NOVEL WEB Chapter 17: Help?
Max looking at Jake saw he was stained in his own blood from head to toe, as he breathed shaggy. He wasn't sure the latter betrayed him, but looking at Jake something told him he didn't.
"So this is the piece of shit you were talking about.. you're a Fucking coward and a murderer Jake, and the blood of this trash is in your hands." The bulky man said scoffing at Jake spitting at his face, turning to max his frown turned into a creepy smile that grew wider.
"I can see you're still confused, we'll let me introduce myself.. My name is kander, but you can call me boss." Kander smiled, staring at max like his little prey. Max just had a calm expression on his face, accessing the situation. First the option of running was ruled out the table, as kander and his group blocked the only entrance and exit. Second, if he did choose to face them he knew he would be easily dealt with even though he went all out. If they split up then maybe he might have a chance, but still the odds stacked against his favour were just much.
And begging wasn't even on the cards for max considering his ego, he'd rather fight till his death than succumb to a piece of shit.
"Kander.. what a pathetic name." Max softly said with lazy eyes, making the bulky man's eye twitch a bit.
"I mean is that supposed to scare me or something? Pathetic.. if I didn't know better, I'd say you got that from a scary story they told children." Max scoffed, trying his best to annoy kander and it was working as a vein could be seen bulging on his thick head.
"He-he.. n-nice one m-aster." Jake weakly said, coughing up blood a bit. but he soon quickly received a kick to his guts, causing him to spew out more blood.
"You're death is sealed you fucking runt. And kid.. keep running your mouth and maybe I'll rip your head off slowly." He grinned along with his other gang members.
"Oh yeah.. I'd love to see you try. But alas your just the same like the rest, all barks but no fucking balls." Max chuckled, causing the man known as kander's face to contort into a deep frown.
"Just know I'll enjoy this." Kander smiled, gesturing his hand to the male at the right with a blue spiked Mohawk hair. The man then grinned evily, licking his lips as he approached max. The latter just stood there, staring at the incoming threat as he'd already come up with a plan.
"What's wrong boy? Ya shit your pants." Scat laughed, seeing Max lifelessly standing there scared to death. He was a bit intrigued by his pale skin but he didn't care, he'd fucked with maters beyond his hands.
"No.. am just wondering how fast you'll bleed out." Max grinned making scat raise a brow, but he didn't have time to react to what came next. Seeing the confusion max decided to act not wasting time, as he plunged his arm forward with every speed he got.
In his arms was a small knife not that long but enough to fulfill the job, as it cut through scat throat protruding outwards.
"Ph-ough y-ouu.." scat coughed up fresh and warm blood to the floor, as he held his throat. He could feel the pain coursing to his brain, as that little fuck he'd underestimated stabbed him with a freaking knife!
"S-scat~" The other members of his team exclaimed in horror, seeing one of their members easily stabbed like that. They watched with wide eyes as scat bled, falling to the ground and drowning in his own pool of blood.
"Haha. I-i told you he's the d-emon lord." Jake weakly said, but it just made the others more angrier.
'Phew.. at least I got to kill one of them.' Max inwardly sighed, as the system screen flashed before his eyes confirming scat's death. He'd decided to get on their nerves, and play a cocky dumb and defenseless boy without any idea what he was doing, but it was all part of his master plan.
"You runt, you're dead!" Kander shouted, and immediately the other male with black short hair holding a wooden bat charged forward, not letting his guard down at all. Seeing him, max picked out the knife stained with blood from scat's blood holding it in his arms.
"Here goes nothing.." max muttered as the man was now near him, his wooden bat swung inches away from max head. The bat was swung fast heading for max head, and he attempted to dodge by shifting his head to the side, but he was too slow to respond to the incoming bat.
'Bam!' Max was sent back a few feets, crashing hard into a dumpster shifting it a bit.
[-3 soul.]
'Fuck! that hurts.' Max grunted, feeling the effects of that bat but he didn't have time to recover as the gangster was on him, swinging the bat vertically down. Knowing more damage would be done if he stayed there max put all his strength to his leg, rolling away from harms way.
"Stay still you rat!" Josh roared, annoyed by the fact this offering was delaying the inevitable. Swinging his bat fast to max head the latter couldn't avoid, and only block by raising his arm up a bit.
"Argh!" Max grunted sharply, feeling some bones broken in his arm. He could see his soul/HP gradually inching towards the absolute number zero, and he had to act fast before he died again.
'If only I was more faster or stronger.. fucking entity, couldn't you have at least made them even.' Max cursed the entity that rewarded him with this system, as the being just made life more miserable for him. Normally when an mc acquired a system it would usually be to their advantage, but his was very to his disadvantage.
He had to constantly worry about his soul reaching zero, at the same time watch out when in battle as any wrong move could be the end of him.
Jake was stronger than max so he easily overpowered him, pressing him to his knees on the floor. Max low stamina points contributed greatly to his troubles, as he could feel the little energy in him depleting fast.
"You're dead meat boy!" Josh shouted seeing Max on his knees. The latter was sweating all over his breath ragged, but a single thought kept lingering on his head.
'Layla..' he still has to fulfill his promise and see his sister one last time, and no fucking gangsters was going to stop him. He then stabbed forward to Josh guts with the knife, but the latter intercepted it holding his hand with his left hand, while the other still pinned max to the ground.
"Nuh-uhh uh.." josh grinned, seeing Max futile attempts. He'd already had the latter covered and beat so everything was over, or so he thought.
"Fuck you!" Max screamed headbutting josh guts, it did some damage as the later grunted in pain but still held him. Not stopping max did the only thing he could, headbutting josh guts as much as he could.
"Argh!" Josh shouted, annoyed with max as he sent his knee out to the latters head. Max seeing the approaching knee, could feel the grip on him loosen a bit. Bending his back to the floor max avoided the knee, using whatever strength he had left sending out his leg out Josh little brother.
"Shit!" The gangster screamed in pain feeling a ball burst in his private region, but he didn't have time to react as max pulled his legs, causing him to crash head first to the ground. Blood flowed out from the cut on Josh's head, but the system message didn't flash before max eyes so he knew the gangster wasn't dead yet.
'Bam!' Max was punched really hard in the face, making his body slid back few meters his grip on the knife broken.
[-2 soul]
"Did you fucking forget about me? How rude!" Kander sadistically smiled, walking over to max location. Kicking the knife far away, he then crouched down to see max as he knew the latter was already beat.
"You're tricky boy.. you managed to kill two of my friends, but it ends now. I'll use your blood to appease theirs." Kander softly whispered in his ears. Max hearing this wanted to punch kander or do something, but unfortunately he had no energy left to move a muscle.
Kander then got up a smile on his face as he began ruthlessly stomping down on max, kicking his guts face all over his body.
"Still no blood huh Lucifer? Well I can fix that." Kander chuckled. he was a bit surprised how no blood came out from max, even though he ruthlessly stomped and even crushed a few bones in max body. But he didn't care, no! he was too blinded by rage to think of such.
"Get off him!" Jake yelled jumping on kander, but the bulky man was too strong to be overpowered as he easily shoved Jake away.
[-2]
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With every stomp kick max got it took two of his soul, and soon within less than a minute his soul was now critically low.
[Soul: 5/30]
This was the lowest max soul had ever reached as he was on the brink of death, and there was nothing he could do. His vision was already blurry, but he struggled to stay awake.
"Get off?" He suddenly heard a familiar voice shout, and he could feel kander suddenly stopped in his attack. Touching his cheek, max felt a warm liquid substance and he knew what that was.
'Blood.' Narrowing his gaze, he could finally see the one person he least expected.
'Yuna?' He was surprised seeing her and wondered how she found him, but he decided to leave that for later and help her.
"Argh! Fucking bitch." Kander grumbled, trying to shake Yuna off him as she continuously stabbed the knife to his neck. He wasn't aware of her arrival, only when she jumped him did he know.
'Huh?' Looking down he could see max holding his leg, but something was wrong as he felt his strength leaving his body. He stomped the latters hand, but he refused to let go.
"D-don't stop." Max softly said not knowing if Yuna heard him, but she did as she responded with a slight nod. It didn't take long before they brought the brutal kander to his demise, as Yuna stabbed while max stole his soul.
"Master.." was the only thing max heard before he became unconscious, exhausted from the life and death battle.