At those words, Aequus flew into a rage.
But just as he was about to speak, he heard a soft thud.
Aequus hurriedly looked over and saw that a soldier had suddenly collapsed.
The people around the soldier rushed over and helped him up.
"Hey! What's wrong?"
But a second later, the people around that soldier began passing out one after another too.
Aequus's expression changed, and he abruptly turned toward the man with the sinister grin.
"What did you do?"
"Hee hee hee, nothing much. Just scattered a little poison."
The man laughed eerily.
At that, Aequus's expression darkened further, and he quickly held his breath.
Without another thought, he tried to rush over and seize the man.
But when he tried to move, he suddenly realized he couldn't muster any strength.
"Hee hee hee, can't muster any strength, can you? Don't worry, this poison isn't lethal. Making people lose their strength is all it does."
"Don't worry, my ass! You shameless, underhanded bastard! Once your boss loses, you're all going to die too!"
Aequus snapped coldly, but his voice lacked strength.
The four froze at his words. What did he mean?
What did he mean, once their boss lost? Wasn't their boss sitting perfectly fine right where he was?
"Tch, you're talking nonsense. You're going to die anyway!
Everyone here is going to die! Oh, except for that little girl!"
Demon Shadow licked his dagger and grinned wickedly.
Then he suddenly appeared beside the soldier who had fainted first and drove his dagger into the man's heart with a smile.
"Stop!" Aequus roared, trying to rush over.
But he failed to use Shave. Instead, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
He was already badly wounded. Remaining conscious was difficult enough, so how could he possibly