An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Well, thank you,” Dustin replied, annoyed.

He had initially come to cure Alicia, but now he had to fight as well. After an exhausting day of hard work with no reward, he felt completely shortchanged.

“Don’t be so grumpy. Show off your heroic side in front of these two beauties. Who knows, you might win their hearts,” Grace teased in a low voice.

“Yeah, right. These two are nothing but trouble. I want no part of it.” He rolled his eyes.

“Hey! What are you two whispering about?” Shadowcloak couldn’t stay silent anymore and declared, “I’m giving you two options: surrender now, or I’ll kill you.”

“Kill me? You sure talk big.” Dustin stepped forward and stared at him.

He continued, “You might be fast, but your strength is laughable. The guy lying there could defeat you easily if he were a bit smarter.”

“Arrogant brat! What the heck are you talking about?” Shadowcloak snarled.

“Drop the act. You may fool others, but I can see right through you,” Dustin said with a straight face.

honing your agility. You’ve mastered it to a

However, when facing grandmaster level opponent, you’d resort to underhanded tactics and

was only halfway to becoming a ga grandmaster and hadn’t broken through yet. Despite

remarkable agility, which made

fear into his opponent’s hearts and forcing

defeat the man. So, he relied on his cunning

seemed to hit Shadowcloak’s nerve, and he

strength? You must have a death wish. Come forward if

crush you with a single

“Dustin scoffed. He was unfazed by the threat as he

his earlier skill demonstration, which was on par with a grandmaster, others would

seize that moment to showcase his abilities. But

was simply fearless or had something up his sleeve.

to crush me with a single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here and let you do it.” Dustin stood with his hands behind

you have a death wish, I’ll gladly oblige.” Shadowcloak shook with rage. He

a massive, translucent hand materialized from thin