"Pfft-cough, cough-"
On the beach, Razor gradually recovered from his paralysis and struggled to spit out the seawater he had swallowed, coughing a few times.
Once he had recovered, Razor let out a long breath and said with a bitter laugh, "What a crushing defeat. In the end, I even needed my opponent to save me."
17
"Wins and losses are part of any battle. I just got lucky."
Dio stood beside him and offered a few modest words.
His victory just now had largely come down to his tactical arrangements, not any great advantage in raw strength over Razor.
Simply put, Dio knew Razor's abilities very well, while Razor knew nothing about Dio. With that disparity, winning was hardly surprising.
Of course, setting all that aside, if it had really been a fight to the death, Dio would never have gone to so much trouble. He would have used Time Stop and ended the battle the moment they met.
"A bet's a bet. Dio, you wanted to go to Newdri, right?"
Razor straightened up and took out a card as he asked.
Dio glanced at it. The card was called [Accompanying], and its effect was [Send an illegal intruder to the center of a city on the Aijin Continent].
The city center?
Dio thought for a moment. Newdri's city center seemed to be Commercial Street. Not far east of the city center was the cluster of princes' palaces.
Only the Tenth through Fourteenth Princes still lived there.
Then it shouldn't be dangerous-
"Yes, send me straight there. Nighttime is perfect for avoiding attention, too."
Dio nodded. He was not exactly in good condition right now, and resting would have been best, but he really was in a hurry to leave.
"Okay-Dio, if you can, when you meet Ging, tell