Brielle knew Eric was speaking out of anger, so she did not take offense and gave a bitter smile. She said, "Julius didn't harm me one bit. But what he did was more painful than putting me through torture 100 times over. He ordered that elderly couple to be burned alive, and forced me to watch it happen. I had to witness their screaming, their pitiful pleas for mercy, and finally their slow deaths."

She continued, "That couple had a son, a daughter, and a daughter-in-law. Julius ordered all the women to be raped and then killed, while the men were tortured before being beaten to death."

After finishing, Brielle closed her eyes. The events of that year still caused her unbearable pain and remained unforgettable.

Andrew said nothing, but his eyes grew even colder. He had never liked Julius to begin with, and now this person deserved death even more.

Jerome said in a heavy voice, "I can't believe that a master of a sect and one of the top figures in Holtrien's martial world could be