"Is it my technique, or is it the way I'm approaching?" he started to think, but it wasn't for long because he heard an unsettling sound behind him.
"There! That's the guy who's creeping out every woman—get him!"
A group of men, mostly boyfriends of the women Nimuk had asked out earlier, had come looking for him.
"Ugh!"
Without a second thought, Nimuk started to run and passed over the bridge.
But he wasn't fast enough to outrun the whole village, and soon, he was caught and beaten to a pulp.
Unfortunately, it didn't end with just the beating—afterward, they tied him to a pole and carried him away.
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UURRGHHH!!
In the underground chamber, an ear-piercing scream echoed. The source of the scream was Nick, and the reason for it was the searing-hot metal being thrust into his skin by Marian.
