For a time.
Su Chen and the others could only smile bitterly. There were truly too many people!
And these were only the people of Spirit City. The other cities would likely erupt next. With the little food Spirit Hall had, they simply could not feed them all.
"The people of Douluo Continent have suffered too much."
Su Chen could not help but sigh. In this world where strength reigned supreme, commoners had no power to resist. Without truth, they could only be slaughtered at others' whim.
Hearing Su Chen's sigh, everyone felt somewhat complicated.
Most of them had never truly seen such things. Even if they had, they would not have cared. They were all outstanding figures in the soul master world; to them, commoners truly were no different from ants.
But now, seeing the sincere respect in every one of these people's eyes, they felt something strange stir within them.
They could clearly sense that this was not the commoners' former respect for soul masters, but a complicated feeling that came from the depths of their hearts, one difficult to put into words.
Put simply, it was true love.
Su Chen stepped forward and asked, "Did all of you come here looking for me because you weren't accepted into the army?"
The crowd immediately replied:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"We're willing to follow you and fight the nobles. Please take us in!"
"We promise to obey you!"
"Your Majesty, please accept us. We truly want to follow you and fight the nobles."
Su Chen smiled, raised a hand to signal for silence, and said:
"I can feel everyone's sincerity, but I also hope you can understand. If we recruit all of you into the army, our military will become far too large."
"And it is not just Spirit City.