"Coming here with more than 10 Aquathrens, and then trying to gang up on a group of 4, which was clearly unfair for the group of 4, yet you call me a coward?"
Alex lightly slapped Makrum on his left cheek or tapped his left cheek to be precise.
*Pat**Pat*
He didn't do it to harm Makrum, it was more like knocking on the door.
Just take it as if he was knocking on Makrum's door as he asked a question.
"What would've happened to us if we were not the stronger ones?"
Alex's question made Makrum go silent.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"
Alex asked again as he looked into Makrum's eyes, or well, looked into one of Macrum's eyes.
He couldn't look into both of Makrum's eyes at the same time, after all.
"But you know what? I'll give you a chance," Alex spoke as he stood up straight and dusted some imaginary dust off his clothes.
Makrum looked at Alex with his already wide eyes opening up wider.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Alex asked as he folded his hands.
"Huh?"
Makrum looked at Alex for a while, before he scoffed.
"I won't fall for your words like those fools," Makrum turned his head away.
The only thing that could scare a guy who was not afraid of death is hope.
If they start having hope, then they will automatically start fearing death.
"I'm serious though.
You are calling me a coward, so I'm giving you a chance to make things fair for you."
Alex shrugged.
"It's up to you to believe it or not.
But don't say that I didn't give you a chance."
Alex added.
Makrum looked at Alex dubiously.
He had seen with his own eyes how Alex gave his subordinates false hope only to crush them in the end, so it was really hard for Makrum to believe any word coming out of Alex's mouth.
'I can't even tell if he is serious or he's just acting!'
That was the main problem.
"I don't have all day you know, so either you decide it quick or I would just continue what I was doing."
Alex spoke as he started tapping his feet on the ground. Your journey continues with m-vl-em|p-yr
The Aquathren who was called shit pants didn't even care about it because he really did have shit in his pants right now.
That guy was more focused on Makrum's reply.
"Whatever I can bring?" Makrum asked for confirmation.
"Yes, you can bring an army, you can bring some kind of mass destruction weapon, you can bring some kind of defense fortress, you can bring anything you want to bring, just come near the coast in 20 minutes.
How about it?"
Alex asked again, and looking at Makrum's contemplating expression, Alex added with a frown.
"You are testing my patience, right now...."
Alex spoke as he rubbed his forehead as he spoke with clear annoyance.
'This is getting too much for a simple quest....'
Alex wanted nothing more than directly rip off the Makrum's head, right now.
As if Makrum could feel like his life was under immediate threat he hurriedly answered.
"I-I accept the deal!"
"Good, now go, you don't have time to waste," Alex waved his hand, gesturing for Makrum to run away.
Makrum and the other guy were free of the pressure lock now.
They looked at each other before they nodded their heads and rushed toward the sea.
The guy even forgot that he had shitted his pants, he ran ignoring the shit that was falling out of his pants along the way.
Alex looked at the guy with dead eyes and Sophia remarked with a laugh.
[He is probably marking the path for you.]
'....'
Alex just stood there speechlessly.
[Also, you do know that instead of doing all of that, you could've simply told him that you were giving him a chance, and let him go?]
Sophia questioned as instead of going through this long process, wouldn't it have been easier to just directly tell him that?
'He was not scared of death and he was not going to trust my words, not after the little game I had with his subordinates.
He wouldn't have believed me if I didn't do all that emo kid role.'
Alex justified his actions and Sophia's eyes shone with realization.
[That's true, I guess.]
Sophia nodded her head.
Alex smiled and then he walked back toward Alice, Ann, and Noctura to tell them what was happening as he could tell that they were dying to know the reason for him letting the guys run off...
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