บท 53: Chapter 53: Tormented attacker?

Chapter 53: Tormented attacker?

Axel took slow, deliberate steps toward the cloaked figure, his boots crunching against the dirt as the man quivered on the ground before him. The air around them felt thick, filled with tension and the metallic tang of blood. Axel's breathing was steady, controlled, but his eyes blazed with a storm of fury and grief.

When he reached the cloaked man, he didn't hesitate. Without a word, Axel raised his foot and brought it crashing down on the man's side. The cloaked figure cried out in pain, a guttural, broken sound. His body jerked violently, but he barely had the strength to move, still paralyzed by the energy Axel had drained from him during their earlier fight.