Uchiha Shin and the other two stood there, at a loss for words for a moment.
All three of them were deeply moved as well. They had never expected that they had merely helped these people on a whim, doing nothing more than giving them a meal.
Yet now, these people were repaying them with their lives, surrounding the three of them tightly. Anyone who wanted to harm them would first have to step over their corpses.
There were countless civilians and many soldiers around them, but these ragged commoners showed no fear in their eyes. Their gazes were so resolute, so calm. Whoever dared touch their benefactors would have to die!
What a simple, lovable group of people! Uchiha Shin could not help sighing inwardly.
With these people caring for him so deeply, supporting him so wholeheartedly, and willing to lay down their lives for him, Uchiha Shin felt that everything he had done in the Three Realms had been worthwhile.
After all, some things in this world had to be done by someone. If you did not do them, perhaps no one would, and then the Three Realms would fall into the peril of destruction.
Such a simple and lovable group of people would also suffer untold hardship and die.
They were such simple, honest people. How could he let them suffer and die so casually?
People who knew how to repay kindness like this deserved to live happily and enjoy an era of peace and prosperity.
"You lowly rabble actually colluded with these demons. It seems that today, I, the Chancellor, must throw every last one of you into the Heavenly Prison and then execute you!" the Chancellor said viciously, pointing at the crowd.
Yet these people remained as resolute as ever, without the slightest fear.
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