Chapter 409 - 409: Let The Real Match Begin (Part 2) (1/2)

A single blink was all it took before he disappeared from Faithless Monk's line of sight.

Faithless Monk expanded his senses to feel his surroundings, but all he felt was empty air.

For him, his opponent seemed to have popped out of existence like a bubble. How could someone completely erase their aura? There's no plausible explanation for this!

Unbeknown to Faithless Monk, everyone but him can see what's truly happening. The difference in perspective was the key to discovering Mochi's hiding place.

Ethan clenched his hand until they turned white at the reminder of how much he suffered from that same ruse.

Without a doubt, this glutinous master of his enjoyed every second he made him and his Commanders suffer under his training. The man's a f*cking sadist. He's not only tormenting people physically but mentally as well.

”I've figured this particular trait of his is what made you dislike him so much?” His wonderful wife asked beside him, soothing his clenched hand by interlacing her fingers together with his.

Sighing, his wife's touch was like magic.

”Yes. Although he'd greatly contributed to developing my skills, I just can't let him slip away without facing us and see how much we improved.” Ethan glared at said man who still hasn't stopped taunting his opponent.

Ignoring the weird looks he received, he tenderly kissed the back of Lillie's hand in a silent thank you for comforting him.

What? You haven't seen same-sex couples before?

Lillie smiled at him and rubbed her thumb over the back of his hand.

Where is he? Faithless Monk was now feeling a bit frantic when he still can't see his opponent. Where could he possibly hide in this empty stage?

It would've been impossible unless he literally dug underground like a mole or went out of bounds.

It was only a few minutes later when he noticed that the area went eerily silent. The audience ceased their wild cheers and whisper among themselves.

He noted that some were pointing and looking above him. Moving only his eyes, he glanced up at the large screen.

Freezing, his eyes widen slowly in realization.

How...has he really been standing behind him this whole time.

”You lose.” Was the last thing he heard before darkness was all he knows.

***

The scheduled raid was fast approaching, and the match has finally concluded in Mochi's favor.

After the fight, the plan was that Lillie and Ethan were supposed to intercept Mochi inside his break room to avoid earning unwanted attention for themselves.

Unfortunately, things sometimes just don't go smoothly as planned.

They hoped to do this subtly, but Mochi just had to be a greedy and conceited old menace.

Lillie expected an outcome like this thanks to Ethan.

The emcee exclaimed excitedly in his microphone, ”And with that, ladies and gentlemen! We have our winner—”

”Argh! This was boring!”

The emcee's words were cut off mid-sentence after being interrupted by Mochi's loud and condescending complaint.