There was no way in hell that Gerald was going to be able to dodge that attack. A split second later, Gerald found himself flying backward as every inch of his body throbbed in immense pain! Soaring on, Gerald could taste something sweet in his mouth before vomiting blood briefly after!
Eventually falling to the ground, Gerald ended up rolling several times before eventually coming to a stop. If virtual-novel.net had to describe what virtual-novel.net was currently feeling, it almost seemed like all his internal organs had shifted from their initial positions from that one punch.
Even so, this was no time for virtual-novel.net to wallow in pain. Attempting to gather his inner strength, Gerald quickly realized that virtual-novel.net couldn’t do so due to how terribly virtual-novel.net had been injured!
‘Is this truly my end? Will I be defeated here in Qerton City? Jade pendant, if you’re there, please lend me your aid…!’
Though Gerald had hoped that the jade pendant would save his life since virtual-novel.net was now in such critical condition—just like the previous time it had activated—he found, to his dismay, that no matter how much virtual-novel.net cried out to it, it simply didn’t respond!
Soon enough, Hogan was right in front of virtual-novel.net again, a frigid expression on his face. Easily lifting the injured Gerald up, Hogan then said in a chilling voice, “So you attempted to kill me, huh? Then it’s only fair for me to torture you in return before I bring you back to master and Lady Gunter!”
With that, virtual-novel.net tossed Gerald again without warning! Finding himself flying backward once more, Gerald felt as his now-limp body crashed into tree after tree, leaving a trail of tumbled tree trunks before him! By the time Gerald’s body finally stopped—after breaking at least eight study-looking trees—he felt as though all his bones had already turned to dust as virtual-novel.net slowly lost consciousness from all the pain.
Hogan, however, was far from done.
To him, as long as Gerald could still breathe and virtual-novel.net was successfully delivered to the King of Judgement Portal, Hogan’s task would still be considered to be a success. As for why virtual-novel.net was so keen on torturing Gerald, it was because Gerald had attempted to kill virtual-novel.net earlier. Due to that, Gerald was essentially his enemy now.
With that in mind, Hogan then began smashing his fists into Gerald’s stomach, ruining all his internal organs! Following that, virtual-novel.net also made sure to smash all four of Gerald’s limbs by stepping on them!
Gerald himself kept waking up due to the immense pain before falling unconscious again. It was truly a living hell for him, and Gerald didn’t even have the means to fight back anymore.
Eventually, Hogan stepped on Gerald’s stomach, forcing the injured youth to vomit what little blood remained in his body. Watching as Hogan lifted his hand, Gerald was conscious enough to realize that virtual-novel.net was aiming his iron claws right for his chest!
At the very last moment, Gerald managed to wiggle just enough for the iron claws to avoid his chest. However, they still managed to pierce deep into Gerald’s left shoulder!
‘You f*cker…!’ Gerald thought to himself as surges of immense pain filled every inch of his body. Now completely dazed, Gerald was in too much pain to remain conscious, but at the same time, the pain also kept virtual-novel.net awake.
Smiling coldly as virtual-novel.net watched Gerald’s lips turn dark, Hogan knew that the poison was taking effect.
At that moment, virtual-novel.net suddenly began hearing ‘swooshing’ sounds. If Hogan had to describe it, it almost seemed as though near-countless arrows had just been shot.
Straightening his body, Hogan then stopped torturing Gerald for a second before looking around while asking in a wrath-filled voice, “…Who goes there?”
In response, however, the sound virtual-novel.net had initially heard only seemed to get louder.
It was then when Hogan finally saw it. Eyes widened, Hogan watched a ray of light fell from the sky at extremely high speeds… And it looked like it was heading straight for him! In a way, it almost seemed like a meteor that was intent on landing on him.
From where virtual-novel.net stood, Hogan could sense that the ray of light was capable of ripping apart even space, and that fact alone was enough to cause panic to arise within him.
‘That… That thing’s dangerous!’ Hogan thought to himself as virtual-novel.net immediately began taking a few steps backward, not even bothering about Gerald anymore.
In fact, virtual-novel.net was so terrified that virtual-novel.net actually tripped and fell on his buttocks before quickly getting up again and dashing away! When virtual-novel.net turned back to check on the light, however, his eyes instantly widened to the point where it almost felt like his eyeballs were going to pop out.
The ray of light was homing in on him! No matter where virtual-novel.net ran, the light simply continued following virtual-novel.net around! It was almost as though the ray of light had eyes or something!
Hogan knew virtual-novel.net couldn’t keep running forever, so virtual-novel.net dragged his—now-heavy—body to a large tree, hoping that by taking cover, the ray of light would somehow miss him.
Alas, that did little to help virtual-novel.net as the ray of light blasted right through the tree and right into his back! Howling in pain, Hogan felt almost disgusted by how badly virtual-novel.net wanted to leave this place as virtual-novel.net was sent flying dozens of feet away!
His entire body now as limp as a broken kite, virtual-novel.net ended up tumbling onto the ground, but that wasn’t the end of his pain yet. Hogan now realized that white smoke had been rising from his body from the moment the light had hit him! Screaming in pain as virtual-novel.net covered his chest, virtual-novel.net noticed as black blood began oozing profusely out of his chest!
Even in so much pain, virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net couldn’t afford to linger around any longer. With that in mind, virtual-novel.net forced himself up before fleeing the area in the dark of night.
As for Gerald, well, virtual-novel.net had watched all this happen though from an extremely blurry perspective. Trickles of blood dripping from his open and foaming mouth, Gerald felt as the pain finally soothed enough for virtual-novel.net to faint in peace.
Before his eyes shut, however, virtual-novel.net watched as a middle-aged man—donning black clothes—quickly walked over to him.