Adrian’s sight went fuzzy, but he was sure the monster’s blow wasn’t strong enough to make his body react in that manner. Yes, the blow hurt, but not nearly enough as the minotaur’s attack.
’I can feel sothing is wrong. The air slls slightly funny,’ Adrian thought, and the next mont, the system confird his doubts.
[Analysis of the User’s bloodstream indicates the presence of a hallucinogenic drug. However, the Troll blood within your system is actively counteracting its effects. No imdiate cause for concern was detected.]
In a blink, Adrian’s sight got better. And not just that, the whole scene in front of him transford. The gloomy forest that was there a mont ago now matched the rest of the area, all vibrant and green.
But most importantly, the monster before him also changed, and it turns out there was no creature. It was a familiar face that made Adrian enraged.
"Red..." Adrian whispered to himself, slowly getting up. "Why aren’t you wearing clothes? I didn’t think you liked showing off like that. Not like there’s much to show if I’m being honest."
"...still got your jokes, huh? Don’t worry; I’ll be the one laughing soon. Once the drug takes effect-"
"Yeah, that ain’t happening."
Red glanced at Adrian, feeling puzzled. Until now, Red believed Adrian saw him as a monster. But it seed his cover was blown.
Even though Red didn’t understand how Adrian escaped the hallucinogen’s effects, it didn’t make much of a difference. He was still strong enough to deal with the fucker himself.
"Huh? Shit... I wasn’t expecting the drug to fade away so soon. I thought I would play with you like I played with your friends," Red scoffed, pointing at Leno’s dangling corpse. "But it looks like Father gave you a lot more skills than I expected."
"Your father?"
"Does the na, Victor Thane, ring a bell?"
Adrian raises his eyebrows at the revelation. So the one who killed him and the one who turned him into a chimaera were related.
And now Red was walking around, trying to avenge his father’s death, which wouldn’t have happened had he not delivered Adrian’s corpse to him. The thought made Adrian laugh.
"How’d you figure I’d show up here? You have to have known about since a hallucinogenic ’drug’ takes ti for it to work on anyone," Adrian questioned. "Not to ntion, spreading it is a pain in the ass."
Red scoffed, flexing his retractable tal claws. "I didn’t know where you went. I just followed you through the crack in the veil when your beloved bitch pushed you into the crack."
Red recalled the mont when he thought Adrian was going to slip away. But he wasn’t going to let it happen on his watch and rushed towards the crack.
Vesper tried to stop him and even managed to hit Red once. However, his montum pushed him through the veil, and he ended up in the Forbidden Forest.
Unlike Adrian, Red didn’t find people he could depend upon, and with countless beasts roaming around, he couldn’t rest and heal in peace.
That’s when he found a little sothing in his inventory. It was the hallucination agent, and so of the Ravens were allowed to carry it. Since Chubby was too erratic and hopeless, Red also had his share.
"So, you used the drug and burned it, smoking the forest so no beast ca close?" Adrian mumbled, and as much as he didn’t want to admit it, he was impressed by Red’s thinking.
Adrian believed that many heroes he knew would probably panic if they were in Red’s situation. So might even choose to fight the beasts directly, risking injury or exhaustion. Both options were risky in an unfamiliar place as it could lead to their death.
"You’re quick to catch on," Red smiled, licking the blood off his tal claws. "Unfortunately, they weren’t as intelligent."
Adrian scoffed and nodded. The teens were cocky, he knew that, but despite what they did, they didn’t deserve to die. Not by Red’s hands, at least.
"What about Vesper?"
"What about her?" Red taunted. "There was no way she would have won against my brothers. But they probably didn’t kill her... before playing with her first, haha!"
"Alright, I have heard enough," Adrian said, retrieving the Minotaur’s Broadsword from his inventory as his eyes turned red with rage.
Adrian knew Vesper got caught in the ss because of her own deeds. But he blad himself for the ambush as he was why she wasn’t moving with her usual army of guards. Thankfully, soone was right before him to take his anger out on.
"You sure? I’m in no hurry to kill you," Red smiled, revealing his rotting teeth.
"Oh, but I am."
Adrian charged at the Red, who kept dodging the strike without sweating. Adrian’s frustration grew, and he used [Minon Fury], but Red dodged the attack by jumping on a tree.
Adrian swung his sword again, slashing the tree. But Red jumped down before the tree fell, kicking Adrian in the face.
"Is that all you got?" he mocked Adrian. "If that’s so, then allow to show you how a Raven hunts."
Red lunged forward, his claws turned into a blur as he struck Adrian. Adrian struggled to keep up with Red’s attacks despite his best efforts.
Red’s raw strength complented his agile movents, making him a formidable opponent with no gaps in his attacks.
’This much was expected...’ Adrian thought. ’He’s level 50, after all.’
Unlike when Adrian faced Rowan, Red wasn’t suffering through a debuff that siphoned off his stats, nor was he a starved minotaur. As such, Red was the strongest enemy Adrian had ever encountered, and it showed in his struggle.
Adrian felt the impact of Red’s blows, each strike taking a toll on his body. Despite his best efforts, Adrian couldn’t land a single hit. After all, Red seed to be one step ahead at all tis.
’Fighting defensive won’t do any good. I need to trade so blows, at least!’
With that idea in his head, Adrian used [Nean Blessing]. With a 90% decrease in damage from incoming attacks, he wouldn’t have to stress about defence and could go all out on offence.
The next mont, Adrian turned and ran deeper into the forest. Red thought his prey got scared and was trying to run out of the hallucinogen’s effective radius.
"The beasts here won’t help you!" Red yelled as he kept chasing Adrian.
Adrian ignored his taunts and, in the anwhile, invested all his attribute points to improve his agility and defence.
"Just a bit more..." Adrian mumbled as he sped away.
Red soon lost sight of Adrian in the darkness, forcing him to walk around, trying to find his prey.
While he road, searching for his target, he felt sothing coming his way and slashed at it with his deadly claws, only to discover it was the carcass of a wolf he had dispatched earlier.
The wolf’s blood sprayed across the surroundings, montarily obscuring Red’s vision. But the surprises weren’t over as Adrian leapt from one of the trees, aiming to stab Red’s shoulder.
However, Red’s years as an assassin had sharpened his senses to an extraordinary level. Despite the temporary problems with his sight, he quickly rolled away and encountered Adrian by swinging his claws in his direction.
Red felt a familiar feeling of his claws burying into Adrian’s flesh as his vision cleared. But what he saw next caught him by surprise.
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