When the man hidden in the fog felt the pair of eyes fixed on him, his expression changed.

'He can see me!? How?'

He could not afford to think about the reason, though. The man quickly moved back, evading the bowl-sized energy bullet coming in his direction.

He could feel that the energy bullet was very threatening. Although he was not sure how a C-Rank young man's attack could feel so dangerous, he was not planning to test his doubts with his body.

But at the moment he evaded the bullet, his expression changed.

Another bullet was flying closely behind the first. It had been hidden for the first bullet, so he had been unable to see it.

And it was flying in its current direction.

"Dammit!" The man cursed. He hurriedly twisted his body weirdly, finally avoiding the second bullet safely!

And then–

*Swish!*

A pair of daggers cut towards his neck and heart.

It was Javelin. Finally, he had made his move.

'When!?'

The man was astonished. He was unable to figure how Javelin had moved behind him.

How could he know that Javelin had trained in the darkness since he was a child? For him, fighting in this environment was the same as fighting normally.

In fact, when the man appeared and started to speak, it was not that Javelin failed to notice that the man was buying time for the fog to spread completely. Instead, Javelin was also plotting against the man.

The fog was the man's territory, but it was also Javelin's.

And the man did not know it, resulting in him being unable to predict Javelin's sneak attack.

Both Javelin and the man were Ranks. Their abilities were around the same. Thus, now that Javelin managed to sneak attack him successfully, he had the advantage.

*Spurt!*

A dagger pierced the man's shoulder.

In the end, the mas was also an Rank. At the last instant, he managed to block one of the daggers with his knife while twisting his body to receive the other dagger with his shoulder.

"b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" The man bellowed. Instantly, strong ice-cold mana surged from his body, attacking Javelin.

Javelin moved calmly. Instead of continuing his attack to finish the man, he retreated.

"You…"

"Both of us are Rank, and I specialize in speed." Javelin said indifferently. "Now that you are unable to move one of your arms, the advantage is completely mine. I don't need to rush it and kill you while risking an injury. Instead, I prefer to tire you out slowly, until you are unable to continue fighting."

The man gritted his teeth. "b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you fooled me!"

Javelin shrugged. "We are enemies after all."

The man's face flushed in anger. He then raised his hand and shouted.

"Attack!"

As soon as he spoke, a rain of arrows came from the entrance.

Javelin's expression changed. Even although he could avoid the arrows in the darkness, it was not the same for the others.

But when he was going to warn them, he saw an incredible scene.

Leto turned into a metallic barrier that protected the group.

Then, Bloed and Regina looked at the other enemies with disdaining expressions.

"Leto, protect the girls!" Bloed ordered to his wolf with a smile.

"Hey Bloed, what is happening? This d.a.m.n fog!" Liu Ying asked irritated, but Bloed ignored her. In his mind, though, he decided to make her a special visor with night and infrared vision later, in case something like this happens again.

The next instant, he kicked the ground and rushed towards the enemies.

In normal circ.u.mstances, the fog would have been a perfect strategy against invaders. The enemies were already trained to fight in the fog. Thus, although their combat level would not be as good as in normal conditions, it would be enough to overwhelm the invaders that had never fought in this kind of condition.

And in fact, Liu Ying and Illina were almost completely powerless in this kind of environment.

But Bloed and Regina were different.

With his special eyes, Bloed did not have any problem to see through the fog. It could be said that for him, it was the same with or without fog.

Regina was the same. As a weapon of war, being able to battle in any environment was the basic requirement.

Like wolves in the middle of a herd of sheep, the pair of master and servant attacked their enemies fiercely. Strangely, the fog ended working in their favor and impeding the enemies' vision instead, allowing Bloed and Regina to kill them more easily.

Three B-Ranks and six C and D-Ranks. Nine enemies in total were killed by Bloed and Regina in less than three minutes.

Meanwhile, Javelin sighed in relief and looked at the pale face of the injured man.

"It looks like your plan failed."

Then, he walked backward and disappeared in the shadows, appearing again behind the man.

"Kuh!" The man grunted. He tried to use his knife to stop the daggers, but with a shoulder injured, his movements were compromised.

Thus–

*Spurt!*

He suffered another stab, this time in his abdomen.

"Good job, you blocked an attack." Javelin smiled. "Let's see how long you can last."

He then twirled his daggers playfully and disappeared in the shadows again.

Legs, arms, chest, back. Javelin continued attacking the man repeatedly. He never went for a decisive blow, instead, he recurred to small attacks with the purpose of sapping the enemy's strength.

Slowly, his enemy became weaker and weaker, and his mind was invaded by despair.

"It's like a cat playing with a mouse." Regina, who had already finished her enemies, walked beside Bloed and opined about Javelin's fighting style.

Bloed nodded. "… Such a scary fighting style."

Javelin's battle did not last much longer. Two minutes later, the man was unable to continue resisting.

Bloed frowned. He was expecting the man to use the Blight just like the one he fought in the building. However, even when the Rank enemy was about to die, the Blight did not appear.

"… Is there something I'm ignoring?" Bloed asked to himself.

Unfortunately, he was unable to find an answer.

When Javelin finally killed his enemy, He walked towards Bloed and the others.

"Let���s go. We don't know if they still have reinforcements. We need to rescue the prince quickly."

Bloed and the others nodded. "Let's go."