Taking over

"Uh... Hello guys, long time no see. I was just kidding, you... didn't think I was serious, right?" Malgor spoke as he looked at Jayden and Rios with wide eyes, thinking: *'I'm fucked.'*

"Pffftt! Did you really think you could escape from this place? And what were you saying earlier? Something about retribution and turning his life into hell? Killing his family? Torturing him?"

Rios spoke as he laughed out loud. He found Malgor's expression way too funny.

They were already aware of Malgor's plan to run, which is why Jayden removed his bindings, giving him false hope just to shatter it in the end.

"I- I didn't say all that, don't add stuff, haha. Guys, c- can't we end this peacefully? Look, Xerome is going to be fine, probably. And I have already suffered so much. Wouldn't it be fine to let me go now?

Without that soul chamber, I won't be able to get stronger anyway, so I'll just live the rest of my life somewhere in a corne—"