C212 The Person Protected by the Warlord

The county governor, fully aware of his guilt and intimidated by the Warlord's authority, dared not talk back.

"I am deserving of death a thousand times over for my offenses. Yet, I implore you to grant me another opportunity," he pleaded. With those words, he knelt motionless, too frightened to stir.

The Warlord's anger was still palpable. Under normal circumstances