"The blood of all female babies born in Norden, Barasan Desert, Nagula Plains, and Terra Costa Seaport should be spilled in the next seven days." Emperor Zurin repeated and clarified his decree.
The throne room was shrouded in an unsettling stillness, and a palpable aura of dread descended upon all those present. However, this was not an unfamiliar scenario, as the emperor had a history of commanding mass executions. When he seized the Astralis throne, he orchestrated the slaughter of King Toren's faithful supporters, leaving the once-righteous and well-loved ruler without any heirs.
With trembling hands, the scribe took a brush and a scroll that a slave had passed to him. He placed the scroll on the small table another slave had laid before him.
