The people needed an outlet for their anger.
That anger should have been released when the Kingdom was destroyed. But now that they were working with Vitalig and the Kingdom was making amends by holding back the Ratfolk, the people had nowhere to vent it.
So Agawar became that outlet.
Executing a Legendary Mage would prove Free City's resolve and release the resentment the people had bottled up.
Of course, one could also call it Annan's excuse.
The thought of Agawar getting away unscathed made his skin crawl. Why should ordinary people bear the cost while someone as powerful as Agawar escaped punishment?
If Free City hadn't come, Agawar would have been fine. If Free City had come and Agawar was still fine, what had been the point of coming at all?
Still, to avoid wasting a valuable resource, Annan quietly asked the Skeleton King, "After we kill Agawar, can you turn his corpse into an Undead?"
"Turn an enemy into an Undead? People will call that evil." The Skeleton King thought Annan was taking things a little far.
"Evil? I'd call it what he deserves. He drove millions from their homes—and he made me use a Crystal!"
As a former king, the Skeleton King felt obliged to warn him. "Use evil powers too often, and people will grow wary of you..."
"Only fools think that way. Magic is a tool, isn't it? A sword isn't evil; the person wielding it is. I've met the kindest Undead and the most wicked Angel."
Annan saw the matter clearly. Even the Ratfolk, a people with seemingly no redeeming qualities, had produced people like Maria and Della. Allegiance proved nothing.
A few years ago, a Holy Knight might have come to strike Annan down for doing this. But with the Gods out of