past few days. Right now, everyone is just trembling with the color drained from their faces.
It’s a shame I can’t hear them beg for their lives and what have you with their mouths gagged, but I can’t have them causing me trouble from talking too much. At any rate, no one’s going to scramble over here to rip them off. Though, it is also tiresome pretending to get injured every single time.
Whenever they conduct executions in other countries, they cover their heads up with sacks. As for me? I don’t like that because I wouldn’t be able to see that last moment of regret on their faces.
And as for the execution method, an executioner selected from the knights goes around and beheads those on each crucifix with a sword. There’s no more to it than that. Beyond that, I think it’s also effective as a deterrent as it’s better to make an example of these people by killing them after tormenting them. Maybe next time I could try proposing something to them since they have nothing left to lose? Although, it won’t be easy to get them to follow through with it since they’re stuck in their boring superstitions, like how dying on one of those by blade will purify their tainted souls or something.
I look up at the sky. The sun was now right overhead. The evil plague dragon didn’t come after all. So that’s how it’s going to be.