Skidding to a stop, I turned to confront the guy in the middle. As I suspected, he was the strongest of the trio, but also the slowest. That was why his partner decided to chase down the faster Si Nan while leaving me to this guy. For a moment, I almost lost him because the bastard was too slow to keep up with me. I could see him sprinting after me, breathing heavily, and almost feeling sorry for him, I came to a halt and waited for him.
"You're pretty unlucky, kid." My opponent licked his blade, which was clearly coated with a layer of poison. The bastard was showing off how he was immune to his own poisons, and proud of the toxins he had concocted. "I'll try to make your death not so painful."
