Asuna frowned. "That voice..."
The man removed the hood covering his head, revealing his face. The moment Asuna saw him, she froze. "How can it be? Kratir, why is it you?!"
"I... I didn't want this either. I... I was forced... I..." As he spoke, a dagger appeared in the hand hidden behind his back. The dagger glowed.
"Die!" Kratir charged at Asuna with the dagger, his face twisted into a crazed, cruel smile. Asuna had still been distracted and failed to react to the sudden attack. Just as the dagger was about to stab into her—
Whoosh...! A streak of blue light flashed past. Kratir, who had thought he could kill Asuna, froze for a moment before letting out a scream. The hand holding the dagger had been severed cleanly at the wrist. Nothing remained below it.
"Ahhh!" Kratir collapsed to the ground again, clutching his wrist and screaming without end.
Asuna had nearly been killed because of her carelessness. Once the danger passed, her body went weak and she was about to fall, but an arm suddenly wrapped around her waist and kept her from hitting the ground.
When she turned around, she saw Chen Fan's face. The moment she saw him, Asuna instinctively felt at ease. "Be more careful next time. Don't let the expressions on these people fool you."
When Kratir saw Chen Fan beside Asuna, his expression twisted viciously. "Chen Fan!!"
Chen Fan walked over to Kratir, squatted down, and smiled at him. The smile made Kratir's skin crawl. But his life was now in Chen Fan's hands; Chen Fan could kill him as easily as breathing. Although he hated Chen Fan to the bone and wanted nothing more than to eat his flesh and drink his blood, he did not dare show it. He