Chapter 311: Ch-311: Cruel Victor

Creak

Victor opened the bathroom door with a towel wrapped around his waist after he had taken a shower, while the girls were still too sore to move from the session. The moment he opened the door, he froze for a second when he saw multiple women in revealing French maid outfits standing near the gate with their heads lowered and blushes on their faces.

‘What is up with these erotic dresses?’ Victor cursed in his head. What he did not know was that this bathhouse was the Duke’s private pool and had always had maids stationed outside, as he would sometimes make the maids join him and other women, and they thought Victor was the same.

“Lord Victor, do you need us to serve you?” one of the maids said in a hesitant voice.

Victor’s expression darkened when he saw the girl was underage as he cursed Dane in his head’ That animal, what kind of sick pervert was he?’

“No need, and you don’t need to wear this kind of outfit anymore. Wear a normal uniform. I am not like that bastard Dane,” Victor said in a cold tone, and the maids looked surprised at his departing back.

“He is really different.”

“I thought he would be worse, and I was mentally prepared because of his young age.”

“Well, looks like it is a blessing that he killed the Duke.”

“Yeah.”

The maids looked at each other and let out relieved sighs, as they would no longer be forced to do anything against their wishes.

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Next Day

“Lord Victor, we have rounded up all the criminals in the training ground, and all the citizens have gathered for your announcement,” Emily said, looking at Victor with a serious expression. Victor was with Amber and Rina, discussing something. Hearing her words, the trio stood up as he said, “Good, I am coming.”

After Emily left, Rina looked at Victor and asked, “Are you really going through with this?”

“Yes, this is the best solution to win over the citizens. The ones I ordered to be caught are all worse than animals. They deserve to die a thousand times over,” Victor said seriously, as Rina nodded with a sigh.

As soon as Victor and the girls arrived in the training field, they saw a large crowd gathered, followed by a string of loud curses…

“Damn, you peasants, let us go!”

“Who gave you the audacity to treat us like this, bastards from Silvernum!”

Victor, Amber, and Rina watched coldly as they looked at the people tied to wooden stakes.

These were all the nobles and high officials of the Spark Duchy who had abused their power and committed all sorts of atrocities against the common people.

‘Fucking pigs,’ Victor sneered with disgust, as 70% of them were obese and ugly because they only indulged in vices. These were family members who leeched off their family members who had died at Victor’s hands. The ones who died at Victor’s hands had at least deserved their benefits, but these were useless people who only relied on their family members to commit all kinds of cruel deeds. In fact, compared to the ones who died, they had committed even more atrocities.

Step Step

Victor stepped forward along with Amber and Rina, and everyone’s eyes moved towards them as everyone fell silent. Many of them had recognized Victor, as many citizens had seen Victor fight and kill the previous Duke and were filled with unease and fear. They were worried about how they would be treated now that there was a new ruler. Everyone hoped that he would be more merciful than the previous one.

While the commoners were looking at Victor with hope and nervousness, the nobles and officials tied to the stakes were looking at Victor with hatred and fear.

One of them, the most fearless and entitled one, screamed without hesitation,

“Damn, you bastard! This territory belongs to the Spark Duchy. How dare you act like you own the place? Immediately kneel and offer the two beauties to me to enjoy. If I am satisfied by these two sluts, as the youngest son of Duke Spark, I might pardon you,” the boy said arrogantly.

Pin-drop silence.

Everyone, even the nobles and officials, looked at the brat with disbelief, not believing their ears as to what they were hearing. There was a limit to being spoiled and entitled.

“Bastard!” Both Rina and Amber’s eyes bulged out in shock, and their bodies trembled with anger as mana started to circulate around them.

Woosh!

“Huh, what? Ahhhhh…” The boy’s eyes widened when he saw a blue fireball rush towards him. His eyes widened in terror as he did not have a chance to react before the flames consumed him.

“Ahhhh…”

“So painful! It hurts!”

Victor had deliberately decreased the heat and power of the flames and added the healing attribute of his fire so that he would not die too soon and would experience pain for a while.

The entire training ground was completely silent except for the screams of the son of the previous Duke.

After about 10 minutes, the shouting finally subsided.

“Now that the trash has been taken care of… let’s move on to the next topic,” Victor said with a smile, but the smile on Victor’s face seemed like that of a devil, which made especially the nobles and officials shudder. As Victor’s gaze swept over them, each and every one of them lowered their eyes, not daring to meet his gaze.

“First of all, everyone, my name is Victor Silvernum, a Baron of the Kingdom. For those of you who don’t know, I have killed the previous Duke, and the Spark Duchy, no, I should call it Freedom City now, has fallen under the Silvernum faction,” Victor said.

The crowd started to murmur while the prisoners’ faces turned grim. They had received the nofication that the names has changed.

“Now let me tell you about the benefits you will get after joining the faction,” Victor said, his eyes sweeping over the crowd.

The citizens’ eyes gleamed with hope. They did not care if a new force took control; they had already suffered too much under the previous government and did not think their situation would be worse even if Victor turned out to be like Dane. Nothing would change, and they could live their normal lives, but they certainly hoped their situation would improve even a little bit. For that, they were even willing to kill the prisoners with their bare hands.

“First of all, you will receive normal food and other essentials at fair prices, which the nobles and officials had monopolized and sold at sky-high prices. Second, anyone who joins the army will be able to obtain top-tier weapons and other items. Third…” Victor started to explain, and the citizens’ eyes shone with each word.

They were all already won over by the first and second benefits. They had already decided to join the Silvernum faction when food was offered. The most difficult resource to obtain was food under Dane’s tyranny, and when they heard top-tier weapons and items would be given to those who joined, the ones who had resisted joining Dane’s army felt their blood boil with excitement as they were completely won over.

“Long Live the Silvernum!”

“Long live Lord Victor!”

The crowd started cheering when they heard Victor’s words.

“Lord Victor, what are you going to do with them?” one of the commoners said.

“Of course, they are going to die,” Victor said calmly, and the nobles and officials looked horrified and started to protest.

“No, you can’t do that!”

“We are nobles! You can’t slaughter us like this!”

“Damn, we just oppressed some peasants. Their lives are worth less than those of insects!”

“You bastard, you are just a Baron. How dare you threaten a Count like me?”

Curses and insults were hurled towards him, but Victor looked indifferent.

“Lord Victor, what about the children?” one of the commoners asked with hesitation.

“Of course, they will die as well, but theirs will be a quick death,” Victor said, and everyone’s pupils shrunk to the size of needles.

“No, wait! Some of them are really young. Please spare them!” one of the noble women broke down in tears as she pleaded for her 10-year-old child.

Rina was visibly distressed seeing his indifferent expression and knew her husband had made up his mind.

“Rina, look at them, the children. Do you think they can change?” Amber pointed towards the children, who had vicious looks on their faces and seemed no different from the cruel nobles.

“Sigh, you are right,” Rina sighed, as she knew the children of these twisted nobles would not change, and she herself had read reports that these children had tortured other children from the lower class to death.

Rumble

Victor raised his hand, and the clouds immediately darkened. The next moment, bolts of black Lightning descended on top of the prisoners.

“NOOOOOO!”