“What if I don’t want to?” Quinn grimaced. “What are you going to do if I don’t want to?”The man smiled and gestured toward him. At once, the shadows around Quinn surged forward and wrapped around his body like thick ropes, pinning his arms and legs against the stone floor.“What if you don’t want to? Do you think you have a choice in this matter?”Quinn narrowed his eyes. He paid little attention to the shadows binding him and instead studied the man in front of him. “So, you’re going to take me and do what exactly? You still haven’t told me who you people are.”The man snorted. “Let me guess, you’re buying time so someone can come to your rescue, right? No one will come. I’ve already separated us from the outside world with illusions. Besides that, the people with me are enough to finish the job.”Quinn’s heart sank when he heard that. Things were clearly worse than he had expected.Still, he refused to simply surrender.Words were weapons too. People used them to get inside an opp

Quinn could barely follow their conversation as his mind struggled to process everything happening around him. More than anything else, one fact kept dominating his thoughts.Captain Yemi was standing right in front of him.Captain Yemi, who was supposed to be dead.Captain Yemi, who now wanted his head.Quinn gave a bitter smile. “Eh… I’ll really like to go with Shadowwind.”Both men turned toward him.Yemi sneered. “You little shit. What are you talking?”Before Quinn could say anything else, Yemi disappeared from his position.His speed was so great that it almost looked as though he had teleported. In the next instant, he was already in front of Quinn, his sword descending toward Quinn’s neck with enough force to stir the air around the blade.Quinn did not even try to dodge.Ping!The sword struck a mass of hardened air and bounced away.Yemi immediately turned toward Shadowwind, anger flashing across his face.“You have already done your part. You should leave now. I don’t give

Shadowwind’s beast spread its wings wide, and a powerful gust burst from beneath them. The wind shot forward with a howling shockwave, carrying countless blades of compressed air that spun through the courtyard. They sliced into the stone walls one after another, carving through them as the wind blades curved around and tore the structures apart.Quinn stared at the display of power.The stones groaned before collapsing in great chunks, raising a thick cloud of dust. Shadowwind swept his arm through the air, and twisting currents immediately drove the dust away.Captain Yemi stood on top of the ruined stones, staring up at him with a flat expression.Shadowwind snorted. “Why create walls? I have no intention of running. I have already decided that you will die. And so you will.”Yemi said nothing.He crouched low, and the muscles in his legs expanded. The next instant, he exploded forward like lightning. The stones beneath his feet were crushed into dust from the force of his accelera

They hunted.Just as Quinn had promised.Taurus and Quinn raced through the blood fog, their red eyes allowing them to see through the crimson haze as easily as if it were not there. They moved like streaks across the castle, leaping over walls and broken structures as they followed the sounds of battle. The blood fog made it easy to locate areas where fighting was still taking place, and whenever they sensed a clash nearby, they immediately headed toward it.“Don’t get killed, Captain,” Quinn ordered as they reached the first battlefield.What greeted them was a slaughter.The blood fog had completely disrupted the senses of every Dragonkin who did not possess the Drakemont’s red eyes, regardless of how high their Advancement Stage was. Many of them stumbled around in confusion, unable to determine where their enemies were. Some threw wide punches at empty air, hoping to strike anything that came close, while others unleashed techniques and skills in every direction.It did not matte

Quinn returned to his room after finishing his orders. The first thing he wanted was a bath to wash the blood and dirt from his body. Several members of the Dragon Guards who had survived the night followed him, along with a few people from the New Dawn. Quinn did not question them or tell them to leave. He simply allowed them to do as they pleased. Judging by the way they now treated him, it was clear that their view of him had changed after everything that had happened.“What a shitty night,” Quinn muttered as he lowered himself into the large tub prepared by the servants. The water was warm, and for a moment, he simply sat there while the dirt and blood slowly washed away.The water had already become filthy by the time Quinn climbed out and moved to another tub that had been prepared for him. He lowered himself into the clean water, soaked his head, and rubbed his face before releasing a tired sigh.“Time to do some thinking. There are a lot of people involved in tonight’s executi