Qinuo came before Wanda, taking out the Chthon mark, which was flickering.
"Do you two want to come with me?"
Pietro also stood up, supported by Wanda.
Wanda paused slightly, pointing at herself with a slender finger, and asked softly, "Do we still have a choice?"
"No, I just asked symbolically."
Wanda was speechless. Then why did you ask us?
"We..."
Pietro opened his mouth, a dirty hand blocking Qinuo, as the others surrounded him.
"Wait, Mr. Demon King..."
Qinuo's eyes darkened, a subtle change that the people behind him didn't notice, but Wanda and Pietro, facing him directly, saw clearly.
A sudden chill struck both their hearts, as if an invisible coldness crept up their spines.
They instinctively took a step back, an indescribable fear quietly spreading within them.
"Mr. Demon King, they still owe me millions. Since you're so kind, why don't you pay it all back?"
Kasi stared at Qinuo with a greedy expression, his gaze seemingly trying to strip all the money from Qinuo.
The surrounding henchmen also laughed along. In their minds, Qinuo was a complete pushover and certainly wouldn't dare to do anything to them.
"How much do you want?"
Qinuo turned around, his eyes completely devoid of warmth.
"Since Mr. Demon King is so kind, one gold brick per person will do, or else I'll post it online."
Kasi yelled, his voice sharp and piercing, and he handed his phone to a henchman nearby.
The surrounding henchmen also started recording, their faces filled with smugness and greed.
A smile appeared on Kasi's face. A wealthy life awaited him: fine wine, beautiful women, power.
A red light flashed.
Kasi and his surrounding subordinates suddenly fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
"You dare to hit people! I want money, and your potions!"
Kasi demanded, trying to stand up to continue being hit.
Once, twice...
Why couldn't he stand up?
Looking down, his legs lay like two logs beside him, completely numb, and blood gushed from the wounds, staining the ground red.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
"My legs! My legs!"
The delayed pain rushed into their brains like a surging tide, and screams rose and fell, echoing throughout the area.
Some of them crawled frantically on the ground, while others hugged their severed legs, desperately trying to reattach them.
Crimson blood was smeared wantonly across the ground, forming a horrifying and bloody scene.
Wanda's legs went weak, and she nearly collapsed.
Pietro, his face filled with terror, tightly embraced Wanda, stumbling as he tried to leave this hellish place.
After only a few steps, he caught a glimpse of the person in front of him, and his body instantly stiffened, standing rigidly in place, not daring to move.
The people crawling and screaming on the ground, crimson blood continuously gushing from their wounds, pooling into shocking puddles on the ground, looked as if they were about to bleed dry.
Their faces were ashen, and their voices grew increasingly weak.
"These are the potions you wanted."
Qinuo threw a few syringes of potion, which jabbed into them, and the wounds on their severed legs began to heal at a visible rate.
Before they could even react...
"And the gold you need."
Each person found a large, heavy piece of gold in their arms.
Kasi stared blankly at the gold in his arms for a few seconds, then, as if touching a hot iron, he abruptly threw it aside and crawled towards Qinuo.
His eyes were wide and round, filled with terror and pleading, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
"I don't want the gold anymore! I want my legs! Please, I want my legs back! I was wrong, I shouldn't have been so greedy, I shouldn't have provoked you! I'm a bastard, please, give me my legs back!"
Saying this, he slapped himself hard, each blow turning his cheeks red.
"We were wrong, we'll never dare to do it again!"
"Limb regeneration potion, we want limb regeneration potion!"
Seeing this, the other henchmen followed suit, tears and snot streaming down their faces as they cried miserably.
They couldn't imagine life without legs; in such a place, no amount of money would be useful, they would only be eaten alive.
Qinuo used a bio-field to block their approach and looked at the two people behind him.
"What were you trying to say just now? Let's continue."
The gangsters behind Qinuo, dragging their broken bodies, desperately slapped against the bio-field, their eyes filled with pain, despair, and regret, looking like devils from hell.
(Devils and demons are different species)
Pietro and Wanda's faces were pale with tension, their bodies trembling slightly, and they nodded repeatedly.
"I... we agree."
Pietro stammered.
"We won't run, don't cut off our legs."
Wanda's voice was tearful.
Qinuo sighed helplessly. His image was completely ruined. He had originally planned to be a hero saving the beauty before enticing them, but now it had turned into coercion.
[It doesn't matter! Just be happy, or are you planning to put that little yellow man in your harem?]
Wanda's face was already smeared with black engine oil, and then caked with dust stirred up by Qinuo, all sticking to her face.
Wanda was flustered by the stare, and dust kept falling from her face.
Why is he staring at me? I didn't try to run, or did he notice I peed my pants? But it was only a few drops.
No, this little yellow man is too dirty, disgusting.
Qinuo's mood improved considerably after Venom's interruption, but he was still a bit depressed.
Qinuo thought for a moment, then took out a phone and made a call.
"Leader, Alexander greets you."
"Are there any HYDRA people in Sokovia?"
"Yes, but they are from the radical faction. I am still trying to persuade him."
"That's fine. Tell him to break the legs of all the gangsters in Sokovia, or I'll personally break his legs."
"Understood, Leader."
Pierce called Baron Zemo.
"Pierce, how is it? Is the Demon King finally willing to come to me?"
Baron Zemo's voice held a hint of anticipation. After all, he knew very well that the Demon King personally invited Pierce to join, and as one of HYDRA's leaders, he also hoped to be invited once.
This way, he would have more say in the Demon Group later and wouldn't always be suppressed by Pierce.
"No, but the Leader has given an order to break the legs of all the gangsters within Sokovia."
Pierce said unhurriedly, a smile on his face.
"Why are you telling me this! You're not alone here."
Baron Zemo grew impatient upon hearing this. He was about to hang up. Why bother him with such a small matter? Did he think he had nothing better to do?
"But I told the Leader that I was still persuading you to join the Demon Group.
The Leader told me to inform you that if you don't break the legs of those gangsters, the Leader will personally come and break your legs!"
Pierce's gentle tone was as if he was saying, "Did you eat today?"
Then he moved the phone away.