Chapter 5656

“You greedy people! Today’s the day you die!” Jared bellowed, voice ringing like a temple bell.

His hands blurred through a rapid seal. Golden lances of light erupted, streaking toward every armed villager with unerring aim.

Where each beam struck, bodies ruptured into scarlet mist-blood, bone, and regret dissolving beneath the dragonfire radiance.

Bruno saw the massacre and bolted, stumbling over corpses as he sprinted for the tree line.

Jared flickered across the space, reappearing before the fleeing man. One savage kick crumpled Bruno to the earth.

“Mercy, sir! We were ignorant! We were fools!” Bruno babbled, clawing at the dirt, whole body quivering.

Jared stared down, eyes as cold as forged steel. “You chose cruelty for gain. Pay the price.”