Chapter 2536

A pile of firewood had been set up in the center of the village square. A boy and a girl, both roughly six years old, were tied to wooden pillars. The two children cried continuously, "Mom!"

"I don't want to die, Mom! I don't want to die!" they yelled.

…

"My child!" both the mothers yelled.

"Mom!" the children yelled.

Two women rushed forward, and they were crying out in sorrow. One of them with disheveled hair lunged at a man who was holding a torch. She yelled angrily, "Stetson Wilde, you heartless scoundrel! Why are you harming our children? He’s only six years old! You animal!"

Stetson was a muscular man. He pushed the woman to the ground, and a few women hurriedly helped her up. They knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, it hasn't rained for three years. We'll all starve to death if this goes on. Stetson doesn't want to do this, but he's the head of the village, so he has no choice."

"Madam, this is for all of us. Please just go along with Stetson for once."

"Argh!