bookbashuk Chapter 546 Human Dignity
Chapter 546 Human Dignity
Orm's voice reaches thousands of households through the Internet. Batman may not be everyone's favorite superhero, but he is a pure human being, and countless ordinary people can resonate with him.
Especially after Thomas' identity was revealed and he was executed by the enemy in such a humiliating way, it aroused everyone's common hatred.
But Thomas, who was involved in the incident, had a very calm expression. He knew what the enemy wanted to see. If Batman could fear death and grovel in front of everyone, then Orm would be very happy.
He wouldn't give Orm this chance.
Just as he thought, what Orm wanted to see was not a hero dying heroically. He hoped that Batman could serve as a warning to the monkeys.
Cyborg is not good. He is a cyborg. It is not known whether he has the feelings that a normal person should have. Moreover, his death is difficult for humans to have a sense of empathy, even if he is also very famous.
As for other Superman types who are not as famous as the two of them, they can only be regarded as additions to this execution drama. They are not well-known enough for King Orm to deliberately target them.
It is worth mentioning that this execution was not only compulsorily disclosed to the human world, but was also watched in the Assembly Hall of the United Kingdom of Atlantis, but it did not reveal its own presence.
After King Orm successfully launched a large-scale annihilation war against the human world, his reputation increased by huge amounts as expected. It was only a trivial matter to stabilize his throne. He also relied on the power brought by this war to promote alliances. The kingdom formed a new House of Representatives.
In terms of military force alone, King Orm may not be as good as Aquaman Arthur, but in terms of understanding of the ocean and political skills, Aquaman cannot match it.
The king of Atlantis has been constrained by the kingdom's parliament for all generations. Under the parliamentary system that has lasted for thousands of years, the king's power has been greatly restricted.
Orm has been thinking of ways to break this shackles a long time ago. Until now, after he picked up the Poseidon Trident and completed a successful military operation, he finally had the ability to change this situation.
If you want to break the current political situation, killing is one way to clear the way, but it will cause endless disasters and may cause turmoil in the current situation in a short period of time, so it is not advisable.
If you want to break the situation in a relatively peaceful way, you need to introduce new forces.
The establishment of the United Kingdom will inevitably require a new parliament to ensure the stable operation of this new political system. It is impossible for the parliament of a certain kingdom to make decisions independently. Therefore, even though the members of the Atlantis parliament knew the intention of Orm's move, They are diluting their power, but there is no way to stop it.
Because they cannot stop the restoration of the Atlantis Empire, which has been the long-cherished wish of all Atlanteans for thousands of years. On the contrary, they must support Orm in doing so, even if their power will shrink in a short period of time. But in the future, the new empire will definitely give them more generous rewards.
Therefore, except for the missing Trench royal family and the Saltwater Kingdom, which was disdainful of the United Kingdom, the other kingdoms sent their domestic nobles to form a joint parliament with Atlantis, which looked a bit like the United Nations.
It is worth mentioning that although the Desert Kingdom lives on land, it still sent important members to participate in the construction of the United Council Hall and obtained several seats in the parliament.
And they promised that once King Orm needs it, they can be at the disposal of the Lord of the Twenty Seas at any time as an important force in attacking the surface world.
After the formation of the United Council Chamber, the constraints imposed by the Atlantis Council on King Orm were greatly reduced, and new forces poured in. They were busy competing for power with those outsiders as Orm expected.
This allowed Orm to truly control the army of Atlantis, plus the Trench people who were completely obedient to him because of the Trident, and the Xebel army who was coerced into obeying him. In the face of this huge amount of military power, The Fisherman Country also had to succumb to the power of Orm.
In this way, he essentially controls the military power of the four major kingdoms. If you add in the desert kingdoms that have sworn allegiance to him, Orm has achieved a great feat that no one has achieved since the first king, and is almost completely unified. The military power of Nanami.
Such huge amounts of military power allowed him to in turn threaten the Council and force them to submit to his will.
The first thing after the establishment of the United Council Chamber was to pass the "War Act", declaring King Orm to be the guardian of the entire Seven Seas, the military commander-in-chief, and in charge of all maritime armies.
He finally has the qualifications to call himself "Ocean Lord" in an upright and dignified way.
After basically unifying the Seven Seas, King Orm also gained strength from his prestige. Like Aquaman before him, Poseidon was very satisfied with his actions and gave Orm the power of the Seven Seas' faith, allowing his personal strength to increase. Reached the level of demigod.
But as to whether it is as strong as Aquaman before, it needs an actual battle and a strong enough opponent to verify.
This was a public execution. In order to show his merits, Orm invited the United Council Chamber to visit the execution. Firstly, he showed his determination to fight against mankind to the end. Secondly, he also killed the chicken to scare the monkeys and showed his muscles to the parliament.
The council hall looked at the Sea Clan troops surrounding them, expressing that they understood King Aum's "good intentions."
However, such a ritual was not without screams, so Orm gave orders to Black Manta, who immediately punched Thomas in the stomach, causing severe pain and Thomas had to vomit out the contents of his stomach.
"Batman! You bastards, come at me!" Upon seeing this, Cyborg, who was always gentle and polite, immediately yelled at Black Manta.
But Black Manta ignored him, and its big Kazilan eyes quietly observed Thomas: "Scream, it will be much easier if you shout."
There was filth on his lips, but there was a smile on his lips: "Did you not fucking eat? You only have this little strength?"
Black Manta's helmet obscured his expression, making it impossible to tell the other person's mood, but then he swung his fist at Thomas again, this time hitting him in the face.
Huge amounts of force soon made his face black and blue, his skin cracked, and his wounds continued to bleed.
"Why bother? You must be in pain too. Why are you gritting your teeth and not letting go?"
Thomas just looked at him coldly: "That's it? You rarely do interrogations, right? You want me to surrender in such a simple and crude way. Who are you looking down on?"
Thomas is a master of interrogation and is proficient in all kinds of punishments. He knows 180 ways to torture the body alone. In his eyes, Black Manta's skills are just childish.
Although the opponent's fist brought huge amounts of pain to his body, it was far from enough to destroy the man's spirit.
Since Joker's death, his biggest mental flaw has disappeared, and he is now indestructible.
Thomas not only did not show his ugly face under Black Manta's fist, but also mocked him. This scene was shown to the world through the network hijacked by Atlantis. Although he was in a sorry state, he maintained his human dignity.
People who saw this scene, even if they were not fans of Batman in the past, can't help but cheer for him now.
"This guy is really good at what he does!"
"Damn stinky fish, have you seen this? This is a man!"
"They can't even try to defeat us!"
Not only has the human spirit not been hit, but it has risen against the trend. This is not what Aum wants to see.
"He is a warrior." Someone in the United Kingdom Parliament Hall sighed: "King Orm, please give your opponent a good time. Continuing to humiliate the opponent in this way will only tarnish the reputation of Atlantis."
Orm frowned when he heard even one of his own say this.
Most of the Sea Tribe people are martial, and they often have great respect and sympathy for heroic figures. If they are legendary heroes like Spartacus, even their enemies will be treated with courtesy. This is what the Sea Tribe people still have. Culture brought in before life on land.
Aum dared to go against the parliament and challenge the system that had not been easy for thousands of years, but when faced with the traditional culture engraved in his genes, he had no intention of resisting.
He could only silently give orders to Black Manta to kill the opponent directly without giving the opponent a chance to show his personality.
Black Manta had no feeling for Thomas' heroic spirit. He was a pirate before and had killed many brave guys, which meant that he didn't have a chance to show off. Otherwise, he really wanted to test how hard Batman's bones were.
"You're lucky. I received the order and will give you a good time."
Black Manta said, the red eyes on the helmet lit up, and Thomas felt the high temperature burning his skin.
"It would be nice if there was wine." Thomas was regretful, but he didn't leave any last words.
"No—!" Cyborg struggled violently, but his steel body could not break through the Atlantis steel and was firmly imprisoned on the torture rack.
The other Superman types turned their heads and couldn't bear to watch (the good king) anymore.
Countless people around the world who are watching this scene are holding their hearts high, some fragile people have even cried silently, and many people have just met Batman but are about to witness his death.
But heroes will not die so easily. Just when Black Manta was about to release ion rays, he suddenly heard a sonic boom in the sky.
Thinking it was an enemy fighter plane attack, he suddenly raised his head, and two thick beams of rays spurted out in the direction of the sound, straight into the clouds.
"what is that?"
Many sea soldiers around them poked their heads out of the sea and looked in the direction of the sky. It seemed that they could vaguely see a figure.
Black Manta felt a crisis coming from the sky, and his whole body began to tense up, and his eyes were fixed on the sky.
Human beings cannot feel the solemn atmosphere at the scene. They can only see Black Manta looking at the sky with full vigilance on the big screen, not knowing what is happening somewhere.
"Damn, isn't there anyone who can transmit the footage back at the scene? Where are those damn reporters? Do they only cover celebrity scandals? Look through trash cans for condoms?"
The complainer didn't know that a former reporter was indeed at the scene and dutifully pointed her camera at the sky, but even she couldn't see what was there.
But she found a red lightning rushing towards here from the distant sea. .