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 level that surpasses

However, when facing grandmaster level

to becoming a ga grandmaster and hadn’t broken through yet. Despite that, Shadowcloak lacked

his key advantage was his remarkable agility, which made

striking fear into his opponent’s hearts and forcing them to

he relied on his cunning tactic to drive Brian into madness

Dustin’s words seemed to hit Shadowcloak’s nerve,

my strength? You must have a death wish.

I’ll crush you

see what you’ve got. “Dustin scoffed. He was unfazed by the threat as

off guard. Given his earlier skill demonstration, which was on

to seize that moment to showcase his abilities. But he

wondered if Dustin was simply fearless or had something up his sleeve. Shadowcloak frowned,

you going to crush me with a single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here

fool! Since you have a death wish, I’ll gladly oblige.” Shadowcloak shook with rage. He lunged forward without hesitation and aimed a powerful palm

roar, a massive, translucent hand materialized from thin