A crisp snap of fingers rang out through the space.
Hamdouk, who had accepted [Redemption],
was now in the elders' courtyard.
He was listening to the elders' plans, his heart brimming with excitement.
Under normal circumstances, someone of his standing would not have been qualified to hear any of this.
But he had brought back an outsider, an outsider who used a lowly name.
If that outsider could perish together with the King of Chalk and secure "Warhorse" for the settlement,
his own standing would rise along with it! Perhaps he could even become one of the elders someday!
Hamdouk's heart was filled with anticipation and longing.
But...
Suddenly, he could no longer see.
A deathly white light had surged into his mind.
That light enveloped his will, enveloped his life.
The last thing he saw
was a face wearing a faint smile.
The next instant.
"Roar!!!"
Hamdouk died on the spot.
A demon crawled out of his corpse.
[Demon Card · Redemption] [Redemption: The demons are here to save you~] [Demon: As long as you pay the price~]
The price was~
After death, they became crazed demons that would fight to the death!
This was a derived effect of Redemption's second ability.
In the past,
he had never used it.
Most of those who had been redeemed had yet to develop any ill will toward him.
As for those whom Redemption had killed, even if they were enemies,
such as Teng Ge, the City Lord of the City of Miranda,
when it came to powerful individuals like him and those who died with their dignity intact,
Ye Qiyan would give them the greatest respect he could offer.
So he had never turned their corpses into corpse demons that could only last a short time and do nothing