The trial unfolded with relentless precision. Laws broken were announced one after another, each accompanied by evidence. Tons of documents, images, and videos were presented to the people of Virelia. The more they saw, the angrier they became.
Thaurion was not only charged with corruption and cruelty, but also with orchestrating the attack on the Crown Blade Vanguard and harming his ex-concubine. Every revelation stripped away another layer of his former prestige.
The trial was not a single-day affair. It stretched across three days, each one a public humiliation. Thaurion's name, once spoken with reverence, became synonymous with disgrace. He hated Jian Rui with a burning passion. Given the chance, he would slaughter them all, drink their blood and revel in their screams. But chained and silenced, he could only glare.
