Chapter 154: Torture (1/2)

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With the Ranger dying, only Sonia and the Knight remained.

Phyrill smirked and leaped to the side, changing his opponent from Sonia to the Knight.

He slammed the shield with both swords.

The Knight raised his shield and blocked it. As a third-year, he couldn't afford to lose against Phyrill, especially with their level difference.

Unfortunately for him, if it were before this journey, Phyrill would be overpowered by his strength and there was no chance of killing him. But Phyrill had leveled up so many times to the point he far surpassed his level from a week ago.

”You know what… My level is now equal to your level…” Phyrill smirked and released all his power and hit the shield again until the ground beneath the Knight cracked.

”Kh. Impossible. How can you become this strong after just a few days?” He gritted his teeth.

”You should ask yourself how you can be this weak after getting the chance to level up in the past few days. Are you challenging something you can't beat and end up without any level up?” Phyrill smirked and understood perfectly.

The group had been stirred by Sonia and her accomplices to go to this place to gain Alea's trust and cooperation. However, their plan was ruined by Theo without him even doing anything. He simply waited for them to make a move and record it.

Yeah, they had been tailing Alea's group the whole time in the face of leveling up in a higher-level area so they could get stronger. But their journey wasn't that great either.

When they faced the Unending Grass Field, they wasted a whole day just to give up the dangerous path and used the small pathway to go around that grass field, wasting another day of walking.

After coming here, they couldn't withstand the monsters' power and got overwhelmed a few times. Even so, they took advantage of that situation to stop Alea and the others from killing the Hero Rank monster by sending the monsters that tried to kill them.

They managed to stop Alea and somehow found their location. They just followed Alea and her group's trail and led the group slightly farther from their location.

During the night, Sonia executed her plan to bring the monsters to their camp while the two accomplices directed the group in Alea's direction, making them accidentally meet.

Theodore Griffith became famous not long ago, but it was for a different reason. They never expected Theo to be this strong because he was known as a bullied person. Hence, Sonia thought they could take advantage of him to get Alea's favor and somehow got their help. Sonia also had another agenda, but Theo ultimately stopped her.

Thinking about it and seeing Phyrill's devilish smile, the Knight understood that they wouldn't be alive tomorrow.

He clenched his teeth and shouted, ”You… Have no intention to spare me, right?”

”It's funny how you can be sharp this time and become foolish when you execute your plan.” Phyrill smirked and transformed into a werewolf while saying, ”And do you know that a werewolf can get stronger under the moonlight?”

The Knight let out a long sigh before raising his shield, throwing it to Phyrill. ”Take this!”

Phyrill furrowed his eyebrows as the shield blocked his vision. He thought the Knight tried to ambush him, so Phyrill took one step back. However, when the shield dropped, he saw the Knight stabbing his own heart. He didn't forget to give Phyrill a middle finger. ”F*ck you!”

”!!!” Phyrill widened his eyes and shouted, ”Theo! Don't let that woman die too!”

Theo was confused by his instruction, but when he saw the sword that pierced the Knight's heart was his own, Theo quickly stepped forward and thrust his spear to Sonia.