"Look at the expressions on these victors' faces, Ye Chen!"
Jietisikoki pointed toward the invading horsemen amid the village ruins, dancing and reveling atop the dead.
"Every one of them is laughing their heart out. How happy, how blissful—they don't look like they're putting on an act in the slightest!"
"Because these people are genuinely immersed in this massacre!"
"All I did was provide an opportunity, Ye Chen—an utterly reasonable opportunity!"
"As for everything that followed, they did it all with their own two hands!"
Tapping his temple, Jietisikoki questioned Ye Chen.
"Use your brain and think carefully!"
"To how many people would a village rich in resources yet poor in fighting strength look like a succulent piece of meat they could only dream of getting!"
"By merely slaughtering a small group of weaklings like this, they could rapidly improve their quality of life and greatly ease their crisis of survival. How many people would drool with excitement at such a wonderful prospect!"
"Do you really think everyone is as extreme as you in pursuing fairness and justice, preferring to blow themselves up rather than ravage these kind and helpless people?"
"Don't be stupid, child!"
"Justice? Morality? In every age of humanity, they have been nothing more than worthless gimmicks!"
"Only profit is a principle that never fades! Only violence is an eternal truth! Only war is the wellspring of all progress!"
"Slaughter! Plunder! Conquest!"
"Self-interest! Preying on the weak with the strength of the powerful! Clinging to life and fearing death!"
"This is human nature! This is humanity's normal state! This is what humans truly look like without gods to restrain them!"
As Jietisikoki spoke, he altered the surrounding space, causing the Daig Family's corpses to appear one after another at Ye Chen's feet.
Looking down at the old