If she stayed in her tiny butterfly form and Toyako pierced straight through her, she would be done for. But if she returned to her original form and got lucky enough for the sword to miss her vitals, she would still have a chance to survive.
Clearly, her gamble had paid off.
She was wounded, but at least she was still alive.
Herald and Sabela had both lost any ability to fight back, yet their master, Shusuke, continued to act as though none of this concerned him. He even seemed bored.
Lin Mo glanced coolly at Shusuke. In the past, as long as he achieved his goal, he would never have bothered with anything else.
But now, something about this man ignoring the fate of his loyal subordinates left him inexplicably disgusted.
Lin Mo stared at Shusuke and asked, "You aren't going to help them?"
Shusuke remained indifferent, his voice flat. "I have no need for weaklings who can't even protect themselves."
Lin Mo watched him impassively. It suddenly occurred to him that if this man was the strongest person on the island, his missions here would definitely have something to do with him.
In that case, he would beat him up first and worry about the rest later.
He extended a hand toward Toyako. At his mental command, the sword slid out of the wall and Sabela's shoulder with a ripping sound, then swiftly returned to his hand.
Lin Mo walked straight toward Shusuke.
Watching him, Shusuke said evenly, "You'd better keep your distance."
Lin Mo stayed silent and ignored him.
But he noticed something strange. The closer he got to Shusuke, the more an inexplicable discomfort spread through his body, as though something was eating away at both his body and his consciousness.
Seeing that Lin Mo had