Slaughter Across the World

"Did you all hear what I just said?" Yi Kong asked the surviving young Winged People with a helpless look. "If you're willing to join my ranks, you'll have to serve under me and follow my orders without question. But I can promise you this: as long as you don't break any of my army's rules or betray our lord, I'll protect your safety and honor with my life. Otherwise, there's nothing I can do to save you. Remember, you have only ten breaths to think it over."

The twelve young Winged People who remained exchanged pale, terrified glances. Their defenses had been utterly shattered, and their former innocence had been smashed to pieces by the brutal reality they had just faced.

At that moment, not one of them had even the faintest hope left. They knew all too well what fate awaited them if they refused to join this Winged God Clan member. Especially with that terrifying, utterly depraved Yin Yang Old Monster staring at them with a lecherous, covetous gaze, as if hoping they would refuse to surrender so he could subject them to his vile, horrifying methods.

"I-I surrender." One young Winged Person's immature faith and convictions had crumbled. "Anyway, you're a powerful member of our Winged God Clan. There's nothing wrong with joining your ranks."

The excuse he used to console himself as he surrendered spread through the hearts of the remaining Winged People like a virus. Many thought, That's right, this guy is a powerful member of the Winged God Clan. Even if we join him, there's no harm in it.

Often, once confidence wavered, it collapsed like a mountain sliding apart and boulders splitting, never to recover. And with one person setting an example, the others felt far less burdened. So, after the first,