章節 678: Chapter 678 - The predicament

"[Reptilian] Apologies for the interruption… B-but w-would the great sirs' mind if I would suggest something that could help you out of this predicament?"

The jittery old man said with a feeble, tired and thin voice. Supporting his stand with the cane, he shivered as if the lightest wind could blow him over and make him fall to the ground, drowning in the gradually growing crimson murky mire that had claimed more and more land as the minutes passed.

Taking some few precious moments, the old man's dry lips eventually parted again, he continued.

"[Reptilian] Whilst this poor man has surely swayed from the right path and has turned towards a life of crime, there was a fine reason for it though!" He exclaimed, teetering forward as he spoke, his cane clanking loudly against the hard solid rock surface as he did so.