Silence.

Which one of them hadn’t once participated in a meeting back in the mortal realm?

Which one of them didn’t know the hollow words and empty talk that filled such governmental speeches?

Everyone knew that most inspection ceremonies and opening speeches were nothing more than formalities. When the Ministry of Education visits a school on their usual rounds of inspection, even the questions asked by students are matters that are already pre-arranged. Likewise, the inspection of factories will see a similar facade of pretension that undergirded the interaction between the government and the people. Everyone was tired of these formalities and insincere words. Therefore, nobody expected the King Yanluo of Hell to skip all these things and get straight to the point.

There was no nonsense. He immediately dove straight into his promise to his people. It was a refreshing approach, to say the least.

Clang! Oda Nobunaga, Murai Sadakatsu and the thousand or so Umamawari horse guards were gathered right in front of Hell’s Gate, and they promptly knelt down and cried out in unison, “We die for Hell!!”

Their invigorated cry was like a powerful tidal wave that crashed onto the shore, and it resonated strongly with the citizens around.

Yin Xiangnan’s face flushed red with excitement, and he pumped his fist straight into the air, “I’ve signed up with the Yin barracks! I’ve signed up to be conscripted!”

But he was just a drop in the ocean. There were ten thousand others who had done just the same, and all of them pumped their hands into the air at the same time. Everything was spontaneous and unplanned, and yet the sight of thousands of people pumping their fists into the air,...