165 CLXV. The Reward

Then with his foot, he pushed the corpse away, causing him to fall into the sea. 

"It should be heavy enough not to let you back afloat" he said sadistically, spitting at the goat-man, who slowly vanished underwater, near a boat, as a bloodstain spread to the surface.

Dag and the others were paralyzed: they never thought they would see such a thing, Karl had shown a coldness and cruelty that did not belong to him.

When he came back close to his friends, he was totally covered in blood, both his and his enemy's.

"No one will ever find his body at the bottom of the sea. That's what he deserves, that shitbag. The fish and crabs will eat his carcass, leaving not a single piece of it" Karl said, approaching Agnes, who looked at him with her eyes shining, fearing for his death.

The two lovers hugged, despite Karl being all dirty, while Dag and Reidar looked at each other wondering what they had just seen.