The silent, dark forest seemed to suddenly come alive. The commotion in the distance grew louder and drew closer to where Dawn and the others were.
"Quick, hide!" Moving through the silent forest would make noise from weeds and fallen leaves, so Dawn instantly created a Sky Ladder and signaled everyone to follow.
Fortunately, it was nighttime and they were in the forest. Standing on the branches and using the trees to conceal themselves, they watched the situation below in the faint moonlight.
But what they saw next filled them with incomparable cruelty and darkness!
One after another, gaunt men and women in tattered clothes ran forward screaming. Chasing them were not wild beasts, but armed soldiers carrying torches—fellow humans!
"Help! I don't want to die here!!"
"Damn you! Even if I die, I'll kill you!" A man saw the iron fence ahead and desperately tried to fight back, only to be shot dead by an arrow from a man on horseback.
"Waaah, why am I going through this?! I don't want to die!!!!"
"We're all human! How can you do this?! Please!!"
In the forest shrouded in darkness, pleas for mercy rose one after another.
But before long, amid the icy flashes of blades and the sounds of weapons cutting into flesh, the screams reached their peak before gradually dying down.
"Hmph, you are merely slightly superior beasts in my Hunting Ground. You should be grateful that I have allowed you to serve as my prey. Dying by my hand is your honor!"
The king, wearing a crown and a magnificent robe, sat on horseback with a bow in hand. A servant held the reins as he casually loosed arrow after arrow, reaping lives one by one.
The guards beside him silently held up their shields, warding off any