People's courage could be immense at times, and pitifully small at others.
When people were bold, there was nothing they dared not do. For ordinary people, the boldest thing they might ever need to do was probably kill someone.
When their emotions and the atmosphere reached a certain point, they dared to pull a knife from their clothes and plunge it into someone else's body, stabbing again and again until the victim could no longer fight back—
It was worth noting that most people who were stabbed to death repeatedly were attacked by "novices."
That was because novices were less emotionally stable when doing such a thing, and all kinds of unnecessary negative emotions made them nervous.
As a result, they would repeat something that originally only needed to be done once.
Veterans did not often do this. A series of stabs would splash blood all over them, increasing the risk of exposure.
A true veteran would usually choose the most fatal spot, one that did not bleed much at first. This allowed the victim to remain undiscovered for some time after death.
Rather than stabbing an artery and letting blood spray everywhere...
Of course, sometimes people's courage also became very small. When faced with a power they knew they could not resist, they lost their nerve and began repenting for the things they had done in the past that might now bring them punishment.
Just like at that very moment, under Dilande's gaze, someone walked out of the crowd with encouragement from their family.
These people were actually young men who... had not done anything unforgivable.
Even if they had, Dilande could not tell whether what they had done was worthy of forgiveness. What he needed was not people who had done only a little wrong, but the act