Chapter 74: DOMINION OF THE CENTAURS (9)

The punishment for trespassing into the centaur’s domain was brutal: the offender's hands and feet would be shattered, broken by the hoof of an executor, while they lay bound on a table, helpless and surrounded by the centaur tribe. This punishment wouldn't be fatal for a zamuda, whose exceptional healing abilities would eventually mend the bones. But for a human, it could be a death sentence. And right now, Charos, the chief of the centaurs, was unyielding in his insistence that Xina suffer the same punishment as Archer and Gillian. Despite all of Archer's efforts to negotiate, the centaur leader remained resolute, unmoved by the royal gamma’s arguments or pleas. "You broke the rule, and this is the consequence," Charos declared coldly as they marched toward the meadow where the punishment would take place. Archer glanced around, assessing the situation. The centaurs were gathered in full force, and even if he and Gillian shifted into their zamuda forms, they couldn’t possibly take