Although the joke had gone a bit too far, thankfully... Durandal had not actually done that to Stargazer. That finally put Stargazer at ease.
After all that fuss, Stargazer said nothing more and simply went with Durandal and Rita to the execution grounds.
Besides the Minister, there were other death row prisoners here as well, mostly high-ranking members of foreign tribes and some officials who had colluded with the Minister.
But the Minister's crimes were the gravest of all...
By now, the Minister no longer looked as spirited as before. He even seemed to have lost dozens of pounds.
During this time, the Minister had been held in the imperial prison, but they had not been feeding him for nothing. Every day, he had endured countless forms of torture.
As long as he did not die, they tortured him as if they meant to kill him.
Too many people hated the Minister.
No one felt the slightest pity for him. He deserved every bit of it.
Time passed second by second. When noon arrived, the executioner finally spoke!
Then, beneath the eyes of all the Imperial Capital's citizens... the Minister's head and limbs were tied separately to five carts, each harnessed to horses. Immediately afterward... the five carriages pulled in different directions, and just like that, horrifying screams rang out.
But it was useless. His body was torn alive into five pieces!
The scene was brutal, yet... not a single person among the gathered citizens blinked. They all stared fixedly at the gruesome sight.
As the Minister was completely torn apart by the carts, the common people erupted into cheers. Watching the source of all evil die miserably before their eyes, everyone felt heartfelt satisfaction.
Other officials of the old Empire died alongside the Minister, but those officials were