Torture without the torture

"You spawn of heresy…" the dragon hunter muttered, struggling to put even a single word out due to a set of five, simple reasons. 

Namely, mister thumb and his four beauties, currently squeezing down at the man's throat. 

I, on the other hand, just couldn't help it. The curiosity that his earlier attempts sparked now started to reach its peak. 

'It's not like I'm just curious,' I attempted to persuade myself while I could feel my fingers squeezing the life out of the guy with each passing second. 'There is always some truth in myths, so whatever he believes in might hold a clue to the truths behind this world!'

I remembered all the corpses of the cultivators that I saw while returning to this place. I saw the devastation that this dragon hunter and his people brought upon the city.

And with all of that in mind… I couldn't help but relax my hand and drop the man to the ground. 

"AAAAH!"