Chapter 55 Punishment <TOC> Chapter 57 Messenger
Translator: SumTLMan
Susanto looked at the heads scattered all over the square, like a well-ripened melon field, and for a moment he lost his ability to speak and opened his mouth but couldn’t make any sound.
He had personally created scenes far more brutal than this, but how could they compare.
This time, those who died were not the low-class people who grew like weeds in the wilderness, but the cultists of the Soul Cult!
This person is a complete madman!
“You’re crazy! How dare you… kill… “
His companion, Sharuva, almost spoke out his thoughts, but realizing his identity as a candidate for councilor, he immediately held back and changed his words:
“This is a massacre, and an unjustified killing without any basis! You are completely unfit to be a security officer!”
Li Mu carried the knife on his shoulder and walked towards Sharuva.
The previously crowded crowd suddenly receded like a retreating tide, leaving a wide road for Li Mu. After killing so many people from the Soul Cult in one breath, his evil reputation was enough to make babies stop crying in Orin Town.
“Who are you?”
Li Mu tilted his head and looked at Aruba.
Aruba faced Li Mu, and was somewhat frightened.
“I… I am a councilor of the Pancaya Council! I have the authority to impeach the governor!”
The identity of the Pancaya Councilor gave Aruba some courage. Councilors and security officers are mutually balanced, and he could directly take the lawsuit to the governor.
“Has the Pancaya Council of the Orissa jurisdiction been elected, how come I don’t know?” Li Mu grabbed the struggling Sandy and pulled him to his side, affectionately hugged his shoulder.
“Candidate Councilman, inform me, has the Pancaya Council of the Orissa jurisdiction already been elected, and when will the Pancaya Council be able to complete the election without the presence of a security official?”
Sandy broke into tears, his small heart simply couldn’t handle such heavy pressure.
Aruba was both angry and scared, his face turning red to the point of purple.
“Apologies, Security Official, Aruba was merely concerned about a mistaken killing, and his words were inappropriate.”
Susanto regained his composure. In his view, this haughty security official was already a dead man. Now that the matter had come to this, the murdered cultist could not be resurrected, and he could only wait for the Soul Cult to come and kill him.
The Soul Cult still needs them to maintain order in the Orin Town, even if there is a punishment, it should not be too severe. At worst, they can push out the unfortunate Sandy.
And he is indeed suspicious. How could a Xia person security official easily arrest all the Soul Cult cultists upon arrival in Orin? There must be a traitor among them!
He left with the candidate Councilman and his servant.
“Send someone to notify the Soul Cult, keep an eye on the movements of this security official, and wait for the titled cultist to come. Take them directly and kill this madman.”
Susanto ordered the butler.
The suddenly interrupted feast continued, but the atmosphere was no longer joyful, and Selim did not mention the two Xia women. They feared that another strong madman like Mahaduf would emerge.
Sandy was chased out like a lost dog.
“Do you want to leave Orin Town and hide outside first?”
The seemingly reckless Aruba was actually the first to panic. He hasn’t enjoyed enough of his life as a Councilman, and he doesn’t want to be killed by a madman for no reason.
“Don’t be afraid, my friends, this madman won’t live much longer, I don’t believe he can survive under the pursuit of the titled cultist. No matter how crazy Mahadev was, he was still forced to commit suicide by the cultist.”
Susanto poured himself a cup of beer, raised his glass:
“Let’s drink to the inevitable death of that madman!”
Others also picked up their glasses and prepared to drink heartily, forgetting the unpleasant experience they had in the square.
Just then, Susanto’s butler ran in again, frightened.
Susanto’s hand shook, and the wheat beer spilled out.
“What now!?”
“The… the security officer killed the person I sent to report and monitor and fled from Orin town! The property searched from the cultist’s home is also gone!”
“What!”
Susanto gave a start, as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt from the heavens, he was numb all over.
“Go, go and get Sandy!”
Before long, Sandy was brought in by two strong servants, he thought he was going to be killed and his face was pale, without a hint of color.
The two servants threw him directly onto the ground.
Sandy crawled forward on the carpet, crawling to Susanto’s face, and frantically kissed his soles.
“Mr. Susanto! Mr. Susanto! Don’t kill me, I didn’t betray the sect! I didn’t say anything!”
Susanto kicked him so that his mouth was full of blood.
“I asked you, after the security officer came, did you check his security certificate!”
Sandy’s face was blank.
“What’s a security certificate?”
Susanto was so angry that he picked him up, gave him a few slaps, and knocked out several of Sandy’s teeth, his cheeks swelling like steamed buns.
“We’ve been swindled! That person was not a security officer at all! He should have had accomplices in Orin Town who were setting up the scene, pretending to be a grand security officer, entering Orin Town, killing all the cultists, stealing their money and leaving grandly!”
He was shivering all over, so angry that he was close to losing his sanity, his gray beard was bristling like a lion’s mane.
Even when facing the fear and suppression of the five former council families, and the humiliation, Susanto did not rage like this.
If the cultists were killed by security officers, the Soul Sect would only point their main weapons at the security officers and punish these people. But if a marauder killed all the cultists and left grandly, none of them would dare to live.
“Send them out! Send all the people out for me! I must catch him!”
Aruba was the first to respond, he remembered his own embarrassing appearance, and was ashamed and angry. The other candidate councilors also responded.
To stand firm in the wilderness, one must have their own armed forces. Among the five councilors present, Susanto was the strongest, with over a hundred armed men, and the other candidate councilors had between 80 and 50 men.
But their men were scattered in various industries in Orin Town, and it was slow to assemble them, and because they were not unified, they became a mess.
Susanto had to expend a lot of effort to barely sort out all the men.
During this time, he sent out several subordinates to notify the Soul Sect, all of whom were quietly intercepted and killed.