These soldiers are at least third-rate martial artists, which would be considered elite troops in the Qing Kingdom, but they are no harder to kill than the civilians tied up next to you.
In a matter of moments, thirty-seven men had fallen at your hands. At this moment, you were like a god of death in the eyes of these soldiers. They screamed and began to flee, and because they were running in all directions, it was very difficult for you to pursue them.
Ten minutes later, you beheaded the sixty-seventh soldier with a single stroke. Looking at the other soldiers, the closest still nearly a kilometer away, you sighed and ceased your pursuit.
[Because your energy is almost depleted, only about half of it remains.]
[The initial rushing, the all-out attack in pursuit of overwhelming combat stances, using light footwork to travel and repeatedly chasing soldiers... the fact that you've persisted until now means your total internal energy is already among the top in your level.]
[(If the soldiers behind you hadn't started running away, you could have finished them off before you ran out of energy if you had been careful.)]
[You return to Little Lotus City. Some resourceful villagers, who had previously worked together to untie themselves, then helped each other individually, and now all over a hundred people are free. They look at you with a mixture of fear and gratitude.]
An elderly man emerges from the villagers and asks you: What should they do? You pause for a moment, then tell them there are two paths they can take.
[The first option is to pretend you didn't hear the officer say "the village is being massacred on the orders of the Qing Kingdom," and act as if the Wu Kingdom had truly attacked and you were saved by a passing hero. Then, the whole village begs the nearby city lord to take them in.]
[The second option is to leave this shitty Qing Kingdom uninhabitable and head to Wu Kingdom instead. It's closer, only a few dozen miles away.]
The villagers had differing opinions. Some thought they should forgive the Qing Kingdom, let bygones be bygones, and surely they couldn't be slaughtered again? But amidst the cries of several children that "their home has been burned down," these people silently changed their minds and ultimately unanimously decided to defect to the Wu Kingdom.
[As you left Xiaohe Village, letting them pack up their belongings, not wanting to concern yourself with anything more, your expression suddenly changed. About twenty miles away, in another direction, smoke and fire began to rise again.]
Just as you realize that the direction leads to Sweet Potato Village, suddenly, thick smoke also rises from the location of Slope Village!
"I was so stupid, so incredibly stupid. All I knew was that the soldiers were going to massacre the village, so I went to Xiaohe Village where they appeared; I didn't know that other villages would be affected too..."
[You know you can't change the outbreak of war. Now your internal energy is almost depleted, and you can't even defeat the previous officers with your physical strength alone—at most, you could fight a martial artist who's just barely making it to the top tier.]
The civilians in those two villages may still be alive, but their lives are destined to end on this day. You want to change history, but the power of a top-tier martial artist is still too weak...
You chose to leave.
[In the same year, not only did war break out, but you also found yourself carrying an official arrest warrant from the Qing Kingdom!]
[The reason for the arrest warrant is: You, representing the Wu Kingdom, forced border villages of the Qing Kingdom to defect to the Wu Kingdom, and killed dozens of soldiers who tried to stop you. At the same time, the Wu Kingdom army also cruelly and retaliatoryly massacred two other villages that refused to defect...]
[In the wanted poster, you are described as utterly heinous, a meticulously disguised undercover agent. Although there are many loopholes and suspicious points, very few people actually bother to investigate the truth.]
Just like the war that the Qing Kingdom initiated this time, who cares which side massacred the village? There's only one real truth: the Qing Kingdom wanted war, so they started it!
After the first round of fighting between the two armies, the atmosphere became tense. No one cared about the cause of the war anymore; all that mattered was the war itself!
In the Qing Kingdom, your reputation plummeted. Upon discovering you were wanted, you immediately set off for the Wu Kingdom.
Along the way, you'll encounter renowned detectives who pursue you across an entire state, and young heroes filled with righteous indignation who wish to fight you. You show no mercy to any of them.
[You know they weren't aware of the truth, so you didn't kill them—but you're not a saint. Since this constable lacks the discernment to see the truth, and since this young hero recklessly harms innocent people without distinguishing right from wrong: then you should stop wandering the martial world.]
[You didn't kill them, but you crippled them, damaging some of their body tissues and meridians. Although they can still live like normal people, they have permanently lost their internal energy or power, with no possibility of recovery or improvement.]
As for whether they will face retaliation from their enemies after losing their powers... have they considered your fate after your arrest? It's simply a matter of tit for tat, perfectly fair.
You have your own internal compass; whether it's double standards or hypocrisy, you only act according to your heart.
At the end of the year, you evaded the pursuit of a martial arts master and entered the Martial Kingdom: you've never been here before in this life!
[In the 286th year of the Daqing era (too lazy to change the calendar), you settled in the Wu Kingdom. Despite the difference of one country, your reputation underwent a complete reversal. The people of Qing Kingdom didn't believe the "truth" about Wu Kingdom, while the people of Xiaohe Village, whom you had saved, knew you as a righteous hero.]
[You settle in Taiguang City of the Wu Kingdom. After some time, you discover that the Wu Kingdom truly lives up to its name, with a strong martial spirit. Martial arts schools are everywhere, and there are frequent tournaments and various martial arts competitions.]
In the 287th year of the Great Qing Dynasty, you heard that the Grandmasters' Gathering is about to be held. This gathering was initiated by the Taoist sect, which invited grandmasters from all countries to gather on Mount Dao in the Qing Kingdom to discuss martial arts, exchange ideas, and spar to determine who is superior.
Although the Wu Kingdom and the Qing Kingdom are currently at war, the martial world and war are separate. If a martial artist joins the army and achieves merit, he/she sheds the identity of a "knight-errant" and becomes a military general.
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