Black-haired Knight King of Chaldea

Chapter 342 The Capital of Executions - Nancy

"..."

No one in the crowd spoke.

Crowds of people, old people, women, children, all crowded in the square, empty alleys.

However, there was no sign of excitement.Everyone had heavy expressions on their faces.The ignorant children were covered by their mothers to prevent them from seeing the cruel scene.

In the middle of the square, on a high wooden platform, a young man in a black coat was smiling wildly, with his hands wide open, and the crowd gathered below, showing an action similar to [expressing emotions].

He has white shattered hair and a deep expression on his face. He looks a bit worried about the country and the people, until the black long coat below the knees wraps most of his body in black, only the light red leaking from the neckline The scarf and the horse head decoration on the shoulders are slightly colorful.

This man is no stranger to the French people.

Charles-Henri Sanson.

He is the fourth generation heir of a family of executioners that has been passed down from generation to generation in France.

On the eve of the French Revolution, he executed many people as Louis XVI's executioner.It can be said that he is quite famous in Paris and surrounding areas.

When it comes to him, one has to mention the efficient decapitation machine he brought.

It is not the usual way of beheading people with a sword, but a beheading machine [guillotine] specially developed for more efficient beheading.

After being tied up and pushed to the guillotine, it was a gagged woman, her face was full of horror, tears of fear poured out uncontrollably, and together with saliva, soaked the gagged mouth. Cloth.

"This woman! She stole the cheese from the neighbor's house, so she must be punished!"

Sang Song, whose eyes are full of savagery, has the corners of his mouth raised high, condescending, like a dictator.

"I... I don't care... I, I really don't care... It's just a piece of cheese..."

In the crowd, an old woman covered her face with her hands, muttering repeatedly in a low voice.

It seems that she is the [neighbor] who was stolen.

"She's poor, and she has three kids, and she's just a piece of cheese..."

She explained to the people next to her, but the faces of the people next to her were heavy, and no one offered words of comfort, let alone condemned the old woman.

"Okay! The time for execution has come!"

He had no compassion at all, just looked at the sun, estimated the time, and issued an order.

However, no soldiers helped him.

He is only one person.

He himself, activated the guillotine.

It can be seen that the guillotine does not exist here in the conventional sense, but is an equipment brought in by Sanson's magic power.

There is no doubt that he is a follower.

I'm afraid that the weapon that came with him was not the strangely shaped beheading sword in his hand, but the guillotine behind him.

Blood splattered, the black coat was stained with blood stains, and the splashed blood stuck to his face and hair, and his smile was even crazier because of the crimson dye.There seemed to be a blood-red light in his eyes, and he was showing a happy expression with the joy of a fanatic.

"Today's execution is over. Thank you all for coming to watch. See you tomorrow."

Saying such words, San Song, with a happy and fanatical expression, bowed deeply to everyone present like a gentleman, and then left in people's sight, his figure faded away as he walked, until In the end, the whole person disappeared as if transparent.

"What is this called... how long are we going to... endure things..."

In the crowd, a mother who couldn't stand it anymore squatted down and hugged the child in front of her. The child was only five or six years old, and it was at the time of ignorance. He still couldn't understand why his mother was crying.

"If only I could be 30 years younger... bastard... bastard..."

Leaning on crutches, the trembling old man also cursed in a low voice. Judging by his age, he was at least over 70 years old. No one expected a 70-year-old old man with crutches to go to the battlefield to fight against that kind of monster.

"It's okay... no, isn't there... have you heard that in the northwest, there seems to be traveling knights, fighting against evil dragons and sea monsters along the way..."

In the crowd, an old man who seemed to know something comforted the people around him. No one dared to say anything, but the expressions of "please come before we all die" appeared in their eyes.

Here is Nancy, a city in northeastern France.

This is a name that sounds very misleading. When I heard it was called [Nan]xi, I thought it was in the south.In fact, it doesn't matter at all, this Nan is a transliteration, not the meaning of the south.Probably only a few countries in East Asia have this kind of misunderstanding.

Like Lyon in the south, this place is also dominated by the evil dragon army.

However, it is not flying dragons or sea demons that dominate here, but servants.

A lone follower.

That is a smiling executioner, that is a merciless executioner, that is an executioner who counters evil with evil.

In a word, he is an executioner.This is his only characteristic.

The people in the city, of course, would not agree.

So, when he first came, there were several armed raids.

However, the gap between the strength of humans and the strength of followers is too great. Although Nancy, France has a numerical advantage, Sanson's combat effectiveness is even better.In the ranks of followers, there are many supermen stronger than Sansong, but for ordinary people, Sansong is already an enemy that is too strong to be surpassed.

After several armed conflicts, Sanson executed all the young men who opposed him.

Therefore, in the scene just now, there are only old people, women and children.

Of course, Sanson is not a killer or a massacre. He executed these rebels just because [they resisted].

He considers himself to be a rather personable person.

The rule he set was to execute one person every day.Of course, if there are special circumstances, there will be multiple punishments.However, it won't stop.

To be honest, compared to the southern front, the Wyvern Legion led by Vlad III is pretty good here.After all, if only one person dies a day, that's 365 deaths a year.

In terms of the number of deaths, it is less than one percent of the casualties in the siege of Lyon.

This is also the reason why people in Nancy can barely live here.

No special checks were placed by this man, and the gates were left open, allowing the people to escape from Nancy.In fact, as long as people left the gates of Nancy, he would never hunt them down.

But even so, not too many people escaped, and that was the reason.

On the one hand, Sanson's execution was mild compared to other methods of aggression.

There is no doubt that this place is a terrifying execution platform, but other places have already turned into a place even more terrifying than the execution platform, Abi Hell.

On the other hand, although there are no flying dragons and sea monsters in the city, outside the city... the hungry flying dragon will not let go of these moving pieces of meat.San Song didn't have the ability to command the flying dragon sea demon, nor did he have the courage. The executioner was a job of following orders, so he couldn't do it if he was asked to command the army.He simply kept all the troops approved to him outside the city and did not allow them to enter the city.

Sanson's original intention was not to destroy France too anxiously.He has his own goals and his own ideas.Therefore, this rhythm is the best.Guarding the unimportant northeast by himself, he can execute criminals one by one according to his own ideas.

Back to his residence - an ordinary noble villa in Nancy.

That was the place he occupied after he executed the Patriarch who tried to resist him.

Compared with places like the imperial palace, this kind of middle-class nobleman's villa made him feel more at ease.

Wiping the beheading sword in his hand, San Song whispered to it gently.

"Today's execution is also so sharp. It's really my fault. However, it is still a little insufficient. If the angle of the guillotine can be tilted by about three degrees, will it be more efficient? After all... it is The head of that lord is going to be beheaded. That beautiful, gentle lord who is like the embodiment of all the beautiful words in the world... that is the existence that will give Marie-Antoinette a perfect execution. Must Perfect. Ah... my beautiful Queen, thank you Dragon Witch for giving me a second chance to execute Her Highness the Queen. This time... I will definitely give her an absolutely perfect execution!"

(End of this chapter)