When Minos' Black Hole Bomb exploded, the floating island in that area disappeared under the intense glow of that device.
But all the residents of the Lizard Men's home who were outside their homes saw the split second before their end.
At one moment, all was 'fine,' with peace slowly settling down due to the withdrawal of troops from the surrounding area. But then a flash appeared from one side of the island.
When the flash appeared, blinding all those looking in its direction within a radius of 10 kilometers from the focus of the explosion, violent shockwaves spread from it.
Those watching from a distance could observe the air being 'dragged' by the shockwave, with everything in the surrounding area being carried away from the focus of the explosion.
That was true for the molecules in the air, but also for buildings, people, trees, in short, everything in the path of the shockwaves.
In sequence, the terrifying noise of the explosion deafened all those below the 8th cultivation stage within a radius of 20 kilometers from the focus of the explosion, with the sound itself damaging buildings in the affected space.
All this happened within fractions of a second of the initial moment of the explosion, which soon spread uncontrollably over tens of square kilometers.
The 'luckiest,' those closest to the Black Hole Bomb, were obliterated without the slightest chance of suffering from this catastrophic event.
But those farther away would suffer for the next minutes, hours, until the end of their lives in the chaos that would remain on that island.
These were not all. Of all the living beings in the surroundings, many would exhibit sequelae from this event for the rest of their lives. On this day, they were sentenced to terrible punishment because of their leaders' decisions.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Screams spread over an area of hundreds of square kilometers, with the first victims of this event finally being able to expose their desolation after the noise of the previous explosion passed.
With this all happening within minutes, both Minos' and the opponents' sides were shocked and frightened by the power of a mass destruction weapon.
The Gray Clouds Sect group knew that Minos planned to use something like this in his movements, but such a thing was too powerful!
They did not think that an entire species, more than half of a floating island like that, would be destroyed with a single blow from Emperor Stuart!
Minos had said that he would bring an end to the species of Lizard Men, but the people in his group had not taken him seriously...
But now, seeing the result of the calamity he generated, these people were open-mouthed, contemplating the end of these beasts, one of the pillars of the Saints Killing Sect for millennia.
The group from the Saints Killing Sect, who was about to arrive in the area to provide reinforcements to those beasts, also sensed the end of this race.
"They... They're all dead!" A high-level Spiritual Saint said this, considering that there were beasts of the high level of the 8th stage in that place.
In other words, Minos' weapon had not only wiped out an entire race but also brought the lives of essential beasts within that tribe to an end!
Minos could threaten them all as long as he had this fearsome weapon in hand!
"What an abomination!"
"How could the heavens have allowed something like that to be created?"
"Not the heavens. That's the stuff of the underworld!"
Those experts commented among themselves, feeling the weight of seeing a race being exterminated but also watching what could be their fate!
One of the high-level Spiritual Saints in that group looked up into the orange skies of that area, seeing where Minos was floating dozens of kilometers away from where the explosion had ended.
Minos looked like a demon standing above the skies, looking down and judging them as if he had every right to sentence their fate.
This person clenched his fists at the sight of Minos, but so did the red-haired young man not far from this brown-haired person, who was smiling in satisfaction.
As someone with the Destruction Eyes and many people to take revenge on, Gavin was quite fond of threatening things like this and was more than satisfied with Minos' action.
On the other hand, Oswald, who had helped a portion of his sect members escape Minos' action, was assessing the results of the destruction caused by the Black Hole Bomb.
'If that were launched against enemy headquarters, we probably would have exterminated that sect.' He pondered, realizing how much power that device had gained after the black hole absorbed several enemy experts earlier.
'No wonder Minos used that here. If he kept that with him, we would end up harming the enemy side more than the imperial family can accept.'
'That's also why he created so many of those bombs.' He nodded in pride in his grandson's direction, sensing that Minos was not unnecessarily cruel.
Minos was dosing how decisive he was so as not to harm their interests.
Had the Lizard Men been his victims? True, but such was the war, what these beings had set themselves.
Perhaps part of the Lizard Men on that floating island had nothing to do with the war and was innocent. But when society accepted some leaders and gave them powers and privileges, it had to bear the consequences of the mistakes and successes of these people.
Could they be punished in extreme cases? Sure, but this would not change the fact that society itself was always the last to blame.
A peaceful society would never accept its leaders going to war. Instead, it would revolt and change the power scheme until its wishes were met.
So the one who accepted to live in such a way shared the guilt of the war and, in a way, could not be considered innocent!
Oswald thought so and did not consider the destruction of this race a pity.
But not everyone thought so.
'What a crazy bastard!' Lance thought to himself, feeling a terrible sensation in his body since he had almost died in Minos' act earlier.
If not for his family's expert, who saved him in time and carried him away, this blond man would have met his end in this place!
As he thought about the destruction caused by Minos, he felt that the sect was in the hands of a genocidal madman, someone who was even more dangerous than an ordinary person like that. After all, unlike many psychopaths, Emperor Stuart had mass destruction weapons in his possession.
Because of this, Lance could only think that the entire sect would be led down a path with no future by Minos, and he could not help but go closer to this leader and question.
"What was that? You almost killed people in your own group with that action, Minos!" Lance shouted, while his expression was the worst he could have. "Plus, you exterminated our opponents! What are you thinking? Are you going to disregard all the rules of the empire and drive the sect into lawlessness?"
Hearing that, Minos looked at Lance, making that young man tremble with fear. "The battlefield is dangerous. If you don't feel confident being here, go back home. We won't miss you anyway..."
