Jack raised his eyebrow with some surprise. He quite liked Alfred’s personality.
Since Alfred was already determined, Jack decided to agree with it. Hearing Jack’s conversation with Alfred, the two
on the ground looked horrified.
The two of them exchanged a look, and they saw despair in their eyes. Alfred slowly turned around and retrieved a
dagger from his storage ring. He coldly looked at the two of them on the ground.
He let out a faint smile, “It’s my turn after this!”
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Not far away, the four who were originally sitting down and resting were already nowhere near as calm as they
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At that moment, only three of them were holding on as one of them lay out he ground. Conor lay on the ground
hopelessly. He clutched his bleeding chest as he breathed erratically. Blood flowed from his lips to stain his clothes.
The attack was incredibly suddenly. The three of them had lost any initiative in the ambush. On top of that, their
opponents were incredibly strong. They were no match for their opponents at all. Even though their opponents had
one less fighter than them, they could still not gain an advantage.
A man in a tiger mask quickly stabbed him in the chest. His blood frantically splurted out. After that, someone else
had hit him in the chest, causing him to fly and crumple on the ground with heavy injuries.
He realized hopelessly that, unless a miracle happened, the four of them would die here.
At that moment, Conor suddenly thougth of Jack. He felt like Jack was incredibly lucky to have managed to avoid
this. He even started to hate Jack for not being a proper scout.
If Jack had realized that their opponents were near, they would not have been ambushed like that, and would not
have lost so completely.
Based on how these people had been acting, he would definitely go through excruciating torture.
Thinking about that, Conor felt even more helpless. He clenched his teeth and immediately made a decision. Rather
than being tortured by those people, he felt like ending himself would make his death cleaner.
At that moment, footsteps could be heard from afar.
Everyone there looked towards the source of the sound. When they saw Jack and the others rushing over quickly,
the three masked men immediately gathered at the center in alarm.
When they saw Jack, everyone there was shocked.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmFrederick was the first to react. He had a happy look on his face as he shouted at Jack, “These people aren’t weak!
Be careful!”
Everyone knew that, even if he did not say that, Jack would have realized it just from the situation. However,
Frederick still wanted to say it to leave a good impression on Jack.
He wanted to show Jack that he cared for Jack as his companion. In truth, Frederick was afraid that Jack would turn
and run if Jack thought that he would not be able to win. Then, they would have no hope at all.
Jack obviously knew what Frederick was thinking. He scoffed and did not answer Frederick. Instead, he looked at the
three masked men.
The three masked men looked at Jack in alarm and suspicion.
A man with the mask of a green dragon said to Jack, “You’re still alive?”