Chapter 491: City Invasion (Two)
On top of the stronghold walls of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom was a scene of bitter war. The walls were covered with rivers of blood and bodies. The silver armor of the Eastern Deity Swords was dyed with the blood of their enemies and filled with dents and holes all over. If not for the superb protective ability of the armor, then some of the soldiers would never have been able to survive.
The Heavenly Eagle Kingdom wasn't filled with weak individuals after all. Sometimes, an expert from their side would appear, and sometimes, a soldier of the Eastern Deity Swords would be attacked by multiple enemy soldiers at once, becoming injured.
Jian Chen hadn't participated in the battle and moved back with his mount to where princess You Yue was.
Paying close attention to the pale face of the princess, Jian Che knew that this was the very first time she had ever witnessed such a bloody battle. In a rare moment of concern, he spoke, "Princess You Yue, are you alright? If things get too much, please close your eyes."
The princess displayed a disturbed expression on her face, but she shook her head and mumbled, "Just how many people will die here? War is truly too cruel."
Sighing, Jian Chen replied, "There's no other way. War is always as such, this is a scene that occurs almost every day on the Tian Yuan Continent. The weak are the food for the strong - that is the law of this world. Trying to avoid such a rule is an impossibility unless you are one of the Three Great Empires. When one has a strength on par with theirs, no one would dare cause trouble with them."
"Changyang Xiangtian, have them surrender. There is no need to kill anymore, those soldiers have a family." The princess couldn't bear it anymore and began to ask. Although she knew that war was cruel and unavoidable, she still found it extremely hard to accept the sight in front of her.
Jian Chen's eyes focused on the beautiful princess You Yue, "Princess You Yue, before you say those words, I would like for you to remember just how the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom treated your father in the past. Not only did they lay waste to the imperial palace, but they even kidnapped your father. If not for the five Imperial Advisors in my Changyang clan beating back the individuals from the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, then your father would have been captured and brought back to their kingdom to be nothing more than a prisoner."
The princess went quiet, since she couldn't think of any words to refute Jian Chen.
Jian Chen continued to speak. "Princess You Yue, to live in this world is to not live with any feelings of pity. The only thing you should look at is the road you walk on underneath your feet. I gave them a chance to surrender, but they didn't cherish it. In this world, there is no such thing as cruel or uncruel. There is only strength. Strength is what is needed in order to survive."
"When I survived by myself all those years in the past, do you know how much blood was spilt by my hands? Let me tell you, no more than ten thousand and no less than a thousand."
"Yue'er, Changyang Xiangtian speaks logically. If not for the Qinhuang Kingdom's assistance, then we would not have been able to repel the four armies against us. This matter did not start in the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom, but within the imperial palace of our Gesun Kingdom. The ones who attacked our cities were the four kingdoms." The headmaster of Kargath Academy, Khafir spoke.
The princess remained quiet. She understood the logic the two people used. It wasn't often that she saw a massacre, but whenever she thought about how easy it was to take away a life, her heart couldn't help but feel emotionally pained.
This wasn't a simple matter where just tens of people were dying after all. Millions of lives were at stake. The bloodbath and carnage being revealed in its crude sight was not a sight for any woman to see. Even a man who had never experienced war would not be able to take such a sight easily.
