In this way, every time Sylas’s group saw Marcus’s men fall one by one, a fragile spark of hope would flicker in their hearts, only for Marcus and his remaining forces to close in on them again. It was a cruel cycle of relief and despair, repeated over and over, until their nerves were frayed to the edge.That was how Marcus managed to corner them countless times, only to let them slip away just enough to prolong the chase.But, of course, both sides were playing their own mental games. For Marcus, it was all for his twisted amusement, a cruel test of how long they could last before breaking. For Sylas’s side, it was the opposite.Every narrow escape, every fleeting victory, was not just survival; it was fuel for hope. They fought to keep that fragile light alive, even as Marcus tried to snuff it out again and again.Of course, while Marcus treated all those traps as mere toys, his men didn’t. No matter how cautious they became after the first one fell, they could never completely gua
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