"PUHAHK!!"
A mouthful of scarlet blood splattered across the white ceramic floor of the blue dome as Van Smolders of the Roaring Flame did his best to rise as fast as he could, aggravating the internal injuries from the earlier clash.
'How is this guy so damn strong?! Why didn't it show in the footage of his fight with the Phoenix?!' the red-haired hero inwardly cursed, utterly perplexed.
He assumed Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn would be the "strategic" type, based on how methodically he took down the mythical creature and how much smaller Shye's physique was compared to his own.
Van had never expected Shye to have such raw strength.
Due to this, alarm bells rang in the Roaring Flame Hero's head, finally realizing how much of a threat Shye was.
The Black Dawn Hero turned out to surpass his reputation by far.
Unfortunately, Van was already waist-deep in the mud.
