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Chapter 567: Chapter 441: War is Imminent_2 Chapter 567: Chapter 441: War is Imminent_2 At that time, the most lucrative industry in Avalon was still maritime transport, for there was really nothing of note produced on the mainland.

The most valuable turned out to be Gryphon eggs—even though stealing gryphon eggs was a capital offense punishable by death, there were still people smuggling them to Goblin Merchants.

Those who had access to Gryphons were at least mid-level leaders.

There were also poachers with Extraordinary Professions, hunting down Transcendent animals in the wild and selling their materials, which directly led to the extinction of many of Avalon’s Transcendent animals.

And yet, such risky and illegal professions were extolled by children as “heroes” and “adventurers,” sung about by the people, and many parents considered them a decent way out.

—This was a clear sign that Avalon’s economy had completely collapsed.

It was precisely because the whole of Avalon had plunged into chaos and sin that Tudor III became known as “The Execution King.”
He wasn’t very smart, but at least he was brave.

He also lacked any smart and trustworthy confidants who could offer constructive advice to save Avalon.

So, as Avalon gradually fell into disrepair and was on the verge of chaos, Tudor III chose the most straightforward method.

—That was to kill.

He killed all the poachers, all the corrupt officials, all the fallen Knights, all the thieves, all the bandits, all the crooked merchants and smugglers.

He killed all the Transcendents who practiced the illegal Path, those who printed “hero stories” in publishing houses, the Bards who praised adventurers, the teachers who fled, and the unemployed and tax-evading farmers.@@novelbin@@

He killed all the Knights and ministers who disobeyed him, all those who intended to rebel, all the non-Elf races who set foot on Avalon’s soil, and even those civilians attempting to flee Avalon.

Tudor III’s solution to all problems was to kill.

If killing didn’t solve the problem, it meant either the wrong person was killed, or not enough had been killed—his brutality was so shocking that the Holy Nation had to send someone twice a year, on average, to dissuade him.

Throughout Tudor III’s reign, every gallows in Avalon had lines forming.

This also led to the implementation of beheadings, drowning punishments, and burning at the stake, among other forms of execution.

There was no complex sentencing.

Because before treadmills were invented, managing prisons also cost money.

To prevent prison riots, Tudor III simply didn’t bother filling them with people.

And since he killed with such ferocity, the judges had to find ways to save those he sentenced.

The reason why no rebellions broke out under such extensive killing was sheer speed.

The Path of Authority exerted its full force—auditing property, searching memories, and detecting lies.

The Supervisory Bureau searched village by village, leaving ordinary people no secrets to keep from them.

At that time, the “Supervisory Bureau” was synonymous with executioners.

They even reviewed every document and property in people’s homes, carefully tracing their origins.

When almost everyone feared The Execution King, only the Supervisory Bureau and the Supervisory Court truly felt necessary, standing firmly by the Monarch’s side with absolute trust in the Tyrant.

Because they were the ones who always dealt with the evil and chaos.

By the time of Tudor III, many Prosecutors and Inspectors had given up in despair, for they could not stop the wickedness.

Those they saved in the morning could be dead by the afternoon; victims saved last week could become perpetrators the next.

They no longer knew what to do, and many even confronted mental issues.

Yet to their surprise, after they followed Tudor III’s orders, they actually found that things started to improve.

—You wouldn’t believe it, but after killing entire families, it really did work.

So they became more convinced of the correctness of their actions.

The sin and chaos were reduced at a remarkably clear and immediate speed… although the population decreased along with it.

Some were murdered, some starved to death.

Some took the risk of a death sentence to flee overseas with their families.

Aiwass looked through historical records—indeed, after that initial wave ended, the number of executions dropped significantly.

That first wave saw so many deaths, their number exceeded that of all the wartime casualties since the founding of Avalon.

And after that wave ended, the almost completely collapsed order of Avalon was able to be rebuilt.

Due to the overflow on the gallows causing alternate forms of execution, those had mostly ceased.

The perpetually “overcrowded” gallows served more as a continual deterrence.

This is why despite the persistent overcrowding, no new gallows were built—the desired effect was precisely this “overcrowding.”
In the later era of Queen Sofia’s reign, the era in which Aiwass lived, most people had no memory of what The Execution King had done.

But their fear of the Supervisory Bureau seemed to be etched into their very genes.

The fear, hatred, and mistrust caused by Tudor III did indeed cause significant trouble for the newly ascended Sofia.

But from another perspective, precisely because he had indeed killed all those people and cleared the obstacles… Sofia’s policies were implemented much more smoothly from the start.