Just as all the underworld factions in the Port District fled through the sewers while the Harpers launched a massive raid on their hideouts, carrying out a decapitation strike, only to be intercepted by the ratmen underground and forced back onto the surface—where they headed straight for the Port District's "quarantine zone" and into the net—
The Weaving Moonstar Ten Knights' decapitation operation was essentially wrapping up, with everyone ready to return to the fold, save for the Crimson King Diablo, who was still locked in a blazing battle with the legendary rogue Shadow Emperor.
At that moment, Drolu, the Fifth Knight and an orc, had his greatsword slung over one shoulder while one hand gripped the back collar of the robes worn by the self-proclaimed "Lord of Xita" from the Arcane Brotherhood. He dragged the mage, who looked utterly dead inside and was questioning his whole life, toward Li Wei in great strides.
As he walked, he occasionally tapped the flat of his sword against the mage's bald head, signaling for him to keep casting healing-related spells.
Though Drolu had narrowly defeated the high-ranking mage with his newly mastered bloodline burst ability, [Endless Fury], he had taken a great many Evocation Magic spells head-on and was covered in grievous wounds.
Had it been another creature, it would have died dozens of times over already. Though his temporarily surging Constitution had briefly spared him death, once his bloodline ability ended, he would most likely be returning his soul to the Lower Plane—because his faith in the beast god had once wavered.
Yet just as his bloodline burst ability was about to fade, he discovered that the mage who had taken his [Fatal Strike] was actually still alive?
Drolu thought it over, and in the end, he did not execute the