Chapter 314: A promise × White aura × No talent for attack?
Joey rarely made promises, but when the Eighth Queen looked at him, he simply could not harden his heart enough to give her an uncertain answer.
A woman who had wrested her own life from the Grim Reaper for her child was now willingly risking herself for that child again.
Joey's heart was not made of stone. How could he remain unmoved?
As long as it was within his power, he would protect the Fourteenth Prince.
The Eighth Queen also understood the limits of the promise Joey could offer. Without Joey restoring that missing half of her brain, she might still have been acting on instinct alone, so even if Joey had not agreed, she would not have resented him.
At least, she would not resent Joey and the others. Ever since the Succession War began, her resentment had been reserved for one person alone.
That was the king of Kakin who had brought her and her child aboard: Nasubi Hui Guo Rou.
After receiving Joey's answer, the Eighth Queen bowed deeply to him. Then, after glancing at the Fourteenth Prince, she turned resolutely toward Nina.
A measure of admiration entered Nina's eyes, but as a Hunter from the Hunter Association, she was no novice.
Although her soft voice made her seem somewhat timid, she did not hesitate at all when she acted. Joey felt that without the Spacesuit, Nina's movements might have looked rather dashing.
Pitch-black iron rods instantly pierced the Eighth Queen's hands and feet, and the last one plunged straight into her abdomen.
But no blood flowed from the places the rods pierced. Instead, a layer of special Nen quickly enveloped them.
Although Mizaistom and the others nearby did not know exactly what Joey intended