"----"
The air in the basement froze.
Not for any other reason, but because the atmosphere had changed.
Fang Li's words held neither hostility nor killing intent. They were merely a straightforward statement of fact, yet simply speaking them changed the entire atmosphere around him, giving the impression that the air itself had frozen.
And that proved Maxwell's assessment of Fang Li.
----"Dangerous."
That was right. Dangerous.
Even the foolish Aldap understood.
The man before him was far too dangerous.
If he wished it, he could kill anyone.
If he wished it, no one would survive.
It made no difference whether his opponent was one of Hell's Seven Demon Dukes or a despicable noble too weak to truss a chicken.
If Aldap had not left such an awful impression, then perhaps Fang Li would have seen no difference at all between Aldap and Maxwell.
Because they were both simply problems to be rushed and killed.
The man before him, with those ice-blue eyes, possessed that kind of power.
"Wait..."
Ice-blue eyes?
"Y-you..."
As though he had only just regained his senses, Aldap raised a trembling hand and pointed at Fang Li, speaking in disbelief.
"You're the Black Knight?!"
The black knight who wielded the Moon Blade and possessed the Ice Eye, who had driven back the Knight Order alone, abducted Princess Alice, and slaughtered an entire legion of the Demon Lord's Army.
The adventurer who had emerged from his territory was him?
"Ah... ah..."
No. There was no hope.
There really was no hope.
His opponent was a monster who could instantly kill even a High-ranking Demon, directly massacre an entire legion of the Demon Lord's Army, toy with the Royal Knights in the palm of his hand, and come and go from the royal capital as though it were