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.

to a level that surpasses many grandmaster martial artists. But unfortunately, you

with ease. However, when facing

a ga grandmaster and hadn’t broken through

remarkable agility, which made him practically

adopt the persona of a phantom, striking fear into his opponent’s hearts and forcing them to

he couldn’t defeat the man. So, he relied on his cunning tactic

to hit Shadowcloak’s nerve,

roared, “Bastard! How dare you question my strength? You must have a

you

you’ve got. “Dustin scoffed. He was unfazed by the

demonstration, which was on

seize that moment to showcase his abilities. But he never anticipated Dustin’s

fearless or had something up his sleeve. Shadowcloak frowned, and

single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here and let you do it.” Dustin stood with his hands behind his back. His tone was

with rage. He lunged forward without hesitation and aimed

massive, translucent hand materialized from thin air and slammed down on Dustin