Impatiently, Nathan said, “Enough, stop arguing.” In an instant, the crowd at the scene quieted down as everyone's gazes fell upon Nathan.
They all knew that when it came to deciding the fate of hundreds of thousands of captive bondslaves, Nathan's opinion would ultimately be the deciding factor.
After all, Nathan was the commander of the alliance, as well as its commander-in-chief. Nathan was a seasoned veteran of the battlefield, and the former was decisive and ruthless. However, even he felt a bit uneasy about executing hundreds of thousands of prisoners at once. In the end, he decided to first take a look at these prisoners of war before making a decision. In the darkness of night, the alliance finished cleaning up the battlefield. The alliance's troops set up camp at both ends of Hellfire Canyon and took a temporary break to regroup. The hundreds of thousands bondslaves were temporarily settled in Hellfire Canyon.
To prevent any incidents from occurring, the War Gods from various countries allocated a significant number of troops to guard these prisoners. Anyone who attempted to escape or cause trouble would be killed on the spot. Nathan, along with Colin, Hepburn, and others, discreetly arrived at the prisoner-of-war camp. Nathan and his companions were all dressed in the black raincoats of normal alliance warriors.
Hence, the bondslave prisoners in the concentration camp did not notice that the group of warriors were not ordinary people. Inside the concentration camp, the captive bondslaves were either lying or squatting down. Their heads hung low, and their faces filled with exhaustion, while their eyes brimmed with despair. Some of them were astonishingly like humans. They knelt on the ground, praying to the sky with murmured words, “Please let us escape the darkness. Grant us the hope and courage to survive...”
Some of the bondslave mothers tightly embraced their dead bondslave children, unwilling to let go. A hint of sadness flickered deep within Nathan eyes.
Where is this so-called evil dark clan? These were simply ordinary civilians persecuted by natural disasters and human calamities.
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