The God of Jesters
Chapter 159 - 3.07.04 Confrontation.

Chapter 159: 3.07.04 Confrontation.

A simple slip was all she needed, the knife had already penetrated Krotal’s neck and with a bit extra motion, it would be severed, killing him in an instant.

To her, the end justifies the means and from the looks of it, the whole fight was going to turn for the worse for her group. From the words of these two parties alone, she knew that it wouldn’t be long until they singled out Max and attacked him together to eliminate him. Which she won’t let happen.

So, even though she had tried to save Krotal’s life before, now she wants him to save her and Max’s life. Which he can only do by turning into a Hostage, like how it was planned from the start.

"You bitch!" Krugal cursed, while the driver looked at the woman whose face was covered in a simple mask, though none of that mattered. "If he dies, I will shred you to pieces." He looked at his son’s face, a mix of panic and anticipation. Making Krugal aware of how far gone his son was. But this was not the time. He can fix his son later, as long as he survives that is.

"G33, save my child, I will give..."

Before Krugal could complete his sentence, a small scream attracted his eyes. "Ahhh!" Then on queue, Sheva threatened. "I am not joking here... "

"If he dies, you will soon follow after him. And don’t think I don’t know of your friend hidden in darkness... He is not strong enough to save you."

"Interesting words for someone whose son is so close to death." As her hands shook, a flurry of curses escaped Krugal’s mouth once again. "Stop it you bitch... What is it you want?"

"Kill that other man. We are here just for you."

"What? Why... so that you can gang up on me?"

"No, kill him so that your son can survive."

"My side has similar conditions. Eliminate the third party and if you deny it, forget the contract." The inhuman sound of the driver carried a robotic coldness to it. Appearing more threatening than Sheva’s who was not too used to negotiations.

However, in response, all she had to do was break one finger of Krotal, attracting the eyes of Krugal once again. "Don’t scream boy, if you scream too loud, your neck muscles might slit across the knife on their own."

"You..." Krugal didn’t say a word anymore. The threat is that the owners of the man named G33 can be relegated to the future. The danger to his son’s life in the present took precedence. So he was forced into the next step.

With those words, Krugal attacked G33 with his hand cannon from before. Which was easily dodged by the Driver as he moved out of the way, expecting such an attack.

"I have registered your answer." With those words, the man suddenly backed off and disappeared from the scene, leaving only Sheva, Max, Krugal, and his son in the broken-down house.

His reason was probably based on the fact that he might be singled out and eliminated first. Hence, he was unable to properly share the information he had collected during this battle.

So he chose to accept his defeat and leave for now. Leaving the rest of the people to deal with the issue on their own.

"Is this enough?... " Krugal asked, after making sure that G33 had really left. And Sheva replied by shaking her head in denial. "Break your leg." She ordered.

An order which was the same as asking Krugal to forfeit his life. But he had no choice, he knew he was a dead man anyway. He didn’t wish to see his son die as well... no matter how ill he was in his head.

"Do you promise to leave my son alive?"

"Stop delaying for the police, if they come before I get what I want. I will kill your son first before making my escape." Sheva was ruthless in her tone, trying to act her part and letting Krugal know his place.

As Krugal was in no position to negotiate. All he can do is listen to Sheva if he wishes for his son to survive.

It was for this reason, he used his own fist and broke his right knee causing him to drop to the floor for a bit.

"Good work." Said the voice from the darkness that didn’t bother coming out in the light, nor bothered to approach the weakened dwarf. "I appreciate your understanding."

"Just leave my son alone," Krugal responded to Max’s words, who has chosen to remain hidden. "You need me right? Are you those people? The combo of sniper and assassin?"

"Oh, bold of you to assume that?" Max said in a light tone, lacking any ruthlessness of Sheva. Instead, he directly went to the main point. "You, is your whole family involved in this skinning operation?"

"..."

"Don’t lie... you were never my target. I came to you just to confirm some rumors that I heard before. And they turned out to be true."

"Hah... I am so glad. But I also don’t want to kill any innocents. So tell me, whether the whole family is involved in this matter or not?" Max asked again, followed by Sheva breaking another one of Krotal’s fingers. "You bi... just stop, he is young."

"You feel the pain in your son’s finger. But what about my daughter?" Max asked. Giving away his reason for doing all of this. "Answer all you know about those people, who is the highest level member in that group? How many people like you exist?"

"I don’t know if anyone else..."

"Don’t lie, I know your patriarch is involved. His wife as well... So their death is assured. I will make sure to give them a painful death."

"As for you, I am not so sure... "

"Sir, we can do this later, how about we move? Police will be here soon."

Hearing those words from Sheva, Max reluctantly agreed. "You are right, interrogation can be done later. It’s not like he had some contractual lock in his head. Unlike some others." With those words A dark figure moved out from the shadow, walking toward Krotal with small steps.

The moment it reached in the distance of five meters of Krotal, the previous sad and pathetic face of Krugal blew up with anger, as he aimed his right hand on the shadow and fired another projectile from his hand cannon. Which exploded with sparks and thunder flying around, burning Max to crisps.

At the same time, a dark shadow jumped from Sheva’s back, aiming to end her life in an instant.

"??"

Confused and horrified as she was, her body couldn’t keep up with her instincts. There was no way for her to dodge out of the way or even more. It felt as if time had slowed down and she was locked in space.

It felt like the end.

*Dang

And it will only remain a feeling, as a transparent dagger came and deflected the attack, "Shame on you to attack a lady from the back." Said Max, as he took out various vials of solutional and threw them at the figure in front of him.

The very same figure named G33, who seemed to have left the area earlier and now, barely dodged a few of the vials, before being drowned in multiple bizarre acids and liquids.

’Not even a single sound of pain?’ Max wondered, before facing the figure in a full frontal attack. A man that was a realm stronger than him, whose attack if he came in contact with, he won’t survive them.

So he weaved between the attacks. Because even if the man was using a dagger, same as him, the proficiency between the two had the difference between heaven and earth. Giving Max an edge.

Not to mention, before when the Driver was fighting with Krugal and his bodyguard, he had been eyeing him thoroughly, reading his attacks and learning his patterns. All of which came useful now, in direct confrontation.

"Man, your skin is melting off from my acid, and not a single scream?" Max asked. Before he struck his crystal blade to his wristguard, causing sparks to fly off, which when fell on the Driver’s body, lit him with fire.

"Die." Then as the driver was disturbed by the fire, Max kicked him off the first floor, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Take the boy out of here, I give a minute before the police arrive... as for him. I will bring him back." Max ordered Sheva, as he looked at the burning figure that was still trying to get rid of the fire on its body, before turning to Krugal, who only had one word in his mouth. "You underhanded bastard."

"I don’t wish to hear that from you, after the stunt you pulled." Max was not stupid. He had heard how Krugal threatened the driver before. He had mentioned a special cannon projectile that might have eliminated the driver in one full sweep. Which is why the two parties came to an impasse and chose to work together.

A cooperation that came to an end before it could start due to Sheva’s intervention, caused Krugal to use the very same projectile he used before, unlike the one he spoke about while threatening the driver.

If he didn’t use it? Then where is it?

And if Krugal really had chosen to abandon his cooperation with the man, it would mean he was making the enemy of the Driver’s true masters, so why didn’t he use his special projectile on him at that time?

Which would have earned him some time.

All of this together made it possible for Max to catch on to the small game Krugal was playing with that Driver.