Chapter 63 – Plan and Goodbye
"It's a shame, isn't it?" Cassius whispered, crouching in front of Maxim.
The man's feet were plunged into a concentrated pool of crimson fire. He was howling, face painted in tears and snot, lips bloodied from biting them too hard through the pain, his body thrashing left and right as he desperately tried to pull his feet free.
It was useless.
With his left arm already gone thanks to Isolde, his balance was shattered. He could no longer move the way he wanted, the way he was trained to. And Océane had sealed his remaining arm within the earth.
He could barely move at all.
"I am genuinely sorry my fire isn't quite what you put me through." Cassius said with a tone of real regret. "I wanted you to taste it properly. But oh well, this will have to do for now."
"I am sor—!"
