「In the five days that followed.」
Under Lady Catherine's iron-fisted rule, a massive purge took place. More than a thousand mid-level family leaders were executed, and for five days, the Upper City's core district was a river of blood.
Every day, over two hundred people were executed by hanging or firing squad.
As twenty-one trembling caravan leaders watched, the bodies of the purged rebels were hauled out of the city, one cartload after another.
With the Vengeance Angel Squad present, they couldn't even entertain the thought of resisting. Besides, without the support of Grand Lord Kles, any resistance they might offer would crumble instantly before the Overlord, Lady Catherine.
'Did they really expect the Free Knights they'd hired to lay down their lives for them?'
Lady Catherine was wealthy enough to pay ten times their rate to turn them. And it was far from certain that these Free Knights could even survive an encounter with the Overlord.
