No Common Ground with Our Enemy (Part 2) [Please Vote]

"Third Brother and Seventh Brother are already gone... Big Brother and I can't afford to lose anyone else... None of us will ever forget this revenge! They absolutely won't have died in vain! But—we can't force our way through! Qing Zhi, do you understand?" Gu Ren's sixth brother had red-rimmed eyes. He spoke to Chao Lian in an attempt to dissuade him, but the hands gripping Chao Lian's were so tense that his veins bulged as he used every ounce of his strength to suppress his hatred.

Chao Lian was nearly frantic. "I don't understand!"

He raised a hand and flung his sixth brother's arm away.

But when he saw Gu Ren's expression, the foot he'd stepped forward with stopped in midair. Hatred surged wildly in his chest. The urge to kill, more powerful than he'd ever felt before, made him want to cast aside all reason and slaughter their enemies. In the end, though, all he could do was let out a long, anguished howl to vent his hatred.

With nothing but his fists, he smashed the stone wall to pieces.

"Ahhh—!"

His pained howls eventually turned into sobs.

Thud!

Chao Lian's knees buckled, and he knelt before the bodies of his two sworn brothers. Clutching his head, he pounded the ground and berated himself, until tears blurred the bloody scene before him. He didn't know how long had passed when a pair of boots appeared in front of him. A hand gripped his shoulder and hauled him to his feet.

It was Big Brother Gu Ren.

Chao Lian had never seen Gu Ren like this.

They had been sworn brothers for so many years. Big Brother Gu Ren had been like a father as well as a brother, worrying over every detail of their lives. He'd concerned himself