Bang!
Caught completely off guard and thrown through the air, Garfiel had no time to adjust his landing posture. He hit the ground flat on his back with a solid crash.
"Puhah...!"
The air was forced from Garfiel's lungs, leaving him dizzy.
Yet that utterly hateful voice still echoed in Garfiel's ears.
"Your reaction was too slow. Even if your mind couldn't keep up, your body should have reacted on instinct. Anyone who has fought countless battles possesses that quality to some extent. Demi-human blood runs through your veins, so your instincts should be sharper than a human's, yet you still failed to keep up. Calling it insufficient training doesn't seem right either. Judging by how desperately you fought just now, if you'd trained like that since childhood, you could hardly be said to lack training. I see. Because you keep telling yourself that you have to think, you've instead abandoned your body's instinctive movements. What a waste."
That merciless assessment made Garfiel feel his anger surge into his head.
"You bastard..."
Garfiel immediately struggled to his feet, baring his teeth at the man who had suddenly appeared here. His puppy-like fangs gleamed in the air.
"What the hell do you want!?"
Amid Garfiel's furious shout, Fang Li merely brushed aside the knight's coat draped before him.
"If you ask what I'm doing, even if I told you I was just passing by, you wouldn't believe me, would you?" Fang Li spread his hands and said, "Then let's put it this way. It was too noisy here, so I came to take a look. Satisfied now?"
"Quit running your mouth at me!" Garfiel shouted with a click of his tongue. "Didn't I warn you not to do anything unrelated to the trials? You're still wandering around here. Do you really