Sprawled across the ground, Max and Pirk trembled uncontrollably.
They felt like dying. If they had known Nathan was the General of the North, they would've never dared to provoke him.
Nathan stared at both of them as they lay sprawled on the ground, trembling silently and not daring to say a word.
He instructed coldly, "Raise your heads and answer my question."
Pirk and Max had no choice but to raise their heads. With sweat dripping down their foreheads, they looked extremely terrified and respectful.
In a quivering voice, Max said, "Mr. Cross, we've learned our mistake. If we had known who you were, we would never have dared to seek trouble with you!"
Pirk hurriedly agreed, "Yeah! Yeah!"
"We're at wrong here as we've failed to educate our sons. They deserved to die for offending you. We shouldn't have come to seek revenge on you, Mr. Cross. Please punish us."
Nathan said coldly, "You even threatened to kill my family just now. If you didn't know who I am, you wouldn't have apologized and begged for mercy.”
Max and Pirk were so scared that all color had drained from their faces. As they kowtowed and begged for mercy, they said tearfully, "We've learned our lesson, Mr. Cross. We beg you to spare us!"
However, Nathan ordered indifferently, "Don't cry in my house. You'll dirty the floors. Get lost. Bring the five coffins along and kneel at the entrance of the neighborhood."
When Max and Pirk heard his instructions, they did not dare defy him. Instead, they said hurriedly, "Yes, sir! We'll bring the coffins along and get out of the neighborhood right now! We'll kneel at the entrance until you forgive us, Mr. Cross."
Gesturing at their followers, Max and Pirk scrambled out of Nathan's house
pathetically.
Soon, they had removed the five coffins from the courtyard of Nathan's house.
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