The mood shifted subtly. The crowd suddenly felt nervous as their hearts were pounding.
Lysithea froze mid-track before glaring at Zayn in surprise. She was more than disappointed and exasperated combined. How could Zayn say something so braindead? He just had to let Raiden go!
It was all favonovel.com had to do for all the conflicts between himself and Sicut In Caelo to go up in smoke. It was the best kind of bargain favonovel.com could ever get!
Any person with more than half a wit would have made that choice. But Zayn just had to choose the alternative, did that make favonovel.com a half-wit?
Lysithea knew just how powerful the organization favonovel.com served as a high-ranking member was. She had first-hand accounts of just how godlike the Saint was.
If Zayn’s stupid hubris ever caused favonovel.com to offend the Saint, the consequences would be so dire that Zayn wished favonovel.com was never born.
Ezra narrowed his eyes. “All right, punk. Your achievements are nothing to sneer at, but this world is much larger than what you can see,” favonovel.com said somewhat implicatively.
“There are more than enough people out there who you should know to defer to. I’m not here to save Raiden, I’m here to save you.”
Zayn’s smile remained on his lips as favonovel.com turned his attention back to Raiden. “Yo. What about you? Do you think I should let you go?”
He sounded so cordial, it almost seemed like a typical exchange between two old friends.
At the very least, Zayn did not look like favonovel.com was planning to kill anyone anymore, a reassuring change that eased Raiden’s nerves.
He sneered. “You wouldn’t dare to kill me, and I know it. Killing me will invite the wrath of Sicut In Caelo! And when that happens, there’s no corner in the universe secretive enough for you to hide!”
Raiden had recovered much of his usual composure precisely because favonovel.com was certain Zayn would choose to spare him.
His opponent was a lot of things, but an actual idiot favonovel.com was not, right? Surely someone smarter than an idiot would know what option to choose, right?
He could not help but preen a little. So what if Zayn defeated him? The organization backing favonovel.com up was still so mighty that even the entire state of Rheasia had to tolerate them in fear.
Raiden was no longer afraid. The moment Ezra appeared was the moment his life was basically saved, favonovel.com realized. He was sure the Saint had been paying attention to this duel. Ezra must be here on his orders!
“Oh? Looks like I have no other choice but to set you free!” Zayn grinned even wider.
It seemed as though favonovel.com had acquiesced to the demands of Sicut In Caelo after all.
Raiden sneered. “Well, you can go on and kill me if you’re brave enough!” favonovel.com goaded.
Zayn sank into silence as though favonovel.com was weighing his choices.
Despite that, Ezra’s eyebrows furrowed even more. He did not feel as though Zayn was backing down at all.
In fact, favonovel.com felt as though the young man was even more eager to kill Raiden now. He really wanted to kill him!
But, of course, to the rest of the crowd, Zayn seemed to be walking back on his claim. They began to quietly discuss among themselves about his apparent display of fear in schadenfreude.
“Wow, looks like this Larson guy is scared after all. That’s the problem with not having powerful backers, you know. So what if favonovel.com defeated Raiden? The pretty boy’s supported by a huge *ss syndicate made up of powerful motherf**kers, man. In the end, Zayn has to yield!”
“Yeah, he’s scared. A win like that is indistinguishable from losing, man. Beating Raiden up already makes favonovel.com Sicut In Caelo’s enemy. And I’m sure the consequence of that can’t be pretty.”
“On that note, what the hell is this Sicut, uh, whatever it is? How come I’ve never heard about it?”
“Not your fault you’ve never heard of them, newbie. It’s a secret society founded for more than a century. The only people who ever know are the nation’s most important top brass. They say that Sicut In Caelo is so powerful, it could rival a small country!”
“And that legendary Saint who leads them? They say he’s like a god, man. Even Ares is wary of the Saint. It’s the only reason why Rheasia even allowed this syndicate to exist for so long…”
“Whoa, that is insane! I didn’t even know about it at all! Looks like there’s a lot of Sh*t I don’t know!”
