"The Hunter of Yano..." Adrian released a broken laugh while his body began to collapse.
Ren emerged from the shadows where he had been controlling the professor's illusion at a mirror angle with the mantis plates, "always saves something for the end... He doesn't disappoint, after all."
The aberration that had been Adrian Ravencroft collapsed, its form twisting as the forced fusion finally came undone.
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Ren wasted no time, moving directly...
To the Shadow Stalker male's corpse, not to Zhao, his priorities clear even in the aftermath of battle.
"Good timing," Zhao murmured while falling to his knees, his legendary strength finally failing him.
Although he had feigned the trembling in his legs and having not a drop of mana for Adrian, now he truly was depleted. The cost of maintaining his deception near the draining zone had been steep.
