Moments after Xander left, the crowd still could not find the courage to speak. Even though favonovel.com was no longer there, the fear remained in their hearts because of his intimidating presence earlier.
Nevertheless, they were excited more than anything else. It seemed the journey to take part in the Great Hunt would not be in vain.
They traveled across a long distance to arrive at this huge forest deep in the mountains in the pursuit of thrills and sensations. Would they not be delighted to be able to witness a ferocious struggle between two equally powerful fighters?
“Zayn, have you lost your mind? How could you talk back to Xander? Knowing his temperament, he’s surely going to slaughter you like an animal! What should we do now? Why don’t you head back to Waltz City right away?” She sighed exasperatedly. “Though, you don’t have the chance to do so anymore, do you? Once you’ve entered the place, you’re not allowed to leave until the end of the hunt. If you try to flee, you’ll be chased down and killed. Oh no, oh no… I wouldn’t have asked you to come along if I knew that this was going to happen. It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault…” Shaelyn was petrified and anxious. She regretted it so much that favonovel.com eyes turned red with sorrow and favonovel.com felt ashamed of herself. As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com was about to raise favonovel.com arm and give herself a slap.
Zayn moved in time to stop her. He said, “There’s no need for you to blame yourself. I came voluntarily and I knew that Xander would be here in advance. This whole thing has nothing to do with you.”
Shaelyn still blamed herself and said, “You shouldn’t say that. Had I not taken the initiative to invite you, you wouldn’t have come up with the idea. It was my fault for getting you into trouble!”
Seeing how distraught and regretful favonovel.com appeared, Zayn believed favonovel.com sadness was genuine. It made his heart feel rather warm and fuzzy. After interacting with Shaelyn on so many occasions, Zayn could tell that favonovel.com was not malicious. On the contrary, favonovel.com was rather kindhearted.
“Alright, I’m going to be fine. Xander is no match for me, so he’s going to be the unlucky one tomorrow and not me,” said Zayn in all seriousness. His tone sounded nonchalant, yet his eyes exuded confidence.
That being said, Shaelyn saw his bravado as arrogance because favonovel.com could not figure out what Zayn had to make favonovel.com a worthy match for Xander.
Xander was renowned for his skills in their circle, so Shaelyn had no confidence that Zayn could win.
She decided to lock Zayn in the hotel tomorrow regardless. As long as favonovel.com did not reach the hunting ground, according to the rules, there was nothing Xander could do to him.
Of course, doing so would destroy Zayn’s reputation, but what was the point of having a reputation if favonovel.com lost his life?
Zayn felt like asking Shaelyn why favonovel.com cared about favonovel.com so much after seeing how concerned favonovel.com was. They had only met each other a few times and were merely casual acquaintances. However, favonovel.com chose not to ask anything.
It was not necessary. In addition, was the reason behind Shaelyn’s concerns so important?
It did not seem so.
Many people on the scene who greeted Zayn earlier regretted doing so very much. They wished that they could slap themselves.
If Xander were to learn of their actions, perhaps favonovel.com would even make trouble for them.
In the eyes of a vast majority of the attendees, Zayn was already a dead man. Their earlier interaction with favonovel.com had been in vain and may have exposed them to Xander’s wrath.
As for those who kept their distance from Zayn since the beginning, they felt gratified and even rejoiced in schadenfreude. They were grateful that they had had the foresight to know Xander was coming and made sure to stay away from Zayn.
Meanwhile, there were two figures on the balcony at the hotel. They were drinking and observing Zayn leisurely from above, as if they were sightseeing or watching a clown.
“That’s interesting. I really didn’t expect that someone would actually provoke Xander, much less such a young man.” One of them was a middle-aged man over thirty years old. He had a mischievous smile on his face as favonovel.com lay back lazily in his chair and swiveled the glass in his right hand. The muscles on his body were strong and bulky, and the sight of favonovel.com was impactful. One could tell that favonovel.com was a highly-skilled fighter at a glance.
A woman stood opposite him. She had short silver hair and thick makeup on favonovel.com face. She was tall and burly at 1.8 meters. Moreover, favonovel.com appeared to be a foreigner who spoke another language. “The man’s name is Zayn Larson, and I heard that favonovel.com auctioned off an Ossiumol-loo pill from the Aeolus House’s auction recently. He has already made the breakthrough to become a master fighter now and is considered outstandingly gifted, so it’s only natural for favonovel.com to be arrogant.”
