Hines Myers stared at the dark, the bag that covered his face. He had been in this condition after leaving their prisons. The chain on his ankles and wrists disrupted the mana inside him. It was so uncomfortable that he lost the power as he was used to the power. He could still access The Faction Screen, and he tried to communicate with his guild members who were not on the battlefield. He tried to hatch a plan to escape, but no one responded to his message, not a single member.

Hines Myers thought that he had a chance to escape and ran to the Dimensional Tower. Once they were inside the Dimensional Tower, they could go to the other starter cities and leave Earth forever. Escape, that was what he thought after losing the battle against Tang Shaoyang. Meeting Tang Shaoyang was the last thing he wanted after the battle. He hoped the God Rank who came on Earth would win, but he could guess the result of the battle when he was moved out from his original prison to a new prison.

If The Tang Empire lost the battle, these people would not bother moving him to the proper prison. Hines Myers could tell from the air that he was in a proper prison based on the damp and cold atmosphere. He was in a proper prison, meaning he would soon meet Tang Shaoyang.

He was scared of meeting Tang Shaoyang for a reason. There was only one fate awaiting him if that happened, death. The rumor about that man had reached his ears; ruthless, cold-blooded, and not merciful for a certain. He would for sure die, executed for what he had done. However, the thing he was scared of was how he would die. He did not want to get tortured before dying, that was just the worst way to die. However, he did not have the courage to kill himself as well. He still clung to the last, a little hope that Tang Shaoyang would not kill him.

While he was in his thoughts, the bag covering his head was forcefully pulled out, pulling his head backward at the same time. The bright light assaulted his eyes, causing him to close his eyes. He slowly adapted to the light, and he noticed five hazed figures, standing a few meters away. It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the bright light, and he finally got to see who the five people were.

Hines Myers recognized them all, the person he did not want to meet was standing in front of him with the other four big shots in the Tang Empire. He knew all of them, The Supreme General, two Vice Supreme Generals, The Light Bringer who was what people called Kang Xue, and The Emperor. His heart shot up at the sight of the cold gaze.

“Why do you want to meet them though?” Kang Xue broke the silence, slightly confused as to why Tang Shaoyang wanted to meet the ten prisoners. There was nothing to talk about with these ten people, and if Tang Shaoyang wanted them to die, executed privately or publicly. He just needed to send the order, and Wei Xi would set it up, “Are you going to kill them yourself?”

That just crossed everyone’s mind. They did not think about it, why did The Emperor want to meet the ten prisoners?

Tang Shaoyang anything as he formed twenty knives made of Chaos Energy. The twenty knives stabbed the ten pairs of feet, piercing through their feet, and stuck their feet to the floor with the knife. Blood flowed out immediately as seven out of ten people screamed. Their screams filled the prison while the other three grunted, enduring the pain.

“I am thinking of playing with them, venting out all the stress in my head,” Tang Shaoyang scratched his head, “Why do I call you two here?” He talked about Wei Xi and Alton. He called both to meet him, but he did not remember what he wanted to do with them. Never crossed his mind to ask Alton and Wei Xi to torture these ten people, and there was a reason why he called both here.

“I am so angry at these people that I forgot what I wanted to say. I can’t believe they would rather work under the invaders instead of coexisting with the Tang Empire.” He said casually that he was angry even though he did not look like someone who was angry, “Ah, right. I want to talk about Revalor and the Elven Kingdom, and I also want to hear your opinion about exploring the other worlds.” He remembered what he wanted to discuss with Wei Xi and Alton.

“This would never happen if not for you!” Collin Morton of the North Federation screamed, “If you did not threaten us. We will not band together and ask for outside forces to fight with us!”

Tang Shaoyang gave the man a side glance. Collin Morton was one of the three people who did not scream. He bewildered and glanced at Zhang Mengyao, and the other three, confused, “When did we threaten him? Did we ever threaten them, at all?” He did not really remember, but what he remembered was that he focused on the Dimensional Tower and barely had any contact with the other factions from Earth.

What he remembered was that these people tried to take advantage of his absence to fight the Tang Empire, even willing to become outside forces subordinates to fight the Tang Empire.

“Your growing force is a threat to us! We don’t know when you will strike us and take over our territories!” Collin Morton added.

Tang Shaoyang scratched his head. He was agitated after listening to the reason why the World Government brought outside forces to fight the Tang Empire. He had enough, forming a knife with his Chaos Energy and approached Colling Morton. Collin Morton’s forcefully opened by Tang Shaoyang’s hand, and he pulled out the tongue before cutting it.

“I don’t want to listen to anything you say, ever again,” He scanned the other nine, and they avoided Tang Shaoyang gaze, “What do you want to say again, Alton?” Alton was about to say something until Collin Morton interrupted.

“I have been keeping a watch on the Elven Kingdom, in case there’s a Revalor pro faction, but so far so good. There was no suspicious movement from the internal of the Elven Kingdom, but we need to talk about the Elven Kingdom, their future,” Alton agreed, nodding his head, “Do you want to talk in front of them?”

The ten people glared at Tang Shaoyang, but no one said anything. None of them begged for their lives, but he could see the fear from the seven people who screamed.

“Nah,” Tang Shaoyang waved his hand, “I do really want to do something with them, but I’m no longer in the mood. Let’s be productive so I can spend more time with my daughter instead.” He turned around and headed out the torture chamber, “Set the public execution tomorrow or the day after tomorrow for them if there’s no more battle. Deliver the message to the other factions, make it a public execution. We have to make sure that we properly send the message to the other factions.”

Tang Shaoyang said everything inside the chamber, ensuring the ten people heard him clear, “Make sure they don’t suicide. We need them alive!” Those were his last words before the steel door closed, and the ten people could no longer hear anything from outside. However, they knew what fate awaited them in the future, or maybe tomorrow.

“Invite the members of the World Government as well. Send them the message, and they must come if they don’t want to be executed along with their leaders,” He added outside the chamber.

Wei Xi and Alton nodded, “That means we can’t do it tomorrow. We need to set up a big ground to fit that many people, and we need to send them the message as well. Three days at the fastest, but if you want a proper public execution, then we need a week,” Wei Xi had the plan in his head already, but he needed time to properly send the message to the other factions.

“But why don’t we just take over Earth? That will solve the future problems.” That question came from Kang Xue. With their current force, it would be easy for them to take over the world. She believed that Tang Shaoyang himself could do it easily. He did not need their help if he alone defeated several God Ranks.

“That will solve a few problems, but more problems will arise as we take over the world. Not all people will bow their heads willingly and follow the order. But the main issue is for the third phase or the last phase of The Game. We need more than ten factions to trigger the System’s events, so we better keep them for a healthy environment for our Tarrior. And on top of that, we might want them to keep Tarriors sharp,” The second part was the reason why he did not want to take over Earth just like what the Federation of Allurion, The Divine Church, and the Giteron Dynasty did.

“Let’s meet Revalor and Arbane. Ava and Xiulan will wake up soon, so let’s finish up our business in the prison,” Tang Shaoyang then turned toward Alton, “What about the Elven Kingdom? What about their new queen? Is there a problem? We need to help their transition to the new ruler. Do they need help or maybe request something from us?” It was obvious how concerned about the Elven Kingdom based on his tone. He blamed himself for the tragedy happened to the Elven Kingdom

“The Elven Elders are requesting that they want to handle the King’s murders by themselves without the Tang Empire’s interference. They want to bring justice for Virion by themselves, so they requested Revalor and Arbane to be handed over to them,” Zhang Mengyao answered as she knew more about the Elven Kingdom’s inside, “I put hold their request, waiting for your decision.”

“I don’t mind handing over Revalor and Arbane to them, but let’s wait until Ava recovers. I think she also wants to be involved. Delayed the answer until Ava recovers, maybe after those ten people’s public execution,” As Tang Shaoyang answered, they arrived in front of Revalor and Arbane’s cell. Both were sitting on the ground with their necks, hands, and feet chained.