Dustin decided that Dahlia must have had nothing better to do. He tossed
his head, washed up, and opened the door to the medical center as usual.
As the door grated and groaned, a blood–
soaked figure suddenly collapsed on the floor of the room. The injured ma
n was dressed in white, which was drenched in blood. He carried a broken
sword on his back and appeared to have fainted for some time.
Dustin approached the man to check him out, only to realize that it was M
aximus Kane!
"I did not recall hurting him yesterday. Or did I?" Dustin rubbed his chi
n in confusion. Although Maximus, ranked sixth on The
Hundred Immortals, was not exactly the cream of the crop, he was still on
e of the best in tiny Swinton. How did he get himself beaten up this badl
y?
"Consider yourself lucky." Dustin mumbled and lifted Maximus into the med
ical center. After all, he couldn't turn a blind eye to a dying man at th
e entrance of the medical center.
Maximus suffered from multiple external injuries, but those were simple w
ounds that could be treated with some bandages. However, he suffered huge
damage to his nerves, including the energy in his core. Whoever did this
to him wanted to cripple him for good. Thankfully, years of extensive ma
rtial arts practice resulted in a solid foundation that protected Maximus
from being completely crippled by the attack. With Dustin's medical
skills, he was confident to heal Maximus within a few weeks.
First, Dustin gave Maximus an injection, followed by feeding the patient
some medicine. About half an hour later, Maximus finally regained conscio
usness as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Hey, you're awake. How do you feel?" Dustin casually asked him.
"Did you save me?" Maximus was a little taken aback. Last night, he susta
ined severe injuries and found a
medical center on the street in between consciousness. Before he had a ch
ance to knock on the door, he
blacked out at the entrance.
"Who else? Do you see anyone around?" Dustin was a tad speechless at the
thoughtless question.
"Thank you." Maximus struggled to get up and bow.
Dustin forced him back onto the bed and chided him, "That's enough. Stop
moving around when you're badly
injured."
"He's on the brink of death, yet he is hung up on manners. What's wrong w
ith this dude?" Dustin wondered.
"You're not bad at martial arts. So, how did you end up getting beaten up
?" Dustin asked. Maximus clenched
his teeth as he struggled to open up. "It's fine. Don't tell me if you do
n't feel like it. I'm not that curious either."
Dustin waved at him dismissively and proceeded to leave.
"Wait …" Maximus took a deep breath and finally confessed, "What you said
yesterday was right. I had three
fatal flaws in my Illusory Sword Technique."
"Oh, really? Did you meet a worthy opponent that fast?"
Dustin was quite surprised to learn that his prediction came true after h
e dropped a casual mention of the flawed moves during the battle.
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"It wasn't just any stranger It was my mentor, Luther Williams! Maximus g
ritted his teeth, his face clouded
by a grim expression.
"Your mentor?" Dustin was astounded. "Why did he hurt you for no good rea
son?"
"That's because … I caught him having an affair with my female mentee!" M
aximus said, filled with resentment. "I went home after the defeat, think
ing to question Luther Williams about the flaws in the technique he taugh
t me, but instead, I caught him going at it with my young female
mentee in the bedroom!"
Maximus continued, "So, I kicked the door open out of anger and confronte
d him loudly. He was probably humiliated and provoked, and he fought me w
ith his sword, slashing me twice. I had no choice but to fight him with m
y
sword. Silly me. I thought that, given my expertise in swordsmanship, I c
ould at least fend off his attacks even if I couldn't win."
Then, he hissed, "I realized how naive I was when we started fighting. It
wasn't practice or strength that I lacked he took advantage of my flawed
moves! The third, ninth, and twenty–
sixth moves. Whenever I put these moves into action, Luther was able to s
pot my flaws and destroy me. It was at that moment I found out that Luthe
r, the mentor I was so proud of, had set me up from the very beginning! I
am nothing but a tool to him; he has never treated me from the heart. Wh
en I am upset at him, he'll exploit my flawed moves to kill me off and sa
ve himself from trouble!"
Maximus' eyes reddened and brimmed with tears. He had always regarded his
mentor as a father figure. Who would have thought that the kind and gene
rous old man was nothing but a hypocrite?
"Well what can I say, except that you have a scoundrel
of a mentor?" Dustin shook his
head sympathetically. Maximus' situation was commonplace in the martial a
rts world. History was full of cases where disciples and. mentors of the
same guild tore each other apart. The human heart is the most deceitful o
f all things.
"I'm fine with being taken advantage of. He could have sent me on a dange
rous mission, and I would have taken on the task without complaining. But
why? Why did he have to sully my female mentee? She's my fiancée!" Maxim
us bellowed and smashed a hole in the wall out of rage.
Dustin gaped at the confession. He opened his mouth a few times but was u
nable to speak.