When Duanmu Huai and Freyja arrived at the battlefield, the battle was already over. As for the soldiers of the Country of Protection, they had naturally been completely wiped out as well. Although they had put down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender by the end, Princess Norn had still ordered their extermination.
As for Princess Norn's reason, it was quite simple.
"According to Inquisitor Lord, the Hero's Blessing will appear on someone else after disappearing. I wasn't surprised that Inquisitor Lord could kill the Hero, but to be safe, and to prevent the Hero's Blessing from appearing on these soldiers, it would be more prudent to kill them all."
Yes, this was very much in line with Princess Norn's way of thinking.
"Still, Inquisitor Lord, bringing the Hero back is fine... His Blessing was erased? Then we don't have to worry about him escaping. Logically speaking, a public execution would be better, but considering the trouble he caused, a mere public execution would be far too lenient... Hmm..."
Princess Norn lowered her head and began to think.
"In my opinion, the best way to appease everyone's anger would be to make him suffer as much as possible before dying miserably..."
"My country once had a punishment called the Execution of Nine Generations. Perhaps we could give it a try."
Duanmu Huai spoke up at this point.
"Execution of Nine Generations?"
"That's right. From one's parents and children to one's siblings and relatives, anyone related by blood could be considered part of the nine generations. Criminals guilty of the most heinous crimes would have their nine generations executed as a warning. To put it simply, everyone related to him by blood would be killed."
"Eh? There was something like that?"
To be fair, even Freyja, who had been