Chapter 64: Width

The flames rose, and the farmhouses with wooden walls and thatched roofs were engulfed by fire in an instant.

While Iron Peak County and Upper Iron Peak County still retained their last vestige of peace, it was not the case elsewhere.

Vernge County, Hammer Town, Oak Village.

Unarmed men and women were tied up with hemp ropes in chains, mercilessly whipped on their backs as they stumbled away from their homes, a trail of their cries behind them.

Among the hundreds of captured Paratu civilians, not a single elder could be seen, for those without the ability to work were either left in houses to be devoured by the inferno or were outright killed.

On the road, besides the captives, there were carriages loaded with grains and utensils, pack horses loaded with clothing and valuables, and...the Terdun people, laughing and joking.

Go a bit further, past the small woods up front, and these Paratu people would be stepping onto the road of no return.