The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 176

Ryan glared at Daniel, offering one final warning. "I'll give you three seconds to decide. If you don't choose, I'll make the choice for you. If I pick, I'm going to slice your flesh off piece by piece right in front of your darling. But don't worry, by the time I get to the four-hundredth cut, if you're still alive, I'll make sure you die quickly."

"You don't get it; it’s not up to anyone to choose! I don't even know you! Why would you want to kill someone you don’t know?"

"Someone's offering ten million to have you killed!"

"Ten million? Who's that?"

"You're about to die, so I might as well tell you. The one paying is the president of The Armstrongs, Andrew!"

"Andrew! I didn't realize he was so cheap. He asked you to kill me, and he's only willing to pay ten million? Does he really think I'm worth so little?"

"You're just a country bumpkin, a fucking nobody. Andrew thought it generous to spend ten million on you. Someone like you, I could've found any hitman to do the job for a fraction of that. I don’t even understand why Andrew bothered with me!"

"You don’t understand?"

"Of course not, you're just a punk from the sticks! Enough talk. I’m going to count down from three. Either kneel and let me kill you with one stroke, or refuse, and I'll slice off your flesh piece by piece, cutting off your head at the four hundredth."

Ryan swiftly began the countdown.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"