- Greet His Majesty, King Abel von Kroitz!
Standing on a small stage in the middle of the square, the herald announced. All the people who came to watch the execution and all the guards bowed low when they heard the announcement. The people who came to the execution were divided into three types: the first is those who want bread and circuses, the execution is a pleasant and fascinating show for them, the second type is those who were interested in the king, who has not appeared in public since the coronation day, which was six months ago. And the third type is the smallest, people whose relatives or they themselves have suffered from the actions of criminals who were sentenced to death today. When they found out that this rabble was being executed by the king himself, they were ready to cry.
They can be understood, imagine that you or, even worse, your loved ones suffered at the hands of cruel criminals and suddenly the king himself decided to carry out the execution with his own hands for the FIRST time, then many would think that they were the chosen ones whose sad stories caused the king to sympathize with you and anger towards the wicked. If Abel now asked them to go to battle in the front ranks, then regardless of their strength, gender and age, they would go without hesitation. They waited with bated breath and fire in their eyes, waiting for the moment when they would see their heads fly off their shoulders.
Abel, coming onto the stage where criminals were kneeling in chains, cleared his throat and loudly began a speech.
- Proud inhabitants of the kingdom of Jorgen, raise your heads and look at these monsters that are now shaking with fear of death! They are murderers, rapists and fiends who tortured their fellow citizens, spitting on honor, pride and banal humanity. Such as they do not deserve to be considered people, and even more so, citizens of the kingdom of Jorgen! They have betrayed every one of you, the kingdom and the entire human race! I believe that a quick execution is too much fun for such sinners, so I ask you to help me with their punishment!
Although all the words I said were my sincere feelings, I did not forget to try to manipulate the crowd in order to instill a little nationalism in the residents and involve them in the process. These two things were very important for any state. It was the nationalists who were ready to stand up for their country to the last drop of blood in the war, and it was they who were most interested in the development of the country, especially such people were useful in such a young state as the kingdom of Jorgen. And I involved them in the process to increase their sense of belonging to the state, giving them the feeling that they also participate in the life of the kingdom. Mostly I relied on my eloquence skills, but secretly I also tried to take notes about my title [Sociopath]. The description didn't say how I could influence changes in the personality of people around me, so I decided to conduct a couple of experiments.
And it worked, I saw that even the faces of those who came just to look at the cruelty changed a little, indifference and cynicism were replaced by fire in their eyes, rage towards criminals and pride. I didn't believe that my meager eloquence skills could ignite such a fire in the hearts of such cynical people, the effect of the title definitely worked. I gestured to the guards to pull the intruders closer to the crowd. When the guards carried out the order, the crowd immediately began to act, stones, tomatoes, rotten eggs and ... sh1t flew at the bastards. I made sure that none of the criminals died prematurely, I would not like to lose experience points. After a while, when the criminals were in an extremely deplorable state, and some of them even sobbed with pain and humiliation, I clapped my hands, announcing the next part of the performance.
- General Almeria Guern, announce the crimes of these scoundrels!
Almeria stepped forward and stopped in front of the first of the condemned to death.
- The name of this scum is Nathan, on his account such crimes as multiple thefts, arson, r*pes, murdering of several families and torture of his victims! The next one's name is Garrett…
After Almeria announced the crimes of all the sinners in turn, I was ready to swear that anyone present was ready to tear them apart. I smiled in my heart, this world really suits me better, here people are not deceived and do not mistakenly consider such bastards as people.
And although I was smiling in my soul, it didn't show on my face, with an impassive expression on my face, I approached the first of these, and raised the blade. Resistance was felt in the hand, but the blade was sharp enough to cut through the spine and the flesh around, the blade went like butter, and, coming out from the other side of the neck, allowed a beautiful bloody flower to bloom.
- Yes, everyone revels in cruelty, but you should not let this feeling cloud your mind.
I thought warningly. As I expected, I didn't feel a trace of remorse or regret.
[You killed a Level 1 fighter! Received fighter 10 XP, the amount of the contribution is 10%.]
I received only 10% of the maximum possible amount of XP. Yet the criminals were chained up, injured by the anger of the crowd earlier, and did not resist at all. But this is enough so that after the execution of all of them, I became a level 1 fighter.
[You killed a Level 1 fighter! Received 10 fighter XP, the contribution amount is 10%.]
[You killed a level 1 magician! Received 20 fighter XP, the amount of the contribution is 10%.]
-Hah, as always, they give more XP for magicians!
I grinned in my heart and continued my work.
[You killed a Level 1 fighter! Received 10 fighter XP, the amount of the contribution is 10%.]
Heads flew one after another, when I executed the seventh criminal, the long-awaited announcement finally rang out.
[You killed a Level 1 mage! Received 20 fighter XP, the amount of the contribution is 10%]
[You have reached level 1 as a fighter! Attention, thanks to the effect of the title [Reincarnation of the God of War], new skills have been obtained!]
But now was not the time to care about it, I continued the execution and the next announcement surprised me.
[You killed a Level 2 fighter! Received 40 fighter XP, the amount of the contribution is 10%.]
- I didn't think that among this batch of suicide bombers, there would be someone of the 2nd level!
I thought, chopping off the heads of the two remaining ones. I took the handkerchief from Almeria, who was standing next to me, and wiped the blade of the blade, after which I hid it in the scabbard on my belt. I took a seat in the center of the stage and started the final part of today's show.
- Dear citizens, today I would like to apologize!
I said loudly and bowed my head, which caused an uproar among all those gathered. I straightened up and began to explain.
- I apologize for allowing such beasts to walk the streets of our kingdom! But from today I will fix it! And for this I will need your help! If you know about any criminals, then report without fear of anything! These animals should be afraid, not honest people! We are proud residents of the kingdom of Jorgen, we are not afraid of anything and will never forget about such concepts as honor and dignity, so let's make our kingdom better together!
I continued to brainwash the population to instill my values in them, and the effect was noticeable, the crowd began to whistle and shout in support of my words.
- Almeria, come on, we have one more thing for today!
I said to the girl-general, who was standing next to me and, together with the crowd, succumbed to the influence of my words.
- Yes, Your Majesty!
She said, looking at me with such eyes as if she was looking at God, out of interest I went to the [Acquaintances] tab and checked her status window.
[Almeria Guern] – your loyal general, respect 10/10, loyalty 10/10, romantic love 2/10.(It used to be: [Almeria Guern] – your loyal general, respect 5/10, loyalty 10/10, romantic love 1/10.)
- Huh, so my words really ignited a fire in her heart, she even fell in love with me a little more!