"No… They were struck at their bodies as well." Max frowned, watching some of them collapse to the ground, tears streaming down their faces.
"Take it." Grandma Yu threw a vial to each of them.
The eleven people gritted their teeth and drank whatever was inside the vials.
"Aggghhh!"
They began screaming the moment they swallowed the liquid.
"What's happening to them?" Max asked anxiously, turning to Alice.
"Just watch," Alice replied, smiling.
Max nodded and swallowed hard as he watched them endure such pain.
After a moment, they all went silent and stood up as if nothing had happened. In fact, there were even smiles hanging on their faces, and they appeared visibly excited.
Most importantly, the swollen marks covering their bodies had vanished without a trace, as if the torture from moments earlier had never occurred.
"What happened?" Max asked, turning to Alice.
