Retired Old Man #4

The leader looked on as the two children struggled with their decisions and the rest of the remaining members of the family as they desperately clung to life with a look of disdain in his eyes.

He had long grown used to and tired of these trivial matters, as much as he enjoyed the suffering of others because of his own wounds and scars that had made him cruel and cynical, the more he witnessed these sights the more he came to understand that the cycle of despair is constantly being repeated within their sect.

The children that were brought up within the sect were raised to become monsters who enjoy the suffering of others without knowing of the sects original goals or had to endure their own suffering.

Those that entered later would either be those seeking vengeance upon others for the loss of their family or perhaps their greed lead them to join.

Many types of people, some had pain inflicted by others outside of the sect and others like the situation now would have that very pain inflicted by those within the sect.

One day those children will grow up and hurt others just as they have been hurt and cause more grief and torment to others in a similar situation to themselves right now.

He too had once stood in front of his own family with a sword in hand and carried out the sects wishes so that he did not break any of the sects rules.

Many times he saw the freed of those who coveted the sects power and tried to do similar things one after another, he inflicted that same pain he had experienced until he finally grew bored.

Before him was the same type of struggle many new recruits had to go through, if they passed then they could enter but if they failed then they will all be executed.

This mission that had been given out was far too important to leave behind witnesses outside of the sect so the children must be brought back with them or executed right away.

There was also another problem to be dealt with but since nobody had noticed this, he kept it to himself until the time was right to act.

The old man was chained up very quickly to prepare him for draining but they awaited the children's decision.

The children stood still for a while then nodded their heads signalling the fates of their family.

The leader smiled. "Welcome to the Blood Sect, you have made a wise decision. In the face of power and strength you can either submit or die. In our sect, there is no alternative… so serve the sect leader and heir well and do not upset them otherwise the decision you have made would have been for nothing."

The rest of the family were dragged kicking and screaming and then brought before the large container where the mother had died and her blood was within it.

The daggers were firmly placed and held in the children's hands as they were dragged before their family who were held above the container.

The leader pointed to a spot on the necks of each person and moved it across to the other side. "Pierce here and slice across. Do it quickly if you do not wish for them to suffer."

Silence filled the room as he waited until they finally acted and ended their lives, although their movements were clumsy and caused their family members more pain before they died, they did not live for long after the blood was spraying from the wound left on their neck as the dagger pierced into them.

The leader looked at the children and smiled. "Good! We will keep our word, they get to keep the blood."

One of them questioned him right away. "But boss.. such fine blood. To give it to children?"

Many wished to also voice their ideas that agreed with him but kept their mouths shut and watched how things would play out.

The leader may look like he was coldhearted but perhaps the mothers devotion and sacrifice touched him a little.

The cold and merciless man was reminded of his own circumstances but when the time came, all his family could do was plead, beg and cast aside the blame onto himself.

Not a single person in that room wished to save him or would sacrifice themselves because if their own greed or desire to survive.

He may have grown bored of the same old thing repeating itself but today he was shown another scene that was slightly different.

Even a corrupt, greedy and traitorous woman could show remorse and self sacrifice after knowing she was about to die and then willingly sacrificed herself for her children.

The blood of the family was valuable but in his eyes, he had already promised and although he was not obligated to keep his promise, he had decided that if the children are to grow up strong then they will need a way to do so fast.

With this blood they will grow quickly and become powerful people with much purer bloody qi than most others who are stuck drinking the blood of ordinary people.

If he could bring these two children up within the sect then he may have someone within the sect who owes him a favour.

Since he had kept his promise and taken on the dissatisfaction of the group then the children now owe him.

He looked at them all calmly and looked as if he was looking at a bunch if idiots. "Did you forget something? We are here fir the sects mission and nothing else. If you wish to satisfy your hunger then look elsewhere. I have already made an agreement and will keep it. Instead if arguing among yourselves try to think of what is wrong with this scene and act?"

It was obvious that something was still not done properly according to their sects rules and standards that protected the sect and their secrets.

He calmly walked forward and pierced the leg of a man with his sword who had the position as a Blood Sect recruit from behind. "Get it now? Clean them up, send a team to bring back or wipe out any connections to them and then return quickly."

This operation required secrecy but they had violated that by involving those outside of the sect.

Even if they had their loyalties and followed orders, things could still be leaked through carelessness or simply because they thought they could gain something from exposing their whereabouts or what they were up to.

After involving the recruits and recruiter, they brought everyone with them into the base and exposed their base and plans to them which was not allowed.

Now that the rules had been broken there was two paths ahead..

They would either be the the path taken where they would be killed or where they would be pulled from their position as outer sect members and become full fledged members of the Blood Sect.

However each of these people still had connections to the outside world so would have to undergo the same process that the children had to go through.

They had looked on at the despair of the children and the family with gloating eyes but now they shared the same fate as they had just witnessed.

Unknowingly they had walked into a trap.

The leader smirked as they were all subdued. "Now.. let us play a game. Blood or information?"

He looked at the first person and said. "Do you wish to die to protect your loved ones or will you give up all their information so that they can be brought here quickly? Please do remember that if you do not give up that information there will always be others who do know… I can easily find out from them. So choose.. Blood you will die and provide us all with a way to quench our thirst and your loved ones will still die or… you give up everything, give us the information, end their lives quickly and join the sect."