Bestowing the Boots!

"Small condition?"

Hajiasha agreed almost without thinking.

"Go ahead."

"This guy will probably be sentenced to death in the end, right?" Lu Li looked at Zhu Houcai, a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

"I propose a white phosphorus execution. And notify me on the day of the execution—I want to observe."

"That's all?" Hajiasha was incredibly surprised.

She had thought that since Lu Li was giving up military merit, he would make some rather excessive demand.

He was merely suggesting a white phosphorus execution and asking to observe it?

That was far too simple!

"I'll personally come and invite you to observe at the execution ground when the time comes!" Hajiasha replied with an almost smiling expression.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houcai in the Death Intent Cage could no longer remain standing. He collapsed inside the cage, his face drained of color with fright.

The most painful white phosphorus execution?

What kind of joke was this?!

If he had known things would turn out like this, why the hell had he mocked Lu Li earlier?

"The [Magic Core] case has temporarily concluded. General Hajiasha, it's time to award General Lu Li his boots," Rahem reminded her kindly, the six mechanical eyes on his head glowing faint blue.

"Yes. After all this delay, I nearly forgot why Nockte and I came here." In an excellent mood, Hajiasha descended toward the ground and summoned the other generals to prepare for the boot-awarding ceremony.

As for the people Zhu Houcai had brought, she was in no hurry to interrogate them.

She let them remain where they were.

With Zhu Houcai's fate as a warning, she doubted any of them would dare risk trying to escape.

They could wait until the boot-awarding was complete before questioning them at leisure.

Lu Li descended to