Chapter 144
"I told you, you fool! Some risks are not worth taking. Now suffer." Pix spat in Max's mind as pain shredded through him.
Electricity ran through his body. His hair fizzed, veins bulged, and every limb throbbed with a white-hot ache. He was on his knees, grinding his teeth while glaring up at the man who walked toward him with slow, casual steps. The vice leader kept his grip tight on the crossbow. The remaining men watched in stunned silence.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Pride comes before a fall. Your arrogance led to this." The vice leader scoffed as he stopped a metre away from Max.
"I told you, our leader need not come down here to handle a pest like you. All we needed," the man said as he loaded the crossbow again, "was this." He fired another bolt. It slammed into Max and doubled his torment.
