45 The City Lord 2 (1/2)

”Manners, Anissa.”

Aaron hadn't known how to react on seeing Anissa act that way, so he had simply looked at her, waiting for her to explain herself more.

That was when the old man spoke up, making Anissa turn and glare at him.

”What manners, dad? He's crazy! He's not even a 1-star Ascender, and he wants to kill a City Lord! A CITY LORD! He's mad! If we let him go and try something so absurd, no one will know the kind of tortures he will be subjected to before dying!”

As Aaron heard this, his brows narrowed.

It looked like that City Lord was even more powerful than he had imagined.

Although Anissa didn't say anything of that sort directly, he could tell that she might just be a bit scared of him.

If not scared, she was at least very wary, which let Aaron get a closer estimate of his power, as he had seen what Anissa could do.

He had clearly seen her Eagle's power, and he had reason to believe that that was her strongest Tera based on what she had said at the scene of the sight.

So…if she was acting in this way, then that City Lord must surely be even more unfathomable.

However, Aaron wasn't really dissuaded, as he still felt that this was the best option.

The only way he would be willing to back off from doing this…was if there was no way that he could guarantee his own safety.

In the jungle, whenever Aaron and Woof had to carry out such assassination missions, this was always their first priority.

After all, if they died, then nothing would matter anymore.

Typically, they would seriously stake out the territory to use it to their advantage. Even if a Tera might have lived in a place for a long, long time, all the nooks and crannies that they could exploit using their relatively small bodies would typically not be known to their enemy. So, over a long time, they would first map out a perfect escape route and then get into action.

The result of that was evident.

They were still alive, while many other Teras that had threatened their lives had been killed and eaten by them.

However, in this case, Aaron wasn't sure whether the same could even be done.

Already, the human world had made him run away once due to all those dazzling lights which he didn't understand at all.

Knowledge was always paramount. Here, he lacked that, so he wasn't confident that he would be able to guarantee his safety even if he somehow managed to map some sort of route in the City Lord's territory.

There would be too man variables, and he hated that.

Seeing Aaron pondering so deeply, the old man got a shine in his eyes that even Anissa didn't notice, as she was too busy glowering while looking down.

”Anissa…leave us.”

This shocked both Aaron and Anissa, but the former just took it in stride. His escape route in this room was still sound, so he wasn't too afraid.

Anissa, though, sputtered, ”B-but…”

”I'll explain later.”

As soon as the old man said this, the entire atmosphere in the room changed.

Until now, he had been a jovial father who loved his daughter, yet chided her even if he didn't want to as he wanted her to be better.