Lord of the Truth

"...And why don't you sit down with them?" Robin looked at one of the Sages standing around the table and asked

"Me?" Old Gu was very surprised by the question, as there were many other Sages scattered around the table, why did Robin single him out for the question even though he had never seen him before? He was absolutely sure that nothing of his aura was leaking out!

But he quickly suppressed his initial surprise and replied, "How could this old man sit in such an important meeting? I'm just here to receive orders and do as commanded."

"Heh~ If you don't deserve to sit here, then none of those three do either…" Robin let out a sneering laugh and spoke, then looked beside him, "Billy, who is this person?"

Billy looked at the old man and spoke bluntly, "It is Gu Barnett, the emperor of the previous generation of the Flame Empire, he participated in the killing of his own son, Flame Emperor Elias Barnett who happens to be the number one criminal in the incident of the invasion of the Ancestor Continent... He also controlled the elders and generals and all joints of the empire completely and eliminated any possible resistance toward us there after the battle, and he also put the empire's army in a state of idleness. Although his surrender came far too late, his active participation in the war contributed greatly to ending the war faster and with fewer losses."

"You would have annihilated any resistance, whether I intervened or not. I am nothing but a defeated old man. I did what I had to do to save some additional lives." Old Gu shook his head and replied

"Oh?" Robin raised his eyebrows when he heard Billy's words, his expectation is that all the powerhouses of the Flame Emperor Continent have been killed and the Demons are still trying to suppress the revolts now, but there are still *elders and generals*, there is still an army, and even the previous generation Emperor!?

"I know what you're thinking about, and you don't need to worry about it... I know you ordered the destruction of the army and all the powerhouses in the Flame Empire, but everything is stable there and there are 5,000 demon Sages with tens of thousands of saints and knights roaming the continent so there is no fear of it getting out of our control any time soon, as I have brought You Old Gu and all the important elders and sages of the continent, you can do whatever you want with them, and if you don't like it, just give the order and our guys there will take care of the rest."

Robin returned to look at Old Gu for a long time, then spoke, "...Give me your hand."

"Hah? ..Alright." Old Gu took a few steps and slowly extended his hand toward Robin,

Robin on the other end took the old man's hand and then closed his eyes, and said, "Get rid of any spiritual defense, don't try to resist no matter what, and don't try to withdraw your hand, if I feel any amount of resistance or malicious reaction I will directly destroy your soul, I hope I was clear enough. "

"Heh~" Water Empress Victoria gave a short laugh but said nothing

"…Yes…" Old Gu didn't understand what Robin was trying to do, and if this man can DESTROY his soul at all! but he still made a short, adequate reply, after which he kept his eyes on Robin watching his facial expressions, but suddenly, "AAAAAHHHHHHH."

"Hmm?" Water Empress Victoria furrowed her eyebrows when she saw this and looked out of the corner of her eyes at Alexander, who looked confused and apprehensive as well.

What would cause pain to someone with Old Gu's strength?! He was an expert as strong as them and had experience, resistance, and soul power that surpassed them all!

Secondly... Did Robin just say *If you feel any resistance or malicious attempt, I will destroy your soul*? Does this boy understand what it means to destroy Old Gu's soul?!

When they heard him make this statement they sneered at the audacity of this top-level saint!

But hearing those heart-rending screams... It didn't seem like he was joking!

"AAAAAHHHHHHHH…"

Old Gu's scream continued for about two minutes, the pain reached him that he could no longer bear to stand, and fell to his knees in front of Robin, he felt that his soul was about to be torn apart at any moment but he did not dare to withdraw his hand, He didn't want his soul to be destroyed!!

"....Fuu~" Robin finally released his hand, sweat was pouring down his entire body profusely, it was obvious that he had spent quite a bit of his energy on whatever had just happened

"Cough~ cough~~ ARGHHHH!!" When Old Gu realized that his hand was now free, he quickly pulled it and put it around his head, a severe headache nearly killed him, but his whole body seemed to be damaged and no longer knew how to function efficiently!

*long inhale*

"Hooo~ Antoine Barnett, Joseph Barnett, Maria Barnett----" Robin let out a long exhale and then, with one breath, began calling names out loud, until he got to the 17 names, "…Robertson Barnett, all of these must be executed and their family property shall be seized, orders are to be carried out immediately."

"What? No NO NO... What are you talking about? We have given up already, is this how you treat your prisoners? This is unacceptable! This is unacceptable--" One of the Elders whose name was mentioned panicked and began to mumble, but he had barely finished the sentence before he found Sakar's hand piercing his chest.

"Antoine!!" Another shouted when he saw the scene, "We have to get out of here!"

"What are you all waiting for? They are killing us, your brothers, under your noses, you will stand there and allow them?! fight with us!!" One of those sentenced to death tried to move the rest of the generals and elders on his side, but no one moved...

Rather, some of those sentenced to death did not move from their place, they just sighed and closed their eyes.

Everyone here accepted the possibility of death since they agreed to surrender, Billy made this clear as the sun even before the battle was over

The hundreds of sages of the Flame Empire came here not to participate in some fair trial, but to die in front of Robin to satisfy his vengeance and make him forget about their families, in fact having only 17 names on the list is a pretty good outcome!

It's just that facing actual death made the survival instinct kick in...

...That person who shouted and some of the names on the list tried to escape but the Demon Kings and Jabba pursued them everywhere

Some of the sages from the other three empires were about to move to help those people, but the three emperors raised their hands and ordered them to retreat, and quickly the cries of the 17 sages began to rise one after another...

The silence on the hill has finally been broken.