43 Chapter 43:Gods Are Surely Merciful
While a warm and hearty discussion took place inside the City Lord’s mansion.
If only one of the people had known the name of the naked sculpture, they would have started throwing eggs and spat on the naked man instead of showing pity.
Finally, after a long waiting session, the large gate of the City Mansion opened and City Lord walked towards them accompanied by some strangers.
The crowd looked at City Lord with anticipation. They knew that the City Lord was Aaron’s dog and was about to punish the guy.
The entire place descended into silence and all the murmurs and rambling vanished as if they never existed.
The City Lord stood before them and looked at the people with a nervous and anxious gaze.
Cough…..Cough…..
“Hello!Nice to meet you all again.Dear citizens of Letitia.”pᴀɴᴅᴀ-ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ
“I am Harron, The City Lord, am now standing before you to address your long-lasting grievances.”
“I am finding it hard to contain the happiness that is overflowing from my heart.”
“From today onwards, I am happy to announce that we are free from the Venomous clutches of Aaron Rider’s Gang.”
As Harron’s voice echoed and reverberated across the whole place, the people’s eyes widened as wide as saucers and thought they were either having an illusion or City Lord had taken some wrong medicine.
Many people even whispered and warned each other not to react as this may be a trap to kill those who wanted to get rid of Aaron. After all, how can this dog bite his own master?
Seeing no reaction from the masses, Harron frowned and felt a pain in his heart.
Even Alex shook his head and sighed,’ This man had completely lost people’s trust.’
Still, it was his fault, to begin with. pᴀɴᴅᴀ ɴoᴠᴇʟ
Harron bit his lips as he felt humiliated, still he accepted that a man like him doesn’t deserve anyone’s trust but he wouldn’t give up so easily.
Harron knew he failed as City Lord but he was helpless. If it was between the safety of family or death by opposing Aaron, he had chosen the second choice without any thought and this was the reason Alex forgave him and gave him a second chance.
Moreover, he hadn’t committed any crime and his job was just to turn a blind eye to what was happening in the city.
Haaron raised his chin and fell onto his knees” I know, I have failed as a City Lord. Though I can give an excuse for doing this for my family, it didn’t get rid of the blatant injustice that had happened to you all.”
“Still, I ask you to forgive me and give me a chance to redeem myself and please believe my words.”
“The man who is tied here is Aaron, the person who is responsible for making all our lives miserable.”
“His gang had been destroyed by special forces sent by the King and they had helped us and got rid of all of our troubles.”
Harron bowed again and stood up raising his hand towards Alex asking him to take his place. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀꪶ
Alex smiled looking at the huge crowd and introduced himself”Dear Citizens of Nevan. I wish you good luck in your future. Since today will mark the beginning of a new age of Nevan.”
“The King had made a small elite squad that would visit places where they get reports of people to be in trouble and you may not know but Dorda and Marquise Sten had already been killed for treason.”
The people on hearing the man’s words stumbled back and their jaws dropped wide open on the ground.
Even Aaron whose eyes were lifeless widened with horror. He can’t believe that such a prominent figure died and no one got any air of such devastating news.
Alex smiled seeing their expression and walked toward Aaron.
Standing before him, he pulled the ragged clothes stuffed into his mouth and asked with a playful smile”So, Aaron tell me?”
“Is the treatment to your liking or do you want to add some more changes?”
Aaron bit his lips in frustration, he knew his life would be coming to an end but he didn’t want to submit like this and rolling his tongue, he spat on Alex.
Alex noticed Aaron’s lower jaw movement and sidestepped to avoid the spat but his expression turned ugly and he pulled Aaron’s hair, he looked straight into his eyes.
Aaron’s whole existence seems to tremble on meeting Alex’s gaze and feels that his entire existence is in peril and he would be devoured by those frightening eyes.
“Gods are surely merciful,” Alex muttered.
“You are lucky that I am still unawakened. If I could use mana, I would crush every piece of your bones and peel your skin and then burn you and skin you alive. But this wouldn’t be over with. I will heal you again and we will start the fun again.”
Aaron’s whole body trembled and all his hair stood up in terror on hearing his sword.
“But Alas….You are a lucky bastard.” Alex spoke, clicking his tongue.
Alex waved his hand and getting his signal, his man took some buckets and bathed Aaron in a liquid.
Aaron frowned when he smelled oil from the liquid and wanted to scream but his voice stuck in his throat when he heard Alex’s voice.
“You wanted me to light your cigar, didn’t you?”
“Since I am a kind person, I will fulfil your last wish.”
Alex spoke as he took the matches while one of his men stuffed a cigar into Aaron’s mouth forcefully and held his chin so that he couldn’t spit it.
Though the people flinched a little seeing the uncanny scene, it didn’t deter them from watching the scene.
After all, public execution was nothing new in this era.
Alex lit the matches, burned the tip of the cigar and smoke started to come out.
As Aaron was choked with the cigar, Alex looked at Aaron for one last time”Repent in hell!”
This was the last thing he heard before Alex threw the burning matches at him and his whole body caught fire.
Following this nerve-wracking screams echoed before the City Lord mansion.