>>536748369
I thought Ishmael's death was a mercy kill, no?
Also, from what I see, he didn't personally select people to be turned into heishou
We don't know what the process is, it's probably caste-ist or whatever, but doesn't seem like Hong Lu personally willed it to happen to the sinners
And I'm 100% certain that if he didn't need the military might of the heishou, he'd have set them free
Or murdered them all to make sure no one could threaten his reign, but you know- that's just normal shit for any fantasy kingdom

>>535082504
Hongers is literally me.

Kong Lu speaks to me because I'm forced to be around people I hate and constantly put on a smile and act the part while wanting to destroy the very structure around me that caused my life to be so shit in the first place.