Their commission was suspicious.

Sauer, who witnessed this scene, was completely stunned, as if he had been greatly shocked.

The minister slowly descended the stairs, and two guards beside him struck the Minister of the Interior with their weapons.

“Your Majesty, you really can’t keep believing the ministers’ slander. If this continues, the empire’s thousand-year history will be…” Shao’er continued, unwilling to give up.

But before Sauer could finish speaking, the minister approached him, a sickly and ferocious smile plastered on his bloated face. He spoke in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them.

"Lord Sauer, leave your beloved wife to me. I will take good care of her for you, taking care of every part of her, hahaha."

The minister's laughter echoed throughout the palace, and a desperate Sauer was carried away by two soldiers.

"Heavens above, can you even turn a blind eye to this and let it go unpunished? Please punish this sin! Anyone will do! I beg you!" Sauer's angry roar echoed through the palace.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

【When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you】: Use the most severe and cruel punishment to make Ernest pay the price he deserves and stop his imminent acts of bullying men and women.

Reward: 1100 Primogems + random reward

Difficulty: Four stars

"Xiao Shi, have you found a suitable torture method for Ernest yet?" Chen Luo urged the Herrscher of Knowledge after hearing about the task.

"What's the rush? Isn't it because there are too many tortures? Why don't we try one more?" The Herald of Knowledge said, looking at the encyclopedia of ancient and modern tortures in his hand.

"No, no need. I've thought of a pretty good torture method. Xiao Shi, do you know about the Hungry Ghost Realm?"

"I've heard of it," said the person who understood the law, seemingly lost in thought.

"The realm of hungry ghosts is filled with people who gorge themselves, but tragically, their throats are only the size of a pinhole. They suffer from hunger all the time, but when they see delicious food placed in front of them, they simply cannot eat it."

“Even if he could eat just a little, it would be accompanied by intense pain and would trigger an even deeper hunger. Do you think it's suitable for him?” Chen Luo asked, pointing to Ernest, who was frantically devouring meat.

"It is indeed quite suitable, but as a friendly reminder, if you don't go to save that civil official soon, he might be beaten to death." The Herrscher of Knowledge gestured towards the outside of the hall.

"Holy crap, my four-star commission!" Chen Luo was shocked and quickly ran out.

Chapter 894 Li Sushang - Pet·True

Dismemberment by chariots involved binding a person's head and limbs to five separate chariots, harnessed to horses or oxen, and pulling them in five different directions, thus tearing the body into five pieces. Sometimes, instead of chariots, five oxen or horses were used to pull the body, hence the colloquial term "dismemberment by five horses."

This is the punishment that Interior Minister Sauer is about to face.

There is absolutely no difference between being torn apart by cart and being torn apart by oxen.

It takes considerable effort to cut off a person's head and limbs, let alone torn them off by pulling. The suffering endured by the victim is unimaginable. By the time the body is actually ripped open, the victim probably feels no pain. The agony comes during the pulling process.

Interior Minister Sauer is an extremely rare conscience in the current imperial court, but unfortunately, in an era where ministers are in power, conscience has no room to survive.

Chen Luo and the Herald of Knowledge closely followed the two soldiers who dragged the Minister of the Interior, Shao Er, to ensure that he would not be killed by the soldiers along the way.

After all, what wouldn't a minister's subordinates do?

However, it was clear that for the ministers, it would be more pleasing to have Sauer suffer the punishment of being torn apart by cattle.

On the way, Chen Luo unexpectedly saw General Bude on patrol.

When General Bud saw the Interior Minister Sauer being dragged away by two soldiers, he could probably guess what had happened.

Although General Bude was disgusted by the minister's tyranny and even wanted to kill him, his unwavering loyalty prevented him from doing so.

Military officers are forbidden from interfering in politics!

General Bud's only regret now is that he didn't bring the Interior Minister Sauer under his protection earlier.

"It's hard to say what General Bude is really like, but he's definitely not doing his job properly," Chen Luo said.

"There's nothing inherently wrong with the rule that military officers shouldn't interfere in politics, as such power grabs by military officers have occurred throughout history. However, it's foolish to follow the dogma blindly, rather than treating special cases as special circumstances... In a sense, General Bude is one of the main culprits who led the empire to this point of near collapse. Perhaps only when things are about to reach an irreversible point will General Bude choose to purge the bureaucracy," said the Lawbringer.

As the Herald of Knowledge said, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army, who commanded the Palace Guard, was an upright and rigid man who served the Empire wholeheartedly. Only after the Revolutionary Army had grown to the point of threatening the Empire and the Minister's atrocities had become unbearable for him did he finally decide to personally eliminate the root of the disturbance to the country's peace—Minister Ernest—after annihilating the rebels.

Unfortunately, the general did not live to see that moment, as he was killed by Mine's cannon.

However, Mine also became a vegetable due to exhaustion of her spiritual energy (in the anime, Mine died directly from exhaustion of her spiritual energy).

Therefore, in this world full of blood and blades, Imperial Arms are like a cheat code bestowed by the world, which feels very magical.

Chen Luo had also touched the Romantic Cannon Pumpkin before. That Imperial Arms did indeed become more powerful when the fluctuation of spiritual energy was greater.

However, the people in this world are not very skilled at controlling mental energy, so they can only choose to use the method of creating a crisis to increase the attack power of the Romantic Turret.

This is why Mine once said that the more she was in crisis, the stronger she became.

The more Chen Luo sensed the wonder of the Imperial Arms, the more he looked forward to the surprises that the Imperial Arms manufacturing method he could obtain after helping the Empire regain its new life would bring him.

However, contrary to expectations, Chen Luo originally intended to teach Liu Wenxuan the manufacturing method of the Imperial Arms so that he could create them, but...

Now, both the Oath of Judah and Chen Luo himself are stronger than Liu Wenxuan in terms of forging level, which is indeed an extremely ironic thing.

Chen Luo did indeed print out all the Memory Breads at the Master Forging level yesterday, and the quantity of those breads was so large that they couldn't fit on the first and second floors of the bar, and even with Chen Luo's attic on the third floor, it still wouldn't be enough.

Upon seeing the memory bread that filled his entire storage ring, Liu Wenxuan immediately told Chen Luo to modify his consciousness.

Liu Wenxuan probably felt that he might not have the willpower to eat so much bread, but he had to admit that the bread was really too good for him.

If it were anyone else, knowing that eating these breads would increase their skill level, they would be ecstatic. But the problem is, there's just too much bread.

Then... Chen Luo rejected Liu Wenxuan's suggestion.

According to Chen Luo, if you can't even eat this much bread at the Grandmaster level now, how will you eat bread at the Divine level in the future?

Finally? In the end, Liu Wenxuan decisively fainted.

Because Liu Wenxuan simply couldn't imagine how terrifying the quantity of bread at the divine level would be.

As the emperor's trusted supreme commander, responsible for leading the palace guards, General Bud could have easily spared the life of the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, if he had pleaded for mercy. However, since it was the emperor's order, General Bud had to suppress his displeasure.

Even if General Bude knew that it was all the ministers' doing.

"General Bud's mental strength seems much stronger than others; at least among all the people I've seen in this world, he's among the strongest." The Herrscher of Knowledge said, looking at General Bud, who looked displeased but could only quickly leave, not wanting to look any longer.

"After all, how could one use elemental manipulation Imperial Arms if their mental strength was too weak?" Chen Luo said.

"But I'm curious, why didn't you go up and touch his Imperial Arm? That's not like you."

"...So you think my style is to touch a grown man while he's wearing an Imperial Arms and grope him all over, right? Then when he becomes a puppet, I can just take it off and copy him, isn't that enough?" Chen Luo said with a dark face.

Chen Luo had actually considered using the newly acquired ability, "What he said seems to make sense," to persuade the general.

However, Chen Luo felt that someone as stubborn as General Bude probably wouldn't listen to what Chen Luo was saying.

Unless Chen Luo can throw out another [1] big success.

However, luck is a conserved thing. According to the law of conservation of luck, whoever runs out of luck first goes first.

Most importantly, Chen Luo suspected that even if he spoke eloquently and logically, he might only get a 60-sided die, or even a 70-sided die, from someone as stubborn as General Bude.

The chances of success are only fifty percent, so what's the point?

Or we might as well just turn them into dolls.

[What he said seems to make some sense] This ability is not omnipotent; there is no such thing as an omnipotent ability in the world.

This ability can indeed significantly increase persuasiveness; no matter what nonsense Chen Luo spouts, he can make others believe it more easily. However, this depends on the strength of the conviction of the person being persuaded.

People like General Bude, who stubbornly adhered to ancestral precepts even when the country was on the verge of collapse, are probably the most difficult to persuade.

Of course, the most crucial reason is that Chen Luo neither knows General Bude nor has any goodwill towards him, and it is not currently an apocalyptic environment.

[What he said seems to make sense] This ability is not powerful enough in the world of Akame ga Kill!, after all, this ability is most effective when used in a post-apocalyptic environment.

So let's just turn it into a puppet. Otherwise, if I spend a lot of time trying to persuade the other party but they don't listen, or even fail to persuade them in the end, how embarrassing would that be for Chen Luo?

Although turning a relatively upright person into a puppet poses a significant challenge to Chen Luo's moral bottom line, for the sake of this country, General Bude, it's best to exercise some restraint.

I believe General Bud himself can understand, after all, General Bud's love for this country is quite high.

Since the brutal punishment of tearing apart cattle was too bloody to be carried out in the palace, the Minister of the Interior, Sauer, was taken directly out of the palace to a spacious execution platform.

Near the execution platform, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered.

This was another idea of ​​the minister: to make an example of someone.

For a minister like him, even killing someone should be done in a way that allows him to fulfill his due value. Having the Minister of the Interior executed by being torn apart by an ox in front of many people would undoubtedly have a tremendous shocking effect.

The minister was completely unconcerned about what the country would become under his unbridled corruption. After all, the world wasn't just about the empire; there was another kingdom in the west that could rival it.

The minister's idea was to squander his power and enjoy life to the fullest before the country perished.

Therefore, the ministers were completely indifferent to the lives and deaths of the vast majority of people; all they cared about was how to consolidate their power in the near future and enjoy the pleasure of dominating the entire country.

Chen Luo had no intention of using the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge to secretly save the Shaoer family.

To change this country, we must start from the bottom, letting ordinary people, even those living in slums, know that this empire can be saved, that there are still good people in this world, and that this empire is not beyond redemption.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a heroic image, which is why Chen Luo made Li Sushang act as a chivalrous knight throughout the entire empire.

Even in a corrupt country, there are still people with aspirations who try to save it.

Even if the vast majority of people in the capital are demons and monsters in human skin, that doesn't mean doing good deeds is wrong.

Li Sushang is a perfect role model.

Chen Luo now understands why placing Li Sushang in the Fate Freezing was referred to as foster care.

Because Li Sushang really does go when there's something to do. And she's indeed very obedient (easy to fool).

"Stop!" Just as the limbs of the Interior Minister, Sauer, were bound with ropes, and the last rope around his neck was about to be put on, a voice filled with a hint of anger rang out.

"Hmm?" The person in charge of putting the noose around the Minister of the Interior's neck glanced at Li Sushang, who was dressed in strange clothes, and then continued to methodically put the noose around the other person's neck.

Another girl from who-knows-where, I'll ignore her.

The executioner had encountered this kind of righteous country bumpkin who suddenly appeared during his executions more than once, and with practice comes familiarity, so he naturally stopped paying much attention to him.

Anyway, he couldn't even get past the soldiers next to him.

It's more important to deal with Lord Ernest's biggest problem right now.

If that woman is smart enough to run away quickly, the soldiers won't bother chasing her. If she doesn't run away, they can just accuse her of treason and throw her in jail.

"Prepare for execution," the executioner announced expressionlessly.

"I told you to stop!" Seeing that these people were completely ignoring her, a long sword instantly appeared in Li Sushang's hand.

"Whoosh!" Li Sushang instantly broke through the blockade of several soldiers near the execution platform and cut all the weapons in their hands.

Seeing that Shaoer's limbs and head were all bound by ropes, with the other end of the ropes connected to the cow's body, Li Sushang instantly sent several sword energies flying, severing the ropes.

"How is this possible?" The executioner was stunned when he saw Li Sushang's incredible bravery.

"Guards! Seize this person who is disrupting order!" the executioner shouted.

"Young lady, although I don't know who you are, you'd better leave quickly. You can't afford to offend this minister. You can only save me for now, not forever," the rescued official said with a sorrowful expression.

"How could he just leave so easily? That damned Minister Ernest has framed loyal officials and brought chaos to the country. I must never see him again, or I'll definitely give him a good beating with the Void Sword God!" Li Sushang said angrily.

"How dare someone slander a minister! Seize him immediately! I must report this to the minister and have her executed!" The executioner was instantly terrified upon hearing Li Sushang's words.

Are there still people in the capital who are so fearless? They can criticize ministers now, and they can kill the emperor later. How can this be allowed?

In an instant, countless soldiers, armed with weapons, surrounded Li Sushang.

"Young hero, I probably can't escape now. If you want to help, please go and save my family."

"Don't worry, your family has been rescued. I'll do what I can't stand, no matter who it is!"

Anyway, I'm from another world. If you're so capable, come and capture me from that world.

After Chen Luo informed her that the loyal minister Ernest had framed someone near the execution platform, Li Sushang rushed there with the Oath of Judah. ​​However, en route, the Oath of Judah received another order to rescue the home official's wife and children.

After spending some time acting as a chivalrous knight in the capital, Li Sushang basically understood how despicable Minister Ernest was.

In short, the people Minister Ernest wanted to kill should be spared.

"Deal with these accomplices and accomplices now!" Li Sushang said, her face grim as she looked at the soldiers who had surrounded her.

While the principal offender is certainly despicable, some accomplices should not be let off the hook either.

Chapter 895 Open the door! A moth drawn to the flame brings warmth!