During the defense of the city, Chutkalai's actions were even more heinous. Tearing down houses for firewood, forcing people to provide food—his many wicked deeds were almost beyond belief.
Besides letting his soldiers plunder the city, after Lajos Kossuth fled Budapest, Chutkalai seized the palace and turned it into his own harem.
At first, Chutkalai had set his sights on prostitutes and society ladies eager to curry favor with the powerful. But he soon grew bored and reached his vile hands toward his subordinates' wives and daughters, and even his own students.
After the Hungarian Rebellion began, Chutkalai had even been appointed chancellor of the University of Hungary, where he was responsible for teaching "Courage."
Later, when he saw no hope of victory, Chutkalai became even more brazen. His harem had at one point grown to more than eight hundred people. To amuse himself and alleviate the food crisis, he had even come up with some truly inhuman games.
Chutkalai had also built a vast underground palace, filled with gold and silver jewelry, antiques, and works of art. Their value would have been enough for Kossuth to buy an army from Britain and France.
Another hidden underground chamber was piled high with food, salted meat, and even canned goods.
But these riches could now only become the Austrian Empire's spoils of war, adding fuel to the fire that would consume the Hunnic Empire.
Chutkalai's deeds were truly despicable, but at his trial, the Hungarians were the ones who denounced him most fiercely.
His behavior had disgusted even the criminals who had long since abandoned their humanity. If it weren't for that greedy, foolish bastard, Budapest would never have fallen so easily, and they would never have been forced to live like neither men nor ghosts.
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