As for Linley and Bebe, now that they had arrived at Hodan's side, the embarrassment from earlier had vanished from their faces. They calmly watched Benfield instead.
At this moment, Hodan looked at Benfield and said, "Benfield, I said I was taking them under my protection. Didn't you hear me?"
The truth was, even if Benfield and the others wanted to leave now, Hodan would not agree. One of his main reasons for coming here was to fight Benfield.
"Who the hell do you think you are? You dare stand in our way?" Natte, the youngest and most hot-tempered of the group, could not help but snap back.
Linley and Bebe's eyes nearly popped out of their heads. Good heavens, he actually dared speak to a Paragon in that tone. Was he tired of living?
Fortunately, Hodan had no intention of revealing his identity. Otherwise, Benfield and the others would have fled without a second word.
Benfield, as the eldest brother, was the most composed. He carefully observed Hodan.
"Death Rule... You're the recently emerged 'Death Walker'?" Benfield asked. Clearly, they had heard of the super expert who had risen to prominence in the recent Plane Wars. Quite a few Commanders had already raised Death Walker's danger rating to the same level as their own.
"Hmph! So what if you're Death Walker? Move aside, or you'll die here today!" Having confirmed Hodan's "identity," Benfield had no more reservations and immediately issued his threat.
Although many Commanders had raised Death Walker's danger rating to their level, Benfield and his companions did not believe that this newly emerged Death Walker was truly their equal.
Their reputations had been forged only after one brutal battle after another.
Quite a few experts had emerged in the Plane Battlefield, but they had all been like