Chapter 403


    A monster!


    In Reiss’s mind, Adrian was a monster–a merriless and cold–blooded monster.


    “Adrian could’ve just killed Wace and Cormac rather than torture them first, and the way he did it was


    something no sane person would be capable of. Maybe he did the same to Seth too before killing


    him…”


    Reiss felt as though a boulder was pressing against her chest as she looked at her former ssmate.


    The man she was secretly in love with had turned into a monster.


    Adrian stopped and tumed around. He looked at Reiss and asked, “Do you think I’m cruel? That I’m a


    monster?”


    “Are you saying you’re not?” Reiss asked in a hoarse voice.


    She sabbed and took a step back before wiping away her tears. Her eyes were filled with fear when


    she looked back at Adrian She was afraid that he mighty his hands on her out of anger, but that was


    far from the truth.


    Instead, Adrian smiled and asked, “So, you do think I’m cruel. Then answer me this. Do you know how


    our men were tortured when the Lepesians captured them?”


    Adrian’s sudder question threw Reiss for a spin.


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    “I’ll help you answer that question. My soldiers were all alive when they were captured and the enemy


    could’ve killed them right away. Instead, they were tortured for forty–eight days before being executed.


    “Also, I had a recruit who was also my apprentice once. He was just eighteen years old when he got


    captured. The enemy threw him to a pack of wolves that had been starved for three whole days. The


    wolves were so hungry that they even gnawed on his bones


    “Do you think that’s cruel?” Adrian asked


    Reiss was dumbfounded as she stared at Adrian. She had never been asked such questions before so


    she had no idea what sort of answer she could give an that moment


    Adrian looked back at her and said, “Answer ine.”


    “1-1…” Reiss teared up from all that sudden influx of info and cried, “I don’t know!”


    “You don’t leow? Adrian squinted. “You don’t know because you’ve never seen it happen with your own


    eyes, nor have your experienced it firsthand. How else do you expect me tomand millions upon


    millions of soldiers if I don’t be as merciless. as I was back there?


    “How could I have yed so many of our enemies from the ounds otherwise? Or are you telling me I


    should let them brutally torture and murder my soldiers instead?


    “Answer me!” ΤΗ


    Beiss was so frightened that she burst into tears, shading her head frantically as she cried, “1–I don’t


    know!”


    Seeing the state she was in, Adrian said, “There are only two kinds of people in this world. The first are


    those who have never hurt a flyw–abiding citizens. The second are criminals who havemitted


    all sorts of evil deeds.


    “There are only two ways the second kind will end up. They either mend their ways or continue to be


    criminals. If they choose the former, they’d be sent to prison, which is why some of them choose the


    latter.


    “Remember this. These people will not show you mercy should you ever cross paths with them.


    Instead, they’ll only think about how powerful they are at that moment.


    “Do you know what sort of thoughts ran through your brother’s mind after he lilled Simon ck?” Teiss


    had no answers to that question.