Chapter 320: A Risky Decision. (1/2)

”...whatever...”

And just like that, the man closed his eyes again, back to ignoring him.

But Zier didn't feel displeased with his actions. Instead, there were stars in his eyes!

'Just how strong would he be to have such bearings?' he questioned as he instinctively compared the indifferent man with his grandfather.

The two people earlier were stronger than anyone he had seen beside his grandfather, but they felt different from the man in front of him.

'In just a single glance, I could tell those two were dangerous. But him... he feels so harmless. Yet, I feel as if I shouldn't disturb him...' Zier thoroughly scrutinized the man. Suddenly all the hair on his skin stood up in alarm as he came to the conclusion that this man was most likely more powerful than the earlier two people.

His mind flashbacked to the past when his grandfather had taken him to hunt some simple animals. He was only a kid, but he clearly remembered all the details from back then.

”Adorable, isn't she?” His grandfather had asked from behind him as he was staring at a leopard lazily sleeping atop a tree.

His past self had nodded his head without giving it much thought.

”Remember, little Zier. Don't think low of a beast merely because it looks harmless while sleeping. That just goes on to show how confident it is in shredding to pieces any living being that dared to disturb its peace in the entire area.”

Back then, he hadn't thought much of it before nodding his head again, pretending that he understood everything.

However, now that those words rang in his ears again, he couldn't help but stare at the man again. His image blended in with the memory of the leopard sleeping on the tree.

A shiver ran up his spine before he stopped himself from dwelling on this for any longer.

Right now, his priority was survival! He should have run away before, now he couldn't help but curse himself for succumbing to his curiosity.

Now that he couldn't afford to waste any more time, Zier was about to turn around and run away.

But right on cue, the two people who had disappeared came back!

Zier felt his throat run dry as he noticed the big splashes of blood splattered all over the man's body. The lady on the other hand was exactly as she was before.

Was the opponent too weak or were these people too strong? He couldn't tell, but one thing was for sure; they were ruthless people who wouldn't bat an eye while killing people!

'...There goes my only chance of running away...' he thought bitterly when he noticed the woman's eyes landing on him immediately as she arrived.

***

As Raven and Blaze came back, they immediately noticed that the man they had left here hadn't run away.

Raven traced her eyes from the man to Ozul and immediately noticed that he had changed his posture.

Hmm...

She didn't know what to make out of the situation. Most likely scenario was that Ozul had allowed the man to be here, but she would have to ask him to confirm.

'If he creates trouble later, it won't be too late to kill him.'

She and Blaze could easily gauge  his strength. To them, a Rank-5 Fighter who wasn't even a Mage was nothing more than a nuisance who they could end anytime they wanted.

Blaze didn't even care about the purple-haired man anymore and left it upto her to deal with him. In the end, she decided to ignore the man until Ozul had any instructions for them.

As she averted her eyes from the man, she could feel him visibly relaxing his posture.

And she was right on point. Since she didn't decide to immediately kill Zier, he knew that his life wasn't in immediate danger anymore.

A part of him even felt that his decision of staying here had benefited  him. Zier wasn't a strong person by any means, but in terms of intellectual prowess, he was far exceeding many.

From the moment he had first heard Ozul's voice telling the two people that he was harmless, he noticed that they were very obedient to him. He also hadn't missed when Raven had shifted her eyes from him towards Ozul as if contemplating something very deeply.

Putting the pieces  together, he was overjoyed as he realized that as long as the man sleeping on the tree didn't explicitly tell them to, they wouldn't attack him!

And from his attitude earlier, it wasn't hard to notice that the man was indifferent to his presence. That ultimately meant that as long as he didn't mess anything up, he wouldn't be killed today!

Just then, Zier's heart skipped a beat when the same cold and lazy voice rang out again.