At that moment, Li smiled faintly. It seemed this fellow did know something. He had been on guard the entire time. Of course, he wasn't afraid of Celia, but if Celia really tried something underhanded against Invel, he feared he might not be able to stop her. Even if he managed to kill Celia afterward, Invel would likely be beyond saving.
After Celia left, the room fell completely silent.
After a long while, White Turtledove finally spoke. "That girl isn't what she used to be. Do you really think she can't capture Sky Wolf?"
The middle-aged man glanced at White Turtledove. "Don't worry. She can't take down Sky Wolf on her own. Let her go wear down Sky Wolf's strength first."
Li sighed softly. Celia should have been quite a lovable girl by nature, but what she had done just now made it impossible to feel any goodwill toward her. Still, hearing what the middle-aged man said, Li suddenly felt that she was rather pitiful.
Especially as he watched the back of that little girl vanish at the end of the road, Li felt a pang of sorrow. Of course, he would never think that someone with a terrifying creature parasitizing her body was particularly cute.
A quarter of an hour later, someone finally lost patience.
In fact, Li knew the impatient man. It was Rifan, the one who had clashed with Li earlier. Rifan roared, "What the hell are you all afraid of? I'll go myself! Let's see whether she can still kill me or what! If she's got the guts, let her come back and fucking kill me!"
The moment he rose to his feet with that roar, everyone's expressions changed sharply. The ones whose faces changed were still those A-rank mercenaries, while Li was also stunned.
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