"Die! Brazen intruders!"
The Watchmen's circular special blade collided with the Godslayer, which shone with golden light. The sudden flash illuminated her green, barrel-like helmet and the cloak whose edges resembled wavy blades.
"Maiev, how about we make a deal?" Deathstroke held his weapon against hers with one hand while flicking ash from his cigarette with the other. "Release Illidan, and I'll tell you where Jarod is."
Before the final gate at the deepest part of the underground cavern, Maiev, leader of the Watchmen, blocked Su Ming's group. This madwoman had stayed here with Illidan all along. Ten thousand years ago, the prisoner had injured her younger brother Jarod, and she had hated him ever since.
She was obsessively attached to her brother, so Su Ming's offer should have been quite tempting. After Jarod got married, he had vanished from the world with his wife precisely to avoid his stalker of an older sister.
Su Ming could feel Maiev's strength weakening through their weapons. Although her mask concealed her face and made it impossible to tell what she was thinking, she had clearly been distracted for a moment.
But in the next second, the circular blade shifted its angle and attacked again. An angry female voice rang out from beneath the helmet, carrying the clank of metal.
"A trick! Kill him!"
She trusted no one—at least, not intruders. Anyone who wanted to free Illidan was an enemy of the Watchmen. Even if Elune herself descended, she would not be allowed to take her prisoner!
"Wrong answer."
Su Ming sighed. He had known Maiev was completely insane, but he had not expected her to be both insane and stupid.
With one hand, he knocked aside her weapon with the Godslayer. With the other, he took the Taser Strangle handed him and